"THE SCOUT'S EXPLOIT" "Kiev Film Studio" "Art Director:" "A. BUČMA" "Script:" "M. BLEIMAN" "K. ISAEV, M. MAKLJARSKIJ" "Director:" "B. BARNET" "Main Photographer:" "D. DEMUCKIJ" "Main Set Designer:" "M. UMANSKIJ" "Assistants to the Director:" "A. KOZYR', G. LIPŠIC" "Music:" "D. KLEBANOV, O. SANDER" "Sound:" "A. BABIJ" "Photography:" "V. FILIPPOV" "Costumes:" "Ju." "MAIER" "Scenery:" "E. JUKELSON" "Makeup Artist:" "N. ŠEMJAKIN" "Special Effects:" "A. PNAKRAT'EV" "Set Designer:" "N. ABRAMOV" "Photography:" "I. TREGUBOVA" "Head Assistant Director:" "T. TORKAJA" "Assistant Photographer:" "N. SLUCKIJ" "Assistant Editor:" "N. GORBENKO" "Assistant Set Designer:" "A. PONOMARENKO" "Executive Producer:" "M. KAMINSKIJ" "Characters and Actors:" "Major Aleksej Fedotov P. KADOČNIKOV" "Agronomist Leščuk:" "A BUČMA" "Head of Secret Services Vadim VIKTOR DOBROVOL'SKIJ" "Berežnoj:" "D. MILJUTENKO" "Willy Pommer:" "S. MARTINSON" "Erich von-Rummelsburg:" "M. ROMANOV" "Karpovskij alias Stubing:" "P. ARŽANOV" "Generale von-Kühn:" "B. BARNET" "Teresa Gruber:" "E. IZMAJLOVA" "Nina:" "V. ULESOVA" "Astachov:" "S. PETROV" "Friedrich Pommer:" "V. CHALATOV" "Frau Pommer:" "V. DRAGA" "Medvedev:" "A. BYKOV" "Don't worry about me." "You see," "I'm going and returning from the front just like any soldier." "A soldier who doesn't write me letters or leave his address, and at times doesn't even salute when he leaves." "Then... good day!" "Dear, you've lost weight." "Who could that be?" "Good day." " May I see Major Fedotov?" " Certainly, come in." "I ask permission to confer, major comrade." " Wait for me." " Yes sir!" "Give me a minute," "I'll be back soon." "I told you everything." "I gave every name, Krosing, Šichmatov..." "I don't know any others, believe me, if I knew others I'd say so." "The spies who tell everything aren't going to be shot, right?" "I want to live." "Krosing and Šichmatov gave another name, one that you know." "Bahuer?" " I didn't name it?" " Now you did." "You were transferred from the Stabzet?" "Yes, from the Zeppelin service." "With the Abwer system?" "No, with the system of the security service SD, [German] Secret Service." "Rummelsburg sent me." " Have you known him for a long time?" " Ten years." " I began with him in America." " Where, precisely?" "In South America, in Montevideo." "Take a seat." "Continue." "There's no point in stalling." "Rummelsburg's field assistant is Willy Pommer, one of the heads of "Hitler Youth" in Lezzen." "He's the son of the well-known swine dealer, Friderich Pommer." "You know anything about Rummelsburg?" "Tell me what you know about him." "At present, Rummelsburg is head of surveillance of the general district of Hitler." "The license plate of the general district shows a jumping white rabbit." "Is this it?" "Yes." "Show me the way." "Aleksej, I hate to have given you so brief a rest, but it's important to get moving." "I understand." " Are you talking about Rummelsburg?" " Not just that." "Even if he'll be your principal enemy, he's the head of surveillance of the den of wolves of the general district of Hitler." "and often, General Kühn goes there on visits." "He's an old soldier, an organizer of the Black Reich." "Not only... is he the general-surveyor for Hitler," "but he's also one of the few authorized to report the whole truth about the situation on the front." "You'll understand how important it is to know what he reports." "Yes." "You should find it out, but Rummelsburg will hinder you." "I'm proud of it, Rummelsburg is a strong enemy." "The pride of competition doesn't interest me." "I would have preferred him to be a weak enemy." "Instead, unfortunately, Rummelsburg is very strong." "You should resolve something that's very uncertain now." "We know that the general district, the brain of the war, is located in some part of Eastern Prussia, near Lezzen, but we don't know where." "We know that Kühn visits following inspection trips, but we don't know when." "All of your information in this regard will have the utmost importance for our order, and also the smallest." "It's a