1 00:00:00,281 --> 00:00:03,413 Central Film Studio of Children's and Youth Films 2 00:00:03,497 --> 00:00:05,472 named after M. GORKY 3 00:00:06,406 --> 00:00:10,879 By commission of the State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR 4 00:00:10,984 --> 00:00:14,003 on Television and Radio Broadcasting 5 00:03:37,837 --> 00:03:39,397 Mr. Bolzen. 6 00:03:40,841 --> 00:03:43,037 Do you hear me, Mr. Bolzen? 7 00:03:43,738 --> 00:03:46,265 I need to tell you something. 8 00:03:49,260 --> 00:03:51,162 I don't know about you, 9 00:03:52,225 --> 00:03:57,293 but I'm already fed up with this awful city air. 10 00:03:58,803 --> 00:04:02,910 What do you say, Mr. Bolzen? Isn't it time we headed home? 11 00:04:05,935 --> 00:04:07,424 I think it is. 12 00:04:13,112 --> 00:04:15,310 Oh, Mr. Bolzen! 13 00:04:16,803 --> 00:04:17,963 Mr. Bolzen. 14 00:04:18,167 --> 00:04:20,966 Please, Mr. Bolzen, be a gentleman to the end and help me. 15 00:04:21,050 --> 00:04:22,916 I can't step over this. 16 00:04:30,293 --> 00:04:33,059 -Please, Frau Saurich. -Thank you. 17 00:04:33,994 --> 00:04:36,430 For several years now, Mr. Bolzen, 18 00:04:36,514 --> 00:04:38,710 you've been bringing me here in the early spring. 19 00:04:38,794 --> 00:04:42,060 I must say, this outing will last me 20 00:04:42,144 --> 00:04:43,668 almost a whole year. 21 00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:45,600 You know, 22 00:04:45,684 --> 00:04:47,811 I really don't feel like going back into town. 23 00:04:48,113 --> 00:04:49,206 How about you? 24 00:04:50,827 --> 00:04:54,559 That's what I mean. I'm fed up with the institution. 25 00:04:54,643 --> 00:04:58,583 You know what I mean - that damn place and, 26 00:04:58,951 --> 00:05:01,704 if you'll excuse me, my profession. 27 00:05:02,444 --> 00:05:04,068 Hold this, please. 28 00:05:04,151 --> 00:05:07,123 Of course, if it weren't for the war and if my kids were still alive... 29 00:05:07,270 --> 00:05:11,711 You know what herb this is? It's a wonderful medicinal herb. 30 00:05:12,053 --> 00:05:16,322 If you dry it, you can make a decoction from it. 31 00:05:16,467 --> 00:05:20,336 Take a whiff. If your kidneys are bad, you should drink it. 32 00:05:20,561 --> 00:05:22,722 -Do you have bad kidneys? -No. 33 00:05:22,806 --> 00:05:27,784 It's a pity, because that decoction helps a lot if your kidneys are weak. 34 00:05:27,868 --> 00:05:31,568 Think these rubber boots will last me another season? 35 00:05:32,857 --> 00:05:34,883 -Of course they will. -I think so too. 36 00:05:35,458 --> 00:05:38,951 The birds are singing so beautifully! It's so good that spring has come! 37 00:05:39,035 --> 00:05:42,698 You know, spring means victory over hunger, over winter. 38 00:05:43,300 --> 00:05:45,863 And maybe, if you want, a victory over death too. 39 00:05:46,038 --> 00:05:47,972 -You think so? -Don't you? 40 00:05:50,714 --> 00:05:53,149 -Well, I think you're right. -Yes, I'm right. 41 00:06:12,017 --> 00:06:14,713 We're going to tell you about some events 42 00:06:14,797 --> 00:06:16,994 of the last spring of the war. 43 00:06:18,550 --> 00:06:20,541 The last spring of the war. 44 00:06:21,975 --> 00:06:24,739 In three months, fascism will be crushed, 45 00:06:25,182 --> 00:06:29,346 but now fierce fighting is going on on the Oder, 46 00:06:29,848 --> 00:06:32,613 near Budapest and Pomerania. 47 00:06:33,813 --> 00:06:37,581 We'll only tell you about 17 days of that spring. 48 00:06:41,446 --> 00:06:46,614 SEVENTEEN MOMENTS OF SPRING 49 00:06:56,665 --> 00:07:01,604 Starring Vyacheslav TIKHONOV 50 00:07:09,851 --> 00:07:12,218 Also starring 51 00:07:13,250 --> 00:07:15,278 Krüger - Yevgeniy KUZNETSOV 52 00:07:15,455 --> 00:07:17,821 Kaltenbrunner - Mikhail ZHARKOVSKY 53 00:07:18,866 --> 00:07:20,463 Hitler - Fritz DIEZ (GDR) 54 00:07:20,547 --> 00:07:22,372 Göring - Wilhelm BURMEIER (GDR) 55 00:07:22,456 --> 00:07:24,127 Himmler- Nikolai PROKOPOVICH 56 00:07:24,937 --> 00:07:26,510 Bormann- Yuri VIZBOR 57 00:07:26,594 --> 00:07:28,337 Schellenberg - Oleg TABAKOV 58 00:07:28,421 --> 00:07:30,277 Holthoff - Konstantin ZHELDIN 59 00:07:31,981 --> 00:07:34,312 Frau Saurich - Emilia MILTON 60 00:07:34,395 --> 00:07:36,444 Pastor Schlag - Rostislav PLYATT 61 00:07:37,388 --> 00:07:39,801 Astronomer - Yuriy KATIN-YARTSEV 62 00:07:39,885 --> 00:07:43,059 Kaltenbrunner's aid-de-camp - Stanislav KORENEV 63 00:07:57,319 --> 00:08:01,069 Don't look down on time in terms of seconds 64 00:08:03,241 --> 00:08:07,500 Time will come, perhaps, you'll realize 65 00:08:09,310 --> 00:08:13,545 They whistle by like bullets next to temple 66 00:08:15,150 --> 00:08:19,644 Those moments, those moments... 67 00:08:21,009 --> 00:08:22,567 Moments 68 00:08:25,632 --> 00:08:27,531 12 Feb 1945 4:30 p.m. 69 00:08:56,493 --> 00:08:58,566 HITLER'S BUNKER 70 00:09:00,566 --> 00:09:02,802 Transcript of a meeting at the Führer's. 71 00:09:03,709 --> 00:09:05,269 Those present were: 72 00:09:05,526 --> 00:09:07,689 Reichmarshal GÖRING 73 00:09:08,046 --> 00:09:10,746 Field Marshal KEITEL 74 00:09:10,984 --> 00:09:14,173 Chief of Land Forces JODL 75 00:09:14,541 --> 00:09:16,601 Reichsleiter BORMANN 76 00:09:17,061 --> 00:09:20,454 Reich Minister of Armaments and Munitions SPEER 77 00:09:20,741 --> 00:09:24,720 Chief of the Reich Security Main Office KALTENBRUNNER 78 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,606 SS-Brigadeführer SCHELLENBERG 79 00:09:28,077 --> 00:09:30,653 Foreign Ministry envoy HAVEL 80 00:09:31,416 --> 00:09:35,191 Admiral FOSSE Admiral von PUTTKAMER 81 00:09:35,275 --> 00:09:39,212 Captain NEURATH aides-de-camp, stenographers. 82 00:09:41,149 --> 00:09:42,701 "We only have hours, 83 00:09:42,785 --> 00:09:46,349 just hours left to seize victory," said Hitler. 84 00:09:46,792 --> 00:09:50,398 "Everyone who can observe, analyze, and draw conclusions, 85 00:09:50,632 --> 00:09:54,984 "must answer only one question: Is victory in sight? 86 00:09:55,068 --> 00:09:58,428 "I'm not asking for a blindly categorical answer. 87 00:09:58,512 --> 00:10:00,630 "I will not tolerate blind faith. 