But Miss Sherman... Sarah...
This is preposterous, don't you think?
You must show that they can trust you. Surely, you want to help Michael.
Isn't that so? Not any longer. I want to go back.
The police, the authorities, everybody.
I shall get in terrible trouble. Karl, let me talk to her.
She's adamant. Besides, I don't think the security people...
Oh, the hell with security! You want her cooperation or not?
Give me five minutes with her. After all, she is my girl.
Put that in the past tense.
Be very careful.
Oh, Michael.
Careful, Manfred.
Now, that's everything.
I would have told you before, except I wanted to wait until I got what I needed from Lindt.
Looks like I'm not gonna make it.
So I've got to get to Dr. Koska at the clinic, but you've got to go back into that room.
Now, I'll tell you precisely what information to give to Lindt.
But you've got to act as though I persuaded you to go along with me. You understand?
Oh, Michael!
##
Professor Lindt looks well pleased with himself.
- [Chattering, Indistinct] - That's because he's surrounded with such lovely company.
He seems to have taken to you.
Or was it the information you gave him this afternoon?
Perhaps it was a bit of both.
I was glad you were able to change your mind.
Your little walk with Michael seems to have had its effect.
Well, I had a chance to think things over.
Ah, well, thank you, Manfred.
I was able to combine mathematical logic with romantic inconsistency.
[Chuckles] Just so.
[Armstrong] There's Dr. Koska over there.
I'm gonna grab a dance, all right? [Sarah] Yes.
Good evening, Professor. Hello. May I have a dance?
Oh, yes. Thank you.
Put it here? Yes.
How are you feeling? Oh, I'm feeling fine.
I've been trying to get in touch with you all day.
I've been out of the city. What has happened?
The faculty interrogation this morning? Called off.
For what reason? I don't know.
The, uh, security man, Haupt,
well, he came in and asked me if I'd been to a certain farm.
I told him yes, I'd gone to see some relatives.
And then he asked me if I'd seen Gromek there.
There was nothing I could do. I lied. I said no.
Everything stopped. They cut off the interrogation just like that.
Did they give you any reason? Uh, no.
But then, you see, I began to ask myself,
how did they find out that I had been to a farm?
Well, the taxi driver. Very simple answer.
So, uh, he must have seen Gromek there too.
Was Professor Lindt at the screening?
Oh, yes. And he's inquisitive as hell.
When he found out that he wasn't supposed to question me,
he called up Sarah and asked her to come in.
Now that they know you lied about Gromek,
you're liable to be picked up at any minute.
I've got to get you both out and back to Berlin immediately.
[Sighs] Only to get this far after all these months' work?
I know. It doesn't make any difference now. They are too close.
I know. I suppose you have told Miss Sherman everything.
Well, I had to, finally, this afternoon.
You won't be able to leave tonight. Too many people involved.
It has to be tomorrow morning.
It will take all night to organize things.
Is it that complicated? Yes, it is.
Both of you be in my clinic tomorrow morning,
10:00 punctually, no baggage.
Oh, Sarah, it's no use. It's too late.
## [Ends] [People Applauding]
Don't forget, Mr. Armstrong, 10:00 tomorrow morning.
## ["The Vienna Waltz"]
Ah, Armstrong.
So you're not out trespassing tonight.
We have some very nice farms around here.
[Armstrong] Well, I decided to give it a miss tonight.
Michael, I think Professor Lindt needs a drink.
Yes.
Let us drink the wine...
and discuss the harvest.
Armstrong, I think, Professor, the Vice Rector's waiting.
Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck. Let us have some intelligent conversation.
## [Continues]
"The Vienna Waltz. "
Did I tell you that my sister Emily got knocked down by a tram in Vienna?
## [Singing Along]
## [Singing Continues]
Uh, come on, Karl. What about a dance?
I'm afraid you must excuse me. I'm not a very good dancer.
Rubbish! You cannot refuse such a charming young lady.
I'm afraid you're hooked, Karl. [Chuckles]
Herr Professor Doctor Lindt, you are neglecting your party.
I'm having a party with Armstrong.
Go, go. Get along.
Dance!
## [Continues]
Uh, Professor. What? What?
Well, you must be quite excited with what Miss Sherman told you this afternoon...
about Gamma Five.
