1 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:10,160 Previously on Babylon Berlin... 2 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,160 Who profits from our downfall? 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:16,960 These gentlemen wanted to get revenge on the Armenian financier of the film. 4 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:18,040 Hostage situation! 5 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:19,840 The first suspect is the lighting technician 6 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:21,440 but he gets eliminated. 7 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:27,840 I personally managed to identify and match the projectile with the crime weapon. 8 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:29,600 -What do you want, money? -No. 9 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,440 That's not why I'm here. I want you to carry on. 10 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,000 -With the sabotage of the film shoot? -With the murders. 11 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,080 The hunt for the Phantom, that's a good story. 12 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:39,000 You lost. 13 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,680 There's a lawyer. He represents our comrades. 14 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:46,880 I know he'll have your case reopened. 15 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:48,960 I'm sure your chances are good. 16 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:53,240 Greta, if you take all this on the chin, you'll spare the real perpetrators. 17 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,320 Your death only helps the ones who abused you. 18 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:58,200 They'll get off scot-free. 19 00:00:58,280 --> 00:00:59,840 Execution after such a short time? 20 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:01,480 Yes, it is indeed unusual. 21 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:03,960 -Who instigated this? -The Ministry of Justice. 22 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:05,320 In five days. 23 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:07,960 Five days. 24 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:18,680 {\an8}FOREIGN OFFICE OF THE REICH 3,10.1929 25 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,880 {\an8}Thank you for finding time for me so soon, Councilor. 26 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:27,880 What I want to discuss with you requires a certain discretion. 27 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:29,840 Can I count on that? 28 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:31,520 -Of course. -Good. 29 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:34,480 I asked you to come here 30 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,880 because I know you are influential in certain circles. 31 00:01:37,960 --> 00:01:44,640 In circles which, let's be frank, show great disdain for our politics. 32 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,960 If Seegers and his men recognize that politics come first, 33 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,320 then we will recover from this thanks to the great economic boom 34 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:56,000 that the world is experiencing. 35 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,680 We can achieve much more working together than we can working against each other. 36 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:04,920 At what price? 37 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,360 If you mean the concept of the nation state, 38 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,040 that has outlived its usefulness since the last war. 39 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,000 At what price should I exercise my influence? 40 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:17,280 You tell me. 41 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,880 How about the position of chief of the police? 42 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:24,800 Why not? 43 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:28,880 How about the Prussian Ministry of the Interior? 44 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,960 If you offer me the Berlin police, why not think bigger? 45 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:34,480 Don't overestimate yourself. 46 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,120 How about the home office of the Reich? 47 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:37,720 Councilor, you are being presumptuous. 48 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:39,960 Prussian officers are not for sale. 49 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,160 Councilor, I'm afraid you have to go now. 50 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,720 It appears that you are badly informed, Mr. Stresemann. 51 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,320 I'll become the chief of police either way. 52 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,440 So if you want to negotiate, do it properly. 53 00:02:56,640 --> 00:02:58,880 Talk to me about the role of the military. 54 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,760 The SPD will have to leave the current government in the coming months. 55 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:04,280 We're working on that. 56 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,080 The President of the Reich will appoint a new chancellor 57 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,440 who will come from our circles. 58 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,560 You, Minister, are welcome to participate 59 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:15,600 in a nationalistically oriented government. 60 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:17,800 Your party can co-govern. 61 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,080 You can even keep your position. 62 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:26,360 If you recognize that the military and the German people have priority. 63 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:30,200 You're absolutely right about one thing, by the way. 64 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:34,640 The army leadership around Seegers is a rotting bunch of old men. 65 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,240 Men who are lost in the past. 66 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:41,360 Are you unwell? 