1 00:01:16,292 --> 00:01:18,052 - Must be the last dog in Petersburg. 2 00:01:20,710 --> 00:01:22,746 - Was the last dog in Petersburg. 3 00:01:24,817 --> 00:01:26,543 Do you eat dog? 4 00:01:26,578 --> 00:01:29,891 - Yes, if it doesn't actually say dog on the menu I do, yes. 5 00:01:31,721 --> 00:01:36,103 Usually says something like cassoulet du chien avec pomme de terre 6 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:38,624 or something like that. 7 00:01:38,659 --> 00:01:41,800 - It's a disgusting practice, Sasha. 8 00:01:41,834 --> 00:01:43,008 - Oh come on old boy, how do you think 9 00:01:43,042 --> 00:01:44,906 Amundsen got to the South Pole? 10 00:01:44,941 --> 00:01:47,150 He ate his dogs. 11 00:01:47,185 --> 00:01:49,428 Suppose the English ate each other, did they? 12 00:01:52,190 --> 00:01:54,123 - Sidney Reilly? - Yes. 13 00:01:54,157 --> 00:01:56,125 - Come in, I'm Cromie. 14 00:02:04,167 --> 00:02:06,480 Have you got a rank Mr. Reilly? 15 00:02:06,514 --> 00:02:08,551 - Yes, I'm captain flying corps. 16 00:02:08,585 --> 00:02:10,104 - Ah the flying corps. 17 00:02:11,001 --> 00:02:13,211 And Mr. Grammaticoff? 18 00:02:13,245 --> 00:02:14,453 - I'm Sidney's lawyer. 19 00:02:14,488 --> 00:02:15,316 - Really? 20 00:02:16,766 --> 00:02:19,217 Does he usually take a legal adviser on active service? 21 00:02:19,251 --> 00:02:21,667 - Well sir, if there was ever an enterprise 22 00:02:21,702 --> 00:02:23,152 in which a man needed a lawyer, 23 00:02:23,186 --> 00:02:25,050 it is this one. 24 00:02:25,084 --> 00:02:26,500 By the way can I use your phone? 25 00:02:26,534 --> 00:02:27,604 - In the study. 26 00:02:31,021 --> 00:02:33,679 Captain Reilly, this is Captain Hill. 27 00:02:33,714 --> 00:02:35,578 George, Sidney Reilly. 28 00:02:36,786 --> 00:02:38,201 - You're one of Cumming's men. 29 00:02:38,236 --> 00:02:39,064 - Yes. 30 00:02:41,031 --> 00:02:42,550 - Have some coffee. - Thank you. 31 00:02:42,585 --> 00:02:44,897 - George has his own organization. 32 00:02:44,932 --> 00:02:47,555 - In Ukraine mostly, although recently 33 00:02:47,590 --> 00:02:49,661 I've extended my operations to Moscow. 34 00:02:49,695 --> 00:02:51,663 - Like all pongos, he's not really happy 35 00:02:51,697 --> 00:02:53,320 unless he's blowing something up. 36 00:02:54,493 --> 00:02:56,875 George is here because I wanted a witness. 37 00:03:03,744 --> 00:03:04,779 - How much is in there? 38 00:03:04,814 --> 00:03:06,781 - A million pounds. 39 00:03:06,816 --> 00:03:10,199 Of which you will be getting 100,000 pounds. 40 00:03:11,269 --> 00:03:12,442 - That's generous of you. 41 00:03:13,754 --> 00:03:16,135 - I'm not being generous, Captain Reilly. 42 00:03:16,170 --> 00:03:20,209 It's a loan, from the Navy, and I shall expect it back. 43 00:03:21,831 --> 00:03:23,281 - What are you going to do with it? 44 00:03:24,489 --> 00:03:25,973 - I'm going to take it up to Moscow 45 00:03:26,007 --> 00:03:28,596 to see what it will buy in the way of a new government. 46 00:03:29,977 --> 00:03:32,151 - Any particular model in mind? 47 00:03:32,186 --> 00:03:35,016 - Not really, as long as it fights Germans. 48 00:03:36,535 --> 00:03:38,606 - Well, if you want any help let me know. 49 00:03:41,230 --> 00:03:44,267 - In 1917 when the Great War was at its height, 50 00:03:44,302 --> 00:03:46,511 the Bolsheviks took Russia by storm, 51 00:03:46,545 --> 00:03:48,720 promising peace with Germany. 52 00:03:48,754 --> 00:03:51,447 This so concerned the British prime minister Lloyd George 53 00:03:51,481 --> 00:03:53,552 that Reilly was sent back into Russia 54 00:03:53,587 --> 00:03:56,348 to see what could be done to reverse the situation. 55 00:03:56,383 --> 00:03:58,557 Officially he was attached to commander Cromie 56 00:03:58,592 --> 00:04:00,697 at the British legation in Petrograd, 57 00:04:00,732 --> 00:04:03,113 but within days Reilly left for Moscow, 58 00:04:03,148 --> 00:04:06,185 taking his old friend Sasha Grammaticoff with him. 59 00:04:06,220 --> 00:04:09,188 They planned to overthrow the Bolsheviks and replace them 60 00:04:09,223 --> 00:04:10,328 with a new government which would 61 00:04:10,362 --> 00:04:12,951 continue the war against Germany. 62 00:04:12,985 --> 00:04:15,850 That government was to be headed by Reilly himself. 63 00:04:58,859 --> 00:05:00,239 - Mademoiselle Friede. 64 00:05:00,274 --> 00:05:01,171 - What do you want? 65 00:05:01,206 --> 00:05:02,103 - To speak to your brother. 66 00:05:02,138 --> 00:05:03,312 - Well he's at the Kremlin. 67 00:05:03,346 --> 00:05:04,968 He's a garrison commander this week. 68 00:05:05,003 --> 00:05:07,350 - I know, Dagmara sent me. 69 00:05:07,385 --> 00:05:08,662 My name is Sidney Reilly. 70 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:12,148 - Well, come in I'll telephone. 71 00:05:18,361 --> 00:05:20,398 He says it will have to wait 'til next week. 72 00:05:20,432 --> 00:05:23,228 He can't leave his post. - Can't wait a week. 73 00:05:23,262 --> 00:05:24,643 Tell him I shall meet him in 15 minutes 74 00:05:24,678 --> 00:05:25,748 at the savior gate. 75 00:05:25,782 --> 00:05:27,128 I have an appointment with Lenin. 76 00:05:28,337 --> 00:05:32,064 Madam, we are embarked on a great adventure. 77 00:05:33,031 --> 00:05:34,584 This is no time for hesitation. 78 00:05:37,587 --> 00:05:39,520 - He has an appointment with Lenin. 79 00:05:39,555 --> 00:05:42,281 Will you meet him in 15 minutes at savior gate? 80 00:05:45,250 --> 00:05:47,425 He says you must be mad, but he'll be there. 81 00:05:49,288 --> 00:05:50,117 - Good. 82 00:06:20,975 --> 00:06:22,632 - What do you want? 83 00:06:22,667 --> 00:06:24,220 - I want to speak to Lenin. 84 00:06:27,292 --> 00:06:28,120 - Wait here. 85 00:06:43,412 --> 00:06:44,758 - Lockhart. 86 00:06:44,792 --> 00:06:47,346 - We have a man at the gatehouse who wants to see Lenin. 87 00:06:47,381 --> 00:06:49,590 He has a message from Lloyd George. 88 00:06:49,625 --> 00:06:52,455 - What's his name? - Sidney Reilly. 89 00:06:52,490 --> 00:06:55,424 He also has a letter from our man in London, Litvinov. 90 00:07:06,089 --> 00:07:07,746 - Captain Reilly? - Yes. 91 00:07:07,781 --> 00:07:09,541 - I'm colonel Friede. 92 00:07:13,994 --> 00:07:14,822 Follow me. 93 00:07:21,967 --> 00:07:24,936 - That places us in an extremely embarrassing position. 94 00:07:24,970 --> 00:07:26,455 Here we have a man who claims he comes 95 00:07:26,489 --> 00:07:27,663 from a British government, 96 00:07:27,697 --> 00:07:29,250 you say you know nothing about him. 97 00:07:29,285 --> 00:07:32,426 - Places me in an embarrassing position, Karachan, not you. 98 00:07:37,224 --> 00:07:38,605 - Seems genuinely put out. 99 00:07:39,709 --> 00:07:41,470 Doesn't know anything about this man. 100 00:07:45,301 --> 00:07:47,924 - You've been here before? - Yes in the old days. 101 00:07:47,959 --> 00:07:51,031 - Things have changed. - So I've noticed. 