A Call to Spy (2019) - full transcript

I already told you,

I don't know anything.

Please don't.

Your name?

I already told you, Brigitte.

Your real name.

Brigitte.

Liar.

I swear on my mother's life.

In other news, Nazi forces
now occupy,

Poland, Austria, Denmark,
Norway,



Czechoslovakia, Belgium,
Netherlands, Luxembourg,

Yugoslavia, Greece, and
Northern France.

Hitler is now poised to cross
the English Channel.

I told the gentleman's
parents

it was a car crash, no
survivors.

They were only there six
weeks.

The Germans are locating our
signals

faster than anticipated,

and there was a slip up.

One of the agents was carrying
British cigarettes.

We're all such bloody
amateurs.

Ms. Atkins they're
waiting for you.

Mornings always get away
from me.

This is a rudimentary
operation,



there's hardly any intelligence
to go on.

She arrives.

We need to talk replacements.

I want you in charge of
recruiting some ladies.

What happened? I thought
everyone was opposed.

Well, we went to Churchill,

he growled a bit,

but he agreed women will be
more inconspicuous.

Then he said, "Good luck to
you."

Would you train the women
like the men?

We can't afford to scare
them off.

They're civilians, not
soldiers.

I have no idea of what they're
getting into.

Let's prepare them. Don't you
think?

Ms. Atkins, make sure
they're pretty.

For you or for the Germans?

Churchill has
asked us to

create a secret army of spies.

I find the ladies ref section,
France.

I can be ready for training
next week.

Good.

Excuse me. Hello, I'm Vera
Atkins. May I speak with you?

Yes.

United
States embassy,

how may I help you?

Virginia, this just arrived.

Dear Ms. Hall. Thank you

again for your interest in
becoming a diplomat.

Due to your condition,

it will not be possible for you
to qualify.

Friends having a party
tonight.

I can't.

You look like you could use
a proper drink.

With the Blitz over I was
hoping.

But things are still a
bloody mess

and now with the refugees.

We certainly don't need
anymore Jews here.

Well, Jews aren't really
safe here either, are they?

More gin anyone?

Actually, I'm a whiskey man.

The British would never let
the Germans

waltz in like that.

I can assure you, the French
are

solid as a waltz. I was
there,

I drove an ambulance in Paris
before the surrender.

It's worse than the press
reported.

Perhaps.

I plan to go back.

You can't.

Watch me.

We must get those bastards.

I don't believe we've met.

Vera Atkins.

Virginia Hall.

Dear President Roosevelt,

I'm writing to inform you of
disturbing

discriminatory regulations in
the US Foreign Service.

I am more than qualified to be
a diplomat.

You should understand that
disability doesn't mean.

No umbrella?

Never.

Tea or scotch?

Scotch would be lovely.

Please sit.

I'll get the chair wet.

Don't worry. I've been
thinking about you.

I got a little carried away
at the party, the gin.

Here you are an intelligent
woman who,

I imagine, could live quite
comfortably in America.

What brings you here, Ms. Hall?

Ever since I can remember,

I've wanted to be a diplomat.

I've been working here for
years; Italy, Turkey, France.

I fell in love with the people,
languages,

and I'm certainly not going to
turn

my back on Europe now.

If only more Americans felt
that way.

Why aren't you married?

Why aren't you?

I have a missing friend?

I'm so sorry.

A terrible verdict for anyone,
don't you think, missing?

Do you have a fellow?

I had an accident, gangrene
set in.

He didn't think it was terribly
romantic.

Depends on who you ask, I
suppose.

Let's be straight with each
other, shall we?

Sure.

You and I both know that

America will never hire you to
be a diplomat,

so I'd like to invite you to

try out for a club you can join.

A club for women like you who
have lived in France,

know the language, and are

passionate about stopping
Hitler.

Who are you?

Rumor has it you are

the best wireless operator

in the Women's Auxiliary Air
Force.

Thank you. I believe

it's because I play the harp
and the piano,

and signaling is like music.

There is a rhythm to it.

Indeed. Noor, why did you
join?

We all have to play our part.

What is your part, Noor?

Sorry?

You were born in Russia to

an American mother and an
Indian father who was Muslim.

A descendant of last Mughal
Emperor, I understand.

Yes. My father was

a founder of the Sufi order in
the West.

>and that is?

Sufism is an Islamic
spiritual path

towards God by the means of
peace and truth.

