The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) - full transcript

There he is.

Is this your first job?

- My first job?

- Hm.

I've never killed a man

if that's what you mean.

It's not as hard

as you might think.

- Depends on the man.

- Which man?

The target, or the man

doing the killing?

Both.

Tell me, friend,

what did you do before the war?

I was a baseball player.

You know baseball?

Oh, baseball.

Like Joe DiMaggio.

Did he ever kill anyone?

Not that I know of.

Good luck, my friend.

You'll be fine.

Just do it before

the Gestapo figures it out.

I'll try.

Two out top of the third,

man on first.

Moe Berg still in the catcher.

Fifteen years in the league

and still standing.

How long can this guy go on?

Runner takes his lead.

Moe calls the sign.

Okay, now here's the pitch.

The runner goes.

Berg throws down to second.

Got him.

Hey, don't shake me off.

I don't wanna a change-up

when somebody's stealing.

I barely got him.

How'd you know

where he was goin'?

I just knew.

How you holding up?

What do you mean?

Sooner or later

I'm gonna need your spot

on the roster, Moe.

- Make it later.

- It is later.

I've been asking

for two seasons

to hang up the cleats

and coach.

I like it out there.

You hardly play.

All the more reason

to hang on.

Look, I didn't want to

stop playin' either.

So, what do you say?

Finish out the season,

then coach?

I could go to Detroit.

Mickey'd let me play.

Mickey's an idiot.

So are you,

for letting me play.

You get a call

about the Japan thing?

Yeah.

- You goin'?

- Absolutely.

- Who else is going?

- Uh, we got Murderers' Row.

We got Ruth, Gehrig, Averill,

Gehringer, Gomez.

Am I the only bum?

They like

the Professor Berg thing.

They also like

that you speak Japanese.

Who said I speak Japanese?

Kieran, in one of his columns.

- Interesting.

- Say..

Barker House? Steaks?

No, thanks.

Okay, mystery man.

What you staring at, rookie?

What's the story with Berg?

- What do you mean?

- Uh, he seems strange.

What the hell

are you talking about?

I don't know.

He just seems odd.

Mind you own business, Dalton.

Does he, does he bat lefty?

How the hell should I know?

Why should I care?

It's just I don't feel like

showing my dick to a queer.

Well, don't show it

to him, then.

Somebody ought to find out.

You're Moe Berg, aren't you?

Who?

Moe Berg,

the baseball player.

Oh, no. You know,

but I must look like him.

Everybody says

I look like him.

You're kidding.

No, I ain't him.

But I sure as hell

must look like him.

Ha!

Where am I dropping you?

A couple more blocks.

I'll walk from there.

It's fine.

Suit yourself..

...Mr. Berg.

Actually, you know what, stop.

Here. That's good.

I wouldn't have

been able to tell.

Really?

Well, I was on my third martini

by that point, so --

You flatter me.

So, what did you think

of the place, honey?

Mr. Dalton,

you live around here?

Man, fuck you!

I didn't catch your answer.

Do you live around here?

- Do you live around here?

- No! No.

Do you know what the word

"Hypothetical" means?

No? It means, let's suppose.

Let's suppose there was

a baseball player

a rookie, who intruded on the

privacy of another ballplayer

who was reaching

the twilight of his career

and really had nothing

to lose at this point.

Are you following so far?

You fucking faggot!

You think you know everything,

don't you?

I don't know anything,

alright?

I..

Now, you'll be pleased

to know Cronin..

Cronin is considering

putting you in the lineup.

Show some improvement

and you got a shot.

Good luck.

Don't stop.

That's beautiful.

You're a liar.

And you're late.

I had some people to see.

Play.

Where did that come from?

The way you looked at me

when I came in.

Any normal man would've

done the same thing.

I didn't look at you.

I had my back turned.

And the reason

that I love you

is that you're the farthest

thing from a normal man

that anyone would

ever think of.

Ladies and gentlemen,

it's time for..

The Information Game!

Yes, the show

where the elite meet

to mete out the meat

of their minds.