67 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:47,960 A doctor. Get a doctor, quick! Hurry! 68 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:49,240 We need a doctor. 69 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:51,600 Quick! 70 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:19,080 Anyone here? 71 00:07:58,760 --> 00:07:59,800 Stop! Freeze! 72 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,360 Freeze! I'll shoot! 73 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:05,480 Stop! 74 00:08:32,560 --> 00:08:34,320 Henning! Henning, quick. 75 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:38,520 Boss! 76 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:44,360 -Are you all right? -Yes. 77 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:49,560 He's out of commission. 78 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:01,720 We know by now 79 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,400 that the starting point of this unprecedented series of crimes 80 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:06,600 was an act of revenge. 81 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,760 The murderer of Betty Winter had a score to settle 82 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,560 with a personality of Berlin's underground. 83 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:18,520 Can you confirm that this person is the so-called Armenian, Edgar Kasabian? 84 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:21,320 That's speculation. 85 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:23,600 Your business, not mine. 86 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:25,680 Next. 87 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,920 Counselor, how can we trust the police 88 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,520 when there are criminals and murderers in their ranks? 89 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,480 When suspects get murdered in police headquarters? 90 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:39,800 The incident you are referring to is highly regrettable. 91 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,800 But you and your readers should trust the police, 92 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,280 just like you trust your fellow citizens. 93 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:47,560 Go on, get in. 94 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:53,320 Naturally, most of us are well-trained and tested, steadfast officers. 95 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,800 But there are black sheep in the best of families. 96 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,760 We can only do our best and keep identifying 97 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,520 and arresting those black sheep and traitors in our midst. 98 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:10,360 The incident you mentioned has painfully confirmed this. 99 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,600 But it goes without saying that it should never have come to this. 100 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:23,800 The cold-blooded actions of these perpetrators leave no doubt 101 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:28,800 that this is an internal affair between rival underground gangs. 102 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,480 The brutality of this crime tells us 103 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:52,520 that we are only at the beginning of a relentless battle. 104 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:54,600 It smells like war. 105 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,520 The war of the underground for control of Berlin. 106 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:15,240 -What are you doing? -They're moving me. 107 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:19,360 Why? 108 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:22,040 Why? 109 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:23,480 It's the rules. 110 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:25,640 Tomorrow is the day. 111 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:27,800 What? 112 00:11:29,560 --> 00:11:30,760 What about Litten? 113 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,760 -Greta, what about Litten? -He was here. 114 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:36,880 -And? -I signed something. 115 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,000 -And the revision? What-- -I don't know. 116 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:47,240 Thank you. And farewell. 117 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:54,320 I'll see you again. 118 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:55,480 For sure. 119 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,200 Don't forget me. 120 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:21,560 The car is waiting outside. 121 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:22,640 It's yours. 122 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:30,360 Farewell. 123 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:33,320 Both of you. 124 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,960 I've had enough of you two scoundrels. 125 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:44,520 Why do you want him to leave? 126 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,240 We've discussed everything. 127 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,120 But that doesn't mean we're doing it that way. 128 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:52,080 -Esther, come on. -Don't you start! 129 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:55,560 Just because he tells you to bend over, you go ahead and do it? 130 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:57,200 And we never see each other again? 131 00:13:58,720 --> 00:13:59,760 No, my friends. 132 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:05,360 I'll tell you how it'll be. He stays, and so do you, and so do I. 133 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:07,440 -Esther, stop it. -I won't stop. 134 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:08,760 -Stop it. -I won't stop! 135 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:15,640 I won't stop. 136 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,320 You wanted to see me? 137 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,280 I wanted to know if the lawyer-- 138 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:45,320 -if my lawyer has been informed. -Yes. 139 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,880 Mr. Litten has been informed. I called him. 140 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,040 Even though this is not in compliance with the rules. 