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Justice is being served.

The game is up. The lawless methods of terror in Norway are at an end.

No one will escape.

- To hell with it. Take the boxes. - Burn it, for fuck's sake.

Operation Moe. Twenty-two kilos of explosives. June 24th.

Henry. We have to leave now. What are you doing?

I'm memorizing.

This is important information.

Rinnan.

Hey. Hitler shot himself. So did Goebbels.

I refuse to be dragged through the streets by a bunch of vengeful jøssings.

So Ingeborg and I are going to kill ourselves.

We'll take a grenade and just...

That won't be necessary, pal, all right? Huh?

Trust me.

Get the prisoners, and we'll leave.

Take it easy! Calm down!

Sit down!

Don't look, kids.

Hold him. Hold him.

Hey, everyone.

We'll drop you off in Levanger. Go to your parents until things calm down.

- Get in the car! - For fuck's sake!

Are you all right, Roar? We'll see each other again soon.

Daddy just has to be a secret agent for a while first.

Will you be my deputy? Look after your mom?

The Gestapo has arranged a plane for us. I'll see you soon, I promise.

THE TRAITOR WITHIN

EPISODE 4 TRAITOR

We'll stay here. I just need to get the final coordinates for the plane.

THE VERDAL MOUNTAINS

THE RINNAN GANG HAS BEEN ON THE RUN FOR NINE DAYS

- Where will the plane pick us up? - Here.

That's on top of a mountain. Give me the damn...

That can't be right.

How long has it been dead?

Fuck. So we have no radio contact.

But I've got it under control.

How will the plane find us if we don't have a radio?

- There is no fucking plane. - Lex Rinnan still applies, Petter.

Lex Rinnan?

Thanks for everything.

We had some good years.

Come.

Forget that little punk.

We're going to find that plane, get across the border,

and then it's straight to safety.

That's all.

Trust me.

You're surrounded, Rinnan!

Surrender now! Come out with your hands above your heads!

Otherwise, we'll open fire again!

Out! Come out!

- Hands above your head! - There you go! Hands above your heads!

Don't move!

Hey! Come here! Come here!

MAY 14TH, 1945 HENRY OLIVER RINNAN IS ARRESTED

Norway! Norway! Norway!

You damn traitor!

I want to offer each and every one of you my personal thanks

for the steadfast, faithful patriotism

you have shown through five long and difficult years.

It is our love of our country

that has carried us through these years.

We unite in the age-old wish:

God save the King and our country!

You know you're a war hero now?

So they say.

Can't you just put away the suitcases?

I'm so sorry, Edel, that I couldn't come.

I should have shot him in that store.

We don't need to talk about it, Odd.

You know, I heard we can get our radio back.

Could you pick it up for us, so we can have some music in the house again?

I can do that.

Rinnan, you have visitors.

So...

Mr. Rinnan. Can you come with us, please?

Yes.

I think there's a clear difference between an ordinary crime and treason.

I don't think they deserve any kind of trial.

They all deserve the death penalty.

We can just chop off their heads and put them on stakes.

We'll put them by the river, like in the old days.

There are children here. Stop talking about death.

Come on, they've grown up in a war.

Don't mind him. He lives in the Middle Ages.

Odd, what's the name of the man who's on trial now?

Egeberg.

Did you meet him when you were at the Gang Monastery?

- Big fellow. Egeberg. - Kjell.

All right, fine. Enough about the Nazis.

It's the communists we need to worry about now.

It won't be long before they come rolling down the street in their tanks.

- I mean it. We're not going to... - Step outside with me, Kjell.

- ...let ourselves be trampled on again. - Kjell, now.

Okay, fine. Sorry.

I'm a realist. The red threat is real. You know that.

I have something exciting to tell you.

Oh yeah? Let's hear it, then.

An interesting opportunity has come up. For you too.

Oh? What is it?

Are you interested in interrogating the man himself?

Who?

Rinnan.

- Want a punch in the face? - I'm serious.

- I have contacts. - Contacts? Who? Goebbels?

Shut up. You know him. John Lyng, the prosecutor.

The Mission Hotel is crawling with OSS people.

OSS? Why would American intelligence want to talk to Rinnan?

They need something from him.

The Americans are extracting scores of Nazi agents and scientists,

placing them around the US to work on nuclear rockets and gas chambers

and God knows what.

They get new identities and get off scot-free.

Those are just rumors.

What if it's true? What if he gets away?

I'm just saying we should seize this opportunity.

I'm trying to reconnect with Edel.

We're going to get married and have children and all that.

- Try to put this war behind us. - Yes, I understand.

But we both know how terrible Rinnan is.

We sure as hell shouldn't let him get away.

Think about it, Odd. Now we can finally get that bastard.

