Pan Am (2011–2012): Season 1, Episode 3 - Ich Bin Ein Berliner - full transcript
When the crew gets a flight taking journalists to Berlin to cover an important speech by President Kennedy, Maggie, who campaigned for him, is determined to meet JFK no matter what. Meanwhile, when her contact's safety is compromised, Kate tries to help the young woman escape East Germany; and painful memories of World War II force Colette to face her tragic past.
NARRATOR:
Previously onPan Am...
You're always
disappearing on me.
Marry me! I can't say "yes" now.
Bridget?
You and I finally
make it to Paris!
Are you going my way? Sometimes the stars align.
I work for
the US Government.
A Pan Am stewardess
can travel
all around the world
without suspicion.
They wanted you
to deliver this
so that you would see
what happens
when you don't follow orders.
What are you doing?
♪ Well, I was walking
down the street
just the other day ♪
♪ I met a little cutie
just a-coming my way
♪ I'm telling you, man,
I had a plan ♪
Mind if I sit?
Uh, no, not at all.
The newsstand
at my station was out.
At least they had
Popular Mechanics.
That's good.
What's happening
in the world?
The President
is going to Berlin.
Right, right. First visit
since the Wall went up.
Have you ever been?
To Berlin? Oh, uh, sure.
I've been a bunch of...
I'm going again soon.
There's this good
little bookshop
on Friedrichstrasse.
They sell first editions
of Nietzsche.
The Will to Power.
Der Wille zur Macht.
Terrific read.
And that's where I start?
A map of Berlin
with the exact location.
Buy the book. Bring it home.
That's it?
Tell the clerk,
"Ich bin hier um ein
buch zu kaufen."
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Ich bin ein...
Ich bin hier...
Ich bin hier
um ein buch...
Buch zu kaufen.
Maybe work on that.
Oh. Here's your stop.
[ENGINES WHIRRING]
MAN: [OVER PA]
Attention, please.
Pan Am Flight 32
is now ready for
boarding at gate 11.
Flight 32 is now
ready for boarding...
Berlin?
Is it as beautiful
as it is in the pictures?
I can't wait
to find out.
WOMAN [OVER PA]
Arriving passengers
on flight 9 from Lisbon...
How have you
flown this whole time
and not gone to Germany?
It's a mystery.
That's right.
You were pulled
into Japan last time.
Yes. I'm overdue,
but today is the day.
Good morning, Colette. Good morning.
Here you go, sir.
Ready for Germany?
That's the rumor.
Are you preparing
to toast the President?
[CHUCKLES]
With anything but whiskey.
I'm laying off the stuff
for a while.
Are you?
Oh, yeah, and cigarettes.
I've been told that
they lead to dancing.
I'm surprised you remember.
[CHUCKLES] I remember
a lot of whiskey...
And stepping
on your foot.
But you seem
to be walking okay,
so I guess, uh...
It was a moment, Captain,
a nice moment,
but that was all.
MAGGIE: You've never
done a press charter?
I've never done
a charter, period.
You just gotta keep
the drinks flowing. [SIGHS]
Keep their cigarettes lit,
and you'll be fine.
That's very helpful.
Thank you, Captain.
I do what I can.
But he's right.
Journalists can be
seasoned travelers,
and seasoned travelers
can be particular.
They need food
they can eat
with one hand,
and they
expect to be treated
as though their work is
the most important work
in the world.
TED: You girls gossiping
about the pilots again?
LAURA: Journalists.
Oh, right. I blame them
for our 24-hour layover.
Oh, that's just
enough time for Kennedy
to speechify a little,
give the Wall a good kick.
Farm boy,
I pegged you as
a Nixon supporter.
Eh, they're all the same.
MAGGIE: How fashionably
cynical of you.
Oh, is he knocking
the Wall over?
No, he's going
to kiss it.
Kennedy loves the Wall.
He loves communists.
He loves their cigars.
We have that in common.
That's all you know
about him, isn't it?
[CHUCKLES] What do
you know about him?
Maggie was
a precinct captain
for his campaign.
Oh, so you've met him?
No, but I'm going to.
You're gonna
meet Kennedy?
That's right.When?
Tomorrow in Berlin.
[LAUGHS]
Good luck with that.
Journalists.
You think one of them
might know the President?
[SIGHS]
WOMAN: Paper, sir?
Can I get you anything else
to drink, Mr. Manchester?
No, but you can
take this away.
Too salty for my taste.
A simple pastry will do.
When you get a chance,
I'd love your autograph.
You are aware that
I'm not a movie star
or a baseball player?
[CHUCKLES] I've met them.
What they have to say
would not fill a column inch
in the newspaper of record.
May I have
my pastry now?
Pastry on the way.
[TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACKING]
I thought you could
use another pillow.
I'm sorry. What?
[CHUCKLES]
Oh, you're all
hunched over.
Oh. Thanks.
My pleasure. [CHUCKLES]
I'm sorry.
Do you happen to write
for the Village Voice?
I do. Mike Ruskin.
I recognize your picture
from the column.
What's a Pan Am
stewardess doing reading
the voice of Bohemia?
Oh, what should I be reading,
the Ladies' Home Journal?
Oh, the...
[CHUCKLES] I'm Maggie.
Pleasure to meet you, Maggie.
So I take it you're covering
Kennedy's speech?
Yeah, the Voicethought
it would be worth the dough
to send me in person.
Context, atmosphere,
actual reporting.
Well, most everything
is better in person,
don't you think?
I do think.
Uh, are you going?
Dying to,
if I could get
a good seat.
Oh. Right.
Um, look, I wish
I could sneak you into
the press section, but, uh...
Oh, no, no.
How could you?
But if you're looking
for atmosphere,
you should let
me and my girlfriends
show you around Berlin.
Ich bin hier
um ein buch zu kaufen.
Ich bin hier
um ein buch zu kaufen.
Zu...zu...zu kauf...
You've come to buy a book?
[SIGHS]
You speak German.
Here's a tip.
The more you sound
like a barking dog,
the more
they'll understand you.
Do you need
a landing card?
Ah. Yes.
[OPENS AND CLOSES DRAWER]
Pen?
I understand the communists
are hanging red banners
on the Brandenburg gate.
God forbid they allow us
a peek at East Germany.
That seems
a little paranoid.
Welcome to Germany.
[ENGINES WHIRRING]
Welcome to Germany.MAN: Thank you.
Welcome to Germany.
Thank you for
flying Pan Am.
Don't make any plans
for tomorrow morning.
We have a date
on the Kurfurstendamm.
What's that?
I have no idea,
but my new friend
Mike wants to go.