88 00:10:00,714 --> 00:10:04,310 "The world has never seen such a paradoxical union 89 00:10:04,394 --> 00:10:07,490 "as the Allied coalition, with all its contradictions. 90 00:10:07,750 --> 00:10:10,716 "While the aims of Russia, England, and America 91 00:10:10,905 --> 00:10:13,431 "are diametrically opposed, 92 00:10:13,708 --> 00:10:16,123 "and while they move under different ideological guidance, 93 00:10:16,207 --> 00:10:19,177 "and are driven by differing ideologies, 94 00:10:19,445 --> 00:10:23,940 "we are driven by a single goal - our whole life is devoted to it. 95 00:10:24,251 --> 00:10:27,449 "As their contradictions grow and continue to grow, 96 00:10:27,533 --> 00:10:30,922 "our unity has become stronger than ever before, 97 00:10:31,006 --> 00:10:33,895 "and has gained the solidity I have striven for through the years 98 00:10:33,979 --> 00:10:36,227 "of this arduous and noble campaign. 99 00:10:36,311 --> 00:10:39,217 "Trying to break the enemy coalition 100 00:10:39,301 --> 00:10:42,663 "through diplomacy or other means would be utopian, 101 00:10:42,747 --> 00:10:46,083 "if not sheer panic and a loss of perspective. 102 00:10:46,293 --> 00:10:48,325 "Only by striking them militarily, 103 00:10:48,409 --> 00:10:51,526 "by showing our unyielding spirit 104 00:10:51,855 --> 00:10:53,955 "and our boundless might, 105 00:10:54,044 --> 00:10:56,553 "can we hasten the collapse of that coalition, 106 00:10:56,637 --> 00:10:59,657 "which will crumble under the thunder of our guns. 107 00:10:59,741 --> 00:11:01,714 "I turn my eyes toward the Germans. 108 00:11:01,970 --> 00:11:05,894 "Only our nation can, and will, achieve victory. 109 00:11:05,978 --> 00:11:09,198 "Right now the entire country has become one military camp. 110 00:11:09,282 --> 00:11:10,922 "I mean Germany, 111 00:11:11,295 --> 00:11:15,622 "Austria, Norway, parts of Hungary and Italy, 112 00:11:15,948 --> 00:11:19,887 "the greater parts of the Czech and Bohemian protectorates, 113 00:11:19,971 --> 00:11:21,498 "Denmark, the Netherlands. 114 00:11:21,582 --> 00:11:23,982 "This is the heart of European civilization. 115 00:11:24,284 --> 00:11:26,680 "We hold in our hands the means of victory. 116 00:11:26,884 --> 00:11:30,352 "Now it depends on us, the military, how effectively 117 00:11:30,436 --> 00:11:33,990 "we can use these resources to secure our victory. 118 00:11:35,264 --> 00:11:39,430 "Believe me, the first devastating strikes of our armies 119 00:11:39,518 --> 00:11:42,337 will cause the Allied coalition to fall apart." 120 00:11:45,270 --> 00:11:49,336 REICH SECURITY MAIN OFFICE 121 00:11:56,886 --> 00:11:58,650 12 Feb 1945 7:45 p.m. 122 00:12:09,899 --> 00:12:12,612 Reichsführer-SS HIMMLER 123 00:12:30,518 --> 00:12:31,884 You may leave. 124 00:12:37,623 --> 00:12:39,387 -May we begin? -Yes. 125 00:12:41,274 --> 00:12:43,266 Please, begin. 126 00:12:44,962 --> 00:12:47,726 -Won't the light be a problem? -It's getting dark quickly now. 127 00:12:47,810 --> 00:12:50,085 Or would it be better to pull down the blackout shades? 128 00:12:50,169 --> 00:12:51,169 All right. 129 00:12:57,130 --> 00:12:59,439 TOP SECRET 130 00:12:59,523 --> 00:13:01,609 Personnel File Schellenberg, Walter 131 00:13:01,693 --> 00:13:06,196 SS-Brigadeführer, Chief of Department VI, Reich Security Office. 132 00:13:07,236 --> 00:13:12,711 Character Report: Member of the Nazi Party since 1933, 133 00:13:12,795 --> 00:13:15,999 Schellenberg, Walter, SS-Brigadeführer, 134 00:13:16,083 --> 00:13:19,471 Chief of Department VI, Reich Security Office - 135 00:13:19,555 --> 00:13:22,615 Political intelligence. 136 00:13:22,699 --> 00:13:24,499 A true Aryan. 137 00:13:24,583 --> 00:13:28,232 Character: Nordic, brave and firm. 138 00:13:28,316 --> 00:13:33,173 Open, sociable and friendly with friends and colleagues. 139 00:13:33,257 --> 00:13:35,785 Relentless toward the Reich's enemies. 140 00:13:35,869 --> 00:13:37,544 Exemplary family man. 141 00:13:37,628 --> 00:13:41,064 His wife's application was approved by the Reichsführer-SS. 142 00:13:41,148 --> 00:13:43,882 No improper associations reported. 143 00:13:43,966 --> 00:13:45,552 Excellent athlete. 144 00:13:45,636 --> 00:13:50,183 Proven to be an outstanding organizer... 145 00:14:13,874 --> 00:14:17,620 February of 1945, the eve of victory over Nazism. 146 00:14:20,484 --> 00:14:24,216 The events of the past week give us full grounds for this statement. 147 00:14:26,364 --> 00:14:28,562 The advance of the Russian armies, 148 00:14:29,692 --> 00:14:32,663 which have broken the Nazi defenses along the Oder, 149 00:14:34,119 --> 00:14:36,567 their determination, shown in Hungary and Czechoslovakia, 150 00:14:36,651 --> 00:14:39,587 has earned eternal glory for the Red Army. 151 00:14:45,464 --> 00:14:47,796 The fierce battles on the sea attest to 152 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,113 the Allies' absolute superiority. 153 00:15:00,053 --> 00:15:04,793 The armies of Eisenhower and Montgomery are mounting a successful offensive. 154 00:15:11,652 --> 00:15:13,051 A complete victory 155 00:15:14,425 --> 00:15:17,392 in the air and at sea is final and indisputable. 156 00:15:19,004 --> 00:15:21,667 The propaganda hype. You may not translate. 157 00:16:17,543 --> 00:16:19,409 Tell them to show our newsreels. 158 00:16:21,394 --> 00:16:24,159 Run the latest reel of "Die Deutsche Wochenschau," please. 159 00:16:24,377 --> 00:16:26,314 A disgusting propaganda stunt. 160 00:16:26,770 --> 00:16:30,116 -But it's true, Reichsführer. -Don't give in to panic. 161 00:19:18,427 --> 00:19:20,192 And you said we couldn't fight. 162 00:19:20,276 --> 00:19:22,540 You're right, we still can fight. 163 00:19:23,099 --> 00:19:25,993 But we should have started talks with the West already. 164 00:19:26,772 --> 00:19:28,638 The delay means death. 165 00:19:29,402 --> 00:19:32,568 It's spring of 1945, not autumn of 1941, Reichsführer. 166 00:19:32,936 --> 00:19:34,632 Thank you for reminding me. 167 00:19:35,085 --> 00:19:38,579 But truth be told, every morning I check the calendar. 