PANKOV
Narrated by Efim KOPELYAN
Having received today the Center's
instructions,
Stirlitz could not know
that 6 days ago
Stalin, upon familiarizing himself with
the latest reports of Soviet agents,
summoned late at night the chief of
intelligence and told him...
The detection of any fascist
attempts at coming to terms
with the most aggressive
imperialist
groups in the West
should be regarded by you
as number one priority.
I understand, Comrade Stalin.
Obviously, you
must realize that...
the main figures of those
possible separate negotiations
would most likely be
Hitler's closest associates
who enjoy authority
both among the party apparatus
and the people they've deceived.
It's them, his closest associates,
who are to become the target
of your intent observation.
No doubt that the closest
associates of the tyrant,
being on the brink of downfall,
will betray him
to save their lives.
Stirlitz could not
and did not know that.
But as an experienced intelligence
agent, he knew only too well
that such a directive of the Center
was based on serious information,
that the mission he had been
today entrusted with
was probably entrusted
to several agents,
not only to him.
He also realized
that whatever separate
negotiations might begin now,
they could not have
changed the course of events
and the relationships that had been
formed as a result of the war.
Strength, courage,
and victory itself
were on the side of his country.
Yet he had got a mission to fulfill.
And Stirlitz understood
very well all its complexity.
He didn't even see at the moment
how to approach it.
He only knew that
to accomplish that mission,
he had to go up to the very top
of the Reich,
to Gцring,
to Goebbels,
to Bormann and Himmler.
If such negotiations had begun,
they had to be initiated by
one of those four.
But who?
Getting down now to
the final analysis of the material
he had managed
to gather in all those years,
he had to weigh
all the pros and cons.
He had no right
to make a mistake in his analysis.
Who of the four?
Gцring?
Goebbels?
Bormann?
Himmler?
Who?
02.15.1945
(08 hours 12 minutes)
Hello.
You look just right.
How long have you not eaten?
Three days.
Work is work.
Now listen.
What should you concentrate
your attention on?
On the pastor's role
in the pacifist movement.
To whom in Switzerland he
went and why, for example.
There is a traitor living there,
Krause, who used to be a Minister.
But I'm mostly interested in how
he will react to you as a Communist.
It interests me very much.
Standartenfuhrer,
the column of prisoners is coming.
There have been changes. The pastor
isn't at home, he's at the kirk.
What is he doing there?
He's banned from giving service.
- He plays the organ.
- The organ?
- He plays the organ.
- He plays the organ?!
- Is there a cellar there?
- I think there is.
Klaus, do you know where the kirk is?
- I got it.
- Let's go, it's time.
Help me.
To the cellar, to the cellar...
To the cellar, to the cellar.
To Berlin.
And hurry up.
Your life line is long,
easily traced,
and promises a full prosperity.
- Yes...
- Well?
A full prosperity.
We can hope that everything will be
even better and brighter in the future.
Good evening.
Would you like a beer?
No, thank you.
Please bring me
cognac and matches.
Good evening, Mister Bolzen.
Good evening, Frau Zaurich.
Will you join me?
Thank you.
I have an idea, Mister Bolzen.
All right.
If someone asks for me,
I went to play chess.
Gabi, if someone calls,
I'm playing chess.
Mister Bolzen,
I think I'm going to win today.
Last time you
thought so too.
Last time I was
obviously not at my best.
Even Gabi said so.
Where's she?
I haven't seen her for quite some time.
Oh, she's here!
She's as usual sitting as quietly
as a mouse in her corner,
typing those wonderful articles of hers.
It's so cold in our house.
This is my lorgnette.
I think it's always