As are you, correct?

A lover of peace and truth.

Of course.

So why is this war your
fight?

Because I am a British
citizen

and I grew up in France as my
home.

I cannot just stand by and let

the Nazis do what they're doing.

Is that all, Noor?

Well, actually, I also wish

that an Indian would win

high military distinction in
this war,

because if a few of us could do

something brave in the allied
service,

it might bridge the gap

between the Indians and the
British.

Now I understand.

Noor, I called you here

today because I would like to
invite you to

try out for a club unlike any
other.

Welcome to my
Scottish country home.

Not the type of place the Nazis
would

expect to be a spy training
center, is it?

Don't get too comfy,

many of you won't last a week.

Now, what is the SOE?

Affectionately, we call it our
new

ministry of ungentlemanly
warfare.

Here, we will train you in
sabotage and subversion.

Those who excel will go to
France as spies.

The rules, you've been given
code names.

Do not disclose your real name
to anyone here.

Each team's mission: acquire
information,

build resistance, and set
France ablaze.

Not at all indepliable

As I said, ungentlemanly
warfare.

Get used to lady spies.

Noor, come over
here.

What do you think,

do you think you can do that
exercise over there?

Yes, ma'am.

Good. Let's show these boys
how this war is won.

Yes, ma'am

Go ahead.

Two moves. Come on.

What's the matter with you.
That's it.

Remember we only have 120
seconds

then we've got to get
out of there.

Yes.

> > What are these bits going?
Yes. The aerial terminal.

That's not the aerial
terminal.

That's the aerial matching.

I was using the aerial
terminal down there.

Here?

Maybe its that one here.

The mains battery. No, you're
right.

There'll be many people

from across Europe aiding in
the resistance in France,

amazing people from Poland,

other parts of Germany,
Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia.

Slice, slice, stealth from
behind.

Move their head back, slice.

You.

Learn to be quick,

confident, and when necessary,
ruthless.

Goodbye.

Yours will be a lonely
courage,

but make no mistake.

Intelligence you gather, the
sabotage you set,

the locals you recruit to

resist will change the course
of this war.

I can't even lift my radio.

And frankly, I cannot lie.

I make a miserable spy.

I wonder what my father would
think if

he knew my path led me here.

A pacifist and they are
teaching us to kill?

They are training us to
survive.

Here is Cuthbert, he's lighter?

That's heavy too. You named
him.

Figured he was going to be
with

me for the rest of my life.

He may as well have a proper
name.

Saint Cuthbert was a soldier
and a healer,

a performer of miracles.

My father, he witnessed a
lot of miracles.

Your father would be proud.

She's a princess for God's
sake.

Very pretty, don't you agree?

She's a pacifist Vera.

She writes fairy tales for
children.

Have you read her training
reviews?

Childlike, a daydreamer.

She's good at her job.

That's what matters.

She won't last six weeks.

These women aren't easy to
find.

Now, would you suspect this
girl's a spy?

I'll think it over. The
wireless job is the

most risky. Who's next?

Virginia is American.

But has lived in France.

Athletic, captain of her
basketball team at Radcliffe,

head of the drama league at
Barnard,

studied in Paris and Vienna as
well,

comes from a wealthy family
with a passion for

traveling and hunting, just
like her father.

Interesting. What's she
doing here?

Building a resume with
consular

because she wants to be a
diplomat.

I didn't realize the Foreign
Service

hired female officers.

There are a few, but

she just received a rejection
letter.

Her training reports are
improving.

Although Virginia lacks
appreciation

for her own limitations,

she is resourceful, a leader.

America isn't in this war.

We could set her up as a
journalist.

There's a contact at the New
York Post.

Her press reports can tell us
what's

going on without setting off
alarms.

Genius. Always knew your
talents

are wasted as my secretary.

Good Lord Vera.

She has a wooden leg.

Jesus Christ.

It's only from below the
knee and

besides it's the perfect cover.

No one will suspect

a pretty American reporter with

a limp of being guilty of
anything.

Progress Virginia to the
next level of

training. God help us.

That was impressive.

Come on.

Maurice Buckmaster,

head of F section.

Apologies for the surprise.

This is the only way to assess

our agent's ability to
withstand torture.

The Gestapo won't go easy on

you just because you're a woman.

I don't plan to go easy
because they're men.

