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Central Film Studio
of Children's and Youth Films

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named after M. GORKY

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By commission of the State Committee
of the Council of Ministers of the USSR

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on Television and Radio Broadcasting

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SEVENTEEN MOMENTS OF SPRING

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Part 3

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Starring

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Stierlitz -
Vyacheslav TIKHONOV

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Kät -
Ekaterina GRADOVA

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Erwin -
Nikolai VOLKOV

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Gabi Nabel -
Svetlana SVETLICHNAYA

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Isaev's wife -
Eleonora SHASHKOVA

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Yemelyanov -
Yevgeny LAZAREV

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Hitler -
Fritz DIEZ (GDR)

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Göring -
Wilhelm Burmeier (GDR)

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Himmler -
Nikolai PROKOPOVICH

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Kaltenbrunner -
Mikhail ZHARKOVSKY

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Müller -
Leonid BRONEVOY

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Eismann -
Leonid KURAVLYOV

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Holthoff -
Konstantin ZHELDIN

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Pleischner -
Yvgeniy EVSTIGNEEV

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Scholz -
Lavrenti MASOKHA

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Narrated by
Yefim KOPELYAN

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Göring was returning from the front.

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He had spent the entire day
in the sector

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where Russian tanks
had broken through.

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What he saw there stunned him.

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He decided to go straight to Hitler
and report personally.

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There's no organization at the front.

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Absolutely none, mein Führer -
total chaos.

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There's no discipline whatsoever.

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I even saw officers drunk on duty!

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The Bolshevik advance
is demoralizing the army,

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throwing it into panic -
almost a savage panic.

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And...

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It seems to me...

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Göring, I forbid it...
I forbid you to go to the front!

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I forbid you to panic!

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It's not panic.

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It's the truth, mein Führer,
and it's my duty to tell you.

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Shut up!

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Mind your Luftwaffe, Göring,

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and stay out of matters
that need a clear head.

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This isn't for you - it's obvious.

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Don't go to the front again!

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I forbid it - once and for all!

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For the first time in his life
Göring defied the Führer.

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He left crushed and humiliated.

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He could feel the smirks
of the nobodies behind him -

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the Führer's aides-de-camp,
Schmundt and Burgdorf.

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At Carinhall, Luftwaffe staff officers
were waiting for him.

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As he left the bunker,
he ordered his men to assemble.

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Good morning.

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The Reichsführer has arrived.

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He wishes to speak in private.

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Show him into the sitting room.

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Please.

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The Führer can no longer
lead the country.

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What now?

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The SS troops are holed up
in the bunker.

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But that's not the real problem.

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The Führer's will is frozen.

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He can't make any decisions.

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We have to address the people.

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Göring wanted to say,
"Yes, Heinrich, I agree,"

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but this black folder was in the way.

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He knew a dictaphone
could be hidden inside,

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and two hours later their conversation
would reach the Führer.

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You're the successor,
meaning you're the President.

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So that makes me
the Reich Chancellor.

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"He can say whatever he likes,"
Göring thought.

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"The father of provocateurs
can't be honest.

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If he were,

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I'd go along
with all his proposals."

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Impossible.

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Only one person can be
both President and Chancellor.

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Who is it?

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Where?

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Over there.

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Where?

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Behind that column,
the one in the blue coat.

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It was the funeral of Professor

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of Medicine, Karl Pleischner,

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who had been Stierlitz's

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comrade-in-arms
in the anti-fascist struggle.

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Stierlitz wanted to approach
the coffin and kiss the deceased,

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but he couldn't bring himself to do it.

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Looking at Werner standing
near the coffin,

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Stierlitz finally realized

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how much the two brothers
resembled each other.

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Karl's younger brother, Werner,

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didn't know Stierlitz had secured
his release from the camp,

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where he'd been thrown
on a denunciation.

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It was eight years ago...

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Since then he's been living alone,

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because his wife had left him
the day after he was arrested...

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Who's that?

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Kaltenbrunner.

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Does he also have bad kidneys?

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Yes, he'd been Pleischner's patient
for a long time.

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For some reason,
Stierlitz suddenly recalled

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Heydrich's funeral in 1942,

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the very man whom Kaltenbrunner
had succeeded.

