Victor? You're still here?
Yes. I'm sorry. I got so involved, I got lost in these.
And all sorts of thoughts have been tumbling about,
- my own experiences... - Of course.
I don't know why. Because this is all about the Germans.
But sometimes, things come rushing back.
Yes, they must. I understand.
I do realize you went through a great deal in the war --
No. No, no, no. We don't need to talk about it. Just checking.
Mm. Can't really tell.
I've made such a terrible mess here, but the good news
is this room wasn't at all tidy in the first place.
I hope you don't mind me saying that.
No, you're probably right. I spend so little time here.
With your permission,
I'm going to take some of these files home --
quite a lot, in fact --
because they'll never, ever find them in my room.
- It's so busy here now. - All due to us, of course.
And now we have a surprise for you, Callum.
We're opening all of this up again.
They shut it as soon as the war ended.
Oh, God, I love this place.
I can escape from all my colleagues here
and from anybody sent to watch me.
We both escape here.
We're going to test the engine right here.
Yes. And after the test has gone well,
we're going to get all the senior people here.
What, all the top brass coming here?
That's a marvelous idea.
You can book me the best seats in the house!
- This all looks tremendous. - Thank you.
Can I have a word?
About the other night -- Everything's been taken care of.
- Completely. - Completely?
Yes, completely.
Come on, you two. Why shouldn't you be part of it?
Ah. So I managed to coax you back.
I didn't need much coaxing.
A fashion show -- I wasn't going to miss that.
It's so wonderful to be home.
And it's wonderful to see you, my dear.
What are you working on? Or is it secret?
It is secret, but I haven't written it yet.
It's to help me find out something,
but I don't want to get anybody into trouble.
They can't hold the show now, surely.
My fingers may freeze to the piano, but we'll do our best.
I realize how cold you all are.
Today, of all days, the heating has decided to break down,
but we're going to fix it -- I promise you.
We're not going to let some bloody boiler defeat us.
Now, of course, I'm going to take this off.
And I won't be putting it back on again until after the show.
No, please don't, Miss.
I hope you don't mind me saying this,
but it's important that we can all see you.
It'll help us get through it.
Ah, there you are. I've brought something for you.
It's a version of the letter we talked about.
See what you think. Don't send it.
Oh, of course not. Thank you.
Harold, you're not so interested in fashion
I couldn't steal you for a moment, could I?
I just want to introduce you to someone.
It's the perfume lady -- the one with the secret.
Here we are, Frau Bellinghausen. I've a tea companion for you.
Have you, indeed? Somebody who doesn't mind missing the show?
Oh, I had much rather be here. Harold Lindsay-Jones.
You're a friend of Captain Ferguson?
I am.
There are two brothers, both exceptional people, in a way.
Callum must be a very exciting person to do business with.
Am I doing business with him?
I believe you are about to, yes.
I hope you're not too clever, Mr. Lindsay-Jones,
for me to have tea with.
It's even colder out here, honey. Go back inside.
This is crazy. It's freezing.
I am going to get the heating working myself.
So, they really are having a fashion show down there?
How strange that seems at the moment.
Yes.
But a bit of color, a bit of fun --
how much people need that.
It must break your heart, what has happened to this city,
seeing it after such a time.
I can't bear to look at it.
The devastation, the horrible wrecked buildings.
We both, I'm sure, remember how it was before the first war.
Oh, yes.
How beautiful it was.
Nobody ever believes me when I say London was truly beautiful.
In autumn, especially.
Yes.
So incredibly lovely in autumn.
And now I hardly recognize it.
Great clothes, aren't they?
Bit of excitement. Bit of fun. Oh, we all need that, don't we?
Been miserable for too long.
Come on, everybody!
Bravo!
You have got to see this.
I have to tell Callum.
Not right away, Victor. That's not the best thing to do,
- not before we've -- - No. No, I have got to tell him!
Victor, what are you doing here? You're not supposed to be here.
- You've been lied to. - I couldn't stop him doing this.
Look. Look, read it!
Your German worked with V-2 rockets.
He worked with slave labor. He was in charge.
Many people died! People were executed!
He has lied to you all the time about everything!
I don't believe you.
