-[birds chirping] -[insects buzzing]
[bird cawing]
[man] Good morning.
Hi.
[chuckles]
[inhales sharply]
On holiday?
You could say that.
[man] From Berlin?
No. Magdeburg.
-Have we met? -[door lock rattles]
I don't think so.
My first time here.
Well then, have a nice holiday.
[electronic music playing]
[door closes]
We've got her. We'll let the Comrade Minister know right away.
[man 2] It's good.
[eerie music playing]
-[Kleo growls] -[creaking]
-Shit, Thilo! -Mike?
Fucking higher. I don't want shards landing on me.
[Mike] That's as high as it goes.
[music continues]
[Kleo growls]
The end.
[screams]
-[creaking] -Sven?
-[Sven] Shoot! -Keep still!
[screaming]
[whooshes]
-Fuck! -Oh.
-Stupid son of a bitch! -Shit.
[Sven laughs]
-[suspenseful music playing] -[Sven and Uwe groaning]
[Kleo] Sven!
-Look out behind you! -[gun fires]
[Mike groans]
[music stops]
Weapon down!
What? [sniffles]
CIA?
[Rose] Weapon down, Mr Mittig!
[action music playing]
[Mike groans]
[gun firing]
Uwe!
-Uwe! [groaning] -[music stops]
We'll get him later.
Get him.
Take them down.
-[creaking] -[Mike continues groaning]
-[Thilo] Oh. -[Kleo sighs]
We didn't disintegrate.
[Thilo chuckles]
[crane whirring]
[Rose] Not bad, Mr Petzold.
Not bad.
I knew that you would come. You're not a good liar.
You owe me.
Uh, you know each other?
[Kleo sighs]
Okay. What do you want to know?
We intercepted all communication between Ludsch and Moscow.
Whenever the suitcase is mentioned,
so are you, Kleo Straub.
You're the key. Why?
I've no idea.
Oh, come on! Tell me what you know.
Just because I'm finished with the Stasi,
do you really think that I would fight on your side now for capitalism?
And do you think that the files
should stay in the hands of a rotting ideology?
Your ideology isn't any better.
What do you want, Kleo Straub?
I don't understand you.
[calm music playing]
To be in control of my life?
To stop doing what people order me to do?
To stop believing in just good and evil?
Maybe another world in which your ideologies don't exist any more.
Keep up the chase if you can.
But from me, you'll get nothing.
Tell that to your cowboys in Washington.
Come on.
-[Sven] Hmm.
[upbeat music playing]
It's okay.
[car door closes, engine starts]
She'll lead us to the documents anyway.
We just have to stick with her.
Then we'll get what we want.
[car departing]
[music continues]
-[Sven] How did you know where I was? -An old friend from the Russian army.
But the CIA knew as well. That means…
That means there's probably an informant within Ludsch.
So your Eastern agents can be bought too, huh?
Correct.
[music ends]
-[birds chirping] -[dog barking]
[scooter approaching]
[Sven groans]
[calm music playing]
[Sven sighs]
Hey, do you have a key or something for this?
No.
[Sven sighs]
Kleo?
A message for you.
Thanks.
"Message." It's a letter, mate.
Thilo, why are you always so…
[chains clinking]
[calm music continues]
You did a really great job today.
Thanks.
That looks kind of cool.
Mm-hmm.
[swing squeaking]
[emotional music playing]
[Holger] Dear Kleo.
You were right.
You are who you are, and that's probably not for me.
I don't want a life of violence and death.
I know there's no such thing as a world without violence and death,
and that I'm a coward if I just close my eyes to that.
But not everyone can be brave.
-As brave as you. -[emotional music continues]
People like me, who just want to live a happy life,
probably need people like you, who fight for that happiness.
The last thing I want is for you to become vulnerable because of me.
And even if our lives aren't compatible with one another,
I want you to know you're just fine the way you are.
I'm glad we saw each other again,
and I hope you find the happiness that you're looking for.