Have you seen this?

Seen what?

Arthur was the Crown Prince's bodyguard when he came home. Look at that.

Look how serious he looks.

NORWAY'S CROWN PRINCE HOME AGAIN OSLO IN ECSTASY

Typical Arthur.

What's wrong, Edel?

What is it?

What happened to you?

What did he do to you?

I think I just need to wait a bit.

MORPHINE 1-2 TABLETS FOR SEVERE PAIN

THE MISSION HOTEL IN TRONDHEIM IS TAKEN OVER BY NORWEGIAN POLICE

Hi. Good to see you, Odd.

Thank you for joining us. Here are the key points for the interrogation.

An overview of how we understand the chronology.

But his version is naturally more interesting.

So focus on Lola, but be careful. Rinnan is a good liar.

- Are you ready for this, Odd? - I'm ready.

Just keep your cool. The Americans will be done with him shortly.

What does Edel think about all this?

I'll go and get you some water.

Sir? Mr. Rinnan is ready for you.

- It's not that big, but... - Wife's never happy.

- That's good. - Hi. We're just wrapping up.

- Thank you so far. - My pleasure.

We'll continue our talks later.

Just a second.

- Who were you again? - Odd Sørli.

Good afternoon, gentlemen.

So you're Odd Sørli.

I've been trying to get hold of you for a long time.

We met once, didn't we? Down at our old store?

With Edel.

I'm sorry, Sørli.

Many things I've done will haunt me.

Edel among them.

So I'm truly sorry.

Mind if I sit down before you start?

They say the end justifies the means.

In Edel's case, you were the end.

And she bore the brunt of that.

She never said a word, Odd.

That's admirable.

There have been a lot of beatings here.

But at least this one makes sense.

So go ahead.

You've already started, I see. Here, Odd.

Yes. Rinnan.

My name is Kjell Sørli.

I don't know how much Odd has told you before I arrived, but...

We represent the treason investigation

and work on behalf of the prosecution service of the Norwegian state...

Wait, wait, wait. You're with the prosecution?

We're here to gather information about you

and your employees' activities in Sonderabteilung Lola,

to be used in the trial against you.

- So you're here to interview me? - We're here to interrogate you.

- You can sit back there. - Yes, of course.

Here, we play by the rules.

Yes, that must be completely new to you, Rinnan. Right?

You should simply coordinate with the British and the Americans.

I sit here talking all day.

There'll be a lot of repetition if we're going to... Right?

- All right. What are you talking about? - All sorts of things, of course, but...

I'm afraid I can't tell you everything.

But we do have a common enemy over there in Russia, don't we?

They've got a hothead for a leader too, with designs on taking over Europe.

And I've built up quite an expertise on those communists.

Been infiltrating them for a long time.

They infiltrated you too, didn't they?

Did you know that?

They'll do anything to sabotage the Allies.

We're here to discuss Sonderabteilung Lola.

Stick to the matter at hand.

How do you think I found out about your assassination plot?

Where your family lived?

Where Edel lived? The communists.

The communists all along.

- It was them. - Bullshit.

- Stick to the subject. Answer us. - I will.

But this is important. Right?

Have you heard of Fortitude North?

Turns out we were fooled. All of us.

You too, Odd.

- Maybe you shouldn't interrogate him. - Don't start with that.

The British and Americans run the show now.

They basically won the war for us.

- They're going to make a deal with him. - Odd, I have a--

He says the communists infiltrated us.

He got to Edel through them.

Don't believe everything he says, Odd. This is exactly what he's good at.

Lyng speaking.

Fortitude North. Do you know about that? Does that ring a bell?

I don't know if this is just a rumor,

but they say Churchill never planned to attack through Trøndelag.

It was a diversion

to lure the Nazis north.

War, Odd, is like a game of chess, right?

Tell Edel that.

That she was a chess piece down in that basement.

We won, Odd.

One more thing.

We've started a test case

to try and get the death penalty for the Rinnan Gang.

We'll test it on Egeberg first.

If he is sentenced to death, would you be interested in leading the execution?

Leading the execution?

As commander.

The government thinks it will seem less barbaric

if resistance heroes carry it out.

The people need their revenge.

It may not be Rinnan, but it's still an honorable assignment.

Are you wearing your uniform every day now?

Yes, I just had a meeting.

- Was it anything in particular? - No. It wasn't.

Nice.

How did it go at the doctor's?

It went fine.

Whoa, you got the radio!

It looks exactly the same as before.

I was very careless at the time, with that office in town.

Anyone could have come in there and shot me down.

That was where we met, Odd.

I've been thinking about that.

Was it an intelligence mission, or were you there to liquidate me?

Think how different history would have been

for so many people if I had died on that shop floor.