All right? I don't care what this says. I don't believe you.
No, you don't want to believe it.
You always have to do this, don't you, Victor?
You always have to bring chaos wherever you go.
You can't stop yourself, can you?!
Well, you're not going to this time.
I'm not going to let you do that.
Victor...
I have a message from your brother.
He says go home.
- Yes, well, I'm not going home. - Look, come with me.
Victor, we'll go somewhere quiet and I promise you we'll find out
what Callum plans to do about what's in those files.
I'll make sure he leaves the hotel.
Captain Ferguson wants to know how you got hold of the file.
We pulled it out of the rubbish.
Yes, we stuck our hands right into the shit and grabbed them.
Not just one. We got 'em all.
Don't worry. They are perfectly safe.
They are all in my flat.
Attention! Come on, everybody!
There is a surprise waiting for you downstairs.
Well, I don't know how I feel about the surprise,
but you better come.
Come on. Come on! Come on! You know you're curious.
You were at Peenemuende. And you were at Nordhausen.
I was, yes.
And you worked on the V-2 rocket program at the Mittelwerk plant.
You lied to me.
I didn't tell the truth, no.
I could say of course I didn't lie to you, Callum,
because you'll never ask me about what I did in the war.
It was Miss Griffiths. If I had told the truth then,
I knew there was a good chance of being arrested,
of being separated from my daughter,
maybe even not seeing her again.
- So of course I denied it. - And?
And that is it.
The statement from the witness here, Callum, is not true.
It's not true about me, anyway.
Who knows where it came from? But what a present!
It's going to put me out of a job.
I won't to be able to compete with you, honey, will I?
You were aware of the conditions of the workforce?
The slave labor from Buchenwald concentration camp?
The executions of those accused of sabotage,
the beatings, the hangings?
People starving to death?
Of course some of these things went on.
The conditions were appalling.
I am not going to sit here and deny that.
But I was never involved in ordering executions...
or ever witnessed any
or knew anyone who was carrying them out.
And that is the truth.
Then why were you named in this statement, then, from a witness?
That you ordered some executions?
I was very well known in Germany by then,
famous as the jet-plane man.
Just like Wernher von Braun was the rocket man.
Everybody working on that site knew about us.
So people assumed that everything that happened
was done in our name, was what we wanted.
But, I say again, this was not true in my case.
I was, in fact, at Nordhausen for only three months.
I was working in an office on the edge of the site,
and I did not order anybody to be killed.
I absolutely did not.
I think somebody wants you.
Go and deal with it, Ringwood.
I realize you don't believe me.
It doesn't matter what I believe.
The government will protect you from any danger of prosecution.
So you don't believe me?
Did I say that?
Go and be with your daughter.
Frau Bellinghausen?
So, where is my normal policeman?
Captain Ferguson
is extraordinarily busy at the moment.
"Extraordinarily busy"?
I've not known him be that before.
So my business will have to wait?
Just right at this moment, it has to wait.
You can tell him I want to make progress now.
That might encourage him to find the time for me.
Can't just stand there, Callum. You've got to dance!
You see how unnecessary my music is?!
Look at this!
I wish you hadn't told them they were here.
Why on earth did you do that?
I had to. We stole them, Victor.
We didn't steal them. We rescued them.
It's their property, though.
If any good is going to come of this,
I have to cooperate with them.
My brother's not going to waste any time.
He's going to come after them tonight.
Not tonight. He knows he doesn't need to do that.
♪ Rejoice, rejoice ♪
Have you come to wish me a happy Christmas, Ferguson?
Quite the opposite, sir.
I had no idea about any of this.
Otherwise, I would have told you. Naturally.
- Oh, I know that you would, sir. - Of course,
this makes no difference to his work for us.
He has to finish it. Do you want to stop now?
It would be a complete bloody nuisance if you did.
Is that why you've come to spoil my Christmas party?
To tell me that?
No, that's not what I'm saying. Not yet.
We need to move him right now as a matter of urgency.
We can't run the risk of him bolting to the Americans
because he thinks we don't believe him.
- Do you believe him? - Maybe. I'm not sure yet.
We'll see.
He can live in the research facility.
