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THE ENIGMA SECRET

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Good morning, gentlemen. Please be seated.

I would like to say that we are pleased with your progress.

It confirms that we have made the right choice.

I have been asked by the head of Department Two...

...to secure your services in a larger project.

You will be sworn to the strictest secrecy...

...for anything having to do with Department Two.

You will therefore be required to sign an oath of secrecy.

Major Langer will now brief you...

...since he will be your immediate superior.

Ever since Hitler came to power, German espionage...

...has grown in direct proportion to the growth...

...of its military might.

The non-aggression pact signed last January...

...has not reduced German covert activities.

Their secret services are, in fact, busier than ever.

Aside from munitions plants, the Abwehr is interested...

...in the training of our armed forces and paramilitary organisations...

...as well as the state of our defences on the Baltic coast...

...and the frontier with East Prussia.

We are therefore looking...

...at a clandestine war of increasing ruthlessness.

Because of this, particular caution is required...

...from Department Two personnel.

Are there any questions?

In that case, please sign the papers in front of you.

Cheers.

So we've signed...

Our souls away.

Cheers.

I have summoned the Chief Engineer of our Signals Center.

Colonel, I am extremely pleased with your work.

So are Marshal Goering and General Keitel.

It will help us in the coming war.

Make victory that much easier.

However, I wish to know if Enigma can be kept a secret.

My answer is also strictly secret.

There is no possibility...

...of the enemy detecting or cracking Enigma.

Each component is made separately and its purpose kept secret.

We supervise assembly.

The machines are certificated.

Are the Enigma users to be trusted?

The users, Marshal, are your Luftwaffe.

As well as the army, the Kriegsmarine, and the SS.

All under Abwehr supervision.

What one man has invented, another man can figure out.

The English and the Jews can be very clever.

Are you sure the enemy can't decipher...

...even certain parts of the messages?

Absolutely impossible.

The messages are double-enciphered.

The codes and keys are changed daily.

The discs and connectors are replaced regularly.

So are the switchboard keys.

The training of the operators is extremely rigorous.

Detection is impossible.

Nevertheless, the tightest security is essential.

Enigma is a product of our finest minds.

It is the quintessence of racial genius.

So Enigma will remain our secret?

Nobody will detect it?

Detection is humanly impossible.

That is exactly what we wanted to heat

This is the package?

Yes, Major.

The sender, Knohe of Berlin, says it contains a radio set.

I see. Anything else?

We've had a string of cables saying it was misaddressed...

...and requesting us to return it...

...or forward it to the German consulate in Warsaw.

I notified my superiors in Customs...

...because it struck me as strange.

See for yourselves.

What do you think?

An office machine. It was unveiled at the Leipzig Fair.

Then it quickly disappeared.

Later a patent was taken out in England. I have the number.

That got the Abwehr interested.

So it's not a military secret?

No. It's relatively simple.

But they could have improved it.

Nevertheless, I would like for one to be brought to Poland.

Thank you. I want you to do as the sender requests.

You have seven messages of 50 letters each.

It's one of the Germans' favourite games.

I like it.

Number the sticks.

I already have. From one to seven.

As you see, the boss man also knows a trick or two.

We didn't do too badly when he was away in Goettingen.

Write 15 consecutive letters from each message in the squares.

You then have 7 segments from the messages on 7 sticks.

Let's assume they're signals to a specific addressee.

So in German they'll begin with the word "An".

Meaning "To".

But it could also be a practice signal and begin differently.

With an "F", or an "R".

We need to get into the minds of the coders.

I recognise some of them like old friends.

Hello there, anagrammatists.

Palluth here has some news.

I've brought you yesterday's traffic.

How's the work going?

Rozycki says he's getting bored.

Naturally. Since there's no higher mathematics involved.

All you need is savvy.

Instead of making brilliant discoveries...

...he has to shuffle sticks.

What's this news?

The Poznan branch of the Cipher Bureau is to be closed.

You'll be transferred to Warsaw.

Terrific! I've been wanting to move to Warsaw.

Not me. I have a family here. There, I'll be on my own.

Aren't you pleased?

Giving up the university and my research career...

...will be very difficult, and that's what this move will mean.

Here's the solution of your message.

A practice signal.

"When was Frederick the Great born?"

Rena! Could you make me some tea?

I've already started boiling the water.

It must be the plumber.

Good morning.

Marian, we have a visitor.

I wanted to see how you've settled in.

Better than I expected. But the commuting takes so long.

The traffic downtown is pretty heavy, isn't it?

Poznan was different.

How's the work going? Any progress?

Sort of.

I'm starting from the design of the office machine.

The French have supplied us with some data.

I know. They bought it from that German spy...

Asche.

But the mechanics stumped us.

The fore-drum was the biggest problem.

I assumed that the first switch was connected...

...to the "Z" key, the next to "W", and so on.

But I was wrong.

I got a system with six unknown permutations.

Interesting. And then?

Yesterday, I concluded the assumptions were mistaken.

So I abandoned mathematical deduction.

That means a lot more work.

Not quite.

I wondered if each switch might not be connected...

...to the keyboard in alphabetical order.

"A", "B", "C", etc...

And you succeeded?

You're a genius. May I use your phone?

Major Langer? It's Palluth. I have good news.

Marian has a sackful of mushrooms.

I'll be there in 30 minutes and explain.

Where did you find so many mushrooms?

In the forest, honey.

