1 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,799 This is stupid! That's no way to talk to a superior. 2 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:24,597 I tell it like it is. - Fact is, the suspect's gone and an officer's dead. 3 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:30,751 Thanks to your bloody tactics. Just to satisfy the press and the courts. 4 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,316 Catch him before he enters! 5 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,911 Until he enters, there's no criminal offence. 6 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:41,831 Screw that. Catch him beforehand, and get him to jail in one piece. 7 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,829 You don't understand the rule of law. - A night watchman's rule of law! 8 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:50,353 Watch your tongue, Rieche. - I've got a nose. - That's obvious. 9 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:55,476 First the crime, then the arrest, then the culprit. Be sensible. - I am. 10 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,959 Heubel, with his 25 practice shots per year! I knew he'd lose it! 11 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:06,589 Well I didn't. - If you were shot by accident, you'd know how it is. 12 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,999 Shut up, or you'll be disciplined. - No one talks to me like that! 13 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,955 You're upset. - You bet I am! - Enough. I have to see the press. 14 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:19,393 So go and see them! - Enough, I said! - No, it's not enough! 15 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:21,193 Shut it! 16 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:25,155 You can't tell me to shut it. This is official business! - Incorrigible. 17 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,477 Go on, drive. 18 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:29,273 I won't have it! 19 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:48,638 Rieche is distressed. 20 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:09,273 Rieche's friend, police sergeant Kniebeling. 21 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,475 Nobody there. - Apparently. 22 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:29,115 Don't! Without a warrant we'll get into trouble. - Look the other way. 23 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:48,113 They've fled. 24 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:56,872 Ridiculous regulations make criminal prosecution impossible for Rieche. 25 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:06,517 There sits a man, Ferdinand Rieche, who works in the security business. 26 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:13,673 He knows all there is to know, and can't comprehend that others don't. 27 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,312 Security zone 1: Rieche himself. 28 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,479 Security zone 2: His flat. 29 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:27,915 Security zone 3: His job. At present, he is a detective superintendent. 30 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,389 Security zone 4: Police work in its entirety. 31 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:38,393 Security zone 5: Everything in its entirety. 32 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:54,148 And I'll take the Lenin biography, "The Fortress of Breslau..." 33 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:58,275 What else have you got? "The new Tsars." I want that, too. 34 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:03,919 "Bismarck's Praetorians." What's that up there? The thin one. 35 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:11,237 Since Rieche was removed from Political Offences for transgressions, 36 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:16,117 he's been studying the works of his political enemies. Just in case. 37 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,593 There you are. Do you read "The Red Banner" regularly? 38 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,715 I want to read, not discuss. Good evening. 39 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:40,553 The normally 2,500 kilometre-wide torrid zone 40 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,753 around the equator 41 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,436 has this year, 42 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:55,475 for reasons unknown to meteorological experts, 43 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:02,029 expanded to a width of 5,000 kilometres. 44 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:08,313 A pocket of hot air is being pushed from the east 45 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,593 into the Wiesbaden area. 46 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:16,079 There is a pocket of cold air over Pomerania. 47 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:34,753 Strongman Ferdinand 48 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,152 Detectives, culprits, 49 00:06:58,600 --> 00:06:59,749 works security people, 50 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,077 employees, ushers, trespassers 51 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,556 In a major works, 52 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:29,437 the chief of security's position is shaky due to his transgressions. 53 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:34,271 "Works security scandal spreads" 54 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:38,708 "Secret files in major works" 55 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:40,878 "A man named Berthold" 56 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,232 "No one will have a beer with him" 57 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:49,477 I need 2, 3 hours of silence. Close the gates and notify the chairman. 58 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:50,875 Right away. - Of course! 59 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,754 Wilutzki, vice-chairman of the board. 60 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,311 Close the gates! 61 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:01,197 Orders from the top: no one gets in. - Only with a special pass? - No one! 62 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:06,156 Can they leave? - Neither in nor out! - We're expecting Japanese visitors. 63 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,955 Keep them out. Send them to a caf�. 64 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:14,713 Gentlemen, you can't come in. No press allowed. Please, leave. 65 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,835 This is unlawful entry and could have serious consequences. 66 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:23,558 Just a moment, Mr Wilutzki. You were saying? 67 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,150 Are you completely mad? 68 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:31,594 "A flat gun of Spanish make. Our people know it. We have 48 of them." 69 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,031 Yes, they've had target practice. 70 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:38,598 And here: "Do you issue weapons in stress situations?" "We have!" 71 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:42,953 It says in the regulations to issue weapons under specific circumstances. 72 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:48,997 Imagine this: he recorded everything. You of all people should've guessed! 73 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,113 Rieche knows nothing of all this. 74 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,313 I made the mistake. I admit it. 75 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:05,432 What good is your apology? 76 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:09,634 Have the works doctor confirm you've got "Section 51, paragraphs 1 and 2!" 77 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,675 Is there nothing we can say in our defence? 78 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:15,553 I can't be courteous now! 79 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,070 I'll go to the union! 80 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:23,469 I will, and then we'll see! Thank God we're getting worker participation! 