102 00:07:51,065 --> 00:07:52,515 For instance, the Kremlin is now guarded 103 00:07:52,550 --> 00:07:54,931 entirely by Latvian troops. 104 00:07:54,966 --> 00:07:56,243 - That's because Latvian soldiers 105 00:07:56,277 --> 00:07:59,246 are the best ones in the Bolshevik army. 106 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:00,834 Some say the only soldiers. 107 00:08:00,868 --> 00:08:02,249 - And you are commander. 108 00:08:02,283 --> 00:08:03,457 - I'm honored to do so. 109 00:08:04,700 --> 00:08:06,529 There are only two disciplined armies 110 00:08:06,564 --> 00:08:08,048 in the whole of Russia. 111 00:08:08,082 --> 00:08:11,120 The first is Latvians, the second is the Czechs. 112 00:08:11,154 --> 00:08:13,225 - There will soon be a third. 113 00:08:13,260 --> 00:08:15,745 Within a month the British will land at Archangel. 114 00:08:17,298 --> 00:08:18,645 Their orders will be to engage 115 00:08:18,679 --> 00:08:20,405 the Germans wherever they may find them, 116 00:08:20,439 --> 00:08:24,513 then to wheel west to liberate Latvia and Estonia. 117 00:08:24,547 --> 00:08:25,997 Now what the British would dearly love to know 118 00:08:26,031 --> 00:08:28,758 is whether your Latvians will support them. 119 00:08:28,793 --> 00:08:30,277 Or will they obey Lenin's orders, 120 00:08:30,311 --> 00:08:32,935 which undoubtedly will be to drive them back into the sea? 121 00:08:32,969 --> 00:08:35,040 - Highly unlikely that Lenin would risk such an an-- 122 00:08:35,075 --> 00:08:37,284 - You're evading the question, colonel. 123 00:08:37,318 --> 00:08:40,425 - The loyalty of the Latvian troops is to their officers. 124 00:08:40,459 --> 00:08:42,013 Our loyalty is to Lenin. 125 00:08:42,047 --> 00:08:44,912 - Despite the fact that the peace treaty of Brest-Litovsk 126 00:08:44,947 --> 00:08:47,950 handed Latvia to Germany on a plate? 127 00:08:47,984 --> 00:08:49,641 - In the long run we will repossess it. 128 00:08:49,676 --> 00:08:53,093 - You may be able to take the long view, but can your men? 129 00:08:53,127 --> 00:08:55,336 I suggest colonel that you give serious thought 130 00:08:55,371 --> 00:08:57,546 to the question I put to you. 131 00:08:57,580 --> 00:08:58,477 - What is your proposal? 132 00:08:58,512 --> 00:08:59,340 - Just this. 133 00:09:00,549 --> 00:09:02,378 That if Lenin resists the idea of a landing 134 00:09:02,412 --> 00:09:03,828 he should be replaced. 135 00:09:05,899 --> 00:09:07,866 With the aid of your troops, of course. 136 00:09:13,838 --> 00:09:14,666 - Captain Reilly. 137 00:09:16,185 --> 00:09:20,085 - I am Bonch-Brouevich, this is Mr. Karachan. 138 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:23,088 Lenin is busy, but perhaps we can help? 139 00:09:23,951 --> 00:09:26,160 - I have a letter from Litvinov. 140 00:09:53,809 --> 00:09:55,638 - He says you brought a personal message 141 00:09:55,673 --> 00:09:57,502 to Lenin from Lloyd George. 142 00:09:57,536 --> 00:09:58,779 - Yes that's right. 143 00:10:00,125 --> 00:10:01,126 - Let's have it. 144 00:10:03,473 --> 00:10:07,098 - Mr. Lloyd George addresses Mr. Lenin as follows. 145 00:10:07,132 --> 00:10:08,375 The Germans are about to launch 146 00:10:08,409 --> 00:10:10,791 a major offensive on the western front. 147 00:10:10,826 --> 00:10:12,897 In order to prevent our complete collapse, 148 00:10:12,931 --> 00:10:15,313 it is imperative that you reenter the war. 149 00:10:16,452 --> 00:10:17,936 Ludendorff has amassed a vast army 150 00:10:17,971 --> 00:10:21,768 which includes many units which were previously in Russia. 151 00:10:23,735 --> 00:10:25,634 - That is the message. 152 00:10:25,668 --> 00:10:26,842 - That's the first part. 153 00:10:28,326 --> 00:10:29,534 He goes on to assure you that if you do as he asks, 154 00:10:29,568 --> 00:10:31,467 the British government will do all it can 155 00:10:31,501 --> 00:10:34,263 to support you in the difficult days which lie ahead. 156 00:10:34,297 --> 00:10:35,195 - And if we don't? 157 00:10:36,714 --> 00:10:37,611 - Mr. Reilly. 158 00:10:39,026 --> 00:10:40,649 The Bolshevik party did not want to 159 00:10:40,683 --> 00:10:42,720 get out of the war with Germany. 160 00:10:42,754 --> 00:10:47,138 We were persuaded with eight million casualties 161 00:10:47,172 --> 00:10:48,587 that it would be better to accept the most 162 00:10:48,622 --> 00:10:52,108 humiliating peace terms than to see the defeat 163 00:10:52,143 --> 00:10:54,455 of our revolution, and that is why we signed the treaty. 164 00:10:54,490 --> 00:10:56,181 - If we revoke the treaty tomorrow, 165 00:10:56,216 --> 00:10:58,874 the Germans could be in Moscow the following day. 166 00:10:58,908 --> 00:11:01,946 That is the harsh reality of the situation. 167 00:11:01,980 --> 00:11:03,741 We have no alternative. 168 00:11:03,775 --> 00:11:05,156 - There is an alternative. 169 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:07,745 We could land our own troops 170 00:11:07,779 --> 00:11:09,401 and engage the Germans on your behalf. 171 00:11:09,436 --> 00:11:10,989 - That is a polite way of saying 172 00:11:11,024 --> 00:11:13,543 that you intend to invade our country. 173 00:11:14,441 --> 00:11:15,614 - They would be deployed against 174 00:11:15,649 --> 00:11:17,616 the Germans, not against yourselves. 175 00:11:17,651 --> 00:11:20,412 - The British envoy to Moscow assured us 176 00:11:20,447 --> 00:11:22,863 there would be no intervention. 177 00:11:22,898 --> 00:11:25,176 - That was before the German buildup. 178 00:11:27,212 --> 00:11:29,456 Believe me gentlemen, the situation is desperate. 179 00:11:29,490 --> 00:11:31,665 Paris will fall, there is a distinct possibility 180 00:11:31,700 --> 00:11:32,977 that we will lose the war. 181 00:11:34,150 --> 00:11:36,256 - Lenin has made his attitude plain. 182 00:11:36,290 --> 00:11:38,948 He will view any landing of Allied troops 183 00:11:38,983 --> 00:11:43,125 on Russian soil as a violation of our territorial integrity. 184 00:11:43,159 --> 00:11:46,507 It will be considered a direct threat to the revolution, 185 00:11:46,542 --> 00:11:47,957 and treated accordingly. 186 00:11:47,992 --> 00:11:51,892 - What is more, he will repudiate all Russian war debts 187 00:11:51,927 --> 00:11:55,240 and confiscate all Allied property including banks, 188 00:11:55,275 --> 00:11:57,311 factories, and transport systems 189 00:11:57,346 --> 00:12:00,142 and drive your soldiers back into the sea! 190 00:12:01,557 --> 00:12:03,662 If necessary, with the help of the German invaders. 191 00:12:10,497 --> 00:12:13,086 - That is the message I am to take to Lloyd George? 192 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:14,225 - Yes captain it is. 193 00:12:15,260 --> 00:12:16,123 - Colonel Friede. 194 00:12:17,297 --> 00:12:18,885 Show captain Reilly to the gatehouse. 195 00:12:21,128 --> 00:12:22,267 A word, captain Reilly. 196 00:12:25,236 --> 00:12:28,032 I wish we could have been of more help to you. 197 00:12:28,066 --> 00:12:28,895 - Not at all. 198 00:12:32,553 --> 00:12:35,246 - How did Lenin react? - Predictably. 