Miss Atkins has suggested
putting you into

unoccupied territory as our
first female field agent.

I know your training isn't
quite complete,

but we need people on

the ground so I'm inclined to
give it a try.

If you do decide to join us,

we assess the odds of you coming

home at no more than 50 percent.

Take a moment, consider our
offer.

Yes.

Welcome to the Baker Street
Irregulars Virginia.

Operational name, Bridgette.

Now a warm bath and a hot
toddy.

We don't expect you to partake
in

all of the usual fieldwork.

I can.

Your mission is to create a
hub in

Central France to support
agents with money,

safe houses, whatever they need.

F section needs organization.

One moment. American. Good.

This will help you stay alert.

They'll also help with the pain.

Use in moderation, you take too
many you'll pass out.

Virginia, we're desperate for

information about life in
France.

Our spies are dying without it.

When you get to Lyon don't be
fooled.

Even in the unoccupied zone,
people are desperate.

Common folks are becoming
collaborators.

Militia police are dominated by
the Nazis.

Good.

Passcode Passcode
response

Your response Exactly.

He's part of local resistance.

He speaks English well.

Good.

Stay detached from all
agents.

Feelings confuse decisions.

Agent Alfonse is already on

the ground as his wireless mark.

More will follow as you build
your network.

Keep this with you at all times.

What is this?

Cyanide. A more dignified
end than

the Gestapo will give you.

Dr. Chevain.

Follow me.

Bridgette. I'm a doctor I
don't presume to

know how these things are done,

but we have a situation.

What is it?

My friend is hiding one of
yours in a basement.

He got caught on the webbing of

the spy ship on his landing
this time.

Leg is shut out.

Jesus. Can you fix him?

It's too serious.

You'll take me to him
tonight.

Of course. After my last
patient.

Thank you.

He tapped on my door in the
middle of the night.

He dragged himself here.

Bless his soul.

It is not safe for him to stay
much longer.

Thank you.

Be careful on the stairs

How is he feeling?

You've something to say?

I think we need to get you
to a hospital.

Yeah, and say what? I fell
out of a tree?

You need medical attention.

Here. If gangrene sets
in-

- I'm not going to a hospital.

We both know it's out there.

The risk of getting help here
far

outweigh the possibility of
gangrene.

Just get a message to the
Wireless.

London has to find me a way out.

I don't know where Wireless
is.

What do you mean you don't
know where he is?

I just got here. It could be
days before my courier

makes contact and I can pass
along a message to Wireless.

Jesus. What do you think we
should do?

Get you out. That's what.

...cruel violence is spreading

throughout the German occupied Europe.

The crime of Hitler, the crimes cannot be
tolerated by our beloved country.

One moment!

Merci. One moment please.

Your letterbox address?

Yes. Dr. Chevain's, that
message drops.

We have an injured agent the
next

taxi center we can't just drop
the parachute.

It has to land.

02:00 PM, restaurant
Aubergine.

Meet Alfonse.

Bring newspaper.

Gin, please.

May I borrow your newspaper?

I left mine on the bus.

No alcohol is allowed today,
madam. You ordered a gin.

I apologize.

I've just arrived.

I don't know the rules yet.

Your papers.

I'm a reporter for the New
York Post.

What day did you
say you arrive, madam?

Tuesday.

Effective as of Monday there
is a new law.

Alcohol is forbidden on Sundays.

Now you know.

Merci.

All right. Alfonse.

Bridgette.

Let's go. Come on.

There are informants everywhere. We
just want to keep our families safe.

I understand.
Sitting on

the sidelines seems safe.

You doing nothing is what the
Germans are counting on.

What can we do?

Resist.

Your friend told us

that you might be willing to
help.

Thank you very, very
much.

Jean will meet you tonight
to print two thousand copies.

I’ll take care of it.

Distribute these amongst the workers.

When I arrived, I

didn't expect to see so much
despair.

Farmers must deliver

punishing quotas of their
produce to the Germans.

People are hungry. I got my
ration card and found that

I'm allowed only 10 ounces of
bread a

day and two ounces of cheese
per week.

No rations of
spaghetti, rice, or chocolate.

The French laws
keep changing.

No alcohol is allowed on
Sundays anymore,

and the latest, women

are forbidden from buying
cigarettes.

The most concerning news,

Jews are now required to
register with the government.

We've got an injured agent.

The next flying plane needs to
land.