81 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:26,195 That is definitely it. 82 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:31,760 I might've let Berthold off... but he shouldn't have let in those "snipers!" 83 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:34,551 He's finished, gentlemen! 84 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:39,118 You're not in my favour, where did you get that idea? 85 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:45,751 I'm still in your favour, so please, can't we just work it out? 86 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,237 There's no question of you being in my favour! 87 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:55,312 Mr Berthold, you will close your desk and leave the works immediately. 88 00:09:55,760 --> 00:10:01,312 You will not talk to third parties. Put the phone down! - I'm not alone. 89 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:03,876 You're fired! 90 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:06,391 No, I... - Aren't you listening? 91 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:11,197 You're fired, Mr Berthold! - I can't be fired, I have to... 92 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,916 Rieche applies for the vacant position. 93 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:40,194 My name is Rieche. I'd like to see General Manager Ganter. I'm expected. 94 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:49,114 Please come in. 95 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:54,039 Richard dear, 96 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:59,956 I'd like you to meet Detective Superintendent Rieche. - Good evening. 97 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,830 I'll leave you to it. - This is Mr Wiegand. - Good evening. 98 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,594 Please be seated, Superintendent. - Thank you. 99 00:11:09,560 --> 00:11:12,836 Well, let's get straight to the point: 100 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:17,236 I hear you'd be willing to leave the force. 101 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:18,749 Certainly. 102 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:23,557 Are you a man who puts all his eggs in one basket? - Up to a point. 103 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:29,791 You did understand from our talks there'd be a 6-months' trial period? 104 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:32,629 You have been informed of this? - I have. 105 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:46,840 This is what your main task would be. 106 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:52,035 Frankly, your predecessor Mr Berthold has been transgressing. 107 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,915 We want you to get the security of our company 108 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:02,036 back on a course of strict legality, with a very firm hand. 109 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:06,871 Meaning: no more scandals, no more newspaper articles. 110 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:10,836 Will be done in a professional way. 111 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,955 October 1st. Rieche assumes his new position. 112 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:40,149 48 hours later Rieche knows every corner of the works. 113 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:44,559 He has divided every corner into grid squares. Everything's under control. 114 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,200 Mr Wilutzki? - Ah, you must be Mr Rieche. 115 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:16,474 I disapprove of the Chairman hiring you without asking me. 116 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,117 Don't expect anything from me. - Excuse me? 117 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:25,877 Don't take it personally. - Of course I take it personally. 118 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:34,478 I can't run the operation from this office. I need field quarters. 119 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,912 Within the production area, here! 120 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:43,999 There's another wind blowing now. 121 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:52,270 Group 1, take up your position. 122 00:13:58,720 --> 00:13:59,869 Faster. 123 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,632 Attention! Take cover, the suspect's armed! 124 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,110 You'd all be dead by now. 125 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:14,516 That's all. Good night, gentlemen. 126 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:16,996 Good night, Mr Rieche! 127 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:19,798 Now for the 2nd nightshift. 128 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:25,430 Main topic: theory. Neglected by Berthold, reinstated by Rieche. 129 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,033 We'll be practising setting up an interrogation. 130 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:35,555 As works security men, you can't use your hands, you have to use your head. 131 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:41,597 What if a person you've caught is lying? Peilert. - I'd clear it up. 132 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,191 How? Wertheim. This touches on interrogation techniques. 133 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:49,189 I'd advise the suspect to give evidence truthfully. 134 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:53,599 What's the use of that? - So I can report it. 135 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:58,670 He won't do you the favour and doesn't disclose himself. - I'll persuade him. 136 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:03,557 How will you do that? - I use trick questions. - Which ones? 137 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,309 Suitable ones. - Rubbish. 138 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:12,438 "Who are you? What do you want? How did you get in? Associates? Purpose?" 139 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,757 Those are not trick questions. - I tell them: "I know you! 140 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:21,988 I saw you throwing stones yesterday during the riots." "No," he says, 141 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:26,558 "I've got an alibi. I was with these people..." Then I know their names. 142 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,833 They are his associates. - I hope that works. 143 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,477 So that's works-security case 1600 Z with the ultraviolet scanner? 144 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,718 Yes. Let me show you how it works. 145 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:39,754 Rosotschke is Rieche's deputy. 146 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:45,194 I coat the door-knob with it. Sparsely, mind you. Like this. 147 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:51,076 Now a suspect walks by, touches the door-knob 148 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:53,636 and puts his hand on the locker. 149 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:56,799 Ultraviolet... - Fantastic. 150 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:17,309 I'd like to report sexual excesses in storeroom 10 between cleaning staff 151 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,115 and employees, known by name. - What? 152 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:24,872 In storeroom 10. - What of it? - Sexual excesses. - Between whom? 153 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,072 Cleaning staff, I hear. 154 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:31,718 We have to take it all down first. Would you swear to this statement? 155 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:37,234 To what I saw. - But you haven't seen anything, you just heard of it? - Yes. 156 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:38,749 Well then. 157 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:48,589 1 p.m. Rieche is setting up field quarters. 158 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:51,474 Rieche would rather die 159 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:57,278 than fail his security task. That means: study, study, study. 160 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,150 114 kilos. Please... 