difficult task." "Why are you smiling?" " The other times were difficult, too." " That was the past, this is the future." "Here's the passport." "My blessings." " Thanks, Vadim Nikolaevič." " Good luck." "To Lezzen, remember the address:" "Danzigestrasse, 18," ""Elite" barbershop." "Helen Teresa." ""DEAR NINA, BE GONE LONG, DON'T WAIT FOR ME." "ALEKSEJ."" "Come in!" "Good day, Mr. Eckert." " I hope you've rested well." " Very well, but it was cold!" "Mr. Eckert, give me your passport, please." "Here you are." "You're invited to present yourself tomorrow at the police station, in Angeburgstrasse, 15." "It's discussed as a formality." "And it's natural in times of war." "Deliver this envelope to the office of Friderich Pommer." "Certainly." "I'd like to put you on guard, the Pommer firm is going through considerable financial difficulty." "The Dresda bank isn't giving them any more credit, despite protests." "I thank you all." " You just arrived yesterday?" " Yes." " Where were you three days ago?" " In Berlin." " From where did you come?" " From Trieste." "Did you stamp the postmark to Berlin?" "To Berna, in our embassy." "When did you leave Trieste?" "December 24th, with the ship "Captain."" "December 24th?" "It coincides with the note on the ID card, but that ship couldn't leave from Trieste on December 24th," "because it only leaves on odd-numbered days." "We have the schedule here of the Lloyd Triestino company." "In the last 50 years, no ship of the Lloyd has ever broken this schedule." "Strange." "Very strange." "Another strange thing:" "I could be mistaken, but it's certain that respectable people don't make mistakes who put notes on my documents." "Mr. Hauptmann wouldn't think so." "We'll get to the bottom of this misunderstanding, but you should be patient." "All the time that you need..." " Want to sit down there?" " With pleasure." "You'll be comfortable there." "No news of Aleksej from Liza?" "No." "Is it possible that he has failed?" " From whom are we waiting for the radiogramme?" " From 115 and 123." " Are we connected with 118?" " We have audio." "They need medicine, today is a hard day for the Crimea." "Increase the portions and monitor the shipping." "Yes, sir." "Mr. Eckert!" "Yes, of course." "We detained you, but it's your fault." "Why didn't you tell me the ship didn't sail because of a British submarine?" "You wouldn't have believed me." "That's true." "Please." "Thank you." "Fraulein Teresa?" "Tell me." "Tomorrow you'll be free." "How do you know?" "I read it on the ticket, tomorrow Fraulein Inge is working." "You're very attentive!" "I won't accept a refusal, tomorrow, dine with me at the Endelsee." "And persistent too!" "I'm a representative of the firm, [in German] "Eastern Economic Center" of Zurich," "I go by the name of Heinrich Eckert." "Be careful, my dear." "Excuse me." "There's hope, then?" "Thanks." "Who is he?" "An employee of the "Eastern Economic Center."" "Have him come in!" " Friderich, pay attention." " Yes, yes." "Good day, Mr. Pommer!" "Mr. Eckert, I received your kind letter." "Thank you." "The magnificent reputation of your firm and business connections..." "Our firm has existed for more than 100 years!" "The head of the corporation of Königsberg merchants is my grandpa." "This is why I'd like to start a turnover with you." "My wife." "Your milk." "You look excellent today." "The best, really." "The doctors torture me, together with my wife!" "I understand." "Thank you." "Our firm would want you to intend..." "My son and partner," "Willy." "Mr. Eckert, employee of the "Eastern Economic Center" of Zurich." "Our son is the field assistant of the Gruppenführer Eric von Rummelsburg." "It's an honor for the family." "Of 7000 tons of pig bristles in world commerce," "Russia exported about 3000, for a sum of nearly 10 million rubles." "Gold." "Together we could expand the sales locations to all of the territory Russia occupied from our army." "The advantages have been cheap Eastern labor, the immediate treatment of raw material and the selection." "What we pay for today