199 00:12:38,042 --> 00:12:39,457 - What about Friede? 200 00:12:40,665 --> 00:12:41,770 - He's hooked. 201 00:12:43,944 --> 00:12:46,257 - So where's the next port of call? 202 00:12:48,052 --> 00:12:50,744 - Commisar Orlov, secret police. 203 00:13:02,583 --> 00:13:05,724 - Sidney, you son of a bitch! 204 00:13:05,759 --> 00:13:06,587 Sasha! 205 00:13:07,968 --> 00:13:09,521 Welcome to Bolsavia! 206 00:13:10,591 --> 00:13:12,628 - Orlov you old hound! 207 00:13:33,338 --> 00:13:35,271 - Who was that? 208 00:13:35,306 --> 00:13:37,687 - Felix Dzerzhinsky old boy, head of the Cheka. 209 00:13:38,550 --> 00:13:39,828 This is his headquarters. 210 00:13:41,588 --> 00:13:43,624 Don't get mixed up with him, Sidney. 211 00:13:43,659 --> 00:13:46,075 He shows his teeth in his eyes if you know what I mean. 212 00:13:46,110 --> 00:13:48,457 - You're looking for? - Commissar Orlov. 213 00:13:49,907 --> 00:13:51,529 - Follow me please. 214 00:13:51,563 --> 00:13:54,394 - That Rolls was outside Miss Friede's tonight. 215 00:13:54,428 --> 00:13:56,879 - Yeah he's something of a ladies man I'm told. 216 00:13:56,914 --> 00:13:59,261 When he isn't eating babies and killing people. 217 00:13:59,295 --> 00:14:00,849 - She his mistress? 218 00:14:00,883 --> 00:14:02,747 - I think it's a reasonable assumption. 219 00:14:04,438 --> 00:14:05,854 - Sidney, how are you? 220 00:14:07,752 --> 00:14:09,202 Let me introduce you. 221 00:14:09,236 --> 00:14:12,930 This is Smidchen of the Latvian brigade. 222 00:14:14,103 --> 00:14:17,244 Smidchen the pigeon as he is known about here. 223 00:14:17,279 --> 00:14:18,901 - That was uncalled for commissar. 224 00:14:18,936 --> 00:14:21,766 - Lieutenant Smidchen reports to us 225 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:25,908 all tittle tattle in the Latvian mess. 226 00:14:25,943 --> 00:14:30,050 - Gentlemen, you must excuse the commissar. 227 00:14:30,085 --> 00:14:31,638 He has dined too well. 228 00:14:31,672 --> 00:14:32,501 - Get out! 229 00:14:40,923 --> 00:14:43,650 You son of a St. Petersburg pimp! 230 00:14:55,351 --> 00:14:59,286 I see you too have survived the deluge. 231 00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:04,774 - Yes, not with quite the same style as you old boy. 232 00:15:04,809 --> 00:15:06,569 - Well you know what my father used to say, 233 00:15:06,604 --> 00:15:09,193 when you live amongst wolves 234 00:15:10,056 --> 00:15:11,678 you should howl like one. 235 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:19,097 - Well, here's to us. - I'll drink to that. 236 00:15:27,625 --> 00:15:28,419 So. 237 00:15:29,627 --> 00:15:31,215 You joined the Cheka? 238 00:15:31,249 --> 00:15:33,424 - It's only been going for six months, 239 00:15:33,458 --> 00:15:35,115 but during that time we've got together 240 00:15:35,150 --> 00:15:38,118 the biggest gang of nasties 241 00:15:38,153 --> 00:15:41,466 you're likely to see this side of hell. 242 00:15:41,501 --> 00:15:43,986 I was one of the few who could read, 243 00:15:44,021 --> 00:15:48,025 so I've risen to my present position with meteoric speed. 244 00:15:49,198 --> 00:15:50,268 - And how is Moscow? 245 00:15:51,683 --> 00:15:54,686 - The Bolsheviks lumber from one crisis to another. 246 00:15:54,721 --> 00:15:57,241 We're running a book on how long they can last. 247 00:15:57,275 --> 00:16:00,796 The German army's within three hours by train 248 00:16:00,830 --> 00:16:04,179 and they've installed a fearful man von Meerbach 249 00:16:04,213 --> 00:16:07,009 who constantly threatens to call in. 250 00:16:07,044 --> 00:16:10,564 A social revolutionary party who include 251 00:16:10,599 --> 00:16:13,602 many of the Czechies are about to take to the streets again 252 00:16:13,636 --> 00:16:17,261 to protest against the German occupation of the Ukraine. 253 00:16:17,295 --> 00:16:18,503 There are more and more shootings 254 00:16:18,538 --> 00:16:20,712 and the whole thing could end up 255 00:16:20,747 --> 00:16:23,922 in a bloodbath if we're not careful. 256 00:16:23,957 --> 00:16:25,786 So, in answer to your question, 257 00:16:25,821 --> 00:16:30,791 the situation Moscow is deteriorating. 258 00:16:30,826 --> 00:16:33,070 - Well, Petrograd's no better you'll find. 259 00:16:33,104 --> 00:16:35,279 There was no food, they've eaten all the dogs. 260 00:16:35,313 --> 00:16:37,246 No transport, they've eaten all the horses. 261 00:16:37,281 --> 00:16:38,523 Typhoid's everywhere. 262 00:16:38,558 --> 00:16:40,042 - They've eaten all the doctors? 263 00:16:42,389 --> 00:16:43,183 - Not quite. 264 00:16:43,218 --> 00:16:45,116 - Well, let's emigrate. 265 00:16:46,876 --> 00:16:48,464 How's Paris these days? 266 00:16:48,499 --> 00:16:51,053 - It's about to be overrun by the German army. 267 00:16:51,088 --> 00:16:54,919 - Oh, a desperate times we live in! 268 00:16:56,300 --> 00:16:58,819 - However, the British 269 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:03,962 are landing at Archangel. 270 00:17:05,999 --> 00:17:07,242 - When? 271 00:17:07,276 --> 00:17:08,208 - In a month or so. 272 00:17:09,451 --> 00:17:10,590 - How many men? 273 00:17:10,624 --> 00:17:12,316 - Hopefully between 10 and 20,000. 274 00:17:12,350 --> 00:17:14,663 - They're not going to get far with 20,000 men. 275 00:17:14,697 --> 00:17:17,493 This is Russia, not the Dardanelles. 276 00:17:17,528 --> 00:17:21,014 - I don't know, Savinkov plans a rising in the north 277 00:17:22,395 --> 00:17:24,707 and I'm going to try and see what I can do in Moscow. 278 00:17:26,088 --> 00:17:27,814 - You mean a coup of some sort? 279 00:17:29,022 --> 00:17:30,886 - With the aid of the Latvian guard. 280 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:33,923 - We take the Kremlin, arrest Lenin, 281 00:17:33,958 --> 00:17:35,511 and form an interim government. 282 00:17:36,685 --> 00:17:38,790 You will have the justice department, 283 00:17:38,825 --> 00:17:40,965 I shall be the treasury, Savinkov 284 00:17:42,139 --> 00:17:44,106 if he survives, will be minister for war. 285 00:17:45,142 --> 00:17:46,867 - And the number one? 286 00:17:46,902 --> 00:17:48,006 - Will be Sidney here. 287 00:17:50,906 --> 00:17:53,667 - And where do the Romanovs fit into your plans? 288 00:17:55,186 --> 00:17:56,049 - They don't. 289 00:18:01,296 --> 00:18:02,124 - Land reform? 290 00:18:03,643 --> 00:18:05,817 - There will be no going back to the old ways. 291 00:18:05,852 --> 00:18:07,440 The people will keep their land. 292 00:18:11,996 --> 00:18:13,584 - Sounds all right to me. 293 00:18:15,275 --> 00:18:16,863 What are your requirements? 294 00:18:16,897 --> 00:18:21,454 - We need papers, passes, automobiles, fuel requisitions, 295 00:18:21,488 --> 00:18:22,662 slips, whatever it takes 296 00:18:22,696 --> 00:18:24,146 to move couriers around the country. 