161 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:40,874 The parent company, 162 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:43,117 a multinational group from Brussels, 163 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:47,235 keeps the national managements under strict control. 164 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:51,958 Among others, by means of semi-annual health checks. 165 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:56,234 You've aged noticeably, too. - Are you trying to make me unhappy? 166 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:00,355 According to health standards for the upper management... 167 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,360 Have Kuhn replace me? Lt'd kill me. 168 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:08,920 If this were my own office I'd cheat, but I can't manipulate results here. 169 00:18:09,360 --> 00:18:14,832 The examination results go directly to the parent company in Brussels. 170 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:20,718 What if I put only one foot on the scales? - Then it wouldn't react. 171 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:32,914 Rieche has summoned a woman suspected of theft to his field quarters. 172 00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:59,950 Please come in, Mrs Magnus. 173 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:16,910 I think I can be frank with you. I'd like to ask you a personal favour. 174 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:22,278 I think my request will be somewhat more unusual than you may think. 175 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:27,919 Out with it. What can be so special? - It's nothing special, more general. 176 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:32,668 If it's not something out of the question, we can talk about it. 177 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:37,397 It's this. 178 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:46,915 What do you need my urine for? 179 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:02,472 Oh, please, put it over there. Here, thank you. 180 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:14,989 How old are you? - Fifty. - The urine's very young. 181 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:16,759 Naturally. 182 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:23,352 If you weren't a man, I'd say you were 3 months pregnant. 183 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:31,749 Strip to the waist, please. 184 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:52,388 Your oxygen-intake, breath volume and heart frequency are very good. 185 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:54,314 I'm glad. 186 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,710 Gertie Kahlmann steals. 187 00:22:19,360 --> 00:22:21,191 A lift, please. 188 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,196 This is my flat. 189 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,838 I've been watching you for 3 nights. 190 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,156 What do you want with all these provisions? 191 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,310 Why do you steal them? 192 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,118 And exploit your position of trust? 193 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:01,316 Well? An answer please, Miss Kahlmann. 194 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:06,880 You can call me Gertie. - So, Gertie, what do you want with all that stuff? 195 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,198 You can't eat it all. Or drink it all. 196 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,273 You'd become as fat as a Polish goose. 197 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:22,038 I sell the stuff. 198 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:26,792 I see. - I'm saving up to start a cab-firm. 199 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:31,995 If you report me, it's all over. I'd have to move back to the country. 200 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:37,839 I'd rather kill myself! - Go ahead. - How's it done? 201 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:42,671 What if I don't report you? - That's what I meant, really. 202 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:48,435 Call me Ferdinand. 203 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:07,591 Here's your blanket. I need a good night's sleep. I have to get up at 7. 204 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:11,589 At 7, why? - I've scheduled a roll-call. 205 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,751 We'll do what's required tomorrow night. 206 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:50,874 I can only bear women on my right-hand side. 207 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:07,348 Good night. 208 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,352 Night. - Sleep well. 209 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:23,758 I'm thirsty. 210 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:27,918 What? - I'm thirsty. 211 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:32,876 Me too. I'll make us a cocoa. That quenches thirst. 212 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:08,677 Rieche, this monkey of reason, climbs up and down his considerations: 213 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:14,911 How can he reconcile his seeing a thief with works security? 214 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:32,912 The stolen goods must be returned. 215 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:35,828 And how will I get past security? 216 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:40,316 With you I got more than I bargained for! 217 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,677 A systematic viewpoint: 218 00:26:56,120 --> 00:27:01,752 Priority 1: Setting up and training a strong group. 219 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,238 Priority 2: Rieche's promise: 220 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:10,879 get back to legality with a firm hand, no scandals, no newspaper articles. 221 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:13,390 The two priorities are conflicting. 222 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,992 Rieche wants to try all the harder. 223 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:23,752 With all the signs of unlawful entry, an outsider enters the works 224 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:28,876 where it is badly lit. You, Wertheim! - I catch this person. 225 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,710 How? He tries to flee. - I grab him. - How? 226 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:37,597 With the left hand. - Why? - With the right I draw my weapon. 227 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:42,318 What weapon? - My Walther 08. - You're not allowed to carry one. 228 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:46,639 That's just the way to cause a scandal. Forget the weapon. 229 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:52,438 You can't hold on to the subject. Now what? Dietrich? - I report it. 230 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,836 What must be in the report? Peilert? 231 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:59,273 Who, how, when, where, what, why and what for. 232 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,837 What's the difference between why and what for? - There is none. 233 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:09,196 It's: "what with" or "by what means". Suppose you catch him. Then what? 234 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:14,316 I apprehend him. - Done. Now what? - I take him to my superior. - Who? 235 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,957 The chief of works security or the one on duty in the security post. 236 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:22,279 What if there's no one there? It's night time. Now what? Jeschke? 237 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:27,953 I lock him up. - Where, Peilert? - In a shed. - Rubbish! 238 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,472 I take him to the police. - Leaving the works unguarded? 239 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,718 I call the police from the security post. 240 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:38,994 Without knowing who the person is? Let me point out the following: 241 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:43,718 Every report to the police requires the advance approval of the board. 