Berlin Express Page #6

Are you giving the orders now?

What do you...?

I...

I do not know what you...

No more blunders.

I must be sure of Bernhardt

this time. And sure of myself.

Holzman.

Ah, what courage I see!

Wait, Holzman. Let me tell you.

You need me.

I can be of good service to you.

But never so much as now.

Hey, somebody get me out of here.

Lindley? Ah, Lindley!

Sergeant, get her some help.

Yes, sir.

Some things I thought about you,

I take back. Good work.

I'll take that.

You won't need it any more.

Sind Sie fertig mit den Brotchen?

Anything more? I must get to bed

for tomorrow I may be shot.

Perhaps I can persuade

them to postpone it(?)

Thanks for the party. It is I

who must thank you, all of you.

Not only have you saved my life,

you have saved my mission.

I can see now that it will work.

Maxim, your compartment.

Which one were you assigned?

Six. It is on a communal basis.

I am sharing it with someone else.

What luck,

you're sharing it with a friend.

I wish you a pleasant night, sir.

Good night.

We match for the lower bunk, no?

Good. Heads me, tails you.

You would care

to make it two out of three?

Very well.

Um...good night.

KNOCK AT DOOR:

Lieutenant?

Sorry, but I thought I spotted it.

You know the rule about

carrying firearms.

Yes, but we must consider

the welfare of the doctor.

That's what I've been doing.

What do you think of

an extra guard?

Are you sure that it's necessary?

What I mean, old boy,

is one of us in with him.

What about it?

I wish I'd thought of it.

Since I didn't,

I'm willing to serve.

That is not fair.

We should all take turns.

Then permit me to be first. I have

done less for him than you two.

Perrot. Yes?

We'll relieve you in an hour, OK?

If you wish.

You wish to come in?

Only I, sir.

We thought we should

stay with you. I am first.

If you think it's necessary.

Soll ich Ihr compartment

zurechtmachen?

Kommen Sie spater, bitte.

He spoke German to the steward.

What?

Perrot. He said you were

the only one who spoke German.

So he knows a phrase or two.

Sterling, you want the next watch?

Why did he make a pitch

to be first?

Perrot of all of us. He felt

he hadn't done enough to help him.

He's crazy.

He was with us from the start.

Oh, it doesn't matter.

I prefer it that way.

Keeps one from feeling so...

shut away from the world.

Maxim, will you follow Sterling?

He WAS with us from the start.

Touting us for our every move.

He lied about

not knowing Frankfurt, too.

Then he told us all the nightspots.

And he knew the Raume

was a shambles. There you are.

But I knew that myself.

There's something else.

Something that's been bothering me.

We've been bothered for two days.

The bomb.

Perrot called it a grenade. It was.

How did he know? Who can identify

a bomb they never saw?

He did,

before the army or anyone else.

Maybe we're all tired.

He certainly is.

The last watch for you.

You'd better get some sleep.

Listen...

You'll be as right as rain tomorrow.

Sorry about that, Lucienne.

I'd better stick

to counting calories.

You have become

a citizen of Europe in two days.

Perhaps it was a little fast.

Because we are more

used to the sensation,

it is easier for us to control it.

Sensation?

Of fear, insecurity,

suspicion of everyone, everything.

Maybe I'll grow up to you someday.

I'd like to.

Good night.

Good night, Lindley.

Stop that man.

He tried to kill Bernhardt.

Halt!

'Berlin. Well, not quite.

'Wannsee is as close as you can

bring the Berlin express today.'

Perrot. Is this guy a Frenchman?

No. Name's Holzman.

Genuine product. Made in Germany.

'The city itself

is some 15 miles off

'by way of the Autobahn.

'When you get there, you wonder

how you can call it a city.

'Berlin,

capital of the Third Reich,

'focal point

of the rise and fall of a dictator

'is today a monument of ruins.

'Cities like Hiroshima

have been obliterated.

'But no other city so mighty

as Berlin has fallen so low.

'Less than four years

of wind, rain and sun

'has left a drab, colourless,

dead city in its wake.

'This was one case where justice

'had made the punishment

fit the crime.

'Berlin, capital of a world

'that was to revolve

around the Reich Chancellery,

'around a leader

who stood on a balcony

'and said

it would last for 1,000 years.'

We are going

to see each other again?

We'd better.

You're the only guys I know here.

I know so many people

you'll run out of cigarettes.

What is the way to reach you?

Just keep in touch with the French.

'Here was one of Europe's

most beautiful thoroughfares -

'Unter den Linden

and the Brandenburg Gate.

'A spot shadowed

by the celebrated Hotel Adlon,

'operations suspended right now.

'Close at hand to the Reichstag,

'redecorated

as a monument to the Reich,

'within sight of the towering

trees of the Tiergarten

'that had all been used

as fire wood.

'Here the friends

who had helped change the scenery

'were to take leave of each other.'

Hey, British!

Are you heading for the base?

Sure are. How are things at home?

Same old cork still floating.

I'll be back in a jiffy.

I must say goodbye.

Are you going

to the military government office?

Sure. Want a lift? Thanks a lot.

We guys got to stick together.

You'll see why.

Hey, Corporal. Wait for one minute.

Tovarisch, po kakou pravosti

vy vzyali mashinu polkovnika?

Polkovnik?

Vy razgovarivaytye s nachalstvom.

Vashi bumagi.

It's all right. I can explain.

Thank you. I do not need a defence.

Anything wrong?

Bit of a Soviet block.

Better not get involved.

If these men had not bothered

to get involved,

Dr Bernhardt would not be here

as your official guest.

Did British Intelligence

clear this?

There are two separate commands.

Well, that's one blessing, anyway.

Good luck to you, sir.

Oh, Max.

None of us got off to a good start,

but I give you my word,

I tried to catch up.

I really tried to figure out

what makes you tick, Max.

What makes all of you tick.

We try to understand you.

Why don't you try to understand us?

Here's my address.

You can reach me there any time.

I treat addresses a little better.

Where will you be, Lucienne?

Nowhere for very long.

Don't you see?

There is nothing one can count on.

No-one's address is dependable.

But if ever the world comes of age,

I will see

that you know where to find me.

Ready, mister?

Sometimes I think we shall

never get together on this earth,

until we find

someone on Mars to hate.

Sometimes I wonder

why we keep trying.

Lindley!

Other times I know

why we keep trying.

I know someday we'll make it.

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