We can keep him under constant surveillance easier there.
He'll have to have his daughter with him.
She'll need to be driven into London to school every morning.
This is Ferguson's plan, is it?
Yes.
- And there's more. - More?
We need to run a check in Germany on what he really did
- during the war. - Why?
Because we should know the facts, shouldn't we, sir?
Something might happen, and it's important that we know.
And we have two further problems.
My brother and Miss Griffiths.
Oh, for fuck's sake. She's not still around, is she?
Well, I have a plan for that, too.
For both of them, in fact.
Army! Army! Army!
What on earth is it?!
We authorized to search this house.
I told you!
- Who sent you?! - Callum did, of course!
Don't take them yet! Not till my brother gets here!
I'm telling you, don't --
You don't need to do that! For Christ's sake!
Is that really necessary?!
I'm going to get shot, am I,
for fishing things out of the rubbish?!
All right, princess.
What's our next selection?
One day, there will be one of mine in there.
I always knew that sooner or later I'd get arrested again.
But I didn't think it'd be by my own brother.
All right, let him go. Let him go!
Aah!
You've made things very difficult, Victor.
I want to see you at the hotel at 3:00 tomorrow afternoon --
without fail.
That's an order, is it?
I'm not sure you can give me orders, can you?
Miss Griffiths,
you have no more of our files in this house, have you?
Or anywhere else, for that matter?
I have not, no.
And, I have to say,
sending all these men to get them is totally ridiculous!
What's going to happen to them now?
Captain Ferguson... I think it would be a good idea
if we met to discuss what's happened.
That won't be necessary.
But you will be hearing from me.
I have a surprise for you.
She has been allowed to keep
all the clothes from the fashion show.
You have so much luggage, Lotte.
It's like a princess arriving.
This is where it's going to happen, Lotte.
We're going to test the engine and break the sound barrier.
If we're allowed to get that far.
We will get that far.
Ohh!
Darling!
I ran.
Out of the office, into a taxi, up the stairs.
Suddenly, I had an hour or so to spare.
I saw a chance to see you in daylight for once.
- That's a lovely surprise. - It's madness, isn't it?
That I have so little time at the moment?
It is mad, yes.
And I just wanted to make sure that you were okay,
that you were happy.
- That I was happy? - Yes.
Well, o-of course I'm happy.
Are you? Good.
I was so proud of you at the fashion show and everything.
You must do more.
You went behind my back, and you stole those files.
No. They weren't yours anymore. You threw them away.
I was ordered to do that.
Well, you don't usually do everything you're ordered to.
Come with me.
You going to put me in chains?
In a way.
The hotel lost property.
Things left behind or things damaged during the war.
No one's had a chance to sort it.
So that's what you're going to do.
- Am I? - Yes.
See, everything's all muddled up.
You can start by putting together
anything that belongs together.
That's what you're good at, Victor.
You wanted a job here, after all,
and you're going to get paid.
- Do I have a choice? - You have no choice, no.
I have to somehow stop them locking you up.
This way, I can keep a close eye on you.
- When do I start? - Now.
Right. I have an appointment to go to.
But I will be back.
Am I in the right place?
You're in the perfect place.
By the Nazi's suite.
How more romantic could you get?
Oh, well, I have a surprise for you.
Goodness.
Well, that is an improvement.
Did you get your staff to do it?
No.
Believe it or not, I did it all myself.
Well, most of it, anyway.
Now it's our own private withdrawing room.
Sir!
- I'm so sorry, sir. - Yes, Ringwood?
It's her again.
Oh, of course, it is. It's always her.
I'm so sorry. I won't be a moment.
Mrs. Lombard here was just having a look
at some of the suites in the hotel.
She has some friends coming over from America very shortly.
Please, take all the time you want.
You have been extremely neglectful, Mr. Ferguson.
I have, and I apologize.
You're not going to make an excuse?
No. I have a very good excuse, but I won't trouble you with it.
That's a good decision.
You did arrange a very satisfactory tea companion
for me, I have to admit, so I forgive you.
Now, the moment has come, I think, when we have to explore
whether you and I can really do business.
We can't put it off anymore.
Oh, you are absolutely right, and we must do that.