Tonight, our special guest

is Moe Berg

catcher for the Boston Red Sox,

and for those of you

who actually read

John Kieran's articles

will know him

as Professor Berg

top graduate

from Princeton University

also holding advanced degrees

from Columbia University

and the Sorbonne University

in Paris, France.

Welcome, Professor Berg.

Thank you.

Moe will do.

- Happy to be here.

- Well, Moe it is.

And, Moe, let's play ball.

Our first question is for you.

- Excellent.

- Thank you.

Very well done.

And I'll see you next week.

- Thank you.

- Bye.

Bye-bye.

Trick question? Me?

The Canary Islands

aren't named for a canary.

The name is derived

from the Latin word canis

which means dog.

The islands were named

for the wild dogs

that are found there.

Right you are.

Well, so far, Moe Berg

is batting a thousand!

So, Moe, tell us a little bit

about yourself.

Is there a Mrs. Berg?

Ah, yes, she's married

to my father.

I meant is there

a Mrs. Berg in your life?

Does this count for points?

Wow, you sure wriggled

your way out of that one.

Moe Berg, the walking enigma.

That is..

Well, that's the case

with old Whitby.

- Very similar.

- Was it always?

Always. Because of that,

people --

How do you know

all of these things?

Well, it's common knowledge.

Well..

Oh, I'm going to Japan.

An exhibition tour

after the season.

Oh, Moe, I have always

wanted to see Japan.

I'll take some pictures.

Or you could take me, and I'll

take the pictures myself.

- Oh, Estella, come on.

- I'd really like to go, Moe.

It's just a series

of exhibition games.

And I'm sure the other players

are taking their wives.

You're not my wife.

Mm.

I didn't mean

anything by that.

I was simply stating it

as a fact.

- It was more than that, Moe.

- It wasn't more than anything.

- Estella.

- What?

Why do you not want

to take me to Japan, Morris?

I would just rather go alone.

Well, that wasn't so hard,

was it?

Tokyo is host of Babe Ruth

and his barnstorming

American baseball team

on their goodwill

exhibition tour of Japan.

Jesus Christ.

He know their languages.

That makes 12.

Welcome to Japan, Mr. Berg.

I'm sure you're going

to enjoy it here.

My name is Isao Kawabata.

It's such a pleasure

to meet you.

The pleasure is mutual.

Move it, move it!

Don't they know

he only batted 235?

Right.

- Oh!

- Oh!

Please, tell me

all about baseball.

It looked like

such as interesting game.

You don't know anything?

Nothing.

Well, baseball's a game

where people fail

a lot more often

than they succeed.

Sounds very much like life.

Yes, it does.

So, what do you do?

I am a professor of history.

Now that sounds interesting.

So why would a professor

who doesn't know anything

about baseball be at a game?

Maybe you don't fully

understand, Mr. Berg.

This visit is very important.

It goes beyond sport.

Our cultures are very different,

and growing further apart.

If we don't stop to learn

about one another, then..

Then what?

There'll be no more games.

You're happy here?

I am.

Why?

When I was growing up

my first baseball team

was a church team.

But I'm a Jew.

Now, I was never

a practicing Jew

but I was different

than the other boys.

I never even told them

my real name.

I tried to blend in.

I wanted to hide.

And it worked.

Do you like to hide, Mr. Berg?

I do.

I don't fit.

Even now, I have no real home,

I have no wife.

Do you have a wife, Isao?

I do.

And six children.

She's very fertile.

I like to hide too.

Now, can I ask you

an important question?

Yes.

You're a professor of history.

Will there be a war

between our two countries?

Yes.

It has been progressing

step-by-step.

It is quite inevitable.

Everything will change.

And we'll all play our part.

I also think

after this visit..

...we will never

see each other again.

I hope you're wrong.

As do I.

The attack yesterday

on the Hawaiian Islands

has caused severe damage

to American naval

and military forces.

I regret to tell you

that very many American lives

have been lost.

Hello, Jerry.

Moe, nice to see you.

Been a long time.

I was hoping you'd be here.

Oh, yeah? Why?

I understand you're working

in Washington.