168 00:19:39,031 --> 00:19:40,090 What else? 169 00:19:41,701 --> 00:19:45,468 Russian newsreel, their special edition on the Yalta Conference. 170 00:19:46,300 --> 00:19:47,463 Interesting. 171 00:19:47,865 --> 00:19:49,701 It came through John's channel. 172 00:19:49,948 --> 00:19:51,439 Interesting. Keep going. 173 00:19:53,120 --> 00:19:55,089 Please, continue. 174 00:20:01,574 --> 00:20:06,009 The news of the historic Yalta Conference, which began 175 00:20:06,093 --> 00:20:09,691 on February 4, 1945, spread across the world. 176 00:20:10,574 --> 00:20:14,987 In the air was the plane of U.S. President, Mr. Roosevelt. 177 00:20:34,912 --> 00:20:39,248 President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt. 178 00:20:41,056 --> 00:20:44,277 In the air was the plane of the Prime Minister of Great Britain, 179 00:20:44,361 --> 00:20:45,885 Winston Churchill. 180 00:20:54,411 --> 00:20:58,510 Prime Minister of Great Britain Winston Churchill. 181 00:21:25,658 --> 00:21:27,390 Here, in Livadia, 182 00:21:28,264 --> 00:21:29,856 the talks of the heads 183 00:21:30,700 --> 00:21:34,639 of the anti-Hitler coalition - Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill - 184 00:21:35,447 --> 00:21:38,283 lasted for eight days. 185 00:21:40,851 --> 00:21:44,982 For eight days, the leaders of the three great powers 186 00:21:45,504 --> 00:21:48,408 met around the table 187 00:21:49,129 --> 00:21:52,708 to discuss the final defeat of Nazi Germany 188 00:21:53,037 --> 00:21:55,302 and the establishment of a lasting peace. 189 00:21:56,375 --> 00:22:00,555 The conference agenda included and decided on the following issues: 190 00:22:01,503 --> 00:22:03,232 The defeat of Germany, 191 00:22:04,186 --> 00:22:07,124 the occupation of Germany and the control over it, 192 00:22:07,766 --> 00:22:09,529 the reparations of Germany, 193 00:22:09,835 --> 00:22:13,069 and the question of a conference of the United Nations. 194 00:22:13,421 --> 00:22:15,083 He's gotten old, hasn't he? 195 00:22:15,404 --> 00:22:17,514 -Who? -Stalin. 196 00:22:19,574 --> 00:22:23,776 The issue of Poland has been thoroughly discussed... 197 00:22:23,889 --> 00:22:25,289 I don't think so. 198 00:22:26,239 --> 00:22:28,293 The principles and terms 199 00:22:28,377 --> 00:22:30,920 of the Foreign Ministers' meeting have been finalized. 200 00:22:32,244 --> 00:22:36,444 It has also been decided at the conference that 201 00:22:36,739 --> 00:22:40,610 the Allies' land, sea, and air forces, 202 00:22:41,013 --> 00:22:44,510 coordinated more closely than ever before, 203 00:22:44,594 --> 00:22:47,550 would deliver military strikes 204 00:22:47,634 --> 00:22:50,518 on fully agreed dates, 205 00:22:50,801 --> 00:22:54,230 even more powerful blows at the heart of Germany. 206 00:22:54,781 --> 00:22:56,180 What an idyll. 207 00:22:57,165 --> 00:23:00,023 Blows from the east, west, north and south. 208 00:23:00,783 --> 00:23:03,149 That's what has been decided at the conference. 209 00:23:04,381 --> 00:23:05,989 He did get old. 210 00:23:25,948 --> 00:23:27,168 What is it, Walter? 211 00:23:27,574 --> 00:23:31,136 If I were him, I wouldn't so openly show 212 00:23:31,220 --> 00:23:34,386 his total misunderstanding and open dislike of his ally. 213 00:23:34,690 --> 00:23:36,957 Though that should work in our favor. 214 00:23:38,009 --> 00:23:40,911 Reichsführer, it's spring of 1945. 215 00:23:48,850 --> 00:23:49,850 Yes? 216 00:23:50,373 --> 00:23:52,172 -May I come in? -Yes, please. 217 00:23:52,831 --> 00:23:54,024 I'm listening. 218 00:23:54,495 --> 00:23:55,495 Yes. 219 00:23:57,067 --> 00:23:58,227 In Lisbon. 220 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:03,933 Five out of eleven. 221 00:24:08,583 --> 00:24:09,823 I've reported. 222 00:24:11,990 --> 00:24:13,463 I've reported it. 223 00:24:14,727 --> 00:24:15,727 Yes. 224 00:24:19,274 --> 00:24:21,234 This is not a matter to discuss over the phone. 225 00:24:23,252 --> 00:24:24,252 No. 226 00:24:25,522 --> 00:24:26,522 Not now. 227 00:24:30,743 --> 00:24:32,996 TOP SECRET 228 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,887 Personnel File Holthoff, Wilhelm Ferdinand 229 00:24:35,980 --> 00:24:39,560 SS-Obersturmbannführer, Department IV, Reich Security Office. 230 00:24:40,773 --> 00:24:46,332 Character Report: Member of the Nazi Party since 1938, 231 00:24:46,416 --> 00:24:51,076 Holthoff, Wilhelm Ferdinand, SS-Obersturmbannführer. 232 00:24:53,836 --> 00:24:56,335 A true Aryan. 233 00:24:56,419 --> 00:24:59,822 Character: close to Nordic, firm. 234 00:24:59,906 --> 00:25:02,892 Maintains good relationships with co-workers. 235 00:25:02,976 --> 00:25:06,095 Demonstrates excellent work ethic. Athlete. 236 00:25:06,179 --> 00:25:08,012 Relentless toward the Reich's enemies. 237 00:25:08,096 --> 00:25:11,392 Unmarried. No improper associations reported. 238 00:25:11,476 --> 00:25:15,649 Decorated by the Führer and cited by the Reichsführer-SS. 239 00:25:15,869 --> 00:25:18,157 Yet much remains unclear. Yes. 240 00:25:19,889 --> 00:25:21,694 I agree. Heil Hitler. 241 00:25:23,450 --> 00:25:25,824 I've been ordered by my superiors to consult with you. 242 00:25:25,908 --> 00:25:27,386 I have a very complicated case. 243 00:25:27,522 --> 00:25:29,811 Either my prisoner is mentally unstable, 244 00:25:29,895 --> 00:25:32,215 or he should be handed over to you, to intelligence. 245 00:25:32,299 --> 00:25:34,770 He talks like those English swine you hear on the radio. 246 00:25:39,787 --> 00:25:40,787 Sit down. 247 00:25:49,697 --> 00:25:53,690 I can't keep going like this! I just can't! Do you understand?! 248 00:25:53,774 --> 00:25:57,884 I just want to live, to live under anyone's rule, 249 00:25:57,968 --> 00:26:01,684 under fascism, under capitalism, with Hitler, without Hitler. 250 00:26:01,828 --> 00:26:03,420 I can't keep going like this! 251 00:26:03,538 --> 00:26:06,868 Your blindness, stupidity, insanity - it's suffocating me! 252 00:26:06,952 --> 00:26:09,612 Who told you to write those proclamations? 