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- You are late, Janek.
- Yes.

- Do you have everything?
- Almost everything.

And the information from Bialystok?
lt's particularly important.

Joanna hasn't arrived yet.

The train must be late.

From Brzoza the data about the
second move of the army Center
squad.

From Zawisza-dislocation of the
armored division Preussdeutschland.

Oh, yes. The courier
has arrived from Lvov.

Staff changes in the police
and SD in that area.

All right.
l' l l write the report right away.

Listen Wojtek.. .

Joanna shouldn't travel
by this route any more.

She must be transferred somewhere
else.

Yes. l've already thought of that.
lt's her last trip to Bialystok.

Will you have some tea?
Or maybe something stronger?

Code and send it.

And Joanna should rest for some
time.

l've got good sausage.
Would you like some.

l've just been to the country.
l thought l'd get nothing.

Cottages crowded like stores.
Here you are.

Do you trade?

l have a friend who trades too,
in saccharine.

No, saccharine doesn't sell wel l now.

Now you take needles and threads
to the country. Farmers sew now.

l'm an expert in this field.
l have my own customers and
purvyeors.

With a bit of luck and gumption
you can do pretty wel l.

l can see you enjoy trading.

So when the war is over you will go
to a trade school .

No, l'd rather study medicine or
something.

l've met... no doctors on this line.

There are hardly any doctors.
But stil l l meet various people.

One man for example, a good actor
by the way.. .

bought half a pig l had wanted to buy.

l didn't have that much money.
He outbid my price and won.

Next, a doctor of Roman law.. .

took me to his place after
we had escaped from a round-up.

His wife, professor of philosophy,
was making moonshine.

And do you trade too?

What's happenned?

Nothing.

Please, take it to 1 1 Sliska street
apartment 1 9a,

and say: l've been sent
by Tadeusz, the tailor''.

But why?

Please, maybe everything is all right,
maybe l am wrong.

lf it isn't true l' ll be waiting for you
by the clock in front of the station.

Come quickly!

lt's her! Take her!

Get up!

Enter.

Come closer.

Closer.

What's your name?

Joanna Perkowska.

Repeat.
Well , l can't hear you.

Perkowska.

The pass. ..

the permit to enter
German-occupied Poland.. ..

al l stamps on the lD card...

on the labor card...

All the papers are in order.

Yes, it's a mistake.
That man must have made a mistake.

You can show such papers
to gendarmes but not to us.

Or maybe you don't know that you
are at Gestapo, you idiot?

Maybe you don't know that all your
papers are forged?

Our railwayman was right.
He recognized you.

He says you kept him at a pistol point
for a quarter of an hour.. .

when you ruffianly assaulted our
train. lt was a few months ago.

But he recognized you.

l' m not surprised.

lt's a mistake. l don't know what
you are talking about.

- Have you heard of colonel Kraft?
- l suppose l've heard this name.

You've been assigned to his
command.

lt's an honour. Kraft's school
usually ends in promotion.

- You are sending me to school?
- Wel l, not as a student.

l say: ''school'', but Kraft calls
his college Oxford. ..

as it trains gantlemaen.
Don't you understand yet?

The people we send...

l believe, not only to the homeland
of gentlemen though certainly there
too.

- What do you think of that?
- l will try.

Have a good and successful service.

We should celebrate our farewell .
lt was nice working with you.

Good-bye.

The meeting-point number 1 is blown.

We are going to Wojtek.

So, what's happened?

The conductor of the Bialystok train
reported that a woman was arrested.

lt was Joanna.

What did she know?

She knew about Sliska street,
about me, Tadek.

She may have known something
about you. And she was carrying a
coded message.

l told you to withdraw her from that
route, didn't l?

lt's no use talking about it now.
What shal l we do?

- l' l l try to find what Gestapo knows.
- lt won't be easy.

lnform the headquarters.
Suggest changing the code.

Can you organize the observation
of the meeting-point at Sliska street?

We've got one more apartment
nearby. l' ll have Tadek watch it.

Dangerous. The Germans may
search the building.

Sure, they may.

Listen, isn't it possible to do
somthing for Joanna?

Major Horst?
lt's Kloss speaking.

Sir, l'd like to invite you
to dinner tomorrow. ..

Thank you, sir. Working with you was
a pleasure for me too.. .

But of course. The girl is welcome
too. By al l means.. .

l don't have one.. .
Wel l, it can't be helped...