Forever yours, Holger.
[emotional music intensifies]
[birds chirping]
[Thilo] Are you sad?
Yeah.
Yeah, maybe a little.
[Thilo] Hmm.
[swing rattles]
Me too.
How come?
I always thought that loneliness is nothing.
But that's not right.
Can something that hurts be nothing at all?
[music ends]
Ciana?
I thought that we would be together.
Two people, one star, forever, you know?
Now it is all gone.
Just this huge, painful loss.
It's best to be on your own. So you don't get hurt.
Yeah. If you don't have anyone, you're okay.
But that would mean
you would be on your own forever.
Kleo, you're saying that humans aren't social creatures.
That this is a planet of egoists with no connection,
love, or friendship.
-Yeah. -[Thilo] That's not the case.
You're my friend, Kleo.
I can feel it in here.
Yeah. And you're my friend, Thilo.
I am.
We need to believe in love, don't we?
And if we get hurt,
then we can grow together, Kleo.
Speak, man.
-Maybe you're right. -Yeah.
-Yes, no, uh… -No, I am. Yeah!
[theme music playing]
And you must never let go of your friends, or those that love you.
And your hopes and all your dreams.
It's cosmic law, yes?
Are you going to head off?
I need to see Dopi.
Love must live, Kleo.
[music continues]
[music stops]
[pensive music playing]
[Kleo sighing]
[exhales]
[echoing] Merry Christmas, Kleo.
Father?
[breathing heavily]
[music stops suddenly]
-[Sven] Are you okay? -Uh…
So, Kleo? Are we going to do something about this or…
-[footsteps receding] -[Kleo breathes heavily]
[Sven] Kleo, wait. Kleo!
[chuckling] You need to talk to me, okay? Please.
I can see you're in that mode, and that's totally okay,
but communication. Come on.
[Kleo] I just saw Dad with the dolls' house I got for Christmas.
Okay, that's a very nice Christmas present.
And?
["Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht" by Die Schöneberger Sängerknaben playing]
[knock on door]
[eerie music playing]
[Nikolai] Merry Christmas, Kleo.
Who are you?
[Nikolai] We've known each other for a long time.
[door creaks]
I brought you a present.
Take a look.
[eerie music continues]
The target's name is Karl-Friedrich Konrad,
and he's the leader of a Nazi combat unit.
A secret meeting will be arranged for the two of you.
You'll find all other information about the conduct of the operation here.
[Kleo] Thanks.
Is that it?
Not quite.
-What is this? -Open it.
European Figure Skating Championships in Copenhagen?
That's a non-socialist country.
And if you take them now, Kleo,
then that's your promise to come back safe and sound.
Is that a tip off?
It's an order.
-[soft music playing] -Good, then I'll up my game.
And if I return safe and sound?
Then, we'll both be together in Copenhagen to cheer on Kati.
[both chuckle]
This, um…
is perhaps anything but professional, but…
[soft music continues]
-[knock on door] -[door opens]
-[tense music playing] -All right.
-All the best, comrade. -Comrade.
[young man] Comrade Zhukov.
[Kleo] Good morning.
-"Allow me to report! Top secret." -[sighs]
"Operation Ludsch, drawn up
by Colonel General, your honour, Otto Straub."
Holger, stop it. What if Grandpa's listening!
Then he shouldn't leave it here.
[tense music playing]
"Objective, preservation of military and administrative structures in case…"
-Stop it. -"…there is a collapse."
-[chuckles] -[soft music playing]
-Give it here! -What do I get, Kleo?
-Whatever. -Whatever? That's not gonna do it.
A fried egg?
A fried egg.
[music continues]
I want a kiss from you, Comrade Straub.
[music fades]
Okay.
[yelps, laughs, and blows raspberry]
[blows raspberry]
[splashing]
[mysterious music playing]
Kleo, come on, get out.
Dry yourself off.