[CHUCKLES] It's like the
Madison Avenue of Berlin.
You want to come?
Oh, I would love to,
but I'm meeting
a friend of my own.
Oh, okay.
Well, then
do you want to meet up
for the President's speech?
Absolutely.
It's a date.
[PANTING]
[GRUNTS]
Thanks.
Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Thank you.
You sure?
No.
I owe you an apology.
I didn't mean
to embarrass you.
Well, what...
What are they gonna do?
Are they gonna kick us
out of the country?
We're leaving.
It was a terrible mistake.
What, the party
or the singing?
Coming to Berlin.
At all.
[LAUGHS] [CHUCKLES]
It looks like
somebody had a little
too much fun in Berlin.
Uh, veni, vidi, vici.
Well, I came, and I saw.
I definitely didn't conquer.
And no one
feels sorry for you.
It wasn't pity
I was looking for.
No kidding. [DOOR CLOSES]
[CHUCKLES]
I'm just gonna
go fly the plane now.
Where is Maggie?
Oh, she's not
gonna make it.
What do you mean,
she's not gonna make it?
Is she all right?
Yes. No. No.
She's sick.
A stomach problem.
I mean, a headache.
But I saw her
in the concourse
10 minutes ago.
Right, well,
she ate something bad,
and it just...
It hit her.
Bratwurst, I think.
I thought you said
she had a headache.
Okay,
I don't understand.
Where is Maggie right now?
[PANTING]
[CHUCKLES]
[ENGINES ROARING]
KENNEDY: [ON TAPE]
In the world of freedom...
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
The proudest boast is,
ich bin ein Berliner.
DEAN: [ON SPEAKER]
Flight tonight will be
just under
seven hours.
Still, I hope you enjoyed
your time in Berlin,
and I don't mind
speaking for myself
and our entire flight crew,
when I say that this was
quite a day for us.
That will be one
for the history books.
[CLICKS SWITCH]
What?
You're voting for
Kennedy in '64, aren't you?
I'm going to kill Maggie.
Time for us to start
watering down drinks.
And plan on
how we are going
to kill Maggie.
Are you girls having
a party back here?
We're a stewardess short
on a plane full of
drunk journalists.
Oh, Maggie
stuck it to me, too.
She stole my cigars.
You know how I like to
stock up on Cubans in Berlin.
[SWITCH CLICKS, TAPE REWINDS] KENNEDY: [ON TAPE]
Ich bin ein Berliner.
See? Right there.
He said, "I'm a Berliner."
No, in German
a Berlineris
a jelly donut.
[CHUCKLES]
He did not say
"I am a jelly donut."
Check your
German dictionary.
[LOWERED VOICE]
Hey, before you go,
I just gotta ask.
What?
Did Maggie pull it off?
[MARCHING BAND PLAYING]
LAURA:
It's like the 4th of July.
On another planet.
This is another planet.
Deutschland uber alles.
"The edge
of a new frontier."
Oh, you're
quoting him now?
Who?Kennedy. What...
[CHUCKLES]
You're in love
with him, aren't you?
Ask what you can do
for your country.
Uh, I know
what I can't do.
Get you seats
in the press section.
What if I slip you into
first class on the way home?
Can we do that?
Extra roast beef,
unlimited liquor.
[SIGHS]
Come on, Michael.
What's it gonna take?
Besides that.
It's Mike,
and you're not press.
Who cares?
Just say that I am.
I'll help you
with your article.
[CHUCKLES]
The new frontier?
Hopes and dreams
in the Village Voice?
MAGGIE: Well,
what do you need,
the smart, countercultural,
anti-establishment take?
Smart would help.
So, Kennedy
will come to Berlin
to make a speech, sure,
but it's not like he's
knocking down the Wall.
Wait.
Maggie, you don't
really think that.
No,
but his readers might,
and it's not like
you can go wrong
telling people exactly
what they want to hear.
Ah, so you're
a politician now?
I'm whatever
I need to be.
[SIGHS] The line about
knocking it over,
I could
maybe use that.
[MEN SPEAKING IN GERMAN]
[BRAKES SQUEAL]
Sind sie die
amerikanerin?
Pardon?
Sind sie hier
um das buch zu kaufen?
Uh, ich bin hier
um ein...
No, I'm here
to buy a book.
Los, steig ein!
What? No.
Der Wille zur Macht,
Nietzsche.
[IN GERMAN ACCENT]
I have your book.
Get in the car.
[SIGHS]
Schnell! Steig ins auto!
[REVS ENGINE] [GASPS]
[ENGINE ACCELERATING]
[PANTING]
I'm supposed to buy
this book in the store.
I know.
I couldn't make the drop.
What happened?
Stasi, the secret police.
They infiltrated my network.
The Stasi are in West Berlin?
They were
just at our hostel.
They know who I am.
Then they know your car.
Pull over.
[BRAKES SQUEAL]
Uh, wait. Wait, wait.
What are you doing?
Come back!
Come on!
[PANTING]
Now what?
Where do we go? You're asking me?
You're CIA, right?
No. No. Yes.
I mean, I'm just...
I was just supposed
to buy this book
and bring it back
to New York.
I'm a courier.
So am I.
I'm just a translator.
I crossed the border with
an East German journalist
for this speech.
This is my
third assignment.
This is my second.
We have to keep moving.
I can't go back.
If they find me,
they'll kill me.
Okay,
you get out of town,
a bus, a train.
And go where?
Berlin is surrounded
by East Germany.
[SIREN WAILING] Uh, the embassy.
We can get you
to the US Embassy.
There is no embassy!
Oh, no, no, no.
I mean, uh, the Mission.
You go to the US Mission.
You go there.
You can defect. Your President is here.
No East German
will get past security.[TIRES SCREECH]
[GASPS]
That's them,
the secret police.
[MEN SPEAKING IN GERMAN]
I don't know what to do.
Why didn't you keep
the taxi you came in?
There are no taxis.
I had to walk.
There will be a bus here
in, like, five minutes.
How many people are
going to this speech?
Um, some
random number between
100,000 and a million.
[CHUCKLES] Is that
your expert opinion?
Crowd counts
are meaningless.
Tell you what.
You pick the number.
I'll print it.
100,002.
I'm not very ambitious.
Uh-huh.
Oh, before I forget...
Oh. Thank you.
It's my pleasure,
Maggie, really,
but I didn't
have a choice, did I?
Of course you did, Michael.
[CHUCKLES]
What's that?
That's the
President's itinerary.
Do you have one?
Uh, Village Voice,remember?
Hey. Hi there.
Did you just pickpocket me?
No.Yes.
Artful dodger,
meet George Manchester.