141 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:54,160 Thank you. 142 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:57,400 You still don't want the chaplain? 143 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:04,080 But... a piece of paper, please, and a pen. 144 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:05,880 If that is possible. 145 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,120 I will be there tomorrow morning. 146 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:25,560 You are very brave. 147 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:40,840 I have taken careful note of all of your repeated adverse decisions 148 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:43,840 regarding our application for a stay of execution, 149 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:48,680 but I insist that you please bear with me in the case of Greta Overbeck. 150 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:52,200 The sentence is to be executed today at 10 a.m.. 151 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:56,960 I implore you to at least agree to a stay of execution. 152 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:00,640 We mustn't deny our democracy the chance 153 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:04,400 to do its duty and properly conclude this trial. 154 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:09,240 Respectfully yours, Litten, Attorney at Law. 155 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:11,680 Yes. 156 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:16,000 -Done. What now? -We'll take the letter there personally. 157 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:19,600 I'll take Hindenburg's office, you the Ministry of Justice. 158 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,000 We'll meet there at 8 a.m.. 159 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,040 And you think he'll read this? Before the act of state? 160 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,800 His office is manned around the clock. Of course he'll read it. 161 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:31,960 Excuse me. 162 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,960 -What did you just say? -I wondered if someone will read it. 163 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:39,360 Before the act of state. Stresemann's funeral is about now. 164 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:43,960 Help me search. 165 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,280 -For what? -Special decrees. 166 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:52,240 No, no, imperial decrees of His Majesty Wilhelm II, 1890-97. A green book. 167 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:54,640 Here, this one? 168 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:56,400 Very good. 169 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:01,160 There. 170 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,360 "Decrees on public celebrations." 171 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,800 You! Gosh, that's clever. 172 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:22,800 This sovereign decree was included in the constitution in 1918 173 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,160 and this, is still valid. 174 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,840 I quote, "On days of national mourning, 175 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,120 all acts must cease." 176 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:30,200 End of quote. 177 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:33,320 The execution of a felon is such an act. 178 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:37,520 And, Your Honor, if you don't stop this execution, woe betide you. 179 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:40,680 Sign this stay of execution. 180 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:41,840 Right now! 181 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:55,840 And now call the prison. 182 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:18,640 I can't reach them. 183 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:20,880 Keep trying. 184 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:22,560 We'll go there. 185 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,240 Who'd have thought I'd be grateful to old Willy one day? 186 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:35,000 -Taxi! -No. 187 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,960 In this case, the law is unambiguous. 188 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:41,200 -Keep talking. -Imperial special decree. 189 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,360 I can't stop them now. 190 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:02,280 From far above the heads, the helmets 191 00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:07,960 and the top hats, the coffin can be seen wrapped in the Reich flag, 192 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:12,960 the green and floral colors of the wreaths. 193 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:15,120 Behind the coffin we see 194 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,640 the Reich President following the coffin on foot. 195 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:25,440 From the pale glass of the street lamps 196 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:29,720 resting on their heavy stone pedestals, 197 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:34,920 the electric light shines faintly, 198 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,680 deathly into the light of day. 199 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,280 What's going on there? 200 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,760 You can't get through here. 201 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:54,840 -What's happening? -Stresemann's funeral. 202 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:58,960 -We need to call them. -Who? 203 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:00,120 The prison. 204 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:02,320 -Keep the change. -Why? 205 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:03,720 I don't trust the judge. 