Ragged clothes, but oh what grace.

A derby and a cane.

No need for introductions.

You can see at once it's me.

A smile on my face that lights the darkness like a beam.

And boots, a tramp's scuffed boots.

And that shuffling gait.

And that moustache, a twirl of which brings down the house.

Will you recognise him?

I think so.

That moustache, oh that moustache.

That simper and that shuffle.

The charm, the fear, the smile.

You can tell at once it's me.

Ah yes, mesdames, messieurs.

To laugh is good for you.

Alas, the world's a jungle.

And I see a jealous rival.

Claiming my humble throne.

Here comes a new contender.

A bellow instead of silence. Terror instead of laughs.

A helmet instead of a derby. Clubs instead of a cane.

He's stolen my moustache.

And is bringing down the house.

A very clever number.

I heard Hitler was insulted. No sense of humour, has he?

But he has other qualities which the Germans rave over.

I think it's wrong to provoke him.

He's an Austrian and lacks the Prussian mentality.

Ribbentrop's bamboozling him.

I'd hardly say that.

That's him. Some big guy in Department Two.

I know. Who's the man at the table?

An industrialist named Olanski.

His plants have army contracts.

Thank you for tonight, Colonel.

The credit is due to your father.

I know of your shared interests. You dance very well.

Thank you, but dancing is not my speciality.

Nor is following through.

Mira, you're a wonderful woman.

I enjoy your company, but...

You must never phone me, no matter what.

All right?

We mustn't meet. I made an exception today...

...in light of your father and the circumstances I mentioned.

Please, do as I ask.

Here's to our venture.

Cheers.

I waited a whole hour for you.

The bus broke down. We're sorry, Colonel.

We came by motorcycle.

How's it going?

Ever since 1 a.m., the Germans have had us foxed.

They've changed the Enigma cylinders again.

We can't make out a thing.

It was the same just before Vienna and Czechoslovakia.

Our agent in Bydgoszcz warned us...

...they'd change the code system prior to attacking Poland.

What does Rejewski say?

He said they'd lick it. And they will, I'm sure.

But analysis will take a little while.

New cylinders will be needed. Rejewski is working non-stop.

And the others?

Rozycki is running out of sheets.

Zygalski would like at least three dozen "bombs".

He's asking us to find needles in a haystack.

I have to stay and meet someone.

Wire Paris. You know the address. A message in French.

When Colonel Langer arrives, send him in.

He's already here? Good. Send him in.

And get Colonel Szlich.

I commend you on your punctuality.

It's my duty, Colonel.

I have instructions for you.

But first, I'd appreciate one explanation.

Colonel Szlich of the General Staff has noted...

...that you have moved four monitoring stations...

...leaving the eastern border exposed.

Without our consent, either.

My orders. Cleared with the Army General Inspectorate.

Indeed?

It seemed essential.

The occupation of Czechoslovakia and Memel...

...forced us to build up our facilities on those borders.

Let's not panic, Colonel.

Precautions are not panic.

Let me remind you that the Germans have captured...

...over a thousand Czech warplanes...

...2,100 guns, 500 tanks and armoured cars...

...34,000 machine guns...

...and millions of rounds of ammunition.

Enough to equip 30 tactical units.

So I suggest you withdraw the word panic.

Very well. But Hitler is simply trying to rattle us.

That's all.

He won't risk a war with us.

Their signals tell a very different story.

As you'll see if you study our latest material.

Thank you, Colonel.

That will be all for now.

So we have seven listening posts in the west.

What, then, are 14 men doing here in Pyry?

Cryptanalysis, encoding, training.

There are civilians among them. Outsiders.

They've all been screened and sworn to secrecy.

Is what you obtain from them authentic and reliable?

Will you vouch for it?

Yes.

I'm new to this post.

Those civilians intrigue me.

Admission to the Pyry Center is strictly restricted.

Good, but we have a special case.

The Chief of Staff wants us to show our machines...

...to some visitors from England and France.

Since our pact with Britain last April...

...we've been counting on a loan for defence purposes.

The French and British have to be pampered.

I promise you they'll go back happy.

In any case, we have obligations to Captain Bertrand.

The French are richer than us.

They have agents buying information on the spot.

Some of it is passed on to us.

Undeciphered radio messages.

But we have our own monitors.

They don't supply enough data to decode those ciphers.

And their range falls short of the Ruhr and Rhineland.

I see.

Captain Bertrand.

What's up?

Signed "Luc".

That's Colonel Langer.

So?

It means they've cracked the secret of the German Enigma.

I can't believe it!

I know Langer. He's a sound man.

With a top-notch team.

Sure he's not bluffing?

Absolutely.

All right. We have to avail ourselves of their offer.

You and Commander Denniston will go to Warsaw.

Thank you, Colonel.

Come with me, please.

What's the matter?

Come on.

How dare you manhandle me?

We'll explain.

I'm a journalist. Just a second.

How dare you detain me?

Hold on for a second!

I know General Sosnkowski!

We're glad to hear it.

As I said, the existence of a Polish Enigma...

...is known only to us.

Plus a few senior officers.

Two of our cryptologists will explain these machines.

Two?

Aren't there three?

The third is tied up right now.

Here they are, our cryptologists.

Marian Rejewski and Jerzy Rozycki.

You say that these are Enigmas?

We do indeed, Mr. Knox.

The Polish Enigma is an exact replica...

...of the German battery-operated ones.