with the labels of Mr. Schacht's occupation will become gold tomorrow!" "The firm "Pommer and Son"" "together with Heinrich Eckert would gain the throne of the king of bristles." "This operation would call for the mobilization of all our finances, but I believe it's a risk worth taking." "Yes, your proposal is enticing." "We should look into it." "Mamma, stop it!" "I should look into it." "Papa!" "I should think of us." " Has he arrived?" " Yes, he's outside." "Have him come in." "This music isn't bad, right?" "I don't like Russian music, Mr. General." "And what do you like?" "I'm Ukrainian, we have our songs and Moscow has its." "Come closer." "I require that you must listen carefully." "From this moment, you are Captain Berežnoj, captured on the outskirts of Char'kov." "You lacked a conscience, otherwise you wouldn't surrender." "Like a prisoner of war you'll be sent off to a field in Ukraine." "The commander will be informed of this." "Down there you will make friends with a couple of Bolsheviks, strong and brave, and you will convince them to escape along with you." "Where to flee the commander will tell you." "Once you arrive at the place, you will find only the contacts with the subversive Bolsheviks" "and you will earn their trust." "Is everything clear?" "After everything, you will earn the bronze cross." " Questions?" " No." " Do you accept?" " Yes." "For this work you'll have to get used to liking Russian songs." "You may leave, over there." "I'll escape!" "I'll escape at any cost!" "You're drunk." "I'll escape!" "Quiet, comrade!" "Good day, Liza." "Is it true that our people have abandoned Rostov?" "Yes." "It's my homeland." "I need you to note that the car with the jumping hare was seen in Ukraine, near Vinniza." "You should absolutely go there." "The meeting places will be in Pevomajskaja St., 3, nearby the plumber Grinčuk, and in Kiev Ave., 3, nearby the watchmaker Pilipenko." "The password is:" ""Are you selling Slavic closets?"" ""The closet is sold," ""I suggest a nickel-plated bed with the bedside table."" "A beautiful evening, a beautiful woman," "and a little money to spend." "A man needs nothing else, right?" "A certain Karpovskij, who you know, has escaped, and his real name is Stübing." "Now I should go." "Good evening." " There's someone for you." " Who?" "My father and I accept your proposal." "Mr. Pommer, after having appraised the circumstances," "I have come to the conclusion that completing the project would be very difficult for me." "The journey in Ostland and in Ukraine, the uncertain circumstances and these partisan Ukraines..." "I think the risk isn't worth taking." "I don't understand you." "If the partisans scare you," "I guarantee you my collaboration." "Between two delivery days for the Ukraine, you could come with me." "I'll help you enter into the army of the administrative organization." "I should look over the proposal." "The surveillance of the secret service doesn't suffice for you?" "No, it does, but..." "Magnificent, you'll have uniforms promptly!" "Who are you talking to?" " To me?" " Without a doubt!" "It's a deal!" "Good evening, Fraulein Teresa!" " Good evening!" " Hello, Liza." "Transmit the order so tonight the delivery goes to Vinniza." "I'm organizing an enormous business enterprise with the firm, "Pommer and Son," for the purchase of bristles, but I fear that with me the firm will fail!" "Look for my announcements on the "Lezzenerzeitung."" " Are the addresses changed?" " No." "The begged me to tell you that your mother and Nina are well." "Thank you." " Look after yourself." " You too." "Goodbye." "Tonight, after the control." "Everything's ready." "The escape is towards Vinniza." "Go!" "The plumber Grinčuk," "Pervomajskaja St., 3." "Watchmaker Pilipenko," "Kiev Ave., 3." "Vlasenko Petro," "Pavlov Nikolaj," "Ivanenko Grigorij, Savel'ev Ivan, Serdjuk Kuz'ma." "The password:" ""Are you selling Slavic closets?"" ""The closet is sold, I suggest a bed with the table."" "To the imperial manager of the SS, Heinrich Himmler, with respect to the operation "Adler."" "The