242 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:48,597 Write that down. Wertheim? - I lock him up some other way. - How? 243 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:53,716 I stand next to him and guard him. - And who does your rounds? 244 00:28:55,120 --> 00:29:00,558 Peilert? - I take him with me on my rounds, keeping a distance of 1 m. 245 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:06,038 Giving this outsider a general view of our security set-up? 246 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:10,075 Then you tell me what to do! - The examiner won't either. 247 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:15,640 So I knock him down and disable him. - Only in self-defence. When is that? 248 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:21,393 Wertheim? - When someone infringes upon a legally protected property. 249 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,877 Which property has this outsider infringed upon? 250 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:29,438 He has entered the legally protected enclosed property of the works. 251 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:33,919 This entitles you to self-defence, but not in excess. If you knock him down, 252 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:39,036 do so with care, Friedenau. - What then? Why all these questions? 253 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:43,189 See? Now you're asking questions. First ask the intruder his name, 254 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:48,236 why he has intruded and what he plans to do. See you next time, gents. 255 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:15,312 Now that everyone knows I live with you they look at me sideways. - Why? 256 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:20,629 I'm popular with the men. - Something is interfering with your popularity. 257 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:25,312 I don't think they'd have a beer with you if someone were watching. 258 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:55,792 Worker Christa Wilke. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution 259 00:30:56,240 --> 00:31:00,791 has no information on her. Precautionary dismissal is advised. 260 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:06,314 Works committee member Schwietzke. They've no information on him either. 261 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:10,548 Keep an eye on him. Fred Tacke, they do have information on him. 262 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:14,879 Discreet dismissal. The official in charge believes 263 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:20,792 youth representative Siegfried Nauhut is no risk. I don't agree. 264 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:26,439 Gerda M�ckert, skilled worker. The Office has no information on her. 265 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,915 Are you Mr Rieche? - Yes. 266 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:47,309 What? 267 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,391 Rieche is fenced in by the law. 268 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:12,913 Rieche needs a crisis. If nothing happens, he lies dormant. 269 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,751 Nothing at all to do, Mr Rieche? - If you say so. 270 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:38,989 Rieche has been dreaming. 271 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,351 Now, suddenly, he is wide awake. 272 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:46,794 He's got this vague feeling that something has escaped his control. 273 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,872 This security of yours is in shambles, Mr Rieche. 274 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:57,154 May I remind you that I was to limit security to a minimum. 275 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:01,388 I can't see to the press and sabotage at the same time. - Just a moment! 276 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:07,278 What do you mean "sabotage"? - Sabotage only exists in the army. 277 00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:11,269 Listen, Mr Rieche, I'll overhear the word "sabotage". 278 00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:16,669 We'll lose all our customers if our works are being sabotaged! Got that? 279 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:21,557 Totally. - It's damage of property. - Deflagration! - An accident. 280 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:27,154 Don't be silly. - Secure the works now, or you'll be in for a surprise 281 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:33,675 after your trial period. I'm flying to Brussels with the Board tomorrow. 282 00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:37,999 On my return in 2 weeks I want to see this works fully secured, 283 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,910 with all the trimmings! - Whatever you say. 284 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:46,310 Sabotage or accident, the main thing is, there was a bang. 285 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,314 Now things will get tough! 286 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:25,313 Thank you, Peilert. 287 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:31,475 Left, two, three, four... 288 00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:42,877 To the left, on the double! 289 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,313 Rieche has doubled the number of men. 290 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:10,308 Attention! Stop all machines. We have received another bomb threat. 291 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,832 Please leave the work-floor immediately! 292 00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:20,079 Hurry, hurry. We have received a bomb threat. Please leave the work-floor! 293 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:21,993 Get a move on! 294 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:26,069 We've received another bomb threat. Please leave the work-floor. 295 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:31,878 You may return to your work-place. Thank you for your participation. 296 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:37,592 It was an exercise? 297 00:37:41,240 --> 00:37:47,395 Attention! Please leave the work-floor immediately! 298 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:52,751 Everybody turn right into works street 12. 299 00:37:56,000 --> 00:38:01,711 That's closed off. That... and that! Completely sealed off. 300 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,357 See you tomorrow. - Rosotschke, 301 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:06,916 I don't think it's transparent enough. 302 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:18,995 The safest protection is shielding the outer skin of the weak parts. 303 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:23,752 So... 16 signalling discs with lighting on one side, 730T, 304 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:26,953 a camera case with foam lining type 3, 305 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,198 type 2 passive night goggles MK200, 306 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,200 10 two-way intercom units type WG 201, 307 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:38,191 a "Big Ear" electronic stethoscope, a parabolic listening device PEM 500, 308 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:41,598 a secret diplomat's pouch De Luxe... - Where's that? - In my office. 309 00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:46,272 Nakiplast in transparent bags, powder for the Marabu brush with... 310 00:38:46,720 --> 00:38:49,757 Enough with the small stuff, what about the big items? 311 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:54,796 I've got electronic alarm systems, but they have to be hooked up first. 312 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,070 Get back, please. 313 00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:02,399 These are works premises. Please leave, these are works premises. 314 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:06,070 Gentlemen, be sensible. 315 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:10,593 There's a boundary here. The works premises start here. 316 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,873 Crossing the boundary is trespassing. 