253 00:26:09,696 --> 00:26:12,515 You couldn't have come up with that filth yourself. 254 00:26:12,599 --> 00:26:16,436 Who gave you that text? Your hand was guided by the enemy. 255 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,650 With whom among the enemy did you collude? Where and when? 256 00:26:19,734 --> 00:26:22,432 I colluded with no one and no place. 257 00:26:23,742 --> 00:26:25,904 I'm even afraid to talk to myself. 258 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,382 I'm afraid of everything. Don't you see? 259 00:26:29,991 --> 00:26:33,953 Don't you realize this is the end? We're finished! 260 00:26:34,561 --> 00:26:38,727 Don't you understand that every new victim now is senseless destruction? 261 00:26:43,213 --> 00:26:46,582 You keep saying you live for the nation's sake. 262 00:26:47,035 --> 00:26:50,472 Then leave and save the rest of the nation! 263 00:26:51,569 --> 00:26:53,833 You're condemning innocent children to death! 264 00:26:55,026 --> 00:26:57,589 You're fanatics grabbing at power! 265 00:26:58,992 --> 00:27:02,122 You eat well, you smoke fine cigarettes, 266 00:27:02,805 --> 00:27:04,296 you drink coffee and cognac. 267 00:27:04,734 --> 00:27:08,694 Let us live like human beings too, not like dumb slaves. 268 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,721 Or kill me now, so I don't lose my mind 269 00:27:18,397 --> 00:27:22,384 from the feeling of my own helplessness, and the stupidity of the nation 270 00:27:22,468 --> 00:27:25,461 you've turned into a mindless flock. 271 00:27:25,545 --> 00:27:28,108 Wait. Shouting isn't an argument. 272 00:27:29,193 --> 00:27:31,494 Got any suggestions? 273 00:27:33,434 --> 00:27:34,434 What? 274 00:27:36,087 --> 00:27:38,285 I'm asking: What specific suggestions do you have? 275 00:27:38,369 --> 00:27:41,100 How do we save our children, women, and the elderly? 276 00:27:41,987 --> 00:27:43,955 What must we do to make that happen? 277 00:27:45,418 --> 00:27:47,855 It's always easier to criticize and hold grudges. 278 00:27:48,398 --> 00:27:51,768 It's much harder to come up with a reasonable plan of action. 279 00:27:53,232 --> 00:27:55,201 I don't believe in astrology. 280 00:27:56,068 --> 00:27:58,537 I respect astronomy. 281 00:27:59,242 --> 00:28:01,222 I was denied an academic chair in Kiel. 282 00:28:01,306 --> 00:28:03,468 That's why you're being so spiteful! 283 00:28:03,552 --> 00:28:04,850 Wait. 284 00:28:05,362 --> 00:28:06,923 Stop shouting. 285 00:28:10,404 --> 00:28:11,998 Please continue. 286 00:28:22,798 --> 00:28:24,926 Everything is connected 287 00:28:26,483 --> 00:28:28,645 among all living beings on Earth, 288 00:28:29,715 --> 00:28:32,024 and with the sky and the sun. 289 00:28:33,348 --> 00:28:35,681 That connection helps me 290 00:28:36,413 --> 00:28:38,246 to see more clearly, more soberly, 291 00:28:38,856 --> 00:28:42,294 everything that's happening on the ground of my homeland. 292 00:28:43,096 --> 00:28:47,593 I'd like to discuss this subject with you more deeply. 293 00:28:48,578 --> 00:28:52,381 But now, I believe my colleague will allow you to return to your cell, 294 00:28:53,539 --> 00:28:57,377 where you'll rest for a couple of days, then we'll continue our conversation. 295 00:29:03,587 --> 00:29:04,782 You may take him away. 296 00:29:17,046 --> 00:29:18,672 You may go too. 297 00:29:32,369 --> 00:29:36,205 He's a little crazy, don't you see? 298 00:29:37,256 --> 00:29:41,125 All scientists, writers, actors are a little crazy in their own way. 299 00:29:41,415 --> 00:29:45,318 They require special handling, because they live lives 300 00:29:47,459 --> 00:29:49,359 they've invented for themselves. 301 00:29:50,944 --> 00:29:54,280 Send this eccentric to our hospital for a professional evaluation. 302 00:29:56,567 --> 00:30:00,529 If this were peacetime, we would have sent him to a camp. 303 00:30:00,917 --> 00:30:04,011 He would have quickly been reformed and made useful to the Reich, 304 00:30:04,202 --> 00:30:07,301 working at some institute, but now... 305 00:30:07,443 --> 00:30:10,811 He talks like a Brit on the London Radio, 306 00:30:10,895 --> 00:30:13,389 or like a Social Democrat collaborating with Moscow. 307 00:30:14,134 --> 00:30:18,835 People invented the radio to listen, and he has listened a lot. 308 00:30:20,666 --> 00:30:22,532 No, it's not serious. 309 00:30:23,380 --> 00:30:25,214 Our intelligence doesn't care about that. 310 00:30:27,768 --> 00:30:30,636 But I want to meet him in a few days 311 00:30:31,109 --> 00:30:34,809 to see if he's really a scientist or just neurotic. 312 00:30:34,893 --> 00:30:38,546 If he's serious, we'll go to Müller or Kaltenbrunner 313 00:30:38,630 --> 00:30:41,930 and ask them to ration him well and evacuate him to the mountains, 314 00:30:42,250 --> 00:30:44,549 where the cream of our scientists are kept now. 315 00:30:45,056 --> 00:30:46,285 Let him work. 316 00:30:46,590 --> 00:30:50,288 He'll stop blabbering as soon as there's no bombing, 317 00:30:50,372 --> 00:30:54,641 and plenty of bread and butter, and a mountain cottage in the woods. 318 00:30:54,878 --> 00:30:57,008 -Don't you agree? -I do. 319 00:30:57,371 --> 00:30:59,011 No one would be blabbering 320 00:30:59,095 --> 00:31:02,553 if everyone had a cottage in the woods, 321 00:31:02,637 --> 00:31:05,573 plenty of bread and butter, and no bombing. 322 00:31:09,648 --> 00:31:12,313 -I mean... -Sorry, pal. 323 00:31:12,554 --> 00:31:14,955 On Schellenberg's orders, I have to meet in 20 minutes 324 00:31:15,039 --> 00:31:16,921 with the chief of Prison 123. 325 00:31:17,029 --> 00:31:18,587 -Heil Hitler. -Heil Hitler! 326 00:31:28,881 --> 00:31:30,565 TOP SECRET 327 00:31:30,649 --> 00:31:33,361 Personnel File Von Stierlitz, Max Otto 328 00:31:33,445 --> 00:31:37,811 SS-Standartenführer, Department IV, Reich Security Office. 329 00:31:38,816 --> 00:31:43,824 Character Report: Member of Nazi Party since 1933, 330 00:31:43,908 --> 00:31:48,181 von Stierlitz, Max Otto, SS-Standartenführer. 331 00:31:50,723 --> 00:31:52,684 A true Aryan. 