Mission: Impossible (1966–1973): Season 3, Episode 25 - The Interrogator - full transcript
Only Norvan Kruger knows the location of a submarine that will launch nuclear missiles against the United States. To complicate matters Kruger has been captured by a third party also hostile to the United States. After spiriting Kruger from his captors, and injecting him with a drug that causes temporary retrograde amnesia, The IMF make Kruger Rollin's interrogator. Kruger's assignment: force Rollin to reveal the location of a submarine that will launch nuclear missiles against the United States.
[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]
Man: GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. PHELPS.
THE MAN YOU'RE LOOKING AT
IS NORVAN KRUGER,
AN AGENT WHO KNOWS THE
DETAILS OF HIS COUNTRY'S PLAN
FOR AN ACT OF AGGRESSION
SO CATACLYSMIC,
IT WILL AFFECT
THE ENTIRE WORLD.
WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE PLAN
EXCEPT THAT IT TRIGGERS
IN TWO DAYS AT 4:00.
TWO WEEKS AGO,
KRUGER WAS CAPTURED BY
A GOVERNMENT UNFRIENDLY TO US
AND HAS BEEN UNDER
INTERROGATION BY THIS MAN,
FRIEDRICH SPINDLER,
WHO HAS NOT SUCCEEDED
IN BREAKING KRUGER.
EVEN IF HE DOES,
WE ARE CERTAIN HIS GOVERNMENT
WILL NOT INFORM US.
YOUR MISSION, JIM,
SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT,
IS TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT
KRUGER'S COUNTRY INTENDS TO DO.
AS USUAL, SHOULD YOU
OR ANY OF YOUR I.M. FORCE
BE CAUGHT OR KILLED,
THE SECRETARY WILL DISAVOW
ANY KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR ACTIONS.
THIS TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT
IN FIVE SECONDS.
GOOD LUCK, JIM.
THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS
OF THE ACTUAL INTERIOR
OF KRUGER'S HOUSE
IN HIS OWN COUNTRY.
AN EXACT DUPLICATE
WILL BE BUILT IN THE CHâTEAU
ALONG WITH THESE OTHER
AUTHENTIC LOCATIONS.
JIM, HOW CAN WE BE SURE
THAT KRUGER
WILL BE TRANSFERRED
TO GENERAL KUTZOF TOMORROW?
ISN'T IT POSSIBLE THAT
SPINDLER COULD BREAK HIM?
NO, THERE'S NO WAY TO BREAK
KRUGER AS A PRISONER.
HE'S STEELED HIMSELF. HE'S
COMPLETELY ON THE DEFENSIVE.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE KNOWS
ALL THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE.
HE WAS ONCE AN INTERROGATOR
HIMSELF IN THE LAST WAR.
THE ONLY WAY TO BREAK KRUGER
IS TO MAKE HIM BREAK HIMSELF.
SPINDLER'S INTERROGATION
WILL HAVE SOME EFFECT UPON HIM.
YES. INTENSIVE INTERROGATION
HAS PROBABLY BROUGHT HIM
CLOSE TO THE POINT
OF MENTAL COLLAPSE.
HE'LL BE DISORIENTED.
HE'LL BE SUFFERING
FROM THE PHENOMENON
OF PRISONER-INTERROGATOR
TRANSFERENCE --
THAT IS,
THAT HE'LL BE IDENTIFYING
WITH THE PERSON
IN AUTHORITY --
THE INTERROGATOR --
RATHER THAN HIMSELF.
HOW ABOUT THE COMPOSITES?
WHERE ARE THEY?
IN A FILE
ON THE DESK, JIM.
GOOD.
DRUG?
THIS DRUG WILL GIVE HIM
TEMPORARY AMNESIA.
IT MAY ERASE ALL
OR PART OF HIS MEMORY.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE
HOW MUCH WILL BE AFFECTED.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE BLACK OUT
THE INFORMATION COMPLETELY?
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DRUG
WEARS OFF GRADUALLY.
GIVEN TIME, AND IF
HE CONCENTRATES HARD ENOUGH,
HE WILL REMEMBER.
WELL, TIME IS THE ONE THING
WE DON'T HAVE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE
BOTH THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWER
BY 3:00 TOMORROW.
USING THE DRUG IS DANGEROUS --
WE KNOW THAT,
BUT WE DON'T HAVE
ANY CHOICE.
KRUGER'S DISLOCATION
IS NO GOOD WITHOUT THE AMNESIA.
IF HE STARTS
TO REMEMBER, JIM,
IS IT POSSIBLE HE'LL PUT
HIS REAL MEMORY TOGETHER?
YES, YES. THAT'S WHY
WE HAVE TO GUIDE HIM
INTO REMEMBERING ONLY THE THINGS
THAT WE WANT HIM TO.
YES?
KUTZOF HAS CALLED AGAIN.
HE'S WAITING FOR HIM.
SEND FOR THE CAR.
I STILL HAVE TIME
FOR ONE LAST SESSION.
[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]
NOW, THEN...
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
WHERE?
ANSWER ME.
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
THINK ABOUT HER.
THINK ABOUT YOUR WIFE...
HER HAIR...
FACE.
THINK ABOUT HER.
YOU WILL NEVER
TOUCH HER AGAIN.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
YOU WILL NEVER
HOLD HER.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ CAR DOOR OPENS ]
[ CAR DOOR CLOSES ]
IF YOU FORCE US TO USE
MORE BARBARIC MEASURES,
YOU WILL NOT RETURN TO HER
THE SAME MAN.
THE CAR'S READY.
YOU ALREADY KNOW
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU
AT THE OTHER PLACE, KRUGER.
NOW, WILL YOU ANSWER
MY QUESTIONS?!
ANSWER MY QUESTIONS!
ANSWER ME!
[ ENGINE SPUTTERING ]
[ ENGINE STOPS ]
CAN IT BE REPAIRED?
GO.
OUT!
[ VEHICLE DOOR CLOSES ]
WHAT'S THE TROUBLE, SIR?
OUR CAR'S BROKEN DOWN.
WE HAVE TO BORROW THE TRUCK.
BUT WE'RE ON OUR WAY
TO PICK UP --
I DO NOT CARE
WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
YOU WILL GIVE US
THE TRUCK.
BUT OUR ORDERS --
ARE COUNTERMANDED.
I'M COLONEL FRIEDRICH SPINDLER,
STATE SECURITY INTERROGATOR.
I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY
FOR TAKING OVER YOUR TRUCK.
SIR, WE --
IF YOU DO NOT
COMPLY IMMEDIATELY,
I'LL PUT YOU UNDER ARREST.
YES, SIR.
GET OUT. I'LL SEND A CAR
BACK FOR YOU.
COLONEL,
IF I MAY SUGGEST, SIR,
THAT WE TAKE YOU
WHEREVER YOU WISH TO GO,
AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE
WITH THE TRUCK.
VERY WELL.
GET KRUGER.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY.
[ GAS HISSING ]
[ BRAKES SQUEAL ]
[ Tapping ]
SPINDLER'S UP.
YOU READY WITH THE DRUG?
ALL SET.
GIVE IT TO KRUGER.
YOU!
