can take him away.
You can go, too.
He's a bit insane,
don't you see that?
All scientists, writers, actors
are insane in their own way.
They need a special approach,
because they live their own life
they've invented for themselves.
Send this eccentric to our hospital
for expert examination.
If it were a peacetime,
we would have sent him to a camp.
He would have quickly been reformed
and become useful to the Reich,
working at some
institute, but now...
He talks like
a Briton from the London Radio,
or like a Social Democrat
conniving with Moscow.
People invented radio to listen to it,
and he's listened a lot.
No, it's not serious. We,
the intelligence, are not interested.
But I'd like to meet with him
in a few days
to feel whether he's actually
a scientist orjust a neurotic.
If he's a serious scientist, we'll go
to Mueller or Kaltenbrunner
and ask them to give him a good ration
and evacuate him to the mountains,
where all the cream of our science
is now.
Let him work.
He will stop blabbering as soon
as there's no bombing,
plenty of bread and butter
and a mountain cottage in the wood.
- Don't you agree?
- I do.
No one would have blabbered
if everyone had
a cottage in the wood,
plenty of bread and butter
and no bombing.
- I mean...
- I'm sorry, pal.
On Schellenberg's instruction
I have to meet in 20 minutes
with the chief of Prison 123.
- Hail Hitler.
- Hail Hitler!
Top secret.
Personal file on
Max Otto von Stirlitz,
Standartenfuhrer of the SS
(6th Dept. Of the Reich Security).
Reference on
Max Otto von Stirlitz,
SS Standartenfuhrer,
member of the Nazi Party since 1933.
A true Arian.
Of Nordic character, self-possessed.
Maintains good relationships
with his colleagues.
Irreproachable in carrying out
his line of duty.
Merciless towards the Reich's enemies.
An excellent sportsman:
Tennis champion of Berlin.
Unmarried. No known
discrediting liaisons.
Holder of the Fuhrer's decorations
and the SS Reichsfuhrer's citations.
Bring him here.
Schranke's speaking.
Call Block 5 duty guard to me.
He's been in prison 6 months already.
Yes, Standartenfuhrer, to be more
exact, 6 months and 15 days.
Why do you so often call
the doctor for him? Is he ill?
He's on a hunger strike.
How long has he been
on the last hunger strike?
A week.
Hail Hitler.
Prisoner No.524 for an interrogation
by Standartenfuhrer Stirlitz.
May I go and carry out the order?
Blackjack. I won.
Christ!
Psalm 8.
More.
Seven. Eight.
- Who's banking?
- I do.
What are you staking?
His leg. Higher, higher.
That's it.
He'll hold on for half an hour.
What if you lose?
- I'll knock his tooth out.
- It's against the regulations.
I'll make it loose with a finger.
Are we banking?
Kurt, call No. 524 for interrogations.
- 524?
- Yes.
Number 524 for interrogations.
Got you.
Number 524 for interrogations.
- Has he been in a solitary?
- Yes.
- Twice?
- Twice.
Who gave the order
to put him with the criminals?
That was his investigator's injunction.
- And what?
- The same as before.
- Did you apply the deterrent method?
- Yes.
And what?
Prisoner 524 will be here right away.
Fine.
I'm taking this pastor of yours
with me until 10 p.m.
I'm sorry, Standartenfuhrer, but...
Here's Brigadefuhrer
Schellenberg's instruction.
Without convoy?
It's all written there.
Put him in order.
I'll be back to pick him up in half
an hour.
At 22:00 you'll get him back.
At 22:15 he should be
in a solitary.
Good afternoon.
I've lived... in Berlin...
for 52 years,
but I've never been here before.
Come on in. Have a seat.
Beer, please.
I'm glad to see you're alive and well.
Considering our times, it's something.
- Please.
- Thank you.
Beer to this table.
Yes, it's strange.
What's strange?
Strange...
that you've lived in Berlin for
52 years and never been here.
Though you've been to London, Paris,
Prague, Bern. Isn't that so?
Yes.
I've been to...
Paris, London,