Original subtitles

At the end of 1941, Leopold Stapelr hits the

Soviet agent chief in Western Europe.

A severe blow is caused by a

lightning operation. The radio station in the

male satrebat is taken out by the field gendarmerie.

A number of important

employees are arrested. The only

communication connection with Moscow is

interrupted.

The Grand Boss waits in vain for more than two months a

signal from headquarters and on new

instructions,

finally at the beginning of February 1942 he received

the order from a party station

to reactivate the radio station in Brussels

and to staff it with a new man. The radio operator is

now the tried and tested

radio specialist of the comments,

called Johann Wenzel, who is also called Professor but also

Wenzel quickly located by the Piland radio defense

and arrested by Captain Piepe on July 30, 1942.

The papers that were

found during Wenzel's arrest lead the

Abwehr and Gestapo on the trail of the

Berlin organization of the Red Orchestra,

which is led by lieutenants and Dr. Arwid Harn

as some Some time later,

the code of the Berlin network is

broken, and the Gestapo acts

harshly against the members of this

organization. Schulze is arrested and

his friends are arrested,

court-martialed and sentenced to death.

After the

Berlin network is switched off, the

interest of the Gestapo and Defense is again

entirely based on the French organization

of the Red Orchestra and its leader

Leopold Stapeler is called the Grand Chef

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In the late summer of 1942 after the arrest of

the radio operator Johann Wenzel, the Grand

Chef is without a radio for the second time and

without contact with headquarters

He tries in vain to send news and

information through the

illegal Communist Party's stations

and to receive instructions from Moscow,

but the central office

doesn't respond. The Grand Chef is now completely on

his own

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but I saw the thing with my

own eyes you

saw it on

, 5ü that wasn't the only thing that had the

greatest thing was a new detention plan. Despite

the desperate situation in which

the network found itself in September 1942,

the agents of the Grand Chef are

still in all important civil authorities

and military offices collecting

news and information If you pass it on to

headquarters before Friday, the

division can't load, the general

can't get any freight cars, then give

me at least a few

passenger cars so that I can

take advance commanders to Poland,

but most of the information

can no longer reach the director in Moscow,

the Grand Boss has to

I'm sorry, paymaster, please,

I had no idea that the ponds,

holes, mouse holes, Mr. so big, three

fingers, Paris, a moment, please, for

you, body, excuse me, a moment,

please, the caff, a

moment, the import-export company sex If,

after the severe setbacks of

1942, the command center of the

Red Orchestra is still in France, this is

where not only profitable

business with the Wehrmacht and the

organization is carried out, but

also all actions of the network are

prepared and the deployment of agents is

planned We don't need your company for that,

just take a look at what

you're supplying us first. Mr. Großvog would like to

speak to you. We're simply overloaded

this week. For example, we have to procure

80,000 bedrooms for the organization of the

Atlantic Ball In

your honor, the

Bosch numbers are better than the

French ones. The

managing director of Sex Alfred Corin still has

no idea about the actual

purpose of the company's founding and about the

espionage activities of the Grand Chef.

He also doesn't know what

Jean Gilbert really is and

what is going on hidden behind the optimism

that he usually displays,

only his closest

confidants know his age, comrade-in-arms and

secretary Hillel Katz and the businessman

Leo Großvogel are still the

business engine of the

company, please

thank the young one shortly before the outbreak of war

in Belgium in 1939 American ge

Winter know she becomes the only

person who can help the Grand Chef

to endure the loneliness and to cope with the

depression that is now plaguing him

I win my W

but he still avoids letting her in

on his dangerous activity

and with her more often

to be together as much as his difficult task

allows, so he differs in

every respect from the second man of the

Soviet secret service in

Western Europe. V pchef Kent

knows alias Vincente Sierra in

reality the Soviet captain Viktor

Sukolov has been

in Brussels since the radio station was taken out and since his

escape At the end of

1941 he moved back to unoccupied France in

Marseille and there,

with his lover Margarete barsa, he leads the

life of a man who has taken leave from the war.

He has a radio at his

disposal but does not think about working with it

and exposes himself to the danger of

discovery

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After the dismantling of the

Soviet espionage organization in

Berlin, the Abwehr captain

Harieeder sets off for Paris to take up the fight

again with the GRF agents.