Oh, we've already met.
Maggie Ryan from
your flight over.
The stewardess.
Maggie's a little obsessed
with the President.
Well,
there's a party for him
at the US Mission.
Need a date?
Hey, I just got you
a press pass.
It's invitation only.
Maybe if I bring
a couple girls,
like getting into
a nightclub in the city?
That would work?
There are certain
things about Kennedy...
That are not
to be shared with
the civilian population.
Oh, come on.
The other girls,
would they be stewardesses?
MAN: [ON PHONE] That's a bit
above your pay grade
now, isn't it?
Her cover has been blown.
She has no other options.
She needs to defect.
She wants to defect.
17 million East Germans
want to defect.
That's what the Wall is for.
[LOWERED VOICE]
But she works for our side.
As a low-level courier.
I am a low-level courier.
We're not going
to risk our entire
East German operation
for someone
who can be replaced
by a 15-year-old
with a bicycle.
[EXHALES DEEPLY] Is that
what you think of me?
Let it go, Miss Cameron.
She could be killed.
That's not your problem.
[LINE DISCONNECTS]
What did he say?
He's working on something.
Hey there. Hey, Captain.
Have you been outside yet?
It's a madhouse.
That's a fancy envelope.
Well,
it's a fancy party.
Gotta do the
old grip and grin
at the US Mission.
You know, butter up some
German government officials,
so Pan Am can
expand their Berlin hub.
I'll never understand
why rich folk love to make
small talk
with people they're
never gonna meet again.
[CHUCKLES]
Sorry.
I didn't mean to offend.
No, no. You didn't.
Your ancestors probably
danced at Versailles.
[CHUCKLES] No. Come on. What were they?
Barons, counts, dukes?
No. I don't know. Or just...
So you're the...
You're the
great-great-great
granddaughter of Louis the...
No, no.
I didn't have any family.
None?
[SIGHS]
So how old were you
when the Nazis
occupied France?
I was three.
But I don't think about it
most of the time.
Everyone lost people.
We were all the same.
I wasn't a special case.
Kate, are you there?
We have to leave now,
if we want to see the speech.
[SIGHS]
Laura, I'm sorry.
Uh, you're gonna
have to go without me.
[TELEPHONE RINGS] What? Why?
[PANTING] Would you...
Yeah, just hold on
a second.
You should go.
Hello.Isn't it time to leave?
[SIGHS] Colette.
You should go.
[LOWERED VOICE]
No, I'm staying with you.
Is Laura with you?
No. Go, or they'll know
something's wrong.
Kate?
Uh... Yes.
We're coming right down.
Okay, um, you wait here,
and I will be back
as soon as I can.
What kind of something?
LAURA: Kate?
Laura, I'm coming now.
I'm sorry. What?
What kind of something
are they working on?
Um, I don't know.
He didn't say.
Did they teach you to lie?
'Cause you're not
very good at it.
[SIGHS]
[HORNS HONKING]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Um, I think
they went this way!
We have to stay together,
or we'll lose each other!
Whoa.
[HORN HONKS]
This is nuts. Which way
should we go?
All I can see are shirts!
Ted, do you think all
the streets are this way?
Ted, what are you doing?
Scouting. You look like Gene Kelly!
COLETTE: Good thing
it's not raining!
[CHUCKLES]
Good thing he's not singing.
Do you want the bad news
or the bad news?
Sind sie amerikaner?
What? Amerikaner?
Oh, yes. We're Americans.
[SPEAKING IN GERMAN]
Kennedy!
Oh. Ted, Laura!
Come on, let's go!
Ted, get down from there!
Oh.
Ted, let's go! All right!
[SPEAKING IN GERMAN]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
KENNEDY: [OVER PA]
I am proud to
come to this city
as the guest of
your distinguished mayor
who has...
Oh, he started.
He started!
[CROWD SHOUTING]
Kate! Kate! Colette!
I'll meet you up there!
Kate! Kate!
What is the great issue
between the free world
and the communist world.
[SIREN WAILING]
Let them come to Berlin.
[CROWD CHEERING] [FOOTSTEPS MARCHING]
[GUNFIRE]
[MAN SHOUTING IN GERMAN]
[WOMAN SCREAMING]
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
[MEN SHOUTING IN GERMAN]
[FOOTSTEPS MARCHING]
[ALL CLAMORING]
Okay! [LAUGHS]
Not gonna lose you now.
KENNEDY: [ON TV]
The proudest boast is
"Ich bin ein Berliner."
[CROWD CHEERING]
[VOICE AMPLIFIED]
Freedom has
many difficulties,
and democracy
is not perfect,
but we have never
had to put a wall up
to keep our people in,
to prevent them
from leaving us.
[CROWD CHEERING]
Those cities
that have been besieged
for 18 years
that still lives with
the vitality and the force
and the hope
and the determination
of the city of West Berlin.
[CROWD CHEERING]
While the wall
is the most obvious
and vivid demonstration
of the failures
of the communist system
for all the world
to see, we take
no satisfaction in it,
for it is an offense
not only against history,
but an offense
against humanity.
Separating families,
dividing husbands and wives
and brothers and sisters,
and dividing a people who
wish to be joined together. [CRYING]
[GASPS] Kate!
Where is everyone? I don't know!
When are they
getting back? I don't know!
Will you
stand still a second?
What do you want?
We're going to
a party for Kennedy.
Oh. Why?
Because he's the President!
I just want
to shake his hand.
It's at the US Embassy.
The Mission.Kennedy loves stewardesses.
I figure,
if we go as a group,
we have a pretty good
chance of getting in.
Uh, we fly out tonight.
Uh, we should all go
in our uniforms.
What? No!
I'm not wearing
my work clothes to
meet Jack Kennedy.
You said that
he likes stewardesses.
No, this is my plan.
You are not going to...
Maggie, he likes stewardesses.
Let's show him stewardesses.
We're Pan Am.
And who can
turn down Pan Am?
See if you can
convince the others.
Anke. I found someone who will
smuggle me across the border.
Does he have papers for you,
uh, forged identification?
I'll be hiding in his trunk.
No. I can't stay here.
That's a terrible plan.
I have no choice. Yes, you do.
I can get you out.
How?
♪ There's been a change
in the weather
Perfect.
♪ And it's changing
Wow. We really are alike.
I don't know
if this will work.
There's only one way
to find out.
Let's take her
for a test spin.
♪ Change in me
Kate.
Smile. LAURA: Oh, hello.
Is this the friend
you were visiting?
Uh, yes.
This is Greta Mueller,
out of the Berlin hub.
Uh, Greta,
this is my sister Laura
and our friend Colette.