Where'd you hear that?

One of the guys.

I can't remember who.

- State Department?

- Uh, yeah, sort of.

How'd you come to get the job?

There's room for people

with languages.

That's what I figured.

- How are your knees?

- What do you mean?

I figure a professional

ballplayer's getting 4F.

Bad hinges.

My knees are as passable

as my Italian.

Have you heard

of Bill Donovan?

Yeah, sure. Yale, football.

Medal of Honor, 1918.

He's my boss.

We're setting up a small

adjunct to the State Department.

Here's the number.

- Give this man a call.

- Thanks.

First time I've seen you

at one of these things.

Well, first time

I've come to one.

Gentlemen, may I have

your attention please?

We are at war.

In light of what lies before us

the challenges, the sacrifices

the losses.

I ask you,

gentlemen of Princeton

to join us in the singing of the

"Battle Hymn Of The Republic."

♪ Mine eyes have seen the glory

of the coming of the Lord.. ♪

Sorry for the song choice.

What?

♪ Where the grapes

of wrath are stored ♪

♪ He hath loosed.. ♪

At least it's not

"Onward, Christian Soldiers."

♪ Terrible swift sword.. ♪

That would have been fine too.

♪ Marching on ♪

♪ Glory glory hallelujah ♪

♪ Glory glory ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Glory glory hallelujah ♪

♪ His truth is marching on ♪

♪ I have seen Him

in the watch-fires ♪

♪ Of a hundred

circling camps ♪

♪ They have builded Him

an altar ♪

♪ In the evening

dews and damps ♪

♪ I can read

his righteous sentence ♪

♪ By the dim

and flaring lamps ♪

♪ His day is marching on ♪♪

Thank you, gentlemen.

Interesting film

you brought back, Mr. Berg.

What made you make it?

I happened to be in Japan.

A lot of people

happen to be in Japan.

Not all of them go to the top

of a building in Tokyo

and make home movies of

the harbor and naval shipyards.

I had the opportunity.

It seemed the sensible

thing to do.

How did you know then that

we would be at war with Japan?

"The Journal

Of Oriental Society"

was filled with articles

about going to war with Japan.

You read the "JOS?"

Ah, uh, well, that wasn't

apparent from what I just said?

Yes, yes, I suppose it was.

But no one in the government

or the army

asked you

to make the film?

No.

You did it

as a private citizen?

Yes.

You're an unusual man,

Mr. Berg.

Yes, so I'm told.

Have a seat.

Not married, no children.

Odd for a man your age, no?

Never occurred to me.

May I ask you

a very personal question?

You may.

Are you queer?

I'm good at keeping secrets.

You're also good

at some other things.

You speak

seven languages fluently

another three or four

to a lesser degree.

In addition,

you're an athlete,

which means you're more than up

to the physical requirements

of the job.

What job?

Any job we might care

to give you

in the event that we

bring you into the fold.

Moe, Jerry Fredericks

speaks very highly of you.

We're looking for people

who can keep secrets

but not from us.

We're fighting a war here.

It's very serious business.

Now, personally,

I don't care who a man fucks

as long as he can help us

win this war.

If it comes down to it

I'm willing to die

for my country.

They say that patriotism

is the last refuge

of a scoundrel.

It isn't they.

It's Samuel Johnson.

And it's not the last,

it's the first.

Welcome to the OSS, Mr. Berg.

There were many new developments today at home and abroad.

The headlines, Germans claim

victory in the Crimea.

The Russians report gains

around Moscow and Leningrad.

President Roosevelt signs

the Neutrality Law.

And then captive coal mine

strike ties up production.

And Congress prepares

anti-strike legislation.

And in France,

the Germans advanced

along the Saint-Michel salient

taking in the town

of Saint Ramelle and Toulon.

On the southern front

allied advances

continued in Sicily.

Great report on

the Serbian border unit.

Thank you.

I'm going crazy.

I am not made

for desk work, alright?

You got to get me

out onto the field.

- You're useful here.

- Well, I hate it, alright?

I'm used to being

on a ball field all day.