[music continues]
[shivers]
[chuckles]
Has Daddy arrived?
I've already told you that, darling. Daddy's not coming back.
But Daddy, he was just here.
[mysterious music intensifies]
His car broke down.
On the motorway.
He came off the road. The doctors got there as soon as they could.
But there was nothing they could do, and Daddy left.
What are you doing here, Nikolai? Did Otto send you?
-I'm just bringing presents… -I never want to see you here again.
Never again!
[Nikolai] You can't stop me bringing presents.
[Brigitte] You can stick your presents up your arse!
She's right. Just take a hike and make sure you never come back.
[Nikolai] Don't you tell me what to do!
-[gasps] -[mysterious music continues]
[gun fires]
["Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht" playing]
[song fades]
[Kleo inhales sharply]
[Sven] What's wrong?
Sven, we need to go see my mother.
Okay, easy. Where are you right now?
[inhales deeply] My father didn't pass away in a car accident.
He was shot.
By this Nikolai Zhukov from the KGB.
And this Nikolai Zhukov has been following me all this time.
He was here and gave me back my necklace, the seahorse necklace he tore off me
when I was a little girl after my father was killed by Nikolai.
And my mother knows him. You see, don't you?
-Okay, I… So we're gonna see your mother. -[dramatic music playing]
-We can't. We don't know where she is. -Uh-huh. And how do we find that out?
-Aunt Margot's aware of this. -Because, uh…
Because Pjotr said Margot is involved with Ludsch.
Okay.
Ludsch are the Stasi people. The Firm had around 200,000 informants.
-Nobody can hide from them for long. -No.
And Ludsch is likely to activate them at any time.
And who has access to all the information?
-Margot Honecker. -Yes.
Perfect. Okay. Well, I'm not sure I understood it all, but… but let's go.
[clears throat] Um, uh… can we do something about this?
Because it's really starting to…
-Yeah. -What are you doing?
-[gun cocks] -Uh, no. Kleo, whoa, stop it.
Please don't. You must have a saw or something.
We're not doing it this way. In what world?
-Now keep still. -You… It's just… Okay.
-I tru… I trust you. I trust you. -Go on.
[Sven groaning]
[screaming]
[Kleo] Now come on.
-[chains clatter] -[Sven sighs]
Freedom!
[Indian instrumental music playing]
Dopi, hey.
I'm back in.
[Dopi] Were you going to leave me on my own?
Sure. Ciana's not a princess.
It tore the needle off my record.
Yeah, man.
But if the record's still turning, how about you put the needle on it?
And your heart can dance.
-Wow. -[Thilo] Yeah.
Love and music.
-That's the mission! -Your mission.
No, Dopi.
Our mission.
[music continues]
Wow.
Thilo, your heart is dancing.
In sync with yours.
[Dopi chuckling]
-[chuckling] Oh! -Outstanding.
Look at this for a laugh.
Our signature track. Direct from Sirius B.
[softly] Go on then.
[equipment humming]
[techno music playing]
[Thilo] Cool, yeah?
[theme tune playing]
-[Dopi] Okay. -[Thilo chuckling]
[Dopi] Oh, it's so cool.
Oh! Oh, mate!
Wait, mate. Look. Look.
[music intensifies]
[both continue chuckling and cheering]
[music stops]
Idiot! Idiot! Idiot! Idiot! I should have guessed.
-I know that. Idiot… -Pull yourself together now, Uwe!
We're this close to making history.
-Yeah, and I failed! -Stop talking rubbish!
Germany will be reunited within the Soviet Empire,
and you'll be involved in that victory over capitalism.
I let the enemy have her. You must demote me, comrade.
Kleo will never work with the Americans, my dear.
We know now where her mother is staying.
We'll grab her, and then Kleo will do what we say.
You mean I won't be degraded?
-Nonsense, Uwe. Why would I think of that? -Uh, well, because I…
-Uwe! -[Uwe] Mmm.