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The funeral was solemn.
The Führer himself attended.

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This gesture...

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That very gesture,
exactly repeated by Kaltenbrunner,

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brought back memories of 1942.

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"They all want to be like

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the Führer," Stierlitz thought.

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Shall we go?

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Yes.

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Do you have kidney problems?

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-Sorry?
-Was he also your physician?

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Unfortunately.

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Who will treat us now?

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I don't know.

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Yes.

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20 Feb 1945
6:55 a.m.

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Information for consideration:
HIMMLER

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The Reichsführer-SS,

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responsible for implementing
Hitler's racial policies.

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Honored Doctor of Archaeology.

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Married. Has a daughter.

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Completed secondary education.

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"There should be only one principle
for an SS member:

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"Be honest, decent, and loyal -
only to

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the representatives of our race.

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Whether other peoples flourish,

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or die of hunger matters to me

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only because we need them as slaves
for our culture."

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Himmler.

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Himmler started as Strasser's pupil,
the ideologist of Nazism.

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It was Himmler who took part
in his teacher's execution,

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after the latter had quarreled
with Hitler.

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Himmler's betrayal gained him nothing,
people viewed him with suspicion.

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In Berlin,
he was seen as Strasser's man.

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That's why he was appointed
to the humiliatingly low post

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of chief of Munich's criminal police.

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Another person might have
given in to despair,

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but Himmler was a man of action.

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He began establishing the first
concentration camps in Germany.

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Once Göring wondered

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if such measures might alienate
Paris and London.

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"Never," Himmler replied.

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"Our concentration camps

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are a humane way to control
the enemies of National Socialism.

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If we don't confine them,
there would be mob violence.

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In this way,
they will be fully reformed

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and come to acknowledge
our righteousness."

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For his success in setting up
the death camps,

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the Reichsführer-SS Himmler,
by order of the Führer,

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was appointed Vice Minister
of Internal Affairs.

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For the first time,
he was not in Hitler's suite.

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He was close to Hitler himself.

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He took the next step
on the hierarchical ladder of Nazism.

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Back in Berlin,

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Himmler, with his assistants

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and the SS Headquarters Chiefs,
Karl Wolff and Heydrich,

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began gathering information
on friends and enemies.

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On Ley,

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Göring,

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Hess.

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He began appearing alongside the Führer

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at the party rallies in Nürnberg,

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but he was not among the favored.

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He was not one of the Reich chiefs -

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his only duty was to
guard the Führer's life.

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Only when Himmler staged

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an assassination attempt on Hitler
during his Berlin travels,

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and saved him from a blank bullet,

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only then did Himmler become,
in Hitler's words,

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his blood brother.

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Where did you come from?

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Who is your master, honey?

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So I guess I should feed you.

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Let's go.

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Let's go.

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Come in.

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I'll bring you something here.

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Information for consideration:
- continued -

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HIMMLER

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Himmler made his rise not
on the battlefields

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nor solely by organizing
the concentration camps

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in the USSR, Poland, Yugoslavia, Hungary.

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That work no longer surprised anyone.

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"The great organizer of cleansing terror,"

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said the Führer of Himmler.

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Himmler achieved his greatest rise

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after the generals' attempt
on Hitler's life.

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Afterward, Himmler was hailed as a hero,
the man who uncovered the plot.

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Hitler honored him and called him
the bravest Aryan.

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He started representing Hitler
at meetings.

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And Bormann, Göring and Goebbels

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had to greet Himmler

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as they greeted only the Führer.

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Stierlitz saw Himmler
as one of the strongest figures

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in the Reich's political landscape.

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Naturally, Himmler could begin
negotiations with the West,

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maintain obedience over the army and SS,

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and build a front against the Bolsheviks,

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relying on a separate peace with the West.

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But Stierlitz thought that

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the Allies would never start
talks with Himmler,

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because, to the whole world, "Himmler"
and "the hangman" meant the same.

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So, was it Himmler then?

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It meant that to carry out his mission

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he had to contact Himmler.

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20 Feb 1945
11:54 p.m.

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Here, in Köpenick, lived his

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radio operators, Erwin and Kät.