If I stay cooped up in here,

I'm going to kill somebody.

Maybe myself.

Oh!

- Oh!

- Oh!

Mr. Berg!

Yeah?

Someone chasing you?

I don't know.

Well, it's good

that you're here.

Come with me.

Where are we going?

Be careful

what you wish for, Berg.

Because you just might get it?

Because it could get you killed.

Gentlemen.

Moe Berg. Bob Furman.

Hi, nice to meet you.

This is Professor Sam Goudsmit.

If you would.

Bob, Moe, Sam.

We have something for you.

Since this war began..

...we've been engaged

in a massive research

and development program,

called the Manhattan Project.

The purpose of which

is the creation

of a fission bomb.

Now, if initial calculations

are correct

one bomb would be enough

to wipe out an entire city.

The war could be decided

in a day.

We have reason to believe

the Germans are also working

on such a bomb.

Sam.

The scientist leading

the atomic fission program

is Werner Heisenberg.

So, we must get to him

and find out how close

the Germans are to a bomb.

Now, he has left Berlin.

And we don't know where

he is or what he is doing.

But, uh, he has remained

in contact

with an Italian physicist

with whom I worked,

uh, Eduardo Amaldi.

So we'd start in Italy,

the three of us.

Sam for the physics,

me, military

and you, OSS.

- Where in Italy?

- Rome.

Our fifth army is moving north.

They should take the city

in a week or two.

We'll go in, find the physicist

and interrogate him.

Uh, interview him, please.

Amaldi is my friend.

Uh, if the Italian physicist

has any value

won't the Germans take him

when they pull out, or kill him?

Well, that's why we'd actually

go in with the Fifth Army

to prevent that from happening.

It's not desk work.

No, it's not.

Could be fun.

Ah, an athlete's

uncomplicated hubris.

I do not speak of fun, Mr. Berg.

Figure of speech.

If the enemy intercepts

your communication

they can easily discern

what you have written there

simply by holding

the paper over a flame

or treating it

with a reactive chemical

such as sodium carbonate.

The German MP 40.

Very effective weapon

for close combat.

Never hold the gun

by the clip when firing

as that can cause

the gun to jam.

Cameras used by both civilians

and military

depending on the situations..

♪ Don't wake too soon ♪

♪ Don't look too long ♪

♪ Don't peer

beyond the moonlight ♪

♪ Cling to me sing to me.. ♪♪

How's work?

It's just work.

And when do you go back to DC?

I, uh, I'm not going to DC.

Not for a while.

Well, how long do I have you?

Hm?

Till tomorrow.

- Why am I not surprised?

- I'm sorry, Stell.

I'm..

...going overseas.

You brought me here

to say goodbye?

- I'll be back.

- Who knows?

Y -- you know that I love you.

Simple yes or no.

D -- do you know

that I love you?

I really wanted us

to be perfect.

That's all.

We are.

Liar.

Difficult?

- May I?

- Hey. Come in.

Tell me about Heisenberg.

Well, he's a somewhat

complicated man.

Yeah, just before

the war started

uh, we were together

at the conference

at the University of Michigan.

And Furman and I begged him

not to go back to Germany.

- But he went.

- Yeah.

But to save German science

from the Nazis.

And now he's the head

of the atomic bomb program.

Could he build a bomb?

Could he or would he?

Both.

The could of it would require

enormous physical

and financial resources

perhaps more than Germany

has at its disposal.

But with the resources,

he could do it.

Yes.

And the would of it?

I don't know.

I don't know.

So you were friends?

You knew him well?

Yeah.

Do you still

consider him a friend?

You are a Jew, yeah, Mr. Berg?

Jewish.

A -- after the Nazis

occupied Holland

my parents were taken

to Auschwitz.

Now, I contacted Heisenberg

and I asked him

I... begged him

to do what he could.

And we haven't spoken since.

I don't know

if they're dead or alive.

Thanks.

I'm not comfortable with this.

We'll be alright.

What if there are Germans

waiting for us?

Then we'll probably

get shot and killed.

This has all the variables

of a disaster.

