The Good German Page #5

in a safe house.

Of course he is. The Russians

want them worse than we do.

-They're kidnapping them.

-Not from the Russians...

... you dumb f***ing cheesehead,

he's hiding him from you.

They built the rockets

in concentration camps.

Slave labor. Bettmann ran it.

I don't wanna call

your girlfriend a liar.

Let's just say I've met 12 people

who swear on their mother...

... they can deliver me Adolf Hitler

if I'll cut them a deal.

Her husband was Bettmann's secretary.

I've seen the notebooks.

Be honest with yourself

for a change, Jake.

Has anything good happened

since you came back?

Can I help you?

A watch, perhaps?

-No, thanks.

-How about a cigarette case?

What happened to you?

An experiment

to see if you can transplant...

... a bone from one man into another.

It turns out you can't.

-Always something worse.

-You can get such stories anywhere.

I have plenty of those.

The Russians trade them for Lugers.

-No, thanks.

-How about a camera?

Rolleiflex.

The old ones used to turn the image

upside-down in the viewfinder.

Little mirror sets it right.

To set things right,

a thing to wish for.

The woman who was just in here,

what did she want?

Nothing. She bought nothing.

I know her. Lena Brandt.

I know she was here for a reason.

Why?

Papers.

She wanted papers

to get out of Germany.

A Persilschein, like the soap.

That's what they call it.

-To wash the sins away.

-Papers for who?

For herself.

What did she do

that she has to wash away?

Better to ask why I would help her.

Me, with what I survived.

I wanna know.

At the Little White House

in Potsdam...

... Generalissimo Stalin of Russia is one

of the first to welcome the president.

As the meeting is recorded

by Signal Corps and newsreel cameras.

Next to join the group

is Prime Minister Churchill...

... who meets

an old conference friend.

The Big Three meetings are held in

Kaiser Wilhelm's former palace.

And President Truman is selected

as chairman of the conference.

Here, the fate of Germany and the end

of Japanese aggression will be settled.

Under the flag

that flew over the White House...

... when we declared war on the Axis,

the president states our aims.

We are here today

to raise the flag of victory...

... over the capital

of our greatest adversary.

Let's not forget

that we are fighting for peace...

... and for the welfare of mankind.

There's not one piece of territory,

or one thing...

... of a monetary nature

that we want out of this war.

We want peace and prosperity

for the world as a whole.

If we can put this

tremendous machine of ours...

... which has made this victory possible,

to work for peace...

... we can look forward to the greatest

age in the history of mankind.

They have a file on her.

I thought Bernie's golem broke into...

... her place looking for Emil,

but it was Lena they were looking for.

That's why she had to get out.

Something she did during the war.

Tully wasn't killed in Potsdam,

he was killed at Muller's.

The body floated with the current.

It didn't have to be someone...

... with access to the conference.

The Russian gun? Get it at a pawnshop.

-It could have been anyone.

-Always something worse.

-Did she ask you?

-What?

-To get her out of Berlin.

-She asked Tully.

You want my advice?

You'll forget all this.

You'll only get hurt here.

Or hurt someone.

-Where is she, Danny?

-Jake.

-Where is she, Danny?

-Jake.

-Where are you going?

-I have someone to meet.

-Who?

-Stop following me.

-What about the curfew?

-Life is inconvenient sometimes.

-It's not safe.

-And always, it seems not safe.

-Who?

-Someone who can get me out of Berlin.

-I'll go with you.

-No.

Tully tried to get you out,

now he's dead.

-Someone is waiting.

-Why is it so important for you to leave?

-Please.

-What are you running away from?

You should never have come back

to Berlin.

Why didn't Jake follow me?

Why didn't he try?

He was scared.

Scared I'd really do it.

That I'd shoot him...

... just like Tully.

All these men...

... they want you to cry in their arms.

I had no more tears.

I knew what I had become.

I had to kill Tully.

He was getting

too close to the truth.

Which was that the only way

out of Berlin for me...

... was to do one thing good.

One thing noble.

Otherwise,

Berlin would just follow me.

A wife should help her husband.

Isn't that noble?

Isn't that good?

Emil.

I'll be candid. I'd think I'm the last

person you'd wanna contact.

Sometimes people surprise you.

Then your husband is alive?

We're going to have to decide

to trust each other, Mrs. Brandt.

To ask to meet me here

in the Russian sector is not a good start.

I'm frightened.

That's not so difficult to understand.

When our GIs liberated Camp Dora,

they found bodies stacked up in a room.

Stopped counting at a thousand.

That was the first thing they found.

There's nothing.

Nothing to link Bettmann to any of it.

Not one sheet of paper,

not one witness.

Your husband sat in

on every single meeting and took notes.

If he were alive...

... it would be extremely significant.

Yes. He's alive.

He's a good German.

He wants to tell the truth

about Camp Dora.

What is it you want, Mrs. Brandt?

I want to get out of Berlin.

Without my husband.

Does he know that?

No.

lf I let you go,

I'm part of the same hypocrisy as Muller.

But you'll do it.

Bring him in. Bring your husband in.

We'll talk about it.

Why'd you leave the money on him?

Tully. Did you panic?

I don't know

what you're talking about.

You sure you wouldn't be better off

staying put?

I'm nervous

someone followed me here.

I'm close, Danny,

really close to getting out.

That's when people get careless.

Because you can trust Jake,

if that's who you're worried about.

Have you got somewhere

you can put me?

I've got a Kino

I bought in the French sector.

You know how they are about cinema.

Matinee only until the curfew's lifted,

but it still turns a dollar.

After that,

I'm fresh out of places to park you.

I'm going to need some money

when I get to London.

You got a john for me? A rich one?

I've got a bloke in the club

who'll give you a thousand marks.

Thinking about it?

When I met you,

you'd have a go for a can of tuna.

Hello?

Don't let me interrupt you.

A thousand marks.

That's the deal, isn't it?

You want it straight

or something special?

What's special?

Whatever you want.

-How did Tully like it?

-Rough.

You going to take off your clothes?

You do it.

Forget it.

You keep the money.

No. I want to.

I would have gotten you out.

I still would.

You can never really get out of Berlin.

I followed you.

It's a good thing too.

Go down to the Zoo Station.

Find Danny and wait there until I get

enough money to get both of you out.

Pal, I'm the one sticking my neck out.

We're supposed to meet

Hauptmann Teitel.

Do I have to draw a picture? Someone

got to him. Even Bernie they got to.

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