COME HERE!
ARE YOU DEAF?!
Listen to me!
I demand to see
someone in charge!
I don't know
what's going on here.
There's been
some kind of a mistake.
Listen to me!
I SAID, I DEMAND TO TALK
TO SOMEONE IN CHARGE!
[ LOCK DISENGAGES ]
STAND BACK FROM THE DOOR
AND BE SILENT.
YOU MUST LISTEN TO ME.
AH, DOCTOR,
YOU MUST LISTEN TO ME.
THERE'S BEEN
A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
YES, OF COURSE.
WHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN, HMM?
EVERYTHING'S FINE.
AND UNBUTTON
YOUR SHIRT, PLEASE.
LOBINSK PRISON?
YES, UNBUTTON YOUR SHIRT,
PLEASE.
NOW,
LISTEN TO ME, DOCTOR.
I AM NOT A PRISONER.
I AM FRIEDRICH SPINDLER.
YES, OF COURSE.
I'M TELLING YOU
THE TRUTH!
I'M NOT A --
I'M NOT A PRISONER!
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
AH, MAJOR,
I MUST TALK TO YOU.
THIS IS THE PRISONER
THAT WAS FOUND
NEAR THE ACCIDENT
THIS MORNING, MAJOR.
I AM NOT A PRISONER.
I AM COLONEL FRIEDRICH SPINDLER,
STATE INTERROGATOR.
I DEMAND THAT YOU CALL SECURITY
HEADQUARTERS IMMEDIATELY.
THAT IS AN ORDER, MAJOR!
HE MUST HAVE
SUFFERED A CONCUSSION
IN THE ACCIDENT, MAJOR.
GAG HIM.
NOW,
LISTEN TO ME --
RED CODE BLUE 9758.
THAT IS
A TOP SECURITY CODE.
WHERE DID YOU GET IT?
NEVER MIND THAT NOW.
I WANT
NO MORE TIME WASTED.
CALL STATE
SECURITY IMMEDIATELY.
WHAT, AND MAKE
A FOOL OF MYSELF?
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT CODE?
BECAUSE I AM STATE
SECURITY INTERROGATOR.
THIS MORNING
I WAS TRANSPORTING
A VERY IMPORTANT PRISONER.
WHO?
NORVAN KRUGER.
WE WERE --
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF HIM.
OF COURSE NOT!
WE HAVE A MEETING
TO ATTEND, MAJOR.
YES, WE WILL GO INTO
THIS MATTER TOMORROW, HMM?
NO, IT WILL BE
TOO LATE BY TOMORROW!
THE PRISONER KRUGER MUST BE
FOUND BEFORE TOMORROW,
OR IT WILL BE TOO LATE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
IT'S A...
I CANNOT TELL YOU. IT'S A...
IT'S A TOP SECRET.
IF HE CARRIES ON
LIKE THIS,
WE WILL PUT HIM
IN ISOLATION.
NO, NO, LISTEN TO ME. I HAVE
BEEN TELLING YOU THE TRUTH!
KRUGER IS AN ENEMY AGENT
THAT HAD BEEN CAUGHT.
ONLY HE CAN TELL US WHERE...
...WHERE HIS COUNTRY
HAS PLACED SUBMARINES
THAT ARE GOING
TO LAUNCH NUCLEAR MISSILES
AGAINST THE UNITED STATES!
PLEASE CHECK, MAJOR!
I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU
THE TRUTH!
YOU MUST CHECK IT, MAJOR!
I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU
THE TRUTH!
HE'S COMING AROUND.
GOT 3 1/2 HOURS.
KRUGER?
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
Man: Hello, Kruger.
This is General Kutzof.
Kruger!
I SEE YOU ARE UP.
Kruger?
Kruger, do you hear me?
Kruger, are you there?
YES.
THIS IS GENERAL KUTZOF.
Yes.
I'VE JUST HEARD
ABOUT THE ACCIDENT.
ACCIDENT?
Yes,
the one on the road.
It's only a temporary
reprieve, Kruger.
I'm on my way over
right now.
YOU'VE GOT JUST THREE HOURS
TO BREAK HIM.
If you don't,
well, you already know
what will happen.
THREE HOURS, KRUGER.
Use them.
[ Receiver clicks ]
THAT WAS CHARMING
AND DELIGHTFUL GENERAL KUTZOF
INQUIRING ABOUT
YOUR HEALTH, HMM?
HOW IS YOUR HEALTH?
WHO ARE YOU?
MUST BE QUITE BAD.
I DIDN'T THINK YOU WOULD
FORGET ME SO QUICKLY, NORVAN.
I'M YOUR WIFE, ANNA.
YOU CAN STOP
WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
I'VE NOT HAD
ANY SECOND THOUGHTS.
I'M JUST WAITING
FOR DIETRICH.
YOU ARE NOT MY WIFE.
NO, I SUPPOSE NOT.
BUT THEN
YOU MADE THAT DECISION
FOR US SOME MONTHS AGO.
NOW, LISTEN TO ME!
I DO NOT WANT TO LISTEN
TO ANYTHIN YOU HAVE TO SAY.
I DON'T REMEMBER --
I HAVE NO MEMORY.
I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
DOCTOR.
YES.
COLONEL,
ACCORDING TO THE X-RAYS,
THERE IS
NO BRAIN DAMAGE.
IN THAT CASE,
DR. DRAGO,
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN
THAT HE HAS AMNESIA?
AMNESIA?
YES.
THERE MUST BE
SOME BRAIN DAMAGE.
WELL, NOT NECESSARILY.
IT COULD BE
ANY NUMBER OF THINGS --
PSYCHOLOGICAL.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE
TO FIND OUT?
WELL,
IT COULD TAKE WEEKS.
WE HAVE TO RUN TESTS --
HYPNOSIS, ANALYSIS --
BUT THEN, OF COURSE,
THE QUESTION IS...ACADEMIC,
ISN'T IT?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I HAVE NOT TOLD HIM.
TOLD ME WHAT?
WHAT IS IT?
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS
YOU HAVE BEEN
INTERROGATING A PRISONER,
OSCAR MANFRED, AND --
YES, GO ON.
YOU HAVE BEEN
UNABLE TO BREAK HIM --
THE FIRST FAILURE IN
AN OTHERWISE FLAWLESS CAREER.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOUR SUPERIOR,
GENERAL KUTZOF,
DOES NOT TOLERATE FAILURE.
[ Thinking ] Kutzof:
YOU'VE GOT JUST THREE HOURS
TO BREAK HIM.
IF YOU DON'T...
WELL, YOU ALREADY
KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
YES...
HE'S GOING TO KILL ME.
YES...
ALONG WITH YOUR WIFE.
SO WHAT IS THE USE
IN TRYING TO REMEMBER?
IT'S A WASTE OF TIME.
DOCTOR,
YOU MU DO SOMETHING.
YOU MU HELP HIM, PLEASE.
WHY, MRS. KRUGER?
IN THE TWO YEARS
I HAVE SERVED YOUR HUSBAND --
THE STAFF PSYCHIATRIST --
HE HAS BEEN
LESS THAN KIND TO ME,
AND, OF COURSE,
YOU KNOW BETTER THAN I
WHAT SORT OF MAN HE IS.