The organisation needs you.
And of course, I need you.
[eerie music playing]
[Uwe] Hmm?
[chuckles] Really?
Yes, really.
You're the most loyal and invaluable man I've got here.
[Uwe sighing]
Is that right?
Yeah!
[eerie music continues]
Uwe!
What?
[band playing faintly]
[chuckling]
Did you just try to…
[laughing hysterically]
What are you laughing at?
I was quite serious. I thought that you…
Yeah, yeah, it's best if you don't do any thinking.
[continues laughing hysterically]
Don't laugh at me.
Erich! Do you know what this gnome just tried to do to me?
[angrily] Don't laugh at me.
I've devoted all of my life to the service of socialism.
Yeah, maybe we relied on the wrong people.
Erich! He tried to kiss me!
Don't laugh I said, you fucking cunt!
-[gun fires] -[gasps]
-Fucking cunt! Fucking cunt! Fucking cunt! -[gun firing]
[Erich] Margot?
What's all that noise about?
[loads gun]
-[gun fires] -[music stops]
-Shit. Wait, Kleo. No. -What?
You can't go with a ruddy Kalashnikov into the Honecker's place!
-How come? -[Sven] What, seriously?
If anything goes wrong and you switch to killer mode,
the whole fucking world'll be after us.
-It already is. -Yeah, point taken.
But can't we just try to minimise our problems one time, please?
[electronic music playing]
Okay. The other one would've made more of an impression.
[Sven groans]
[sobs softly]
[stomach growling]
[music intensifies]
[stomach growling]
[door opens]
[Kleo] Aunt Margot?
[sniffling]
Fucking shit!
[breathing deeply]
[tense music playing]
-[Sven] Fuck. -[Kleo sighs]
[Sven] Erich Honecker is dead.
-Shit. Kleo, that's him. -[Kleo gasps]
[suspenseful music playing]
This is serious shit. Let's get out of here, please.
Now. Please.
[vehicle door opens]
-[vehicle door closes] -Fuck! Fuck!
-Just hide. -What? Where? Fuck!
[Jutta] Comrade Minister?
Hello?
-[gasps] -[music stops]
[breathing shakily]
Shit.
[stomach growling]
[breathing heavily]
[suspenseful music playing]
[gasps]
Hello?
Uh, is anyone here?
Jutta.
[Jutta gasps]
Kleo.
What have you done?
[Kleo] Nothing. They were already dead when I got here.
[stomach growls]
[Jutta] And I'm supposed to believe you?
Yeah.
You wanted to get the pact, didn't you? And thought Margot had it.
Throw that thing away.
Let's talk, Jutta. It's what you were seeking before from me.
No, Kleo. I'm gonna report you killed Comrade Minister
and the Comrade Chairman President of the whole party.
[chuckles] Who will you tell?
The police? And what are you going to tell them?
"Hello, this is Jutta from Ludsch."
"We planned a coup, but unfortunately, something stupid got in our way."
Don't call me stupid!
Put that thing down, or you'll get a bullet.
Enough! Stop! Please, no. No one pulls any triggers here, okay?
What are you doing here?
I want you to put the gun down and you to stop being provocative.
And I want us all to talk to each other like civilised human beings, okay?
Jutta, put the gun down.
I can testify to the fact they were both already dead…
-Yeah, right. I'd say that. -…when we got here. Okay.
I'm a special agent in the CIA.
Now fucking on the ground.
[chuckles]
[laughing] In the CIA? No, you're not.
Yeah.
You're not.
Oh.
So how are you certain?
Just a moment, no…
You can't know that I don't work for the CIA, all right? Unless…
She's working for the CIA.
Fuck! She's the informant.
She told them where Uwe was hiding.
[Kleo] Well, Jutta.
-[Jutta] I… -Uh-oh.
I wonder what your Ludsch comrades will say when they find out
who else is paying you?
-Hmm? -No, no, Kleo. No…
-Please. -[Sven] Hmm.