But not today, unfortunately.
You're too busy again?
Today, yes, I am.
Well, we will have many days of negotiation.
So I was not intending to start today.
But I suggest you get less busy again very quickly.
And I Will.
I-I couldn't borrow two of those, could I?
This is a very lovely smell.
- Good. - Thank you.
The only problem is he saw us here, your Mr. Ringwood.
Now the whole hotel will know about us
and our "private" withdrawing room.
No, they won't.
And besides,
everybody here believes exactly what I tell them.
That's not true.
Well, I don't, for a start.
For a few weeks, at least, we can have everything we want.
Can we?
Alex came rushing back from work at lunchtime today.
It's the first time he's done that.
I don't think he knows, though.
Do you think he does?
I'm not sure.
The funny thing is, he keeps encouraging me to do more here.
Well, then, you must.
I bet...
we get interrupted.
Nobody's listening this time?
Absolutely not.
Victor?
Victor?!
Don't panic. I'm still here.
You haven't made much of a start.
All right. Look, you can go now.
Are you really going to keep me caged up in here every day?
You're not caged.
What if I don't turn up one morning?
Well, you will, because you know this is a good idea.
This way, everything can work, Victor,
including me finding out about Dieter,
and... I can keep you informed.
You bet you will.
Are you going to help that funny chap Harold
find his secret file, by the way?
I am, as it happens. And I've worked out how to do it.
Oh. Tell me.
I'm going to use Dieter's name.
It's obvious. It gives me access to everything.
I'm not going to waste time writing some stupid letter.
I'm just going to go straight
- to the Foreign Office. Yes. - No. No.
I'm going to say that Dieter told me
that he first came to England before the war
to discuss cooperating on a commercial jetliner.
And because of the political ramifications,
there was a meeting at the Foreign Office about it.
No, no. Don't. Don't do it, Callum.
And of course it happened on the same week
as the meeting that Harold is interested in.
But I can't be sure of the exact day.
So I'm going to say I need to see all the files for that week.
No. No, no. It -- It is madness, okay?
They will trace it straight back to you.
What, a man from T-Force asking about aeroplanes?
They couldn't be less interested in that.
You think you can get away with absolutely anything
at the moment, don't you?
I think I can make Dieter finish his work, certainly,
and I can help Harold expose
the bastards that missed such a golden chance,
and of course I can keep you out of jail.
I think I can do that, yes.
My contact over there
says he's refusing to speak to anyone at all.
But at least he's still in prison...
and not looking that happy about it.
Yes, but unless we can get some witnesses to give evidence
at his trial, he may well get off.
And, of course, most of the witnesses are dead.
Is this a present, Callum?
In a way, yes.
A feminine scent.
Little unusual for a gift, perhaps, but very kind.
I like Victor's library, especially the stained glass.
He has definitely a gift for organization.
Your brother is a talent.
If only he could find a way to use it that makes him happy.
I know.
I would like to propose a deal to you, Harold.
A deal? That sounds intriguing.
I will get your top-secret file for you.
How? With the letter I suggested?
We still need to find a way to protect you, in that case.
Oh, don't worry. I think I know how to do it.
But you must discuss it with me first.
Of course.
And in exchange for me getting it,
I need you to spend time with the perfume lady.
I wasn't expecting that.
Distract her. Keep her occupied.
And if by any chance you manage
to get the formula out of her for this bloody scent...
that would save me an awful lot of work.
Start unloading.
Which one of you is Miss Griffiths?
That's me.
This certainly is a surprise.
Good Lord. Captain Ferguson has arranged for us
to stay in this office for a few more months.
Why has he done that?
I sent a telegram.
Captain Ferguson, T-Force. I believe I'm expected.
I've requested to see some files from a particular week in 1938.
It's a rather urgent matter...
for those of us who love aeroplanes.
Callum gave me this bottle of perfume.
Oh, one of them was for you, was it?
It is a delightful smell.
It is.
Do you want to know what's in it? How it's made?
I would be fascinated to hear.
I'm certain you would. Why don't you try to guess?
Orange, possibly.
- Peach? - No, no, no.
No peach or orange.
Let me give you a little help.