317 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:18,029 The boundary is right here. - We don't give a toss! 318 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:22,757 This is not a boundary! 319 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:29,038 Get back. Get back, I say! 320 00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:50,911 Has anything exploded yet? - On the contrary. 321 00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:58,431 Make sure you get the entire air-pump receiver in, OK? 322 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:02,113 And this here, too, right? That's in? 323 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:05,552 Good, that's fine. 324 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:11,154 You can check it on the monitor. Set it like that. We can always pan. 325 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:13,909 So if it's pointed this way, 326 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:18,558 we'll still be mobile and we can pan from here... 327 00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:22,511 to there. - What've you been up to during my absence? 328 00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:28,592 Securing the works. 329 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:35,115 Production is crippled. Where's the consent form? - A one-time expense! 330 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:40,634 Now even Mr Ganter's flipped his lid. You won't survive your trial period. 331 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,990 An insurance would be cheaper than works security. 332 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,477 Wouldn't have the same effect. - Of course it would. 333 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:51,309 Do you doubt the quality of my work? 334 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:54,832 No, just its benefits! 335 00:40:55,480 --> 00:41:00,918 Mr Wilutzki, you can't look at law and order from a benefit point-of-view. 336 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:07,549 Mr Ganter, 337 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:12,949 I'd like to replace works security with an insurance. We could save 52%. 338 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:19,316 No insurance covers civil war, general strike or the years 1918 to 1923. 339 00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:24,072 I only care about the cost-benefit analysis as of December 31st, 1975. 340 00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:28,149 I could get the figures for civil war, but not for the current year. 341 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:32,151 1-Security Works Command Post 2-Fire Protection 342 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,751 3-Civil Defence and Disaster Control 4-Accident Reporting Office 343 00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:39,556 5-Deputy Chief Medical Service 6-Property Protection Headquarters 344 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:43,231 7-lnformation Headquarters 8-Headquarters Interface 345 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:27,115 Peilert. 346 00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:32,270 Mr Peilert, Rieche here. - 9 o'clock! - Roll-call is postponed until 10.30. 347 00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:02,275 "November 9th. 348 00:43:02,720 --> 00:43:07,840 Dear Rieche, I just laid a wreath at the Officers' Hall. 349 00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:10,148 Yours, Kniebeling." 350 00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:14,912 "Dear Kniebeling. Rubbish! Yours, Ferdinand Rieche." 351 00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:22,556 You're doing aggressive market research? - I am. 352 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,231 It's like industrial espionage. - An ugly term. 353 00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:31,151 In the eyes of our employers, we're enemies now. - Among friends. 354 00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:14,872 Kniebeling, you are my friend, right? I'm looking for a new job. 355 00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:20,151 I need a job in which I can expand. 356 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:26,596 You can start out in my party, as chief of our security troops. 357 00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:29,600 Disciplinary Regulation, Rhine-Main. 358 00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:35,389 Payment after we've seized power. 359 00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:36,909 That's rubbish. 360 00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:40,272 Nothing but Bolshevik propaganda. 361 00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:47,752 We just celebrated the 37th anniversary of our F�hrer's 50th birthday. 362 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:50,270 That's rubbish, too. 363 00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:52,995 He's 87 now! 364 00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:56,512 Good instruction material for my boys. 365 00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:01,476 Rieche: "Radical security has nothing to do with radicalism." 366 00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:06,914 One man alone can't do anything. - Two can't either. It doesn't matter. 367 00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:19,310 Toni Siegusch, mid-level security, films, without authorization, 368 00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:24,311 a group of workers he suspects of preparing an illegal strike. 369 00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:28,278 Works committee member Schwietzke catches him at it. 370 00:45:28,720 --> 00:45:31,598 Mr Siegusch, what are doing? Are you filming fellow-workers? 371 00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:37,512 That's our business. - Not without informing us. Give me that camera! 372 00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:42,879 I was filming, but then he came along and grabbed my camera. 373 00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:47,275 Who ordered you to film fellow-workers? 374 00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:50,435 That's my business. Evening. 375 00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:57,716 Hello, Kniebeling. - Rieche. 376 00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:00,913 Training? - Training. And what are we training? 377 00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:07,310 Operation of March 1921. Clearing the Leuna works of insurgents. - OK. 378 00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:21,391 Kniebeling has brought his bouncers, Rieche his works-security people. 379 00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:28,399 Left, left, 2, 3, 4... 380 00:46:57,240 --> 00:47:00,073 United Works Security Troops, march! 381 00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:03,831 ...until it all goes to pieces... 382 00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:33,239 12 o'clock. 383 00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:35,716 Happy birthday. 384 00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:57,072 Use Pebeko for your teeth And Nivea for your skin 385 00:48:57,520 --> 00:49:01,911 Use Hermeta for your legs Celery for your bride to win 386 00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:06,478 Use Jawohl before you comb your hair Kasana for dancing is always fine 387 00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:10,754 Use Autana for the posture And Urbin to give your shoes a shine 388 00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:14,988 Use Bemberg silk for sewing For fever Aspirin 389 00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:18,352 Eggs and bacon for breakfast And afterwards some Lecithin 390 00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:21,951 Use Schwan im Blauband for baking For sore throats Formamint mild 391 00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:25,915 A pianola for playing music And Biomalz for the child 392 00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:30,069 Whatever you do in life Look forever on the funny side 393 00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:33,557 Then all that's hard Can be taken in stride 394 00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:39,999 I've got a dent in my car. 395 00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:42,237 Chuck it out. 396 00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:52,395 A 1st-rate butcher's third wife's second car. Cheap and never used. 397 00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:56,317 Gertie made a down payment on a taxi, 398 00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:58,671 with Rieche's financial help. 399 00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:18,475 You could hook up a caravan. I once impounded one. It was never picked up. 400 00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:23,471 I was planning to take it on holidays. - You never go on holiday. - I will. 401 00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:57,473 Rieche's �lite troops are far superior to all other works-security teams. 