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Philip, do you take this woman for wife?

I do.

Anna, do you take this man for husband?

I do.

Now, Mr. and Mrs. Sangster, come and sign my book.

Nationality, Your Honor.

Russian.

Starts British.

Do you recognize anyone there?

Oh, no, it's not possible.

Ha, ha, ha, ha!

Silhouette has changed a bit, hasn't it? Anna,

what do you call this in your language?

No, in your language it's a pot belly.

You've been a British subject half an hour now.

Thirty-five minutes.

Now, come on.

Wooden soldier with a wooden expression.

Lady with a stomach ache, holding a shield in front of it.

The burn in the carpet where I knocked my pipe out.

The famous cut with the handle that, yes, comes off in your hand.

And Max's hat hanging on the post. All right?

Pay up. Dutch, Max.

Swiss francs or dollars?

Anna, he hasn't persuaded you to bet with him.

Back to the town hall immediately. I give you a divorce.

Why, do you want one from you sometimes?

Sometimes. If you call every day for three years, sometimes.

You know, he was stationed here in Switzerland during the war.

It would have been much cheaper for the Swiss had we entered it.

Sometimes.

What's worse, he lived in this house.

I'm lucky that it still belongs to me.

It is we who are lucky, Max.

Thank you, darling. You'll win it back.

I'm not trying.

Arthur, no divorce.

Now, guess what Anna and I were betting? I'll lay two to one against,

and I'll offer the same odds 20 years from now,

that nothing in this house will have changed.

He is not making criticism of your house, Max.

He loves it.

Oh, Anna, I am used to him.

Yes, you must be used to these curtains, too.

Well, at least you'll be safe here.

Safe, Max.

That was quite a reception committee you had at the station for us.

Then there's this chap outside, and his chum's outside the front door,

our late tender one. What's it all in aid of?

Protect you. And honor.

From what?

Come on, Maxie, what's worrying you?

Look, for years you have been writing me letters from all over the world,

but you have never told me what you really do in peacetime.

Engineer. Good.

You know, I thought you might be one of those fellows who've had

a taste of spying during the war and could never get rid of it.

No, no, no, no, no.

Your last letter from West Berlin.

This troubled me.

I think it's wonderful that you write that you want to be married in my village,

but when you add that certain friends might disapprove of the

marriage and that there might be some slight interference,

for Philip, I take this to mean a hint of danger.

So I offer you all the protection that I have, as Burgermeister and as your friend.

Maxi, you're 20 years out of date. Philip.

The war's over.

If I was still in the racket, which I'm not,

I wouldn't think much of my fellow professionals

if they couldn't find me wherever I was.

And as for interference, well, yes,

Anna and I do have some friends that we'd rather not meet,

but they know just where we are and where we've been.

And when they're ready to meet us, they will.

And not all the clockmakers in Switzerland could stop them.

Thinking of clockmakers, you know, I waited until now to give you your presents.

Oh, Maxie.

Thank you.

Oh, Max. How lovely. Maxie.

Explain to Anna what it means. No, Philip, you must explain.

Oh, it is too beautiful to need explaining.

Thank you, burgomaster.

Thank you, Max.

Your other presents have already arrived.

Other presents? Yes, they came by post. Special delivery.

I placed them in your room upstairs.

Can you hear?

Hey, you stay there.

Whatever is in them was intended for both of us.

Well, don't touch. I went to school too.

He's Berlin.

On the 20th.

It's London on the 21st. What does that mean? I hope it means darling.

Yes, darling.

What then?

The written is Peter's.

Write ting, darling, ting. It's a noun.

Peter's.

Peter's writing, how fascinating.

Yes, I'd say he was an intelligent man. Sense of humour.

Ruthless.

Dedicated.

He pays great attention to detail.

You know what details he pays great attention to, don't you?

I've heard rumours.

I'm not trying to break our pact, Philip.

I'm not concerned with what the British know of Peter,

only to make sure that you know him, his record, the kind of man he is.

I wouldn't have lasted long in the racket if I didn't.

And I know this too, my darling, that if I'm as important to you as you are to me,

and if we're both as important to each other,

As we are to our respective governments.