A pleasure.
Arriving or departing?
Athens, later.
Oh.Mmm.
Oh, guess what?
Maggie's bringing us
to a party for Kennedy
at the US Mission.
Tell Colette
that she has to come.
You have to come.
You loved his speech.
I did?
Well, I saw you crying
while listening to it.
No, I wanted to catch
a nap before we fly out.
A nap?
This is history.
The time we met
the President in Berlin?
He's not my president.
[SIGHS] The truth is
is we need you.
The bigger the group,
the better chance
we have of getting in.
You're all going? Yes.
Oh, and Maggie wants us
to wear our uniforms.
Oh, uh, I think
the dry cleaning ate mine.
Oh, no.
Do you have
a spare jacket?
How did the hotel lose
your shoes, too?
I just left them outside
my door for a shine.
So much
for German efficiency.
All right.
They're checking
guests at the door.
Put on
your best Pan Am, girls.
Excuse us. Sorry.
Entschuldigen sie.
[LOWERED VOICE]
Okay, as soon as you get in,
we'll find you a case officer
or a state
department official.
But remember,
you're having fun, so smile.
Sorry we kept you waiting.
The crowds, worse
than New York.
We're here
as representatives
of Juan Trippe
and the airline, Pan Am.
Name?
P-A-N-A-M.
Stewardesses.
How did you make it
past the front gate?
"Ich bin ein Berliner,"
right?
Excuse me.
So did you grow up
here in Berlin?
Mmm.
Have you been
to this building before?
Mmm-hmm. My uncle used
to deliver bread here,
before they divided Berlin.
I came with him sometimes.
What was it then?
It's the headquarters
for the German Luftwaffe,
uh, air force.
So, do you know
if there's a side door
or a back entrance
or something?
What did your parents do
during the war?
What do you mean?
Are they okay?
Did they survive?
Yes.
How?
What did they do?
[LOWERED VOICE]
Colette.
We don't like to talk
about the war.
But you
delivered bread here,
to the Luftwaffe.
We had a family bakery,
that's all.
That delivered bread
to the Nazis.
Colette.
MAGGIE: There's Dean.
Dean! Over here!
Hey, girls.[CHUCKLES]
We're with him. [CHUCKLES]
Dean!
We came to meet you.
[PIANO PLAYING
CLASSICAL MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
[LOWERED VOICE]
I'm sorry about that.
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
George Manchester.
He knows everyone
and hates communists.
I can't do
this part with you.
But tell him that you're
an East German asset
who needs protection,
and he can get you
to the right people.
[WHISPERS] I'm shaking.
You have gotten this far.
[SIGHS]
Thank you.
Go.
Anke. Smile.
[SPEAKING INAUDIBLY]
[SPEAKS INAUDIBLY]
[BOTH SPEAKING INAUDIBLY]
Dean, have you seen
the President?
Uh, I only got
a brief glimpse.
Where is he?He's come and gone.
Apparently he had
a whole circuit lined up. What?
I'm sure he would
have loved to meet you,
but he's got a lot going on.
Well, when did he leave?
Just now.
Like, a minute ago.
Which way did he go?
Maggie,
I'm not in charge here.
Excuse me.
Excuse me!
[GRUNTS]
You can't go out this way! Hold these!
[SIREN WAILING]
[SHRIEKS]
[SOBS]
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]
New friends or old friends?
DEAN: Yeah. Colette,
this is, uh, Otto...
Rontegen.
The German Aviation authority.
And, uh, Peter Newberry,
US State Department.
Ah, the international
Pan Am stewardess.
That is me.
[CHUCKLES] Guten tag.
Guten abend.
Didn't you say you were
flying out tonight?
Oh, it's a special occasion.
A glass of champagne's
not gonna hurt. Uh, no.
Ah. It's a very
special occasion.
Noch einen, bitte.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
You speak German
very well.
I was forced to learn
when I was a child.
But that is water
under the bridge,
now that the Germans
and Americans
are best friends.
We do share
a common enemy.
Convenient, is it not?
[CHUCKLES]
That's politics, right?
Politics?
No, it's a miracle.
One clever speech
by your president,
and the whole nation
is instantly absolved.
Excuse us, gentlemen.
We, uh, need to prep
for our flight.
I'm sorry. [CHUCKLES]
Did I spoil your party?
I meant,
congratulations.
I'm sorry.
Let me make it up
to you.
[MUSIC STOPS]
[SPEAKS INAUDIBLY]
[PLAYING
DEUTSCHLAND UBER ALLES]
♪ Deutschland, Deutschland
♪ Uber alles
♪ In der Welt
♪ Wenn es stets
♪ Zu Schutz und Trutze
♪ Bruderlich zusammenhalt
♪ Von der Maas
♪ Bis an die Memel
[VOICE BREAKS]
♪ Bis an den Belt
♪ Deutschland, Deutschland
♪ Uber alles
[VOICE BREAKS]
♪ Deutschland, Deutschland
[VOICE BREAKING]
♪ Uber alles
♪ In der Welt
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
[PIANO PLAYING
CLASSICAL MUSIC]
I thought I was clear
on the phone.
You were.
I just didn't agree.
Well, it's not your place
to disagree.
You do what you're told.
So you're saying
to just follow orders?
Yes.
You're actually saying
that here?
This is how wars are won.
Do you have any idea
how many people
have risked their lives,
so that you could
carry that book?
I know that she did,
and I know that
she was going to be killed
for trying to help us.
How do you know
she wasn't lying?
She wasn't. Mmm.
I just heard
my president promise
the two million people
in this city that
we wouldn't abandon them.
You brought an East German spy
to an American consulate
in your uniform.
I know what I did,
and I take
full responsibility for...
Miss Cameron,
you have no idea
what you've done,
nor what it takes to keep
a cold war cold.
[SIGHS]
[ENGINE WHIRRING]
LAURA:
You should be proud.
You got so close.
MAGGIE: Close is nothing.
Close is meaningless.
You got into
the press section.
You got into the Mission.
You can tell
the boys that.
I don't care
what the pilots think.
That's not why I...
What is that?
That is Air Force One.
It's still here.
He's still here!
Oh!
What are you doing?
Cover for me.
I'm not gonna
make our flight.
What?
I'm gonna meet him
right here, right now.
Wait!
What do I tell everyone?
Make something up!
Something German!
[MOUTHS WORD]
Wait! Have you seen Ted?
Where's Ted?
Why?
He has something I need.
You're not
on this flight.
[SIGHS]
What are you
doing here, miss?
My name is
Maggie Ryan.
I worked
on Kennedy's campaign.