systematic accomplishment of measures taken in priority has allowed to get rid of the threat of a Russian terrorist group and of espionage in the crowds of the zone of Vinniza." "26 people were shot, 18 dispatched in the lager of Mathausen, the other 4 you're to keep for intensive questioning." "To monitor the possibility that you'd try to resume the activities of Russian agents" "I decided to set free three members of the subversive organization known to me." "Among them can be found a reliable man of mine, the agent Berežnoj." "I'd like to point out another action undertaken at home." "In the region where Russian parachutists are possibly landing," "I've organized false landing tracks signaled with bonfire, like the partisans do it." "I'm interceding for the bronze cross to the agent Berežnoj." "Write this announcement for the newspaper "Lezzenerzeitung."" "Fredrich Pommer and son and Heinrich Eckert," "in Ukraine, are accepting orders for manufacturing Ukrainian bristles." "The orders are sent off to the following address:" ""Eastern Economic Center, Vinniza."" "MANUFACTURED ITEMS OF UKRAINIAN BRISTLE" ""All of the secret addresses failed." ""A connection is urgent as well as money." ""I wait for the radio operator every 1st and 3rd Tuesday" ""in front of the cinema 'Ars,' at the third streetlight," ""from 7:00 to 7:30, Aleksej."" "You're leaving tonight." "Tomorrow, go to Vinniza, to the cinema "Ars,"" "in front of the third streetlight to the left, there Aleksej will wait for you, between 7:00 and 7:30." "If you don't meet tomorrow, he'll be there every first and third Tuesday." "Everything is clear, comrade general." "Good luck." "He had a radio transmitter!" " He wanted to put himself in contact!" " Exactly." "With whom?" "I asked Gliel, but he's not answering." "Ask him again, but do it in the way you speak!" "That's an order!" "Make him sing!" "So you came!" "They don't call me a lucky man for nothing." "If I'm not mistaken we already met, in Moscow." "Do you remember?" "A beautiful meeting." "You're a major, if I'm not mistaken." "I have an excellent memory, right?" "Why are you smiling?" "I like that you speak from memory." "You have little time remaining to speak in enigmas." "From agent to agent," "I'll tell you that I like your cold-blooded attitude, you know what it's like to lose and you're ready to pay." "Stübing, for the thoughts you're offering me," "I'm ready to pay any figure." "How do you know my name?" "From agent to agent, I'm telling you that you're stupid!" "What professional would have asked this question?" "I ensure you that you will answer many questions, because you certainly know a lot." "A lot." "For example the price of that cross!" "You're able to tell that I won't have another one." " I'm not worth a cross." " Don't be modest!" "For you will give me the prize of the first level, the degree of Hauptsturmführer and the glory." " Is it far?" " Ten minutes on foot." "Five is enough for me, let's stop here." "Soon you'll stop being stupid." "Don't worry, even my boss advised against hysteria." " Enough, let's go!" " Wait." "You don't want to know what I know about your iron cross?" "What does that mean?" "If you don't want it, I'll pretend you lost it." "Let's go!" "I don't know how you've become an agent, seeing that it's not about locating the movements of the enemy." "What movements?" "Why did we stop there?" "We were attracting attention." " Do you know what you're risking?" " Absolutely nothing." " What do you think of it?" " Because you're a coward." "You brag about your memory, but you've forgotten many things." "Should I jog your memory?" "You reported to us that Rummelsburg doesn't support traitors." "What?" "If it's not true, you don't have reason to worry and he'll listen calmly to the story of how you've made the network of agents collapse with the contact you must tell us about in Moscow" "and how you've betrayed everyone:" "Müller, Krosing, Šichmatov, Bauher..." "Let's go." "It still seems to me to make us feel:" ""to live, to live, to live!"" "You brag in