Yes, Hilda has lots of friends.. .

So maybe Gerda Lesche?
She seems a nice girl.

- Lieutant Kloss?
- Yes.

Colonel Kraft is awaiting you.

l've heard much about you.

Are you looking forward to our
cooperation?

Yes, l am , sir.

- Do you know Polish?
- Yes, l do.

- The folklore?
- Too.

- And the anti-German jokes?
- Some of them, sir.

Try to collect as many of them
as possible.

l have a student here, whose
education requires particular concern.

He used to be Polish for many years
but now he is German.

- Do you understand?
- Yes, sir.

l' m going to show him to you now.
Have a good look at him. ..

...and next report
about your impressions to me.

Come in!

Gentlemen, let me introduce you
to each other.

This Eric Gotting,
about whom l've told you so much.

He has helped us a lot ever since
he understood he is German to the
core.

Wait for a moment. l' ll be right back.

- Where are you going?
- To a girlfriend.

- You're kidding.
- Sure l am.

But honestly, where are you going?

A very good tailor lives here.

l'm having a tailcoat sewn.

- When will you grow up?
- When l've put on a tailcoat.

Crazy.

Really, it's nothing serious.

Wel l, did it take long?

To be col lected the day after
tomorrow.

No, thanks. You could have asked
first.

But why not? Thank you.

- Will you come here again?
- l don't know.

But it's real ly nothing serious.

This is Eric Gotting,
colonel Kraft's student and agent.

l don't know this girl .

The elderly man by the tenants' list
is an Abwehr employee.

This means.. .

that they know our adrress
at Sliska street.

Joanna ratted.

Apparently. ..

Yet not everything is clear to me.
Practically, nothing is clear to me.

l don't understand why they didn't
search the place. ..

why they didn't lay an ambush.. .

why that boy came with a girlfriend
and why that guy from Abwehr
fol lowed him.

Guard.

Maybe.. .

Eric is probably supposed to be
a spotter. They want to penetrate us.

Or maybe. ..

Maybe what?

Colonel Kraft didn't assign me
any particular task.

He only showed Gotting to me.

Now it seems to me he real ly meant
to show me to Gotting.

- Do you think they got our track?
- l know nothing.

They know about Sliska street.

And what about the message Joanna
was carrying?

- We have to warn the headquarters.
- l've already reported that.

The haedquarters are interested
in the Abwehr school.

- They suspect something.
- Yes, that's clear.

Maybe.. .

- you should disappear for a while?
- lt's not that easy.

l' ll have the girl and Gotting watched
and then we shal l see what next.

So you are sure it's him?

No doubt about it.
lt's the same face.

- Pachlavi harbor.
- The place of loading and transit.

The loading of rock-oil usual ly takes
place in Abadan and Bandarmashur.

The main pipeline from Patsaran runs
through Hurramabant.

The psedonym of the man that
helped you? Faster!

... Lieutenant Jelen.

You must be always ready for a
change of subject.

- The results of the training?
- Very good, sir.

You have very little time,
and time is of great value now.

Yes, sir.

- So you are at last.
- We are.

- Did he flirt with you?
- How prying you are.

- Did you flirt with me?
- Maybe. ..

Lieutant was one of my most
handsome officers. Cheers, Kloss.

- Tired?
- No, l'm not.

- Let's dance.
- Let's sit a while longer.

But we shall not talk about Gestapo
any more, shal l we?

But if you wish we can talk even
about that.

What are you interested in?

- l'm interested in you, Gerda.
- That's good.

Will you have a drink?

Gentlemen...

- Lieutenant Kloss.
- Dehne.

Pour out for me.

- lt's good l see you, Gerda.
- Why? What's up, Johan?

Nothing special .
A woman cut her veins.

So we will probably never learn what
her real name was.

Would you like to dance?

- Were they leaving?
- No, they weren't.

lf the girl leaves alone,
you follow her.

O.K.

- lf l don't turn up before the curfew.
- Why? Are you leaving?

l want to help Kryska cut out a coat
and if l linger l' l l stay overnight.

- Are you crazy?
- She asked me.

l wonder if that girl was
also going to her friend.

What girl?

Just like you : young and pretty.
They took her.

Listen. Are you sure it's worth
getting yourself into trouble.

You may be caught in a round-up too.

But you may just as wel l break
your leg on an even path.