[Wheezing Laugh]
I'll tell you, Armstrong. I have a rule:
I never discuss my work when I'm having fun.
And never... Never over a drink.
Well, I suppose she told you...
that we concluded our experiment successfully.
I think I would accept that more readily from the horse's mouth.
Oh, yes, we've built Gamma Five.
Oh, really?
We must get together, and you can tell me about it.
I have too much beard.
I need a shave tomorrow morning...
at Kaninski's Barber Shop.
9:30.
We had a very interesting talk...
about farming.
It's ten after 10:00 already.
I was stupid enough to help him get together with Lindt.
[Ringing]
Koska.
Ja.
They found Gromek's body.
Look.
[Man Speaking In German Over Intercom]
I wonder what happened to our security man.
He must still be in front of the barber shop.
This Gamma Five work of yours sounds interesting.
You're a brilliant young man.
You know, there aren't many of us, Armstrong.
Here. There is where the work is done.
The rest is all mechanics.
You said you made already Gamma Five?
Well, yes. Mind you, we've only done preliminary tests.
Why is that? We had trouble getting money.
But there's nothing the matter with the theory. As far as I'm concerned,
the problem's solved. Solved?
If you solved it, why didn't you publish the results?
Security. Ah! Security.
On the theoretical level, you could've published something.
You mean like you did last year in the East German Journal of Physics?
Oh, you read that paper? Oh, yes.
Then you know that this thing you're talking about...
I happened to have discovered too.
Possibly. I just think our methods were different.
How? How different?
Well, here's my workroom.
All my secrets.
It's probably the most secret room in the whole country,
but, you see, no guards.
I find it nice and familiar. Oh, yes.
Well?
Velocity, right?
[Sighs]
And so.
[Mumbling In German]
You're not going to work with me, Professor, if that is the extent of your knowledge.
Well, I'm not through yet.
I'm afraid, Professor, you have very little to offer.
You know, Professor, I came here because the people...
who allocate money in my country...
weren't intelligent enough to pursue a wholly original concept.
That works.
Ah. Now.
No, no, no. No, no.
Pfft! It will blow up.
Well, we built it, and it works, and it didn't blow up.
Four years ago we tried it at Alma-Ata. It blew up.
Well then, your equipment was faulty.
Your concept was probably wrong too. You misunderstood it.
I? Lindt?
Misunderstood?
Rubbish!
You come to me from the United States, and I...
I don't care if you come from the moon!
I tell you what you say is rubbish!
Look. Look.
[Man] Achtung, Achtung. Professor Armstrong und Miss Sherman...
[Continues In German]
Professor Armstrong and Miss Sherman, you're wanted at once in the Vice Rector's office.
[Lindt Mumbling]
[Mumbling]
Huh? Not so?
What if you took it this way?
And this way?
Oh, no, no, no, no, no!
Go. Learn!
[Mumbling]
- Ah. - Why do you say "ah"?
- Surely there's something missing. - But it works!
In Russia, we built it. It works!
My God. That's brilliant. You jumped a step, didn't you?
Of course it's brilliant. It's genius.
The Russians thought I was crazy. They didn't know I'm Lindt.
[German]
... Professor Armstrong und Miss Sherman...
[Continues In German]
They're asking all the students of this section to search for you.
Why? What have you done?
You told me nothing.
You know nothing.
I forbid you to leave this room!
[Speaking In German]
What does he look like, this Professor Armstrong? Like a professor.
[Speaking In German]
[Students Chattering]
What started that excitement down there? The police have arrived.
They've come for you. Please, we've no time.
Just a minute. I have to get you to the center of the city.
I hope you can ride bicycles. Yes.
It's only a ten-minute ride. Come.
[Chattering Continues]
We're very late, but we can't rush it. Ride slowly.
Just a normal outing.
Remember, you must reach our friends in Berlin before 7:00 tonight.
They say Herr Jacobi can be trusted to get you there. Good luck.
Thank you. Thank you.
[Man] Senor Jacobi.
This way, please.
I am Mr. Jacobi.
[Woman Speaking In German]
[Speaking In German]
She is worried. You are late.
Look, I, uh... I've heard of organization,
but, uh, you mean to say that the bus line is on our side?
This is not a regular bus.
This belongs to our organization.