IT'S BEEN THE STRAIN,
THE PRESSURE.
HE WAS NOT ALWAYS --
FORGIVE ME FOR BEING BLUNT,
MRS. KRUGER,
IN A FEW HOURS,
ANYONE CONNECTED WITH
YOUR HUSBAND WILL BE DEAD.
WHY SHOULD I STAY
AND GET INVOLVED?
AFTER ALL,
YOU ARE LEAVING HIM, HMM?
I DON'T KNOW, DOCTOR,
IF I'M GOING
TO LEAVE HIM NOW.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT
TO HATE A MAN
WHO CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER
THE THINGS HE HAS DONE.
YOU MUST HELP HIM,
DOCTOR, PLEASE.
DO YOU REMEMBER
ANYTHING AT ALL?
FRAGMENTS.
YOU SEE,
HE'S BEGINNING TO REMEMBER.
YES, BUT A RECOVERY
COULD TAKE MONTHS.
YOU HAVE THREE HOURS.
WHAT CAN POSSIBLY
BE DONE IN THREE HOURS?
THERE'S ONE THING THAT
WILL HAVE TO BE DONE --
MANFRED MUST BE BROKEN.
HOW CAN YOU BREAK HIM
IN YOUR CONDITION?
YOU DON'T EVEN
KNOW THE MAN.
SOMETIMES,
WHEN I SEE THINGS --
PEOPLE, OBJECTS --
FRAGMENTS COME BACK.
IF I SAW THIS MANFRED,
IF I QUESTIONED HIM --
IN THREE HOURS,
WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY DO?
IF I QUESTIONED HIM,
I MIGHT REMEMBER.
I WANT TO TRY IT.
DOCTOR,
WILL YOU HELP ME?
VERY WELL.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
THIS IS MANFRED'S FILE.
IT SHOULD
BE HELPFUL TO YOU.
WHO IS THIS?
HIS WIFE.
[ Thinking ] Spindler: WHERE ARE
THE SUBMARINES LOCATED?
WHAT IS THEIR CAPABILITY?
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER ME!!
HE'S READY, COLONEL.
NOW LET US BEGIN
AT THE BEGINNING.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
I REPEAT...
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
MANFRED.
[ Panting ]
OSCAR...MANFRED.
GOOD.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
ANSWER!
ESSEN.
AND YOUR CODE NAME --
WHAT IS YOUR CODE NAME?
ANSWER.
SPINDLER...
FRIEDRICH SPINDLER.
[ Thinking ] Spindler:
KRUGER, ANSWER MY QUESTIONS!
AND THE PURPOSE
OF YOUR MISSION?
ANSWER.
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE
OF YOUR MISSION?
ANSWER!
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE
OF YOUR MISSION?
I WAS SENT...
YES.
TO...TO MAKE...
TO MAKE CONTACT.
TO MAKE -- WITH WHO?
NO.
WITH WHO?
WITH THE UNDERGROUND.
WHY?
REVOLUTION.
WHEN? WHEN?
NO.
WHEN?!
18th...4:00. NO.
PLAN TO...
TO WHAT?
NO...NO.
TO WHAT?!
COINCIDE WITH...
WITH WHAT?
NO.
WITH WHAT?!
WITH ATTACK -- ATTACK ON...
ON WHAT?
ON THE UNITED STATES!
HOW WILL YOU ATTACK?
SUBMARINE.
[ Thinking ] Spindler:
THAT'S RIGHT...SUBMARINE.
YOU PLAN TO ATTACK
BY SUBMARINE.
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
ANSWER ME!
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
ANSWER ME!
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER!
NO!
YOU WILL ANSWER ME!
NO!
YOU WILL ANSWER ME!
NO!
YOU WILL ANSWER!
NO!!
ANSWER!
NO!
ANSWER!
NO!
NO!
NO!
NO!
TAKE HIM BACK
TO HIS CELL.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
WELL, COLONEL,
IT SOUNDED AS THOUGH
NOT ONLY YOUR MEMORY
WAS RETURNING,
BUT ALSO SOME
OF YOUR TECHNIQUE.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE WILL BE
UNCONSCIOUS FOR SOME TIME.
COLONEL?
COLONEL KRUGER?
WHAT IS IT?
YOU HAVE REMEMBERED
SOMETHING.
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT HAPPENED?
N-NOTHING.
I THINK I WILL GO
AND LIE DOWN FOR A WHILE.
YES, I WILL TAKE YOU
TO YOUR ROOM.
NO...
I CAN FIND MY OWN WAY.
I PREFER TO BE ALONE.
KRUGER'S MOVING ON HIS OWN...
COULDN'T STOP HIM.
How long, Rollin?
AT LEAST THREE MINUTES.
HE'S GOT TO BE DELAYED.
THREE MINUTES, JIM,
DELAY HIM.
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
I'M SORRY, COLONEL KRUGER,
BUT GENERAL KUTZOF
HAS GIVEN ORDERS
THAT NO ONE IS ALLOWED
TO LEAVE THE BUILDING
UNTIL HE ARRIVES.
COLONEL, MANFRED
WILL BE UNCONSCIOUS,
OH, ANOTHER 15 MINUTES.
BUT YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER
CHANCE TO INTERROGATE HIM.
GOOD. INFORM ME
THE MINUTE HE AWAKES.
YES.
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE
TO GO OVER HIS FILE.
NOT NOW, DOCTOR.
BUT, COLONEL,
YOU MIGHT FIND SOME --
I WISH TO BE LEFT ALONE.
NOW LEAVE ME!
YES, COLONEL.
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
[ DOOR OPENS ]
Rollin: WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES
HIS HAVING AMNESIA MAKE?
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT HAVING TO CHOOSE NOW,
IT IS --
LOOK,
DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE.
IF YOU STAY HERE,
I WON'T BE ABLE TO PROTECT YOU
WHEN KUTZOF ARRIVES.
[ Thinking ] KRUGER?
KRUGER.
YOU WILL ANSWER ME NOW.
ANSWER ME.
YOU MUST ANSWER ME, KRUGER!
SPINDLER.
WHAT?
YOU ARE SPINDLER,
FRIEDRICH SPINDLER.
I DON'T HAVE THE TIME
TO HUMOR YOUR AMNESIA
OR YOUR RAVINGS
OR WHATEVER IS HAPPENING
TO YOU, COLONEL.
ARE YOU COMING?
PLEASE, DIETRICH,
I WOULD LIKE A FEW MOMENTS
ALONE WITH NORVAN.
DIETRICH?
YES,
I'M AGENT DIETRICH WERNER.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
DIETRICH...PLEASE.
DON'T PITY HIM, ANNA.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES.
I'LL BE IN THE LIVING ROOM.
YOU WERE THERE.
YOU WERE THERE!
YOU WERE IN
THE INTERROGATION ROOM.
HARDLY, COLONEL.
IT'S NOT MY DOMAIN.
YOU WERE THE INTERROGATOR.
I'LL BE
IN THE LIVING ROOM.
YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE
UNTIL WE GET THIS
STRAIGHTENED OUT.