206 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:09,400 I have to try to get the warden herself on the phone. 207 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,400 -There. -Okay. 208 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:13,520 -Give me the paper, I'll-- -No, I'll come, too. 209 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,400 You phone, I'll try to get there. 210 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:20,960 Hurry. 211 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:16,280 Yes, operator? 212 00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:19,600 Women's prison on Barnimstrasse, the security entrance gate, please. 213 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:32,000 -Barnim ten. -Attorney Litten speaking. 214 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:33,640 -I need the warden. -You what? 215 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,360 -Get me the warden. -I'm not authorized for that. 216 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,640 -Get her on the phone. -No, she's busy. 217 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:41,320 -Interrupt her. -I can't-- 218 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:42,920 Of course you can. 219 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:46,000 Go out there and tell the warden 220 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:50,720 that Hans Litten, lawyer of the condemned is on the phone. 221 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,840 -No, I won't. -I have crucial information. 222 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:57,160 I've got my orders. You need to call the warden's office. Goodbye. 223 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:58,240 Hello? 224 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,080 Excuse me. Excuse me. May I? 225 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:17,160 May I? 226 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:21,120 This is an official court paper. Exceptional urgency. 227 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:22,720 Let me through. It's a matter of life and death. 228 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,640 You'll have to wait until the end of the procession. 229 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,080 Hey, miss! 230 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,440 I need to get through! Let me through! 231 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:58,200 Let me through! I need to get through! 232 00:22:58,280 --> 00:22:59,720 -Let me go. -Stop! 233 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,240 -What do you think you're doing? -Let me through! 234 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,240 Stop! Stop immediately! 235 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:06,720 Come back! 236 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:08,560 Get her back! 237 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:09,960 No. No! 238 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:13,840 Let me through! I need to get through! 239 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:46,800 I'm CID, let me through. 240 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,880 Greta Overbeck, I will now read you your sentence. 241 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:56,440 I'm CID. This is a stay of execution, signed by the judge. 242 00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:00,120 The execution of Greta Overbeck must be stopped immediately. Right now! 243 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,000 Let's see what you have here, okay? 244 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:07,120 If you don't intervene immediately, we'll ruin you so much 245 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,280 -that you'll never smile again! -Listen, I'm only doing my job. 246 00:25:10,360 --> 00:25:11,560 Exactly! 247 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:16,000 Greta Overbeck, born on June 14, 1907, in Groeningshusen, 248 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:21,720 was sentenced to death by the district court of Berlin on September 26, 1929, 249 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,880 for the insidious murder of Councilor August Benda 250 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:29,240 and his daughter Margot Benda according to current law. 251 00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:36,080 Be brave and composed on your last, difficult path. 252 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,200 Executioner, exercise your duty. 253 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:25,160 Oh, God. 254 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:26,800 Don't! Open up! 255 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:29,440 Open up! 256 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:34,600 What are you doing? 257 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:40,880 Unlock this door immediately! 258 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:43,720 Unlock this door right now! 259 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,440 Open the door! 260 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,640 Open the door! Open the door! 261 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:03,280 No! No! 262 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:07,680 Open this door! Open this door immediately! 263 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:11,280 No! 264 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:12,880 Greta! 265 00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:19,680 Greta! 266 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:22,600 Greta! No! 267 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:25,800 No! 268 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:27,400 No! 269 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:28,320 My little boy, 270 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:32,800 when you read these words, I'll be with you. 271 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,400 Very close by. 272 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,840 Just like I am with you all the time. 273 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,280 Because I am watching you from the cloud I'm sitting on. 274 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:49,600 You are probably thriving splendidly and never think of your mother. 