And Peter, and all the rest of the Peters who will try to come between us,

can go jump in the lake, ice and all.

I love you, Whitehall.

I love you, Oscar. Philip, what about the present?

Here goes. Tender one, it was harmless.

What's the betting on this one?

Yeah, what are you doing? That one's bound to be harmless. Why?

It's from Whitehall.

MI5 never used anti-personnel devices.

I have been a British subject only an hour. You must pardon my suspicions.

Oh, dear.

We'll never furnish a house at this rate, will we? Uh-huh.

Like it here?

You know I do.

And Max I adore.

I hated to hear you lie to him.

When?

You said you weren't still in the racket.

I resigned. Three weeks ago.

Nor I am.

Well, then, technically, I didn't lie.

Technically, it's easy to stop being an agent.

Is it possible to stop thinking like one?

Well, you need time, patience and incentive.

All of which I have.

What about you?

I have everything.

Does Max suspect me?

Yes, of course he does.

You're a Russian.

Well, you were.

What does he suspect me of?

Bad taste in husbands.

Nothing else.

You mean your work?

My ex-work, that I have to say.

I don't think he suspects that.

Doesn't matter if he does. I think I'll ask him for my ex-job back. What was it?

Or mustn't you tell me?

We don't need a pact for the dim and distant past.

I was a clockmaker. No. Yes.

It started as a cover story, and I came to adore it.

How would you like to be a clockmaker's wife? Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.

Any kind of wife, if you are happy.

But would you be?

Are you sure it wasn't the cover story you adored? Adore you?

What's the matter, Moscow?

You will be happy, won't you, with the kind of life we have planned?

If they let us have it.

I'll have a bet with you. No more bets. We'll make this the last one,

that I'd be happy with you, wherever we are, whatever I'm doing,

for as long as I live. Yes!

I pay you Swiss francs, dollars, or Deutschmarks.

I would be so happy to lose.

Well, that's nothing. Very, very, very, very different. Moment, moment.

And now I would like to propose a toast to my very

good friends, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sangster. Rosie!

Rosie!

The happiness to the bride and bridegroom.

Thank you, Peter.

Well, look at that. Now that's friendly of the old thing.

He didn't spoil me like that the last time I was here. Would you like some,

darling? No, thank you. You go.

I've already drunk too much. What's this third shelf?

I'm frankly sorry about this.

I'm afraid I lied to you.

MI5 do use anti-personnel devices.

They take the form of lethal bores disguised as English gentlemen.

This is a particularly deadly one.

Its name is Douglas.

Hello, Douglas.

A great pleasure, Mrs. Sangster.

Anna.

Anna. Please forgive this intrusion. Which is about to cease.

Out!

Philip, be reasonable. You don't think I'm enjoying this? I'm sure you are.

Trip to Switzerland, all expenses paid, chance of a party, not a hope.

Oh, I don't want an ale, boy.

I bought it for you.

Thank you, Douglas.

He's leaving just the same. Philip, he's only trying to do his job.

Then he can do it in the morning at a civilized hour.

Not now.

Need just a few moments. Very urgent.

I think I will have a glass of champagne after all.

Please, you've been...

Thanks, Alan. Well, you can have yours out of a tooth, Mark. Oh, I'm delighted,

old boy. And you have got exactly one minute.

Less drinking time.

Including drinking time.

You shouldn't point those things even in front.

Oh.

In that case, wish you both the best of luck.

Two tickets to London, plane leaves at six in the morning.

You have now 55 seconds and we're staying here.

So is Peter, I understand. Art that he should have left you alone till now.

It's been three weeks since you both defected.

Oh dear, what an ugly word.

I've heard you called a lot uglier. Whitehall doesn't love you anymore.

I've got an excellent substitute.

But you're still important, very important.

The chief wants to talk to you immediately.

I presume he's got my letter of resignation and can still read.

You can't contract out of the Official Secrets Act just by writing a letter.

Think how much you know, how much you could... Give away to me?

Of course, we don't mind how much you give away to him.

Philip and I never discuss trade secrets.

Oh, that's very wise.

And of course, we accept that.

But I'll bet Peter won't.

Come to England, Anna.

You'll be welcome.

Far safer than you'll be out here.

