Torn Curtain Page #4

Is there any reason why I shouldn't?

- Do you want to?

- I want to be with you.

You must thank Manfred, Professor.

Professor Manfred

has a unique line in argument.

He combines mathematical

logic with romantic inconsistency.

Miss Sherman, may I offer you a cognac?

Now a toast.

To your new life in your new country.

So, and now you leave for Leipzig.

- What, today?

- Immediately.

We have sent a car for you.

- We'll have to pack.

- Herein.

My dear Miss Sherman,

you are a scientist now, not a porter.

All that will be arranged.

The indispensable Gromek will meet

you in Leipzig with your baggage.

Professor, we seem to have lost Gromek.

Please.

Professor Armstrong, Miss Sherman,

may I present Vice Rector Gutman.

How do you do?

Welcome to Karl Marx University.

I am very happy to see you.

May I introduce Professor Winckelmann.

- How do you do?

- And Professor Schrder.

We're very happy to be here.

Professor Winckelmann

will show you to your rooms.

Your bags are already here.

Herr Haupt. Bitte.

Otto Haupt at your service, sir.

I'm your new security guide.

How do you do?

- And where is Gromek?

- He's disappeared.

Herr Gerhard is most concerned.

This is the new physics building,

which is very comprehensive,

as you shall see.

You have a very modern university.

All our universities are modern.

Michael!

Still can't understand

how I fell down those stairs.

I tripped you.

I may have overdone it.

Who are you?

Didn't the farmer tell you? I'm Dr Koska.

I thought Koska was a man.

That was my husband.

He was a professor of mathematics here.

That is why he used the sign pi

for our organisation.

We are not a political group.

We only help people take a long

vacation from this lovely place.

Where is your husband?

He died last year.

Excuse me.

This is the university clinic.

Now, Gretel, remember your English.

We have here a gentleman from America.

I am pleased to meet you.

I am Gretel. Are you very well? Please?

Well, that's what your mother's

trying to find out.

Now, Gretel, pack your viola

and go down to the car.

I will be down very soon.

I had to reach you urgently.

You must move very quickly.

They are bound to investigate

the disappearance of Gromek.

It's a pity he had to be killed.

And it will complicate things.

Well, a woman at the farm

was going to bury the body

and the motorcycle, so...

Let's hope they don't find anything.

I hear there are two of you to get out now.

I'm afraid so, yes.

I will need photographs of both of you

for the false identity cards

we have to prepare.

- Well, that is going to be awkward.

- Why?

My fiance doesn't know

anything about an escape.

Or escape plans.

She still thinks I'm a defector.

She doesn't even know anything

about the whole idiotic mess.

I wasn't gonna tell her

till I got what I wanted.

Well, you'll have to try to find some pretext.

How long do you have to be in Leipzig?

I have to get to one man - Gustav Lindt.

Lindt? But he leaves for Leningrad any day.

For how long?

I don't know.

You should try to see him right away.

You bruised one or two ribs.

Tomorrow, they will probably

have you in for a screening.

They will want to ask you

questions about your experiments.

If you please them, if you pass the test,

they may allow you to work with Lindt.

How long do you need with him?

How long does it take

to get a man's confidence?

He's got the key to a puzzle in his head.

I have to get the key.

And he will give it to you? Just like that?

No, not just like that.

I'm depending upon his curiosity.

It's a pretty strong instinct

among most people,

but among scientists a bloody obsessin.

I'm depending upon

his eagerness to question me.

But you want information from him.

Well, that works two ways.

In order for him to find out what I know,

he's gonna have to tell me what he knows.

And I'll just feed him hopefully

the right kind of plausible

information,

so he thinks I'm on to his discovery.

It sounds as if it could be a long business.

I'm sorry to be on your hands.

Oh, you're not on my hands.

I don't want to see you again

until you are ready to leave.

Sorry I had to put you through all this,

but in our organisation, we have to resort to

many bizarre means of communication.

Yes, that's - that's the right word.

Please.

Gentlemen, I have the honour to present

our American colleague,

Professor Armstrong,

professor of science and physics,

University of Chicago.

Ph.d, summa cum laude, 1956,

California Institute of Technology.

- Honorary degree.

- Ja.

We are all very familiar

with Professor Armstrong's qualifications.

- Good morning, Professor.

- Morning.

Please sit down.

Herr Kollege, continue.

Professor Armstrong,

I have been asked

by the committee of the faculty

to put to you some questions.

Gentlemen, I'll be, uh...

happy and pleased to provide

whatever information I can.

First, as a gesture of good faith,

the committee would like you to describe

the progress of United States experiments

with the missile known as Gamma Five.

Alright.

Let's begin with -

Uh, let's begin with the, uh...

preliminary experiments in Chicago.

If there are any questions,

I'd prefer to answer them later.

Uh... starting -

Before this faculty interrogation begins,

Herr Haupt wishes to ask a question.

Bitte, Herr Haupt.

Did you visit a farm before you left Berlin?

Gentlemen, I -

I thought this was to be

a scientific interrogation.

Herr Haupt has received instructions

from state security in Berlin.

You must answer the question.

Yes, I went to a farm.

I wanted to look up some relatives.

Did I do something wrong?

Should I have gotten a permit?

Did you meet Herr Gromek at this farm?

Gromek? No.

- You're quite sure?

- Yes.

This faculty meeting must terminate at once.

I don't - I-I don't understand.

What is all this?

Your answer is not satisfactory.

We are not allowed to speak with you

until the security people

have made further investigations.

Gentlemen, that's ridiculous.

I came 4,000 miles to work with

Professor Lindt, now where is he?

I'm Lindt.

What's this rubbish about security?

Who gave the order?

Mr Gerhard, chief of state security service.

And does Mr Gerhard know

that I've got to be

in Leningrad at any moment?

Gentlemen, I must know about this

Gamma Five work before I leave!

Everybody has orders.

Wait a minute.

You. Is your assistant with you?

Yes, Herr Professor. Miss Sherman.

Did she also trespass on any forbidden farms?

Nein.

So, something is better than nothing.

She also worked on Gamma Five.

I want to talk to her.

Come on, gentlemen.

Yack, yack, yack, yack. You're like chickens.

Ah, Miss Sherman.

Please.

Miss Sherman,

the faculty would like to ask you

- a few general questions about -

- Frulein.

Were you not present at the United States

Gamma Five experiments in Chicago?

Yes, I was.

Start, please,

by telling me what you know about this.

First I want to know,

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