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Stierlitz was violating
the secrecy regulations

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that he had strictly followed
for 20 years.

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But now he had no choice.
Kät was pregnant.

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They didn't expect Stierlitz that night.

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They came out for communication
on Monday, and today was Wednesday.

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Wednesday was the emergency day,

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and Erwin realized
there would be some work.

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Good evening.

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Good evening.

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You look wonderful.

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You belong to the rare
type of women

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whom pregnancy makes irresistible.

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Pregnancy makes
any woman beautiful.

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You simply hadn't had the chance
to notice it.

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No, I hadn't.
You're right.

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Would you like coffee with milk?

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Where did you get the milk?
Damn, I forgot to bring you the milk!

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I managed to get some.

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She desperately needs
at least a little milk.

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Yes, now we even have
two cans of milk.

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And carrot coffee.

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You have to be crafty to get food
for pregnant women.

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Will you play for us?

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Yes.

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Did you check whether they
stuffed your air-hole with anything?

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-Yes, I did. What's the problem?
-Nothing. Everything's fine.

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Did your brothers from the SD
come up with some new filth?

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It's possible.
Who knows? Quite possible.

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Humankind loves secrets.

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What?

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I got an assignment.

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I must find out

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who from the highest bonzes

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is going to hold separate
negotiations with the West.

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They have in mind
Hitler's top command.

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What do you think?
A funny task? Yes?

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They think I'm all-powerful,
since I haven't failed in 20 years.

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It means I'm all-powerful.

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It would be nice to be
Himmler's deputy

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or become the Führer.

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Heil Stierlitz!

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I'm becoming a grumbler.
Did you notice?

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It suits you.

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00:31:06,645 --> 00:31:09,012
How are you going to give birth?

255
00:31:10,202 --> 00:31:12,763
I don't think they've invented
any new way.

256
00:31:16,070 --> 00:31:18,904
The day before yesterday I spoke
with an obstetrician.

257
00:31:25,093 --> 00:31:27,063
I don't want to scare you, guys.

258
00:31:28,419 --> 00:31:30,012
Go on, honey. Go on.

259
00:31:31,477 --> 00:31:32,477
Thank you.

260
00:31:34,567 --> 00:31:38,334
I don't want to scare you,
but I was scared myself.

261
00:31:41,256 --> 00:31:45,356
That old doctor told me
he can tell

262
00:31:46,403 --> 00:31:49,896
any woman's nationality
by the way she gives birth.

263
00:31:58,758 --> 00:32:00,056
I don't get it...

264
00:32:00,687 --> 00:32:03,054
Go ahead, sweetheart.
Don't be scared.

265
00:32:03,138 --> 00:32:06,973
Just listen first, and then
we'll figure a way out of this mess.

266
00:32:10,754 --> 00:32:12,814
You see, women cry

267
00:32:14,004 --> 00:32:15,768
when they're in labor.

268
00:32:19,979 --> 00:32:22,072
I thought they were singing.

269
00:32:25,954 --> 00:32:29,554
You see, sweetheart,
they cry out in their native tongue,

270
00:32:31,493 --> 00:32:34,361
in the dialect of the place
where they were born.

271
00:32:34,645 --> 00:32:39,175
So you'll cry "Mommy"
with a Ryazan accent?

272
00:32:51,947 --> 00:32:53,313
What can we do?

273
00:32:57,254 --> 00:33:01,453
What about giving birth in Sweden?
I think I can manage that.

274
00:33:01,914 --> 00:33:04,247
You'll be cut off
from communication.

275
00:33:04,331 --> 00:33:05,697
But I'll stay here.

276
00:33:06,186 --> 00:33:09,452
She can only leave
if you go with her.

277
00:33:10,297 --> 00:33:12,858
As a disabled veteran,
you need treatment at a spa.

278
00:33:12,942 --> 00:33:16,156
There's an invitation from
German relatives in Stockholm.

279
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,124
They won't let you go alone.

280
00:33:18,488 --> 00:33:22,256
His uncle's the one registered here
as a Swedish Nazi.

281
00:33:29,330 --> 00:33:30,422
No.

282
00:33:32,981 --> 00:33:34,642
We'll stay here.

283
00:33:41,972 --> 00:33:43,065
That's fine.

