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PANKRÁC PRISON, PROTECTORATE OF BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA, 1942

Three months of interrogation and he hasn't said a word.

We'll see about that.

On your feet. Get up, Mašín.

Move it.

You bastard!

Bastard.

Ready.

Load.

Aim.

Fire!

CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1950

Thanks, boss.

-What do you want for it? -Twenty crowns.

-Josef, I need ten crowns. -Don't have it.

Find yourself a girl.

Thanks.

I'll wait outside.

For soup.

Thank you, Mr. Hakl.

-And say hi to your mom. -I will.

-I told you there'd be an elevator. -Not so loud.

-Whose apartment is this? -Mine.

Okay, my uncle's.

Don't worry, he went to Vary.

Where's my tip?

Do you bring a lot of girls here?

I water the plants for him.

-What are you doing here? -I live here.

Hana, wait.

Hana, wait!

Sorry, Pepa. I have to go to the dentist's tomorrow.

Look at the hotshot.

I'm faster. Always have been.

BROTHERS

Move it!

"Close combat.

Attack with the knife downward…"

Knife…

Hold this.

"Downward angle step,

make 90-degree angle with your hand."

-You think it's funny? -You read like a moron.

Let's see, then.

90 degrees.

Come on.

Farewell.

-I thought you didn't understand it. -Get up. Let's go again.

Shoulder, shoulder.

-Good. -Great, bro.

Remember the time I beat you up?

I was nine.

We were fighting over that knife.

You wouldn't let me borrow it.

Because knives don't belong in the hands of little kids.

And as I recall,

you got your ass kicked.

Fellow citizens,

for information on the graduation parade for agricultural students…

The keys.

-Then you lock up. -Yeah, yeah.

-What'd you do to your hair? -Cut it out.

…the parade will be on June 3…

I've got to go. I'll miss the bus.

-Do you have your snack? -Yep.

Then eat it, okay? And you too.

-Of course, Mom. -Of course, Mom.

-We call on every honest citizen… -Taxi, madame?

…to sign the petition calling for the just condemnation

of traitors to the nation.

We will not abide vermin among us,

insidiously undermining the strength of our administration.

We thank the local chapter of the Czechoslovak Communist Party

for organizing the petition committees.

Everyone needs to sign it.

He said everyone.

We had the same thing the other day, I know.

No, Mom, it's great.

But I'll cook the chicken on Sunday.

No, I prefer lentils.

-The bread. -I forgot. Hand it to me, please.

-Who wants some? -Voilà.

Dear listeners, we interrupt the broadcast

-for an important message. -Turn it off.

The People's Court has sentenced the following people to death by hanging.

Záviš Kalandra, Jan Buchal, Oldřich Pecl, Milada Horáková.

Also condemned to death: Stanislav Broj--

Comrade Chairman, Comrade Mašínová is here.

I told her you were busy, but she won't take no for an answer.

I thought the murdering ended with the Nazis.

Sometimes a person rushes things.

They make hot-headed decisions, and then regret it.

Hang on.

Radek's in college, right?

Pepa's enrolling. Your girl needs doctors.

I knew her.

We will not allow your son to take the final exam.

Why? His grades are excellent.

Orders from above.

This is your own fault. You shouldn't have provoked them.

Here you have it in writing.

You make me sick.

I'm not going anywhere. I'm just not.

You'll be less visible. Grandma will take care of you in Jeseník.

And have her boss me around all the time? Mom, do you hear me?

I don't want to go there. I want to be here with you.

-You'll come visit us. -Mom, it's my damn life.

-Nenda! Don't speak to Mom like that. -Don't play Dad.

Listen to me, okay? And understand.

It's bad enough they didn't let Pepa graduate.

Mom, I don't need some stupid diploma.

Of course not, education is a relic of capitalism.

Pepa, be quiet, all right?

Nenda!

This is all my fault.

Go to her.

Go on.

-Nenda, it's me. -Everyone leave me alone.

Nenda.

It'll be all right.

We'll manage, you'll see.

I got a temporary job in Jeseník so my sister won't be there alone.

Don't worry, I'll come see you whenever I can.

I promise.

You load the truck up at six.

At 4:30, you'll have it back at the station spic and span.

They'll give you clothes and food tickets at the dispensary.

You'll have every third Saturday off.

There's your crew foreman. Go introduce yourself.