275 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:52,120 But I just want to tell you 276 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:54,080 that she is with you. 277 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:56,280 And she loves you. 278 00:28:58,720 --> 00:28:59,680 Your mom. 279 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:20,960 We're to blame. 280 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,440 We arrested, questioned and sentenced her. 281 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:35,440 Come on. 282 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:08,840 Rath. 283 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:11,280 Detective. 284 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:13,440 I wasn't expecting you at all. 285 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:15,600 Councilor. 286 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:17,600 What can I do for you? 287 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:19,440 I just need a moment of your time. 288 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,360 Okay. I'll just put the horse away. 289 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:44,800 Shall we take a walk? 290 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,880 If you don't mind, I'd prefer to stay here. 291 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:52,600 Okay. 292 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,960 It must be hugely important if you've come all the way here to see me. 293 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,800 Yes. It is important. 294 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,920 I know it was you who set up the murder of August Benda. 295 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,160 I also know that you covered all your tracks. 296 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,400 That you got rid of all your accomplices. 297 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:28,800 You forced the sentence of Greta Overbeck and expedited her execution. 298 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:31,560 And your motive... 299 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,440 is nothing but personal gain. 300 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:36,560 Your career. 301 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,440 Personal gain is not important to me. 302 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:44,520 Our country stands to gain 303 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,840 from the removal of Jews and Bolsheviks from influential positions. 304 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,640 Our country would also stand to gain 305 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:52,640 from the police not having murderers in leading positions. 306 00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:00,400 You see, Rath, I must take responsibility for actions 307 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:02,400 that will be deemed groundbreaking 308 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,520 for the reconstruction of the German Reich. 309 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,160 But I can't expect you to understand this perspective. 310 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:14,520 You're a simple policeman with a simple assignment. 311 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:19,160 Yes, that I am. 312 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:24,840 Why don't you arrest me? 313 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:26,760 Because I can't prove anything. 314 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,360 Yes, when it comes to criminal law, if it can't be proven 315 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,600 it's the same as if it never happened. 316 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:35,680 It doesn't exist. 317 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:42,480 Even though I am responsible for everything you have mentioned, 318 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:44,720 you can't pin any of it on me. 319 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,440 That's why this conversation is a waste of time. 320 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,280 Goodbye, Detective. 321 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:49,440 Did it work? 322 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:50,880 I think so. 323 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:06,480 Why don't you arrest me? 324 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:08,560 Because I can't prove anything. 325 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:10,000 Yes. 326 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,240 And when it comes to criminal law, if it can't be proven, 327 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,360 it's the same as if it never happened. 328 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:16,840 It doesn't exist. 329 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:17,960 Amazing. 330 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,360 This is really remarkable. 331 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:25,120 Even though I am responsible for everything you have mentioned, 332 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:27,040 you can't pin anything on me. 333 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:30,040 That's why this conversation is a waste of time. 334 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,880 -May 16, you say? -Yes. 335 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:23,240 Ah, yes, here. 336 00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:25,800 Erwin Trollmann and wife. 337 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:29,720 On May 16, 1918, two days. 338 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,000 Erwin Trollmann. 339 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:38,000 They came every year. Hang on. 340 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:49,440 -Always in summer. -Yes? 341 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:52,840 Yes, always room two, and later with his son. 342 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:56,120 With his son? 343 00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,080 -Yes. -What were they doing here? 344 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:02,240 Fitness. Physical exercise in the park. 345 00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:07,600 Seems to be making it, the little one. 346 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:13,800 May I? 347 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:16,280 Yes, but don't touch. 