Thousands are in use at high command levels...

...and in the foreign service.

The keyboard has 26 characters.

Below it, there is a panel which flashes the characters...

...converted from those struck on the keyboard.

In front, there's an exchange...

...which multiplies the number of combinations.

The possibilities are immense. Let me demonstrate.

This is roughly equal to 15 x 10 to the 19th power.

Here's an idea of the size of that figure.

The number of seconds that have elapsed...

...in the five billion years since the world was formed...

...is only 15 x 10 to the 16th power.

That is 1,000 times less than the number of settings.

The potential combinations of the coding drums...

...are far larger still.

Working it out in my head, it comes to...

...5 x 10 to the 92nd power.

Only the number of particles in space is comparable.

How is the drum connected?

Alphabetically. A, B, C, D, etc...

That never occurred to me.

When the right-hand drum...

...completes a full revolution and stops...

...the adjacent drum turns 1/26th of its circumference.

The third drum does likewise.

The drums are continually changed.

How do you decode?

The cryptogram is typed out...

...and the plain text emerges.

Provided that the mechanism has been set properly.

Which means knowing the code for that particular day.

The disks are metal and geared to each cylinder.

What's going on?

I discovered a man taking pictures of the grounds.

He says he's a journalist.

Take his particulars and destroy the film.

Yes, sir.

The plugs have two prongs and indicate pairs of letters.

The plugs have two prongs and indicate pairs of letters.

Each operator begins a message with his own code.

The letters W-S-B, for example.

Is it now possible...

...to read German radio traffic?

Yes. But every day they change the keys...

...the settings of the disks...

...the cylinder sequence, and so on.

May I present, Henry Zygalski.

He worked out the sheets system.

For automatic identification of the keys we use...

...so-called "crypto-bombs".

They consist of interlocked Enigma components.

The rotors are driven electrically...

...and automatically revolve.

Within two hours at most, they can produce...

...thousands of combinations.

Very ingenious.

Gentlemen, here is what we propose.

We will send our own experts here for a few weeks.

They will study the machines and your work.

I'm afraid that's impossible.

No outsiders are allowed inside the perimeter.

But we will give Captain Bertrand two Enigmas.

One to be handed over to you in London...

...in the presence of Colonel Menzies. Agreed?

Why are you offering us your Enigmas?

War is unpredictable.

But there is one condition.

When all this ceases to be a secret...

...reveal that the solution came from us.

Soldiers!

We can only marvel at German genius.

It has created a Cipher Center...

...that ensures total signal security.

Through it, Nord and Sud Army Groups...

...will receive confirmation of all orders issued.

Two million of the world's best soldiers will march forth...

...to square accounts with those who have dared...

...to stand in the way of our time-honoured rights...

...and try to thwart our God-given mission.

The Poles were unable to thin in political terms...

...or to appreciate my generosity...

...when I offered them aid and outlined a common course.

For this political blunder...

...they will be taught a richly deserved lesson.

Can this be broadcast to the entire Wehrmacht?

Of course.

Tomorrow at dawn.

Two hours ago, we got hold of the new key.

No, not yet.

I'll get back the moment I have something.

Get me the head of Department Two again.

At once!

I have it.

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht.

To Nord and Sud army commanders.

To be read at company roll-call on August 31st.

By the will of the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler...

...two million of the world's best soldiers are standing by...

...to square accounts with those who have dared to...

...stand in our way and try to thwart our God-given mission.

I also have Goerring's orders to the Luftwaffe.

Right now, it's only a small segment...

...kill anything that moves, breathes, or lives.

Those are the Fuhrer's orders.

I'll soon forward the complete text as soon as it's deciphered.

May we see our families?

Of course.

Ready? Where are Rena and the children?

She's feeding the baby. The boy's still asleep.

Hurry up.

I had to fix the windows.

Today?

Everybody was away.

Is something the matter?

No.

A good job.

You think those strips of paper will do any good?

We have to try.

Packed my attache case?

I'm coming with you.

Why? We're only going to Pyry. There's no war yet.

Suppose it starts?

Where's Daddy going?

When will the French and British rally round?

Why are you here and not at HQ?

I've been there. I'm supervising evacuation of our office.

There's no call for panic.

It's not panic. There's a war on, you know.

A German troop train is a Chojnice.

The bridge at Tczew had to be blown up.

Reichenau is striking at Silesia and Krakow.

We have allies in the West.

So did the Czechs and where did it get them?

Irresponsible talk, Lieutenant.

I also wonder...

...how you came by such intelligence.

From Headquarters.

But there's something I wish to discuss.

Not in front of civilians.

That's just it. I want three of them exempted.

A cryptologist and two engineers...

...have received draft cards for postings in Silesia.

I cannot afford to lose any staff.

Some mix-up, I guess?

Every rifle is needed in wartime.

They're indispensable.

Since you're so concerned about them...

...we'll see what can be done.

Colonel! Where's my husband?

At the Center.

See this lady to the car, Lieutenant.

The Poles have placed us in a very awkward position.

So their fate is a foregone conclusion?

More or less.

Sooner or later, we will be fighting Germany.

But we cannot help Poland now.

How? With what?

We face a long and gruelling war.

But there are three men we want saved.

It's for our own good.

I wouldn't bother you otherwise.

If they're so important, get them out the usual way.

We might be able to do it on our own.

But it would help if our ambassadors...

...in Warsaw, Bucharest and Budapest were also alerted.