Welcome to the woods, comrade.

-Pepa Mašín. -Nosek.

-Wait, you'll wrinkle them. -It doesn't matter.

I said wait. I'll do it for you.

What's new?

How's Mom?

It looks like she'll have to have surgery again.

I should be with her.

Doesn't it bother you? That they separated us like this?

Nothing will ever separate us.

You promise?

Of course I do.

Jesus! Piece of crap!

Dinner.

-Come on. -And wash your hands.

Don't forget to wash your hands.

Mrs. Mašínová?

The committee told me where to find you.

We're painting the cells in Pankrác.

I'm Jan Bašta, a painter.

Your husband was locked up there during the war and…

I found something in one of the cells.

I think he wrote it.

Not here, please.

My dear children,

beloved Zdena,

I hope this letter reaches you.

Dear Zdena, please forgive me.

Radek, you are the oldest.

Support and guide Pepa and Nenda.

Nenda and Pepa,

study hard so that you can be educated and productive people.

I went to fight.

And I lost my fight.

But I firmly believe that defending our freedom and that of our country

is the duty of each of us.

Life without freedom is not life.

Cut it out, Pepa. You and your jokes.

I can't wait to see Mom. She wrote that she'd make us tenderloin.

How is it they lent you a car?

I told them they shot your legs off in the war, all the way up to your ass.

You're such an idiot, you know that?

Floor clock…

with eagle.

Venetian mirror, cut glass.

Walnut wall unit.

The chandeliers, too.

Two six-arm crystal chandeliers.

-What's going on? -They're throwing us out of our apartment.

-We're not moving anywhere. -Go outside and cool off.

-Haven't you taken enough? -Did you not understand? Get out.

He doesn't understand?

-Get out! -Or you'll do what?

-Boys? -Don't make it even worse.

Take it downstairs.

Please.

I just wanted to ask you…

This piano…

It was a gift from my husband.

It's very important to me.

You have a week.

Then I'll have it chopped up.

Bastards.

Blue enamel.

I've always wanted a stove like that.

-And there are no stairs. -You see?

No more lugging the groceries up to the second floor.

Mom…

-Let me see. -Sign here for me.

Twice.

Aim and fire on my command.

From the left, aim and fire.

Armed resistance is the only thing that works on these bastards.

Radek, it's risky as hell.

If someone kicks your ass, you don't give them a flower.

-I didn't say that. -You did.

I didn't.

They locked your dad up.

-And what do you want to do? -Hurt them here.

Like Dad did to the Nazis.

Yeah,

how about we poison the comrades' coffee at the Central Committee?

-Find out how to get into the canteen-- -No, wait, that's not enough.

We'll cut off Gottwald's balls and send them to Stalin as a paperweight.

I'm getting tired of the fucking jokes.

I don't have time to waste with a band of idiots.

Don't flip out, man.

We know where the secret police shooting range is.

We'll shoot up their bus.

-Wow, man. -And with what?

There are plenty of guns at the police station in Chlumec.

We'll take what we need.

And there's another operation I have in mind.

Hi there, comrade. Are we interrupting?

-Good evening. -Hi there.

-Honor to labor. -Greetings, comrade.

What do you think you're doing?

You said we had a week, right? So here we are.

Who are these people?

Go back to sleep.

-You have to fiddle with it. -What is all this?

-They'll just take the piano and go. -What?

Excusez-moi, mademoiselle.

-Sleep well, comrade. -Farewell.

Couldn't Dad have given Mom a violin?

Now I know… why nobody's rushing to join the resistance.

Watch out.

Stop, man!

It's all right, Zdena.

They're adults. They'll understand.

Pepa might.

But Radek is a mule.

A mule is not an ass.

What do you think?

That you look very pretty, little sister.

Come on, what is it?

What?

Josef would order you to do it, if he could.

Don't let it bother you You're just one year older

There's still a sparkle in your eye A young body, a spring in your step

What more could you want? That's all there is!

Radek, you didn't sing! I saw you.

So…

Hurrah.

My sister, my dear Zdena.

I wish you the best of health, happiness and love.

-I love you. -I love you, too.

What? This is from me.

-Thank you. -From us.

I know it's from you. Here, hand me the vase.

-Grandma sent you this. -Really? Let's see.

Now that's beautiful.

Tell her it's gorgeous and I thank her very much.