Yes, imagine that. You're going to be sentenced to death anyway.

Well, we'll see about that. Egeberg is first up.

He was a real bastard.

Made prisoners roll naked over broken glass. A terrible man.

If all goes to plan, I'll be leading his execution.

Is that so? So you're for the death penalty, Odd?

Isn't that a little medieval?

Egeberg didn't kill anyone. Maybe a life sentence is enough?

That's for the treason commission to determine.

Right. Have you ever shot anyone at point-blank range?

It does something to you.

As commander, I won't be firing, unfortunately.

Yes.

After the firing squad has done its job, the commander has to step forward...

and fire two coup-de-grâce shots straight in the head.

Haven't your superiors briefed you?

Oh, well. Just get on with it, Odd.

Don't think too much about it. It's just a job. And it has to be done.

The first trial in the reckoning with Henry Rinnan and his gang is taking place.

Hans Birger Egeberg was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labor,

but following strong reactions to the lenient sentence,

the prosecution chose to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Today, Egeberg was sentenced to death.

The execution will take place at Kristiansten Fortress in Trondheim

on October 4th. The government has now urged...

I've been doing resistance work for five years now, Edel.

Do you know how many people I've shot?

Zero.

You never answered Kjell's question.

- What? - Did you meet Egeberg in that basement?

Egeberg?

What... What does it really matter?

I'm going to execute him.

Was he there?

Odd, I don't even know who you're talking about.

I have no idea who he is.

Are you sure you don't...? Maybe you don't remember. Or--

I can promise you one thing.

I haven't forgotten anything.

I'm appealing this, goddammit!

Get him up.

You don't have to do this!

I was sentenced to hard labor!

This is completely wrong! I haven't killed anyone!

You don't have to do this. Don't do it, please. Please.

No! I haven't killed anyone.

Ready!

- No, no, no! - Do you have any last words?

Yes. I mean, I was given a life sentence.

I'm not the one who should be standing here.

No! No!

You don't have to do this. You don't have to do this.

- No, wait, please. - Take aim!

No, no, no! Please!

Don't shoot! Wait! Wait! I don't want to! I don't want to die!

- Fire! - No!

Help!

Help!

Hi, Edel.

Edel?

- Hi, Kjell. - Hi.

Excuse me. Is Odd here?

- Yes, he's sleeping. - Thanks.

Odd?

Odd? Hello?

- Hi. - Kjell.

I just nodded off for a moment.

- I spoke to Rinnan today. - Kjell, shh. Don't say...

You haven't told her yet? He wants to talk to you. Today.

Why does he want to talk to me?

I think he should tell you himself.

There you go.

How did the execution go?

I understand it was hard for you.

What do you want?

We have a common enemy, Odd. The communists.

Sit down.

Right.

The Norwegian military hasn't given you a new position.

So I was wondering

whether you might consider working for the OSS or MI5.

What do you think, Odd?

So now you're sitting down here playing employer.

You're recruiting? Are you going to give me a job?

It's high time you and I try to work together.

We'll crush communism in this country once and for all.

Together.

Get to the point.

You're going to set me free.

Really?

I'll be on the run for three days. It'll be complete chaos.

- I believe you. - Search parties and so on.

But I'll be hiding

with the most important communist in Central Norway, Øistein Johnsen.

He still thinks I'm one of them.

It's true. The communists think I switched sides a long time ago.

Yeah. And I'll track down all the illegal weapons they've managed to acquire.

They've taken over a massive German weapons cache. I know that.

They're more dangerous than ever, Odd.

I also know of an archive

of 5,000 communists who are ready to attack.

And once I've obtained it, you're welcome to arrest me.

Imagine how that will look.

The communists having aided the greatest Nazi traitor of all time?

They won't be able to recruit any new comrades after that.

Look at me, Rinnan.

Do I look like an idiot?

Quite the opposite.

The Americans are not going to save you.

You will be tried.

Executed.

Do you understand that?

I understand that's what you think.

But they won't do it.

I am crucial in the war against the Russians.

They won't let me die.

They've said as much. It's true.

So Kjell is in on this?

And the Americans have approved it.

- Lyng is in on it too? - No, they don't want Lyng involved.

Apparently, he messes up everything he touches.

Maybe you've experienced that yourself?

Military men of our caliber

should work for people who know what they're doing.

And who know what you're worth, Odd.

The Norwegian military let you down.

They let me down too.

Don't talk to me as if the two of us are equals.

No, I won't.

What's my role in your spectacular plan?

Just talk to the guards. They'll listen to you.

You're a war hero.

And after three days, you arrest me.

Your career will be secured,

and you'll be at the center of the war against the communists.

I think we should do it. Forget the Linge Company and John Lyng.