A man appears at his side for the first time and will play

a major role in the hunt for the Grand Chef

Gestapu officials,

Detective Inspector Karl Giring, together with

him, Piee leads the newly founded

special commando Red Chapel that is supposed to

organize the Soviet

secret service and finally finish off the Grand Chef.

Initially,

Piee and Giering only have a little

information about the Grand Chef and

his network, but they soon discover the lucrative

business connections between them the

Death organization and the Sex company the

hunt for the Grand Chef

begins. Do you know this man from the

Sex company? There is something against him, please

gentlemen, yes,

he is one of our best suppliers

and one of the biggest weak workers in

France If you

have

anything that concerns the OT internally then

you also have to go to OT I'm just the

liaison officer of the Wehrmacht and

responsible for the procurement of materials,

thank you very much. Do you really want to

cause problems because of black trading?

with the official

material allocations

we need people who

travel to new sources with a certain

nose who can find construction cranes today,

organize construction projects tomorrow and

find out the day after that, for example, the Lil

is cheaper than in Bordeau

I don't know, I really

don't know what can never be achieved, not even in the

company. If he wants to do business,

he has to be reachable.

It all depends on what kind of business.

Mr. Captain, let's assume we were

German businessmen and wanted to

buy diamonds Industrial diamonds

worth a million, that would probably be

done by Mr. Corbin, the

managing director of this company

and Gilber would have nothing to do with it,

no, not

to assume, well then, let's say buy

for 3 million, that might

appeal to Mr. J. Maybe it's more like that

Then arrange a meeting for both of us

as soon as that

's possible, it's

absolutely clear that you can't

expect me to come here because of these

inconsequential black market transactions from

which we benefit.

Go to sex yourself and

you'll find everything there What you need,

by the way, my employee, Ms. Likonin, is responsible for the business

transactions with this company. Please

excuse me if we are not very familiar with the

responsibilities of a Parisian

advertising company with black trading.

Ronin, that is not a German

name, but she is still a very

capable Russian lady the widow of a

tsarist general, reliable,

absolute, then you don't need

to strain your conscience any further, Mr

Oberlieutenant, give the order to

arrange the deal for us, that's

clear.

I'd rather give up everything today rather than

tomorrow.

Don't do it, maybe you

'll have to fend for yourself on your own

I'm far

too clueless about dancing. He recently

told me that I had x legs.

Then there's no gentleman who has

any future in this profession

I just can't imagine

that you could leave me one day.

Which of us has to be more

afraid?

Don't let anyone in. It's fine now

that I'm

in

bed myself. Please say Frauon would like to

speak to you, maybe you could tomorrow.

No thanks,

I'm sorry I'm supposed to tell you something. There

's a visit from Germany and

they say I'll

take care of the visit from Germany straight away. It

's unimportant, it's just the change in the

diary, sorry,

Madam, can I talk to Kat

?