Sam, stop your whining.

- Ah-ha.

- Here we are.

Welcome to Italy, sir.

Be careful!

You doing alright?

- You don't look so great.

- Nah..

Quite well, thank you.

Who the hell are you?

- What's up there?

- Goddamn Germans.

Left the rearguard division.

Paying for every inch.

What's the safest way

to Piazza Leone?

Why don't you drive

south 30 miles

find yourself a nice hotel,

wait a week?

We can't wait.

Alright, fine. Your call.

Look, stay on the Via Appia

as long as you can.

Stash your Jeep

when it gets too messy.

But as of this morning

that whole area

was crawling with Krauts.

- And good luck.

- Thanks.

Alright, let them through.

- Yes, sir.

- Yes, sir.

Follow me and stay down.

Duck.

There's still

Krauts everywhere.

Ready? Move out.

Yeah, come on.

So you're the guys

they told us about.

You guys are crazy.

Yeah.

Alright, let's move out.

Go, go, go.

Look at me. We'll be alright.

Alright?

Get down!

Get down!

Get ready to run

to that wall.

Wait till I call.

Okay, go!

Get down! Get down!

- Grenade!

- Go, go, go!

- Get down!

- Aah!

Go, go, go, go!

Uh, come on.

Panzer! Panzer!

- Move out!

- Get up! Move!

- Let's go.

- Whoo!

Move! Move! Move!

- Aah!

- Move out!

Roll, roll, roll!

No, uh.. Uh, that's Amaldi's.

Upper floor.

Behind me.

We got to go.

- Go, go.

- Yeah?

- Wait, get back.

- Yeah!

Let's go.

Go! Go!

Shit.

Gracias.

Halt!

You okay?

You're good, come on.

Hold position!

It looks like we've got

the city up past the Vatican.

The Germans have pulled back

their rearguard.

- Alright, alright.

- Thank you.

You'll be fine, buddy.

They don't have it,

they're still building

carbon molding frames

instead of shaped housings.

He's writing about heavy water

absorption rates.

This letter,

he asks Amaldi for help

with casement tolerances.

Here, he says

he's doing

large-structure analysis.

Everything points to a reactor

instead of a bomb.

How do we know

these documents aren't decoys?

Plants?

Uh, they're letters.

Personal letters.

These men are friends.

The physics is, uh,

intertwined with the intimacy.

Hmm, we have to be sure.

Then have the British review it.

They are physicists.

They will confirm what I say.

Alright.

We'll have

the Brits weigh in.

Donovan will be here soon.

I'm kicking this upstairs.

- Mr. Berg.

- Hello, sir.

- How's it been going?

- Going well. Yes, sir.

And the industrial complex

at Hechingen

has only a containment vessel

and a cycle stack

both signs of a nascent

reactor facility.

And the uranium

separation facility?

Consensus in London is

that's just a carbon separator

of some sort.

An attempt at shale extraction.

- Coal?

- Apparently so.

I concur.

So, where does this leave us?

London is certain.

No German bomb.

Degree of certainty?

There's no such thing

as a degree of certainty.

I mean, something is

either certain or it is not.

Hmm.

Thank you, gentlemen.

- Good day, sir.

- Good day.

So, what are the alternatives?

Bombing Hechingen

is unlikely to be effective.

If they are developing a bomb

the work, the materials

will be spread out

at facilities

and other factories.

So our British allies

tell us 100 % no German bomb.

My people tell me

a 20 % possibility.

More likely ten or five percent.

- Perhaps less.

- But not zero.

It's Probability 101.

You multiply the likelihood

of the event by the consequence.

Five percent chance you're going

to stub your toe in the dark

you take the chance,

walk to the bathroom

without turning on the lights

and waking your wife.

A five percent chance of losing

the war to a weapon like this

you do what has to be done.

Which is?

We kill Heisenberg.

What if he's on our side?

Why is it that the Germans

haven't developed a bomb?

Heisenberg has a team of

at least

a dozen capable physicists.

What have they been doing?

What are you saying?

He's dragging his feet?

Intentionally slowing

the program?