I logged more hours
than any other volunteer,
and as a reward,
I was supposed
to meet him,
but I took
a bathroom break
when the Deputy Field Director
came for two minutes,
and suddenly Marcia Phillips
was going instead of me
even though she only did
half the hours I did.
I just...
I just wanna thank him
for making me realize
that each of us can
make a difference.
[SIGHS]
I just wanna
shake his hand.
Well, you've certainly got
a lot of enthusiasm.
Thank you.
But you haven't
been vetted.
I'm a Pan Am stewardess.
They vetted me!
I got him cigars!
Cubans!
His favorite.
What?
Cubans, his favorite.
[SIGHS]
Tell me your name again.
Maggie Ryan.
Okay.
Wait here.
Cigars for the President.
She wants to give them...
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
[DANKE SCHOENPLAYING]
♪ Danke schoen
♪ Darling, danke schoen
♪ Thank you for
♪ All the joy and pain
♪ Picture shows
♪ Second balcony
♪ Was the place we'd meet
Welcome to New York.
Thank you for
flying Pan Am. Thank you.
♪ You were sweet
Thank you. ♪ Danke schoen
♪ Darling, danke schoen June in New York.
Can't beat that humidity.
♪ Save those lies
Berlin not as entertaining
as you thought it would be?
I took a shot.
Can you blame me?
I mean, look at you.
Let me take you
to breakfast
and apologize.
Good night,
Mr. Vanderway.
[LAUGHS]
Yeah, good night.
You know...
You're different
from other girls.
Thank you.
Hi.
You wanna share
a cab home?
Oh, I have a couple things
to wrap up at operations.
Is it okay
if I meet you there? Sure.
[DOOR CLOSES]
When the Nazis
took over,
my parents
made plans to flee.
They dropped me off
with a neighbor
and promised they'd
come back to get me.
But they never did.
Never could.
And the people
who brought us
into the apartment
were so warm...
And magnanimous.
Your president
tried so hard
to lift their shame.
But they should
feel shame.
I came to Germany
to forgive.
[WHISPERS]
But I still hate them.
[SNIFFLES]
[VOICE BREAKING]
And I don't know
how to stop.
Previously onPan Am...
You're always
disappearing on me.
Marry me! I can't say "yes" now.
Bridget?
You and I finally
make it to Paris!
Are you going my way? Sometimes the stars align.
I work for
the US Government.
A Pan Am stewardess
can travel
all around the world
without suspicion.
They wanted you
to deliver this
so that you would see
what happens
when you don't follow orders.
What are you doing?
♪ Well, I was walking
down the street
just the other day ♪
♪ I met a little cutie
just a-coming my way
♪ I'm telling you, man,
I had a plan ♪
Mind if I sit?
Uh, no, not at all.
The newsstand
at my station was out.
At least they had
Popular Mechanics.
That's good.
What's happening
in the world?
The President
is going to Berlin.
Right, right. First visit
since the Wall went up.
Have you ever been?
To Berlin? Oh, uh, sure.
I've been a bunch of...
I'm going again soon.
There's this good
little bookshop
on Friedrichstrasse.
They sell first editions
of Nietzsche.
The Will to Power.
Der Wille zur Macht.
Terrific read.
And that's where I start?
A map of Berlin
with the exact location.
Buy the book. Bring it home.
That's it?
Tell the clerk,
"Ich bin hier um ein
buch zu kaufen."
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Ich bin ein...
Ich bin hier...
Ich bin hier
um ein buch...
Buch zu kaufen.
Maybe work on that.
Oh. Here's your stop.
[ENGINES WHIRRING]
MAN: [OVER PA]
Attention, please.
Pan Am Flight 32
is now ready for
boarding at gate 11.
Flight 32 is now
ready for boarding...
Berlin?
Is it as beautiful
as it is in the pictures?
I can't wait
to find out.
WOMAN [OVER PA]
Arriving passengers
on flight 9 from Lisbon...
How have you
flown this whole time
and not gone to Germany?
It's a mystery.
That's right.
You were pulled
into Japan last time.
Yes. I'm overdue,
but today is the day.
Good morning, Colette. Good morning.
Here you go, sir.
Ready for Germany?
That's the rumor.
Are you preparing
to toast the President?
[CHUCKLES]
With anything but whiskey.
I'm laying off the stuff
for a while.
Are you?
Oh, yeah, and cigarettes.
I've been told that
they lead to dancing.
I'm surprised you remember.
[CHUCKLES] I remember
a lot of whiskey...
And stepping
on your foot.
But you seem
to be walking okay,
so I guess, uh...
It was a moment, Captain,
a nice moment,
but that was all.
MAGGIE: You've never
done a press charter?
I've never done
a charter, period.
You just gotta keep
the drinks flowing. [SIGHS]
Keep their cigarettes lit,
and you'll be fine.
That's very helpful.
Thank you, Captain.
I do what I can.
But he's right.
Journalists can be
seasoned travelers,
and seasoned travelers
can be particular.
They need food
they can eat
with one hand,
and they
expect to be treated
as though their work is
the most important work
in the world.
TED: You girls gossiping
about the pilots again?
LAURA: Journalists.
Oh, right. I blame them
for our 24-hour layover.
Oh, that's just
enough time for Kennedy
to speechify a little,
give the Wall a good kick.
Farm boy,
I pegged you as
a Nixon supporter.
Eh, they're all the same.
MAGGIE: How fashionably
cynical of you.
Oh, is he knocking
the Wall over?
No, he's going
to kiss it.
Kennedy loves the Wall.
He loves communists.
He loves their cigars.
We have that in common.
That's all you know
about him, isn't it?
[CHUCKLES] What do
you know about him?
Maggie was
a precinct captain
for his campaign.
Oh, so you've met him?
No, but I'm going to.
You're gonna
meet Kennedy?
That's right.When?
Tomorrow in Berlin.
[LAUGHS]
Good luck with that.
Journalists.
You think one of them
might know the President?
[SIGHS]
WOMAN: Paper, sir?
Can I get you anything else
to drink, Mr. Manchester?
No, but you can
take this away.
Too salty for my taste.
A simple pastry will do.
When you get a chance,
I'd love your autograph.
You are aware that
I'm not a movie star
or a baseball player?
[CHUCKLES] I've met them.
What they have to say
would not fill a column inch
in the newspaper of record.
May I have
my pastry now?
Pastry on the way.
[TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACKING]
I thought you could
use another pillow.
I'm sorry. What?
[CHUCKLES]
Oh, you're all
hunched over.
Oh. Thanks.
My pleasure. [CHUCKLES]
I'm sorry.