297 00:18:24,181 --> 00:18:26,010 - I have to build up an organization from scratch. 298 00:18:27,425 --> 00:18:30,394 - I tell you what's going to be your big problem. 299 00:18:30,428 --> 00:18:32,258 The German army. 300 00:18:32,292 --> 00:18:33,914 Social revolutionaries are doing 301 00:18:33,949 --> 00:18:36,262 everything in their power to provoke them. 302 00:18:37,677 --> 00:18:39,886 - Then we must talk to these social revolutionaries. 303 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:41,646 - Sure, that can be arranged. 304 00:18:43,027 --> 00:18:46,927 By the way, you want to become officers of the Cheka? 305 00:18:48,101 --> 00:18:49,792 It's the easiest way to get about. 306 00:18:51,380 --> 00:18:52,761 - Is that possible? 307 00:18:52,795 --> 00:18:57,662 - Yes 'tis, everything is possible in Bolsavia. 308 00:19:07,465 --> 00:19:10,641 - Ah, Sidney this is my niece Dagmara. 309 00:19:12,436 --> 00:19:14,645 And her friend Natalia Chekalva. 310 00:19:16,992 --> 00:19:21,341 Girls, this is Sidney Reilly of whom I've told you so much. 311 00:19:21,376 --> 00:19:22,342 - And that's Sonia. 312 00:19:24,551 --> 00:19:26,450 Did you talk to Marie Friede? 313 00:19:26,484 --> 00:19:28,210 - Yes I think she would have thrown me out 314 00:19:28,245 --> 00:19:30,316 if I hadn't mentioned your name. 315 00:19:30,350 --> 00:19:32,559 - We used to do class together. 316 00:19:32,594 --> 00:19:34,423 - That's dance classes, old boy. 317 00:19:34,458 --> 00:19:35,976 They're all dancers here. 318 00:19:36,011 --> 00:19:38,358 Their bones crack like hell. 319 00:19:38,393 --> 00:19:40,049 Can get bloody noisy at night. 320 00:19:41,292 --> 00:19:42,224 - Well that's all right with me. 321 00:19:42,259 --> 00:19:43,570 I can sleep through anything. 322 00:19:45,020 --> 00:19:46,435 - Do you want to eat? 323 00:19:46,470 --> 00:19:47,816 - No I just want to get my head down. 324 00:19:47,850 --> 00:19:49,266 Where do I sleep? 325 00:19:49,300 --> 00:19:51,647 - You sleep in my bed, Sasha bunks with Natalia, 326 00:19:51,682 --> 00:19:52,683 Sonia has the stove. 327 00:19:54,788 --> 00:19:57,722 - Is that all right with you? 328 00:19:57,757 --> 00:19:59,207 - Would you rather I slept on the floor? 329 00:19:59,241 --> 00:20:00,173 - No, no, no. 330 00:20:02,348 --> 00:20:03,935 - Tomorrow night Sonia will have the bed 331 00:20:03,970 --> 00:20:05,799 and I'll have the stove. 332 00:20:07,180 --> 00:20:08,871 - They've got it all worked out old boy. 333 00:20:25,694 --> 00:20:26,971 - Who is Sidney Reilly? 334 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:30,941 And what is he doing in Moscow? 335 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,704 - Sidney Reilly is one of my most experienced agents. 336 00:20:35,739 --> 00:20:37,844 He has been sent in fact to Petrograd 337 00:20:37,879 --> 00:20:41,158 to ensure that the Russian fleet is scuttled 338 00:20:41,192 --> 00:20:42,608 if the Germans take the city. 339 00:20:44,299 --> 00:20:46,405 - I thought that was the Navy's job. 340 00:20:46,439 --> 00:20:49,511 - The Navy asked for political advice, we sent them Reilly. 341 00:20:50,719 --> 00:20:52,445 - So Reilly was sent to Petrograd. 342 00:20:53,929 --> 00:20:55,448 To advise Cromie on the timing 343 00:20:55,483 --> 00:20:57,726 for the scuttling of the Russian fleet. 344 00:20:57,761 --> 00:20:59,314 - Correct. - So, 345 00:20:59,349 --> 00:21:00,764 what is he doing in Moscow? 346 00:21:02,386 --> 00:21:05,734 - Nothing in particular and doing it very well. 347 00:21:05,769 --> 00:21:06,873 - Well according to Lockhart, 348 00:21:06,908 --> 00:21:08,047 he knocked at the Kremlin door 349 00:21:08,081 --> 00:21:10,187 and demanded to see Mr. Lenin. 350 00:21:10,221 --> 00:21:12,776 He said he had a message from Lloyd George. 351 00:21:15,537 --> 00:21:17,988 Well had he a message from Lloyd George? 352 00:21:18,022 --> 00:21:20,404 - You would have to ask the prime minister that. 353 00:21:21,578 --> 00:21:22,786 - I'm asking you. 354 00:21:24,477 --> 00:21:25,685 - Reilly saw the prime minister 355 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,377 before he went, that's all I know. 356 00:21:30,552 --> 00:21:33,590 - And what do you know of a Boris Savinkov? 357 00:21:35,592 --> 00:21:38,180 - Savinkov is a social revolutionary 358 00:21:38,215 --> 00:21:41,839 and he's minister of state in Kerensky's government. 359 00:21:41,874 --> 00:21:45,602 - Is there a relationship between Reilly and Savinkov? 360 00:21:45,636 --> 00:21:47,362 - I really couldn't say, sir. 361 00:21:47,397 --> 00:21:49,606 Certainly Reilly has great admiration for him. 362 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:53,230 - Did you know that Savinkov was planning an uprising? 363 00:21:54,576 --> 00:21:57,268 To coincide with the British landings at Archangel? 364 00:21:57,303 --> 00:21:58,339 - No sir I did not. 365 00:22:00,271 --> 00:22:03,689 - Is it conceivable that Reilly and Savinkov 366 00:22:04,897 --> 00:22:07,555 got together to topple Lenin, 367 00:22:07,589 --> 00:22:09,211 and put themselves at the head 368 00:22:09,246 --> 00:22:11,179 of a new government in Russia? 369 00:22:14,182 --> 00:22:15,010 Is it? 370 00:22:16,736 --> 00:22:18,531 - It is just conceivable. 371 00:22:18,566 --> 00:22:20,499 - That is indeed what Lockhart told me. 372 00:22:22,432 --> 00:22:24,537 If this event comes to pass, 373 00:22:25,745 --> 00:22:27,920 I shall hold you personally responsible. 374 00:22:28,955 --> 00:22:30,440 - On what grounds? 375 00:22:30,474 --> 00:22:33,166 - Because he is one of your men. 376 00:22:33,201 --> 00:22:35,203 - Reilly is Russian born and a free agent 377 00:22:35,237 --> 00:22:36,653 when it comes to politics. 378 00:22:36,687 --> 00:22:38,862 - He is not free when it comes to throwing a spanner 379 00:22:38,896 --> 00:22:41,658 into our entire eastern strategy. 380 00:22:41,692 --> 00:22:43,936 - The situation in Moscow as I understand it 381 00:22:43,970 --> 00:22:46,421 is that the Bolsheviks are by no means in control of events. 382 00:22:46,456 --> 00:22:47,802 They may well be swept from power 383 00:22:47,836 --> 00:22:50,114 with or without Reilly's efforts. 384 00:22:50,149 --> 00:22:52,254 My theory is that we shall wake up one morning 385 00:22:52,289 --> 00:22:53,739 to find a new Russian government 386 00:22:53,773 --> 00:22:55,430 controlled directly from Berlin. 387 00:22:55,465 --> 00:22:57,432 - That is precisely why we have 388 00:22:57,467 --> 00:22:59,434 given our support to Mr. Lenin. 389 00:23:00,504 --> 00:23:03,265 - But what if Mr. Lenin fails? 390 00:23:03,300 --> 00:23:05,440 - He will not fail, given our support. 391 00:23:06,890 --> 00:23:09,858 - There are those who disagree with his policies. 392 00:23:09,893 --> 00:23:12,861 - What you fail to realize commander, 393 00:23:12,896 --> 00:23:16,313 is that I view a Russia run by Reilly 394 00:23:16,347 --> 00:23:19,592 with as much alarm as I view one run by the Bolsheviks. 