284
00:33:44,802 --> 00:33:46,828
I'll scream in German.

285
00:33:55,249 --> 00:33:56,775
Well...

286
00:33:57,879 --> 00:34:02,614
then you can swear in Russian,
but with a Berlin accent.

287
00:34:05,771 --> 00:34:07,966
We'll decide tomorrow.

288
00:34:08,162 --> 00:34:11,733
We'll think it over calmly,
without any heroic emotions.

289
00:34:11,817 --> 00:34:13,376
Let's go, Erwin.

290
00:34:14,668 --> 00:34:17,502
Our decision depends on

291
00:34:18,813 --> 00:34:20,679
the answer I get tomorrow.

292
00:35:40,313 --> 00:35:41,886
-Ready?
-Yeah.

293
00:35:46,395 --> 00:35:47,395
Let's go.

294
00:35:49,906 --> 00:35:51,498
Justas to Alex.

295
00:35:52,424 --> 00:35:55,757
I'm still confident that
no serious Western politician

296
00:35:55,841 --> 00:35:58,503
will negotiate with the SS or SD.

297
00:35:59,184 --> 00:36:01,550
But since I got the assignment,

298
00:36:01,694 --> 00:36:03,754
I'm starting to realize it's possible.

299
00:36:04,817 --> 00:36:06,651
I think I can pull it off

300
00:36:06,768 --> 00:36:10,205
if I pass Himmler some information
I got from you.

301
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,204
With his backing

302
00:36:13,383 --> 00:36:16,319
I'll be able to keep an eye
on those

303
00:36:16,861 --> 00:36:20,525
looking for channels
to start such negotiations.

304
00:36:26,133 --> 00:36:28,033
21 Feb 1945
4:45 a.m.

305
00:36:40,509 --> 00:36:42,836
TOP SECRET

306
00:36:43,296 --> 00:36:45,659
Personnel File
Eismann, Kurt

307
00:36:45,743 --> 00:36:50,281
SS-Obersturmbannführer,
Department IV, Reich Security Office.

308
00:36:51,547 --> 00:36:56,743
Character Report:
Member of the Nazi Party since 1933,

309
00:36:56,827 --> 00:37:00,566
Eismann, Kurt,
SS-Obersturmbannführer.

310
00:37:03,316 --> 00:37:05,881
A true Aryan.

311
00:37:05,965 --> 00:37:10,003
Character: close to Nordic, firm.

312
00:37:10,087 --> 00:37:13,319
Maintaining good relations
with colleagues.

313
00:37:13,403 --> 00:37:16,592
Impeccable in the performance
of his duties.

314
00:37:16,676 --> 00:37:18,851
Relentless toward the Reich's enemies.

315
00:37:18,935 --> 00:37:23,437
Athlete.
Winner at shooting competitions.

316
00:37:23,521 --> 00:37:25,104
Exemplary family man.

317
00:37:25,188 --> 00:37:28,221
No improper associations reported.

318
00:37:28,305 --> 00:37:31,298
Decorated by the Reichsführer SS's.

319
00:37:37,245 --> 00:37:38,269
I understand.

320
00:37:42,305 --> 00:37:43,897
Fine. You may go.

321
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:00,280
What's wrong?

322
00:38:01,383 --> 00:38:03,750
I have also a splitting headache.

323
00:38:05,159 --> 00:38:08,153
I dream of seven hours of sleep,
like manna.

324
00:38:08,951 --> 00:38:14,015
I never imagined insomnia
would be the worst torture.

325
00:38:14,212 --> 00:38:15,337
You tell me.

326
00:38:17,891 --> 00:38:19,120
Listen...

327
00:38:24,533 --> 00:38:25,626
Sit down.

328
00:38:27,143 --> 00:38:28,610
Here's the thing...

329
00:38:29,954 --> 00:38:32,081
It's a strange case.

330
00:38:35,005 --> 00:38:36,975
The chief called me today.

331
00:38:40,507 --> 00:38:44,274
Our chiefs are all dreamers.

332
00:38:45,325 --> 00:38:48,490
They dream because
they have no concrete work.

333
00:38:50,419 --> 00:38:54,652
Even a trained chimp
could give directions.