I do not think

that Werner Heisenberg

would want to be remembered

as a traitor.

The man who lost the war

for Germany?

We are not absolutely

sure of that

nor do we have

any actual evidence

that he's secretly

working for us.

There are millions of lives

at stake.

I'm sorry.

Werner Heisenberg..

Pioneer in the study

of subatomic particles.

Winner of the 1932

Nobel Prize in physics

for the creation

of quantum mechanics.

Equation 56 is known

as Heisenberg's principle

of uncertainty.

The principle shows

that one can never observe

both the position

and velocity of a particle

at the same time.

One cannot be certain

where something is

and where it is going.

And thus, Heisenberg proves

that no one knows anything.

We live in eternal

uncertainty.

A man after my own heart.

You like libraries.

Why?

Here is a belongingness

I find in few other places.

On a ball field?

There too.

That's gone now.

I have to ask you

a question

and I need a real answer.

If it comes down to it

are you going to be able

to kill him?

Yes.

There you go.

You wanna play?

Huh, good.

You, uh, got a choice?

- Catcher?

- It's all yours.

Oh, shit.

- The guy's a pro.

- Yeah.

I know who that is.

That's Moe Berg.

Home plate, home plate!

- Yes!

- Alright.

Uh-oh. Move back, move back.

Don't worry,

245 lifetime.

Yeah, yeah, just don't hit it

down my throat, okay?

Oh!

That's a hit!

Jesus Christ!

Moe Berg, thanks.

Oh, no. Don't thank me.

Thank you.

Hey, do you mind,

uh, signing the ball?

- Yeah, sure.

- Thanks a lot, Moe.

You know, I saw you

a dozen times at Fenway.

- You were great.

- Me? Great? When?

Uh, well, I saw you.

- Yeah.

- Thanks.

Zurich. It's a short train

journey from Hechingen.

A break from the grim atmosphere

of Germany.

He will be tempted.

And I know someone in Zurich.

Paul Scherrer.

He and Heisenberg

are good friends.

- They play chess by mail.

- He's anti-Nazi.

Exactly, but he and Heisenberg

are still close.

And he gonna help us

lure Heisenberg to Zurich?

Such a word, "Lure."

Heisenberg has been there twice

since the war started.

We simply have Scherrer

invite him to deliver a lecture.

Can Scherrer be persuaded

to work with us?

Yes. Scherrer will arrange it.

And so the madness

becomes real.

We have to kill

Werner Heisenberg

and I am to be a part of it.

No one wants

to kill Heisenberg.

Yeah? Then kidnap him.

Send in spies to Germany

and kidnap him.

You've read too many

spy novels.

I've never read a spy novel.

It's not that easy

to kidnap somebody.

Ah.

Yeah,

you mean killing is easier.

My God.

You'll have about 30 miles

on foot to the Swiss border.

I'd hold on to your gun.

I have some reservations

about your guides.

Reservations?

Like what?

Reservations like

they might kill you.

You might have cared

to add that to the report.

There's your guides.

Wish me luck.

I don't wanna hear you

depending on luck.

Figure of speech.

Thank you, Sam.

Thank you, Moe.

Now we rest.

Riposo.

No.

- Hi, are you okay?

- Yeah.

Who came up

with that sheep nonsense?

- I don't know.

- I felt like an idiot.

So did I.

Switzerland?

Yes.

Let's go.

That's Heisenberg.

It's good to see you..

And that's Professor Scherrer.

Scherrer looks way to nervous.

I guess this isn't his thing.

What?

Treachery.

- Professor Scherrer.

- Mr. Aziz, please come in.

Thank you.

My name's Berg.

Oh, so who is Mr. Aziz?

A cover name.

I prefer you and I

tell each other the truth.

I'm Morris Berg.

Oh.

Sam Goudsmit

sends his regards.

Ah, well.

I was hoping

he would come here personally.

Please, please sit down.

Well, he, uh..

He sent you something.

Heavy water.

Nordstemmen impurity.

Oh, thank you so much.

No, you don't know

how much I appreciate this.

Thank you so much.