Locating these cryptologists is vital to us.

Here are their names.

Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Rozycki, Henryk Zygalski.

Very well. I'll issue the appropriate instructions.

Remember, should you be required to pull out...

...you have certain instructions.

There's a lady at the gate to see you.

She says her name is Mira Olanska.

Let her in.

I've found you at last!

Who told you I was here?

All of Warsaw knows the Staff was moved here.

Is something wrong?

No.

The bombs missed our factory.

But I hear the Government and you plan to leave Warsaw.

Tell me what I ought to do.

I know nothing of those plans.

But you appreciate the situation.

Please, forgive me.

All ready to evacuate, sir!

Carry on!

All aboard!

We'll meet up in a couple of days.

The journey will be made in two groups.

The majority will go by bus to East Station.

There, you will find...

...Echelon F assembled on Track 4.

I have to clear out our offices.

We'll rendezvous at the place code-named "Tern".

I'll take Palluth with me.

And Danielewicz.

Rations?

Three days' supply.

Betlowski!

I've removed all traces.

Major Ciezki will take charge.

Round up all your men and withdraw from the Center.

Wait for us a mile down the road.

Fokczynski will stay with me.

Let's go.

Is it time, Major?

Wait until they're a safe distance away.

Is everything in order?

The sappers checked the charges and the timing device.

It's set for ten minutes.

Switch it on.

Turn off beyond the crossroads.

Cross the river at the edge of the woods...

...and carry on up the hill.

The whole town has been stripped of vehicles.

I need trucks tomorrow for my outfit.

But you have a bus.

I don't.

They all say that. Shift for yourself.

Rejewski, Rozycki, Zygalski.

There's nobody by that name here.

There must be.

We still have a little time. Send this dispatch...

"No sign of three bluebottles."

"Will only report position of Semaphore. PILOT."

I have a request. I'm mayor of a mining town in Silesia.

I managed to rescue some files.

Of value to the interior ministry.

Your papers please.

I'd like to join the column.

Wait here.

We have a civilian car in a barn nearby.

It turned up during the night.

Two policemen are guarding it. There are documents inside.

The civilian says he's a mayor.

So what? Send him packing.

He has a Silesia Flying Club membership card.

He claims he's a pilot.

So what?

The card's a forgery.

It doesn't have the right code number.

Want me to summon a firing squad?

No, Lieutenant.

I don't want any shootings here.

Besides...

...this suspected enemy may be of use to us tomorrow.

I'll attend to this myself.

What is it you want?

Permission for my car to join the column.

I'm mayor of a town in Silesia.

And also a sporting pilot.

Very well. Permission granted.

Stationmaster!

What's happened to Echelon F for Francis?

It's bogged down somewhere.

They've bombed Lublin, Siedlce and Lukow.

I guess it will be our turn next.

There was a plane circling overhead a moment ago.

Reconnaissance. Damn him!

Has he been there long?

Since morning.

Suicide?

No. They say there were two policemen tailing him.

One of them shot him and they removed his documents.

Have his body removed.

Do you realise what's happening?

I do.

What do you propose to do...

...if the train with our men and equipment...

...isn't here soon?

We'll wait. We have no other alternative.

I found a truck. We have to keep going.

Start reloading our gear.

The Staff left yesterday. It must be a long way away by now.

Unload the gear!

Be careful!

They're waiting for us.

All of Poland is waiting.

While they skulk behind their Maginot Line.

What are you talking about?

And the British? Have they helped us?

So we have to lose hope?

It's not hope we're losing, but Poland!

How's the gas?

Half a tank. Enough to get us to Kolomya.

Can you still contact Paris?

Yes.

They keep saying they're waiting for us.

Answer, "Come and meet us, signed LUC."

Rejewski, Rozycki, Zygalski come with me.

Major Ciezki and I will take two machines.

We'll destroy the rest.

One set of blueprints will remain with Fokczynski.

Everything else is to be burned and buried. Any questions?

Does that mean we're pulling out?

Yes. To Romania.

The Abwehr will try to ferret us out.

We ought to have papers in false names.

You will.

Unload the truck.

Colonel, I'm staying behind.

You know perfectly well we can't stay here.

I can't leave my wife and child to their fate.

We don't know our fate either.

Stop!

Take good care of my husband, Colonel.

Wait here.

Mr. Rejewski, do you have money?

I do.

Follow that road to the left slowly...

...and ignore any shouting.

Your things will stay here.

After a couple of miles, you'll come to a small station.

Board the first train going to Bucharest.

There, you'll contact a Colonel Zakrzewski.

Remember that name.

We'll be interned, Lieutenant.

END OF PART ONE

PART TWO

What is it?

We're from the Cipher Bureau. We've just arrived in Bucharest.

We have no passports. The Abwehr's looking for us.

We have to get in touch with the French or British.

Your papers please.

You'd have along wait here. You can see what's going on.

There may be spies.

See the French or British military attache.

They still carry some weight. We don't.

I'll call them.

Here are the addresses.

Welcome to Bucharest.

Mr. Ambassador, Colonel Zakrzewski...

I know. I'll get in touch with London.

When?

I can't say. See for yourself.

The staff from our evacuated Warsaw embassy has just arrived.

It's hopeless.

Major Bertrand is on his way from Paris.

He wants to enlist your entire team.

I've been instructed to look after you.

And sneak you out to Paris as quickly as possible.

Show them my card at the French border.