348 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:24,320 RUKELI TROLLMANN VS. CHALLENGER ERWIN PESCHER BOXING 349 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:31,280 Rukeli Trollmann. 350 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,720 I can imagine this will turn into something long-term. 351 00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:47,720 Hey! 352 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:50,440 What are you doing here? 353 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,040 Hands off my sister. 354 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:59,040 Don't you have any manners? We're just neighbors having a chat. 355 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:01,680 Not you, you rat. Come on! 356 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:04,400 Let go of me. 357 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:09,440 So that's where you got the money for the birds from. 358 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:13,120 Look at me! 359 00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:19,520 How could I be so stupid? Come upstairs. 360 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:21,640 You can't tell me anything. 361 00:37:21,720 --> 00:37:24,640 -Why, who else? I'm your sister. -No, you're not. 362 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:25,920 What? 363 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:29,840 -What did you just say? -You're not my sister. 364 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,560 My real sister is blind. Because of you. 365 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:38,800 -Mrs. Petersen. -Colonel. 366 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,800 All the brass today for a change. 367 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,520 You have to look impressive as chief of the police, Colonel. 368 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:46,840 That's exactly right. 369 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:49,600 ZÖRGIEBEL RESIGNS DUE TO MAY 1ST SUCCESSOR APPOINTED TODAY 370 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,520 -The large clasp? -The small one will do. 371 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:08,680 Chief Constable? 372 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:10,960 Come on in, Rath. 373 00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,200 Excuse the chaos. 374 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:16,040 You are resigning. 375 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:19,320 Happens to everyone sooner or later. 376 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:25,400 I only hope that the aftereffects won't be too unpleasant. 377 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,680 Yes. The moment is inopportune. 378 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:29,880 Every office comes to an end. 379 00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:33,400 The Secretary of the Interior is announcing my successor as we speak. 380 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,320 In the face of this unexpected resignation... 381 00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:40,560 the Prussian Ministry of the Interior 382 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:45,280 has decided on a successor you all know. 383 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:47,480 It is therefore a solution 384 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:50,320 appropriate to this special position, 385 00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:56,120 in which experience was the decisive factor. 386 00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:58,080 Who? 387 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:03,160 Take a wild guess. 388 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:06,760 I myself... 389 00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:10,200 will therefore take up the office 390 00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:14,320 that I held before I entered politics 391 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:16,320 one more time. 392 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:30,880 Grzesinksi. Thanks to your help. 393 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:33,520 Grzesinski himself? 394 00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:35,840 He was it before me, 395 00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:37,920 he is my successor. 396 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:41,120 Where does it say 397 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,320 that you youngsters can do it better? 398 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:48,520 Goodbye. 399 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:51,200 Farewell. All the best to you 400 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:55,000 here at headquarters and with everything else. 401 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:56,880 Thank you. 402 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:42,160 I'm Red Rieke. 403 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,760 That's Buxe, Peppi, 404 00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:49,360 Olschen, and, well, the rest. 405 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:52,120 And you? 406 00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:54,040 Toni. 407 00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:57,360 Toni is a good name. 408 00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:58,840 Yes, Toni is good. 409 00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:00,720 She can stay. 410 00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:12,480 The film that was never meant to completed is finished after all. 411 00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:16,720 And they are all here. The mayor, Pommer, Lilian Harvey, 412 00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:19,080 Fritsch, Helm. 413 00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:20,560 Even Max Reinhardt. 414 00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:24,520 And Charlotte Ritter! 415 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,120 The most sparkling star of the Berlin police. 416 00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:28,280 Good evening. 417 00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:32,480 -What are you doing here? -Looking around. 