Brilliant. I'll let them
know.

Brilliant. I'll let them
know.

Brilliant. I'll let them
know.

Buck, wake up.

Bloody hell. He's one

of our most valuable assets.

Tell Virginia to
provide landing coordinates.

Right. Buck, go home.

I'll stay. Go and see Anna and
the children.

No. No holidays,

no weekends, no time off.

Can't afford to let anything
slip. Come on.

Right.

I mean, for landing strip's
too short.

It's just shy of 400 yards.

It can be done. Technically.

It's pretty
stupid to try.

If we don't try, he dies
here.

I know.

All right,

the plane can't be on the
ground longer than 10 minutes.

We'll do it in five.

Landing coordinates,
Virginia found us a field.

Thank God.

Mark was late and

he left out the first part to
his core site.

Code mutilations happen
everyday miss Atkins,

I don't see why you feel the
need to

babysit the signal and that's
Leo's job.

It could be a warning.

What if Mark is being
controlled by the Germans?

Yes, and it could be another
signal interference.

Look, a valuable asset is dying.

We need to get him back and
fixed.

You have the moon tonight, we
can't wait

another month of sending a
bloody plane.

If we are already sending a
plane,

we need more wireless operators
in action.

We don't have many to choose
from.

Send Noor. She transposes
messages in record time.

We haven't given her the
final level

of fuel trading yet.

She'll be fine.

She needs more.

Are you kidding. I've
finally put

aside my reservations on that.

Still Buck, I think that we
still.

Goddamnit. I didn't ask what
you thought.

The plane leaves tonight and
Noor is on it.

Prepare her miss Atkins.

Why do you keep her in the
room?

She's smart as a whip,

and her attention to detail is
incomparable,

nothing is too much trouble for
her

They're all rumors.

Meaning?

I thought her name is fake.

That she's a Romanian jew.

Plus her accent is off.

Miss Atkins grew up abroad.

She was put through the calls
just like you.

We found no traces of anything
suspect.

She was very helpful to British
Intel before

the war and she came highly
recommended.

All I'm saying is not
everyone

around her trusts her the way
you do.

Tea?

Yeah.

You know I've been telling
you that I've

been training to go abroad?

I have to go tonight.

Why? Where are they sending
you?

You know we're not allowed
to talk about it.

But mom, we knew this was going
to happen, didn't we?

Please don't go, your family
needs you here.

I need your understanding.

I have to do something.

You remember the Sufi saying?

Don't you know yet,

it's your light that lights
the world.

Yes, that's why I must go.

Here.

You do think of
everything, don't you?

Message us as soon as you
arrive and make

sure you change locations often.

So that they don't locate your
signals.

Yes, ma'am.

This is your wireless.

If you have any doubts,

tell me now, there are ways to
help the war effort here.

No, ma'am, I'm resolved.

I can fight, my resistance is
not motivated by hate.

Good.

That's a beautiful pin,

it's a lap wing, isn't it?

Yes. Here.

No, I couldn't.

No, you must. Our first
female wireless.

Congratulations, Madeline.

Liberte!.

Good luck to you.

Hello mama?

Hello darling.

Yeah. Missing soldiers turn
up all the time.

We've been here through long
holiday.

This feels dangerous

We are here now, seen it
through.

I got this.

Madeline.

Bridgette?

Come on.

Raul.

Go. Run.

This is Madeline.

Quickly let's move.

You okay?

Yes.

Just a night or two. I'll find
another safehouse for us soon.

Are you warm enough here?

Welcome Madeline.

May we speak?

I’m not interested.

The New
York Post. May we speak?

I need a safe house for our
agents

and the police will never look
here.

We cannot accommodate
additional guests.

I can barely feed our nuns as
it is.

What if I could find extra
food coupons?

Then we could find homes.

Bridgette reports the morale
here is low.

Nazi spies everywhere.

Recruiting. Send more funds.

Yes?

We identified an illegal radio signal
from your home.

I don’t have a radio.

Please, come in.

- I know he is here
- May I offer you something to eat?

I need to talk to you about
something.

I'm headed to lunch. You
need to eat. I insist.

Come.

As of late my new patients

have become a lot more
interesting.

I have no place for
Madeline tonight.

Do you have any more friends
who might be sympathetic?

An attic? A basement?

I have a basement.

Since

I'm doing a favor for you,

I expect something in return.