vain about your memory because you've forgotten the necessity of appearances for the excellent operation of Rummelsburg." "For what I know of it he won't think twice about hanging us!" "And if you leave?" " I can help us leave town." " I like this town." " I beg you to go away." " It's none of your business." "I need to know who's in charge of the failure." " I don't know." " You're taking a risk, Stübing." "I want the truth." " There was an infiltrator." " Who?" "I swear I don't know, Rummelsburg guides the operation." " Is the agitator still there?" " I don't know." "Were all of the members of the organization arrested?" "Everyone." "Three people are left." " The names!" " I don't know them." "Find them out and you'll receive much more money than what Rummelsburg gives." "How will I tell them to you?" "Tomorrow, here, at the same time." "Go and no jokes!" "If something should happen to me," "Rummelsburg will come to know all of your deposition." "Go, and don't come back!" "Can I come in?" "You've already done it, what do you want?" "Thoughts." "Observations." "Deductions." "I dream of being useful." "Of foreseeing things." "Your excessive tenderness towards the population" "I can explain only with ignorance of local conditions." "The European intellect can't imagine it." "Everyone is corrupt." "The known communists and the Jews..." "Few." "Of them you can't identify many..." "I know them." " I recognize authentic diligence." " The comment makes me happy." "No sir." "Allow me, tomorrow I will give you a detailed list." "Deliver it to me." "Yes sir." "Leščuk, Slobodka, 16 Berežnoj, Kiev Ave., 29," "Astachov, Žitomirskaja, 18, int. 5." "Name!" "Grigorij Leščuk." "Get dressed!" "Quick!" "Ukrainian or Russian?" "Under the circumstances it's the same, we'll say Ukrainian." " Illegal immigrant!" " No." "Liar." "Bolshevik?" " Without a party." " Liar!" "Liar!" " What do you want from me, Mr. Official?" " I ask the questions." " Do you have a wife, kids?" " I have grandchildren." "Grigorij Leščuk, we are very precise people." "If you give us useful data, we'll consider you useful, if not, your grandchildren will remain alone!" "Then?" "Get out." "I don't understand why you're in such a hurry to die." "I'm an agronomist, politics don't interest me." "I know what interests you." "I want names and addresses!" "Who is the leader?" "If you tell us, you'll live and you'll have money." "Answer!" "Alright." "You may have ten steps, to think it over." "The tenth will be your last step." "One, two, three, four..." "Speak!" "Companions, they took me tonight." "Took?" "Yes, comrade Astachov and in rather strange conditions." "And then?" "Wait, let me lie down." "Has Leščuk said everything?" "He trusts me." " Anything strange about his looks?" " Dressed like an officer, middle-aged." "I didn't see his face well." "Well, you can go." "Why would this stranger have done the dangerous experiment of arresting Leščuk?" "He knows that you set some of the bandits free and monitor them." " Seek out his collaborator." " You're right." "Find not only the collaborator, but also a connection, and make haste." "The Russian parachutist who we captured was his connection, but he didn't arrive." "I'm still inclined to look and in the end it'll come to me." "Have the papers publish that the parachutist was shot, then give this piece of news:" ""Last night the body was found, barbarically murdered," ""of the agronomist Leščuk." ""It was a gesture of revenge of the Bolsheviks against Leščuk," ""an authentic Ukrainian" ""and a collaborator with German authorities." "The liquidation of Leščuk is entrusted to Berežnoj." "My idea is to create a vacancy around the stranger" "to compel him to look for it." "Ultimately he'll arrive at the man whom Leščuk trusts second most there." "And he'll come from my man." "When there is no more Leščuk or Astachov, he will arrive with strength to Berežnoj." "Are you selling Slavic closets?" "You're mistaken, we don't sell furniture." "But I still wonder, are you selling Slavic closets?" ""The closet is sold, I suggest