You'll be given all assistance.

We have no passports.

Make yourselves comfortable. They'll be ready tomorrow.

One other thing, be careful.

Congratulations, Hoeger.

Penetrating enemy HQ and reporting all its movements...

...are deeds that the Fuhrer and the nation will not forget.

Marshal Goering also thanks you for pinpointing targets.

I feel deeply honoured, Admiral.

In a few weeks, I expect to be able to...

...invite you to a more appropriate celebration.

But we mustn't rest on our laurels, Hoeger.

I'm still interested in the cryptologists.

This time, you'll fly to Romania and, if necessary, to Budapest.

I'm ready for anything, Admiral.

You'll pull our strings there to discover...

...the camps in which the Poles from the Cipher Bureau are held.

They weren't in the column of the Commander-in-Chief.

If they're still in what used to be Poland...

...we can leave them to Schellenberg's people.

But I'm sure they got out and are interned somewhere.

We'll insist on strict observance of the international rules...

...and see that they seal off all escape routes.

I'm confident that you'll trace them.

Of course, Admiral.

This request has the full weight of Paris behind it.

I am here for that express purpose.

We have a problem. Paris keeps pressing us.

And Berlin keeps protesting.

Neutrality won't be violated by freeing a couple of officers.

We've always played ball with one another.

But the Abwehr also has sympathisers among us.

A lot of Germans have arrived recently.

Some special mission?

They're looking for three Poles. They want to get in touch.

Our orders are to keep them happy.

Rejewski, Zygalski, Rozycki. Interesting.

None from this trio is among the ones I want.

What do you propose?

Our orders are explicit.

To facilitate access to the camps.

Poles are held mainly at Tirgu Jiu and Calimanesti.

There are also a dozen or so smaller camps.

Scattered all over the country.

Registering refugees is also a problem.

It's a question of releasing...

...some officers and civilians in Calimanesti.

We're not interested in the three men on this list.

Can you arrange that?

It'll be tricky.

We would meet all expenses.

I see a certain possibility.

Release is out of the question, but camp commandants...

...can turn over internees who are under investigation...

...for transfer to penal camps.

That's simply out of the frying pan into the fire.

But they won't go to another camp. I'll deliver them to you.

Ingenious!

Here's a list of the people I want.

Langer, Ciezki, Palluth, and others.

And here's an advance for expenses.

Good morning, gentlemen.

Are you satisfied that the Germans...

...haven't changed the cipher system?

Yes. They're still using the Enigmas. Thousands of them.

For all sorts of messages: Police, military, transport...

Weather, stores, war production...

But we can't crack them all.

What's the problem?

They've changed five disks and the keys.

Only the navy cipher is the same.

We're working around the clock.

But only God knows when we'll succeed.

I'm hardly surprised they're making things hard for us.

Deciphered texts will be passed on to the British and French...

...under the code-name "Source Z".

Nobody must know that "Source Z" is you.

Gentlemen!

Compliments of the cook, to accustom you to French cuisine.

It's quite impossible to work like this.

I'll drown in all this garbage.

Does all of this require my attention?

I've broken it down into...

...HQ divisions and frontline dispatches.

But why bother me with reports like this?

"Moods in the Services and on the Home Front."

Why analyse this? Just issue the right orders.

Or this equipment inventory.

Refer it to the appropriate department.

And the yellow slips from Center Bruno?

Yes. Source Z or something like that.

The one that second-guesses Halder, Kesselring, Brauchitz.

One, nobody's broadcasting field telephone messages.

Two, I don't want any morons meddling in strategy.

What do I need with those yellow slips?

Quite so, sir. Shall I destroy them?

Of course!

Actually, I don't care what you do with them.

Our tanks, the R35, H49, S35 and Super-1...

...won't let the Germans repeat their Blitzkrieg in Poland.

We have anti-tank guns with a range of 7 kilometres.

The best in the world.

Field guns with a range of 17, and even 26 kilometres.

Anti-aircraft guns with a range of 16,000 meters.

Then, there's our impregnable Maginot Line.

And on top of all that, the Napoleonic tradition.

Reborn 25 years ago, it will at last put an end...

...to German conquest.

Do you now understand...

...why these yellow slips are a waste of my time?

Yes, General!

Colonel! Colonel!

What's happened?

Colonel! Victory!

He's gone mad!

We've got them!

Who? Where?

Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, Himmler! The whole gang!

When Rejewski and Zygalski finally went to bed...

...I began working on a double-key system. A, S, B.

And the machine is singing!

Max! Fetch Colonel Bertrand!

Tell him to come here at once!

Max! My slippers!

Good. Your Bletchley people...

...can now decode the Kriegsmarine ciphers.

Actually, we can't yet, not by ourselves.

What? We British need assistance?

You have secrets from me?

I'm sorry, sir.

You get the navy signals from the French?

Yes or no?

Yes. They're transmitted by our man, seconded to them.

It's a joint effort.

The French have three Polish cryptologists.

And the whole of the rescued Polish Cipher Bureau.

So it's the Poles?

I knew they were brave, but not that they could also be clever.

We must seize the opportunity they've given us.

Make good use of it, understand?

Yes, sir.

Come here, Captain.

I've marked the spot where the "Rawalpindi" was sunk.

Write the date and the name of the ship here.

Mark the sites of earlier engagements similarly.

Commander Denniston, that is where...

...the "Rawalpindi" went down on November 23rd.