Jutta, to be honest, double agents just aren't cool.
I mean, what happened here?
Margot was onto you and so you just shot her and him as well?
What's that?
You're really in the shit now.
Knee-deep in the shit.
No, no. You can't, Kleo, come on.
Everything I told you is true.
When I found out that they'd set a trap for you,
and I bolted straight to the CIA to protect you.
No, Jutta.
Because you get money from the Americans, that's why. Where's my mother?
-Can we… -If… if… if… What?
I'm sure you know where she is. And so?
Why… Why should I know that?
You have all the operational details concerning me.
-Damn it, Jutta, I know how it works! -I can't.
Then I'm afraid I'll have to go and report to the KGB
that there is a double agent at Ludsch and tell them what she got up to here.
Stop! Stop! Wait.
[breathing heavily] All right.
[sighs]
Do you know where Lake Krewitz is?
-Oh! -[Jutta] There's an old dacha there.
And that's where your mother's hiding.
[sombre music playing]
-Do you know the place? -Yeah. Come on.
[theme music playing]
Uh, but…
-You can't just go now. -We can.
What about all this here?
You'll think of something. You're not stupid.
[door opens]
Uh, but…
[music continues]
[Jutta sighs]
Comrade Minister?
[soft click]
Hello?
Is anyone here?
[stomach growls]
Treacherous cunt.
[gun fires]
[music continues]
[body thumps]
[sighs]
[suspenseful music playing]
[knock on door]
Yeah.
Comrade Zhukov. A call from Baikonur.
Give me the phone.
Mmm.
Give it here.
[man on phone] Yes.
I wanted to wish you good luck.
[door closes]
Your country, comrade, really…
We're all very proud of you.
A bright future lies ahead of you.
-[gas hissing] -[man] Thank you.
[Nikolai] You will bring Soviet fame and honour to outer space.
I already knew it
when you decided to go and join Roskosmos.
The greatness of our nation is also reflected in science.
[man] It's an honour.
No, it's my honour, comrade cosmonaut.
To a safe and triumphant return!
I need you by my side after this.
[man] Thank you.
You can rely on me.
[suspenseful music continues]
[Nikolai sighs]
-["Nie Zuvor" by Electra playing] -[splashing]
Um…
Huh.
["Nie Zuvor" continues]
[squeaking]
[straining]
[grunts]
[groans]
[breathing nervously]
[gun cocks]
["Nie Zuvor" continues]
Comrade Minister.
[breathing heavily]
[telephone ringing]
[music stops abruptly]
[inhales sharply]
[gun clatters]
[telephone continues ringing]
[sniffles]
Yes?
[Nikolai on phone] Hello?
Who's this?
[Nikolai] Who is this?
-Comrade Zhukov? -[Nikolai] Yes.
Who is this?
Comrade Uwe Mittig.
Comrade Ho… Honecker's adjutant.
Put Comrade Honecker on the phone right now, Comrade Mittig.
[Uwe inhales sharply]
That won't be possible, tovarich.
[hesitantly] Comrade Honecker…
is dead.
The Comrade Chairman of the State Council as well. Executed.
By…
By a cowardly traitor.
Why haven't you in Berlin got things under control?
[Uwe] Um…
I think that, uh, we got, uh…
[Nikolai] Comrade Honecker promised me
she had it all sewn up, finally.
And what is this? You've got nothing under control!
Why haven't I got the goddamn documents yet?
If the Americans can get their hands on them,
then we're all finished.
Well, the documents aren't my responsibility. All I know is…
[Nikolai] What happened exactly?
Well, I was in the bathroom hiding.
I heard it all quite properly.
Kleo Straub was here.
[breathes heavily]
She shot Comrade Honecker
and Comrade Chairman of the State Council without warning.
[tense music playing]
Then Comrade Jutta Zielinski turned up here.
She's been working as an informant for the CIA
and told Kleo where her mother is staying. Yeah.