Surely that makes sense.

Surely that makes sense, darling, is code.

It means I must speak to you alone.

Well, Douglas, you can't. Anything you want to say, you can say to both of us.

And not now.

Your minute's up.

Ah, Max.

Is this one of the friends that you referred to?

That's right. If I throw him, will you catch?

This way, please.

Oh, Douglas, do tell me, what was your present?

It was a loving cup.

If you change your minds, I'll be at the inn.

Nothing to worry about, darling.

Swiss Army always has rifle practice on Sunday.

Do they use this house for target practice?

I'll cut myself.

Oh, you gave me. Oh.

Where are the glasses?

Good shot.

That's too good. Oh, my leg.

Hello, Peter.

A beautiful sight.

If I had a balalaika, I would serenade you.

Sooner you shot me.

I nearly did once.

Hamburg, 59.

Quite right.

How do you do? You don't look so depressed.

You are a naughty girl, but it's all right.

Just pack your things and your husbands, and I'll ski back to Russia with you.

I'm joking, of course.

Of course.

About the skiing.

We want to be left alone, Peter.

To lead a normal life.

Do you want to be bored?

Russia is the place for it.

We'll find our own place.

Anna, I think I must speak to you alone.

Philip and I have no secrets from each other.

I am very sorry indeed to hear that.

I don't mean trade secrets, those we never discuss. We have pacts about the past.

You must believe this, Peter.

You know, she was one of the best girls I ever had.

Best girl I ever had, too.

And I'm not letting her out of my sight.

As one professional to another, do you blame me?

You realize how few are my alternatives?

Do you have a license for that rifle, my Lieber?

It's important for marksmen to keep in practice, isn't it?

Yes.

But more important that they have the right kind of target.

I hope to get a little practice.

May?

On the right kind of target.

Burgomasters in these parts are very active.

I want no trouble with the Swiss.

I want no trouble with anyone.

Have the same orders?

Possibly.

The same difficulties?

Probably.

Just a few moments alone with her?

That's all I want.

Five minutes with him.

Pity we can't get together on this.

A great pity.

No permission to cooperate. That's the trouble.

But no orders not to.

Hey, Jakob.

Mynheer.

A double vodka, please. Yes, mynheer.

A large scotch.

Yes, mynheer.

How long from here to the top?

How long would you say?

Ten minutes?

Eight and a half.

Lay you two to one.

No more bets. I promise, Max.

Next stop.

May I have your help with this, please?

Come on, what are you waiting for?

Well, you English gentlemen.

I'm certainly not going to travel with you.

Sit back, relax. Anna's all right.

Yeah, she'd better be. Who's by such, Anna?

I'd like a cigarette, please.

Anything but Russian.

I smoke only American.

Good. With that in your mouth, I get a chance to talk.

Now, don't start losing your temper, because I have to say this.

You've made very few mistakes in your time, but you're making up for it now. Look,

Philip, I'm convinced that your marriage was a put-up

job from beginning to end. It's got a lighter.

I believe Anna was ordered to marry you, whether

she liked it or not, to make you talk.

Philip has strict rules.

Have you forgotten all I taught you about the British?

They're subtle. They stop at nothing.

He will try to learn from you about our organization.

Well, Anna, all he's going to learn is a lesson.

Anna's got a pretty good record of making men talk.

You know, in Russia, they catch them young, they teach them fast.

Let me remind you of some of her successes.

You are coming home for a refresher course.

When I leave Switzerland, I am taking you with me.

And I hope your husband tries to stop us.

Meanwhile, this.

It will give him something to think about.

What were they discussing?

It will soon be even better.

Have you been listening to a word I've been saying?

Going in one ear and out the other.

Go ahead.

You were giving me your considered opinion of my wife.

Well, it's the chief's, too.

He's poor enough to think that I can reason with him.

We were his prize team for a long time.

Far too long.

Long enough to know that I don't enjoy showing you these. Oh, what a nice picture.

Do you want to know when it was taken?

Yes, I prefer this one.

It was taken the day you and Anna left Berlin.

Could do without him, though, can't we? Look, you separated,

made your own ways to the frontier.

Good security. But what does Madame do the moment she's free of you?