395 00:23:19,627 --> 00:23:22,457 At least we know where we stand with them. 396 00:23:22,492 --> 00:23:25,702 Furthermore, they will be removed 397 00:23:25,736 --> 00:23:26,979 when the time is ripe, 398 00:23:28,152 --> 00:23:31,535 but through the proper political channels. 399 00:23:31,570 --> 00:23:33,779 Not by some part time employee 400 00:23:33,813 --> 00:23:35,712 of the British Secret Service. 401 00:23:35,746 --> 00:23:37,438 Do I make myself clear? 402 00:23:37,472 --> 00:23:38,784 - Perfectly. 403 00:23:53,523 --> 00:23:56,318 - Ah wonder if master Savinkov is up here. 404 00:23:59,529 --> 00:24:01,634 - So it's 180 miles from here to Moscow, 405 00:24:01,669 --> 00:24:06,570 500 to Archangel, so you see it's ideal for our purpose. 406 00:24:06,605 --> 00:24:08,089 Have you had confirmation from London? 407 00:24:08,123 --> 00:24:09,539 - Oh yes the landings are going ahead as planned. 408 00:24:09,573 --> 00:24:10,401 - Good, good. 409 00:24:12,473 --> 00:24:13,646 - I have to say however Boris, 410 00:24:13,681 --> 00:24:17,339 I'm more than a little concerned for you. 411 00:24:17,374 --> 00:24:18,582 - Don't worry. 412 00:24:18,617 --> 00:24:20,377 There's nothing between here and Archangel 413 00:24:20,411 --> 00:24:23,242 but a few Latvian regulars and a trip or two of cavalry. 414 00:24:23,276 --> 00:24:25,762 If the British land on time, yes? 415 00:24:25,796 --> 00:24:27,246 Together we'll win a great victory. 416 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,800 - How will you raise a province with five men? 417 00:24:29,835 --> 00:24:33,494 - Napoleon landed in France with less. 418 00:24:33,528 --> 00:24:38,499 I always make sure that my underwear is sterilized. 419 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,156 More people die from gangrene in the field 420 00:24:41,191 --> 00:24:44,021 than from their original wound, did you know that? 421 00:24:44,056 --> 00:24:46,403 - You're also short of supplies. 422 00:24:46,437 --> 00:24:48,474 - We'll pick up what we need from the enemy. 423 00:24:50,752 --> 00:24:52,547 Greatest danger that we face 424 00:24:52,582 --> 00:24:54,860 is incursions by the German army. 425 00:24:54,894 --> 00:24:57,621 Anything that you can do to keep them out of Yuroslavo, 426 00:24:57,656 --> 00:25:01,004 anything, yes will be greatly appreciated. 427 00:25:02,384 --> 00:25:03,593 - I'll see what I can do. 428 00:25:04,801 --> 00:25:07,942 In the meantime, I hope you'll accept 429 00:25:07,976 --> 00:25:09,633 some money for this insurrection. 430 00:25:12,153 --> 00:25:12,981 - Do I need this? 431 00:25:13,396 --> 00:25:15,743 - It's sometimes easier to bribe armies 432 00:25:15,777 --> 00:25:17,296 than it is to shoot them. 433 00:25:17,330 --> 00:25:20,057 - Yes, but it takes time. 434 00:25:20,092 --> 00:25:21,472 Come in. 435 00:25:22,612 --> 00:25:24,234 - Your friends have arrived. 436 00:25:24,268 --> 00:25:25,580 All five of them. - Good. 437 00:25:29,032 --> 00:25:32,345 - Before you go, a toast. 438 00:25:32,380 --> 00:25:33,208 - I don't drink. 439 00:25:34,382 --> 00:25:35,935 - It's a Napoleon brandy old boy. 440 00:25:37,316 --> 00:25:39,767 - Well in that case, I'll make an exception. 441 00:25:55,955 --> 00:25:57,578 Well, here's to a great victory. 442 00:26:03,584 --> 00:26:07,588 - Last night my car was ambushed in the Derdrinka district 443 00:26:07,622 --> 00:26:09,624 and my chauffeur killed. 444 00:26:09,659 --> 00:26:12,765 - We very much regret that this happened, your excellency. 445 00:26:13,904 --> 00:26:16,389 - Had I been in the car, Mr. Bonch-Brouevich, 446 00:26:16,424 --> 00:26:18,322 I would have been killed. 447 00:26:18,357 --> 00:26:23,017 In such a situation would not be regretting the incident, 448 00:26:23,051 --> 00:26:24,950 you would be deploring it 449 00:26:24,984 --> 00:26:27,953 because you know and I know that the imperial German army 450 00:26:27,987 --> 00:26:31,301 would by now be at the gates of the city. 451 00:26:31,335 --> 00:26:32,785 And you would be out in the streets, 452 00:26:32,820 --> 00:26:35,029 hunting down my murderers 453 00:26:35,063 --> 00:26:38,170 in order to placate my superiors in Berlin. 454 00:26:39,309 --> 00:26:42,001 Now, I wish to bring to the attention 455 00:26:42,036 --> 00:26:44,763 of the committee two facts. 456 00:26:44,797 --> 00:26:48,559 First, the social revolutionary party 457 00:26:48,594 --> 00:26:52,253 which is responsible for last night's outrage 458 00:26:52,287 --> 00:26:55,221 does not seem to accept the peace treaty 459 00:26:55,256 --> 00:26:59,156 which our two nations have jointly signed. 460 00:26:59,191 --> 00:27:02,608 And second, not only are you helpless 461 00:27:02,643 --> 00:27:05,922 in face of their operations here in Moscow, 462 00:27:05,956 --> 00:27:09,442 but I am informed that you are actually financing 463 00:27:09,477 --> 00:27:12,135 their terrorist activities in the Ukraine. 464 00:27:12,169 --> 00:27:15,932 - Felix, can you shed any light on this? 465 00:27:15,966 --> 00:27:17,416 - On what Elliott? 466 00:27:17,450 --> 00:27:20,315 - Are we funding terrorist groups in the Ukraine? 467 00:27:20,350 --> 00:27:21,903 - Not to my knowledge. 468 00:27:21,938 --> 00:27:24,837 - There seems to be some mistake there, count Meerbach. 469 00:27:24,872 --> 00:27:27,391 We are not funding any social revolutionary 470 00:27:27,426 --> 00:27:29,462 activity in the Ukraine. 471 00:27:29,497 --> 00:27:32,396 - Not only are you doing so sir, 472 00:27:32,431 --> 00:27:34,985 but the money you give to the terrorists in the Ukraine 473 00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:37,091 is part of the money we give to you. 474 00:27:38,540 --> 00:27:39,438 - Karachan. - Ilyich? 475 00:27:40,715 --> 00:27:43,304 - Are we getting any funds from the Germans? 476 00:27:43,338 --> 00:27:45,340 - Not a sausage. 477 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,725 - You have been misinformed, your excellency. 478 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,728 - I have not been misinformed, Mr. Lenin 479 00:27:53,763 --> 00:27:55,626 on either score. 480 00:27:55,661 --> 00:27:58,699 - It is unfortunate that the social revolutionaries 481 00:27:58,733 --> 00:28:03,704 have never accepted the principles of our peace treaty, 482 00:28:04,877 --> 00:28:07,638 but there's very little we can do about that. 483 00:28:07,673 --> 00:28:10,745 And when they see your armies plundering our countryside 484 00:28:10,780 --> 00:28:13,817 and pillaging our industries I ask you, 485 00:28:13,852 --> 00:28:16,371 is it any wonder they continue to oppose you? 486 00:28:16,406 --> 00:28:17,959 - What you call plunder 487 00:28:17,994 --> 00:28:19,858 are the legitimate fruits of victory. 488 00:28:21,135 --> 00:28:24,034 I demand that something be done 489 00:28:24,069 --> 00:28:28,349 to halt the social revolutionaries in their tracks! 