Why don't you let sleeping dogs lie.

Stop biting fingers.

You've carried enough of these
news-sheets. Let others take the risks.

Others. There are such people
who only want to survive.

Yes, it's true. l want to survive.
And you wish l were some damned
hero!

- Wacek!
- l' m sorry.

l didn't ask you why you went
to Sliska street, did l .

- But that's something different.
- You see.

Here you are.

Hello, Wojtek.

What about Joanna?

Won't have some beer?

Report. What do you know about the
girl?

An orphan.
Her name is Barbara Borzemska.

The janitor doesn't know much
about her family.

- The boy has moved in quite
recently.
- Connections?

She's visited Ewa Wojtowicz in
Marszalkowska street.

As l was standing by the entrance l
saw young boys enter the same
apartment.

Wojtek, what about Joanna?

Wel l, so she may be in conspiracy.
We have to make it clear.

lf she is in conspiracy she must be
already aware of that.

l don't quite understand.

lf he is such a sly agent,
as Janek says, then the girl .. .

Either knows nothing
or is under his command.

Listen, Wojtek.

What about Joanna?

Joanna is dead.

Please, be seated.

We shall finish in a minute.

Every single detail is important. They
will be examining you even at night.

- Your address?
- 6 Benedyktynska street.

Why did you leave her?

l didn't leave her. She was arrested
by the authorities in occupation.

Wrong! No Pole would say:
authorities in occupation.

- l understand. By the Germans.
- Huns. ..Hitlerites.. .

Simply: they arrested her.

- l understand.
- Her pseudonym?

But that hasn't been mantioned.

Reflection again.
You are supposed to know her
pseudonym.

lf there is a gap in the information,
you have to fill the gap yourself.

You are to take risks.
And now speak warmly about her.

l loved her very much.

You should emphasise her beauty,
say that she cared for you...

that she was a patriot.

Well, that's enough for today.
You are free now.

How do you like our charge?

- l don't know him wel l enough yet,
sir.
- You like to hurry, don't you?

No, l don't. But l like to know
what is expected of me.

Waiting, lieutenant Kloss. ..

is often the most difficult task
for an intelligence service officer.

l know, sir.

You enjoy working, don't you.

Wel l, then first you wil l talk to Eric
about the Polish relations.

Next you will test his knowledge of
the Polish reality.

What do you think of practical
training, sir?

What do you mean?

l don't even know if you let Gotting
walk out in the city, sir.

Do others get any passes or
perhaps. ..
are assigned any tasks?

Why are you asking, Kloss?

Because it seems to me, sir,
that l saw him in the street.

But slightly differently dressed.

- You are already here!
- l am still here.

Can you imagine.. .

Kraft was by no means astonished to
hear that l had seen Gotting in the
street.

He wasn't even surprised.

lt seems to me that my assignment
to the Abwehr school.. .

is your last assignment
in the German army?

l told Tadek about Joanna's death.

Do you know how she behaved
during the examination?

l learned nothing from Gerda.

What are the results of
the reconnaissance?

The guy whose name,
as you say, is Eric Gotting. ..

was in Sliska street again today.

After that he stayed at his
girl-friend's al l day.

What?!

Tel l your men that if they have
a serious task...

Oh, you... !

l saw Eric Gotting in the Abwehr
school this afternoon.

Even an idiot knows that one man
can't be at two different places at one
time.

Stefan is standing sentry at the gate.
Shall l cal l him?

Do it.

- l don't believe our men failed us.
- You don't believe that?

They claim they spent the whole day
in Benedyktynska street?

And l saw him at Kraft's.
Do you understand? l saw him !

Did you leave your post today?

Janek! l swear to God l stood in front
of that girl's apartment-house al l day.

lt's not my firstjob.

Are you sure he didn't leave the
place?

l swear.

- Go back to your post.
- Yes, sir.

Tel l me how it was possible,

that one guy was at two
different places at the same time.

Or that Stefan. ..

- Or. ..
- What do you mean?

So far - nothing.

There is also another possibility.

What's up?

l want to report that at present. ..

both the girl and the boy are in
the apartment in Benedyktynska
street.

The janitor claims,
the guy's name is Waclaw
Slowikowski.

Listen.

Tomorrow we open the meeting-point
at 1 1 Sliska street.

l've been sent by Tadeusz, the tailor.

- Al l right.
- l was to deliver this.