She reports to the boss. Now, why?

I trust Anna Kuntike. It's as simple as that.

Then will you explain to a fathead why she called on Peter?

For a cup of tea?

Yeah, very likely. They drink a lot of this stuff.

You're in trouble, mate.

If I were you, I'd get on the first plane back to England, with or without Anna.

Before you end up in a Moscow hospital.

Take this code, and report to me in the usual way.

No.

You will do as you are told.

There's a limit to my friendship.

You are my pupil, my responsibility.

I have reported this marriage as an example of your initiative.

And initiative it shall be.

I've finished with all that forever, Peter.

I married him because I love him.

You must believe me.

It's all right.

Raise your back. Loser pays for bottle.

Double vodka?

Double scotch?

All right, my darling.

So long, Anna.

I'll send your skis up.

They won't win, will they, Philip?

They're trying to make us doubt each other, but they won't win, will they?

Bet me they won't win.

Bet you.

Dodge marks, Swiss francs, or dollars.

I don't name the odds.

Drink it while it's hot.

Thank you.

Something wrong with the milk?

Huh?

The milk? Oh!

I've done that many times.

Spill the milk.

Oh, Philip, Philip.

What have they done to us?

Are you all right?

Be careful, Philip.

Now, why would Peter do that? I don't know.

That's not a question. Why would he miss?

He's a crack shot. He couldn't miss at that range.

Maybe Douglas could.

If you can have doubts, so can I. And you do have them, don't you?

Doubts? I've got certainties.

You'll recognize that.

Yes.

But not you.

Peter has a weakness. Surely MI5 knows this. It must be exploitable.

He likes silk ties.

Any number of them.

I took him one. A silk tie?

Silk tie.

That is all.

This sort of silk?

Where did you get that? Oh, Hannah.

I know. The pocket of my coat. Peter put it there. Forgot.

That's how guilty I am. How professional. I forgot.

Why don't you send it to London? It's valuable. Take it.

That means nothing. You could have copied it.

Anna.

It's been a little one-sided, this trust, hasn't it?

Just a little one-sided for just a little too long.

We'd better take it in turns to sit up and keep watch.

On each other?

Morning, Philip.

Morning, Max.

Anna's still asleep.

I've got a phone call to make. It's long distance.

I'll pay for it myself.

Today I spoil you with breakfast in bed.

You spoil us every day. Thank you, mother.

I will keep you company while Philip is making his telephone call.

Sugar?

No, thanks.

Tell me, what do you two plan to do today?

No plans.

If you want my car, you can have it.

Philip can take you to... Max.

Ja, mein Kind.

You know nothing about me, do you?

But what is there that I need to know about you?

You are Philip's wife.

You take me on trust.

Is that the same as trusting me?

My love for Philip, do you trust that?

Anna, I trust you.

Now, what is it?

I need your help more badly than I have ever needed anyone's.

But I cannot explain why.

I am used to not understanding, Anna.

It is important that I have some time this morning without Philip.

No, Philip would never leave you alone with your...

Mutual friends still about.

He would, if you stayed with me.

Max, please do this without understanding, if there's a way. Is there?

Is there?

Mr. Max must be very ill indeed to let an amateur to work on his clock.

He makes only a few a year himself, and they are all masterpieces.

Yes, I'll try not to spoil it.

Oh.

Can anyone tell me the time?

Yeah.

Moment, it is. It is for you, Herr Philipp.

A gentleman called Douglas.

Tell him I never heard of him.

He has never heard of you.

Your wife is at the hotel with Peter.

Been buying him a new tie. I thought Max was with you.

Max trusts very easily.

A great mistake, isn't it, Phyllis?

I want to talk to Anna alone.

Sorry.

Two minutes!

I'll pretend not to listen, if that helps.

Nothing to listen to. They've won.

Peter and Douglas.

I'd rather be an agent than live with someone who thinks I am. I'm leaving you now,

Philip, before the doubts grow worse.

Before I lose forever what this way I may keep forever.

Our trust.

I have something personal to say to my wife.

So will you put that tape recorder away or I swear I'll kill you.

I believe you would. I like a man who's not afraid of my reputation.