-Happy birthday. -Thank you.

And how are you two getting on?

She has no intention of softening the firm hand of discipline…

-That's Grandma. -Boys, it's not a funeral.

This is from us.

He means to say that we love you very much, Mom.

And let's hope that damn stomach will give you some peace.

-Let me see. -I found it in a scrapyard in Prague.

We'll put it on the house so they all know who they're dealing with.

Goodness, who wrapped it?

GENERAL JOSEF MAŠÍN ST. PRAGUE - KOBYLISY

Thank you. Where will--

I'll get that.

I'll put it here.

Good evening.

Sorry I'm so late.

Gentlemen, Lieutenant Colonel Roušar, Foreign Legion.

122nd fighter squadron, Essex. After the war, consul to the Congo and…

-Nigeria. -And now a helping hand.

That's what you get for knowing foreign languages.

-Come on. -I invited Mr. Roušar to the party.

If you don't mind.

Welcome.

-Happy birthday, Zdena dear. -Thank you.

Now that's what I call a gift. Show me.

She's been alone for eight years. Why shouldn't she meet somebody?

You knew?

Yeah.

Come on.

Get back there, man.

What do you want for it?

She's not for sale.

She helped me run the Germans out of the country.

You mean even those two kids?

You do understand you'll drag your mother and Nenda into it, too?

I'll say you stole it.

And what about Vláďa and Zbyněk…?

-Zbyněk's a hothead. -Vláďa's not up for it.

Stop showing off.

Holy shit!

-Where'd you get that? -Careful!

-It's loaded. -Sure it is.

You'd shoot your balls off.

Josef!

Are you insane?

My goodness.

There's only one cop on guard at night.

Milan, you park here and wait in the car.

Me and Josef will report a stolen motorcycle.

Once we're inside,

and the policeman turns around…

Then he gets it over the head.

The moment he goes down, Josef gives him a whiff.

We grab the guns and get out.

Wait, that's not soda pop, Milan.

How much do you use?

The right amount.

-Want to try it? -You're scared, huh?

-Nothing. -Try it for real.

The apple and pear trees were a-blooming Mist was creeping o'er the river

Josef?

I guess it works then.

Boys?

We're going to Prague. To a party.

To dance.

What?

You're going to dance?

Yeah, I dance with Milan.

He's teaching me the tango.

I'll bring you something from Prague for your stomach.

Thanks, bye.

Are you free?

-Yeah. Where to, gentlemen? -To Hradec Králové.

Then you'd better take the train.

You see, he's getting married tomorrow morning, the poor guy.

-It'll cost you a fortune. -That's what I told him. Didn't I?

If you want. Go ahead.

You both from Hradec?

Both of us.

Could you stop here for me, please?

I need to take a leak.

Well, what is it?

-You want me to help you? -Do as I say and you won't get hurt.

-Boys, there's no need for this. -Get out of the car. Quick, move it.

No turning around.

-What do you want? -Face the tree, I said.

Put your hands out.

Don't look.

-You want money? -Quiet.

When it gets light out, you can yell. The folks at the bus stop will hear you.

Don't worry about anything.

Give me some light.

This is for the trip. To Hradec and back, Mr. Šulc.

And something extra for your trouble.

You never saw us, understand?

Come on, let's go.

Goodbye.

What is it?

We want to report a stolen motorcycle.

We left it at the station this afternoon.

Just a moment.

Where exactly did you leave it?

By… the pub.

There is no pub there.

Ouch! What are you doing? You bastard!

Move!

What the fuck happened?

-You were supposed to hit him hard! -I did hit him hard.

Milan, slow down.

Do you fucking hear me?

I said fucking slow down!

If you hadn't done it, he would have.

Comrade Colonel, Comrade Koller.

It's your district.

The report says it happened before midnight.

Poděbrady is only 30 kilometers from there.

I asked around about you.

Originally from the Sudetenland. A widower, your wife was Austrian.

Deputy Police Commissioner in Liberec before the war.

Two promotions since your transfer to Prague.

-Even the Germans kept you on the force. -I didn't ask them to.

Nor did you likely protest.

They had me in prison for three years.

What do you make of this?

Two blows with a blunt object. To the crown of the head and frontal bone.

-The culprits-- -Culprit.

Taxi driver described an older man.

There were two.

The victim took the blow head on, but the shots are clearly from the side.