402 00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:01,754 Rieche organizes an attack an a rival company. 403 00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:37,998 During the night Rieche's men remove 26 crates 404 00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:43,833 of electronics from the Brachmann company and store it in the woods. 405 00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:45,235 Meanwhile, 406 00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:49,195 the works guards have been going from time clock to time clock. 407 00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:06,999 We'll do anything you say, boss, but what's the point of all this? 408 00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:10,671 Do we sell it, or was it an exercise? - Nothing's only an exercise. 409 00:52:11,120 --> 00:52:14,351 Then what? We can't sell stolen goods. 410 00:52:14,800 --> 00:52:19,874 If there's a civil war on, it's too late for exercises. - But there isn't! 411 00:52:20,320 --> 00:52:22,390 That's what you think. 412 00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:26,995 Good! 413 00:52:28,240 --> 00:52:31,198 Now for the surprise. Our coup! 414 00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:35,395 We're going to take all this stuff back the way we got it. 415 00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:39,958 That'll raise the stakes. Jeschke, go get the truck. 416 00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:43,318 This time without the cover of darkness. 417 00:52:43,760 --> 00:52:45,591 In full uniform? 418 00:52:47,040 --> 00:52:48,678 Brachmann AG, security chief Sch�rflein. 419 00:52:49,120 --> 00:52:51,509 Rieche here, are you awake? 420 00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:54,110 Hello. Naturally. 421 00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:58,917 Go and have a look at what's outside gate 5. A little reminder. 422 00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:00,679 What's out there? 423 00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:02,075 Crates! 424 00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:06,035 Mr Rieche? 425 00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:11,758 For Mr Ferdinand Rieche, from your colleague Sch�rflein. 426 00:53:21,720 --> 00:53:26,919 Rieche is mistrustful and has the laboratory examine the chocolates. 427 00:53:28,920 --> 00:53:31,115 No trace of poison. 428 00:53:31,560 --> 00:53:34,677 Rieche doesn't want to eat the mashed mass. 429 00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:42,239 Two things work: The cold air and the little tree. 430 00:54:42,680 --> 00:54:46,798 Apart from that nothing else works on this exercise. - It's only November. 431 00:54:47,240 --> 00:54:52,633 You have to train for Christmas Eve, or it'll never work. Children don't, 432 00:54:53,080 --> 00:54:57,039 but adults get into trouble if they haven't practised beforehand. 433 00:54:57,480 --> 00:55:01,155 It isn't Christmas Eve yet. - It's sure to come. 434 00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:04,319 There's no carp or roast goose around here. 435 00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:14,390 1: Presents. Pretend they're here. 2: Candles and tree. Got them. 436 00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:19,877 3: Think about the starving in India. - It's warm there. - 4: Find lodgings. 437 00:55:20,320 --> 00:55:23,118 Icelandic sheep lost in a snowstorm 438 00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:26,757 that I just managed to drive into a warm barn. 439 00:55:27,200 --> 00:55:29,668 6: Records. 7: Miscellaneous. 440 00:55:30,680 --> 00:55:35,913 Let's go back. I've had it with this holiday. - Next weekend: Spitsbergen. 441 00:55:46,240 --> 00:55:50,472 Invigorated by his holiday, Rieche thinks up a special exercise. 442 00:56:35,120 --> 00:56:39,079 Hello? Near building sheds... Much smoke from basement. 443 00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:40,748 What building sheds? 444 00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:42,599 Near transformer. 445 00:56:43,040 --> 00:56:47,397 Near the transformer? Right, I'll call the fire brigade. Who's calling? 446 00:56:47,840 --> 00:56:49,159 Tchotchich. 447 00:57:57,280 --> 00:58:00,670 Unidentified person in restricted zone 3. 448 00:58:02,600 --> 00:58:03,919 Alert stage 3. 449 00:58:43,680 --> 00:58:46,831 What's going on here? - This is Iceberg 4. 450 00:58:47,280 --> 00:58:51,512 Iceberg 4, the man you have caught is Rieche. Over and out. 451 00:58:51,960 --> 00:58:53,916 What? Rieche? 452 00:58:54,480 --> 00:58:55,629 Boss... 453 00:58:56,080 --> 00:59:01,598 A valuable result. Rieche's trial period: 3 1/4 months left. 454 00:59:09,280 --> 00:59:11,430 Rieche's field quarters, 12.05 am. 455 00:59:11,880 --> 00:59:16,431 The little one: the Communist Party. The black one: an Arab. 456 00:59:18,040 --> 00:59:22,158 The dotted one: all Eastern spies together. 457 00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:24,913 Well, Fatty, 458 00:59:25,360 --> 00:59:30,036 you're the revolutionary trade-union opposition. You'll be up later. 459 00:59:30,480 --> 00:59:34,712 An illegal-strike committee, several agents 460 00:59:35,160 --> 00:59:39,153 of aggressive market-research, German Communist Party members, 461 00:59:39,600 --> 00:59:44,196 the West German Communist Alliance, the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party, 462 00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:45,755 amateurs 463 00:59:46,200 --> 00:59:50,273 trying to trespass on the works for whatever reason, 464 00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:53,070 spokespersons of the workforce... 465 00:59:53,520 --> 00:59:55,909 There's no overall picture. 466 00:59:58,880 --> 01:00:03,112 If you'd get the whole pack together in a works street and close it off, 467 01:00:03,560 --> 01:00:05,630 then you'd have an overall picture! 468 01:00:14,560 --> 01:00:16,039 Gentlemen, I represent Mr Ganter. 469 01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:20,837 An assassination threat has been made against the board of directors. 470 01:00:21,280 --> 01:00:23,794 From what group did the threat arise? 471 01:00:24,240 --> 01:00:27,596 Either locals or Arabs. - Should it be taken seriously? 472 01:00:28,040 --> 01:00:33,637 The results of the stress analyser show 80% earnestness, 473 01:00:34,080 --> 01:00:37,390 the rest must be acknowledged. - So acknowledge them! 474 01:00:37,840 --> 01:00:42,231 Imagine it like the chart of a voice. - So it's quite simple: 475 01:00:42,680 --> 01:00:47,390 We're in danger. I think so, too. What do you suggest, Rieche? 476 01:00:47,840 --> 01:00:52,914 The chief of security, me, must know all the board members' movements. 477 01:00:53,360 --> 01:00:57,672 No problem, if all of you co-operate. - What do you mean by co-operation? 478 01:00:58,120 --> 01:01:02,193 Your men coming with us when we go for a pee? - Among other things. 479 01:02:30,880 --> 01:02:33,030 That's part of the plot. 480 01:02:42,640 --> 01:02:44,995 Exactly 43 more minutes. 481 01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:48,159 Why can't they keep it brief? 482 01:02:48,960 --> 01:02:54,159 What I wanted to ask you, as we never seem to be able to have a quiet talk: 483 01:02:54,600 --> 01:02:57,751 will things work out after my trial period? 484 01:02:58,200 --> 01:03:03,399 It's absurd for me to protect your life, a rather intimate assignment, 485 01:03:03,840 --> 01:03:08,595 without ever mentioning the truly neuralgic point. - Now that you do: 486 01:03:09,040 --> 01:03:13,511 The board is dissatisfied with your services. - You don't see my work! 487 01:03:13,960 --> 01:03:18,829 Maybe since you and your troops were gone the other day. - On an exercise! 488 01:03:19,760 --> 01:03:22,911 Besides, we got a complaint from a firm 489 01:03:23,520 --> 01:03:27,752 whose storage your cleared out. They are threatening to sue for damages. 