Okay.

You need to see someone
about your limp.

It's not a limp. It's a
wooden leg.

Oh, I thought maybe you,

you hurt it on your way

into France, in parachute
landing.

How did it

happen? Do you mind?

I guess the question is do
you mind? We're eating.

I'm a physician, strong
stomach.

My family summer home is on
a farm.

I love to hunt. I went

out with some friends to hunt
birds.

I'd even brought my father's
favorite shotgun,

barrel pointing down as I was
taught to do.

There was a wobbly fence.

Gangrene was setting

in and a decision had to be
made.

I was unconscious, so the
doctor made it for me.

That's devastating.

First, I thought maybe I'd
get my leg back somehow,

but we all know miracles
don't happen.

You may talk and I may listen

and miracles might happen.

Hemingway.

There's always a little room
for dessert.

I have contacts too.

A little gift. A bit of soap.

That bad?

An
exposition about

the Jews being evil.

Don’t believe this
propaganda madam.

The Germans are the enemy...
not the Jews.

I've never seen so much
hatred.

The Germans control what the
French read and hear.

False information is everywhere.

The latest, an anti-Semitic
exhibition.

There are lines down the block
to see it.

I didn't think I'd get
caught so quickly.

You'll be safe here.

What do you think?

It's perfect.

These here are where the
antennas are setup.

It's easiest to get a signal.

Don't message where you sleep
anymore.

If you run out of time, sign-off

without your security check.

London will figure it out.

I’m a new patient.

For Dr. Chevain?

No Dr. Benoit.

Father Robert Alesch.

Your sermons are legendary.

We can’t stand by
with our arms folded.

Indeed.

I’m looking for Brigitte?

Do you have a message for her?

I need to see her.

I’m sorry, Father, but...

I apologize for the inconvenience.

Perhaps you can return another time?

I can’t promise, but I’ve heard
Brigitte might be in town.

There is a double agent in Bordeaux.
All my contacts have been arrested.

Who knows if any of them have talked.

I need protection, a disguise and
money to rebuild a network.

I’ve heard about Brigitte.

If you see her, please...

I’ll pass along the message.

It’s urgent.

I understand.

I don't trust him.

He's a resistance, right?

Did you hear his accent?

He grew up near the border,

his accent is common.

He's a priest, famous for his
anti-Nazi sermons.

I've never heard of him.

He needs our immediate help.

I will ask Madeline to
check with London.

If they vouch for him then

No. That will take too long.

In the meantime, he may be
caught and murdered.

Raul, I'm the one

responsible for the safety of

every man and woman who walks
in that door.

It's my call to make.

I see. If you'll excuse me,

I have work to do.

This one is positive too.

Thank God for Father Alesche.

A local vicar working with

resistance who provided us with
a safe house.

Right. Good.

I heard we are going to war
with

Hungary, Finland and Romania.

Everyone, one moment.

Someone at the top said, no.

Why?

All I've been told is,

"You're not getting your
citizenship papers."

Because I'm Jewish?

My intelligence work will be

suspect as a citizen of the
enemy.

If anyone else here found out.

If they do, I will

remind them that your
intelligence efforts have always

been unofficial and not to worry

that technically your rank is
only that of a secretary.

Who is dispensable without
British papers.

Indispensable to me.

Upstairs can be difficult.

They're comfortable with things
as they

are and your secret is safe
with me.

Now we are the masters of our
fate,

that the task which has been
set before

us is not above our strength;

that its pangs and toils are
not beyond our endurance.

He wasn't done.

It's bloody rubbish.

My citizenship papers, they
said, no.

Mama, every time there's a
knock on our door,

I fear that they are coming to
deport me, every time.

I thought that we could
remake our lives here.

I thought it would be safe.

On Sunday, December 7th,
1941,

a state of war has

existed between the United
States

and the Japanese Empire.

We'll overcome this
premeditated invasion.

The American people in their
righteous might will win

through to absolute victory.

Virginia's cover is blown.

American reporters won't be
allowed in France now.

We'll get her a French
disguise.

She needs to come back and
cool off.

She doesn't want to cool off.

Her leadership skills have
exceeded expectations,

we need her in the field.

But her accent.

Will be possible.

She was head of the drama
league.

There needs to be a change
in hair.

And a new code name, of
course.

It means strength.

Excuse me, sir. Sorry. Which
wireless

are we going to transfer to
Paris?