Bottles in the

freezer yes and tell Leo he

should prepare for the reception

yes the boss isn't there for the last few days

we don't know where he is

MB with Brüsel

36 yes just a

moment, come on

I can talk to you for a moment

I have a concentration camp now no time it is but

very important it has to be yes it has to

be now I finally have to know what's

going on here

I've had my suspicions for weeks but only now

have I got the

proof our company is a

spy center so don't be so

loud about it I don't have the

slightest idea what's going on

here, what we've gotten ourselves into,

that we're all spying for the Russians,

who the Russians

are for, but they're communists, Kat, that's well

known. First and foremost,

I'm French and like everyone else

I am a French patriot for general de go only

with the one difference that your boss

and I not only admire him but

we also work for him for the gol

or against the Germans and against the

work they do I

never have against the Germans never worked against the

Germans,

maybe they don't deliver bad cement for

the Atlantic whale, that's sabotage

and they know full well that the Germans

only buy because they bribe, I ask

you, they don't believe yet that we are

doing this to work into our own pockets,

why come They obviously

have to leave their things, they

want to

escape. It was difficult

to keep in touch. It went back and forth. Yes,

I'm very sorry, but Hasib is

out of town. Actually, I'm not allowed to

reveal it. Mr. GI is in the Spa Sanatorium

Chateau des sardin Chateau des sardin

and when will he come back when the treatment

is finished two days ago he had

a serious

heart attack but negotiate with

Mr. Corbin

Corbin does he have any authority at all he

is the managing director after all

yes we would rather

negotiate with Gilber himself if I'm not

mistaken Corin was already involved in several

black market deals and they

don't want the deal so

gentlemen we can't get any further,

put the cards on the table,

say the sum, otherwise no

interest at all. Until now I've only

had expenses to show our good will

We pay the 2,000 mark

late advance

on the business of one and a half

million, well let's say 5,000 Madame

yes

7,000 and the business goes well.

I should give you greetings from Pierre,

when will he finally get in

touch with the head office in four

to six weeks if nothing

comes up There are still difficulties with

the radio operator,

Pierre can't assign a man at the

moment

and Kent I haven't arrived at Kent

they were in M ​​yes but

Kent didn't come to the agreed

meeting point his landlady says

he's

out of town his address

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I want to Mr. Sier Mad, I'm

sorry, the gentlemen

went out this afternoon. I've just come

from the ship from America in

Monteevideo. I'm supposed to tell Mr. Si something

from his father. I can

wait. Yes, please just come in.

Thank you, please take a

seat. Can I give you one?

Offer refreshment Yes, do

you think you doubt it when I

say that

and I want to pay

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Oh, but I didn't mean that,

of course you said

that over there Oh

yes, you always think about

it, I'm really looking forward to

tomorrow, well

m Sant hyin, do

you like the

photos in the drawer, there are still

a few that are

enough? Do you feel comfortable in

Marseille?

Yes, that's why you haven't let anyone hear from you for so long,

why haven't you started radio communication yet? There are

still

difficulties. They call it difficulty

because of time They're not doing any

nonsense, such a surprise I've

just heard from Madame Ber that they're here

I thought they'd

forgotten about us. Think about

it, I won't let my friends down

the staff is causing problems

and Vincente

doesn't fulfill his obligations and he talks

nonsense bring us something to drink

please did he actually tell him

how he earns his money

no he didn't

tell me but I know he didn't

reveal anything I'm behind it myself

Now I know what he's doing and I'm

completely committed to what he's doing.

Unfortunately he hasn't done anything for a year.

He must have had his reasons for it.

Yes, don't you think I have any

reasons? I can also find a woman that I'm

attached to here Most of the time I'm

alone, I can well understand how they

feel, but unfortunately we're at war, so

you can't just retreat to the country

and live with your family.

Soldiers also see their wives

once a year if

they have the chance at all know about everything,

Ms. Barzer, we should

talk openly with each other, they have to

separate, yes, but only if he

asks me to, there is no reason why

I should separate from her,

I won't let you down and

if I order them to, oh that would be

not the first time no but the last

time the Germans occupied Stalingrad

a large part of our mee is

destroyed we are almost at the end

and what are they doing in Marseille what

am I not a

suicide I didn't know that

they were a feiing

ours grand boss has

reappeared I ca

n't suppress a certain satisfaction Hering will

sign the contract now How do

you know that my little finger they

hear but otherwise the grass will grow and

when will Mr Gilber give us the honor

October 15th in 14 days it's still his turn

he plans he is expecting us in Brussels

why suddenly he is in Brussels he

has business to do Brussels is

on the way to envy where he

will get the diamonds Garon well if

everything goes well yes

good evening your wife has

thank you Sat

hello Residence Marcure a double room

this evening with a bathroom a moment

please I'll check hello hello

listen I only have a

double room without a bathroom yes I'm sorry

good evening I hope

a room is reserved for me in the

name

thank you very much room 108 is for you and and 109

is reserved for her

be would you bring the suitcase

up yes madam

of course

oh how

attentive really attentive Mr Piee

that you welcome me at the hotel yes

of course Madam I just thought that where is

jber introduce yourself gentlemen

today Tomorrow I received a call.

Mr. Giber had a heart attack,

pretty serious, he just collapsed unconsciously because of the

second heart attack

in four weeks.