But we travel the same route as the official Leipzig to Berlin bus.
- But we leave ten minutes ahead of it. - [Woman] You are not German.
- [Speaking In German] - What does it matter? They are friends.
[Motorcycle Approaching]
- Polizei. - [Woman] Police now!
We've never had police before. Twenty times we have made this journey.
- [Speaking In German] - Be calm. Calm.
They are endangering our whole enterprise...
because they are not only foreigners, but foreigners wanted by the police.
Which makes our whole enterprise much more dangerous than it has ever been before.
[Speaking In German]
Who are all these people? They are all friends of our organization.
- Are we all escaping? - Oh, no, miss.
We do not escape. We are all round-trip passengers.
We are members of Pi. We helps others get to Berlin, and then we come home.
But isn't that very dangerous?
For some people it is more dangerous to stay here.
[Driver] Herr Jacobi!
I'm afraid it's a roadblock. Do you have your identity cards?
Good. And don't speak.
[Soldier, Driver Speaking In German]
[Speaking In German]
There. They were looking for the Americans.
We might be stopped again.
Herr Jacobi, what will happen when the real bus will come along?
- What will the police say then? - Relax.
You heard Heinrich tell them they were running an extra bus.
You all right? Yes, so far.
[All Laughing]
Well, she will only have to wait eight minutes for the regular bus.
- We should be ten minutes ahead. - We will make up time.
[Heinrich] Herr Jacobi. [Speaking In German]
Another roadblock.
Bandits. Army deserters.
Is it a holdup? Yes.
They will want money. Jewelry and watches are no good to them.
[Speaking In German]
[Gunshots]
- Soldiers. - [Panicked Chattering]
Got it.
[Speaking In German]
[Laughter]
What's so funny?
Well, it's funny in one way, but perhaps in another way it's not.
You see, the military have decided to give us an escort.
I believe we're under arrest. [Speaking In German]
We have an escort now. They say there have been a number of attacks along this road lately.
Look, we're the ones who are endangering everybody.
Couldn't we just get off now like ordinary passengers?
What would you do in the middle of the countryside like this?
Your next contact is in the city. At least we should try to get you to the outskirts.
My only concern is that now we will have to behave like a regular bus.
How do you mean? As you see, we pick up no passengers.
Now we will have to stop. Even if we don't, the police up front will.
Herr Jacobi.
If the police see that second bus coming, we'll all be arrested. Let me off.
Let me off! Let me off! Let me off the bus!
Fraulein Mann, if you wish, I will let you off the bus,
but you will not say anything to the police.
Heinrich, stop. [Speaking In German] [Horn Honking]
And you, I hope you get caught for giving everybody so much trouble.
[Passengers Chattering]
When we get to Berlin, who's my next contact?
You will go to the Friedrichstrasse post office.
Ask for a man called Albert. I will give you the address.
Herr Jacobi. [Speaking In German]
It looks like we have to stop.
[All Chattering]
[Heinrich Yelling]
My God, we'll never make it.
He says the police have seen the other bus.
We've gotta get off.
[Bus Horn Honking]
[Horn Continues Honking]
You must go now. Quick. Quick.
Don't forget, the Friedrichstrasse post office. Albert.
I wish I had the time to write it down.
Post office, post office. What the hell was it?
It was something "strasse. " Yeah, I know, and a man named Albert.
But, uh, which post office?
We shall have to ask.
Let me. It's safer. All right.
[Speaks In German] Post office?
Uh...
Friedrichstrasse? Yes, Friedrichstrasse!
[Speaking In German]
[Women Arguing]
Excuse me, please. You wish information?
At your service, mademoiselle. You are with that gentleman?
Yes, of course you are. Come, please.
Excuse me, please. I am the Countess Kuchinska.
I am Polish.
Allow me, please, to offer you both a cup of coffee.
- I'm terribly sorry. We're in a hurry. - I know.
We're looking for the Friedrichstrasse post office.
You will take coffee with me, Professor Armstrong.
Come on. There is close to here a... [Speaks In German]
How do you say... coffee house. Come on.
Here we are. Here we are.
Do you have American cigarettes? No, I'm sorry.
Then you must smoke the Russian ones.
You see. Look at these.
Half of it is paper. Just a little bit tobacco in this end.