We have lost communication.

Still nothing from
Stevenson? Send Noor.

Mark's been in the field

longer and Paris is tougher
than Vichy.

Women can move about more

freely in occupied territory.

We have to get this right. Noor
goes North.

What else did London say?

Father Alesche's credentials
checkout.

Really?

Yeah. London said to send him
300,000 francs.

You'll have to find him. I
left him on his own.

On your next get ask London to
send more wireless.

The passing of information is
taking too long.

Of course.

You know what, I think we
should practice a bit more.

Sure.

Has to have a bit more
at the end.

Good.

It look’s beautiful, doesn’t it?

It's the role of your
lifetime.

We should get you moving. I
wish you didn't

have to go to Paris. Will you
be okay?

We'll be here only for a
short time, but what we

do while we're here changes the
course of the future.

Boarding
Train for Paris!

Search everything.
Everybody off the train!

Everybody off, bring your luggage!

We found her!

Everybody back on the train!

I won’t be long.

Arrived. Philomen requests

more wireless to support
growing resistance in Lyon.

Off to meet circuit members at
safe house.

8, rue des Archers

Safer than a hotel.

I like the new look.

The 10th of February, 1942.

We continue to organize drop
zones and distribute cash

and weapons to our agents as
they

pass through our hub here in
Lyon.

Agents Joseph and Cole were
parachuted in safely.

Okay, boys. The German torpedo
boats are

hiding in the main canal. Good
good luck in Marseilles.

When using a gun, double-tap,

torso head.

It's good to see you,
Father Alesche.

Are there more agent I
should assist as I rebuild?

Use it for your network.

Be careful out there..

10:00 PM

This will be helpful.

That should be enough for
explosives

Virginia's report
identifies a number of

new Nazi supply lines across
France.

Impressive work.

My contacts suspect

an ammunition shipment is
passing

through on its way to Paris.

In the center, right?

I'm organizing a
group

to destroy the freight line.

The full petroleum targets
are now set as planned.

switching safe houses, and
we'll meet

the head of the Northern
circuit when I get there.

We’ve finally caught you.

You must go!

It’s too dangerous here!

Urgent, Northern
circuit infiltrated.

Gestapo, on my own,

send reinforcements.

Get this to Buck Master
immediately.

It's Rena right?

Could you do me a little favor,

just between us ladies?

Sure.

I need to get a message to
Madeline and I

don't have time to wait for the
men.

Tell Madeline that I'm

working on a way to get her
home.

Tell her to stay low and to
keep moving.

I will get her home.

Got it? Good. I don't advise
making any mistakes.

I have a really good memory.

Right.

What, a woman with a wooden leg?
She will slow us down.

I’m telling you she cannot do it.

It’s not going to work.

Alfonse!

This is Philomen,
head

of the hectare circuit,

and SOE agents Paul and
George,

local mechanic, he'll be
assisting us with explosives.

Thank you.

But we will not have much
time.

The ammunition shipment,

it passes with 30 minutes after
dark.

Perhaps we could get more hands.

I can join.

No. Women shouldn't be in
the field.

Yes, they shouldn't, Paul.

Certainly not you. There's a
lot of running involved.

We were all trained in
explosives.

Who the hell are you to give
orders?

My orders come from London.

Well, we're on the same
side, right?

Paul, stopping this
ammunition shipment

will save thousands of lives.

My previous job at

a French motor companies

certainly didn't prepare me for
this.

There could be many
explanations, Vera.

Noor's been late before.

This new curfew's mucking up
everyone's scheds.

Your latest recruits have
been doing impressive work,

and Virginia has been
spectacular.

You are right about her. Good
find.

Let's hope they pull it off
tonight.

If we could derail an
ammunition shipment that

would certainly be good news.

Stop!

It’s the police!

I said stop!

Well, they now have our
wireless.

No, the most pressing
concern right now is

George. He hasn't been trained.

God knows what

he might divulge under
challenging circumstances.

Christ.

George is the mechanic.

Can he pick the lock?

With what?

A wrench.

Yes, because they do hand
out wrenches in prisons.

What if we could hide the
wrench in a package.

The Geneva Convention allows for

humanitarian groups to deliver

care packages to prisoners.

They check care packages.

Including games.

If it's an innocent game,
what's there to check?

This is bloody insane.

I could ask Isabella to do
it.