332 00:31:52,768 --> 00:31:55,135 Character: Nordic, disciplined. 333 00:31:55,219 --> 00:31:58,408 Maintains good relations with colleagues. 334 00:31:58,492 --> 00:32:01,420 Impeccable in the performance of his duties. 335 00:32:01,504 --> 00:32:04,003 Relentless toward the Reich's enemies. 336 00:32:04,087 --> 00:32:07,662 Excellent athlete. Berlin tennis champion. 337 00:32:07,746 --> 00:32:11,997 Unmarried. No improper associations reported. 338 00:32:12,081 --> 00:32:17,380 Decorated by the Führer and cited by the Reichsführer-SS. 339 00:32:23,897 --> 00:32:24,956 Bring him here. 340 00:32:29,568 --> 00:32:33,473 Schranke speaking. Call Block 5 duty guard to me. 341 00:32:34,983 --> 00:32:36,816 He's been in prison six months already. 342 00:32:37,075 --> 00:32:42,036 Yes, Standartenführer. To be precise, six months and 15 days. 343 00:32:43,502 --> 00:32:46,768 Why do you call the doctor so often? Is he ill? 344 00:32:46,852 --> 00:32:48,285 He's on a hunger strike. 345 00:32:50,621 --> 00:32:52,682 How long has he been on this last hunger strike? 346 00:32:52,857 --> 00:32:54,017 A week. 347 00:32:56,597 --> 00:32:57,657 Heil Hitler. 348 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:03,740 Prisoner No. 524 for interrogation by Standartenführer Stierlitz. 349 00:33:03,954 --> 00:33:05,547 May I go and carry out the order? 350 00:33:12,256 --> 00:33:14,088 Blackjack. I won. 351 00:33:23,172 --> 00:33:24,504 Christ! 352 00:33:27,968 --> 00:33:29,903 Psalm 8. 353 00:33:30,704 --> 00:33:31,704 More. 354 00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:40,714 ...seven, eight. 355 00:33:46,856 --> 00:33:48,984 -Who's banking? -I am. 356 00:33:49,867 --> 00:33:51,028 What's your bet? 357 00:33:54,709 --> 00:33:57,078 His leg. Higher, higher. 358 00:33:57,782 --> 00:33:59,147 That's it. 359 00:33:59,850 --> 00:34:01,546 He'll hold out for half an hour. 360 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:03,428 What if you lose? 361 00:34:03,822 --> 00:34:06,954 -I'll knock his tooth out. -It's against regulations. 362 00:34:09,332 --> 00:34:11,860 I'll loosen it with a finger. Are we betting? 363 00:34:28,895 --> 00:34:31,092 Kurt, bring No. 524 for interrogation. 364 00:34:31,268 --> 00:34:32,793 -524? -Yes. 365 00:34:37,023 --> 00:34:39,423 Number 524 for interrogation, 366 00:34:39,988 --> 00:34:42,422 Understood. Number 524 for interrogation. 367 00:35:00,881 --> 00:35:03,475 -Has he been in solitary? -Yes. 368 00:35:03,750 --> 00:35:05,548 -Twice? -Twice. 369 00:35:05,632 --> 00:35:08,229 Who ordered he be placed with criminals? 370 00:35:09,212 --> 00:35:11,056 That was the investigator's directive. 371 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,326 -And the result? -Same as before. 372 00:35:18,408 --> 00:35:21,072 -Did you apply the deterrent method? -Yes. 373 00:35:23,549 --> 00:35:24,915 And the result? 374 00:35:53,697 --> 00:35:56,395 Prisoner 524 will arrive shortly. 375 00:35:57,050 --> 00:35:58,278 Good. 376 00:36:00,574 --> 00:36:03,702 I'm taking your pastor with me until 10 p.m. 377 00:36:09,549 --> 00:36:12,112 Sorry, Standartenführer, but... 378 00:36:16,794 --> 00:36:21,062 Here is Brigadeführer Schellenberg's order. 379 00:36:25,479 --> 00:36:26,606 No convoy? 380 00:36:26,715 --> 00:36:28,240 It's all written there. 381 00:36:28,817 --> 00:36:30,606 Put him in order. 382 00:36:31,837 --> 00:36:35,137 I'll return to pick him up in half an hour. 383 00:36:36,873 --> 00:36:40,140 You'll get him back at 10 p.m. 384 00:36:41,446 --> 00:36:45,279 At 10:15, he should be in solitary. 385 00:37:25,794 --> 00:37:26,794 Good afternoon. 386 00:37:56,805 --> 00:37:59,970 I've lived... in Berlin... 387 00:38:01,278 --> 00:38:03,143 for 52 years, 388 00:38:04,149 --> 00:38:06,345 but I've never been here before. 389 00:38:08,661 --> 00:38:11,498 Come on in. Have a seat. 390 00:38:12,356 --> 00:38:13,721 Beer, please. 391 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:19,399 I'm glad to see you're alive and well. Given our times, that's something. 392 00:38:28,841 --> 00:38:31,003 -Please. -Thank you. 393 00:38:57,948 --> 00:38:59,245 Beer to this table. 394 00:38:59,816 --> 00:39:01,182 Yes, it's strange. 395 00:39:01,561 --> 00:39:02,615 What's strange? 396 00:39:04,430 --> 00:39:05,430 Strange... 397 00:39:06,655 --> 00:39:10,023 that you've lived in Berlin for 52 years and never been here. 398 00:39:10,107 --> 00:39:13,442 Though you've been to London, Paris, Prague, Bern. 399 00:39:24,597 --> 00:39:25,597 Yes. 400 00:39:30,139 --> 00:39:31,369 I've been to... 401 00:39:32,544 --> 00:39:35,105 Paris, London, Prague and Bern. 402 00:39:35,448 --> 00:39:38,247 You forgot to name three more cities. 403 00:39:39,354 --> 00:39:41,084 Antwerp and Budapest. 404 00:39:42,418 --> 00:39:45,252 I was already asked that during interrogations. 405 00:39:46,444 --> 00:39:48,606 The interrogations when I was... 406 00:39:49,809 --> 00:39:53,007 beaten, deprived of sleep... 407 00:39:54,244 --> 00:39:55,472 and food. 408 00:39:55,738 --> 00:39:59,029 Forget Antwerp, the English have it now anyway. 409 00:40:00,554 --> 00:40:04,355 But Berlin... I deliberately misled you about it. 410 00:40:04,872 --> 00:40:07,374 Did you see what happened to Berlin? 411 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:10,366 I did. 412 00:40:10,850 --> 00:40:13,115 Well? Go on, eat. 413 00:40:18,348 --> 00:40:20,375 -It's terrible. -What's terrible? 414 00:40:25,558 --> 00:40:28,188 It's terrible that you, a pastor, 415 00:40:28,796 --> 00:40:32,254 aren't a patriot of the German state. 416 00:40:34,704 --> 00:40:38,911 Tell me, the fact that I, a pastor, 417 00:40:40,490 --> 00:40:42,583 have been tortured for six months in prison - 418 00:40:44,108 --> 00:40:48,514 is that an inevitable result of your state system? 419 00:40:48,730 --> 00:40:50,460 Prisons are meant to reform the stray. 420 00:40:50,766 --> 00:40:53,532 Obviously, those who haven't strayed but are enemies, 421 00:40:54,266 --> 00:40:56,235 are to be eliminated. 