334
00:38:59,185 --> 00:39:00,413
You see...

335
00:39:05,954 --> 00:39:11,222
He holds
a grudge against Stierlitz.

336
00:39:12,729 --> 00:39:13,957
Who?

337
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:18,424
Yes, yes. Against Stierlitz.

338
00:39:20,446 --> 00:39:23,109
He's the only person
in Schellenberg's intelligence

339
00:39:23,357 --> 00:39:25,153
I liked - and still do.

340
00:39:27,067 --> 00:39:30,094
He's calm and not a lickspittle.

341
00:39:30,926 --> 00:39:33,293
Not hysterical, doesn't fake zeal.

342
00:39:34,506 --> 00:39:37,237
I don't trust people
who hang close to the chiefs

343
00:39:37,321 --> 00:39:40,406
and spout speeches
at our party meetings.

344
00:39:43,121 --> 00:39:44,315
They are nothing.

345
00:39:45,370 --> 00:39:47,135
Chatterboxes and idlers.

346
00:39:47,814 --> 00:39:49,305
This one is silent.

347
00:39:52,594 --> 00:39:54,084
I like silent people.

348
00:39:54,489 --> 00:39:58,114
If your friend is silent, he's a friend.
If your enemy is silent, he's an enemy.

349
00:39:58,962 --> 00:40:00,190
I respect them.

350
00:40:00,711 --> 00:40:03,681
One can learn from them.

351
00:40:05,389 --> 00:40:09,419
I've known Stierlitz for eight years.
We served together in Spain.

352
00:40:10,129 --> 00:40:13,224
In Smolensk,
I saw him during a bombing.

353
00:40:13,855 --> 00:40:16,086
He's made of flint and steel.

354
00:40:24,289 --> 00:40:28,124
Why the epithets?
Are you tired?

355
00:40:29,349 --> 00:40:31,613
Leave the epithets
for our party bigwigs.

356
00:40:31,791 --> 00:40:34,919
We detectives stick to
nouns and verbs.

357
00:40:35,348 --> 00:40:37,841
He met with her,
and she says he handed her something.

358
00:40:41,298 --> 00:40:43,096
You don't suspect?

359
00:40:43,433 --> 00:40:46,995
No. I can't believe
Stierlitz is dishonest.

360
00:40:50,035 --> 00:40:51,093
Nor can I.

361
00:40:52,873 --> 00:40:57,436
We should convince
Kaltenbrunner of that.

362
00:40:58,472 --> 00:40:59,565
Why?

363
00:40:59,882 --> 00:41:02,943
What if he wants
Stierlitz to be dishonest?

364
00:41:03,846 --> 00:41:05,609
Then why dissuade him?

365
00:41:08,746 --> 00:41:10,612
Finally, Stierlitz...

366
00:41:11,249 --> 00:41:16,439
is not from our department.
He's from Department VI, not the Gestapo.

367
00:41:18,552 --> 00:41:20,398
Let Schellenberg dance.

368
00:41:21,463 --> 00:41:24,024
Schellenberg will demand proof,

369
00:41:24,272 --> 00:41:27,765
and you know the Reichsführer
will back him up.

370
00:41:30,342 --> 00:41:32,538
-You think so?
-I'm sure of it.

371
00:41:34,386 --> 00:41:35,386
Why?

372
00:41:38,758 --> 00:41:40,522
I can't prove it.

373
00:41:41,742 --> 00:41:43,904
I'm certain, Gruppenführer.

374
00:41:51,175 --> 00:41:53,007
All right. What now?

375
00:41:55,306 --> 00:41:57,208
I think...

376
00:41:57,977 --> 00:42:01,914
we should be honest
with ourselves.

377
00:42:02,442 --> 00:42:06,504
That will guide
our next actions and behavior.

378
00:42:08,690 --> 00:42:12,458
Actions and behavior
are the same thing.

379
00:42:26,354 --> 00:42:27,412
Fine.

380
00:42:27,962 --> 00:42:30,727
I'll give you an excellent
chance to be honest.

381
00:42:33,169 --> 00:42:36,196
Take these materials
and draw a conclusion,

382
00:42:36,494 --> 00:42:38,018
an honest one.