She's a resistance member who
looks charitable.

I don't know. We need more
time to think.

We don't have time, Paul.

Yeah, why not.

Oh Gosh.

What do you have there?

Good. Let’s play.

It’s for the prisoner, sir.

They can have it when we’re done.
Put it down here.

They're not coming.

We're not going anywhere.

Let’s pack it up for tonight. But I’ll
be back tomorrow for a rematch.

Bring her to the prisoners.

To pass the time tonight.

That’s nice of you.

Lights out!

Thank God!

Let’s go.

What is going on here?

Is there a problem, sir?

What are you all doing past curfew hour?

We don’t want to cause trouble.

Get on your knees, all of you. Now!

Sir, there’s a misunderstanding.

Your accent...
it’s not from around here.

Philomen, get them out of
here. Go now.

Let's go.

Alfonse? Alfonse?

You see, He listened to my
prayers.

We will take good care of them.

Remember, they know who you
are now.

Stay here until I organize

a way to get you back to London.

But you won't have a
wireless.

We'll manage.

In other news, to keep their
war machine going,

the Nazis are tightening their
grip on

the so-called unoccupied part
of France.

French citizens are now being
drafted

and taken to work as forced
labor in Germany.

Noor?

Giselle?

I thought it was you!

Oh my God! How are you?

What are you doing here?

It’s complicated.

You look like you could
really use a cup of tea.

Yes, that would be lovely.

I’m so happy to see you.

You can’t even imagine.

I’ve been sleeping in alleys for days.
I have nowhere to go.

Can you help me?

I have a family, Noor.
If anyone finds out...

Giselle, thousands of
Jews are disappearing.

Now innocent French children
are being marked with yellow stars.

Aren’t you afraid?

Please... for France?

A few days.

That’s all I can offer you.

Not now.

Good.

Will not return. My
transmission's needed.

Excited to help rebuild the
circuit.

the bird has brought me luck.

Next message we'll send

coordinates for parachute
replacements.

Bloody hell.

Roosevelt’s decision, committing
U.S. troops to aid the British

in the seizure of
French North Africa has

culminated in a
major defeat to the Axis.

Having lost control
of the Mediterranean,

Hitler’s forces are
gathering on the frontiers of

Southern France to
occupy the rest of France.

Klaus Barbie has arrived!

I’d do anything to get my hands
on that limping bitch’s throat.

Distribute these fliers.
All over France.

Tone it down on those sermons.

This is new for me. I wanted to
be convincing, Herr Barbie...

Do not disparage the Führer’s name!

...so no one suspects anything.
My apologies.

Your bonus.

I paid for both of
your whores in Paris, as well.

Find me this woman.

Philomine. Philomine!

What's wrong?

They know you are the leader
of hundreds of spies.

It's only a matter of time
before

somebody recognizes you and
speaks.

The Germans will stop at
nothing until they find you.

You need to take the train
South to

Perpignon. You need to go now.

I'm not giving up. We're not
giving up.

Good luck.

This is the punishment for anyone...

who is caught aiding spies
and betraying the Führer.

Where is she?

You are asking me questions
and I do not know the answers.

Why would she have told me anything?

I am a doctor.

I am healing people, that’s it.

Where is she?

I don’t know.

This is what we do with spies.

Perpignon, si vous plait.

Bon courage

Merci.

What have you done?

I did this for you.

For you to eat.

Move it you dirty whore! Keep moving.

I found your notebook. We
have all your codes.

I'm going to ask one more time,
who is she?

Loyalty. It’s overrated.

Someone in your circuit tipped
us off to

your friend.

Start transmitting as Madeline.

Madeline sent the
coordinates for

the replacement is to be
parachuted,

but there's a problem.

Her code is perfect.

So?

There's not a single mistake.

Well she's good.

Yes, but there's always a
mistake or two.

This one's perfect.

What are you saying, Leo?

I'm saying the style on this
one is different.

Her security check is
correct?

Yes.

You're speculating.

It doesn't feel right.

We're acting on feelings now,

are we? What's your opinion?

We have a wireless who
won't survive alone

I don't know Buck it's not
clear.

Parachute those replacements

to her proposed coordinates.

We begin here in Perpignon.

go inland to avoid the patrols.

It's 35 miles across the
mountain.

From there, you'll need to
hover on a train to Barcelona,

where you can get a train to
Portugal

and then a ship to London.