He could have shot him when he was already down.

Judging by the ballistics, he was still standing.

If they'd planned on killing him,

then the blows to the head were unnecessary.

You'll take over the case on Monday at the regional office in Hradec.

Here's an application to join the party.

I will be vouching for you.

-Emergency Services Prague. -Good evening, Rajchrt speaking.

I'm at the #7 terminal station and there's been an accident.

My friend fell off his bike and I think his leg is broken.

Give me the address.

Don't you dare scream.

Rajchrt, paramedics.

A driver hit a kid on a bike near the park.

Open fracture, the driver's aggressive and completely drunk.

My colleague's guarding him, please hurry.

You go ahead. I'll get my things.

By the park, you say?

Fuck.

Where's the car?

And the driver?

He drove off.

He drove off?

Don't even try it! Hands behind your back.

Move.

Where are the keys to the closet?

The commander has them.

Don't look at me!

Holy shit.

Sit down and don't move.

Come on.

Come on, come on.

There.

Where the hell have you been?

You're the ones from Chlumec.

I have to put you to sleep, comrade. So you don't act out too soon.

That won't help you anyway…

Five brand new SA23s, ten magazines,

three boxes of 9 mm Luger ammo, two boxes of 7.62,

and two CZ 482 pistols.

Write the victim's weapon down, too.

-Did you get anything? -Not really, the handles are wiped.

A little dirt from the shoes.

I knew him.

He's got a little boy.

The edges are too ragged for a razor.

-A knife. -He cut deeper than he had to.

Hi. Do you know what's going on?

Hello. Do you know what happened?

They say a police station in Čelákovice was attacked.

Everybody inside bought it.

Like, ten policemen…

Thanks.

You wanted to prove you could do it without me?

I can't help it that you weren't there.

What happened in there?

Listen to me!

Now they're afraid of us. That's what we wanted, right?

We also wanted to clean up that mess in the yard.

Hello there.

Aren't you forgetting something?

The paramedics describe three young boys.

And Šulc claimed he was driving an older man.

The taxi was parked on the outskirts of Prague,

the ambulance about 11 minutes from the scene.

It doesn't look like the same group.

Šulc claims that the man kept a pistol pointed at him

and a flashlight in his face.

-How would he be able to tie him up? -Šulc was scared shitless.

He would have even tied himself up.

-Where is he now? -We let him go.

I need to talk to him.

They've been broadcasting it all week, over and over.

Every hour.

It's no use, Nenda.

Comrade President Klement Gottwald.

Give it here.

The crutch, too.

Come here.

-And hold it as high as you can. -Hey, careful.

Whoa, whoa, that's it.

-What are they saying? -That you should learn English.

You mean like you?

They say the Yanks will give asylum to all refugees from communist countries.

And they can be integrated into combat groups

within the American first-line forces.

It's already been approved by Congress. They've given $100 million for it.

They're building a liberation army.

I knew they wouldn't let us down.

You'll be shot to bits at the border.

They won't stand a chance.

We cut up an old boiler.

I'll armor the truck with it and we won't stop until we get to Munich.

Come to my place, spend the night.

There are more cars in the morning. You won't be conspicuous.

-You can take some things to Vary. -Yeah.

One more thing.

Hakl's been hiding an agent for months. He needs to get to the other side.

This is an opportunity.

-Do you know who it is? -No, but Hakl is reliable.

He hid your dad during the war.

So consider it.

Tell him we'll take him.

Something happened, he's gone.

Stop! Hands up!

Let's go.

Go ahead.

Rykl here. We've got two suspects planning to cross the border.

Watch them for now.

-And send me a car. -Will do.

What's taking them so long?

Maybe Hakl couldn't get out of the pub, it's Saturday.

My brother will take care of it.

He should have at least taken this.

What for?

They're here.

Wait.

Radek has keys.

Who's there?

Can you let us in?

-Secret police. -Fuck.

We'll take a couple out, at least.

Pack it up, now. To the attic. Pack it up, move!

What is it, gentlemen?

Secret police. We're here to see Ctibor Novák. Open up.

I'm coming!

Hunker down.

Ctibor Novák? Secret police.

-Go into the apartment. -What's going on, comrades?

Go.

-What's going on? -Shut up and get dressed.

Move it, asshole!

Come on.

We're bringing them down.

