The Debt Page #6

VOGEL:

Mmm. But that generally shouldn’t

affect fertility.

RACHEL:

Oh, good.

VOGEL:

You have a slight accent, Frau

Roget. Where are you from?

RACHEL:

Argentina. We just moved here...

A few months ago.

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VOGEL:

Whereabouts in Argentina? Buenos

Aires?

He looks up at her and Rachel instinctively moves her hand

away from the locket. She finds herself nodding.

Vogel looks away again. Rachel bites down on a wave of

panic.

VOGEL (CONT’D)

Oh, Buenos Aires. Beautiful. I

went once, when I was young. We

went to the Opera house I

remember. What’s it called again?

Rachel stares at the light. Beat.

RACHEL:

Teatro Colon.

He turns back to her, holding a swab, the warm smile.

VOGEL:

That’s right. Beautiful. This

might sting a little, dear.

Rachel winces.

VOGEL (CONT’D)

I’m sorry. Now, there’s a couple

of tests we need to run, make

sure there are no problems. Is

that alright?

Rachel nods. He pats her hand.

VOGEL (CONT’D)

Brave girl.

57 EXT. CLINIC - DAY 57

Rachel walks out and finds David waiting, smoking. He takes

her hand and they walk off without speaking.

58 EXT. QUIET STREET - DAY 58

The two turn the corner, out of sight of the clinic. David

glances at her. She looks pale, shaken. He feels a wave of

sudden tenderness for her, opens his mouth to say something

then catches himself.

CLOSE on their hands. After a moment David LETS GO. They

walk on.

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59 INT. BAR - DAY 59

Stephan sits at a table. Rachel and David appear beside him

and join him. There is an awkward silence for a moment.

Stephan sips his coffee.

STEPHAN:

(in German)

So. Everything...?

RACHEL:

(in German, abruptly)

Next appointment is on Wednesday.

She looks at David but he is staring at the table. Like

Stephan he is uncomfortable with the thought of what Rachel

has been through.

She takes his hand. He looks up, surprised, searches her

face...

But then Rachel lets go and walks off towards the toilets.

David looks down at the SILVER LOCKET lying in his palm.

60 EXT. STREET - DAY 60

Stephan walks down the street. A SMARTLY DRESSED MAN walks

towards him, absently jingling his CAR KEYS in his hand.

As he nears Stephan, the man fumbles the keys and they

drop. Stephan dips down to pick them up and hands them back

to the man with a smile.

SMARTLY DRESSED MAN

Vielen dank!

STEPHAN:

Bitte sehr.

The two continue on their way, and we follow the smartly

dressed man, closing in on his hand, in which he now holds

his keys AND THE LOCKET.

We see him tuck it into his jacket pocket as he walks on.

61 EXT. RAILWAY STATION - FOOTBRIDGE - EARLY EVENING 61

The FOOTBRIDGE which crosses over a closed RAILWAY STATION

below. On either side of the bridge runs a barbed wire

topped FENCE. A few PEDESTRIANS cross the bridge in the

early evening gloom, intent on getting home.

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David and Stephan appear, walking over the bridge towards

us. David’s eyes flick to the tracks ahead and below as a

TRAIN begins to thunder by.

Stephan begins to COUNT softly to himself as the train runs

below his feet.

STEPHAN:

One, two, three, four, five,

six...

DAVID (O.S.)

It’s a ghost station...

62 INT. KITCHEN. SAFE-HOUSE - EVENING 62

A hand-drawn plan of a RAILWAY STATION is on the table.

David indicates the tracks on the plan.

DAVID:

West Berlin trains pass through

East Berlin on this track, but

don’t stop.

STEPHAN:

Usually.

He raises a lighter to the cigarette in his mouth.

MATCH CUT TO:

63 EXT. RAILWAY BRIDGE - EVENING 63

As the train disappears into the gloom and Stephan slows to

light his cigarette. Beside him David’s eyes flick to the

STATION PLATFORM in between the tracks below, eerily lit in

the gathering dusk.

DAVID’S P.O.V - several BORDER GUARDS patrol the abandoned

platform.

DAVID (V.O.)

The station’s guarded at all

times...

We’re TRACKING PAST the entrance to stairs leading down

from the bridge onto the platform below. We see it’s been

sealed off with a locked gate. Another BORDER GUARD stands

on the stairs below, staring up at us as we pass...

64 INT. KITCHEN. SAFEHOUSE - EVENING 64

AT KITCHEN TABLE

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David indicates the point on the plan.

DAVID:

...and the stairs to the platform

are sealed off.

65 EXT. RAILWAY BRIDGE - EVENING 65

The two men have walked on past the mid-point of the

bridge. David glances at the far track.

DAVID’S P.O.V - the track runs along the far side of the

platform. On the other side of the track is a barbed-wire

topped WIRE FENCE.

DAVID (V.O.)

Our train driver makes an

unscheduled stop on the near

track.

STEPHAN (V.O.)

The last two carriages will be

around...

66 INT. KITCHEN SAFEHOUSE - EVENING 66

Stephan indicates a point on the track.

STEPHAN:

...here. And they will be empty.

Once that train has stopped, the

guards won’t be able to see this

fence. And on the other side of

the fence is...

67 EXT. THE RAILWAY BRIDGE - EVENING 67

The two men are at the top of the stairs on the other side

of the bridge now. Stephan glances to his right...

STEPHEN’S P.O.V - TRACKING as we descend the stairs. We can

see that on the other side of that high wire fence is a CAR

PARK and a long, low building...

STEPHAN (V.O.)

...a postal depot.

We see that car park is lined with the yellow VANS of

Deutsche Post. Several FEMALE POSTAL WORKERS in dark skirts

and white blouses stand around the car park on their

breaks, smoking and chatting. As we watch one of the vans

trundles out of the OPEN FACTORY GATE.

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STEPHAN (V.O.)

The vans come and go all day

long.

68 INT. KITCHEN. SAFEHOUSE - EVENING 68

David rolls up the plan.

DAVID:

We’re just one more parcel. Once

we’re in West Berlin there’ll be

transport to Templehof airbase

and a private charter.

Stephan stubs out his cigarette.

STEPHAN:

That’s the wrapping. Now all we

need is the present.

Rachel realises both men are looking at her.

69 OMITTED 69

70 OMITTED 70

71 OMITTED 71

72 OMITTED 72

73 INT. LIVING ROOM. BERLIN SAFE HOUSE - EVENING 73

Rachel runs the hem of a partially-made WHITE GARMENT

through a SEWING MACHINE. She finishes and takes it over to

where Stephan stands waiting. It’s unfinished, but a fairly

good approximation of a MEDIC’S WHITE COAT.

RACHEL:

Try this on.

Stephan puts it on. She tugs at the coat, straightens the

unfinished collar, runs her hands down the front to smooth

it out.

RACHEL (CONT’D)

(re:
the coat)

How does it feel?

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