418 00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:35,120 And? Does she have some inside intel for me? 419 00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:37,160 Backgrounds, motives, and so on? 420 00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:42,920 Pity. We would have made a dream couple. Purely professionally, of course. 421 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:45,600 -Why? You have him. -He won't say anything. 422 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:49,240 Why are you two wasting away at the police? Why not at Ullstein? 423 00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:51,080 It's the same job, just pays much better. 424 00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:53,520 -A writer, me? -Yes. 425 00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:56,960 Something bold and edgy. Young women are doing well at the moment. And you? 426 00:42:57,040 --> 00:43:00,080 Take pictures of living things for a change, not just of the dead? 427 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:01,680 If the shroud fits, let him photograph it. 428 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:05,280 Mrs. Korda! 429 00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:54,000 "DEMONS OF PASSION" 430 00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:59,440 STARRING BETTY WINTER TRISTAN ROT 431 00:44:00,240 --> 00:44:04,120 AND ESTHER KORDA 432 00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:26,880 I can't see where you're going 433 00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:31,360 When silence reigns and loneliness 434 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:36,800 makes my mind heavy 435 00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:41,560 And a wind of grief and sorrow blows. 436 00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:54,040 DEMONS OF PASSION 437 00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:58,800 Elsa, listen. 438 00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:01,600 I won't share you. 439 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:03,280 Never, ever. 440 00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:05,880 You will have to, Balthasar. 441 00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:08,560 It's the new era. 442 00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:15,440 Where have you been all night long? 443 00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:18,760 Balthasar. 444 00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,880 If you don't say anything, I'll go. 445 00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:31,160 -Balthasar. -Elsa, I... 446 00:45:31,240 --> 00:45:34,160 I'm not the man I once was. 447 00:45:34,680 --> 00:45:36,320 Not anymore. 448 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:39,720 The bond of our love will break. 449 00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:42,200 I can feel it. 450 00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:46,120 We're losing each other. 451 00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:48,120 We're losing each other! 452 00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:51,520 I'm tumbling. I'm falling! 453 00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:52,760 Now! 454 00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:56,880 Balthasar! 455 00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,880 Look what you have done. 456 00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:03,440 Stop. 457 00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:06,360 I can't. 458 00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:09,320 I can't do it! 459 00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:39,600 A look into infinity 460 00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:43,520 It tears my heart out 461 00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:49,560 But you are spared the pain 462 00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:55,760 -Empowerment is will -Will 463 00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:59,920 -The right and the urge of fate -Urge 464 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:04,280 -So scream only in the silence -Silence 465 00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:07,840 -Feeling is only compulsion -Compulsion 466 00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:33,480 THE END 467 00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:43,400 Bravo! 468 00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:20,720 The premiere of the new Bellman film Demons of Passion last night 469 00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:22,760 was an eagerly awaited event. 470 00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:26,800 What the audience witnessed 471 00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:30,760 was an indigestible patchwork of outdated expressionism, 472 00:48:31,240 --> 00:48:32,920 melodramatic amateurism 473 00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:36,880 and a story that was obviously constructed only in retrospect, 474 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:40,240 making brazen use of various literary classics. 475 00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:43,720 As if the death of the leading actress during the filming 476 00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:45,400 hadn't been enough of a tragedy, 477 00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:49,840 the film's other big tragedy is its wasteful expenditure, 478 00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:53,200 which were insipidly squandered for nothing. 479 00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:56,920 For a decorative gesture of nostalgic romanticism. 480 00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:00,480 And even Tristan Rot can't save the film, 481 00:49:00,560 --> 00:49:05,360 who just a few years ago he terrified us with his fascinating demonial possessions. 482 00:49:06,240 --> 00:49:07,520 But what's the point? 483 00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:10,240 The masses will still pour in. 484 00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:12,760 The desire for the dream world is too great, 485 00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:15,560 as is the fear of reality. 486 00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:16,920 The attempts of German film... 487 00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:18,480 It is time to tell Bellman 488 00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:22,040 that these painted mannequins no longer have anything to do with us. 489 00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:26,240 It is time for films that look life in the face. 490 00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:46,560 I AM LEAVING. DON'T LOOK FOR ME. TONI 491 00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:27,920 What are you doing here, mister? 