Night Train to Munich Page #4

He is well known for his splendid

technical achievements on our west wall...

as you're no doubt aware.

He will be greatly obliged if

you can give him some assistance.

You'll see him at once? Thank you, sir.

1935, you said. I guess I could

get hold of a copy for you.

Now, Commander Prada, you may

be able to help me more directly.

- You know, I just left the

Siegfried line. - Mm-hmm.

- So Kampfeldt said. How is everything?

- The Krupp's armor plating is the trouble.

Confidentially, that's why I am in Berlin.

Do you realize that the steel used by the

Czechs is better than anything we have got?

Mm-hmm. So I've heard. But surely,

now that we control the Harska works -

Not enough. We let the only man who

counted there slip through our fingers.

- Bomasch.

- Yes. I knew Axel Bomasch personally.

I was present at the first gunnery test

of his G.K. plating. Incredible results.

Where is he? Working for Britain.

But if we can't trace this 1935 report-

One moment, Major. You will be surprised to

hear that Bomasch is no longer in England.

What?

He was brought back to

Germany only a few hours ago.

In fact, he's in this building now.

But this completely alters my plans.

Perhaps you can arrange for

me to see Herr Bomasch at once.

I'm afraid it's impossible.

He's with the controller.

Surely there's no harm in my

asking him a few questions.

It's beyond my province, Major.

I'll pass you on to Captain Viengarten, but

frankly I don't think it will get you any further.

The controller's office is rather

like the kingdom of heaven...

and, if anything, a little more exclusive.

But you are no longer living

in a decadent democracy...

ruled by a pack of raving intellectuals!

This is the Third Reich, and

the fhrer does not tolerate...

stupid, insolent obstinacy!

You have been asked to work for

Germany, Herr Bomasch, and you will.

Can't you leave him alone? You've bullied

and shouted at him ever since we got here!

- He's had no sleep!

- He must agree!

Can I have another word with him, sir?

As you please.

Anna. It's useless for your

father to resist like this.

You must persuade him. You will

both be given reasonable freedom.

Freedom here?

In time, you will see things the way I do...

the way everyone in Germany does.

I'm not a German.

Germany is as much your

country as it is ours now.

We don't hate the Czechs.

We only wish to protect them.

As you're protecting the people of Poland?

You have been too long in Britain,

listening to their smug hypocrisy!

If I listened to hypocrisy in

Britain, it was not from the British.

I was doing my duty...

as a citizen of the Reich

and a subject of the fhrer...

for whose sacred mission

no sacrifice is too great.

That sounds rather like

something you learnt from a book.

For years, you've had this sort of thing drilled

into you until it's all you know or care about!

You're a fanatic with a

set of stupid, fixed ideasl

If you hadn't made me hate you more than

I thought I could possibly hate anybody...

I think I should feel sorry for you.

You have expressed yourself

very clearly, Fraulein Bomasch.

You will be placed in a concentration

camp until your father comes to his senses.

- Must you drag my daughter into this?

- It rests with you, Herr Bomasch.

Hello? What, here?

Very good.

Admiral Hassinger is on his way up.

The Chief of Naval Staff,

Vice Admiral Count Hassinger.

Come in, my dear fellow. Come in.

Strasse, let me present Major

Herzoff of the Corps of Engineers.

I expect you have heard of him.

The man behind the

Siegfried line, eh, Herzoff?

Only one of the men, sir.

The fhrer is responsible for the line

as he is responsible for everything.

Well, what progress?

You remember me, Herr Bomasch. I

did not expect to see you again here.

And you, Fraulein Bomasch.

I see you have not forgotten.

It must be... four years.

Major Herzoff is preparing a highly

confidential report on armor plating.

He has been on several missions to Prague.

- He met Bomasch there.

- Just one moment, sir.

Marsen, conduct Herr Bomasch and

his daughter into the next room.

- Mr. Bomasch.

- Maybe we shall meet again, later.

I thought it unwise to

speak in front of Bomasch.

- So far, we've made no impression on him.

- I do not agree. He looks 10 years older.

My orders are to obtain quick results.

At the Reich, we are rather

inclined to believe...

that the knuckle-duster is

the best diplomatic weapon.

- Do I understand that you question?

- I question nothing. I am an army officer.

Personally, I do not

follow any of this at all.

Bomasch is not the man to be

bullied into cooperation, sir.

Well, what do you suggest?

I knew Fraulein Bomasch in Prague.

She has a great influence with her father and is

the one person who can make him change his mind.

Oh, Marsen here has tried

that, but she refused to listen.

He is largely responsible for

tracing Bomasch in England...

completely outwitting the

British military intelligence.

So, may I express a soldier's admiration...

for one who can carry out his mission under

the very eyes of the enemy secret service?

Thank you, sir.

But if I may say so, I

hardly think the captain...

is a suitable person to influence the lady.

And who do you think would be more suitable?

Why, uh, myself, for instance.

- You?

- Why not?

Herzoff was very friendly

with her in Prague, you know.

A little more than friendly.

You saw the way she looked

at me when I came in.

Oh, yes, of course. Seems to me

you are a bit of a dog, Herzoff.

A technician, Admiral. One does

not talk about these things...

but I think if I were to spend

a few hours alone with her...

I might induce her to reason with her father.

Oh. What do you think about that, Strasse?

I cannot promise, mind you.

Four years is a long time.

It seems to me it is worth attempting.

- After all, the business is urgent, Strasse.

- It is indeed, sir.

You really believe that you could

influence a girl in a matter of hours?

- Shall we say overnight?

- I see.

Knowing Fraulein Bomasch, sir, I

doubt whether even his qualities...

will make any impression on her.

- You aren't acquainted with my qualities.

- Strasse, we'll let him try it.

No harm done if he doesn't succeed.

Leave all the arrangements to me.

This requires a knowledge of

maneuvers. Come along, Herzoff.

You may be right, my dear.

Bennett may be trying to help us.

But why have they brought us to this

hotel, provided you with clothes?

It doesn't make sense to me.

Well, Bennett's behind it, obviously.

He's organized the whole thing.

How?

Well, how did he manage to get into

the German admiralty as a Nazi officer?

But I don't see how he can

get us away from here, Anna.

Oh, Father, don't worry about it.

Perhaps you'd better go to bed now, eh?

We'll find out what it's

all about in the morning.

- Good night.

- Good night.

Good night, my dear.

Come in.

- Fraulein Bomasch?

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