We lost at least 330 seamen.

Yes, sir. But we were up against the "Deutschland".

Ours was only a freighter, even if it did have guns.

Exactly. It was your people who reported the dispatch...

...of the "Deutschland" to the area in question.

Unfortunately, your report was not taken seriously.

That sort of thing happened in the last war...

...and it always will.

No. From now on, I will make a point of...

...personally reading all communications from Bletchley.

Another "Rawalpindi" must not be allowed to happen.

Unless I specifically indicate otherwise.

Such sacrifices are...

...unavoidable, I'm afraid.

As for enemy shipping...

...I want all information sent to me.

Including any methods of location other than ciphers.

We will only destroy vessels...

...that we could have located by means other than...

...interception of navy signals.

Is Mr. Van Roggen in?

Suite 123, one floor up.

Come in.

How lovely to see you!

How did you get here?

I'll be going. I don't want to be in the way.

See you tomorrow.

That was Jaqueline. A friend.

I'm completely baffled.

Some Dutchman named Van Roggen wrote to me...

...that he was in Paris...

...and had news from home.

He's my husband.

When was the wedding?

Last Christmas in Warsaw.

We've been here for a week.

I was expecting you. I even visited Sikorski's HQ.

Who is this Dutchman?

Father did business with the Dutch shipyard...

...which built the "Eagle".

The Germans made him work for them.

And the Dutch sent Matthieu.

Why him?

He had visited us before.

It took some doing to get them to let me out with him.

Did you see my family?

Yes. They're both well.

I have letters for you.

When did you see them?

A month ago.

Thank you.

What are you doing in Paris?

Matthieu had business here. I want to join the Red Cross.

Could you put in a word for me?

I'll try.

Will you show me Paris?

I can't do this.

Try keys "S" and "Q".

This is for you, gentlemen.

Major Bertrand had me bring it.

This is to open it.

It's from London. Maybe Knox.

Our sheets! At last!

Very well executed. About 60 sets.

A bit creased.

There's a note from Knox. I'll read it to you.

"Thanks to you, we have just decoded our first signals."

"Their contents matter less than the satisfaction."

"We wanted to share it with you."

I think Knox has underestimated the contents of these signals.

You're right.

The invasion of Poland was code-named "Fall Weiss".

Czechoslovakia was "Fall Grun". Now we have "Gelb".

The first success of the British.

It's the signal preceding the text of each message.

Rozycki has drawn attention...

...to the heading "Gelb".

I see. The Germans are mounting a new operation.

For three centuries, the aim of British and French rulers...

...has been to prevent the consolidation of Europe.

The German army has now crushed Poland, our arch-enemy.

The threat from the East has thus been removed.

Now that our interests in Norway and Denmark are secure...

...the time has come for France.

The battle that's about to begin will dictate...

...the destiny of the German people for millennia to come!

Yes, Major?

We have decoded a number of signals referring...

...to an operation code-named "Angriff Paula".

Last night, we learned from the Luftwaffe 8th Corps...

...that "Paula" stood for Paris.

The attack will be made by bombers escorted by fighters.

When?

No. 3 Group of the 26th Bomber wing...

...is to rendezvous over Ste. Marie...

...tomorrow, the 3rd of June, at 1500 hours.

Thank you, Major. Is that all?

No, General.

No one must learn of what has been said here.

The Germans don't know and must not know...

...that we've broken their codes.

That, at least, I can assure you.

But nothing else, I'm afraid.

What do you mean? Why not?

Paris is at stake!

Because I don't have 100 spare fighters.

I can't leave our lines on the Somme and Aisne exposed.

The evidence is overwhelming.

He's an Abwehr agent who posed as a journalist.

He's been nosing around our military secrets...

...and other information.

Major Bartosz, the only answer is a bullet.

He wriggled like an eel under interrogation.

Brochwitz, you have been found guilty of espionage.

You started before the war.

In September 1939, you tried to penetrate the General Staff.

But you failed, right?

Yes.

You then latched onto the families of wanted persons...

...passing yourself off as a friend.

In the name of Fighting Poland...

...this court sentences you to the supreme penalty.

Death.

Take him away!

May I say something?

Go ahead.

If I die, you will never discover certain things...

...of great importance to you.

What sort of things?

Captain Hoeger of the Abwehr recently visited Warsaw.

He has now left for Paris on the same assignment.

I also know a lot about General Staff officers.

You're lying!

How about Colonel Szlich?

He is an Abwehr mole.

He is now with Sikorski in England.

Will you put that in writing?

Yes. Just give me a pen...

...and a cigarette. But first, untie my hands.

If you're playing games...

...you'll die like a dog.

I know what's in store for me.

A few hours' grace makes no difference.

But my information may be of use...

...to future accounts of the times...

...in which it fell to our lot to live.

You're got nerve...

You want to go down in history?

We all will, may if please the court.

You have until nightfall.

Take him away!

What?

You say that Paris seems so carefree?

Appearances, Hoeger.

In fact, it's a hotbed of subversion.

So we have to be extra vigilant.

They'd like to see us on our knees.

Frankly, I already have a shaky feeling.

But in a very agreeable way. Look at that girl.

She may well be on my payroll.

Or the SD's.

Or, just as likely, be a British or De Gaulle agent.

What about Mme. Van Roggen?

I understand she's Polish.

A friend of Colonel Langer, whom we're interested in.

He slipped out of France.

Through your net.