490 01:03:28,200 --> 01:03:32,318 But they can't prove any damages. - That's not how it's done. 491 01:03:36,320 --> 01:03:39,437 Basically you want me to do a mediocre job! 492 01:03:39,880 --> 01:03:44,908 Well, we don't want mediocrity either. - Always chopping and changing! 493 01:03:45,360 --> 01:03:49,035 Mr Rieche, if you want to survive with us past these 6 months, 494 01:03:49,480 --> 01:03:54,634 you'll have to do more. But you shouldn't do too much either. 495 01:04:02,360 --> 01:04:04,555 Field quarters, 2 am. 496 01:04:07,080 --> 01:04:09,958 Hua Kuo Feng, Chinese prime-minister, 497 01:04:10,400 --> 01:04:15,872 draws a dark picture of the next 50 to 100 years. War is inevitable. 498 01:04:16,760 --> 01:04:20,799 Only the date of its outbreak is not yet determined. 499 01:04:23,080 --> 01:04:28,393 Against this background, the chairman's ambiguous words. 500 01:04:58,520 --> 01:05:03,435 What gives Rieche's job its purpose are crises, catastrophes, strikes, 501 01:05:03,880 --> 01:05:05,518 an enemy. 502 01:05:06,200 --> 01:05:10,079 Oh well, most people believe in the normal run of things. 503 01:05:10,520 --> 01:05:12,954 Rieche believes in emergencies. 504 01:05:39,160 --> 01:05:40,115 Agents, 505 01:05:40,560 --> 01:05:43,233 NATO officers, solitary amateurs... 506 01:05:43,680 --> 01:05:48,356 Rieche, 50 years old, one kidney, a sensitive stomach. 507 01:05:48,800 --> 01:05:53,476 Rieche has been thinking a lot about a friend in the secret service, 508 01:05:53,920 --> 01:05:56,115 who offers jobs on a dollar-basis. 509 01:06:11,320 --> 01:06:16,758 Just a small post for me. I need... I have to... I'm in trouble... 510 01:06:21,520 --> 01:06:24,193 But 10 years ago in Heidelberg we... 511 01:06:27,440 --> 01:06:28,714 We don't need any. 512 01:06:29,160 --> 01:06:32,038 A small post, just for me. Come on. 513 01:07:02,840 --> 01:07:04,319 Give us a kiss. 514 01:07:06,360 --> 01:07:08,669 I can't, with gruel in my mouth. 515 01:07:18,160 --> 01:07:20,071 Now I can't either. 516 01:07:25,680 --> 01:07:27,750 Listen, if it all goes wrong, 517 01:07:28,440 --> 01:07:32,228 you can always start as a cab driver in my firm. 518 01:07:32,680 --> 01:07:33,635 Right. 519 01:07:36,680 --> 01:07:37,954 The visitors from Brussels. 520 01:07:38,400 --> 01:07:42,598 Orders from Wilutzki to let them pass without filling in the form 521 01:07:43,040 --> 01:07:47,556 and take them straight up. - No way! No special treatment for the Board. 522 01:07:55,360 --> 01:07:56,315 Who are you? 523 01:08:02,520 --> 01:08:03,475 Purpose? 524 01:08:05,760 --> 01:08:08,149 May I remind you of Wilutzki's orders 525 01:08:08,600 --> 01:08:13,116 to take the visitors straight to him without hindrance. - Please... 526 01:08:17,680 --> 01:08:21,832 Search every third one to come out. Copper, mercury, works documents, etc. 527 01:08:22,280 --> 01:08:24,840 Selective spot checking! 528 01:08:25,280 --> 01:08:27,635 May we check your bag, please? 529 01:08:31,640 --> 01:08:34,871 May we check your bag, please? 530 01:08:39,160 --> 01:08:42,436 Step over here, so we can check your bags, please! 531 01:08:43,280 --> 01:08:46,272 You heard me. - Don't do anything you'll regret! 532 01:08:48,320 --> 01:08:51,995 The trial period is slipping through his fingers. 533 01:09:01,160 --> 01:09:02,388 For 3 nights, 534 01:09:02,840 --> 01:09:05,832 Rieche's been watching the engineer Dr Haferkamp. 535 01:09:06,280 --> 01:09:10,068 She's been exchanging research results with Professor Mudermann, 536 01:09:10,520 --> 01:09:13,080 who works for a competing firm. 537 01:09:13,920 --> 01:09:18,198 She thinks it's scientific co-operation, but it is betrayal. 538 01:09:34,800 --> 01:09:39,590 Evening. - What's in your bag? - Why? - Let's have a look. - I have to go. 539 01:09:46,840 --> 01:09:47,989 Are you mad? 540 01:09:49,320 --> 01:09:51,311 I'll go to the police! - Come on. 541 01:09:52,320 --> 01:09:57,314 Come on! - Let me go! It's wrongful restraint. Call the police, now! 542 01:09:57,760 --> 01:10:01,514 My relationship with Prof. Mudermann is purely academic in nature! 543 01:10:01,960 --> 01:10:05,236 He's head of our competitor's research department. 544 01:10:05,680 --> 01:10:08,831 Anything you tell him is not in the least academic! 545 01:10:09,280 --> 01:10:11,077 I'll report you! 546 01:10:11,520 --> 01:10:13,556 We can prevent that! 547 01:10:14,000 --> 01:10:17,197 Open the door! What are you going to do? 548 01:10:53,120 --> 01:10:55,031 Rieche. Morning. 549 01:10:56,960 --> 01:11:02,956 We have the reports on works theft by Sch�neman, Zapfel and Benedikt. 550 01:11:03,400 --> 01:11:04,515 You're an dolt. 551 01:11:04,960 --> 01:11:06,757 I won't have my honour violated. 552 01:11:07,200 --> 01:11:11,637 I'm in the middle of some complicated calculations, and you give me this! 553 01:11:12,080 --> 01:11:14,640 OK, I understand. Over and out. 554 01:11:31,840 --> 01:11:34,070 You're hiding a young woman. 555 01:11:34,800 --> 01:11:35,755 Wrong. 556 01:11:36,200 --> 01:11:37,952 We could look. 557 01:11:38,400 --> 01:11:40,118 What's it to you? 558 01:11:40,560 --> 01:11:46,669 You know I could get a search warrant. You've got a skeleton in the closet! 559 01:11:47,440 --> 01:11:51,558 Why in the closet? - Just for argument's sake, let's assume so. 560 01:11:52,000 --> 01:11:57,677 You don't know a thing! - So you admit it. Have her hidden well, have you? 561 01:11:58,120 --> 01:12:02,989 How did you get this assignment? - A tip-off from a scientist. 562 01:12:03,440 --> 01:12:08,036 So we're enemies now? - Tell me the truth or we're no longer friends. 563 01:12:08,480 --> 01:12:13,235 Ajob's a job. - I'll give you the truth, not the woman. - We'll see! 564 01:12:54,240 --> 01:12:56,435 This is Mudermann. 565 01:12:57,280 --> 01:12:59,236 Hello? - Rieche! 566 01:13:01,280 --> 01:13:02,872 Say something. 567 01:13:03,400 --> 01:13:04,594 Say something, please. 568 01:13:12,440 --> 01:13:13,839 10 marks. 569 01:13:15,400 --> 01:13:17,152 All in all, that makes... 570 01:13:17,600 --> 01:13:19,158 250 marks. 571 01:13:22,960 --> 01:13:27,431 While Rieche secures the works, Gertie secures her Christmas gifts. 572 01:13:34,680 --> 01:13:37,752 What's all this? - Those are my things. 573 01:13:39,480 --> 01:13:43,359 That's all mine. - I'm getting rid of all that. That's your stuff. 574 01:13:43,800 --> 01:13:47,998 No way. It stays here. You don't believe in property, do you? 575 01:13:48,440 --> 01:13:53,798 That's an offence! - I look after your stuff, sell it, get you a good price, 576 01:13:54,240 --> 01:14:00,110 and get rid of your junk, only to get yelled at by you. Scolded! - Quiet! 577 01:14:05,120 --> 01:14:07,429 Lonely Hearts' Ball. 578 01:14:12,800 --> 01:14:14,438 Ladies' choice. 579 01:14:46,520 --> 01:14:50,274 A man in the underground says to a girl, "You've got beautiful hair! 580 01:14:50,720 --> 01:14:52,711 Is it crimped or natural?" She says, 581 01:14:53,160 --> 01:14:57,199 "Did I ask you whether you're scrotum was knitted or crocheted?" 582 01:14:59,720 --> 01:15:02,029 What's your profession? - Hairdresser. 583 01:15:02,720 --> 01:15:05,029 Do you like your job? - Yes. 584 01:15:31,120 --> 01:15:33,714 Four days until Christmas Eve. 585 01:15:40,440 --> 01:15:42,158 Morning, Mr Wilutzki. 586 01:15:49,840 --> 01:15:53,753 Stop playing cowboys and Indians. Return to the works! 587 01:15:54,200 --> 01:15:55,918 Christ almighty! 588 01:16:02,520 --> 01:16:04,351 Wilutzki's impudent manner 589 01:16:04,800 --> 01:16:07,030 confirms Rieche's suspicion. 590 01:16:07,480 --> 01:16:12,031 He pays extra attention to Wilutzki's travels through Belgium. 591 01:16:15,520 --> 01:16:18,159 Of course he made a detour. 592 01:16:18,600 --> 01:16:21,068 So what happened to those 21 hours? 593 01:16:21,520 --> 01:16:25,399 He can hardly have been sitting over a cup of coffee for 21 hours. 594 01:16:27,520 --> 01:16:28,839 Toubize? 595 01:16:29,880 --> 01:16:32,189 Well, well, Mr Wilutzki! 596 01:16:35,960 --> 01:16:37,916 Rieche drives to Belgium. 597 01:17:48,400 --> 01:17:53,679 "Bonjour, Monsieur Wilutzki." 598 01:17:55,920 --> 01:17:57,990 An answer in Belgian. 599 01:18:01,080 --> 01:18:03,230 Typical traitor-face. 600 01:18:03,680 --> 01:18:05,671 U.M.C. 601 01:18:06,120 --> 01:18:08,190 Societ� Anonyme. Yes! 602 01:18:35,840 --> 01:18:37,478 Read from their lips: 603 01:18:38,440 --> 01:18:42,274 "Fusion." In French: "Fusion." 604 01:18:43,120 --> 01:18:45,554 In English: "Fusion." 605 01:18:46,000 --> 01:18:48,753 Rieche can't believe his ears. 606 01:18:51,240 --> 01:18:55,791 Wilutzki's selling the whole company, including Rieche's security system, 607 01:18:56,240 --> 01:18:58,674 to a foreign group. 