422 00:40:57,712 --> 00:41:01,521 Is it you who decides who is right 423 00:41:01,605 --> 00:41:03,105 and who is guilty? 424 00:41:03,519 --> 00:41:04,885 Of course. 425 00:41:07,874 --> 00:41:10,093 So you know everything about everyone? 426 00:41:11,020 --> 00:41:13,922 Who has erred and who hasn't. 427 00:41:14,814 --> 00:41:18,358 So you know absolutely everything about each of us? 428 00:41:18,442 --> 00:41:20,936 -We know what the nation wants. -The nation... 429 00:41:22,389 --> 00:41:25,947 The nation is made up of people. 430 00:41:27,725 --> 00:41:29,717 So you eliminate people 431 00:41:31,110 --> 00:41:33,417 in the name of the nation. 432 00:41:33,501 --> 00:41:34,501 Waiter! 433 00:41:38,943 --> 00:41:40,912 -What would you like? -Coffee. 434 00:41:42,914 --> 00:41:44,443 Three cognacs and cigarettes. 435 00:41:46,355 --> 00:41:49,325 Tell me, how often in the history of Christianity 436 00:41:50,107 --> 00:41:52,202 have heterodox people been destroyed 437 00:41:52,550 --> 00:41:55,076 in the name of the welfare of the rest of the flock? 438 00:41:55,248 --> 00:41:56,823 They destroyed heretics. 439 00:41:56,907 --> 00:42:00,810 All right. But in fighting heresy, did the church allow violence? 440 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:03,820 It did. 441 00:42:05,583 --> 00:42:08,632 Violence against heresy was carried out over eight centuries. 442 00:42:08,716 --> 00:42:12,516 We came to power in 1933. What do you expect from us? 443 00:42:33,242 --> 00:42:34,608 In those 11 years, 444 00:42:36,702 --> 00:42:40,070 we eliminated unemployment, we fed the Germans. 445 00:42:40,674 --> 00:42:42,699 Yes, while committing violence against heterodox. 446 00:42:44,145 --> 00:42:47,208 If you're such a convinced opponent... 447 00:42:48,358 --> 00:42:53,488 perhaps you should have focused more on material things rather than spiritual? 448 00:42:53,829 --> 00:42:55,509 Excuse me, I don't understand you. 449 00:42:57,047 --> 00:42:59,352 Why didn't you try to organize 450 00:42:59,436 --> 00:43:02,894 an anti-government group among your parishioners? 451 00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:10,259 You see, if I started using your own methods 452 00:43:11,088 --> 00:43:12,918 against you, I would have... 453 00:43:15,047 --> 00:43:18,850 ...ended up becoming someone like you. 454 00:43:27,851 --> 00:43:30,013 So if a man comes to you... 455 00:43:30,218 --> 00:43:31,653 What man? 456 00:43:32,289 --> 00:43:35,589 A young man from your parish. 457 00:43:37,911 --> 00:43:41,371 And he'll say, "Father, I do not agree with the regime 458 00:43:41,775 --> 00:43:43,557 and I want to fight it." 459 00:43:44,251 --> 00:43:46,014 I won't stand in his way. 460 00:43:47,864 --> 00:43:50,630 All right, but suppose he says he wants to kill the Gauleiter. 461 00:43:51,453 --> 00:43:55,117 And the Gauleiter has three daughters. 462 00:43:56,380 --> 00:43:58,107 Two, five, and nine years old. 463 00:43:58,409 --> 00:44:00,607 And a paraplegic wife. 464 00:44:01,413 --> 00:44:02,778 What would you do? 465 00:44:07,643 --> 00:44:08,940 I don't know. 466 00:44:12,291 --> 00:44:15,625 And if I asked you about that young man, what would you say? 467 00:44:17,861 --> 00:44:20,297 I would say nothing to you. 468 00:44:26,862 --> 00:44:29,057 Well done, Stierlitz. 469 00:44:29,992 --> 00:44:31,962 Frankly, I didn't expect it. 470 00:44:33,819 --> 00:44:36,756 I didn't expect him to agree so quickly. 471 00:44:43,734 --> 00:44:47,433 Didn't expect he would so quickly agree to collaborate with us. 472 00:44:47,593 --> 00:44:49,754 Very good job, Stierlitz. 473 00:44:49,838 --> 00:44:52,024 -He didn't agree because of... -Fear. 474 00:44:52,108 --> 00:44:55,154 Mediation comes naturally to him. 475 00:44:55,238 --> 00:44:58,677 He has nothing to fear. He plays openly. 476 00:44:59,325 --> 00:45:04,355 I wouldn't jump to such definitive conclusions, Stierlitz. 477 00:45:05,306 --> 00:45:07,277 Put him to a serious test. 478 00:45:07,798 --> 00:45:10,668 In his cell? Planting our man there? 479 00:45:14,250 --> 00:45:18,417 All right, arrange a thorough test on the loose. 480 00:45:19,423 --> 00:45:21,023 I'll try to persuade the Reichsführer 481 00:45:21,107 --> 00:45:24,927 to grant the pastor some freedom for our purposes. 482 00:45:29,230 --> 00:45:31,246 RECEPTION ROOM The Chief 483 00:45:31,330 --> 00:45:34,410 of the Reich Security Main Office, KALTENBRUNNER 484 00:45:49,337 --> 00:45:51,433 13 Feb 1945 6:23 p.m. 485 00:45:54,105 --> 00:45:55,105 Sit down. 486 00:46:10,323 --> 00:46:13,039 TOP SECRET 487 00:46:13,123 --> 00:46:15,905 Personnel File Krüger, Friedrich-Wilhelm 488 00:46:15,989 --> 00:46:18,163 SS-Gruppenführer. 489 00:46:19,269 --> 00:46:24,375 Character Report: Member of the Nazi Party since 1929, 490 00:46:24,459 --> 00:46:28,636 Krüger, Friedrich-Wilhelm, SS-Gruppenführer. 491 00:46:30,709 --> 00:46:34,826 A true Aryan, fully devoted to the Führer. 492 00:46:34,910 --> 00:46:36,902 Character: Nordic, firm. 493 00:46:36,986 --> 00:46:39,266 Even-tempered and sociable with friends. 494 00:46:39,350 --> 00:46:41,503 Relentless toward the Reich's enemies. 495 00:46:41,587 --> 00:46:45,809 Exemplary family man. No improper associations reported. 496 00:46:45,893 --> 00:46:50,233 Proven indispensable and highly competent in his field. 497 00:46:53,741 --> 00:46:56,371 Do you have any excuse, 498 00:46:56,913 --> 00:47:00,611 an excuse credible enough that the Führer would believe? 499 00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:04,979 In fact, you, and only you, Krüger, 500 00:47:05,751 --> 00:47:10,350 were responsible for the punitive operation in Cracow. 501 00:47:17,124 --> 00:47:21,084 Here, see the reports 502 00:47:22,651 --> 00:47:25,449 about how Cracow was not blown up. 503 00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:29,555 And after you read them, answer me. 504 00:48:15,360 --> 00:48:16,360 No. 505 00:48:18,165 --> 00:48:19,930 There are no excuses. 506 00:48:21,472 --> 00:48:22,904 None whatsoever. 