We're done here, Comrade Lieutenant.

Comrade Colonel promised I could question them.

-My orders are to bring everyone in. -He said you were only taking Koutný.

We'll keep you posted.

How did you find him, anyway?

He wanted to say goodbye to his family.

A neighbor from the street committee recognized him.

You have observant people in Poděbrady.

Spit it out and you'll do half the time.

That's fair, isn't it?

I don't know what.

Unlawful attempt to leave the country. Five to fifteen years.

Aiding an agent of a foreign power, ten to twenty-five.

Subversion and treason. The noose.

Again, lowlife.

-On Saturday, October 18, we-- -No. I want the whole thing.

On Friday, October 17, I returned from Prague,

where I attend the technical college.

The next day, I traveled to Poděbrady

where I met up with Josef and my uncle, Ctibor Novák. The next day…

How did the confrontation with the agent go?

He doesn't know the boys.

Do you believe him?

He pissed himself at the first slap.

And Novák?

He really does have an apartment in Vary.

He was active in the resistance, discharged for health reasons.

After the war he joined the party, but he's not very active.

-You think he knew about the agent? -Hakl denies it.

He claims he met this one by coincidence.

I don't believe in coincidences. You know what I mean?

-Hi. -Hi.

Hello.

Thank you.

-Thank you. -I'll get some water.

The doctor said the operation went well.

How are the boys?

I don't know.

They wouldn't even let me through the gate.

They can't keep them there three months and not tell us anything.

It's my fault.

Don't talk like that.

Radek has been expelled from college.

I finished college, and what good is it to me now?

A fortune teller once told me that my boys would live to a ripe old age.

See there?

At least now you can think more about yourself.

And your stomach.

Hello, Vašek.

Zbyněk Roušar. The group's treasurer.

-Václav Švéda. -Pleasure.

Václav's part of the family.

-The commies took everything they had too. -Not everything.

I was allowed to keep my kulak heritage.

He'll help us get my brother out. He was a carpenter in the Jáchymov camp.

He knows the place.

I hear you have a family.

Is that a problem?

There's at least ten camps there.

We need to find out which hole they've got him in.

I know the deputy of the civilian section in Vykmanov.

But count on paying off a guy who has more money than he knows what to do with.

How much?

-At least 50 grand. -What bastards…

That's more than I make in a year.

On the first Wednesday of each month, they bring our wages to the factory.

-It must be a real bundle. -Forget it.

-We can't do without money. -We're not thieves.

But they are.

They moved you into a moldy hole.

Those bastards can kill Radek any time they want in that camp,

so what's your problem?

If you think about it,

stealing from a thief can be a good deed in this situation, right?

I'll want receipts for the operating expenses, though.

I'll dig the guns up.

No.

You are going to be the hardest-working employee who ever worked there.

You can't do it without me.

-It was my idea. -Exactly.

So think, man.

One was thin…

Older, he was in militia dress. The other was in civilian clothes.

He said he was secret police.

He had a pistol.

He got in the car with us and said for the driver to pull into the woods.

There he made us get out.

He said they just wanted the money.

And suddenly Comrade Rušický pulled a gun on him.

The boy jumped on him, they started fighting, and then--

The shot went through the left lung and struck the atrium.

He died on the spot.

The muzzle was at point blank range.

The skin is torn and burned.

They fought.

There are traces of gunpowder on his right hand.

He must have had a gun.

There were some people from the co-op in the fields, but no one heard a shot.

The kid's body muffled the gunshot.

It's crooked.

-Then sit straight. -I am sitting straight.

She wouldn't let me go to the movies again.

They only show stupid Russian films anyway.

Hang on now,

was my little sister supposed to have a date?

Let go.

-My little sister had a date? -Let go of me, Pepa.

-Who is it? Out with it. -Let go.

I'll just tell her I'm going back to Mom's.

Or I'll just run away and she can throw a fit.

Come quick. You have to hear this. I can't believe it.

…with pain like that which grips the hearts of children,

we announce the passing of the father of nations,

our great teacher and beloved leader,

Josef Vissarionovich Stalin.

Throughout the Soviet Union, people have taken to the streets

to share the pain and loss…

I've been hiding this wine since before the war.

For a homecoming.

Comrade Klement Gottwald has assured the Presidium of the Communist Party

-that Czechoslovakia is prepared… -Looks promising.