Do you happen to write
for the Village Voice?
I do. Mike Ruskin.
I recognize your picture
from the column.
What's a Pan Am
stewardess doing reading
the voice of Bohemia?
Oh, what should I be reading,
the Ladies' Home Journal?
Oh, the...
[CHUCKLES] I'm Maggie.
Pleasure to meet you, Maggie.
So I take it you're covering
Kennedy's speech?
Yeah, the Voicethought
it would be worth the dough
to send me in person.
Context, atmosphere,
actual reporting.
Well, most everything
is better in person,
don't you think?
I do think.
Uh, are you going?
Dying to,
if I could get
a good seat.
Oh. Right.
Um, look, I wish
I could sneak you into
the press section, but, uh...
Oh, no, no.
How could you?
But if you're looking
for atmosphere,
you should let
me and my girlfriends
show you around Berlin.
Ich bin hier
um ein buch zu kaufen.
Ich bin hier
um ein buch zu kaufen.
Zu...zu...zu kauf...
You've come to buy a book?
[SIGHS]
You speak German.
Here's a tip.
The more you sound
like a barking dog,
the more
they'll understand you.
Do you need
a landing card?
Ah. Yes.
[OPENS AND CLOSES DRAWER]
Pen?
I understand the communists
are hanging red banners
on the Brandenburg gate.
God forbid they allow us
a peek at East Germany.
That seems
a little paranoid.
Welcome to Germany.
[ENGINES WHIRRING]
Welcome to Germany.MAN: Thank you.
Welcome to Germany.
Thank you for
flying Pan Am.
Don't make any plans
for tomorrow morning.
We have a date
on the Kurfurstendamm.
What's that?
I have no idea,
but my new friend
Mike wants to go.
[CHUCKLES] It's like the
Madison Avenue of Berlin.
You want to come?
Oh, I would love to,
but I'm meeting
a friend of my own.
Oh, okay.
Well, then
do you want to meet up
for the President's speech?
Absolutely.
It's a date.
[PANTING]
[GRUNTS]
Thanks.
Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Thank you.
You sure?
No.
I owe you an apology.
I didn't mean
to embarrass you.
Well, what...
What are they gonna do?
Are they gonna kick us
out of the country?
We're leaving.
It was a terrible mistake.
What, the party
or the singing?
Coming to Berlin.
At all.
[LAUGHS] [CHUCKLES]
It looks like
somebody had a little
too much fun in Berlin.
Uh, veni, vidi, vici.
Well, I came, and I saw.
I definitely didn't conquer.
And no one
feels sorry for you.
It wasn't pity
I was looking for.
No kidding. [DOOR CLOSES]
[CHUCKLES]
I'm just gonna
go fly the plane now.
Where is Maggie?
Oh, she's not
gonna make it.
What do you mean,
she's not gonna make it?
Is she all right?
Yes. No. No.
She's sick.
A stomach problem.
I mean, a headache.
But I saw her
in the concourse
10 minutes ago.
Right, well,
she ate something bad,
and it just...
It hit her.
Bratwurst, I think.
I thought you said
she had a headache.
Okay,
I don't understand.
Where is Maggie right now?
[PANTING]
[CHUCKLES]
[ENGINES ROARING]
KENNEDY: [ON TAPE]
In the world of freedom...
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
The proudest boast is,
ich bin ein Berliner.
DEAN: [ON SPEAKER]
Flight tonight will be
just under
seven hours.
Still, I hope you enjoyed
your time in Berlin,
and I don't mind
speaking for myself
and our entire flight crew,
when I say that this was
quite a day for us.
That will be one
for the history books.
[CLICKS SWITCH]
What?
You're voting for
Kennedy in '64, aren't you?
I'm going to kill Maggie.
Time for us to start
watering down drinks.
And plan on
how we are going
to kill Maggie.
Are you girls having
a party back here?
We're a stewardess short
on a plane full of
drunk journalists.
Oh, Maggie
stuck it to me, too.
She stole my cigars.
You know how I like to
stock up on Cubans in Berlin.
[SWITCH CLICKS, TAPE REWINDS] KENNEDY: [ON TAPE]
Ich bin ein Berliner.
See? Right there.
He said, "I'm a Berliner."
No, in German
a Berlineris
a jelly donut.
[CHUCKLES]
He did not say
"I am a jelly donut."
Check your
German dictionary.
[LOWERED VOICE]
Hey, before you go,
I just gotta ask.
What?
Did Maggie pull it off?
[MARCHING BAND PLAYING]
LAURA:
It's like the 4th of July.
On another planet.
This is another planet.
Deutschland uber alles.
"The edge
of a new frontier."
Oh, you're
quoting him now?
Who?Kennedy. What...
[CHUCKLES]
You're in love
with him, aren't you?
Ask what you can do
for your country.
Uh, I know
what I can't do.
Get you seats
in the press section.
What if I slip you into
first class on the way home?
Can we do that?
Extra roast beef,
unlimited liquor.
[SIGHS]
Come on, Michael.
What's it gonna take?
Besides that.
It's Mike,
and you're not press.
Who cares?
Just say that I am.
I'll help you
with your article.
[CHUCKLES]
The new frontier?
Hopes and dreams
in the Village Voice?
MAGGIE: Well,
what do you need,
the smart, countercultural,
anti-establishment take?
Smart would help.
So, Kennedy
will come to Berlin
to make a speech, sure,
but it's not like he's
knocking down the Wall.
Wait.
Maggie, you don't
really think that.
No,
but his readers might,
and it's not like
you can go wrong
telling people exactly
what they want to hear.
Ah, so you're
a politician now?
I'm whatever
I need to be.
[SIGHS] The line about
knocking it over,
I could
maybe use that.
[MEN SPEAKING IN GERMAN]
[BRAKES SQUEAL]
Sind sie die
amerikanerin?
Pardon?
Sind sie hier
um das buch zu kaufen?
Uh, ich bin hier
um ein...
No, I'm here
to buy a book.
Los, steig ein!
What? No.
Der Wille zur Macht,
Nietzsche.
[IN GERMAN ACCENT]
I have your book.
Get in the car.
[SIGHS]
Schnell! Steig ins auto!
[REVS ENGINE] [GASPS]
[ENGINE ACCELERATING]
[PANTING]
I'm supposed to buy
this book in the store.
I know.
I couldn't make the drop.
What happened?
Stasi, the secret police.
They infiltrated my network.
The Stasi are in West Berlin?
They were
just at our hostel.
They know who I am.
Then they know your car.
Pull over.
[BRAKES SQUEAL]
Uh, wait. Wait, wait.
What are you doing?
Come back!
Come on!