This is the United States.

It's the OSS. MI5.

Understand?

- He's going to escape. - No, Odd, he won't.

So you can vouch for what he's saying? About OSS, MI5, and all that?

That they want us?

Yes.

Apparently, you made a good impression on the British over in Stockholm, so...

We're guaranteed jobs with them if we do this.

You and Edel want children and all that.

You need a real job.

You can't be Lyng's executioner forever.

DECEMBER 24TH, 1945

Odd!

- What's happening to him? - Odd! Brother!

It's all right.

It's an epileptic seizure. Keep his neck steady.

Hey, isn't that Rinnan?

Come on!

Where did he go?

Stop!

Come on.

Come on.

Come inside. Quick.

What's wrong with you?

After everything he's done, you let him out?

And then I have to cover for you?

What the hell is going on?!

He's hiding with the communist Øistein Johnsen.

No, he's not.

That communist you were so desperately trying to lure into a trap

has, unlike you, kept his wits about him.

He tricked Rinnan and called the police.

So where is Rinnan?

Down in his cell.

- We had orders, you know. - Kjell tried that nonsense too.

No Americans approved this.

Rinnan tried to flee the country.

If it hadn't been for Øistein Johnsen, he would have succeeded.

Do you understand that, Odd?

I'm trying to help you here.

Help me?

All you've done is get in my way.

Rinnan would be dead if you'd just followed my plan!

Edel would be well, and Johnny would be alive.

And now you want to help me?

There were some ideas of mine in Stockholm that I should have kept to myself.

But you are never, ever to speak of that again.

And then I won't speak of Claes Warholm either.

You and Arthur are war heroes.

And that's how it's going to stay.

Merry Christmas.

Price?

Colby?

I'm here.

Hi, Odd.

It was worth a try, Odd.

Odd?

Odd?

APRIL 30TH, 1946

We are in Trondheim, where the new courthouse is the scene

of the most horrifying case in Norwegian legal history:

the reckoning with Henry Rinnan and his gang.

Terrible charges are being brought against these people.

Through their criminal, unscrupulous activities,

they sent more than 1,000 good Norwegians to German prisons.

Several hundred were tortured, and more than 80 lost their lives.

And here at last comes Rinnan,

the Levanger boy who Berlin had appointed to be the Himmler of the North.

The most dangerous, the most unscrupulous,

and also the most depraved of the Gestapo's henchmen in our country.

THE TRIAL LASTS FIVE MONTHS

SEPTEMBER 20TH, 1946 RINNAN IS FOUND GUILTY

OF EXTENSIVE TREASON, TORTURE, AND 13 MURDERS

ALONG WITH TEN MEMBERS OF HIS GANG, RINNAN IS SENTENCED TO DEATH

I think I'm ready. Open your eyes.

My God!

You don't hate it?

- No, I don't hate it. It's fantastic. - I inherited it from my mother.

Did she fit in there? I don't believe that.

- I'd better get that. - Yes.

It's probably just Mom, who heard you bad-mouthing her.

- Odd Sørli. - Odd, it's Lyng.

I have a request of an urgent nature.

Rinnan has made a final request: that you lead the execution.

I am not going to grant his last request.

- He says he wants to be shot by an equal. - Tell him to go to hell.

It's better to be the man who executed Rinnan than...

- Who was that? - Just John Lyng.

What did he want?

Odd?

What did he want?

Rinnan received the death penalty.

He had one last request. That I should lead his execution.

What do you mean?

Why you, specifically?

I have interrogated Rinnan.

For a while.

With Kjell.

I had to. We got to know each other, as it were, and...

My God, Odd.

I thought it was best not to tell you.

Edel?

Edel.

So you three have been talking about everything that happened to me?

- We haven't talked about you. Hey... - Don't.

Edel, we're doing well now.

There's no point in going back into all of that.

I don't want to give him the pleasure.

What does it matter what he feels?

I've been keeping something from you too.

I haven't known how to say it.

How can I say it?

I can't...

I can't have children, Odd.

The doctors say I can't get pregnant...

anymore.

He's a monster, Odd.

He doesn't deserve to live.

I think you should shoot him.

Edel...

Do you want to know what he did to me?

Squad!

Halt!

- I don't need that. - Those are the rules.

Right turn!

Reverend, are you there?

Ready!

Henry Oliver Rinnan. Do you have any last words?

Yes. Thank you.

- Odd... - Take aim!

- No! I have to say-- - Fire!

Clear your weapons!

Shoulder arms!

ODD AND EDEL MARRY AFTER THE WAR

ODD SØRLI AND EDEL SØDAHL AFTER THE LIBERATION, 1945

Subtitles: Aleksander Kerr www.junefirst.tv