Langer and his outfit are in Algiers.

Not any longer.

She's married to a Dutchman...

...who also interests us.

She belongs to some kind of Polish-Dutch network...

...which smuggles British airmen into Vichy...

...and then over the Pyrenees.

Why was this woman arrested...

...instead of being let go and observed?

That's what we did with Lemoine and others, now in Marseilles.

He's under surveillance.

I don't know anything about that.

Lemoine worked with Bertrand.

That clinches it.

Lemoine, Bertrand, Langer are all one outfit.

And are all in the unoccupied zone.

That lady should also be there.

Sooner or later, she'll find her husband...

or friend, or both.

Look over there.

Now over here, and compare it with the map.

Directly south, you have the road to Nimes.

With Arles beyond, and Avignon to the east

A nice little town. I've been there.

Tell me, what's our formal status?

Absolutely informal.

I can continue this work, but on my own responsibility.

My name is now De Bersac.

I found you only thanks to your wife's cooperation.

How have you settled in?

Is Mme. De Bersac satisfied?

Very much so, but we'll have to make a few alterations.

Do up some of the rooms and engage an electrician.

That's why I've brought my friend here...

...with his men and equipment.

Good. I hope Mme. De Bersac will pay us a visit soon.

Certainly.

My wife will be delighted.

That's the notary who handled the sale of this place.

Have you installed them all?

You've planned this well.

Ready? Then go ahead.

We have only these three Enigmas...

...which I was able to salvage.

We'll keep two. I've given our Spanish colleagues the third.

But as soon as Paris sends...

...the Enigma kits I've ordered...

...I'll ask Palluth and Fokczynski to assemble them.

What's our assignment?

Locating Wehrmacht radios...

...and decoding communications relating to occupied countries.

Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway...

...Holland, Belgium and France? That's a lot of work.

Plus monitoring airfields in France.

We might pick up something...

...about future invasion plans.

I'm sure they'll attack Russia.

I dare say.

In Algiers, we could have corresponded with our families.

Can we do so now?

This address is, of course, top secret.

Letters will be forwarded to me...

...from accommodation addresses in Switzerland.

Father Prior looks after his brethren.

So we have a deal, right?

As you see, we know all about you.

We saved you from falling into the hands of the Gestapo.

Despite Van Roggen being an enemy of the Reich.

They'd damage your looks and put you in a camp.

Why the special treatment?

Very simple, Madame.

Your factory in Poland is working for the Reich.

That entitles you to some consideration.

Let your father know.

Since you say you only got married to leave Poland...

It's the truth.

I want to believe you. So here are my terms.

I might have guessed.

Yes. For your own good you'll go away...

...to the unoccupied zone, this time without a forged permit.

Where you live is up to you.

But you must promise...

...not to try an contact your husband in any way.

Van Roggen is a wanted man.

We don't want you picked up by the Gestapo.

Out of consideration for your father.

Is that clear?

Perfectly.

I won't try to contact my husband.

Letters?

Letters.

'Fred?

'Fred.

Heard the one about the ship at sea?

The captain says to the bosun...

See that white streak of foam? That's a torpedo.

And it's sure as hell going to hit us.

Tell the crew some funny story...

...so that they'll die smiling.

I've got a tool, the bosun says...

...which, if I banged against this table...

...would shatter the ship.

So he hits the table, and the ship blows up!

Later, the captain says to him as they share a raft...

You idiot! The torpedo missed us!

What does "tool" mean?

Well, here's to those at sea!

I've received a letter.

Things at home are getting worse and worse.

I've received two.

Wife and daughter?

The other's from Mira.

I thought she was in Paris. So she's back in Warsaw?

No. She's at some resort in the Pyrenees.

She got my Swiss address from Poland.

She expects an answer.

What do you make of it?

Discuss it with him.

Excuse me...

I've received a warning about your friend...

...Mme. Van Roggen.

There's something fishy there, so no contacts.

I thought as much.

I have important news.

The Germans are preparing to occupy the rest of France.

Two divisions are standing by.

They're outside Dijon.

Poised to attack Marseilles.

Other units will enter from the south-west.

And the Italians from the south-east.

This is from today's messages.

Let's go.

Friends.

I have just received a cable.

On the night of January 9th...

...the Marseilles-Algiers packet struck a mine and sank.

On board were three Polish colleagues returning...

...from Algiers where they had gone...

...to set up a branch of Cadiz.

Unfortunately, only 50 of the 272 passengers...

...and some of the crew were rescued.

Captain Jan Grabinski, Piotr Smolinski...

...and Jerzy Rozycki are dead.

Let us honour their memory.

Poland is not yet lost...

...while we still live...

Good morning. Any news?

Some postcards have come.

All of them from Switzerland.

Two are in the same handwriting, but unsigned.

This one's for me.

These two are for me.

I have not heard from you in two months.

I am very concerned about you.

He asks about Janka, his beloved daughter.

Antoni's worried...

...because he hasn't heard from us.

He asks about the children. It's four years since he saw them.

He must miss them terribly.

The sands have become green fields.

Jerzy once wrote...

...that the scenery keeps changing...

...but the ducks are the same.

Ducks? What can he mean by that?

That he's no longer in Algiers, I presume.

Read that last line again.

The sands have become green fields. "Green" is underlined.

They must be in England.

Could be.

Germans!

What's your name?

Ania Langer.

Langer? Are you German?

German?

Barbarians.

Colonel!

Take a look!