490 00:28:28,383 --> 00:28:29,591 If you're not prepared to 491 00:28:29,626 --> 00:28:32,042 stamp out terrorism in your own city, 492 00:28:32,077 --> 00:28:35,218 then the Germany army will do so for you. 493 00:28:36,133 --> 00:28:39,084 - The SRs will be dealt with in due course, your excellency. 494 00:28:39,118 --> 00:28:42,018 In the meantime, I advise you to be calm. 495 00:28:42,052 --> 00:28:46,816 We will do everything possible to protect you and your men. 496 00:28:49,473 --> 00:28:50,751 Won't we Felix? 497 00:28:51,855 --> 00:28:52,718 - Well. 498 00:28:54,133 --> 00:28:55,894 If that's all you have to say, sir. 499 00:28:55,928 --> 00:28:57,654 - Yes your excellency, that's all. 500 00:28:58,828 --> 00:29:02,624 - Now remember this, we put you into power sir 501 00:29:02,659 --> 00:29:05,075 and we will remove you if need be. 502 00:29:14,844 --> 00:29:17,122 - There is some truth in what he said. 503 00:29:17,156 --> 00:29:19,849 The social revolutionaries are out of control. 504 00:29:19,863 --> 00:29:21,540 - What do you want me to do, lock them up? 505 00:29:21,574 --> 00:29:22,817 Start a civil war? 506 00:29:22,852 --> 00:29:24,888 - Well either you stop them or we have 507 00:29:24,923 --> 00:29:27,304 Prussians turning up at the gates. 508 00:29:27,339 --> 00:29:28,789 - That's a chance that I have to take. 509 00:29:28,823 --> 00:29:31,239 - What about the funds for the guerrillas in the Ukraine? 510 00:29:31,274 --> 00:29:32,793 - Double them. 511 00:29:38,315 --> 00:29:39,523 - Welcome to the headquarters 512 00:29:39,558 --> 00:29:42,043 of the social revolutionary party. 513 00:29:42,078 --> 00:29:44,632 - What are you doing here George. - Helping out. 514 00:29:44,666 --> 00:29:46,496 - We shot up the ambassador's car last night. 515 00:29:46,530 --> 00:29:48,118 - Yes, good job he wasn't in it. 516 00:29:48,153 --> 00:29:49,671 - Why? 517 00:29:49,706 --> 00:29:51,812 - 'Cause the Germany army would now be on the march. 518 00:29:51,846 --> 00:29:53,089 - I thought that was the whole point 519 00:29:53,123 --> 00:29:54,021 to get Russia back into the war. 520 00:29:54,055 --> 00:29:56,092 - The plan's changed, George. 521 00:30:04,272 --> 00:30:07,413 - Elena, this is Sidney Reilly and Sasha Grammaticoff. 522 00:30:07,448 --> 00:30:10,140 This is Elena Petrovna and Alex Alexandrovich. 523 00:30:10,175 --> 00:30:13,247 Both of them are members of the SR central committee. 524 00:30:13,281 --> 00:30:15,076 - What can we do for you Mr. Reilly? 525 00:30:16,491 --> 00:30:18,977 - I'm here to prevail upon you to stop operations 526 00:30:19,011 --> 00:30:20,944 against the Germans until such time 527 00:30:20,979 --> 00:30:22,497 as the British have landed. 528 00:30:22,532 --> 00:30:25,293 We don't want them provoked until the troops are ashore. 529 00:30:25,328 --> 00:30:29,850 Now if you persist, the Germans will occupy Moscow. 530 00:30:29,884 --> 00:30:31,852 - That's exactly what we want. 531 00:30:31,886 --> 00:30:33,163 - But it will be premature, 532 00:30:33,198 --> 00:30:36,132 and it'll be a hell of a job to get them out. 533 00:30:36,166 --> 00:30:38,513 - You underestimate the anger of the people 534 00:30:38,548 --> 00:30:41,033 when they see German troops in the Kitagarod. 535 00:30:42,414 --> 00:30:45,624 - Look, it would be considerably more effective 536 00:30:45,658 --> 00:30:47,350 if we could all act together. 537 00:30:48,023 --> 00:30:50,767 Savinkov has already agreed to hold his fire. 538 00:30:50,801 --> 00:30:53,666 - What Savinkov does is his own business. 539 00:30:53,701 --> 00:30:55,876 We have our central committee to answer to. 540 00:31:04,125 --> 00:31:05,540 - What is it Felix? 541 00:31:05,575 --> 00:31:07,508 - The man you saw a month ago, Sidney Reilly? 542 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:09,786 He's still in Moscow. - So? 543 00:31:10,201 --> 00:31:13,686 - He's the most dangerous agent in the British bag 544 00:31:13,721 --> 00:31:15,205 and he's trying to buy your Latvians. 545 00:31:28,149 --> 00:31:29,219 - Yes? 546 00:31:29,254 --> 00:31:30,669 - Captain Reilly? 547 00:31:30,703 --> 00:31:32,533 This is Marie Friede. 548 00:31:32,567 --> 00:31:35,985 My brother has thought it over and has agreed to help you. 549 00:31:36,019 --> 00:31:38,677 Can you meet him tonight to discuss it further? 550 00:31:38,711 --> 00:31:39,954 - Where? 551 00:31:39,989 --> 00:31:41,956 - Here. - When? 552 00:31:41,991 --> 00:31:42,853 - 10 o'clock? 553 00:31:44,510 --> 00:31:45,339 - I'll be there. 554 00:31:48,652 --> 00:31:52,208 - He's agreed. - Excellent, excellent. 555 00:31:59,870 --> 00:32:01,562 - Take care of yourself. 556 00:32:02,270 --> 00:32:03,598 - I will. 557 00:32:31,523 --> 00:32:33,697 - Captain Reilly? - Yes. 558 00:32:55,788 --> 00:32:57,342 - Robby, Reilly's here. 559 00:32:58,895 --> 00:32:59,827 - Lockhart. 560 00:33:01,070 --> 00:33:02,692 The Kremlin garrison is with us. 561 00:33:02,726 --> 00:33:04,142 I'm meeting Friede tonight. 562 00:33:04,176 --> 00:33:05,074 - So? 563 00:33:05,108 --> 00:33:06,868 - So we move onto stage two. 564 00:33:06,903 --> 00:33:08,801 I shall need money. 565 00:33:08,836 --> 00:33:10,769 - May get it from Cromie, he's got a million I'm told. 566 00:33:10,803 --> 00:33:14,359 - Cromie's in Petrograd and anyway it's Navy money. 567 00:33:14,393 --> 00:33:16,188 - Well how do you expect me to raise it? 568 00:33:16,223 --> 00:33:17,189 - From the banks. 569 00:33:18,777 --> 00:33:20,054 They all want to get their money out of Moscow. 570 00:33:20,089 --> 00:33:21,918 We offer to repay them in London. 571 00:33:23,954 --> 00:33:25,404 - Why do you need me? 572 00:33:25,439 --> 00:33:27,786 - Because the notes will need the signature 573 00:33:27,820 --> 00:33:29,063 of the official British envoy 574 00:33:29,098 --> 00:33:31,997 in Moscow and that is you, dear boy. 575 00:33:37,934 --> 00:33:40,178 - Reilly, when I first met you 576 00:33:41,765 --> 00:33:44,216 I thought you were either a madman or a crook. 577 00:33:45,873 --> 00:33:47,702 And now I'm convinced you're both. 578 00:33:49,152 --> 00:33:52,880 You want me to underwrite an unauthorized loan of say-- 579 00:33:52,914 --> 00:33:53,743 - 10 million. 580 00:33:54,985 --> 00:33:57,057 - 10 million kerensky rubles 581 00:33:57,091 --> 00:33:59,335 to be repaid in London at the 582 00:33:59,369 --> 00:34:01,751 standard rate of exchange, am I right? 583 00:34:01,785 --> 00:34:04,616 - Look Lockhart, you know the situation here. 584 00:34:04,650 --> 00:34:07,343 You know that very soon, everything can fall apart 585 00:34:07,377 --> 00:34:09,276 and we have to move now. 586 00:34:09,310 --> 00:34:10,967 - I'll lose my job. 587 00:34:11,001 --> 00:34:12,969 And possibly be charged with embezzlement 588 00:34:13,003 --> 00:34:15,282 if I do what you're suggesting. 