383
00:42:38,749 --> 00:42:40,308
And I'll use it as a basis

384
00:42:40,392 --> 00:42:42,977
when I report to the chief
about the inspection.

385
00:42:44,923 --> 00:42:47,416
Why me?
Why should I?

386
00:42:58,949 --> 00:43:02,613
Where's your honesty, my friend?

387
00:43:03,715 --> 00:43:04,715
Huh?

388
00:43:05,992 --> 00:43:07,186
Where is it?

389
00:43:09,310 --> 00:43:12,212
It's easy to tell others to be honest.

390
00:43:13,162 --> 00:43:16,530
But personally, everyone

391
00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:20,266
tries to turn their dishonesty
into honesty.

392
00:43:21,351 --> 00:43:24,685
In other words, they justify
themselves and their actions.

393
00:43:25,630 --> 00:43:27,064
Am I right?

394
00:43:29,242 --> 00:43:31,142
I'm ready to write a report.

395
00:43:31,599 --> 00:43:32,692
What report?

396
00:43:35,537 --> 00:43:37,972
I'll write that I've known
Stierlitz a long time

397
00:43:38,842 --> 00:43:41,436
and I can vouch for his loyalty.

398
00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:55,672
Go ahead, write it.

399
00:44:44,852 --> 00:44:48,654
To Gruppenführer Müller,
Chief of SS Department IV.

400
00:44:49,133 --> 00:44:53,127
I think Standartenführer
von Stierlitz is a true Aryan,

401
00:44:53,378 --> 00:44:56,746
devoted to the Führer
and the Nazi Party's ideals.

402
00:44:57,136 --> 00:45:00,732
I ask your permission
not to open an inquiry into his case.

403
00:45:01,181 --> 00:45:03,412
SS-Obersturmbannführer Eismann.

404
00:45:10,113 --> 00:45:11,375
Well...

405
00:45:12,664 --> 00:45:13,824
Fine fellow.

406
00:45:18,029 --> 00:45:19,998
I've always treated you

407
00:45:21,174 --> 00:45:23,302
with respect and full trust.

408
00:45:23,978 --> 00:45:26,743
And now I have the chance
to be sure once again

409
00:45:27,243 --> 00:45:30,338
of your high integrity, Eismann.

410
00:45:31,607 --> 00:45:33,508
Thank you, Gruppenführer.

411
00:45:35,633 --> 00:45:39,036
There's nothing for you to thank me for.
I should thank you.

412
00:45:39,804 --> 00:45:41,617
Take these folders and prepare

413
00:45:41,701 --> 00:45:44,136
a favorable report on Stierlitz's work.

414
00:45:45,117 --> 00:45:46,484
I don't need coaching.

415
00:45:47,468 --> 00:45:50,267
The scout's skill,
the detective's shrewdness,

416
00:45:50,666 --> 00:45:53,636
the courage of a true
National Socialist.

417
00:45:54,270 --> 00:45:56,535
How long will it take?

418
00:45:57,334 --> 00:45:58,996
To compile everything

419
00:45:59,555 --> 00:46:01,489
and back it up with documents,

420
00:46:01,613 --> 00:46:04,344
I'll need a week.

421
00:46:04,663 --> 00:46:06,792
-Five days. No more.
-All right.

422
00:46:07,201 --> 00:46:11,639
Don't forget to mention
Stierlitz's work with that priest.

423
00:46:12,882 --> 00:46:15,578
Kaltenbrunner thinks someone is trying,
through priests,

424
00:46:15,678 --> 00:46:18,254
to establish contacts with the West,

425
00:46:18,338 --> 00:46:19,714
the Vatican, and the like.

426
00:46:19,798 --> 00:46:20,798
Understood.

427
00:46:21,286 --> 00:46:22,754
Good luck.

428
00:46:23,842 --> 00:46:25,605
Go get some sleep.

429
00:46:26,259 --> 00:46:29,627
-I can't promise seven hours.
-How about five?

430
00:46:30,825 --> 00:46:32,095
Yes.

431
00:46:33,402 --> 00:46:35,871
-Sleep well.
-Thank you.

432
00:46:37,198 --> 00:46:38,198
-Heil!
-Heil!