Hold everything!

Stop transmitting!

Has something happened?

They're looking for us, damn it!

I can't see from here.

What do we do?

Evacuation was scheduled for tomorrow.

So I'll have to decide by myself.

Is the Algiers list ready?

The Poles are stalled near Igallo. We're waiting for them.

We can't. Too far away.

It'll only take them two hours.

We're taking officers only.

They are officers.

But not French.

Please, Colonel. There's enough room.

We can't take any chances. We'd overload the aircraft.

What about Bertrand?

The old fox will manage.

But, sir...

Enough!

FOR RENT

Kiss our asses!

Thank God we're meeting.

What about Rejewski and Zygalski?

I don't know. Where are the rest?

I thought we'd gotten lost.

Three in my bus were arrested.

Was Bertrand among them?

No. I'd know him anywhere.

What do we do now?

A guide should be waiting for us at the next station.

And then?

We'll meet up at the bus stop.

It ought to be safe. Then we head to Spain.

We need medicine. Fokczynski's sick.

Wladek, shave.

All right.

Hand out the tickets.

Board the bus I stand beside, but separately.

No talking to the passengers or each other.

I understand.

Here's part of your money.

And the rest?

At the border.

There are four of you and one of me.

I am an officer, mon vieux.

What will they do with him?

I gather he's in French Intelligence.

He was a marked man from the start.

Pity. We'll miss his company.

He visited Poland, I hear. What did they want from you?

They asked how we met, what I knew about him.

That's all we needed. To have them after us.

We'll make it somehow. Pay out the rope.

A path runs down from here.

That's Spain. Puigcerda is four kilometres away.

You can bypass it on the right if you want.

Do you have the money?

Hand it over, quick!

Go!

Bon voyage.

Guido, is that you? Darling! I tried so hard to find you!

Keep your voice down.

Why? I wrote letters.

Pretend you made a mistake. I'm sorry.

But why?

I'll explain one day.

I don't get it.

What happened?

He wouldn't even talk to me.

We know there are Poles among you.

Who's Langer?

Colonel Langer, Polish Armed Services.

You mean, former Armed Services.

Maximilian Ciezki!

Antoni Palluth!

Fokczynski! Fall out!

These are the two Poles.

Any complaints?

We're hungry and cold.

Anything else?

Get us in touch with the British Embassy in Madrid.

With so much happening, one forgets details.

It's about the Polish cryptologists.

Bertrand reported they were in Spain.

That's a relief. So they eluded the Germans.

But the Spaniards have them.

They've been held in a prison in Lerido for some months.

What do we do about them?

We could make representations.

Let's not beat about the bush. Do we need them or not?

One can never have too many experts of their calibre.

But are they indispensable?

An approach to Madrid is a last resort.

Bletchley is now standing firmly on its own feet.

Our people can do the job without Polish assistance.

But there remains the moral aspect.

You have a point. I'll try for a conditional release.

The Polish Red Cross can put them up in Madrid.

That's definitely better than prison.

I've summoned you one last time, Colonel Langer.

As a Polish army officer...

...I still refuse to answer.

So this machine is unknown to you?

Where are your cryptologists?

I trust that Major Ciezki will be more cooperative.

Where are the cryptologists?

I believe one of them is dead.

And the others?

I have no idea.

And Colonel Bertrand?

You were caught trying to cross the border in disguise.

You are enemies of the German people!

Actions hostile to its good are punished without mercy!

Colonel, Europe is threatened by Communism.

Only we Germans are defending her.

Admiral Canaris believes that you and your deputy...

...could help us with your knowledge and experience.

You could help Europe.

As well as, of course...

...assuring yourselves and your families a safe existence.

You must choose.

Cooperation with the Reich...

...or stem punishment.

I told them nothing.

I didn't say a word.

Try and stick it out.

Water!

There's no need for water.

Water...

7-2-1-1-3-2.

Come.

Why do you insist on being so stubborn?

We have a complete dossier on you.

We even know your French alias.

As you see, we're more efficient than the Abwehr.

We could get your wife and sons our of Poland...

...and bring them here.

They've grown.

But perhaps you need time...

...to think things over?

I'll give you until tomorrow after roll-call.

General, please accept my congratulations...

...and that of the Bletchley staff.

Thank you.

I wish to discuss a matter of some importance.

At your service, sir.

The war is won, but I think it necessary...

...to keep our knowledge of Enigma...

...an absolute secret.

My view is shared by the Prime Minister and all concerned.

By me too.

Thank you.

This raises the problem of the Poles...

...who also know a lot about this.

Some of them may wish to return to Poland...

...which is outside our sphere of influence.

That might place the secret of Enigma in jeopardy.

I hope you follow me.

Thank you.

I've given some thought to this.

The design and uses of Enigma are known...

...to the cryptologists and Langer, Palluth and Fokczynski.

The latter two died in Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

The cryptologist Rozycki drowned in the Mediterranean.

That leaves us with Zygalski, Rejewski and Langer.

Zygalski wants to bring his sister here...

...and Langer his wife and daughter.

Good. We'll take care of that. And the other one?

That's just it. The cryptologist Rejewski.

In effect, the mastermind of the whole operation.

What's he like?

Any weaknesses?

No.

Quiet, unassuming, honest.

Any relations in Poland?

Wife and children. She wants him to return.

We can't let that happen.

But suppose he insists?

Home, Lieutenant?

Yes. From Scotland.