589 00:34:15,316 --> 00:34:17,215 - You're quibbling about a bloody loan 590 00:34:18,319 --> 00:34:19,803 when your brother's dead in France 591 00:34:19,838 --> 00:34:22,703 in a war which we can end if we get the Bolsheviks out. 592 00:34:30,159 --> 00:34:32,368 - You'll be able to redeem this note in London. 593 00:34:34,163 --> 00:34:36,786 - And the rate of exchange? 594 00:34:36,820 --> 00:34:38,960 - Will be calculated on date of surrender. 595 00:34:38,995 --> 00:34:40,307 It should operate in your favor 596 00:34:40,341 --> 00:34:42,102 since gold's going up all the time. 597 00:34:48,781 --> 00:34:50,420 Who shall I make this payable to? 598 00:34:50,455 --> 00:34:52,042 - The Baltic Exchange. 599 00:34:54,252 --> 00:34:55,494 - How much? 600 00:34:55,529 --> 00:34:58,048 - 3 million. 601 00:34:58,083 --> 00:34:59,222 - He looks uneasy, as if it was 602 00:34:59,257 --> 00:35:01,328 someone else's money and not his own. 603 00:35:02,777 --> 00:35:04,779 - We've met before, haven't we? 604 00:35:04,814 --> 00:35:07,610 - Yes, St. Petersburg before the war. 605 00:35:07,644 --> 00:35:10,164 - You had a lot of German friends. 606 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:12,373 - So did you. 607 00:35:13,650 --> 00:35:16,619 - So, what brings you to Moscow? 608 00:35:18,103 --> 00:35:18,931 - Lockhart. 609 00:35:20,761 --> 00:35:21,658 I like him. 610 00:35:26,301 --> 00:35:28,320 - I want to thank you on behalf of the British government 611 00:35:28,355 --> 00:35:29,666 for loaning us this money. 612 00:35:47,388 --> 00:35:49,790 I was sent out here to make friends with Lenin 613 00:35:49,824 --> 00:35:51,136 to promise him our support. 614 00:35:53,069 --> 00:35:54,519 Now I'm forced to connive 615 00:35:54,553 --> 00:35:56,555 in an attempt to remove him from office. 616 00:35:58,661 --> 00:36:01,698 It's dirty, it's dishonorable, and it won't work. 617 00:36:01,733 --> 00:36:03,183 - A little faith, Lockhart. 618 00:36:05,254 --> 00:36:07,842 Savinkov in the north, the British landing at Archangel 619 00:36:07,877 --> 00:36:11,260 a palace revolt here, it's all coming together. 620 00:36:30,693 --> 00:36:31,659 - Felix. 621 00:36:38,148 --> 00:36:39,736 - Search the house. 622 00:36:58,859 --> 00:37:02,518 - Well I suppose he could just be taking her to dinner. 623 00:37:15,151 --> 00:37:16,601 - Where are your shoes? 624 00:37:17,412 --> 00:37:20,294 - They were taken from me. - Anything else? 625 00:37:20,329 --> 00:37:22,020 - My watch. - Fetch them. 626 00:37:42,465 --> 00:37:45,354 - Has my brother been arrested? 627 00:37:45,388 --> 00:37:46,251 - Oh yes. 628 00:37:48,943 --> 00:37:50,738 We're in the middle of a revolution. 629 00:37:51,808 --> 00:37:53,465 And a very dangerous allied agent 630 00:37:54,846 --> 00:37:57,883 calls on the sister of the commander of the Kremlin guard. 631 00:38:00,403 --> 00:38:01,922 Now what am I to make of that? 632 00:38:03,026 --> 00:38:04,338 I, who am entrusted with the task 633 00:38:04,373 --> 00:38:07,307 of protecting the revolution from its enemies. 634 00:38:11,449 --> 00:38:13,036 He was going to call on you. 635 00:38:17,627 --> 00:38:19,284 You're very fond of your brother? 636 00:38:20,147 --> 00:38:20,975 - Yes. 637 00:38:22,183 --> 00:38:24,358 - Then for his sake you should make a statement. 638 00:38:25,980 --> 00:38:27,465 - He was going to call, but... 639 00:38:29,605 --> 00:38:30,847 It was a personal matter. 640 00:38:32,746 --> 00:38:35,473 - Are you trying to tell me that you succumbed to his charm? 641 00:38:37,475 --> 00:38:39,408 - It was the other way around, I think. 642 00:38:41,996 --> 00:38:44,689 - I'm going to put you in a cell for the time being. 643 00:38:46,932 --> 00:38:48,382 And I regret that you have to stay there 644 00:38:48,417 --> 00:38:50,004 until he's been caught. 645 00:38:55,009 --> 00:38:58,012 - Tell me which are hers, commissar. 646 00:39:02,016 --> 00:39:03,432 - None of them are mine. 647 00:39:03,466 --> 00:39:04,571 - Take her downstairs. 648 00:39:22,865 --> 00:39:24,004 - Live for the present. 649 00:39:26,593 --> 00:39:28,180 Die for the future. 650 00:39:54,668 --> 00:39:55,497 Cheka. 651 00:39:59,639 --> 00:40:02,296 - An officer of the Cheka is here your excellency. 652 00:40:02,331 --> 00:40:04,575 He says it's urgent. 653 00:40:04,609 --> 00:40:05,817 - What does he want? 654 00:40:05,852 --> 00:40:08,613 - He has news of an attempt on your life. 655 00:40:08,648 --> 00:40:09,649 - Show him in. 656 00:40:14,516 --> 00:40:15,517 - You can go in now. 657 00:40:28,530 --> 00:40:29,945 - What's your name? 658 00:40:29,979 --> 00:40:31,291 - Blumkin sir. 659 00:40:31,325 --> 00:40:32,603 I'm from the Lubyanka service. 660 00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:40,403 - There's to be an attempt on my life. 661 00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:42,129 - Yes your honor. - When? 662 00:40:46,996 --> 00:40:51,380 - Your excellency! 663 00:41:13,022 --> 00:41:14,368 - Good morning citizen. 664 00:41:14,403 --> 00:41:16,094 This telephone exchange is under control 665 00:41:16,129 --> 00:41:18,683 of the socialist revolutionary party. 666 00:41:19,995 --> 00:41:21,168 - Yes what's going on? 667 00:41:21,203 --> 00:41:22,687 - Following the assassination of the 668 00:41:22,722 --> 00:41:25,863 German high commissioner, the socialist revolutionary party 669 00:41:25,897 --> 00:41:27,830 has taken up defensive positions 670 00:41:27,865 --> 00:41:29,798 in the following public buildings. 671 00:41:29,832 --> 00:41:34,216 Post office, the Crosky barracks, Lubyanka. 672 00:41:34,250 --> 00:41:35,079 - Sasha! 673 00:41:36,839 --> 00:41:39,462 The SRs have jumped the gun, they've shot Meerbach! 674 00:42:16,638 --> 00:42:19,019 - George? - What are you doing here? 675 00:42:19,054 --> 00:42:20,434 - Looking for a woman called Marie Friede. 676 00:42:20,469 --> 00:42:22,644 She was picked up yesterday by Dzerzhinsky. 677 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:32,032 - She's probably downstairs. 678 00:42:32,067 --> 00:42:34,690 It's like a rabbit warren down there. 679 00:42:34,725 --> 00:42:36,485 - What have you been up to George? 680 00:42:36,519 --> 00:42:39,143 - Well, I helped them storm a few buildings. 681 00:42:39,177 --> 00:42:40,385 They have a good chance of taking the city 682 00:42:40,420 --> 00:42:42,284 if they put their minds to it. 683 00:42:42,318 --> 00:42:45,563 They outnumber the Bolsheviks three to one. 684 00:42:45,598 --> 00:42:46,737 - It's the garrison at Kazan. 685 00:42:46,771 --> 00:42:47,703 They need assistance? 686 00:42:47,738 --> 00:42:49,118 - Inform the commissar at Kazan 687 00:42:49,153 --> 00:42:50,603 that everything is under control. 688 00:42:50,637 --> 00:42:52,397 - The Simbirsk Soviet also asked the same question. 689 00:42:52,432 --> 00:42:55,228 - Inform the Simbirsk Soviet that the situation is under control. 690 00:42:55,262 --> 00:42:56,574 - With all due respect sir, 691 00:42:56,609 --> 00:42:57,955 is the situation under control? 