Disgusting! You wish one?
No, thank you.
Ah.
How exciting to meet you, Professor.
It is not every day one meets a spy.
Oh, please. And his face in all the papers.
But don't look so worried, my darling girl.
You are quite safe with me. I am not "kommunistical. "
[Speaking In German]
It will be undrinkable. Disgusting liquid they call coffee.
It is no good here.
You see,
I came here from Poland.
I wish very much to go to the United States of America.
Unfortunately, it is necessary to have... friends there.
How you say... sponsor.
Do you understand me, my dear girl?
Y- Yes, but...
Is that the best coffee?
[Speaking In German]
And they are all ignorant here.
Now, I am making you a proposition.
You two will promise me to be my sponsors...
for a visa to the United States of America.
In return, I will take you where you wish to go.
Well?
Drink your coffee.
Sponsors?
Yes!
I'm writing to West Berlin...
to American visa office.
All I need is sponsor.
Will you help me?
Please?
You mean the East Germans will be willing to let you go?
Oh, sure.
They don't need an old woman like me.
[Crying]
They let me go if American take me.
But American don't take me...
without... sponsor.
Michael, why don't we?
If we help her... Come on.
All right.
Yeah?
You will be my sponsors?
Good. Oh, thank you, my dear.
I knew you were my friend.
Now, I will give you my address.
You give me... yours.
Oh, good!
Wonderful!
In celebration, I'll pay for the liquid.
Now, I help you.
I'll take you to Friedrichstrasse post office.
[Speaking In German]
How is the name? Who do we want? The name's Albert.
[Speaking In German]
Albert? [Continues In German]
Herr Albert.
Herr Albert?
What does it say? It's a travel agency you have to go to.
Michael!
- Come on! - [Shouting In German]
My sponsors.
My sponsors...
for United States of America.
It must be on the other side of the street.
Hold it.
Well, there's our travel agency.
Come on. [Man Speaking In German]
You picked a bad time to call, Professor. We had company.
It's all right, Sarah. This is... I'm nobody, ma'am.
Just city folk out taking a stroll.
Judging by what happened over there, we should be on the run ourselves.
But we thought we'd better hang around until you turned up.
Was it a raid? Our little organization is used to this.
We'll just have to set up shop someplace else.
So, you got away from the bus all right.
Yeah, but we heard firing. Was anybody hurt?
Hardly a soul. They scattered too well.
One little flesh wound, that's all.
That's a pretty good bunch you got there. What about the bus?
That we don't have anymore.
Michael, that's one piece of business we must attend to as soon as we get back...
if we get back all right.
Thanks. Now, we don't have much time, so listen what the man says.
We're sending you out by sea on an East German boat...
in the costume baskets of a Czech ballet company.
It gives its last performance tonight and goes to Sweden.
Remember, the boat is East German. You won't be safe until you're ashore.
8:00 sharp, I will bring you to the theater.
You will take your seats one minute after the house lights go down.
At first intermission, you'll be taken through the pass door, backstage...
by the baggage master of the company.
He will know you because he has your seat numbers.
Is he one of your men? No, but he wants to defect too,
so we're going to give him a little help.
Here it is.
You'll recognize him. He has red hair which is not his own...
and his name is Hugo, but don't give him that money until after you've landed.
Listen, if we don't get a chance to see you again... You won't, mister.
From the time you reach that theater tonight, you're on your own.
[Speaking In German]
Shall we go?
## [Classical]
[Speaking In German]
## [Continues]
When the... Oh, my God. What?
It's Gerhard. Where?
Back that way.
## [Continues]
- Fire! - [People Screaming]
Michael!
[Speaking In German]
[Man Speaking In German]
[Speaking In German] Good luck.
Swing the crane over here. Over here!
[Speaking In Swedish]
We're Americans. Oh, welcome to Sweden.
Is there someplace we can dry out? We have passports and money.
Come to our office. We always keep a whole stack of blankets for refugees.
But why were they shooting at the baskets? Thought we were inside them.
Could you ask him why he made the last-minute switch? [Speaking In German]
He said he heard the ballerina describing how...
they caught refugees in costume baskets on a previous trip.
He got scared this time because she was watching too closely.
Say, say, hello. Hello!
[Speaking In German]
Oh, Michael. [Laughing]
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