Eau de Cologne, for instance, contains, amongst other things,
lemon, tangerine, lime, grapefruit, lavender, rosemary,
jasmine, and tobacco.
None of those are in there.
You know,
it's sad Captain Ferguson sent you to do his work for him.
We'll have to keep jam jars on our desks at all times,
clearly.
So, why do you think we've been sent these now?
To keep us occupied, I guess.
- To get us off their backs. - Exactly.
And no doubt they've sifted through them for anything
that might get in the way of their work.
Yes. Maybe they've removed everything of interest.
But you never know.
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be here.
But the meeting definitely did take place on this week.
I-I couldn't have a look at Saturday's file, could I?
Saturday?
There are very few meetings ever held here on a Saturday.
Please. It is rather important.
Don't worry. I-I won't go anywhere.
Any luck?
There were no meetings on that Saturday.
So, what is going to happen here?
You're going to change everything?
People spouting poetry?
Hopefully not spouting.
But I thought I could try something different here
once a week, take a risk.
And you'll be part of it, Eva, please?
I will. Good.
But they'll be fighting for the exit.
There will be a stampede to get out of here, you know.
Almost certainly.
Hello, Victor. I'd heard you were sorting this stuff out.
- You all right? - Yes.
I'm honored to have a visitor here... especially you.
I rarely see anyone.
I was told there was an old chandelier somewhere here,
and I just wanted to take a look at it.
I'm planning a sort of gala event in the basement.
Oh.
It's over there. It is rather beautiful.
Mm.
You sure you're all right?
It must be really difficult, being down here on your own.
No. No, no, I-I can do this job.
It's sometimes I... have these memories,
when it comes back -- the fighting.
I'm sure everybody has them. It's nothing special.
But I was caught up in the merry show at Monte Cassino,
which was quite a battle, and sometimes it...
Nothing.
I-It's gone, for the moment.
Callum has them, too, though,
- you know. - Does he?
I'm sure he'll tell you one day. And so will I.
But right now I have this... vital job to do, as you can see.
Extraordinary. It's all here, yes --
the plan to overthrow Hitler before the war.
- Did you read it? - I didn't, no.
I-I wanted to. I just didn't think I should until --
Quite right. Thank you.
And you really got it
just by strolling into the Foreign Office
with that ridiculous story about aeroplanes?
I did.
I wish you hadn't done that. I told you to wait, didn't I?
I told you to wait and to discuss it with me.
And you promised to do that.
Well, I saw a chance to get it, and so I decided to do it.
You shouldn't have done that, Callum!
That was completely irresponsible!
And reckless! And stupid! Why on earth did you do it?!
You wanted the file, and so I got it for you.
I don't know why you're so angry.
I mean, it's my neck on the line, not yours.
Exactly! And that's what worries me!
I can't bear to think of the appalling trouble
you could get into because of this!
I couldn't forgive myself!
That is not going to happen, Harold.
I'm absolutely certain.
I never thought...
You'd ever see me on my hands and knees, painting?
Exactly.
I could have sent someone to do that for you.
Would that be somebody from the army or the hotel?
Or do you run both now?
I can paint a backdrop myself, for Christ's sake.
Which may or may not change, depending upon how I feel.
Don't look at me. It's going to be for you.
What?
No, it won't. Well, it can't be.
- It always is, Callum. - Oh, it won't be!
Hello?
I have a call for Captain Ferguson.
Captain Ferguson?
I've found somebody I want in the files you gave me.
Oh, good. I'm glad they were of use.
Yes, they were.
And thank you.
She's called Birgit Mentz. She worked with Kleinow.
They interrogated many of our agents together
and tortured them... before they were executed.
She is therefore a crucial witness.
You're holding her at a place in Colchester.
No, no, no, no. That's not us. That will be MI19.
So, there's nothing you can do, then?
Did I say that? How about this?
I get her brought to London so that you can take a look at her.
Will they let you do that?
If she is proving not much use to anybody,
I expect they will.
Frulein Mentz?
I'm Kathy Griffiths.
I realize you've only been here in London for a few hours,
but they are treating you all right, are they?
I would try to say it in German,
but I know that you speak good English.
