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Our mother...

You know what she's like.

When Dad had had enough,

he took me to the West, and you stayed with Mother.

Mom...

I never returned to the East.

But...

I devoted my entire academic career

to studying the East German psyche.

Must've needed to process some things.

But why did the HVA send me to Frankfurt with your identity?

-They must've known... -Right?

That got me thinking too.

They either...

made a huge mistake,

or...

they had a score to settle.

Comrade Fuchs.

Walter! How are you?

I'm a little...

Are you out of breath?

I just got back from Frankfurt.

What were you doing in Frankfurt?

I work there.

For you.

It's just the Herrhausen thing...

is preying on my mind.

I have to admit...

I miss my office.

You know it's forbidden to enter enemy territory

without a travel permit?

What are you talking about?

Now the Wall's gone, anyone can enter enemy territory.

The Wall!

We built that wall together, Walter.

It will survive us, our children and our grandchildren.

We'll soon see blooming landscapes.

Neglected cities like Leipzig will be restored to their former glory.

-Shall I call a doctor? -No!

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

200 KM FROM THE ROMANIAN BORDER

You think they're gonna show?

He promised me.

Martin turning up here

has jeopardized our mission.

I'm going to have to report it.

Report it?

Yes. To HQ.

I beg your pardon?

Beate, I have enough nightmares as it is.

The telephone.

What were their names again?

Roman and Oleg.

Roman and Oleg...

Roman's the one who's in love with you?

"In love" might be a bit of an overstatement.

I wouldn't be so sure.

Not if he organized that thing for you.

And... Oleg?

Is he in love with you too?

No, Oleg's just doing it for the money.

I see.

What money?

20,000 dollars.

What 20,000 dollars?

You said you have 20,000 dollars.

It's gone.

-Gone? -I don't have it.

-I promised them the money. -You did what?

We have to run.

No, we're staying.

We're taking the truck.

We'll work it out.

This one must be Oleg.

Guess who I just had on the line.

HQ.

Did you report it after all?

No.

Fuchs and Dietrich are on their way here.

They're already in Frankfurt.

They want to meet me right now.

At the Italian on the corner.

Hi, Nicole.

Roman.

You look amazing.

So do you.

Here. For you.

Rilke?

I... love Rilke.

So do I!

OK, let's go.

Let's go.

Get in, let's go.

Come on.

Move it.

The Robo-Phoenix!

It features state-of-the-art technology that allows

computers to connect with one another.

And who already sees its true potential?

Him.

And me.

That was the last one on the list.

Maybe we can turn it into a game console.

Bullshit.

You need to learn how to sell.

I can have the best product in the world

but if you can't sell it,

my business can't grow.

Boss...

You're too timid.

And all you ever talk about is your damn relationship.

But that's a good thing.

No, it is not!

If you want to sell my product,

you need to love it.

How can anyone love a product?

That's childish.

I didn't mean to upset you.

Oh my goodness.

I've been thinking about this all wrong.

It's not about building my company around a good idea.

I just needed this little Russian gem.

How can you build a company around that thing?

You're never going to find out.

You're fired.

How can he fire us?

We don't even have a contract.

Careful, that one's heavy.

One more.

Is that all of them?

No, there's one missing.

What a wonderful surprise.

Welcome.

Do you have 20 Marks, they won't accept big notes.

-What for? -The taxi.

Of course.

Comrade Fuchs.

It's been a long time.

It sure has,

Gazelle.

May I introduce my new partner.

Ms. D.

Ms. D?

-Nice to meet you. -You too.

Now we've lost the nice part of Berlin.

Walter,

we've only lost one battle.

Not the war.

Cheers.

Do we know...

who was involved in the Herrhausen assassination?

Lenora?

I don't know anything.

Does the assassination affect our mission here in Frankfurt?

-No. -No, no.

But we do need your help.

For another matter.

We need a discreet investment opportunity with international access and...

protected from taxation, of course.

Because we don't want

the citizens' money and gold to go to waste.

Gold?

How much do you have with you?

We're going abroad for a spell

until the dust settles in Berlin.

We'll exert influence on our country from exile.

-Our people need us. -Right.

Good, excellent.

Then I trust you can come up with a believable story

for where the money has come from?

Certainly.

You made the bed for us in Frankfurt,

so I'll make the bed for you at Deutsche Bank.

I also want to get something off my chest.

And I don't want to spoil the party.

Please.

But I...

I can do more.

Much more.

I can do anything you need.

I know.

I should get going.

Why?

I'm meeting Meisten from the State Bank.

Excellent.

Best of luck.

Thank you.

You know what my problem is?

I only know half the world

and half the truth.

What do you mean?

Until now the world has always been split in two.

If you grew up on one side,

you didn't get to know the other side.

Or need it.

I...

always felt like an outsider in East Germany.

But now...

I'm starting to realize

that it was my home.

I mean, there...

There I know how things work.

I know the rules.

I know exactly what you mean.

There are no rules anymore.

Yeah...

That scares me.

Me too.

And yet, all things that touch us, you and me,

bind us together like a violin bow

drawing but one sound from two strings.