NORVAN, PLEASE,
LET HIM GO.
I WANT TO TALK
TO YOU FOR A FEW MINUTES.
I WANT ANSWERS.
PLEASE, NORVAN.
NO! DIETRICH, NO!
NO, PLEASE!
I LEAVE THAT PLEASURE
TO KUTZOF.
CAN YOU SEE NOW?
HE IS NO DIFFERENT.
WHETHER HE REMEMBERS OR NOT,
HE IS THE SAME MAN.
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
MANFRED IS CONSCIOUS.
WHAT HAPPENED?
HE CAN TELL YOU,
DOCTOR.
I AM SURE HE REMEMBERS.
MRS. KRUGER,
YOU ARE LEAVING?
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
DOCTOR,
WAIT A MINUTE, PLEASE.
SOMEONE HAS GOT TO TELL ME
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I'M AFRAID
I HAVEN'T THE TIME.
I MUST GO, COLONEL.
LEAVE...AND I WILL
TAKE YOU DOWN WITH ME
WHEN KUTZOF ARRIVES.
I CAN DO IT.
AND YOU HAVE NO WERNER
TO PROTECT YOU.
BUT IF YOU HELP ME,
I WON'T SAY ANYTHING.
BLACKMAIL DOES NOT USUALLY
LEAVE ONE A CHOICE.
WHAT IS IT, COLONEL?
THE MAN MY WIFE LEFT WITH --
WERNER --
I REMEMBER HIM.
SO?
BUT I REMEMBER HIM
AS SPINDLER.
I REMEMBER HIM
AS THE INTERROGATOR...
AND MYSELF
AS THE PRISONER.
WHY?
I DO NOT
HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION
TO GIVE DEEP
PSYCHOANALYSIS, COLONEL.
TRY, DOCTOR!
WELL...IT IS ONLY A GUESS,
BUT YOU HAVE BEEN
UNDER A TREMENDOUS STRAIN.
WHEN YOU FELT YOU
COULD NOT HOLD YOUR WIFE,
YOU...YOU FELT REJECTED,
A FAILURE.
YOU WANTED TO BE
PUNISHED, TORTURED...
UH, PERSECUTED.
SO YOU INVENTED
THE PERSECUTOR...
WERNER.
BUT WHY DID I THINK
IT WAS SPINDLER?
PROBABLY FOLLOWING
THE ACCIDENT, THE AMNESIA --
YOU ALLOWED
YOUR CONSCIOUS REALITY
TO FUSE
WITH SUBCONSCIOUS FANTASY.
THEY ALL BECAME
INTERCHANGEABLE, HMM?
I SEE. HOW MUCH TIME
DO I HAVE LEFT?
40 MINUTES.
I MUST GO.
AND MANFRED?
HE'S CONSCIOUS.
DOCTOR...YOU WILL HELP ME
WITH THE INTERROGATION.
COLONEL, YOU --
AND YOUR CODE NAME --
WHAT IS YOUR CODE NAME?
SPINDLER.
HOW WILL THE UNITED STATES
BE ATTACKED?
SUBMARINE...
MISSILE...
SURPRISE ATTACK.
WHERE ARE
THEY LOCATED?
ANSWER ME.
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
ANSWER ME.
WHERE ARE
THE SUBMARINES LOCATED?
NO. NO.
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
[ PANTING ]
VERY WELL.
I'LL TELL YOU.
GOOD.
THEY ARE LOCATED...
[ NO AUDIO ]
I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
LOUDER, I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?!
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?!
LOUDER, LOUDER!
JIM, DO YOU THINK
IT'S WORKING?
YES, BUT WE'RE
RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
LOUDER!
ANSWER ME!
LOUDER!
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?!
[ NO AUDIO ]
I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER ME.
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER ME!
YOU WILL TELL ME
WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED!
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?!
ANSWER ME.
YOU WILL TELL ME THE LOCATION
OF THE SUBMARINES.
ANSWER ME!
IMMEDIATELY!
GUARDS.
YOU ANSWER ME.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I'M NOT THE PRISONER,
I'M THE INTERROGATOR.
WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME?!
I'M THE INTERROGATOR!
ANSWER ME!
YOU LET GO!
ANSWER ME! ANSWER ME!
YOU LET GO!
I'VE GOT TO BREAK HIM!
I'LL BREAK HIM!
ANSWER ME!
I'LL BREAK HIM!
I WILL CONTINUE
THE INTERROGATION!
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT,
COLONEL?
YES.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS
THE INTERROGATOR.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS ME.
YES, YES,
UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE,
THE PRISONER IDENTIFIES
WITH THE INTERROGATOR.
WELL, AT ANY RATE,
CONGRATULATIONS.
IT WILL CERTAINLY COME
AS A GREAT SURPRISE
TO GENERAL KUTZOF.
WHAT?
WELL,
YOU BROKE THE PRISONER.
ONLY ONE THING
WOULD HAVE SENT MANFRED
OVER THE EDGE THAT WAY,
AND THAT IS
IF HE HAD BROKEN.
HE DI BREAK,
DIDN'T HE?
Y-Y-YES, YES, IN...A WAY.
HOW DO YOU MEAN,
"IN A WAY"?
I COULDN'T HEAR HIM.
HE TOLD ME. I WENT DEAF.
I COULDN'T HEAR HIM.
[ SIGHS ]
YOU DIDN'T
WANT TO HEAR HIM.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
YOU WANTED TO FAIL.
YOU NEEDED AN EXCUSE.
FOR WHAT?
FOR KUTZOF TO KILL YOU.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
DOESN'T IT?
WHEN YOUR WIFE TOLD YOU
SHE WAS LEAVING YOU,
YOU DID NOT
WANT TO HEAR THAT,
SO YOU BLOCKED THAT
AND EVERYTHING ELSE
FROM YOUR MEMORY.
YOU WANTED TO DIE.
AND KUTZOF WAS CERTAINLY
WILLING TO OBLIGE YOU.
AND JUST NOW,
WHEN MANFRED BROKE,
YOU DID NOT
WANT TO HEAR THAT,
AND SO YOU DID NOT.
BUT IT IS THERE
IN YOUR MEMORY, COLONEL.
YOU MUST REMEMBER IT.
YOU CAN'T THROW YOUR LIFE
AWAY LIKE THIS -- NO.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
NORVAN.
ANNA.
I'M SORRY, NORVAN,
I COULD NEVER LEAVE YOU.
OH!
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
YES.
YES?
[ RECEIVER CLICKS ]
GENERAL KUTZOF HAS ARRIVED.
NOW THERE IS NO TIME.
YOU MUST REMEMBER.
YOU MUST REMEMBER.
I'M TRYING.
I'M TRYING.
WELL?
DID YOU GET THE ANSWER
FROM MANFRED?
TAKE THEM OUT
AND SHOOT THEM.
NORVAN!
WAIT!
[ Thinking ] VERY WELL,
I WILL TELL YOU.
THEY ARE LOCATED...
[ NO AUDIO ]
I REMEMBER.
THEY ARE LOCATED...20 MILES
SOUTHWEST...OF RESNIK ISLAND.
20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF RESNIK ISLAND!
