Topaz
- PG
- Year:
- 1969
- 143 min
- 433 Views
What shall we do now?
Well, ladies and gentlemen,
it's time that we start.
Will you be kind enough
to follow me?
What I'm going to show you will be
mainly the traditional things.
Up here, I can show you a detail
in the production
which we're rather proud of showing.
As you see,
flowers are modelled petal by petal,
and this is an art which has survived
at the factory for almost 200 years.
And you will see the garland there
takes two days to complete.
As you see, the flowers are modelled
petal by petal,
and stamen by stamen.
Even in very small flowers, you can
find as many as 10-15 stamens.
The figurine which you see being
ornated with flowers here
was first made as a gift from
Danish women to our late king.
Please follow me farther up here.
As we go on farther down here...
I can show you floral leaf painting.
If you can move around here, I think
that everybody will be able to see.
Perhaps you could come a bit closer
and have a look.
at how these are painted.
And now we can proceed
to the next department.
Please follow me here.
- You can dial the number yourself.
- Thank you.
Miss Kusenov. Where's your father?
Oh.
Fine. Alright now, listen to this.
Do you know a department store
here called Den Permanente?
Den Permanente. That's right.
It closes at 5:
30. I want you and yourparents to be shopping there at 5:15.
Now, as soon as you arrive there,
be aware that we will be outside.
Please follow me farther.
Aaaargh!
Tamara!
Oh!
Get your heads down, quick!
Alright, they've gone.
Go right on up.
Thank you.
- Are you alright now?
- It was very clumsy, this operation.
- What?
- In front of the store. Very clumsy.
- Well, you got away, didn't you?
- We wouldn't have done it like that.
- Over -
- Will you contact Wiesbaden?
Ask them how long a wait there'll be
on that C135 to Washington.
- Hello, Marsh.
- Hi.
This is Mr and Mrs Kusenov
- Mr McKittreck and Mr Blake.
- Madame.
Would you come this way, please?
Well, what's he like?
He's a darling man. You'll see.
He's what you wanted.
He's really a big one.
They must be raising hell
in Moscow today.
Is that the White House?
No, that's the Capital Building.
The seat of the government.
I'll show you the Whitehouse
further along.
There it is.
It's nice.
- Morning, Howard.
- Good morning.
This is where you'll live, for a while.
Come along.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
Where is this?
We'd like you to be comfortable
here and to feel at home.
If there's anything at all we can -
- Is it your house?
- No, but I'll be here quite often.
Mr Kusenov, we would like you
in here for a few minutes.
- Please, if you don't mind.
- Alright, yes.
All three of you.
- Why?
- I beg your pardon?
It isn't necessary for them.
We will want all three of you, please,
one at a time.
Mrs Kusenov, please.
- Now what's the matter, Mike?
- Couldn't that wait till tomorrow?
Why?
They've had a pretty rough 24 hours.
They need to relax.
Didn't they relax on the plane?
I always do.
Here he is.
- Hm?
- Devereaux.
- Good. I ask you not to be difficult.
- Then let him show some respect.
Respect? It's something he rarely
shows. As second-in-command -
I'm not such an imbecile that he has
to tell me what and what not to say.
- Oh, no.
- No, no!
I do not need him
at military meetings.
Yes, you do.
I'm sorry. You've been here
from Paris only a few months.
He has been here in Washington
several years.
Then he is too close
to the Americans.
I agree. But the closeness has value.
He's built up the best intelligence
network in the western hemisphere.
He's very expert,
and he's a dedicated man.
And... I too sometimes wish
that he would show some respect.
Mr Devereaux is here.
- Yes, let him come in.
- Yes, sir.
Good morning, d'Arcy.
Good morning, General.
We received a message from Paris.
A high Russian intelligence official
has defected to the Americans.
- How long ago?
- We don't know.
Why didn't you know about this, uh?
Because the Americans
didn't tell me.
How did Paris know about this?
Did the Russians tell them?
It's peculiar, don't you think?
A Russian intelligence officer
defects,
and someone in Moscow rushes over
Who? Why?
- What?
- No, Andr.
How Paris got its information
is not our concern.
We've been asked to find out
where the defector is being hidden.
- Why?
- Huh?
What will Paris do
once we have found out?
- Pass the information to Moscow?
- Andr!
And so two men will arrive
to liquidate him.
What are you trying to say?
Nothing, General.
I just wonder
how Paris got the information.
Yes, that's right.
He's here. I'll tell him.
These are six classified
- I am an authority on NATO.
- That's what you keep telling us.
They're numbered and initialled,
and we want to know which of them
crossed your desk in Moscow.
This one.
This one.
They are fakes. Those two.
To see if I really know. To test me.
You are childish. These are fakes.
When did you become
This is of no concern to you.
We'd like to be
the ones to decide that.
No, I will decide.
What the hell
do you think you're here for?
I asked for sanctuary and protection
for myself, my wife and my child.
- And you got it.
- But I gave you no understanding.
Look, the way you're going,
you may find yourself on the steps
of the Russian Embassy.
And that would be the end for me.
another defector.
Colonel Kusenov, does the word
"topaz" mean anything to you?
- In what context?
- Just the word "topaz".
- It's a gem, still used in jewellery.
- In intelligence matters?
- Where have you seen this word?
- What does it mean to you?
- It's for you, Mike.
- I'll be right there.
Nothing.
You've never used it, or
heard it used? Topaz as a code word.
No.
General Kusenov,
here is a list...
- Who is it?
- Your secretary.
Yes, Peggy, what is it?
From the French what?
Andr Devereaux?
What did he want?
Oh.
Alright. Call him back and say yes
and find out what time.
Right. See you later.
What did he want?
He called and asked me to dinner.
Well?
I had dinner with him
only two nights ago.
Now... why did you
suddenly ask Mike to dinner?
Because he adores your food.
And...
you want something out of him.
I promise you,
it's going to be a short evening.
Oh, I wish we could
go home to Paris.
in the foreign office.
Who said so?
Claire d'Arcy.
- Diplomats' wives should not talk.
- All wives talk.
She also said that you are
too involved with the Americans.
D'Arcy is an ass.
Andr, you are French,
and not supposed to be mixed up
in this Cold War between the
Americans and the Russians.
- You are neutral.
- No-one is neutral.
I don't want you to be killed.
OK, I'm going.
settle down and be secret agents.
I wish you wouldn't use such words,
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