a nickel-plated bed."" " With the bedside table." " Yes and I recognized you!" "Have you said something about your nocturnal mishap?" "To Berežnoj and Astachov." "What do you know of them?" "They're good men." "Put aside personal relations, one of them is an infiltrator." "What?" "That's why I've had to come to you, to cruelly test you." "Forgive me, but I had no other choice." "I don't understand." "You will soon." "Listen," "I need at any cost to establish a contact with the department of the partisans of Chomutov." " Do you know him?" " Yes." "I'm 150 km south of Vinniza." "I use their radio to transmit to Ivanov in Moscow because he gives me a stable connection." "I'll wait every Friday night at 7:00, in front of the cinema "Ars,"" "the third streetlight to the left of the entrance." "I should also communicate that the general who interests Moscow will soon arrive at the general district." "Simultaneously, tell the commander of the department that you're preparing landing tracks for an airplane." " Do you remember everything?" " Yes." "Then you'll make it happen?" "I'll do it." "I trust you." "The exit is there." "Don't say anything to Berežnoj or Astachov." "To the left, in the yard." "Come on!" " What took you so long?" " So long?" " Is there someone?" " No." ""Last night the body was found, murdered, of the agronomist Leščuk." ""It was a gesture of revenge from the Bolsheviks against Leščuk," ""an authentic Ukrainian" ""and a collaborator with the German authorities."" "He has anticipated me." "He knows that I've been kept alive and he deprived me of contacts with headquarters." "What can I do without connections?" "A connection..." "I should think about a connection and nothing else." "Leščuk is no more, only two are left, Berežnoj and Astachov." "One of them is an infiltrator, but who?" ""We arrange half-finished products" ""of Ukrainian bristle of high quality."" "RADIO OPERATOR HAS BEEN SENT OFF" "HE HAS BEEN SHOT" "I'M WAITING FOR ANOTHER ONE OF THEM" "IN THE SAME PLACE, ALEKSEJ." "You asked me for the list," "I prepared it." "Jews and communists." "Excellent, then we'll do the calculations." " I'm ready to collaborate for free." " There's no reason." "With observance." "5:00 GOING TO THE BANK 5:30 POST OFFICE" "Good day." "Take a look, please." "Are you selling Slavic closets?" ""The closet is sold, I suggest a nickel-plated bed."" " With the bedside table?" " Quiet, the neighbors can hear!" "Since the falilure of the organization I fear even my shadow." "Good day." "How did the organization fail?" "Someone betrayed us." "Only three of us are left." "Who do you know among the others?" "I'm absolutely reliable." "I escaped with one of them from a prison camp, he's a rock." "The other I know less, however he has to be worth as much." "Recently he was questioned and confessed nothing." "He was killed last night." " By whom?" " It's not known." "He was a true comrade." "I doubt it." "Then, tonight I'm going, there are important documents to deliver." "To whom?" "To the boss, the leader of the headquarters." "Here?" "Yes." "Tomorrow, just before the bank closes, at 5:00 exactly, in front of the box, a man with a black tie and a rough cloth bag will withdraw some money." "You'll stand behind him, if he turns and says "exchange me ten rubles,"" "deliver this." "If he doesn't turn and says nothing, go away in silence." "Don't ask questions." "I hope I don't need to repeat myself." "I'll make everything possible." "Tonight" "I'm going away and I won't return." " The only connection will be you." " Understood." " Is there another exit?" " Over there." "In the bank..." "This is good, this is worth a lot." "Willy, did something happen?" "I see you're agitated." "Yes." "Read." "Following your advice, all our family's assets were put into bristles." "Our warehouses are overcrowded with bristles." "But we don't know what has become of us." "Also the credits that have been put at our disposal have been put into bristles." "My father would want to know when you have the intention of transforming them into gold." "Now