Then Kleo executed her as well.
It's a fucking mess.
I couldn't prevent it.
You have to believe me, comrade.
[exhales] Where is she staying, her mother?
On Lake Krewitz.
Kleo's on her way there now.
-Are you sure? -Well, yes, sir.
-Comrade? -Idiot.
-Comrade Zhukov? -[receiver clatters]
[suspenseful music playing]
[radio static humming]
[Nikolai] Call to arms to Star of Peace 65.
Operation "Sent From Russia With Love."
[man] Star 65 in combat mode.
[Nikolai] Target coordinates,
53.28
98
53
comma
13.54
50
18.
[man] Request final confirmation of the demand.
Physical annihilation.
[man] Roger that.
[suspenseful music continues]
[man] Two unknown people approaching the target.
Understood.
Operation "From Russia With Love"
is a green light.
Attack.
Finish it at your discretion.
[man] Roger that.
[suspenseful music intensifies]
[birds chirping]
-[Sven] That one? -[Kleo] Yeah.
[music fades]
[Sven] That was your hut?
We always came during the holidays. With my father.
[intriguing music playing]
[wood creaking]
-Wait here, please, Sven. -Okay.
[intriguing music continues]
[Brigitte] You shouldn't be here.
It wasn't a car accident.
Dad was murdered by the KGB at Christmas by Nikolai Zhukov.
That's right, isn't it?
-But how… -Why didn't you reveal the truth?
[sighs]
[gun cocks]
Say it.
[music crescendoes and stops]
[Brigitte breathes deeply]
You've heard of the operation, Plan Ludsch, right?
Yeah. I know Grandpa drew up the plan.
Not alone.
Otto created Ludsch with Nikolai Zhukov.
He was the KGB officer in charge of the GDR.
After Nikolai shot Fabian, Otto covered for him.
Maybe so that he had something on him.
The Stasi set it up so he looked as though
Fabian had been shot dead trying to cross over the border illegally.
[breathes deeply]
Two days after Fabian was shot,
you suddenly asked me when Daddy was coming home.
I realised that you had blanked it all out.
Although it had happened right in front of your eyes.
I didn't for a second want that you'd get the impression Fabian had left us.
He'd never have done that.
And for that, I made up a story about the accident.
To protect you.
[eerie music playing]
[inhales deeply]
Nikolai will do all he can to get the Reagan-Honecker Pact back to his home.
If he hasn't already got it.
But how come Dad was shot?
And how come I'm the only one who can get the documents?
How come the CIA doesn't step in?
Because they can't just step into the KGB and take these documents away.
But you could.
Why? The current KGB chief owes me as he killed Dad?
Are you sure of this?
[eerie music continues]
Nikolai didn't murder your father, Kleo.
Nikolai is your father.
[dramatic sting]
[music fades]
[engine roaring in the distance]
[roaring intensifies]
Kleo!
-[explosion fades] -[rubble clatters]
[wind whooshing]
[unsettling music playing]
[groans]
[coughs]
[groaning]
[coughing]
[music intensifies]
[muffled] Kleo!
Kleo!
[sad music playing]
[man] Target eliminated.
Unknown people survived.
[music continues]
[rain pattering]
[sad music continues]
[thunder rumbling]
[Sven] What now?
Now we're going to Moscow.
[electronic music playing]
DRUZHBA ROUTE FDJ
[music intensifies]
-[music fades] -[knocking on door]
Yeah!
[door opens]
[suspenseful music playing]
Comrade Zhukov.
I think you've been waiting for this some time, haven't you?
Indeed. Finally.
[chuckles]
Where did you get it?
That doesn't matter.
[Nikolai] What do you want?
A favour, and in return, you get the pact.
[Nikolai] What kind?
It would be a service and a great satisfaction
if you permitted me to kill Kleo.
[breathes deeply]
[electronic music playing]
[music building]
[music continues]
[music ends]