One moment if you don't mind.

- Who did you get it from?
- From a girl l met in a train.

They arrested her. She asked me
to deliver it here so here l am.

l don't want to have
anything to do with it.

How was the girl arressted?

Gendarmes dragged her out of
the compartment.

Some German railwayman pointed at
her.

And she managed to give you this
note?

Wel l, yes.

- l'd better be going.
- This way, please.

Wel l, Eric Gotting.. .

l must admit that you
played your role perfectly.

l'm not Eric..

- l'm not Gotting.
- Let's finish this piece of acting.

You don't have to act in my presence.

l haven't noticed anything.

The boy seems to have come here
alone.

Nothing is certain yet.

Watch the apartment 1 9.
lf you see anyone wanting to enter it...

- Give a signal to the guards.
- Yes, sir.

And watch the window of that
apartment. lf you see the window is
curtained.. .

the boy is to be done away with.
Not here, of course.

And the girl?

There is no decision yet.

So you claim that you are not
German and that Gotting is not your
name?

l do.

So you are in col lusion
with the Polish bandits.

- Who sent you here?
- l ...don't know anything.

But we know everything.
What did the girl look like?

l don't know. lt was dark in the train.
l didn't even see her face.

l advise you to think it over.

The only rescue for you.. .
is to tell the truth.

- You say your name is Slowikowski?
- Wacek.

And what is your girl-friend's name?

- You don't want to talk, do you?
- l don't know anything.

The operation is cal led off.

Tadek, follow him.

l've got something for you.

Some sausage from Danka.

Shall l make tea for you?

Why are you standing like that?

Where have you been?

You've been to Sliska street again.

Zosia asked us to visit her in
the country. Shal l we go there?

- What's wrong with you?
- Nothing.

What do you mean: nothing.
Something is wrong.

- l can't tel l you that.
- Then do as you wish.

Bacha, you wouldn't
understand it anyhow.

- What if l told you they had found
me?
- lndeed l don't understand anything.

l know that you always want to
stand aloof. You never get involved.

l hoped they had lost any trce of me,
that they had forgotten about me.

l was happy.

l knew it wouldn't work.

And why can't you buy
any pork for coupons?

Because the last swine got registerd
on the Volksdeutscher list.

This is not the way you tell jokes. lt
should be amusing, shouldn't it,
Kloss?

- Of course.
- Well, suggest something more.

- What does a real Nordic look like?
- Fair-haired like Hitler. ..

slim like Goring. ..
tall like Goebbels.

That's enough. You may leave.

You've been waiting for a seroius
assignment. You will get it today.

- l' m listening.
- But first, maybe a few details.

Eric Gotting signed the
Volksdeutscher list already in 1 939.

He comes from Ostrow Wielkopolski.
His mother was Polish. ..

and his father German.
Anyway they are both dead already.

Eric has only a brother, a twin brother
who refused to sign the list.

He ran away and is hiding from us.

He is hiding!
Obviously we found him easily.

Now his name is Waclaw
Slowikowski. lt's his mother's maiden
name.

He is living here now with a girl
named Barbara Borzemska.. .

who is probably in conspiracy.

The boy has no definite connections
but is said to be a good Pole.

A brilliant idea came to my mind.

We will substitute our Eric Gotting
for the honest Pole, Slowikowski.

They are as like as two peas in a
pod.

Great. And what next?

A good question.

The information l am going to reveal
to you now, is top secret.

We've received no satisfactory
reports from Syria and Palestine for
some weeks.

l 've decided to send Eric Gotting
as Slowikowski there.

Do you understand?

Let the allied intelligence
check on him.

Brilliant.
How do you want to do that?

And this is the assignment for you.

Just have these two young men
exchange their roles.

Only Eric Gotting wil l become
Slowikowski. ..

- and Slowikowski. ..
- That's clear.

What does Eric think of that?
lt's his brother after all .

l promised Eric that his brother
would survive the war.

And you wil l
keep your promise, won't you.

l have not the slightest intention
of doing that.

l hope, lieutenant, that you've been
in the intelligence service long
enough...

not to sentimentalize.

We have to do everything
to secure our object.

l' m of the same opinion, sir.

lnvestigate this, please...
and then report to me.

What has happened?

l know everything now.

l've assigned Kloss
a particularly responsible task.

You've given a very good opinion
about Kloss. Do you still uphold it?