Overworked. Which hospital is

he in? Unfortunately, they did

n't tell me that, but you do

n't need to worry about Mr. Giber anymore

have trust in

me, it's understandable, woman, thank you, he

also has trust in me, that's why he

authorized me to complete the deal for him, and

by the way, I know

a lot more about diamonds than

can I change clothes,

yes the beginners, we behaved

like the beginners but

I'm still buying this

as I know it, it's safe for the longest time

and if it's a

small fish who we have to catch

is the grchef yes can laugh.

Price question how do you get to the GR boss

via the PG boss who is based in Marseille

in Marseille Our hands are tied,

even to you, Mr. Wenig W says that

because Marc is in the unoccupied zone.

If it's nothing else,

you have an idea who we've already got everything out of there

-shirf on a

silver tablet

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is

he find out where you live

yes

Dr

good day good day sorry she lives

here a Madame barsa yes I am her

uncle from Brussels unfortunately I have

very sad news for Madame oh

that's mine Nephew Bar, please come

in,

yes, let's do that. Now we'll make a

strong coffee and I'll bring it to you

anyway.

Hello, sorry for the disturbance. My name is

Bäumelburg, police officer Felix Bäumelburg,

so that we can understand each other right away.

I'm just like you when you have

difficulties

then if you play along I guarantee

your

safety, especially for the safety

of Madame

barsa, you are young

Madame, would you please dress darkly because

you have a bereavement in

the family

Madame should carry the suitcases herself

now

Madame my niece would like to carry the lead say

goodbye, my poor

child, heartfelt cry,

thank you, thank you, thank you,

adie knows the first one,

stay

tuned, how does he like the landscape,

do whatever you want with me,

you won't learn anything from me, you have no

idea what we don't already know,

I won't reveal any of my

friends my suggestion a gentleman

agreement Paris we only talk about

the landscape and eat and drink and

if you want about

riding horses I don't understand you at T

boss I can only be so stupid and

the business is about massaging I'm

not even talking about shooting and So I'm

just talking about

business, I've been making you the

best offers for days, why don't you want to

work with us? I could

treat you a little more unkindly, why do

n't you do it? Well, because I like them,

really, and because I

think they're intelligent, above average, more

intelligent As this

Makarov alias Alamo, he was also a fine guy,

but he didn't want to see that a

living spy was worth more than a

dead one, that's why some idiot

set the dogs on him, the man who radioed in Brussels,

Wenzel the professor, who was smart and

knew straight away That's why

FT now continues news to Moscow

not just game material,

no real material and if you don't

become sensible then the professor will radio

to Moscow that you have defected from the Gestapo.

We don't always have that much patience.

Sophia Posnanska went to

Brussels out of desperation fell out of the window

well she was also Jewish like

Margarete barsa she knew what was

coming to her what did Mrs barsa have to do with it

leave Margarete out of the game

she is innocent absolutely innocent

with caught with hung with she had

no idea what was being played with she was

with lived together with me that's all for

us but she can also be a Russian

spy and can

be treated accordingly if you don't

play along if you play along

yes but only if she can stay with me

if you don't separate us anymore it's

agreed maybe you'll be interested in

being the next employee We would like to

gain Mr. cin's authority to

arrest Mr. I don't

owe you an account of that, as you think,

but you won't expect

me to play the bait, it's a

small

espionage against Germany, you're an

officer, I hope you know what your

duty

is, I'd like to come here corb speaking is

grassman

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yes I just wanted to tell you that your

new ID cards

are here if you could come over no

I can immediately I'm going away for four weeks

yes yes when can you be here good

thanks

see you in half an hour

tomorrow I'm leaving tomorrow We in Macon

everything will be like it used to be. Yes, do you

really think you'll get the ID cards?

I can rely on Gasmann. I know

too much about him, you understand. He has to

give me the ID cards The

newspaper

shouldn't

scare me, I'm almost

alive, but no one can know

but

you, come

back in a few

days, please stop me, go to the

dentist, it won't get that bad,

I'm waiting for you,

pack your things. K went up and

you were arrested too You can

look

for the address and the money are in

this

envelope.