It terrifies me.

I've been talking to my father on the telephone.

He wants to meet you.

He wants us to go to Scotland.

Now, there's a plane this afternoon from Zurich.

We can catch that.

We'll get the connection in London.

And you'll be in Scotland tomorrow.

It's a ghastly house and you'll die of pneumonia.

But it's home.

It's quite over an hour before the train leaves. We'd better go.

It hasn't occurred to you that Anna has a father too?

We have done nothing about him yet.

Douglas, there's a spot of blackmail going on. Naturally. Anna's father.

What Russian agents are we holding in West Germany? We'll do a swap.

You know better than to ask me that, old man.

Don't trouble.

We are not interested. The car is on its way, man. Thank you. Three for one.

Philip.

Name your men.

Philip, it makes no difference.

They want me back.

Right.

Then I'm coming with you.

Excellent.

You'll be very welcome.

Philip, have you gone stark staring mad? I'm coming with you, Anna.

Seems the clocks have all gone wrong in Russia.

Perhaps I could do something about them.

How's that for an accent?

If you mean...

You love her. It's a very good try.

Yes, that's what I mean.

Thank you for trying to help my father, Philip. But he's been dead for five years.

Didn't you bother to check on that?

Very careless of me.

You would arrive in Moscow quite safely and be given a most cordial reception.

Then they would make you talk.

Quite right, Anna. Nonsense. One way or another, they would make you talk.

And I couldn't help you.

I would be working professionally on someone else. I was ordered to marry you,

Philip. To get you to Russia, if possible.

Quite a job, because it's a long journey home.

Plenty of time for doubts.

Better to deal with them here.

So I gave you some doubts.

And you gave me the benefit of them.

I even felt guilty for having them.

You would have trusted me all the way to Moscow. It's all in the timing, isn't it?

I knew you would follow me here.

I knew you would offer to come with me. How could you help it? I know men, don't I?

One problem, though.

I can't let them hurt you.

I can't.

When you cut yourself shaving.

I felt it on my face.

I'm still your wife.

It started as a cover story.

I grew into the part and I can't get out of it.

Not yet.

Something wrong with the training somewhere.

There's no truth in this.

No truth at all.

No one was informed of it, not even you. You

were ordered to shoot and miss, not told why.

Weren't you, Peter? Don't be hurt, Philip. Be flattered.

A chief takes an interest in you.

You are a top, top secret.

I presume the marriage can be annulled.

I love you, Whitehall.

But it couldn't work. I left something for you with Max.

Give him my love. For what it's worth.

Dollars.

She sent you her love.

I deserve it.

Richly.

What's wrong, Max?

Bad conscience?

Had enough of the Secret Service?

You did well for a beginner.

I shall say so in my report.

Throughout the operation,

Burgomaster Bear was the utmost use in gaining

Anna's confidence, allaying her suspicions.

Recommended for the order of the double cross.

Yes, you've got the makings of an agent, Max.

You ask no questions.

Well, I'll answer some for you.

Tell you what my orders were.

To marry her.

Win her over.

Make her talk.

Fun, eh?

That was just phase one. Phase two. In the event of Anna returning to Moscow,

I was to go with her, get myself infiltrated as a long-term agent.

In the event of arrest...

Torture, there's no problem.

I'm stuffed full of false information to give her friends.

The first tickle of a feather and I've talked my head off.

And afterwards, we'd have had a marvellous life.

Four marvellous lives, with each bleeding double ones.

And I could have done it, Max. I had it made. Because she believed in me, Max.

She didn't want me hurt. Oh, yeah, we can't

have the Reds laughing at us, can we, Max?

Someone should have told her about your local bylaws.

At a wedding ceremony, the door of the town hall must be left open,

or the marriage could be annulled. We didn't miss a trick, did we, Lubina?

It's all a question of timing, isn't it, my darling?

Oh, Max!

I'm blasted with filth and it'll never come off!

I want to resign, get out, but what else can I do?

What else is as dirty?

Those bright boys in Whitehall and Moscow who dreamt this one up.

I hope it's worth their while.

And if it isn't, what have they lost? Just a couple of dispensable agents.

But what have I lost, Max?

What have I lost?