[PANTING]
Now what?
Where do we go? You're asking me?
You're CIA, right?
No. No. Yes.
I mean, I'm just...
I was just supposed
to buy this book
and bring it back
to New York.
I'm a courier.
So am I.
I'm just a translator.
I crossed the border with
an East German journalist
for this speech.
This is my
third assignment.
This is my second.
We have to keep moving.
I can't go back.
If they find me,
they'll kill me.
Okay,
you get out of town,
a bus, a train.
And go where?
Berlin is surrounded
by East Germany.
[SIREN WAILING] Uh, the embassy.
We can get you
to the US Embassy.
There is no embassy!
Oh, no, no, no.
I mean, uh, the Mission.
You go to the US Mission.
You go there.
You can defect. Your President is here.
No East German
will get past security.[TIRES SCREECH]
[GASPS]
That's them,
the secret police.
[MEN SPEAKING IN GERMAN]
I don't know what to do.
Why didn't you keep
the taxi you came in?
There are no taxis.
I had to walk.
There will be a bus here
in, like, five minutes.
How many people are
going to this speech?
Um, some
random number between
100,000 and a million.
[CHUCKLES] Is that
your expert opinion?
Crowd counts
are meaningless.
Tell you what.
You pick the number.
I'll print it.
100,002.
I'm not very ambitious.
Uh-huh.
Oh, before I forget...
Oh. Thank you.
It's my pleasure,
Maggie, really,
but I didn't
have a choice, did I?
Of course you did, Michael.
[CHUCKLES]
What's that?
That's the
President's itinerary.
Do you have one?
Uh, Village Voice,remember?
Hey. Hi there.
Did you just pickpocket me?
No.Yes.
Artful dodger,
meet George Manchester.
Oh, we've already met.
Maggie Ryan from
your flight over.
The stewardess.
Maggie's a little obsessed
with the President.
Well,
there's a party for him
at the US Mission.
Need a date?
Hey, I just got you
a press pass.
It's invitation only.
Maybe if I bring
a couple girls,
like getting into
a nightclub in the city?
That would work?
There are certain
things about Kennedy...
That are not
to be shared with
the civilian population.
Oh, come on.
The other girls,
would they be stewardesses?
MAN: [ON PHONE] That's a bit
above your pay grade
now, isn't it?
Her cover has been blown.
She has no other options.
She needs to defect.
She wants to defect.
17 million East Germans
want to defect.
That's what the Wall is for.
[LOWERED VOICE]
But she works for our side.
As a low-level courier.
I am a low-level courier.
We're not going
to risk our entire
East German operation
for someone
who can be replaced
by a 15-year-old
with a bicycle.
[EXHALES DEEPLY] Is that
what you think of me?
Let it go, Miss Cameron.
She could be killed.
That's not your problem.
[LINE DISCONNECTS]
What did he say?
He's working on something.
Hey there. Hey, Captain.
Have you been outside yet?
It's a madhouse.
That's a fancy envelope.
Well,
it's a fancy party.
Gotta do the
old grip and grin
at the US Mission.
You know, butter up some
German government officials,
so Pan Am can
expand their Berlin hub.
I'll never understand
why rich folk love to make
small talk
with people they're
never gonna meet again.
[CHUCKLES]
Sorry.
I didn't mean to offend.
No, no. You didn't.
Your ancestors probably
danced at Versailles.
[CHUCKLES] No. Come on. What were they?
Barons, counts, dukes?
No. I don't know. Or just...
So you're the...
You're the
great-great-great
granddaughter of Louis the...
No, no.
I didn't have any family.
None?
[SIGHS]
So how old were you
when the Nazis
occupied France?
I was three.
But I don't think about it
most of the time.
Everyone lost people.
We were all the same.
I wasn't a special case.
Kate, are you there?
We have to leave now,
if we want to see the speech.
[SIGHS]
Laura, I'm sorry.
Uh, you're gonna
have to go without me.
[TELEPHONE RINGS] What? Why?
[PANTING] Would you...
Yeah, just hold on
a second.
You should go.
Hello.Isn't it time to leave?
[SIGHS] Colette.
You should go.
[LOWERED VOICE]
No, I'm staying with you.
Is Laura with you?
No. Go, or they'll know
something's wrong.
Kate?
Uh... Yes.
We're coming right down.
Okay, um, you wait here,
and I will be back
as soon as I can.
What kind of something?
LAURA: Kate?
Laura, I'm coming now.
I'm sorry. What?
What kind of something
are they working on?
Um, I don't know.
He didn't say.
Did they teach you to lie?
'Cause you're not
very good at it.
[SIGHS]
[HORNS HONKING]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Um, I think
they went this way!
We have to stay together,
or we'll lose each other!
Whoa.
[HORN HONKS]
This is nuts. Which way
should we go?
All I can see are shirts!
Ted, do you think all
the streets are this way?
Ted, what are you doing?
Scouting. You look like Gene Kelly!
COLETTE: Good thing
it's not raining!
[CHUCKLES]
Good thing he's not singing.
Do you want the bad news
or the bad news?
Sind sie amerikaner?
What? Amerikaner?
Oh, yes. We're Americans.
[SPEAKING IN GERMAN]
Kennedy!
Oh. Ted, Laura!
Come on, let's go!
Ted, get down from there!
Oh.
Ted, let's go! All right!
[SPEAKING IN GERMAN]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
KENNEDY: [OVER PA]
I am proud to
come to this city
as the guest of
your distinguished mayor
who has...
Oh, he started.
He started!
[CROWD SHOUTING]
Kate! Kate! Colette!
I'll meet you up there!
Kate! Kate!
What is the great issue
between the free world
and the communist world.
[SIREN WAILING]
Let them come to Berlin.
[CROWD CHEERING] [FOOTSTEPS MARCHING]
[GUNFIRE]
[MAN SHOUTING IN GERMAN]
[WOMAN SCREAMING]
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
[MEN SHOUTING IN GERMAN]
[FOOTSTEPS MARCHING]
[ALL CLAMORING]
Okay! [LAUGHS]
Not gonna lose you now.
KENNEDY: [ON TV]
The proudest boast is
"Ich bin ein Berliner."
[CROWD CHEERING]
[VOICE AMPLIFIED]
Freedom has
many difficulties,
and democracy
is not perfect,
but we have never
had to put a wall up
to keep our people in,
to prevent them
from leaving us.
[CROWD CHEERING]
Those cities
that have been besieged
for 18 years
that still lives with
the vitality and the force
and the hope
and the determination
of the city of West Berlin.