608 01:19:14,560 --> 01:19:19,315 What you're reporting here is so far-reaching I won't take note of it. 609 01:19:19,760 --> 01:19:24,197 I take it no one knows about these documents. 610 01:19:24,640 --> 01:19:26,915 Not even the group management in Brussels? 611 01:19:27,360 --> 01:19:32,673 I will not get confidential with you. - You're General Manager. - In name. 612 01:19:33,120 --> 01:19:37,079 Until the next shareholders' meeting, I could pretend to be in command. 613 01:19:37,520 --> 01:19:42,469 But I won't. I'll leave. - What Wilutzki did is company treason. 614 01:19:45,040 --> 01:19:49,716 There are people who will thank "Mr" Wilutzki for what he did. 615 01:19:50,160 --> 01:19:53,755 My men are at your disposal. - Rieche... 616 01:19:54,520 --> 01:19:59,389 You don't understand. - You should let me decide what I understand or not. 617 01:20:22,320 --> 01:20:23,355 Wertheim! 618 01:20:26,760 --> 01:20:31,390 Cut the phone lines. No one gets in or out. Wilutzki's under house arrest. 619 01:20:31,840 --> 01:20:34,479 Highly irregular for a board member. 620 01:20:34,920 --> 01:20:37,195 He forfeited his post by his betrayal. 621 01:20:37,640 --> 01:20:40,598 Do you understand? - I can make out your words, yes. 622 01:20:45,880 --> 01:20:50,556 The works will merely move nearer to the Channel, due to the harbours. 623 01:20:51,000 --> 01:20:56,313 No jobs will be lost, Minister. First we'll work out a redundancy scheme. 624 01:20:56,760 --> 01:21:01,311 Yes, likewise. I wish you the same. If she's there, I'd love to. 625 01:21:02,360 --> 01:21:07,388 Yes, Madam, that's wonderful. May I wish you a happy and healthy... 626 01:21:07,840 --> 01:21:13,597 Wilutzki, the game is up. Do as I say and be quiet. - You fool! 627 01:21:20,640 --> 01:21:24,269 You're mad to lay hands on one of your managers. 628 01:21:30,320 --> 01:21:31,639 I've got proof. 629 01:21:32,080 --> 01:21:37,234 You don't understand any of that. - Let me decide what I understand. 630 01:22:03,280 --> 01:22:05,748 December 31st, 12 o'clock. 631 01:22:06,200 --> 01:22:10,432 The merger becomes effective. Wilutzki is head of Deutsche Neuropa. 632 01:22:18,520 --> 01:22:20,033 "Dearest Gertie, 633 01:22:20,480 --> 01:22:25,031 At the start of the new year I have, apart from an unhooked caravan 634 01:22:25,480 --> 01:22:26,754 and an empty flat, 635 01:22:27,200 --> 01:22:29,668 nothing left but longing for you. 636 01:22:30,120 --> 01:22:35,035 You mustn't blame me for having forbidden you to steal. 637 01:22:35,800 --> 01:22:39,475 I can't understand that you don't want to come back to me. 638 01:22:39,920 --> 01:22:44,436 I drag my soul behind me like a big St. Bernard dog. 639 01:22:45,160 --> 01:22:47,355 Yours, Ferdinand Rieche." 640 01:22:55,160 --> 01:22:59,233 We'll not be blackmailed by employees! - I won't be blamed for having failed. 641 01:22:59,680 --> 01:23:02,558 That depends. - I insist. It wasn't incompetence. 642 01:23:03,000 --> 01:23:05,514 You do understand you're fired? - I do. 643 01:23:05,960 --> 01:23:08,713 But please acknowledge I had a real chance. 644 01:23:09,160 --> 01:23:13,756 I do. I don't think you're incompetent. - That's enough for me. 645 01:23:24,200 --> 01:23:27,112 We will send you your belongings. 646 01:24:35,200 --> 01:24:38,795 Minister, the government has announced its economy measures. 647 01:24:39,240 --> 01:24:43,119 Would you call them drastic? - We have made large cuts, 648 01:24:43,560 --> 01:24:46,757 but we must discriminate between meat and fat. 649 01:24:47,200 --> 01:24:53,469 To stay with that metaphor: do the job cuts cut into the fat or the meat? 650 01:24:53,920 --> 01:24:56,673 No, we can't touch the meat. 651 01:24:57,120 --> 01:25:00,999 Several measures also affect the state governments. 652 01:25:01,440 --> 01:25:04,955 They are chiefly opposed to the cuts in education. 653 01:25:05,400 --> 01:25:09,075 No, we can't ever touch education. That'd be the meat. 654 01:25:09,520 --> 01:25:13,832 The same thing goes for the police? - I'm seeing Count Lambsdorff at 2. 655 01:25:14,280 --> 01:25:15,349 Minister, 656 01:25:15,800 --> 01:25:20,271 if you were to project economy measures for the next year, 657 01:25:20,720 --> 01:25:22,438 which groups would suffer major cuts? 658 01:25:22,880 --> 01:25:25,189 Yes, well, we can't... 659 01:25:25,640 --> 01:25:30,430 On no account must the population touch the meat. I mean... 660 01:25:30,880 --> 01:25:34,998 Minister, economizing is a good thing and people demand it of you, 661 01:25:35,440 --> 01:25:38,910 but on the other hand the economy needs a boost. 662 01:25:39,360 --> 01:25:43,717 Our motto is: No fear of burning your fingers, but take cover. 663 01:25:51,880 --> 01:25:54,553 Make room. Can you hear me, Minister? 664 01:25:56,360 --> 01:25:59,955 Give me a hand. Undo his shirt. - Minister, can you hear me? 665 01:26:00,400 --> 01:26:04,712 The steps in the Hofgarten, leading down to the Rhine. 666 01:26:05,160 --> 01:26:08,994 Ambulance should approach from Hofgarten. 667 01:26:11,080 --> 01:26:12,479 Suspect fleeing 668 01:26:12,920 --> 01:26:15,309 in the direction of Kennedy Bridge. 669 01:26:16,840 --> 01:26:18,831 Stop or I'll shoot! 670 01:26:19,280 --> 01:26:21,589 Suspect is fleeing on foot. 671 01:26:45,720 --> 01:26:48,154 Were your motives political? 672 01:26:48,600 --> 01:26:50,591 Security-political. 673 01:26:51,040 --> 01:26:56,876 To show that an assassin could get to the minister despite all security, 674 01:26:57,760 --> 01:27:01,230 and, if we were allowed to lead the opposing side, 675 01:27:01,680 --> 01:27:06,754 that we would be able to do it. This proves the need for our services. 676 01:27:08,240 --> 01:27:12,438 I'm really sorry I hit the minister in the cheek. 677 01:27:13,240 --> 01:27:17,552 I was aiming for the wall behind the minister. 678 01:27:18,360 --> 01:27:23,229 The bullet was to fly past his face at about 50 centimetres. 679 01:27:25,480 --> 01:27:29,189 So for your purposes it would've been better not to have hit him? 680 01:27:29,640 --> 01:27:34,839 Any closer and the muzzle flash would have shown. - You were caught anyway. 681 01:27:35,280 --> 01:27:39,717 I couldn't have known that. - You took it into account? - I did. 682 01:27:40,160 --> 01:27:42,276 Are you happy with your "success?" 683 01:27:42,720 --> 01:27:43,869 Certainly not. 684 01:27:44,320 --> 01:27:46,390 Then what did you expect? 685 01:27:46,840 --> 01:27:50,992 One has to express oneself. - With a gun? - We have to. 686 01:27:51,440 --> 01:27:55,592 Otherwise we cannot employ what we do best. We are realists. 687 01:27:56,040 --> 01:28:01,831 What are your practical goals? - I've put a lot of work into that. 688 01:28:02,280 --> 01:28:05,272 First we must be allowed to do what we can. 689 01:28:05,720 --> 01:28:10,316 The bullet that shattered part of his jaw and his teeth was part of that? 690 01:28:11,080 --> 01:28:12,752 As I said, I missed my mark. 691 01:28:13,200 --> 01:28:17,671 You just emphasized your abilities, but your aim was off. 692 01:28:18,200 --> 01:28:24,070 I missed because the minister moved. - That was to be expected. - It was. 693 01:28:24,520 --> 01:28:27,432 You planned to give yourself up afterwards? 694 01:28:27,880 --> 01:28:31,429 The officers of the 14th Precinct would never have caught me. 695 01:28:31,880 --> 01:28:35,759 But because the gentlemen of the security force from Bonn are younger, 696 01:28:36,200 --> 01:28:41,320 have more stamina and are well-trained in finding escape routes, 697 01:28:41,760 --> 01:28:46,311 as I myself am, it is certain that they will catch an assassin 698 01:28:46,760 --> 01:28:49,228 after he has fired his shot. 699 01:28:49,680 --> 01:28:54,708 This will, however, only serve to punish the crime, not prevent it. 700 01:28:55,160 --> 01:29:00,280 So you consciously took the risk of missing your mark? - Yes, I did! 701 01:29:00,720 --> 01:29:05,475 "Tactics," says our enemy, and we're very willing to learn from our enemy, 702 01:29:05,920 --> 01:29:08,992 "are the extension of strategy into practice." 703 01:29:09,440 --> 01:29:11,670 Replace "strategy" by "meaning" 704 01:29:12,120 --> 01:29:16,989 and any factor of uncertainty relating to the meaning of all we do 705 01:29:17,440 --> 01:29:20,796 will reflect on the behaviour of the individual. 706 01:29:21,240 --> 01:29:25,552 Nowadays you cannot maintain a company without risk. 707 01:29:26,000 --> 01:29:29,709 Could you put that a little simpler? - With pleasure. 708 01:29:30,160 --> 01:29:34,551 I shot him in the cheek because there is no real meaning to our life. 709 01:29:35,000 --> 01:29:37,594 For this reason, you can't always shoot straight. 710 01:29:45,320 --> 01:29:48,551 Based on the short story "A Capitalists' Bolshevik" 711 01:29:49,000 --> 01:29:52,470 from "Learning Processes with Deadly Results," Suhrkamp 665.