692 00:42:57,989 --> 00:42:59,612 - Simbirsk is 200 miles away, 693 00:42:59,646 --> 00:43:01,717 Kazan's on the other side of the Volga. 694 00:43:01,752 --> 00:43:03,616 What good can they do us? 695 00:43:05,825 --> 00:43:07,136 - It's 26, George. 696 00:43:07,171 --> 00:43:08,172 Grab the keys. 697 00:43:13,315 --> 00:43:15,351 - Are the units moving colonel? 698 00:43:15,386 --> 00:43:17,215 - No, they're waiting for the motorized regiment. 699 00:43:17,250 --> 00:43:18,700 - What's wrong with the motorized? 700 00:43:18,734 --> 00:43:20,253 - They say their trucks won't start. 701 00:43:20,287 --> 00:43:21,564 - Well get down there and get them moving. 702 00:43:21,599 --> 00:43:22,669 - Sir. 703 00:43:22,704 --> 00:43:23,636 - What's the situation with Lubyanka? 704 00:43:23,670 --> 00:43:26,500 - We've lost both buildings. - I want them retaken colonel, do you understand? 706 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,000 - Sorry it took some time to track you down. 707 00:43:33,215 --> 00:43:35,786 - What's happened? - The SRs have taken the building, . 710 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:37,926 No please, my brother. I can't leave without him. 711 00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:38,927 - Where is he? 712 00:43:38,961 --> 00:43:39,859 - I don't know. 713 00:43:39,893 --> 00:43:41,101 - Can we argue this upstairs? 714 00:43:41,136 --> 00:43:41,930 If the Bolsheviks counterattack-- 715 00:43:41,964 --> 00:43:43,448 - No just leave me here. 716 00:43:43,483 --> 00:43:45,899 - Madam it is my fault you are here. 717 00:43:45,934 --> 00:43:47,176 - Thank you for coming to help me, 718 00:43:47,211 --> 00:43:49,938 but can't you see it's better that I stay here. 719 00:43:49,972 --> 00:43:52,906 Can you guarantee that my brother will be safe? 720 00:43:54,321 --> 00:43:55,944 - I think they're beginning to pull out. 721 00:43:55,978 --> 00:43:57,083 - One minute! 722 00:43:57,353 --> 00:44:00,051 Look, it is important that you come. 723 00:44:00,086 --> 00:44:01,466 You influence the others. 724 00:44:01,501 --> 00:44:04,366 The whole fate of our enterprise may depend on you. 725 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:05,367 - No! 726 00:44:06,506 --> 00:44:09,612 You must, you must use Berta now. 727 00:44:09,647 --> 00:44:10,510 - Who's Berta? 728 00:44:10,544 --> 00:44:11,753 - Give this to him. 729 00:44:11,787 --> 00:44:13,720 He is my brother's second in command. 730 00:44:13,755 --> 00:44:17,931 Tell him that you saw me, and that I want him to help you. 731 00:44:17,966 --> 00:44:18,898 - Sidney! 732 00:44:29,218 --> 00:44:31,255 - What's the position? - The Czech have gone on home. 733 00:44:31,289 --> 00:44:32,497 - What have we got left? 734 00:44:32,532 --> 00:44:33,429 - The Latvians, and there's a call 735 00:44:33,464 --> 00:44:34,568 come from the post office. 736 00:44:34,603 --> 00:44:35,984 They say it's Dzerzhinsky. 737 00:44:36,018 --> 00:44:37,571 - Put him through. 738 00:44:41,610 --> 00:44:43,508 - Pick it up commissar. 739 00:44:47,305 --> 00:44:49,135 - Dzerzhinsky here. 740 00:44:49,169 --> 00:44:52,863 - Felix would it be impolite to ask what you are doing? 741 00:44:53,795 --> 00:44:55,348 - Came here to persuade them 742 00:44:55,382 --> 00:44:58,316 to call off their demonstration. 743 00:44:58,351 --> 00:45:01,216 Unfortunately I was not able to do so. 744 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:05,254 And I am being held here at gunpoint. 745 00:45:05,289 --> 00:45:06,117 - I see. 746 00:45:07,981 --> 00:45:12,020 Well, we've been here before, Felix, at Kachina. 747 00:45:12,054 --> 00:45:13,642 - They were the tsar's men. 748 00:45:13,676 --> 00:45:15,506 This time it's different. 749 00:45:15,540 --> 00:45:17,473 These are our comrades. 750 00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,304 - We are in the middle 751 00:45:22,547 --> 00:45:23,376 of a revolution. 752 00:45:25,240 --> 00:45:28,795 Their actions today can only be construed as treason. 753 00:45:31,073 --> 00:45:33,800 So there'll be no compromise. 754 00:45:33,835 --> 00:45:35,768 Should they wish to talk about surrender, 755 00:45:35,802 --> 00:45:39,668 their calls will be taken by Karachan. 756 00:45:39,702 --> 00:45:43,258 Otherwise, as soon as I've gathered sufficient forces, 757 00:45:44,587 --> 00:45:47,331 we will storm the building. 758 00:45:48,411 --> 00:45:49,540 I hope 759 00:45:50,472 --> 00:45:53,130 that for once you agree 760 00:45:53,164 --> 00:45:55,166 with my analysis. 761 00:45:55,201 --> 00:45:56,616 - I do. 762 00:45:56,650 --> 00:45:57,962 - Goodbye Felix. 763 00:46:00,551 --> 00:46:01,379 - Well? 764 00:46:02,277 --> 00:46:03,726 - There will be no deals. 765 00:46:14,634 --> 00:46:16,463 - Although it seemed a foregone conclusion 766 00:46:16,498 --> 00:46:20,398 that the social revolutionaries would take over Moscow, 767 00:46:20,433 --> 00:46:23,712 Lenin's Latvian regiment outnumbered three to one 768 00:46:23,746 --> 00:46:25,852 fought them to a standstill. 769 00:46:25,887 --> 00:46:27,543 The rest of the troops in the city, 770 00:46:27,578 --> 00:46:29,338 uncertain of their allegiance 771 00:46:29,373 --> 00:46:31,237 held back awaiting the outcome. 772 00:46:32,017 --> 00:46:35,724 By the evening, the insurrection was crushed. 773 00:46:41,557 --> 00:46:43,490 While Lenin went off to placate the Germans 774 00:46:43,525 --> 00:46:45,734 who were threatening to invade Moscow, 775 00:46:45,768 --> 00:46:48,116 an angry Dzerzhinsky returned to Lubyanka 776 00:46:48,150 --> 00:46:50,877 to reap a grim revenge. 777 00:46:50,912 --> 00:46:52,706 - You're-- - Yes, indict them tonight. 778 00:46:52,741 --> 00:46:54,398 - What do we do with them? - Shoot the men. 779 00:46:58,540 --> 00:46:59,782 - Hello Felix. 780 00:47:00,956 --> 00:47:02,475 To what do I owe the pleasure? 781 00:47:03,752 --> 00:47:04,787 - Where's my Rolls? 782 00:47:04,822 --> 00:47:06,410 - I gave it to Berzin. 783 00:47:06,444 --> 00:47:08,895 His car was shot up. 784 00:47:08,930 --> 00:47:10,448 Listen! 785 00:47:10,483 --> 00:47:11,587 He saved the day! 786 00:47:16,109 --> 00:47:17,386 Elena Petrovna. 787 00:47:19,457 --> 00:47:20,286 - The same. 788 00:47:33,747 --> 00:47:34,576 - At ease. 789 00:47:35,784 --> 00:47:36,992 Keep your eye on that car. 790 00:47:37,027 --> 00:47:38,407 Shoot anybody who tries to steal it. 791 00:48:10,750 --> 00:48:11,958 You're Reilly aren't you? 792 00:48:14,616 --> 00:48:15,582 How did you get in? 793 00:48:16,894 --> 00:48:18,827 - One of your officers brought me here. 794 00:48:20,691 --> 00:48:22,417 - Dzerzhinsky wants you very badly. 795 00:48:45,302 --> 00:48:48,305 - Commissar Dzerzhinsky outside sir. 796 00:48:58,901 --> 00:49:01,214 He wants the key to his car. 797 00:49:37,147 --> 00:49:38,320 Thank you sir. 798 00:49:44,154 --> 00:49:45,638 - I think we should talk. 799 00:49:58,306 --> 00:49:59,997 - I think we should.