GENERAL KUTZOF,
THE SUBMARINES ARE LOC--
[ BEEPING IN MORSE CODE ]
THEY'VE GOT IT.
GOOD.
[ CAR DOORS CLOSING ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]
PLAYS ]
Man: GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. PHELPS.
THE MAN YOU'RE LOOKING AT
IS NORVAN KRUGER,
AN AGENT WHO KNOWS THE
DETAILS OF HIS COUNTRY'S PLAN
FOR AN ACT OF AGGRESSION
SO CATACLYSMIC,
IT WILL AFFECT
THE ENTIRE WORLD.
WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE PLAN
EXCEPT THAT IT TRIGGERS
IN TWO DAYS AT 4:00.
TWO WEEKS AGO,
KRUGER WAS CAPTURED BY
A GOVERNMENT UNFRIENDLY TO US
AND HAS BEEN UNDER
INTERROGATION BY THIS MAN,
FRIEDRICH SPINDLER,
WHO HAS NOT SUCCEEDED
IN BREAKING KRUGER.
EVEN IF HE DOES,
WE ARE CERTAIN HIS GOVERNMENT
WILL NOT INFORM US.
YOUR MISSION, JIM,
SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT,
IS TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT
KRUGER'S COUNTRY INTENDS TO DO.
AS USUAL, SHOULD YOU
OR ANY OF YOUR I.M. FORCE
BE CAUGHT OR KILLED,
THE SECRETARY WILL DISAVOW
ANY KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR ACTIONS.
THIS TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT
IN FIVE SECONDS.
GOOD LUCK, JIM.
THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS
OF THE ACTUAL INTERIOR
OF KRUGER'S HOUSE
IN HIS OWN COUNTRY.
AN EXACT DUPLICATE
WILL BE BUILT IN THE CHâTEAU
ALONG WITH THESE OTHER
AUTHENTIC LOCATIONS.
JIM, HOW CAN WE BE SURE
THAT KRUGER
WILL BE TRANSFERRED
TO GENERAL KUTZOF TOMORROW?
ISN'T IT POSSIBLE THAT
SPINDLER COULD BREAK HIM?
NO, THERE'S NO WAY TO BREAK
KRUGER AS A PRISONER.
HE'S STEELED HIMSELF. HE'S
COMPLETELY ON THE DEFENSIVE.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE KNOWS
ALL THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE.
HE WAS ONCE AN INTERROGATOR
HIMSELF IN THE LAST WAR.
THE ONLY WAY TO BREAK KRUGER
IS TO MAKE HIM BREAK HIMSELF.
SPINDLER'S INTERROGATION
WILL HAVE SOME EFFECT UPON HIM.
YES. INTENSIVE INTERROGATION
HAS PROBABLY BROUGHT HIM
CLOSE TO THE POINT
OF MENTAL COLLAPSE.
HE'LL BE DISORIENTED.
HE'LL BE SUFFERING
FROM THE PHENOMENON
OF PRISONER-INTERROGATOR
TRANSFERENCE --
THAT IS,
THAT HE'LL BE IDENTIFYING
WITH THE PERSON
IN AUTHORITY --
THE INTERROGATOR --
RATHER THAN HIMSELF.
HOW ABOUT THE COMPOSITES?
WHERE ARE THEY?
IN A FILE
ON THE DESK, JIM.
GOOD.
DRUG?
THIS DRUG WILL GIVE HIM
TEMPORARY AMNESIA.
IT MAY ERASE ALL
OR PART OF HIS MEMORY.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE
HOW MUCH WILL BE AFFECTED.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE BLACK OUT
THE INFORMATION COMPLETELY?
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DRUG
WEARS OFF GRADUALLY.
GIVEN TIME, AND IF
HE CONCENTRATES HARD ENOUGH,
HE WILL REMEMBER.
WELL, TIME IS THE ONE THING
WE DON'T HAVE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE
BOTH THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWER
BY 3:00 TOMORROW.
USING THE DRUG IS DANGEROUS --
WE KNOW THAT,
BUT WE DON'T HAVE
ANY CHOICE.
KRUGER'S DISLOCATION
IS NO GOOD WITHOUT THE AMNESIA.
IF HE STARTS
TO REMEMBER, JIM,
IS IT POSSIBLE HE'LL PUT
HIS REAL MEMORY TOGETHER?
YES, YES. THAT'S WHY
WE HAVE TO GUIDE HIM
INTO REMEMBERING ONLY THE THINGS
THAT WE WANT HIM TO.
YES?
KUTZOF HAS CALLED AGAIN.
HE'S WAITING FOR HIM.
SEND FOR THE CAR.
I STILL HAVE TIME
FOR ONE LAST SESSION.
[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]
NOW, THEN...
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
WHERE?
ANSWER ME.
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
THINK ABOUT HER.
THINK ABOUT YOUR WIFE...
HER HAIR...
FACE.
THINK ABOUT HER.
YOU WILL NEVER
TOUCH HER AGAIN.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
YOU WILL NEVER
HOLD HER.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ CAR DOOR OPENS ]
[ CAR DOOR CLOSES ]
IF YOU FORCE US TO USE
MORE BARBARIC MEASURES,
YOU WILL NOT RETURN TO HER
THE SAME MAN.
THE CAR'S READY.
YOU ALREADY KNOW
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU
AT THE OTHER PLACE, KRUGER.
NOW, WILL YOU ANSWER
MY QUESTIONS?!
ANSWER MY QUESTIONS!
ANSWER ME!
[ ENGINE SPUTTERING ]
[ ENGINE STOPS ]
CAN IT BE REPAIRED?
GO.
OUT!
[ VEHICLE DOOR CLOSES ]
WHAT'S THE TROUBLE, SIR?
OUR CAR'S BROKEN DOWN.
WE HAVE TO BORROW THE TRUCK.
BUT WE'RE ON OUR WAY
TO PICK UP --
I DO NOT CARE
WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
YOU WILL GIVE US
THE TRUCK.
BUT OUR ORDERS --
ARE COUNTERMANDED.
I'M COLONEL FRIEDRICH SPINDLER,
STATE SECURITY INTERROGATOR.
I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY
FOR TAKING OVER YOUR TRUCK.
SIR, WE --
IF YOU DO NOT
COMPLY IMMEDIATELY,
I'LL PUT YOU UNDER ARREST.
YES, SIR.
GET OUT. I'LL SEND A CAR
BACK FOR YOU.
COLONEL,
IF I MAY SUGGEST, SIR,
THAT WE TAKE YOU
WHEREVER YOU WISH TO GO,
AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE
WITH THE TRUCK.
VERY WELL.
GET KRUGER.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY.
[ GAS HISSING ]
[ BRAKES SQUEAL ]
[ Tapping ]
SPINDLER'S UP.
YOU READY WITH THE DRUG?
ALL SET.
GIVE IT TO KRUGER.
YOU!
COME HERE!
ARE YOU DEAF?!
Listen to me!
I demand to see
someone in charge!
I don't know
what's going on here.
There's been
some kind of a mistake.
Listen to me!
I SAID, I DEMAND TO TALK
TO SOMEONE IN CHARGE!