On which instrument though are we both strung?

And what violinist holds us in the hand?

Meisten is coming this afternoon.

I tried to postpone but he's on his way.

Luckily, I've looked into a few things.

Mr. Meisten grew up at the Makarenko children's home.

It's known for its harsh discipline.

It is very likely that his time there

helped to shape his personal preferences.

You mean he's...

into S/M?

There's a strong statistical correlation.

Please.

If only I'd known how useful psychological anthropology could be.

So we'll arrange the full evening package for Mr. Meisten.

Whips?

-Masks? -Leave that to someone else.

I need your expertise - about a financial investment.

I'm all ears.

My great-aunt died recently and left me an inheritance.

She was very eccentric

and everything she had was in cash...

-...and bonds? -No.

Cash and gold.

Uncertified, undocumented gold.

Compliance.

Compliance, I'm sorry.

No chance of it getting through.

That's really too bad.

Would there perhaps...

be another buyer somewhere?

Well...

There's always somebody somewhere.

I have a contact in Switzerland.

The Swiss can do whatever they want.

How are we supposed to compete?

Thank you.

In return,

I'd like to invest my personal assets with you.

-Oh yes? -Yes.

20,000 dollars.

Just pay it into your checking account.

I was thinking of something more daring.

That Leipzig real estate fund, perhaps.

Sure.

Great.

Well, then I'll see you this evening.

And you didn't get the card from me.

Of course.

Sadly, the Communists' resolve in East Germany is weakening.

While in Italy,

they are getting ever stronger.

My family has been in the Party for four generations.

Walter has taken care of it.

This is a list of anonymous numbered accounts in Zurich,

and the access data.

Thank you, Gazelle.

Emilio!

Una sparkling wine.

-Limoncello. -No sparkling wine, limoncello.

Much better.

And it comes straight from there.

The limoncello's from there.

Where are you from?

-Sorrento. -Sorrento?

What are you celebrating?

A new chapter in the history of German Communism.

He says you have to meet his family.

You'd get on well.

Yes, definitely.

I've been thinking...

Here in Frankfurt there's this...

very interesting organization I'd like to infiltrate.

Comrade, over here you would stand out too much as a working wife.

Markus.

I can't reduce myself to the role of West German housewife.

Gazelle...

Emilio, could you come?

That was delicious.

Is your family from there?

Yes.

That house has been in our family for generations.

His family has lived in that house for four generations.

Do you rent it out?

No, we don't.

Only to like-minded comrades.

They don't rent it out to anybody.

-Only to like-minded comrades. -Excellent.

We're in Romania now, you can give us the money.

There's just a small problem: we don't have the money.

What?

Out!

Both of you!

Over there.

Where's the money?

I told you we don't have the money.

I lied, OK?

What are we gonna do now?

What are we gonna do?

We went AWOL because of you!

We stole this fucking truck for you.

Fucking assholes!

Because of me?

You trusted a complete stranger and came running like an idiot.

You don't know me at all.

It's your own fault.

Say idiot again and you're fucking walking.

Are you crazy, Oleg?

Sorry, Nicole.

Shut it, Romeo.

She can't give you the money.

What's that?

But I can.

What?

I work for the CIA and the BND.

I'm on a mission.

You're getting paid by both sides?

I wish I could do that.

So what is this mission?

I'm looking for a woman.

If we get her,

I can ask for anything you want.

Money, new passports...

And if we don't get her?

What do you think? We all end up in a ditch.

All of us. None of us will make it back.

We're all dead.

I've risked everything too.

So you say you're a CIA agent?

-CIA? -Yes.

OK.

Fine.

Where do we find this woman?

She's with a Securitate agent.

They're headed for Timisoara.

TIMISOARA, ROMANIA

LONG LIVE TÖKÉS LÁSZLÓ

Get rid of that shit.

Yes, Comrade.

-Good evening, Comrades. -Welcome, Comrades.

-How's it looking? -We can't complain.

-Please. -Thank you.

-The menu. -Thanks.

Rachiu?

Schnapps?

Slivovitz?

Cherry liqueur?

What's going on here?

DOWN WITH COMMUNISM!

Good evening.

My deepest condolences.

Thank you.

I...

assume you are Mrs. Meisten?

East German women are not reduced to their role as a wife, Mr. Hollweg.

98 percent of women in East Germany work full-time.

So you are Mrs. Meisten?

Dr. Margarete Müller.

Mr. Meisten has other important business today.

I'm representing him.

Welcome.

Afternoon. May I?

Who is she?

Beate? Dieter's here!

Where are you? Beate?

Ah, here.

Do you know a Dr. Margarete Müller from the State Bank?

Meisten didn't show up.

Margarete Müller came instead, I don't know who she is.

I need intel. Do we have a file on her?

We must have.

Of course we do.

Shit!

Shit, shit, shit!

We don't have one.

Walter.

What is

the point?

-The point of what? -What is...

the point?

Of all this.

There is none, you know that.

There's just the mission.

And your mission today is to entertain Margarete Müller.

We were supposed to...

prevent the East German State Bank from being taken over.