Get some rest, you'll need it.

Hello my madam.

No complaining out of you.

She’s heading South... Pyrenees.

She’s tried to escape twice.
We can’t get anything out of her.

Put her on the next van.

Yes.

Leo was right.

They must have Noor's code.

What?

We parachuted those agents
straight into

the hands of the Gestapo.

The pilot made it back.

I didn't want to give up on
that.

I don't want to give up on any
of them.

God, what have I done?

It's too goddamn late to
ask that now,

and they deserve more than the
two of us sitting here,

second guessing ourselves,

safely tucked away behind a
desk.

But what do we have to show
for any of this?

We will soon have hundreds
of agents in the field.

Yes, we've made mistakes, yes,

things should be done that have

not yet been accomplished,

but we are getting better at
this every day.

We must keep trying, we must.

Yes.

Have we heard from Virginia?

Goddamn it.

Well done.

You did it!

Please, be seated.

Thank you.

A double.

To Cuthbert.

To Cuthbert.

Who deserves a medal, I think.

Virginia, I wish we
had better news.

From what we know the convent
was not raided.

Everyone else had or was.

Everyone?

Yes.

Madeline, how is she?

Her circuit was also a
compromised.

What happened to her?

She's missing.

Send me back.

You're one of our best, I
wish we could.

You can.

The Gestapo are pulling in
everything they can.

It would be criminal to send
someone

as remarkable as you right now.

They're looking for you,

Virginia, they know who you are.

My neck is my own. You know
if

I'm willing to get a crick in
it because there's a war.

It is the necks of everyone
in your network.

Perhaps that wouldn't be the
case if F Section

did a better job of protecting
their agents.

We are doing our best and we
are

all too aware that our

best is costing people their
lives.

That's because there are

too many field
agents who need to

be supported by one wireless.

When one wireless goes down,

everyone's compromised, you
need to train more.

That is the problem.

We will consider that.

Vera, we suspect, Alesche,

is the one who betrayed
Virginia's team and

upstairs has concerns that

it was you who checked him out?

You know, he checked out on
paper.

He did, yes.

No one suspected he was a
double agent.

Not me or you.

I know but nonetheless they
have.

Lets not pretend that this
has anything to do with

my looking into Alesche, who
checked out.

D-day planning is around the
corner and I

am done being the unofficial,

untrusted part of our team just
because I was born a Jew.

You want me? I want my papers
and proper rank.

Next move is yours.

Well, those tactics were very

effective, French move on.

Of course. Vera Atkins,

this is William Donovan,

Chief of OSS, America's SOE.

Your reputation precedes
you, Wild Bill.

As does yours.

All good things, I'm sure.

We've spent years working on

sabotage and subversion
techniques.

We know the best way to cut off
Nazi access.

We want to place small sabotage
teams of

three agents all over, one
wireless each.

Surprise sabotaged vanish.

Germans won't know what hit
them.

We have experienced agents in

the training facilities to
implement the plan,

but we need money.

We've had no choice but to
learn

the hard way how to do this,

trial and a lot of error.

But I think it's fair to say
we're experts now.

We propose a joint operation,

OSS and F Section agents
working together,

the Americans and the British
side-by-side.

Your field name
should have been persistent,

convincing your country to
train you as a wireless.

Virginia, her real name is Noor.

Madeline?

Yes.

It's beautiful.

I have to deliver a letter
to her mother.

I thought you might like to
join me.

Of course.

When they told me she was
missing,

I knew what it meant.

I hadn't heard from her for so
long.

Your daughter is a hero.

I brought Virginia with

me because she was in the field
with Noor.

I'm so inspired by her
strength.

She once said to me,

"Don't you know yet,

it's your light, that lights
the world?"

All I know is that,

no one protected my daughter
from harm.

LIBERTE

This war has left no one
unscathed.

Look at them, our glorious
amateurs.

Virginia's experience has been
of great value to America.

I'm told you are the one I
should thank for finding her.

I'm sure if I hadn't found
her,

she would have found us, Mr.
Donovan.

Just like she found you.

True.

We're sending her back,

ahead of the Jedburgh teams to
organize.

Now, with her wireless
capability,

her skills are even more
valuable.

You did great work with her.

Thank you.

I look pretty unremarkable,
wouldn't you say?

Indeed.
Shall we?

Good luck to you.

And to you, my friend