[ LOCK DISENGAGES ]
STAND BACK FROM THE DOOR
AND BE SILENT.
YOU MUST LISTEN TO ME.
AH, DOCTOR,
YOU MUST LISTEN TO ME.
THERE'S BEEN
A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
YES, OF COURSE.
WHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN, HMM?
EVERYTHING'S FINE.
AND UNBUTTON
YOUR SHIRT, PLEASE.
LOBINSK PRISON?
YES, UNBUTTON YOUR SHIRT,
PLEASE.
NOW,
LISTEN TO ME, DOCTOR.
I AM NOT A PRISONER.
I AM FRIEDRICH SPINDLER.
YES, OF COURSE.
I'M TELLING YOU
THE TRUTH!
I'M NOT A --
I'M NOT A PRISONER!
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
AH, MAJOR,
I MUST TALK TO YOU.
THIS IS THE PRISONER
THAT WAS FOUND
NEAR THE ACCIDENT
THIS MORNING, MAJOR.
I AM NOT A PRISONER.
I AM COLONEL FRIEDRICH SPINDLER,
STATE INTERROGATOR.
I DEMAND THAT YOU CALL SECURITY
HEADQUARTERS IMMEDIATELY.
THAT IS AN ORDER, MAJOR!
HE MUST HAVE
SUFFERED A CONCUSSION
IN THE ACCIDENT, MAJOR.
GAG HIM.
NOW,
LISTEN TO ME --
RED CODE BLUE 9758.
THAT IS
A TOP SECURITY CODE.
WHERE DID YOU GET IT?
NEVER MIND THAT NOW.
I WANT
NO MORE TIME WASTED.
CALL STATE
SECURITY IMMEDIATELY.
WHAT, AND MAKE
A FOOL OF MYSELF?
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT CODE?
BECAUSE I AM STATE
SECURITY INTERROGATOR.
THIS MORNING
I WAS TRANSPORTING
A VERY IMPORTANT PRISONER.
WHO?
NORVAN KRUGER.
WE WERE --
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF HIM.
OF COURSE NOT!
WE HAVE A MEETING
TO ATTEND, MAJOR.
YES, WE WILL GO INTO
THIS MATTER TOMORROW, HMM?
NO, IT WILL BE
TOO LATE BY TOMORROW!
THE PRISONER KRUGER MUST BE
FOUND BEFORE TOMORROW,
OR IT WILL BE TOO LATE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
IT'S A...
I CANNOT TELL YOU. IT'S A...
IT'S A TOP SECRET.
IF HE CARRIES ON
LIKE THIS,
WE WILL PUT HIM
IN ISOLATION.
NO, NO, LISTEN TO ME. I HAVE
BEEN TELLING YOU THE TRUTH!
KRUGER IS AN ENEMY AGENT
THAT HAD BEEN CAUGHT.
ONLY HE CAN TELL US WHERE...
...WHERE HIS COUNTRY
HAS PLACED SUBMARINES
THAT ARE GOING
TO LAUNCH NUCLEAR MISSILES
AGAINST THE UNITED STATES!
PLEASE CHECK, MAJOR!
I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU
THE TRUTH!
YOU MUST CHECK IT, MAJOR!
I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU
THE TRUTH!
HE'S COMING AROUND.
GOT 3 1/2 HOURS.
KRUGER?
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
Man: Hello, Kruger.
This is General Kutzof.
Kruger!
I SEE YOU ARE UP.
Kruger?
Kruger, do you hear me?
Kruger, are you there?
YES.
THIS IS GENERAL KUTZOF.
Yes.
I'VE JUST HEARD
ABOUT THE ACCIDENT.
ACCIDENT?
Yes,
the one on the road.
It's only a temporary
reprieve, Kruger.
I'm on my way over
right now.
YOU'VE GOT JUST THREE HOURS
TO BREAK HIM.
If you don't,
well, you already know
what will happen.
THREE HOURS, KRUGER.
Use them.
[ Receiver clicks ]
THAT WAS CHARMING
AND DELIGHTFUL GENERAL KUTZOF
INQUIRING ABOUT
YOUR HEALTH, HMM?
HOW IS YOUR HEALTH?
WHO ARE YOU?
MUST BE QUITE BAD.
I DIDN'T THINK YOU WOULD
FORGET ME SO QUICKLY, NORVAN.
I'M YOUR WIFE, ANNA.
YOU CAN STOP
WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
I'VE NOT HAD
ANY SECOND THOUGHTS.
I'M JUST WAITING
FOR DIETRICH.
YOU ARE NOT MY WIFE.
NO, I SUPPOSE NOT.
BUT THEN
YOU MADE THAT DECISION
FOR US SOME MONTHS AGO.
NOW, LISTEN TO ME!
I DO NOT WANT TO LISTEN
TO ANYTHIN YOU HAVE TO SAY.
I DON'T REMEMBER --
I HAVE NO MEMORY.
I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
DOCTOR.
YES.
COLONEL,
ACCORDING TO THE X-RAYS,
THERE IS
NO BRAIN DAMAGE.
IN THAT CASE,
DR. DRAGO,
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN
THAT HE HAS AMNESIA?
AMNESIA?
YES.
THERE MUST BE
SOME BRAIN DAMAGE.
WELL, NOT NECESSARILY.
IT COULD BE
ANY NUMBER OF THINGS --
PSYCHOLOGICAL.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE
TO FIND OUT?
WELL,
IT COULD TAKE WEEKS.
WE HAVE TO RUN TESTS --
HYPNOSIS, ANALYSIS --
BUT THEN, OF COURSE,
THE QUESTION IS...ACADEMIC,
ISN'T IT?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I HAVE NOT TOLD HIM.
TOLD ME WHAT?
WHAT IS IT?
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS
YOU HAVE BEEN
INTERROGATING A PRISONER,
OSCAR MANFRED, AND --
YES, GO ON.
YOU HAVE BEEN
UNABLE TO BREAK HIM --
THE FIRST FAILURE IN
AN OTHERWISE FLAWLESS CAREER.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOUR SUPERIOR,
GENERAL KUTZOF,
DOES NOT TOLERATE FAILURE.
[ Thinking ] Kutzof:
YOU'VE GOT JUST THREE HOURS
TO BREAK HIM.
IF YOU DON'T...
WELL, YOU ALREADY
KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
YES...
HE'S GOING TO KILL ME.
YES...
ALONG WITH YOUR WIFE.
SO WHAT IS THE USE
IN TRYING TO REMEMBER?
IT'S A WASTE OF TIME.
DOCTOR,
YOU MU DO SOMETHING.
YOU MU HELP HIM, PLEASE.
WHY, MRS. KRUGER?
IN THE TWO YEARS
I HAVE SERVED YOUR HUSBAND --
THE STAFF PSYCHIATRIST --
HE HAS BEEN
LESS THAN KIND TO ME,
AND, OF COURSE,
YOU KNOW BETTER THAN I
WHAT SORT OF MAN HE IS.
IT'S BEEN THE STRAIN,
THE PRESSURE.
HE WAS NOT ALWAYS --
FORGIVE ME FOR BEING BLUNT,
MRS. KRUGER,
IN A FEW HOURS,
ANYONE CONNECTED WITH
YOUR HUSBAND WILL BE DEAD.