we almost hold the monopoly on Russian bristle." " After the war..." " What do you mean, after the war?" "Yes, when Russia will be ours the packages of bristle in your warehouses, like magic, will be transformed into gold." "But for this you must have patience and the courage to take risks." "What do you mean by risks?" "A large commercial enterprise always has risks." "Who is it now?" "May I interrupt you?" "What do you want?" "We received new samples, they're of the finest quality." " They cost more." " How much?" " What do you propose?" " 913 kilos, 315 labels per kilo." " How much the last time?" " 290 labels." "No!" " Let's do 300, take everything." " Yes, sir." "Heinrich!" "If they don't accept, give them what they want." " Why?" " Patience!" "My friend, have patience and you'll become a millionaire," "I know it's not simple." "By the way, your father's last contribution should have arrived 10 days ago," "Sunday, but if I'm not mistaken, today is Tuesday." "Now it can't be permitted, he's asking you for the postponement of a month." "Alright, for you I accept the postponement, but understand me, these operations cost me, too." "But I believe in this deal and I'm going ahead!" "To me personally, not to the firm "Pommer and son,"" "could you make a loan?" "How much do you need?" "Come in." "The supplementary list and the addresses." "A member of the Komsomol, sick, and a couple of Jews." "I'll keep it in mind." "Goodnight." "Then that swine still hasn't been arrested." "It means that I made a mistake." "I made a mistake, it's not Berežnoj who's a traitor, but Astachov." "Astachov and not Berežnoj." "So I can still sing the praises of Berežnoj." "I should think!" "Who's the one you were calling who worked at home, Medvedev?" "Yes, why?" "He was arrested." "Arrested?" "For what?" "He's a loyal and subservient man." "Loyal?" "He's a representative of the soviet spy network." "The "boss," as they say." "What are you saying?" "He was so charming..." "Has he confessed?" "Not yet, but I think we can grill him for a confession." "Swine." "Grill him, grill him." "I wish him the best." "Don't worry about us." "You didn't wait for me?" " Didn't you have to go away?" " It wasn't possible." "Wait, let me start again." "You're going around town in uniform?" "It's none of your business." " Were you in a bank?" " Yes." "Then?" "I saw your man, the new "boss."" " He hasn't gone back on his word to me!" " He hasn't needed to." " Do you have the packet?" " Yes." "You must transfer it immediately, go now." "I can't now." ""I can't" doesn't exist, this is an order." " From who?" " Me." "Are you the "boss"?" "Is that how it works?" "There's no time, get dressed." "Alright." "Do you know Astachov?" "Yes." "Call him, he's coming with us." "Alright." "Comrade Astachov, you can't return home anymore, you'd be arrested." " What happened?" " I'll explain." "We're meeting tomorrow at 3:00 in the square of the Commune." " Why are we here?" " To carry out the sentence." "What sentence?" "You're kidding!" "Before I was kidding, no more of that." "For your treason." "with the right and power that the homeland has given me!" "Waiter!" "The check, only mine!" "I see you're agitated, did something happen again?" "Eckert, you're training your powers of observation." "Perhaps you'd like to lend me your services?" "With pleasure, but it would be hard for me to be of use." "You're right, agents are born." "My father said the same thing about dealers!" "We also need talent in commerce." "But for the agent, something special is required." "A special smell!" "A special nose!" "Special eyes!" "And wickedness." "It's necessary to love your homeland a great deal." "Sentimental!" "There's another reason for which you could never become an agent." "In our environment the sensibility is not acceptable." "You're a good German, but you're a civilian." "You could sit next to the enemy and courteously offer them a drink." "By the way, what will you have to drink?" "No, I can't right now." "Waiter!" "And yet I see you're alarmed about something." "There's