…to continue in the example set by our Soviet allies and brothers.

More!

May our great father remain forever in our hearts.

-Here's to better times. -Cheers.

What the hell! Brother! You escaped!

The magic of amnesty.

You look awful.

How are you?

A match for you any day.

What's with the motorcycle?

I wanted to come get you.

What you don't know can't hurt you.

Come on, come on.

Vašek Švéda is with us now. Milan enlisted in the army.

We'll outrun any cop on this.

Radek.

Radek, my boy.

My darling boy.

You need a bath.

What are you staring at?

Was it real bad?

…older, he was in militia dress. The other was in civilian clothes.

He said he was secret police.

…made us get out. He said they just wanted the money

and he would have to tie us up.

The kid took out some rope and…

…get out. He said they just wanted the money

and he would have to tie us up.

I want to compare the ropes. Analysis, origin, age.

Here's the request form.

I dream about you every night.

Pepa, wait, I'm here about something else.

I don't believe it.

-They asked me about you. -Who?

The police.

They asked if we're a couple.

They asked about Radek and Vašek.

-What did you tell them? -Nothing.

Thank you.

Wait, Pepa.

-Sorry. -Have you guys done something?

Thirty-two strands of braid, core of seven double yarns, nylon.

All from the same batch.

Sign here for me.

We take a bus to Hora Svaté Kateřina.

If they stop us, we'll say we're going to see the Ottas in Brandov.

The address is #44.

Our uncle knows them. The old man works at the sawmill.

Remember it, it's important. The Ottas, Brandov, #44.

I still have to go home.

Betka thinks I went to the doctor for a check-up.

There's no time.

Why don't we cross the border to the West?

-Because they'd be waiting for us. -Half the border is electrified,

the other is mined.

How many kilometers?

About 250 from the border to Berlin.

I've got a map.

It's the only one I could find.

So we can wipe our asses with it later or something.

I'd rather take the short way. We have machine guns.

We're only taking pistols.

-That's bullshit. -We'll use our brains more.

What about Milan?

I sent him a telegram. A death in the family.

Let's hope they fall for that at the barracks.

Boys?

I'm not going.

I can't leave my mom here.

Give me some water from the stove.

Boys!

Well?

Where've you been?

Play us something.

What? You want me to play something?

I guess I shouldn't pass this up.

Papers, please.

Jiřetín, for a funeral.

Do you have a pass?

Fine.

-Where are you going, gentlemen? -To Brandov, to the sawmill.

They're looking for dayworkers.

Okay.

Two groups.

Spaced far apart, but close enough to see each other.

Milan.

If there's a problem, each group helps the other.

What about me?

Don't worry, we'll trade off.

Here.

Guten Tag, willkommen!

I expected worse.

Turn it off, man.

Shoes off.

How else?

God damn it.

That map is fucking worthless.

Three days of walking and we don't even know where we are.

You should have gotten a better one.

It's freezing.

Tell me about it.

I can't even feel my legs.

We can commandeer a car. It's only a few hours to Berlin.

This is the last of what we have. I'm resigning as quartermaster.

The truest love is the love of food, huh?

The first three days are the worst,

then your stomach shrinks. I know from prison.

Why didn't you say so before? We didn't have to drag all this along.

Prison?

In Berlin.

In 1940, I fled to Switzerland and got caught.

I wanted to shoot fascists and I ended up ironing their trousers.

But he made the creases crooked.

Guys…

I…

I think I lost my gun.

How so?

Are you fucking with me?

It must have fallen out when I fell in that hole.

The Americans won't trust you to scrub the latrines, you asshole!

Cut it out!

Don't scream.

Zbyněk will take the rear.

Milan will wait at the bend in the road.

Me and Vašek will give him a whiff. Got it?

I'm supposed to guard without a gun?

-Shoot only if absolutely necessary. -Jesus. I know.

Let's go.

-Do you need a ride somewhere? -To Dresden, please.

Get out of the car. Do as we say and nothing will happen.

I'm a doctor. Please, don't hurt me. I'm going to see a patient.

Out!

Fuck.

Wait, I don't have the keys. He must have them on him.

Stop. Stop!

Shit.

I called to him and he wouldn't stop! Fuck!

Are we going or what? Let's go!

What's it going to be? Radek!

Run! Go!

Milan!

Your medication.