WHY SHOULD I STAY
AND GET INVOLVED?
AFTER ALL,
YOU ARE LEAVING HIM, HMM?
I DON'T KNOW, DOCTOR,
IF I'M GOING
TO LEAVE HIM NOW.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT
TO HATE A MAN
WHO CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER
THE THINGS HE HAS DONE.
YOU MUST HELP HIM,
DOCTOR, PLEASE.
DO YOU REMEMBER
ANYTHING AT ALL?
FRAGMENTS.
YOU SEE,
HE'S BEGINNING TO REMEMBER.
YES, BUT A RECOVERY
COULD TAKE MONTHS.
YOU HAVE THREE HOURS.
WHAT CAN POSSIBLY
BE DONE IN THREE HOURS?
THERE'S ONE THING THAT
WILL HAVE TO BE DONE --
MANFRED MUST BE BROKEN.
HOW CAN YOU BREAK HIM
IN YOUR CONDITION?
YOU DON'T EVEN
KNOW THE MAN.
SOMETIMES,
WHEN I SEE THINGS --
PEOPLE, OBJECTS --
FRAGMENTS COME BACK.
IF I SAW THIS MANFRED,
IF I QUESTIONED HIM --
IN THREE HOURS,
WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY DO?
IF I QUESTIONED HIM,
I MIGHT REMEMBER.
I WANT TO TRY IT.
DOCTOR,
WILL YOU HELP ME?
VERY WELL.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
THIS IS MANFRED'S FILE.
IT SHOULD
BE HELPFUL TO YOU.
WHO IS THIS?
HIS WIFE.
[ Thinking ] Spindler: WHERE ARE
THE SUBMARINES LOCATED?
WHAT IS THEIR CAPABILITY?
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER ME!!
HE'S READY, COLONEL.
NOW LET US BEGIN
AT THE BEGINNING.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
I REPEAT...
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
MANFRED.
[ Panting ]
OSCAR...MANFRED.
GOOD.
WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
ANSWER!
ESSEN.
AND YOUR CODE NAME --
WHAT IS YOUR CODE NAME?
ANSWER.
SPINDLER...
FRIEDRICH SPINDLER.
[ Thinking ] Spindler:
KRUGER, ANSWER MY QUESTIONS!
AND THE PURPOSE
OF YOUR MISSION?
ANSWER.
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE
OF YOUR MISSION?
ANSWER!
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE
OF YOUR MISSION?
I WAS SENT...
YES.
TO...TO MAKE...
TO MAKE CONTACT.
TO MAKE -- WITH WHO?
NO.
WITH WHO?
WITH THE UNDERGROUND.
WHY?
REVOLUTION.
WHEN? WHEN?
NO.
WHEN?!
18th...4:00. NO.
PLAN TO...
TO WHAT?
NO...NO.
TO WHAT?!
COINCIDE WITH...
WITH WHAT?
NO.
WITH WHAT?!
WITH ATTACK -- ATTACK ON...
ON WHAT?
ON THE UNITED STATES!
HOW WILL YOU ATTACK?
SUBMARINE.
[ Thinking ] Spindler:
THAT'S RIGHT...SUBMARINE.
YOU PLAN TO ATTACK
BY SUBMARINE.
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
ANSWER ME!
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
ANSWER ME!
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER!
NO!
YOU WILL ANSWER ME!
NO!
YOU WILL ANSWER ME!
NO!
YOU WILL ANSWER!
NO!!
ANSWER!
NO!
ANSWER!
NO!
NO!
NO!
NO!
TAKE HIM BACK
TO HIS CELL.
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
WELL, COLONEL,
IT SOUNDED AS THOUGH
NOT ONLY YOUR MEMORY
WAS RETURNING,
BUT ALSO SOME
OF YOUR TECHNIQUE.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE WILL BE
UNCONSCIOUS FOR SOME TIME.
COLONEL?
COLONEL KRUGER?
WHAT IS IT?
YOU HAVE REMEMBERED
SOMETHING.
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT HAPPENED?
N-NOTHING.
I THINK I WILL GO
AND LIE DOWN FOR A WHILE.
YES, I WILL TAKE YOU
TO YOUR ROOM.
NO...
I CAN FIND MY OWN WAY.
I PREFER TO BE ALONE.
KRUGER'S MOVING ON HIS OWN...
COULDN'T STOP HIM.
How long, Rollin?
AT LEAST THREE MINUTES.
HE'S GOT TO BE DELAYED.
THREE MINUTES, JIM,
DELAY HIM.
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
I'M SORRY, COLONEL KRUGER,
BUT GENERAL KUTZOF
HAS GIVEN ORDERS
THAT NO ONE IS ALLOWED
TO LEAVE THE BUILDING
UNTIL HE ARRIVES.
COLONEL, MANFRED
WILL BE UNCONSCIOUS,
OH, ANOTHER 15 MINUTES.
BUT YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER
CHANCE TO INTERROGATE HIM.
GOOD. INFORM ME
THE MINUTE HE AWAKES.
YES.
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE
TO GO OVER HIS FILE.
NOT NOW, DOCTOR.
BUT, COLONEL,
YOU MIGHT FIND SOME --
I WISH TO BE LEFT ALONE.
NOW LEAVE ME!
YES, COLONEL.
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
[ DOOR OPENS ]
Rollin: WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES
HIS HAVING AMNESIA MAKE?
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT HAVING TO CHOOSE NOW,
IT IS --
LOOK,
DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE.
IF YOU STAY HERE,
I WON'T BE ABLE TO PROTECT YOU
WHEN KUTZOF ARRIVES.
[ Thinking ] KRUGER?
KRUGER.
YOU WILL ANSWER ME NOW.
ANSWER ME.
YOU MUST ANSWER ME, KRUGER!
SPINDLER.
WHAT?
YOU ARE SPINDLER,
FRIEDRICH SPINDLER.
I DON'T HAVE THE TIME
TO HUMOR YOUR AMNESIA
OR YOUR RAVINGS
OR WHATEVER IS HAPPENING
TO YOU, COLONEL.
ARE YOU COMING?
PLEASE, DIETRICH,
I WOULD LIKE A FEW MOMENTS
ALONE WITH NORVAN.
DIETRICH?
YES,
I'M AGENT DIETRICH WERNER.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
DIETRICH...PLEASE.
DON'T PITY HIM, ANNA.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES.
I'LL BE IN THE LIVING ROOM.
YOU WERE THERE.
YOU WERE THERE!
YOU WERE IN
THE INTERROGATION ROOM.
HARDLY, COLONEL.
IT'S NOT MY DOMAIN.
YOU WERE THE INTERROGATOR.
I'LL BE
IN THE LIVING ROOM.
YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE
UNTIL WE GET THIS
STRAIGHTENED OUT.
NORVAN, PLEASE,
LET HIM GO.
I WANT TO TALK
TO YOU FOR A FEW MINUTES.
I WANT ANSWERS.
PLEASE, NORVAN.
NO! DIETRICH, NO!
NO, PLEASE!
I LEAVE THAT PLEASURE
TO KUTZOF.