Yes, l do.

Al l right then.

l have nothing against him. ..

but he is.. .

. ..too perceptive.

lncidentally, he met a man he should
have known nothing about up to this
day.

So that's the thing.

- They know nothing about Sliska
street.
- Probably not.

You see, Kraft is
a very dangerous partner.

He is a man from
the old school of Abwehr.

- What are you planning?
- l don't know yet.

According to Kraft's plan,
Slowikowski is to be killed.

And l have orders
to arrest his girl-friend.

What shall we do with the girl?

We have to do something about it.
She is in the Home Army, isn't she?

Probably.

But you know that al l contacts
with her commanding staff.. .

Yes, l do.

Send her to the woods.

- How?
- How, how!

Let Tadek take her to some
transfer-point.

And you have to talk to Slowikowski.
Explain everything to him.

Do you think he will agree to it?

He has to agree.
The stake is high.

We have a chance of penetrating
the German spy ring in the Near East.

- lt's here.
- When will you be back?

Late. We will have to wait
for the new issue.

- l worry about you.
- Silly boy.

When everything is over
you wil l stop worrying.

Go now.

- What are you doing here?
- Easy, boy. You will learn soon.

- Do you have tea?
- Yes, l do.

l've brought some sugar.
Make some tea.

l' l l wait here.

- Have you chosen the operation
site?
- Yes, sir.

A three-storeied tenant-house in
the suburbs, 1 0 S zewska street.

Perfect.
And now the first part of our plan. ..

Come in!

Sit down !

You will write a letter
to your brother.

''l do have to see you.

My life is at stake.

Meet me at 4 p.m. tomorrow. ..
at 1 0 S zewska street.. .

apartment...''

Twenty two.

''Apartment 22.''

Yes. This wil l do.

Thank you.

l don't need to worry
about my brother, do l?

l don't like such questions.
My word should suffice.

- ls it a big apartment?
- There are four rooms.

The guard, as we said,
will remain downstairs.

- Wil l you manage, Kloss?
- Yes, l wil l, sir.

l wouldn't like to be in your position
if the operation is not a success.

Eric Gotting has to leave that place
as Waclaw Slowikowski.

Waclaw Slowikowski.

Basia. ..here is a letter
from Wacek to you.

- What's happened to him?
- He's been given a new assignment.

Where is he now?

l' l l take you to a place where
you will be able to wait for him.

But l. ..have to. ..

Your apartment is blown.
You can't go there.

You have to do nothing.
You wil l go with me.

You are punctual.

- So Wacek is already here.
- Yes, he is.

- Shall l see him?
- lt's not necessary. Come in.

Sit down, Gotting.
Let's talk a bit.

- How are we going carry out our
plan?
- lt's very simple.

You will change into your brother's
clothes and leave as Waclaw
Slowikowski.

And then you wil l start
playing your part.

l understand.

What are we waiting for?

l like such cynical young men.

You know, of course,
what will happen to your brother?

- Yes, l do. He wil l survive the war.
- You are wrong.

Your brother wil l be liquidated.

- What did you say?
- What you heard.

- But colonel Kraft promised. ..
- Kraft?

Do you stil l trust that old swine?
Don't you know yet what the rules
are?

And who gave the gymnasium
organization away to the local
Gestapo in Chojnice?

l wil l tell everything
to colonel Kraft.

Do you think so? Try!
A louse like you doesn't care much.. .

about his brother's death.
Your conscience is guilty enough.

You are a traitor!
l' ll hold up the operation !

You stil l have some time. You can still
change something in your life.

You traitor!

That was inevitable.
But we didn't shoot him.

Colonel Kraft's plan was simple.

You were to leave this place in his
uniform and be shot as Eric Gotting.

- What shall l do now?
- Calm down.

Now you are a German agent FG-89.

So that would be al l for now, Eric.
You can leave in two days.

One more thing. The meeting-points
and the password l told you.. .

are top secret.
Don't breathe a word of this.

Neither to the school instructors
nor to lieutenant Kloss.

Yes, sir.

You haven't asked me about your
brother. lt's good you haven't.

l know everything.
l've seen the notices.

He was kil led by the Polish bandits.

Yes, exactly.
He was kil led by the Polish bandits.

And we wanted him to survive. ..
And one more thing.

That girl slipped away.
How was that possible?

- l don't understand.
- l don't understand either.