a huge event at home." "What?" "The general Kühn has arrived." "And so?" "And he's been named the commander of the front." "Is this good or bad?" "But you know it, who is this Kühn?" "Ruthless even with his best friends!" "After his request the field marshal von Koch was replaced!" "General Richter was fired!" "Surely they'll want more witnesses." "He'll send everyone away, whoever doesn't please him." "That's not all." "He's carried out an operative personnel plan signed by the Führer." "We should wait for exceptional events at the front." "With him or we will carry out a huge leap forward" "or we will be reduced to dust." "It has been interesting to observe them." "On the 21st, his birthday is being celebrated." "Perhaps I could obtain an invitation for you, but it would be very difficult." "I would like that very much." "Heinrich..." "It's an enormous favor." "But I have, once again, empty pockets." "In the next few days I'll naturally pay everything back to you." "Then, I can keep a tab?" "Certainly, whatever you want!" "Today I'll put your name on the guest list." "... One of the strongholds that they protect, the road that leads to the heart of the country." "Today we received joyous news:" "the town has fallen!" "After a brave and bloody battle, a battle in which the resistance of the Bolsheviks was broken, the armies of General Klaus have conquered one of the ramparts of the Russian defense." "For this defeat, the Bolsheviks have ended up in a blind alley!" "To victory!" "To our victory." "Captain, you may approach us." "97," "98... 98," "99..." "And now it'll be 100." "Let's see." "99, Mr. General." "Here you are, your excellency." "Thank you." " Do you hold yourself back from me much?" " I don't think so." "Depends on the business." "Could you give me a light?" "Where do you live?" "On Sevastopolskaja St., 18, inside 2." "Make the key from this mould, you should also reach the department of Chomutov's supporters and contact headquarters from the radio." "Here's the code." "You must return the 25th, we'll reconvene here at 9:00pm." "Berežnoj's body has been found." "And Astachov?" "Disappeared." "Who are you?" "Go away." "I come from Vinniza." "From comrade Aleksej." "The general district has approved the plan of attack towards the south." "Operation removal of the plan is fixed for the 25th." "Send an airplane for that day for the landing of the Chomutovskij department." " Is the key ready?" " Yes." "Give it to me." "Put on this uniform, change your clothes here." "Just upon entering the villa, you'll turn off the lights." " Is that clear?" " Yes." "Wait here, the general is arriving shortly." "Surveillance!" "Don't disturb me!" "Everyone outside!" "Outside!" "What are you doing here?" "General..." "What do you want?" "The last operating plan reveals to me that you want to attack the south!" " Open the safe!" " What?" "Open it!" "The alarm!" " Give me the plan!" " I don't have it with me." "It's in the safe of General von Rummelsburg." "Try to get it from him." "Service official speaking." "Good, I'll tell him." "Rummelsburg knows who'll be here in 15 minutes." "Amusing." " Now what happens?" " What?" " Come with me." " Where?" "Where you'll be of use to me or to the other world." "I'm a soldier, don't try to intimidate me." "Don't make your situation worse, give me the gun." "You won't dare fire, the guards outside would hear you." "Firing would be equivalent to suicide." "You won't do it." "I will do it!" "In your case, that's hard to believe and to understand why the soviets, including children spit at you in the face when they go to the gallows and die screaming:" ""long live the homeland!"" "You will never understand, because you are not capable of it!" "So now you'll come with me." "On your feet!" "Alright." "Get yourself in order and no joking because I'll fire without notice." "Go towards the exit, in the park." "Your insolence pleases me, let's go!" "It's not insolence." " In the car!" " What?" "Another word and I fire!" "Where are you taking me?" "To Moscow." "Why... hello!" "THE END"