492 00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:32,080 If I may politely ask you to get out of our bed. 493 00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:33,800 Hey! 494 00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:35,320 Yes. 495 00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:38,720 What kind of depraved individual are you, to be lying here all the time? 496 00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:40,600 You aren't allowed to be here now. 497 00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:42,680 Turn around! 498 00:50:50,240 --> 00:50:51,240 You? 499 00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:52,760 Who else? 500 00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:06,840 I don't bite. 501 00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:29,520 {\an8}25 OCTOBER 1929 502 00:51:44,720 --> 00:51:47,040 Oh. Excuse me. 503 00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:53,160 Yes? 504 00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:55,680 -Mr. Nyssen? -Speaking. 505 00:51:56,680 --> 00:52:00,080 This is Wegener. Prices on Wall Street... 506 00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:02,040 They fell. 507 00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:03,560 Yesterday. 508 00:52:04,600 --> 00:52:05,840 They hit rock bottom. 509 00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:08,520 It has started. 510 00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:15,680 We need to go to the stock exchange. Immediately. 511 00:52:27,800 --> 00:52:30,240 -Boss! -What's the matter? 512 00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:33,600 Something with the stock exchange. 513 00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:36,200 People are ganging up on the banks and demanding their money. 514 00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:39,440 -Why is this our business? -There's been an emergency call. 515 00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:41,760 One of our guys lost his head. 516 00:52:42,360 --> 00:52:43,200 Who? 517 00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:45,320 You have ruined me! 518 00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:47,640 I'll finish you off! 519 00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:52,840 Look at the bastard. 520 00:52:53,720 --> 00:52:55,680 He's as much a filthy swine as the rest of you! 521 00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:07,560 To the side entrance. 522 00:53:16,720 --> 00:53:19,560 I've had enough. He set me up! 523 00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:21,560 Henning, I'll take the side corridor. 524 00:53:21,640 --> 00:53:23,480 I want my money! 525 00:53:24,040 --> 00:53:27,080 I demand that you give me my money back! 526 00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:30,160 -Or I'll shoot you all! -Böhm! 527 00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:34,160 What is this nonsense? Don't do anything stupid. 528 00:53:34,720 --> 00:53:35,680 Henning. 529 00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:37,800 They've cheated us all. 530 00:53:45,160 --> 00:53:46,200 Böhm. 531 00:53:57,800 --> 00:53:59,200 I'm putting the gun down now. 532 00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:10,320 Put that thing away. 533 00:54:12,040 --> 00:54:13,280 We'll just walk out of here. 534 00:54:17,200 --> 00:54:18,600 You don't have to do this. 535 00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:23,280 You have a life. 536 00:54:26,720 --> 00:54:28,560 It doesn't belong to the money. 537 00:54:29,200 --> 00:54:30,560 Not to the bank. 538 00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:33,880 Not to the debts. 539 00:54:39,520 --> 00:54:40,520 Your life. 540 00:54:45,520 --> 00:54:47,240 You are a good policeman. 541 00:54:49,680 --> 00:54:51,040 You have a wife. 542 00:54:53,360 --> 00:54:54,800 You have two children. 543 00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:21,120 What do we do with him now? 544 00:55:21,920 --> 00:55:23,080 Like I said, 545 00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:25,520 go home. 546 00:55:26,400 --> 00:55:27,600 We'll keep the gun. 547 00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:30,520 Get a good night's rest. 548 00:55:31,160 --> 00:55:32,560 Tomorrow is another day. 549 00:55:32,640 --> 00:55:33,720 Come on, Böhm. 550 00:56:11,360 --> 00:56:12,360 Gereon. 551 00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:15,960 Ready for the next session? 552 00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:26,880 We will find a path 553 00:56:27,280 --> 00:56:30,160 that makes the wounded soul invulnerable. 554 00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:38,600 What are you doing here? 555 00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:44,400 Helga? 556 00:56:55,440 --> 00:56:58,280 You have embarked on a journey, Siegfried. 557 00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:00,840 To the truth... 558 00:57:01,640 --> 00:57:02,640 to the light. 559 00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:05,720 You are not afraid. 560 00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:09,720 You are free of pain and fear. 561 00:57:12,440 --> 00:57:19,000 Your path inevitably leads us to the fusion of man... and machine. 562 00:57:26,760 --> 00:57:29,160 We will create the new human. 563 00:57:32,840 --> 00:57:35,640 We will create the human-machine. 564 00:57:39,280 --> 00:57:44,040 An android, free of pain and fear. 565 00:57:49,120 --> 00:57:51,560 A mind damaged by war 566 00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:54,400 provides an ideal foundation. 567 00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:03,800 Only such a mind knows the depths of the soul 568 00:58:08,320 --> 00:58:10,480 so profoundly that the will to be numb... 569 00:58:11,440 --> 00:58:14,240 comes naturally. 570 00:58:24,080 --> 00:58:26,600 Our new synthetic substances... 571 00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:30,600 will remove all feeling from the destroyed soul. 572 00:58:36,360 --> 00:58:41,680 Thus, freeing it from pain and fear. 573 00:58:49,040 --> 00:58:50,760 Will you lead us? 574 00:58:51,520 --> 00:58:53,240 From darkness to light? 575 00:58:55,680 --> 00:58:57,920 Bring the truth to light. 576 00:59:01,520 --> 00:59:03,560 To the truth, to the light. 577 01:01:13,640 --> 01:01:16,800 Subtitle translation by Stephanie Geiges