507 00:48:24,068 --> 00:48:26,264 I'm a soldier - war is war. 508 00:48:27,266 --> 00:48:29,496 I don't expect any special treatment. 509 00:48:30,165 --> 00:48:34,264 This failure must be analyzed so it never happens again. 510 00:48:35,902 --> 00:48:40,035 Obergruppenführer, I fully acknowledge my guilt. 511 00:48:41,424 --> 00:48:46,294 But I want you to hear what Standartenführer Stierlitz has to say. 512 00:48:46,798 --> 00:48:50,050 He was fully briefed on the operation, and can confirm 513 00:48:50,134 --> 00:48:54,130 that everything was planned with the utmost care and attention. 514 00:48:54,430 --> 00:48:57,493 What's Stierlitz's role in this operation? 515 00:48:58,136 --> 00:49:00,278 He's part of Schellenberg's intelligence unit. 516 00:49:00,362 --> 00:49:02,258 He handled several issues in Cracow. 517 00:49:02,342 --> 00:49:03,629 Yes, I know. 518 00:49:04,671 --> 00:49:08,131 He was involved in the Runge case, about the missing V-2 rocket. 519 00:49:08,865 --> 00:49:10,836 But I felt it was my duty 520 00:49:11,485 --> 00:49:14,080 to fill him in on our operation's details, 521 00:49:14,662 --> 00:49:18,361 believing that when he returned, 522 00:49:18,869 --> 00:49:24,002 he would report to the Reichsführer or to you on our preparations. 523 00:49:25,980 --> 00:49:29,008 I'd been waiting for further orders from you 524 00:49:29,365 --> 00:49:31,268 but I never got any. 525 00:49:33,946 --> 00:49:36,741 Was Stierlitz among those 526 00:49:36,825 --> 00:49:40,193 who were briefed on this operation? 527 00:49:41,771 --> 00:49:43,535 I don't know. 528 00:50:00,735 --> 00:50:02,041 Please check 529 00:50:02,125 --> 00:50:07,177 whether Stierlitz from Department VI was on the cleared list 530 00:50:07,261 --> 00:50:10,981 for the destruction operation in Cracow. 531 00:50:14,824 --> 00:50:16,661 Obergruppenführer, I'm... 532 00:50:17,363 --> 00:50:19,112 the only one responsible, 533 00:50:19,196 --> 00:50:22,027 and I'd be deeply troubled if you punished Stierlitz. 534 00:50:22,156 --> 00:50:25,319 I have great respect for him as a dedicated fighter. 535 00:50:27,563 --> 00:50:31,525 I can only atone for my guilt with blood on the battlefield. 536 00:50:34,442 --> 00:50:36,936 But who'll fight the enemy here? 537 00:50:37,853 --> 00:50:38,980 Me? Alone? 538 00:50:40,738 --> 00:50:44,470 It's easy to die for the Fatherland and our Führer at the front lines. 539 00:50:45,276 --> 00:50:48,305 It's far harder to work here under constant bombardment, 540 00:50:48,635 --> 00:50:50,970 cleaning up the mess. 541 00:50:53,231 --> 00:50:57,433 Bravery alone won't suffice - you need brains, Krüger. 542 00:50:58,219 --> 00:50:59,585 A lot of brains. 543 00:51:11,107 --> 00:51:12,472 Find out, please, 544 00:51:12,987 --> 00:51:16,927 if Stierlitz met any senior officers after returning from Cracow. 545 00:51:17,516 --> 00:51:19,712 If so, who? 546 00:51:20,347 --> 00:51:24,161 And what did they discuss? 547 00:51:24,339 --> 00:51:28,711 I already checked. He hasn't reported to anyone. 548 00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:31,933 Upon arrival, Stierlitz immediately began 549 00:51:32,017 --> 00:51:35,614 selecting people fit to infiltrate the Southern group. 550 00:51:36,463 --> 00:51:38,167 Thank you. You may go. 551 00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:42,152 Get some rest today. 552 00:51:42,515 --> 00:51:46,579 Tomorrow, write a detailed report on the operation. 553 00:51:47,816 --> 00:51:50,150 Then we'll decide where to assign you next. 554 00:51:50,783 --> 00:51:54,686 We have few men and a lot to do - a great deal, Krüger. 555 00:51:54,907 --> 00:51:55,907 Heil! 556 00:51:56,740 --> 00:51:57,740 Heil! 557 00:52:15,994 --> 00:52:20,093 Get me all of Stierlitz's files from the past 1-3 years. 558 00:52:20,888 --> 00:52:24,630 But make sure Schellenberg doesn't find out - no need to stir up a panic. 559 00:52:24,714 --> 00:52:27,382 Stierlitz is a valuable agent and a brave man. 560 00:52:27,466 --> 00:52:29,346 We must not question his loyalty. 561 00:52:30,645 --> 00:52:32,806 Also, prepare transfer orders for Krüger. 562 00:52:33,747 --> 00:52:37,855 We're appointing him Deputy Chief of the Gestapo in Prague. 563 00:52:40,488 --> 00:52:41,667 Send the car. 564 00:52:41,989 --> 00:52:44,555 I need to be at the crematorium in 20 minutes. 565 00:52:44,639 --> 00:52:45,639 Yes, sir. 566 00:52:45,995 --> 00:52:48,021 13 Feb 1945 6:30 p.m. 567 00:52:57,381 --> 00:52:58,848 This is Budapest. 568 00:52:59,944 --> 00:53:01,912 Today, February 13, 569 00:53:02,720 --> 00:53:05,556 after many days of bloody fighting, 570 00:53:06,227 --> 00:53:09,980 after shattering the fierce resistance of Hitler's forces, 571 00:53:10,415 --> 00:53:12,720 the Soviet Army has liberated 572 00:53:12,804 --> 00:53:15,648 the capital of Hungary from fascist control. 573 00:53:16,241 --> 00:53:20,413 The armies of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, with help from the 3rd, 574 00:53:21,267 --> 00:53:25,288 have completed the defeat of an encircled enemy force in Budapest, 575 00:53:25,491 --> 00:53:28,228 and now fully control Hungary's capital. 576 00:53:28,690 --> 00:53:32,779 During fighting in the western part of the city on February 11-12, 577 00:53:33,372 --> 00:53:36,085 preliminary estimates suggest that more than 30,000 578 00:53:36,169 --> 00:53:39,038 enemy soldiers and officers were taken prisoner. 579 00:53:57,243 --> 00:54:00,884 The liberating soldiers were welcomed by the people of Warsaw, 580 00:54:00,968 --> 00:54:03,743 Sofia, Bucharest, Belgrade, Vienna - 581 00:54:04,078 --> 00:54:07,209 all freed thanks to the heroism of the Soviet soldier. 582 00:54:10,262 --> 00:54:12,560 Today, it's the people of Budapest welcoming them. 583 00:54:20,813 --> 00:54:23,783 Soviet tanks have entered German territory. 584 00:54:28,725 --> 00:54:32,425 The armies of the 1st Belarusian Front, led by Marshal Zhukov, 585 00:54:32,630 --> 00:54:35,760 have broken through enemy defenses and reached the Oder River - 586 00:54:36,215 --> 00:54:40,780 the last natural barrier before the capital of Hitler's Germany. 