433
00:47:21,056 --> 00:47:23,389
21 Feb 1945
5:05 a.m.

434
00:47:56,710 --> 00:47:57,856
Your ID.

435
00:47:58,379 --> 00:48:02,511
They're blocking roads
to the West and South.

436
00:48:07,924 --> 00:48:09,290
What's happening?

437
00:48:12,731 --> 00:48:15,131
There was an alarm.
They're searching for radio operators.

438
00:48:15,950 --> 00:48:17,578
They reacted fast.

439
00:48:17,703 --> 00:48:18,822
But it's naive.

440
00:48:18,906 --> 00:48:22,308
True, when dealing with
amateurs unfamiliar with Germany.

441
00:48:22,529 --> 00:48:24,894
But I know Germany.
A braggart.

442
00:48:24,978 --> 00:48:26,709
Why? It's not bragging.

443
00:48:27,068 --> 00:48:29,508
If I didn't know Germany,
I'd have taken that road.

444
00:48:29,592 --> 00:48:32,858
But I drove Erwin through Neekeln.
Good job, Stierlitz.

445
00:48:34,194 --> 00:48:36,789
Want to search the trunk?

446
00:48:42,843 --> 00:48:45,323
There are craters on the road.
Be careful, Standartenführer.

447
00:48:46,488 --> 00:48:48,786
I'm always careful.

448
00:49:01,660 --> 00:49:04,925
How did Pushkin put it?
You're awesome, Pushkin! Son of a bitch!

449
00:49:05,176 --> 00:49:06,668
You're awesome, Stierlitz.

450
00:49:54,235 --> 00:49:56,361
-Good evening, Mr. Bolzen.
-Good evening.

451
00:49:57,159 --> 00:49:59,526
Here are your cigarettes
and your matches.

452
00:50:18,012 --> 00:50:22,143
Stierlitz used to go to a pub
called "The Elephant."

453
00:50:23,286 --> 00:50:26,620
Maybe he didn't even remember
how it all happened.

454
00:50:28,125 --> 00:50:30,026
It was ten years ago.

455
00:50:31,356 --> 00:50:33,325
He had to go to Spain.

456
00:50:34,281 --> 00:50:35,646
He didn't know about it.

457
00:50:36,518 --> 00:50:39,386
Moscow Center, knowing this,

458
00:50:39,662 --> 00:50:43,497
had arranged for him
to meet his wife there.

459
00:52:38,108 --> 00:52:40,194
Cognac and cigarettes.

460
00:58:46,787 --> 00:58:49,313
Your successes are undisputed.

461
00:58:54,563 --> 00:58:56,032
Hello, Gabi.

462
00:58:57,608 --> 00:58:58,608
So...

463
00:59:01,299 --> 00:59:03,291
Our successes are undisputed, huh?

464
00:59:04,116 --> 00:59:05,480
As always.

465
00:59:06,213 --> 00:59:07,703
I'm very glad.

466
00:59:08,549 --> 00:59:10,609
And where's Frau Saurich?

467
00:59:11,352 --> 00:59:15,220
Her friend fell ill.
She went to bring her some food.

468
00:59:25,570 --> 00:59:27,540
How about a game of chess?

469
00:59:32,179 --> 00:59:35,080
Gabi, you're not much fun
as a chess partner.

470
00:59:38,841 --> 00:59:39,941
I know.

471
00:59:45,596 --> 00:59:48,761
Goodbye.
I've got things to do.

472
01:00:06,057 --> 01:00:08,025
May I come in?

473
01:00:35,093 --> 01:00:37,655
Listen, Holthoff,

474
01:00:39,701 --> 01:00:41,464
I'm assigning you a task

475
01:00:42,797 --> 01:00:46,063
of utmost importance and secrecy.

476
01:00:46,470 --> 01:00:48,028
I'm all ears, Gruppenführer.

477
01:00:48,779 --> 01:00:51,305
"This one will dig deep,"
thought Müller.

478
01:00:51,482 --> 01:00:54,452
"He's got the drive of a young stallion.

479
01:00:54,986 --> 01:00:58,515
He still enjoys our games,
he swims in them like a fish.