I don't understand what you like about him.

Did you know his neighbors burned his wife alive during the uprising?

Were you one of them?

Sit down.

Your sons are accused of very serious crimes.

And I'm sure there are others we don't yet know of.

The Gestapo interrogated me for six months.

I know.

I'd like to spare you from going through anything like that again.

And not only you.

Where's my daughter?

What have you done to her?

Where's my daughter?

I said ten times.

This is about your future.

Drink.

It's warm.

Do you realize what will happen when your brothers are caught?

You will help your mother and yourself.

You'll need that in court.

We didn't do anything.

Radek…

I'm worried about whether I can make it.

Don't talk nonsense.

Good evening, what would you like to drink?

Good evening.

I'm selling this.

Come with me.

Good little fascists.

Dad would be surprised if he saw who's helping us, huh?

-Good evening. -Good evening.

How far can I go for 3.50?

To Uckro.

Five, then.

You want five tickets?

17.50.

Thank you.

-Thanks very much. -You're welcome.

Goodbye.

Police?

Let's go, quick!

Let's go.

Move out!

-Your destination? -Uckro. I live here. Number 32.

Your destination?

Your papers.

-I have none. -Where are you coming from?

-The purpose of your trip? Do you hear me? -I am a laborer.

-What's going on? -You're with him?

Come with me. All five of you.

Go, go!

Sit down.

Hands up!

Everyone.

Do you not understand?

Bastard.

-Okay, boys? -Yeah, okay.

Good.

Where's Zbyněk?

He went with you.

Zbyněk!

Run.

Milan, come on.

Comrade Colonel.

Atopic eczema, it's not contagious.

They're in East Germany.

According to witnesses, there are three others.

Stasi has requested one of our men.

You speak German, so…

Your passport and credentials.

A car is waiting downstairs.

Comrade Koller? The operations room is downstairs.

I want patrols on a 20-meter perimeter.

I don't care where you get them.

-Comrade Commissioner Haneke. -Captain Koller, Prague Central Bureau.

-I've brought everything we have on them. -Wait.

ESE 2, Brühl here. This is a level three alert.

An armed group of five men in the Uckro-Luckau area.

All troops…

Your name?

I don't understand.

Where are the others?

Why did you split up?

Where were you going?

Talk to me.

No German.

No German.

Speak.

You'll help yourself.

How can I tell you what I don't know?

I don't know anything! I don't know anything!

Radek.

Radek, you okay?

It's me.

Attention, attention:

Four dangerous bandits are hiding in the area.

They are armed and dangerous.

Twenty years old.

They are dressed shabbily and do not speak German well.

Their names are: Ctirad Mašín,

Josef Mašín,

-Milan Pauma… -Paumer.

-…and Václav Švéda. -Idiot.

Anyone with information

leading to the capture of the imperialist assassins

-will receive a reward of 1000 Marks. -They've got Zbyněk.

Stop! Stop!

Move!

Go on.

Alpha 1 here, our position is 99-30-55.

Proceed to 99-30-68.

Waldov, Friewalde. Fugitives spotted in the forest. They are armed.

I don't have a gun.

So, you know what we promised each other.

Yeah, yeah.

There! There they are!

Get back here.

Fan out! Seal off the whole area!

Our men are advancing from the other side. We'll shoot each other like this!

Follow orders!

Stand down! Fall back!

Get back there, Corporal! That's an order!

Get back!

It's okay.

-Is that bad? -It's a scratch.

I wanted to take a couple out.

Surrender.

You are surrounded.

We know your identities.

We will guarantee you a fair trial.

You do not want your families to pay for your actions.

I repeat: you are surrounded.

Those fuckers are making coffee.

We guarantee you a fair trial.

You do not want your families to pay for your actions.

You know how we were able to shoot our way out of Uckro?

Because they didn't expect it.

Vašek?

Now.

You did it!

Go.

I'm going to crawl into the bushes and try to fend for myself.

Go.

Go, get the fuck out of here!

We'll be back for you. I promise.

We have to go.

The prison doctor says your girlfriend has another tumor in her stomach.

It can be successfully operated on.

But time is not on her side.

If you testify that she knew what her sons were doing,

then she can be in the OR in an hour.

You will only be confirming what we already know.

And her daughter?

This isn't a negotiation.

Just my goodwill, nothing else.