Yes, well, what's wrong with Großfog,

about Simon who will keep in touch with us, but

if we

don't catch this money, things will be

bad for her husband, Mrs.

K, and she

Can't or doesn't

want to help us How should I know where

Gilber is if you don't even know? We

're grateful for the slightest hint,

for example if you knew where he

drinks his Abitif or has

his shirts ironed. Yes, they woke up.

No, I know that We didn't make sure that the

Simex company had communist leaflets.

They know what

communist volition is all about. My husband

has never had anything to do with the communists. Are

you

sure? Yes, of course, my husband was a

member of the radical socialist

party before the war. That's true

the same no, that's what

you said before Gilber would like to

go out in the evening, does he have a

regular bar a

regular bar I don't know,

I just know that he likes to

go out to the restaurant, to the

Cavar, to the

concert, yes, and then I remember before

he leaves champagne comes to the office more often

aha so and

so on yes

he he likes to wear side shirts and

he works a

lot yes

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I don't know anything here,

sir, all right, go ahead and say she

is

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Ave

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touxoch LAE

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messieent

quiux W

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ah Jerome ran would agree in the name

jome R born in Sedan

1905 1935 emigrated to Canada Occupation

commercial clerk If you

give me your passport photo you will

receive a perfect ID from me

unfortunately only with

advance payment

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we say the day after tomorrow,

yes before that we have to

bury ourselves, that's me, ah I understand, that

means that you also

need a death certificate, yes with the priest and

SAR

burial limits, obituaries and

whatever else goes with it, you can

say the arrangement by Tuesday I'll

do my best, do you have enough fleas?

Yes, Jean Gilbert is dead, long live

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jomeon, here's my half

If her husband isn't exonerated, there

's little hope for her husband, almost

none at all, but my husband didn't

know that they were spies. We'll

still have to stick with him. He was

the only one who had insight into the

business, apart

from him Don't you want to tell us

anything?

I don't know anything more, but

you still know a

lot and I'll wait until you

remember. My husband only had

business relationships with Mr.

Gilber. In private, the two of them

never saw each other, not once,

that

is a few days ago yes

there my husband met Mr. Gelber in the

subway

by chance when was that exactly

when was that exactly when was that exactly that

was it was at least a

week ago or no on a Friday yes that

was on a Friday that knows I was

exactly on a Friday because we

always go to my place on Fridays and

my husband told me about it.

Mr. Gilber was complaining about a

toothache and my husband

recommended his dentist to him

yes, can I give him some good

news? Her funeral will take place

next Tuesday at 3 o'clock

in the afternoon at the ST cemetery. I

can give him my deepest condolences

[music] it

hurts, it

's not

good now, I'm a bit

overworked, maybe I should I would also like to

go on vacation like

you. I wouldn't want to

swap places with me, why I'm feeling

bad. Dogs are miserable. I would even like to

say that your heart blood pressure is 220 to 110,

if that says anything, you just have to

really relax, it's time for you to go

on vacation

go, I'm opening, put your

hands

up, you've done a good job, it took us

two years to do it,

and then she says, go with me

by Schas will

bless you, come on, give it

here,

thank you, telex for you,

kinarrat, gentlemen, everyone,

please listen Do you know what I have here for the

head of the Sonderkommando Red Band, the

leader expresses his appreciation to them and their men

for the great

blow against Bolshviism

in these days in which the

soldiers of Stalingrad are fighting for whether or

not they are the great of Germany,

you have the decisive victory against

the domestic enemy at the back of the

nation, they immediately submit

proposals for promotion and

awards

[applause]

himler the Red Band is dead long live

the Red

Band the Russians must not find out

about the arrest of their agents at any price

they have to know it W continue to

build on the reliability of your people, we'll let the old boss sit at the head of the Red

Band again. They

want the Grand Chef.

They want to turn the Grand Chef around. Yes, just like they

turned Kent around

have the handcuffs put on me, express order from

Himler, I actually had to have them

put in chains

when Himler found out about their arrest, he

ordered me to be put in chains immediately

and left in the darkest place. They have to have the

handcuffs

taken off from me again. I have a

heart condition, so they will kill me can't

last long they still have to last 24 hours

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