I have come to see you
because I have a proposition to put to you.
Lotte.
Not sure you should be here. This is a restricted area now.
But I am sure we can make an exception for you.
Come on. I'll show you 'round.
It's changed a lot, hasn't it?
Of course, you know your father is a genius.
- Who is a genius? - You are a genius.
He knows it of course,
but he likes to have it said at least once a day.
At least.
Komm, Lotte.
How did that go?
Not well.
She wouldn't talk to me or even look at me, really.
Thank you for getting her here, though.
Oh, there's no need to keep thanking me.
You won't get anything out of her locked up in this place.
She's not going to agree to give evidence like this.
You have to get to know her. Take her for a night out.
Take her out?
Yes, for a drink, a night on the town.
That's a ridiculous idea. It'd be a total disaster.
You have to take a chance. Is this what I do, or not?
What if I lost her? What if she ran away?
Bring her to the hotel. And buy her some new clothes.
I brought you a drink.
Thanks. Feeling guilty, are you?
- About what? - Keeping me guarded like this.
Punishing me for finding the file about Dieter.
I'm not punishing you, Victor.
And it seems like it's going rather well.
I'm working for you, really.
Since you're running the hotel now.
By the way, I've given the files
that you pulled out of the rubbish back to Miss Griffiths.
Turns out, they're proving rather useful.
Seems what you did paid off, after all.
Good evening, Kathy.
You looking forward to this?
Not exactly.
Feels very strange, taking her out.
I thought it might.
So Julia here is kindly going to lend a hand.
Hello. It's bloody freezing, isn't it?
I shouldn't be wearing this. As always.
I thought it might be easier with the two of you,
not just you alone.
So you're not going to be here? Even in the beginning?
No, I can't. I have an engagement.
Don't worry. Julia has been thoroughly briefed.
Besides, you'll -- you'll get on much better without me.
Well, thank you for being here.
God knows what's going to happen.
Yes, well, we'll just plunge in.
I'm not sure there's a good way of doing this.
Callum seems to think I have a talent for entertaining Nazis.
Here she is.
Welcome to the Connington Hotel, Frulein Mentz,
where nowadays everybody has a good time.
They've got the heating on full blast,
and it's making no difference at all.
I'm so glad you agreed to this meal.
Of course, I'd agree.
I must apologize for my extraordinary outburst.
You managed to take me completely by surprise.
No, no, no, no. I'm -- I'm sorry.
It's just my favorite way of working.
Always seems to get me results.
So...
it was really useful, was it, the document?
It's dynamite. Everything is there --
the people that turned down the chance,
or at least the very real possibility,
of getting rid of Hitler in 1938.
If that military coup had actually happened...
There might not have been a war.
Exactly.
They're all named,
those that were present at that crucial meeting...
and the evidence they were given.
It absolutely confirms
that these German generals who were going to launch the coup --
the only thing they wanted
was for us to announce that we'd definitely go to war
if Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia.
That's all they required to trigger the coup.
Because they felt
the German people had no appetite for war at that moment
and therefore they could justify their action.
So, are you going to make this all public?
Yes. But how I do it needs very careful thought.
The best chance I have, I think,
is at a Foreign Office dinner they are giving in my honor.
If I can reveal it suddenly,
in a seemingly spontaneous way in my speech,
then the information
could have come from any number of people, couldn't it?
Yes.
And I have a journalist friend I trust
who I will make sure is there that night to hear it.
I love the idea of shaming those responsible,
putting a bomb under them,
not letting the guilty men get away with it.
You could cause a sensation, Harold.
A sensation would be good, even a small one.
I'm pretty sure I've never caused one before.
Do you like the movies, Frulein Mentz?
A little.
I haven't been to one in a long time, of course.
Well, we should try and do something about that.
I'm in the movies.
Well, after a fashion. I've just did my first one.
But I had my own dressing room.
Very thin walls.
I could hear everything the actress did next door,
including having sex very loudly during nearly every lunch break.
Made me quite jealous.
Awful, isn't it? But I admit it.
During the war, I had so many lovers.
Much harder now, of course.
Come on, Mr. Ferguson. You've no business in there.
Marvelous, aren't they?