You don't worry

I give this to the Germans?

We trust you, professor.

I may be mistaken, but..

I don't think

Professor Heisenberg

will reveal anything

in his lecture.

Hmm.

Well, then perhaps I could speak

with him privately.

Are you hoping he'll defect?

Yes, I am.

Good luck.

Excuse me one moment.

Got to listen carefully.

There may be one moment

that tells you

whether the Germans have a

chance at a fission bomb or not.

One moment, and you'll learn

all you need to know.

You understand me, catcher?

I understand you.

In that moment,

without hesitation

you will shoot Heisenberg

dead on the spot.

Did he accept

your dinner invitation?

I prevailed upon our friendship.

He'll be there.

Good.

What if he doesn't tell you

what you want to know?

I'll do my best

to be persuasive.

There's always a possibility

that you will learn nothing.

But at least

we will have tried.

Mr. Berg..

Is there something

you're not telling me?

No.

Do you plan to kill

Professor Heisenberg?

I have no intention

whatsoever.

One last thing.

Heisenberg will have undercover

Gestapo agents watching him

and you can't allow yourself

to be captured.

I don't know what God

you believe in, Berg, if any.

But I'll be asking mine

to keep an eye on you.

Your call is being

connected, sir.

Let me know

if there's a problem.

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Hi, Estella.

Morris?

Are you alright?

I am.

Where are you?

Uh, I can't say.

And I don't have much time.

But I wanted to call and..

I wanted to hear your voice.

I'm here, Moe.

I have to go.

I love you.

Thank you.

Who is that, Paul?

I saw him at the lecture.

What's he doing here?

Yeah,

he's a good friend of mine.

I think you'll find him

very engaging.

You know he carries a gun.

Yeah.

No need to worry.

Let's eat.

I just don't understand how you

could have stayed in Germany.

Oh, please, no politics.

No war.

There is a war,

whether you like it or not.

What are you suggesting?

I like the war?

I am suggesting that unlike

many of your colleagues

you elected to stay

in Nazi Germany.

I elected to stay in Germany,

which happens to be Nazi.

Do I hear politics

from that end of the table?

One hears what one

wishes to hear.

Please, we are all friends.

Let's talk about old times,

or better times to come.

Yes, please.

Aziz?

Aziz.

I understand

we have a bad weather tomorrow.

Rain.

There is no avoiding

political matters.

We can try.

Is that what you've been doing

as the head of

the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute

and the Heereswaffenamt?

I beg of you, we are completely

separate from politics.

Oh, I forgot.

The citizens

of the world, yes?

Once, and hopefully again

someday.

Tell that to the Poles,

and the Danes

the Belgians, the Jews.

Please,

I'm not a military man.

We don't know

what sort of man you are.

Yes, we do.

He's the kind of man

who is helping the Nazis

fight their war.

Building Hitler's super weapon.

See?

He doesn't even deny it.

I feel the war

will be over soon.

Maybe.

- And Germany will lose.

- Whatever you say.

You disgust me.

Please, please, please.

Professor Heisenberg

is my guest.

Well, then the two of you can

lament Germany's loss together.

Ugh!

Please forgive me.

Werner, please stay.

I really must go.

I've endured enough of this.

Do I have a choice?

Yes, of course.

Should I run, perhaps?

I wouldn't recommend it.

We must finish our game.

I believe it's your move,

professor.

- Knight takes rook.

- Bishop takes bishop.

Pawn takes knight.

And so,

in three exchanges

only my king will survive.

It seems to me

this game is nearly over.

I cannot mount an attack

with my king.

So it is over.

Who are you?

A student.

A student? Really?

A student of what?

Of you.

I see.

Now, how are we supposed to

ascertain the truth here

Mr. Berg?

Will Germany lose the war?

Is this really a secret?

I'll ask him myself.

I think you mean,

am I a traitor?

Is that what you wish to know?

And if I think he's lying..

...then I'll kill him.

Like me..

...you are free to choose.

Your move.

Goodnight,

Professor Heisenberg.

What did you say

your name was?

I didn't.