I'd like…

beef tongue with horseradish sauce.

And Mom's gingerbread buns.

I'd like…

Hana's hair.

Hana's hair…

-You want to eat hair? -You and food, man…

Both of you… shut the fuck up.

Hold the line.

Attention! Check these stacks! Come on!

Faster, faster!

Keep going!

Fire one burst into each stack.

Enough. Next stack.

Comrade Corporal.

We have orders to move to the Zossen/Bestensee area.

Attention! All head northwest!

Ten thousand men looking for three snot-nosed brats!

Do you have any idea what's going on here?

The Soviets are getting more nervous by the day.

Then why don't they intervene, Comrade Colonel?

They have a regular army.

We're doing what we can, Comrade Colonel.

I think the boys are still in the area.

Really? And where? It's been five days.

-Why haven't we found them? -They're holed up.

-They could be anywhere. -We need more people in the field.

We have to comb every building, every haystack.

What's for lunch?

Potatoes. Potatoes with potatoes.

Shouldn't you get warmed up?

Go to sleep now.

-The bandits are in our barn! -Hands up!

Hands up!

Don't shoot!

Sit down! Move! Move!

-Is there anyone else in the house? -No, only us.

They're doing searches even in the night.

You are coming with us.

Quickly.

Quickly.

How long have you been on the run?

Twenty-eight days.

Please…

release my wife.

The little one is downstairs crying.

I'll stay in her place.

Come.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Open up! Now! Volkspolizei!

-What do you want? -Move.

-Who all is in the house? -Everyone out!

The police are combing the village. You have to go.

Get up.

Come quickly.

Berlin is here.

Go north until you hear the trains.

The tracks run under this bridge.

Follow them to the S-Bahn Dahlewitz stop.

Some of the trains go through the western sector.

Lots of luck.

Thank you.

Stop!

-Stop! Who goes there? -Fucking drop it!

I took a hit.

This is where they crossed the highway.

It's about 20 kilometers to the inner ring road.

All routes from the south and southeast in the Treptow-Köpenick area are occupied.

There is a post every 30 meters, two divisions in total.

-Here is an industrial area. -And here? What's here?

The rail line to Tempelhof. The Red Army controls all the stations.

-Here, here and here. -Block it. Stop the traffic.

Half of Berlin uses the S-Bahn daily.

Exactly. It's a weak spot. Too many people.

I can't make that decision myself.

Mahlow station. Attention, attention.

The regular S-Bahn train from Zossen,

Ransdorf, Dahlewitz, and Blankenfelde-Mahlow

has arrived at platform one.

The train will continue via Marienfelde and Südkreuz to Berlin Schöneberg station.

Clear.

What's wrong?

Come on.

You ripped my trousers.

Wait here.

It's my turn.

We won't see each other again.

They'll sew you up as good as new.

I'm sorry.

According to the reports, no one else got through.

You should see yourself.

You should see yourself.

I thought they got you.

Me?

Never.

I rode all the way to the western sector.

Karas. I'll translate.

This is Captain Clark, intelligence.

Tell him we'll just get some sleep,

then we want them to take us back in.

Can you find out where they're holding Janata?

Vašek is near Waldow. All we need is proper weapons.

Several sources have confirmed.

Three of them made it to West Berlin.

We'll wait to see what Koller comes back with.

Comrade Koller has disappeared.

I don't understand.

I think you understand.

So, what now?

So what?

If they'd been shot, then they'd be martyrs.

We'll make them into thieves who help the Americans for money.

My dear children,

beloved Zdena…

I hope this letter reaches you.

Dear Zdena, please forgive me.

Radek, you are the oldest.

Support and guide Pepa and Nenda.

Nenda and Pepa,

study hard so you can be educated and productive people.

Rely upon each other. Be conscientious and honorable.

And remember.

Life without freedom is not life,

but merely survival.

I'm thinking of you.

And one last time, I kiss you all in spirit.

Dad.

Václav Švéda, executed in 1955

Ctibor Novák, executed in 1955

Zbyněk Janata, executed in 1955

Zdena Mašínová, died in prison, 1956

Zbyněk Roušar, sentenced to life imprisonment

Vladimír Hradec, 22 years imprisonment

Josef "Pepa" Mašín now lives in California.

His sister Zdena lives in Olomouc in the Czech Republic.

Subtitle translation by: Christian Falvey