Thank God seafood isn't rationed.
And, of course, you have every excuse
to gorge yourself tonight -- the plan.
But you know I would never do anything that will endanger you
- in any way. - Of course. I know that.
I hope it's obvious.
I have grown very fond of you and your brother.
You both have such energy. And anger, too, of course.
Well, rage, more like.
Hopefully not rage. That could get one into serious trouble.
You know, the strange thing about me, Callum --
and I would never say this to anyone else
because it can be misinterpreted --
but I have a great capacity for love.
For parental love, in particular,
if one is allowed to say that about one's self.
Of course one is.
I have no children, as you know,
but there is Lucy, thank goodness, my brother's child.
He and his wife were killed in the war.
We came off very badly as a family.
My wife, too, of course. Three deaths.
So, I have this... talent for loving people
and the need to use it.
I have never told anybody that.
I'm glad you've told me.
Men betray us, don't they?
- Do they? - Always.
They do. And they get away with it nearly every time.
Because they think we're not going to do anything about it.
Something will always stop us.
But it doesn't need to.
I have to go now.
Well, that was a bit clumsy, wasn't it?
I was a bit loud.
I didn't really get her to say anything at all.
No, you did brilliantly. Thank you.
Well, good preparation for me, at least.
I'm going on tour tomorrow up north,
to do a funny old play called "Daggers Drawn."
I play a murderess.
My God. Fog now? Ice and fog.
What more can they throw at us tonight?
We'll never get a cab, Callum.
Oh, yes, we will.
You're forgetting how competitive I am.
Come on. Let's get ahead of this lot.
Harold?
Harold! Harold!
- What's happened? - Get me home...
What's happened?!
Taxi!
Can you move?
Taxi! Taxi!
Stop! Stop!
Get the hell out of the way! I'm booked, mate!
No, you're fucking not! This is an emergency!
Can you move? Harold, nod if you can move.
Up you go. Up we go. That's it.
To the hospital!
Just take me home. It's the oysters -- bloody oysters.
I thought you were dying, Harold,
that you'd had a heart attack.
Or the, uh, the Intelligence Service
had poisoned you because of your plan.
You would think that. It's because you're one of them.
It was the oysters.
I overindulged massively.
Thank you... for being so good to me.
Oh, don't be stupid.
I-I promise I'm not going to conk out yet, not a bit of it.
I've got so much to do -- both of us have.
So, we're getting closer to the big day,
as you can see.
First we do a test for ourselves, of course.
Well, we've been getting "close" for quite a while now.
What are we talking about? When can we see something?
Uh, a few weeks. A couple of months.
A couple of months?
You're getting impatient now, Callum, are you?
A little, yes. I need results as much as anybody.
Yes, of course.
And now I have something else, very special,
to tell you, Callum.
Before I tell you, I need to know something.
Callum, do you believe me? About my work at Nordhausen?
I'm doing my best to believe you.
I hope you check the facts in any way you can.
We are. In Germany.
But I haven't received any information back yet.
Then hurry them up.
The reason it's so important to me you believe me
is I like to think we're almost friends.
If there is such a thing as "almost friends."
Well, I'm not sure that there is.
It doesn't matter.
We are friends.
Good.
So I can tell you.
Nobody must know this. It's a total secret.
But I'm getting married.
- Married?! - Yes, married.
We haven't told anybody so far. Not even Lotte knows yet.
Well, I knew you two liked each other, but marriage?
- That is a-a surprise, Dieter. - Oh, no!
Excuse me, Callum, not her. I'm not marrying her.
As much as I like her.
Well, then, who the hell are you marrying, Dieter?
Doesn't she look enchanting?
She does.
My friend, another thing I haven't told anybody,
except her of course --
...I love her so much.
It's the most amazing feeling.
It's still a secret, of course.
I will tell Lotte nearer the time.
Oh. Come to help, you two?
Not before time. We open in two hours.
The big question is, will anybody show up?
So, I want to welcome you all here.
Thank you.
I've never made a speech after a drum roll before.
I've hardly ever made a speech at all.
But I wanted to say a few words
about the purpose of this evening,
and I sincerely hope that it won't be the last one.