587 00:55:17,363 --> 00:55:20,548 The assault on the Nazi stronghold has begun. 588 00:56:07,048 --> 00:56:10,723 Stierlitz arrived home as dusk was settling. 589 00:56:10,807 --> 00:56:14,094 He loved this time of year. There was hardly any snow. 590 00:56:14,178 --> 00:56:17,512 In the mornings, the sun would shine on the tall pine trees, 591 00:56:17,596 --> 00:56:19,292 making it feel almost like summer. 592 00:56:20,301 --> 00:56:23,587 Here in Babelsberg, close to Potsdam, 593 00:56:23,671 --> 00:56:25,708 he lived alone in a cottage. 594 00:56:26,577 --> 00:56:28,836 By some strange coincidence, Babelsberg 595 00:56:28,920 --> 00:56:31,118 was untouched by the bombings. 596 00:56:31,865 --> 00:56:35,530 Only the sound of cannon fire could be heard, growing louder each day. 597 00:56:36,226 --> 00:56:38,628 Few people remained, just like in Berlin. 598 00:56:38,712 --> 00:56:42,944 People fled to mountain villages, escaping the air raids. 599 00:56:57,881 --> 00:57:00,317 -Good evening, Mr. Stierlitz. -Good evening. 600 00:57:20,229 --> 00:57:21,992 You can go home for tonight. 601 00:57:22,345 --> 00:57:26,341 Thank you. Here's your mail. I'll fix your supper head out. 602 00:57:26,967 --> 00:57:28,024 Alright. 603 00:57:34,406 --> 00:57:37,173 -What time is it? -About seven, Mr. Stierlitz. 604 00:57:37,257 --> 00:57:40,125 -And exactly? -Quarter to seven. 605 00:57:42,809 --> 00:57:43,809 Alright. 606 00:57:49,969 --> 00:57:54,671 "Lucky girl... she can almost make it to seven," 607 00:57:54,817 --> 00:57:56,449 Stierlitz thought to himself. 608 00:57:57,861 --> 00:58:00,627 "The happiest people on earth are those 609 00:58:01,139 --> 00:58:04,109 "who can be so casual about time, 610 00:58:04,896 --> 00:58:07,993 without worrying of the consequences." 611 01:02:03,736 --> 01:02:07,230 Moscow calling, North-1 to Taiga-5. 612 01:02:07,535 --> 01:02:10,336 Calling Taiga-5, Taiga-5. 613 01:02:10,961 --> 01:02:16,561 Informing geological teams 12, 16, 21 614 01:02:16,766 --> 01:02:18,563 of the analysis results for the batches 615 01:02:18,847 --> 01:02:24,412 dispatched on January 1, 3, 7, respectively. 616 01:02:25,441 --> 01:02:30,441 38, 977, 35, 610, 617 01:02:30,807 --> 01:02:33,106 97, 653... 618 01:02:33,491 --> 01:02:36,621 It's a coded message for him. 619 01:02:37,109 --> 01:02:39,049 He's been waiting for it six days now. 620 01:02:39,426 --> 01:02:41,952 He gets such coded messages once a month. 621 01:02:42,337 --> 01:02:43,896 There are lots of numbers. 622 01:02:44,207 --> 01:02:47,008 The announcer reads them out in her usual dry, precise tone. 623 01:02:47,512 --> 01:02:50,130 To her, they're just digits. 624 01:02:50,752 --> 01:02:54,416 On the 21st, pay special attention to the Lower Jurassic deposits 625 01:02:54,524 --> 01:02:56,409 in Quadrant AC-5 626 01:02:56,493 --> 01:03:00,454 around Mound 2569. 627 01:03:01,334 --> 01:03:05,629 When packing rock samples, please follow our standards. 628 01:03:05,713 --> 01:03:07,894 Congrats to Nikolayev on his new son. 629 01:03:07,977 --> 01:03:11,006 Weight 3.5 kg, height 49 cm. 630 01:03:11,090 --> 01:03:12,644 Over. Will repeat in an hour. 631 01:05:21,782 --> 01:05:26,182 The instructions Stierlitz received over Moscow Radio read: 632 01:05:26,449 --> 01:05:28,365 "Central Committee to Justas. 633 01:05:28,449 --> 01:05:30,695 "We've learned some high-ranking officers 634 01:05:30,779 --> 01:05:35,339 "from the SD and SS Security have been active in Sweden and Switzerland, 635 01:05:35,876 --> 01:05:40,144 "trying to contact aides of Allen Dulles. 636 01:05:40,653 --> 01:05:44,385 "You need to find out whether these contacts are: 637 01:05:44,596 --> 01:05:47,159 "1. misinformation, 638 01:05:47,984 --> 01:05:51,821 "2. personal initiatives by high-ranking SD and SS officers, 639 01:05:52,282 --> 01:05:55,080 "3. or orders from Central Command. 640 01:05:56,143 --> 01:05:59,492 "If these SD and SS officers act 641 01:05:59,576 --> 01:06:01,569 "under Berlin's orders, 642 01:06:01,852 --> 01:06:04,836 "find out who sent them on the mission. 643 01:06:05,095 --> 01:06:07,966 "Which Reich leader, in particular, 644 01:06:08,050 --> 01:06:10,111 "is seeking contacts with the West. 645 01:06:11,188 --> 01:06:12,188 Alex." 646 01:06:13,057 --> 01:06:15,822 Alex was the chief of Soviet intelligence. 647 01:06:16,196 --> 01:06:17,329 And Justas was... 648 01:06:18,144 --> 01:06:21,410 him - Standartenführer Stierlitz, 649 01:06:21,929 --> 01:06:25,502 known in Moscow as Colonel Maxim Maximovich Isaev, 650 01:06:25,756 --> 01:06:27,988 only to top officials. 651 01:06:37,475 --> 01:06:40,810 Don't look down on time in terms of seconds 652 01:06:42,582 --> 01:06:46,681 Time will come, perhaps, you'll realize 653 01:06:47,824 --> 01:06:51,457 They whistle by like bullets next to temple 654 01:06:53,026 --> 01:06:56,989 Moment, moments... 655 01:06:58,509 --> 01:07:02,002 Every moment has its reason 656 01:07:03,950 --> 01:07:08,252 Its own toll, its own mark 657 01:07:09,658 --> 01:07:13,276 To some, moments deal disgrace 658 01:07:15,809 --> 01:07:19,303 To some infamy, to others immortality 659 01:07:21,137 --> 01:07:24,903 From tiny moments woven is the rain 660 01:07:26,974 --> 01:07:31,311 Flows from the heavens ordinary water 661 01:07:32,874 --> 01:07:36,541 And at times it seems you wait for half of life 662 01:07:38,759 --> 01:07:42,736 When it should come your own moment 663 01:07:44,713 --> 01:07:48,447 It will come as as large as a sip 664 01:07:50,358 --> 01:07:54,823 A sip of water midst the heat of summer 665 01:07:56,499 --> 01:08:00,143 And basically one must his duty meet 666 01:08:01,941 --> 01:08:06,054 From the first moment to the last one 667 01:08:07,743 --> 01:08:11,274 Don't look down on the seconds of time 668 01:08:13,500 --> 01:08:17,830 Time will come, perhaps, you'll realize 669 01:08:19,370 --> 01:08:23,243 They whistle by like bullets next to temple 670 01:08:25,243 --> 01:08:29,763 Those moments, those moments... 671 01:08:31,089 --> 01:08:32,646 Moments