That's our mission.

Yes. Correct.

Now we're helping Deutsche Bank to just gobble it up.

We're not helping them.

These are simply trust-building measures

before everything is decided.

Then we will play the State Bank back into the hands of the HVA.

Freshen up.

Put on something nice.

Get moving! Margarete Müller...

The timeless pumps are elegant and beguiling.

With the vivid, spectacular blouse jacket.

The ensemble is complemented

by a lilac handbag with gold trim.

That jacket really brings out a different you.

Gorgeous.

Another one-off,

in a color that's really in: ocher.

The shoulders are the real eye-catcher here.

I'd like to go back to the hotel.

At least try on that fabulous coat.

Jaws will be dropping at the sight of this stunning fur coat.

Divine.

Just like Garbo.

May I ask you something?

Is this the life of a West German woman?

It's a bit above-average, but pretty much.

Do you like this life?

Yes.

Why?

I take care of my husband, the house,

and never have to go without.

I have time for myself, my hobbies,

for the book club,

the museum,

aerobics.

Didn't you ever dream of something more?

No.

Mrs. Baumann,

tell your husband I will be at the bank

tomorrow at 5:30 a.m. to finalize matters.

5:30 in the morning?

Yes.

My life is not as private as yours.

I have to take care of our country's future.

-Goodbye. -Grandpa!

The man you were looking for!

The ring!

You're right.

It's him.

Good job.

What's he doing in the photo?

Oh...

He's doing very bad things.

-Good evening. -Good evening.

We're closed for stocktaking.

What?

He says they're closed.

I understand some Romanian.

Tell him to reopen it.

I understood, what do you want?

-I'll tell you! -I hear your schnitzel is excellent.

Could we see the menu?

Thank you.

Nicole.

Yes? What's happened?

The army is defying orders.

They're shooting blanks at protesters instead of real bullets.

You need to speak to the general.

And a message for Comrade Rauch.

OK, thank you.

Wait for me.

Hello.

Who am I speaking to?

Lenora, finally.

I was worried.

Beate.

How's Romania?

Not as safe as people say.

I thought it was a Securitate safe house?

-It is. -Yeah?

All the rooms and doors are secured,

even the kitchen.

You can't seriously believe you're getting Lenora out of here?

-They'll be happy to be rid of her. -Hey!

Speak Russian.

And...

How's married life in Frankfurt?

Nadezhda Krupskaya and Lenin in Bern.

The boredom of middle-class marriage is killing me.

But Walter's no Lenin.

No!

Sorry.

But I like him.

I see.

Roman and Oleg, stay here.

Protect Nicole.

I'll take a look around.

OK?

-I'll be right back. -Stop.

You need a gun.

Listen. I spoke to Fuchs.

He's going into exile with the HVA.

He'll operate remotely for now.

He needs backup.

He needs real fighters.

Like you.

How do I find him?

Villa Jovis,

Via Cocumella 5,

Sorrento.

Give me the gun, Roman.

Roman! The gun.

-Right. -Come on.

There's one more thing.

Watch out for Martin.

He's hunting you.

Thank you, my dear.

Right.

Listen to me.

He's an American spy.

He's been sent to Timisoara to stir up trouble.

I've come to hand him over to your superiors.

Why did you knock out your friend?

He's a damn worm and a weak one.

What about the German girl?

Do whatever you want with her.

I'm sure she works for someone too.

What's going on?

Good job, comrade.

Romania thanks you.

What about the money?

Romania thanks you.

I only have one request.

Let her go.

She has nothing to do with any of this.

You're in love.

You want her? Take her.

No.

I want money.

We have no money for you.

Take the girl and go.

Come on.

Fine.

-No... -Get back!

Get back, get back.

Go.

Move it.

Nicole!

Where's Lenora?

She's here.

But you won't find her.

Tell me where she is,

or I'll find her without you.

Take a look around.

Where is Lenora?

This is your last chance to stay alive.

Looks like...

your aunt...

was right about you.

Kolibri.

Grab your stuff.

Quick!

We have to get out of here.

Shit.

Where now?

The kitchen.

Go!

Left. In there.

5:30 A.M

Hear about the protests in Romania?

It's astonishing.

The unstoppable rise of freedom and democracy.

The era of the autocrat is over once and for all.

Yes.

There she is.

Let's hope your wife delivered.

I'm very optimistic.

Good morning, Dr. Müller.

Good morning.

Mr. Meisten will be ready to begin negotiations next week.

-You'll deal with him from now on. -Excellent.

Fantastic.

Would you like a drink?

Coffee, tea, soda?

Tea.

Just a moment.

I think I've made it sufficiently clear that I don't accept gifts.

Please.

It's just a small thing.

That really isn't necessary.

Take a look.

It had it tailored just for you.

I realized you can't be corrupted...

Correct. I really cannot...

...but you would like to help shape the State Bank's future.

I hope we can resume negotiations when you are ready.

What did you say you studied?

Psychological anthropology.

Fascinating.

Goodbye, gentlemen.

Goodbye.

What happened to our debrief?

She's a wonderful woman.