It is a mixture of music and poetry --
some of it old, a lot of it new.
It is, if you like,
like jazz and classical all muddled up together.
There are no boundaries here, no categories.
But to make you feel at home,
we're going to start with the familiar.
So, please, welcome the wonderful Eva and her musicians.
But with something new! Hang on, everybody!
Now, I'm doing this
because I know how terrifying it is reading in public.
I am, in fact, terrified,
because I don't usually make a habit of doing this --
performing.
But I know if I do it, however badly,
others of you will come up and read your poetry to us.
Now, I'm not a poet myself, of course,
but I would like to read a poem
by a fellow American, Emily Dickinson,
who is not nearly as well known in London as she should be,
in my opinion.
"I taste a liquor never brewed,
from tankards scooped in pearl.
Not all the vats upon the Rhine
yield such an alcohol.
Inebriate of air am I
and debauchee of dew...
...reeling, through endless summer days...
...from inns of molten blue...
Victor. What are you doing here?
That's not much of a greeting.
I-I need to talk to you urgently.
Can you wait outside?
Victor, I only have a second.
Yes, now, I-I have to tell you this,
because it is very important.
I've got some more files. I buried some in the garden.
You buried some in the garden?
Yes, now, I've just dug them up,
So I haven't had a real chance to read them yet,
but I think there may be
some really good, new information there.
And I thought that we should go through them together.
Well, we're a team now, aren't we?
And it works best together, so...
Victor, I can't at the moment.
Y-You're too busy for that?
No, you can't be.
I-I have made an important contact.
Callum helped me meet her. She worked with Kleinow.
I'm seeing if there's anything I can do
to get her to give evidence at his trial.
I'm spending some time with her.
I see.
Taking her out in the evening, are you, for a few drinks?
Giving those Nazis a whale of a time?
Everybody's doing it now, aren't they?
- You and Callum -- - Yes, I'm using his methods,
because they might just work.
Listen, Victor, I really appreciate your wanting to help,
but I have everything I need right now. I must go.
So you just don't want the files?
Yes? That's what you're saying? You're not interested?
I'm not saying that, of course. But, Victor, I have to go.
I don't want any trouble, please.
It's the last thing I need tonight.
Oh, so I've become trouble now, have I? Hmm?
That's so easy to say about me, isn't it?
No. No.
Victor, I have to go.
"The Winter Cottage."
"Dead shore that lies beyond the cottage walls,
crunching under my feet in moonlight, scaly cold."
I'm going to be very bold, Frau Bellinghausen.
Bold? Do you think that's a good idea?
Probably not,
and this may be the last conversation we ever have.
But I'm going to suggest you leave this room tonight
and sample a little of what's happening.
Go downstairs? To see this event?
I couldn't possibly do that.
I find it so difficult to be with other people at the moment,
in a crowd of any sort.
You won't need to go downstairs.
You're almost there.
Goodness! Is this for me?
Yes. I had it prepared this evening.
And now for an aria by Handel, accompanied by Jack here,
who usually plays jazz trumpet, as you've seen,
and he has never done this before --
two sides of music coming together.
This is a surprise.
That's Handel.
A German in London.
And I was an Englishwoman in Germany.
Yes.
The trumpet playing is marvelous, isn't it?
Yes.
Music is such a strong force, isn't it?
Provokes such thoughts inside one.
Go. Go. Go down there, please.
Don't miss it all because of me. That would be ridiculous.
I don't have to leave yet.
Please. I have my own waiter and everything.
What luxury.
Oh!
Just thought I'd drop by to say hello.
Mr. Ferguson. Your brother is not here.
No, no, I can see that.
I thought I'd show you I can get back into this hotel
without anybody at all noticing.
And I also thought
that it was time to tell the world about what's going on --
how we're giving Nazis a night out on the town
and lovely new lives if we think they're worth it.
I'm pretty sure people would be very interested
to hear about that, don't you?
I thought I'd show you I can get back into this hotel
without anybody at all noticing.
And I also thought
that it was time to tell the world about what's going on --
how we're giving Nazis a night out on the town
and lovely new lives if we think they're worth it.
I'm pretty sure people would be very interested
to hear about that, don't you?
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