CAN YOU SEE NOW?
HE IS NO DIFFERENT.
WHETHER HE REMEMBERS OR NOT,
HE IS THE SAME MAN.
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
MANFRED IS CONSCIOUS.
WHAT HAPPENED?
HE CAN TELL YOU,
DOCTOR.
I AM SURE HE REMEMBERS.
MRS. KRUGER,
YOU ARE LEAVING?
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
[ FOOTSTEPS ]
DOCTOR,
WAIT A MINUTE, PLEASE.
SOMEONE HAS GOT TO TELL ME
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I'M AFRAID
I HAVEN'T THE TIME.
I MUST GO, COLONEL.
LEAVE...AND I WILL
TAKE YOU DOWN WITH ME
WHEN KUTZOF ARRIVES.
I CAN DO IT.
AND YOU HAVE NO WERNER
TO PROTECT YOU.
BUT IF YOU HELP ME,
I WON'T SAY ANYTHING.
BLACKMAIL DOES NOT USUALLY
LEAVE ONE A CHOICE.
WHAT IS IT, COLONEL?
THE MAN MY WIFE LEFT WITH --
WERNER --
I REMEMBER HIM.
SO?
BUT I REMEMBER HIM
AS SPINDLER.
I REMEMBER HIM
AS THE INTERROGATOR...
AND MYSELF
AS THE PRISONER.
WHY?
I DO NOT
HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION
TO GIVE DEEP
PSYCHOANALYSIS, COLONEL.
TRY, DOCTOR!
WELL...IT IS ONLY A GUESS,
BUT YOU HAVE BEEN
UNDER A TREMENDOUS STRAIN.
WHEN YOU FELT YOU
COULD NOT HOLD YOUR WIFE,
YOU...YOU FELT REJECTED,
A FAILURE.
YOU WANTED TO BE
PUNISHED, TORTURED...
UH, PERSECUTED.
SO YOU INVENTED
THE PERSECUTOR...
WERNER.
BUT WHY DID I THINK
IT WAS SPINDLER?
PROBABLY FOLLOWING
THE ACCIDENT, THE AMNESIA --
YOU ALLOWED
YOUR CONSCIOUS REALITY
TO FUSE
WITH SUBCONSCIOUS FANTASY.
THEY ALL BECAME
INTERCHANGEABLE, HMM?
I SEE. HOW MUCH TIME
DO I HAVE LEFT?
40 MINUTES.
I MUST GO.
AND MANFRED?
HE'S CONSCIOUS.
DOCTOR...YOU WILL HELP ME
WITH THE INTERROGATION.
COLONEL, YOU --
AND YOUR CODE NAME --
WHAT IS YOUR CODE NAME?
SPINDLER.
HOW WILL THE UNITED STATES
BE ATTACKED?
SUBMARINE...
MISSILE...
SURPRISE ATTACK.
WHERE ARE
THEY LOCATED?
ANSWER ME.
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
ANSWER ME.
WHERE ARE
THE SUBMARINES LOCATED?
NO. NO.
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
[ PANTING ]
VERY WELL.
I'LL TELL YOU.
GOOD.
THEY ARE LOCATED...
[ NO AUDIO ]
I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
LOUDER, I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?!
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?!
LOUDER, LOUDER!
JIM, DO YOU THINK
IT'S WORKING?
YES, BUT WE'RE
RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?
LOUDER!
ANSWER ME!
LOUDER!
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?!
[ NO AUDIO ]
I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER ME.
ANSWER ME!
ANSWER ME!
YOU WILL TELL ME
WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED!
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED?!
ANSWER ME.
YOU WILL TELL ME THE LOCATION
OF THE SUBMARINES.
ANSWER ME!
IMMEDIATELY!
GUARDS.
YOU ANSWER ME.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I'M NOT THE PRISONER,
I'M THE INTERROGATOR.
WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME?!
I'M THE INTERROGATOR!
ANSWER ME!
YOU LET GO!
ANSWER ME! ANSWER ME!
YOU LET GO!
I'VE GOT TO BREAK HIM!
I'LL BREAK HIM!
ANSWER ME!
I'LL BREAK HIM!
I WILL CONTINUE
THE INTERROGATION!
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT,
COLONEL?
YES.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS
THE INTERROGATOR.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS ME.
YES, YES,
UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE,
THE PRISONER IDENTIFIES
WITH THE INTERROGATOR.
WELL, AT ANY RATE,
CONGRATULATIONS.
IT WILL CERTAINLY COME
AS A GREAT SURPRISE
TO GENERAL KUTZOF.
WHAT?
WELL,
YOU BROKE THE PRISONER.
ONLY ONE THING
WOULD HAVE SENT MANFRED
OVER THE EDGE THAT WAY,
AND THAT IS
IF HE HAD BROKEN.
HE DI BREAK,
DIDN'T HE?
Y-Y-YES, YES, IN...A WAY.
HOW DO YOU MEAN,
"IN A WAY"?
I COULDN'T HEAR HIM.
HE TOLD ME. I WENT DEAF.
I COULDN'T HEAR HIM.
[ SIGHS ]
YOU DIDN'T
WANT TO HEAR HIM.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
YOU WANTED TO FAIL.
YOU NEEDED AN EXCUSE.
FOR WHAT?
FOR KUTZOF TO KILL YOU.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
DOESN'T IT?
WHEN YOUR WIFE TOLD YOU
SHE WAS LEAVING YOU,
YOU DID NOT
WANT TO HEAR THAT,
SO YOU BLOCKED THAT
AND EVERYTHING ELSE
FROM YOUR MEMORY.
YOU WANTED TO DIE.
AND KUTZOF WAS CERTAINLY
WILLING TO OBLIGE YOU.
AND JUST NOW,
WHEN MANFRED BROKE,
YOU DID NOT
WANT TO HEAR THAT,
AND SO YOU DID NOT.
BUT IT IS THERE
IN YOUR MEMORY, COLONEL.
YOU MUST REMEMBER IT.
YOU CAN'T THROW YOUR LIFE
AWAY LIKE THIS -- NO.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
NORVAN.
ANNA.
I'M SORRY, NORVAN,
I COULD NEVER LEAVE YOU.
OH!
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
YES.
YES?
[ RECEIVER CLICKS ]
GENERAL KUTZOF HAS ARRIVED.
NOW THERE IS NO TIME.
YOU MUST REMEMBER.
YOU MUST REMEMBER.
I'M TRYING.
I'M TRYING.
WELL?
DID YOU GET THE ANSWER
FROM MANFRED?
TAKE THEM OUT
AND SHOOT THEM.
NORVAN!
WAIT!
[ Thinking ] VERY WELL,
I WILL TELL YOU.
THEY ARE LOCATED...
[ NO AUDIO ]
I REMEMBER.
THEY ARE LOCATED...20 MILES
SOUTHWEST...OF RESNIK ISLAND.
20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF RESNIK ISLAND!
GENERAL KUTZOF,
THE SUBMARINES ARE LOC--
[ BEEPING IN MORSE CODE ]
THEY'VE GOT IT.
GOOD.
[ CAR DOORS CLOSING ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME
PLAYS ]