480
01:00:58,892 --> 01:01:01,157
He'll get the job done - and how!

481
01:01:02,062 --> 01:01:03,428
Good.

482
01:01:04,399 --> 01:01:07,096
That'll give me something to bargain
with Schellenberg about."

483
01:01:17,249 --> 01:01:20,014
You'll have to study these cases.

484
01:01:21,988 --> 01:01:26,393
They're Standartenführer Stierlitz's work

485
01:01:27,396 --> 01:01:28,761
from the past year.

486
01:01:32,268 --> 01:01:34,634
This one concerns
the vengeance weapon -

487
01:01:34,818 --> 01:01:37,755
the atomic weapon - and physicist Runge.

488
01:01:43,076 --> 01:01:47,104
In general, it's a messy case,
but dig into it.

489
01:01:48,242 --> 01:01:52,305
Come to me
if you run into problems.

490
01:01:52,788 --> 01:01:53,788
That's all.

491
01:01:55,866 --> 01:01:57,163
One more thing.

492
01:01:59,177 --> 01:02:02,271
Go over the files
on his frontline activity.

493
01:02:02,355 --> 01:02:05,346
And find out whether Stierlitz

494
01:02:06,507 --> 01:02:08,338
ever crossed paths with Eismann.

495
01:02:33,635 --> 01:02:34,965
Where are the detectives?

496
01:02:35,162 --> 01:02:38,531
-Hauptsturmführer Geppert is here.
-Bring him in.

497
01:02:51,231 --> 01:02:52,563
Heil Hitler!

498
01:02:52,934 --> 01:02:54,231
Gruppenführer.

499
01:02:55,402 --> 01:02:56,769
Come in, Geppert.

500
01:03:16,498 --> 01:03:18,557
Remember this man.

501
01:03:19,681 --> 01:03:22,583
From now on,
you'll go with him everywhere.

502
01:03:24,161 --> 01:03:27,962
It'd be best if you even followed him
from the toilet to the bathroom.

503
01:03:31,463 --> 01:03:32,767
May I take it?

504
01:03:48,987 --> 01:03:53,027
Pain, my pain, leave me,

505
01:03:55,755 --> 01:04:00,160
at least for a while

506
01:04:02,265 --> 01:04:06,828
Like a blue-gray drifting cloud,

507
01:04:08,224 --> 01:04:11,217
fly home

508
01:04:11,742 --> 01:04:15,143
Fly home from here

509
01:04:15,446 --> 01:04:20,318
My homeland, show yourself

510
01:04:21,755 --> 01:04:26,785
somewhere in the distance

511
01:04:28,364 --> 01:04:33,326
My homeland,
my gentle land,

512
01:04:34,345 --> 01:04:37,372
how I long to reach you -

513
01:04:37,843 --> 01:04:42,178
if only one day

514
01:04:43,851 --> 01:04:46,582
Far away, so far away,

515
01:04:46,695 --> 01:04:48,994
sunlight through the rain,

516
01:04:49,492 --> 01:04:52,341
by the river in the garden

517
01:04:52,425 --> 01:04:56,362
The cherries ripen on the trees

518
01:04:56,761 --> 01:04:59,243
Somewhere deep in memory,

519
01:04:59,631 --> 01:05:01,997
it's warm like childhood,

520
01:05:02,200 --> 01:05:05,226
though my memory lies buried

521
01:05:05,444 --> 01:05:10,231
by such layers of snow.

522
01:05:10,626 --> 01:05:15,279
Thunderstorm, quench my thirst

523
01:05:17,340 --> 01:05:22,193
till I'm drunk, but not dead.

524
01:05:23,956 --> 01:05:29,123
Once again,
as if for the last time,

525
01:05:30,145 --> 01:05:33,274
I look to the sky,

526
01:05:33,569 --> 01:05:37,242
searching for an answer.

527
01:05:37,347 --> 01:05:42,356
Pain, my pain, leave me

528
01:05:44,082 --> 01:05:48,850
at least for a while

529
01:05:50,684 --> 01:05:55,748
Like a blue-gray drifting cloud,

530
01:05:56,811 --> 01:05:59,838
fly home

531
01:06:00,263 --> 01:06:04,730
Fly home from here.