[CROWD CHEERING]
While the wall
is the most obvious
and vivid demonstration
of the failures
of the communist system
for all the world
to see, we take
no satisfaction in it,
for it is an offense
not only against history,
but an offense
against humanity.
Separating families,
dividing husbands and wives
and brothers and sisters,
and dividing a people who
wish to be joined together. [CRYING]
[GASPS] Kate!
Where is everyone? I don't know!
When are they
getting back? I don't know!
Will you
stand still a second?
What do you want?
We're going to
a party for Kennedy.
Oh. Why?
Because he's the President!
I just want
to shake his hand.
It's at the US Embassy.
The Mission.Kennedy loves stewardesses.
I figure,
if we go as a group,
we have a pretty good
chance of getting in.
Uh, we fly out tonight.
Uh, we should all go
in our uniforms.
What? No!
I'm not wearing
my work clothes to
meet Jack Kennedy.
You said that
he likes stewardesses.
No, this is my plan.
You are not going to...
Maggie, he likes stewardesses.
Let's show him stewardesses.
We're Pan Am.
And who can
turn down Pan Am?
See if you can
convince the others.
Anke. I found someone who will
smuggle me across the border.
Does he have papers for you,
uh, forged identification?
I'll be hiding in his trunk.
No. I can't stay here.
That's a terrible plan.
I have no choice. Yes, you do.
I can get you out.
How?
♪ There's been a change
in the weather
Perfect.
♪ And it's changing
Wow. We really are alike.
I don't know
if this will work.
There's only one way
to find out.
Let's take her
for a test spin.
♪ Change in me
Kate.
Smile. LAURA: Oh, hello.
Is this the friend
you were visiting?
Uh, yes.
This is Greta Mueller,
out of the Berlin hub.
Uh, Greta,
this is my sister Laura
and our friend Colette.
A pleasure.
Arriving or departing?
Athens, later.
Oh.Mmm.
Oh, guess what?
Maggie's bringing us
to a party for Kennedy
at the US Mission.
Tell Colette
that she has to come.
You have to come.
You loved his speech.
I did?
Well, I saw you crying
while listening to it.
No, I wanted to catch
a nap before we fly out.
A nap?
This is history.
The time we met
the President in Berlin?
He's not my president.
[SIGHS] The truth is
is we need you.
The bigger the group,
the better chance
we have of getting in.
You're all going? Yes.
Oh, and Maggie wants us
to wear our uniforms.
Oh, uh, I think
the dry cleaning ate mine.
Oh, no.
Do you have
a spare jacket?
How did the hotel lose
your shoes, too?
I just left them outside
my door for a shine.
So much
for German efficiency.
All right.
They're checking
guests at the door.
Put on
your best Pan Am, girls.
Excuse us. Sorry.
Entschuldigen sie.
[LOWERED VOICE]
Okay, as soon as you get in,
we'll find you a case officer
or a state
department official.
But remember,
you're having fun, so smile.
Sorry we kept you waiting.
The crowds, worse
than New York.
We're here
as representatives
of Juan Trippe
and the airline, Pan Am.
Name?
P-A-N-A-M.
Stewardesses.
How did you make it
past the front gate?
"Ich bin ein Berliner,"
right?
Excuse me.
So did you grow up
here in Berlin?
Mmm.
Have you been
to this building before?
Mmm-hmm. My uncle used
to deliver bread here,
before they divided Berlin.
I came with him sometimes.
What was it then?
It's the headquarters
for the German Luftwaffe,
uh, air force.
So, do you know
if there's a side door
or a back entrance
or something?
What did your parents do
during the war?
What do you mean?
Are they okay?
Did they survive?
Yes.
How?
What did they do?
[LOWERED VOICE]
Colette.
We don't like to talk
about the war.
But you
delivered bread here,
to the Luftwaffe.
We had a family bakery,
that's all.
That delivered bread
to the Nazis.
Colette.
MAGGIE: There's Dean.
Dean! Over here!
Hey, girls.[CHUCKLES]
We're with him. [CHUCKLES]
Dean!
We came to meet you.
[PIANO PLAYING
CLASSICAL MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
[LOWERED VOICE]
I'm sorry about that.
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
George Manchester.
He knows everyone
and hates communists.
I can't do
this part with you.
But tell him that you're
an East German asset
who needs protection,
and he can get you
to the right people.
[WHISPERS] I'm shaking.
You have gotten this far.
[SIGHS]
Thank you.
Go.
Anke. Smile.
[SPEAKING INAUDIBLY]
[SPEAKS INAUDIBLY]
[BOTH SPEAKING INAUDIBLY]
Dean, have you seen
the President?
Uh, I only got
a brief glimpse.
Where is he?He's come and gone.
Apparently he had
a whole circuit lined up. What?
I'm sure he would
have loved to meet you,
but he's got a lot going on.
Well, when did he leave?
Just now.
Like, a minute ago.
Which way did he go?
Maggie,
I'm not in charge here.
Excuse me.
Excuse me!
[GRUNTS]
You can't go out this way! Hold these!
[SIREN WAILING]
[SHRIEKS]
[SOBS]
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]
New friends or old friends?
DEAN: Yeah. Colette,
this is, uh, Otto...
Rontegen.
The German Aviation authority.
And, uh, Peter Newberry,
US State Department.
Ah, the international
Pan Am stewardess.
That is me.
[CHUCKLES] Guten tag.
Guten abend.
Didn't you say you were
flying out tonight?
Oh, it's a special occasion.
A glass of champagne's
not gonna hurt. Uh, no.
Ah. It's a very
special occasion.
Noch einen, bitte.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
You speak German
very well.
I was forced to learn
when I was a child.
But that is water
under the bridge,
now that the Germans
and Americans
are best friends.
We do share
a common enemy.
Convenient, is it not?
[CHUCKLES]
That's politics, right?
Politics?
No, it's a miracle.
One clever speech
by your president,
and the whole nation
is instantly absolved.
Excuse us, gentlemen.
We, uh, need to prep
for our flight.
I'm sorry. [CHUCKLES]
Did I spoil your party?
I meant,
congratulations.
I'm sorry.
Let me make it up
to you.
[MUSIC STOPS]
[SPEAKS INAUDIBLY]
[PLAYING
DEUTSCHLAND UBER ALLES]
♪ Deutschland, Deutschland
♪ Uber alles
♪ In der Welt
♪ Wenn es stets
♪ Zu Schutz und Trutze
♪ Bruderlich zusammenhalt
♪ Von der Maas
♪ Bis an die Memel
[VOICE BREAKS]
♪ Bis an den Belt
♪ Deutschland, Deutschland
♪ Uber alles
[VOICE BREAKS]
♪ Deutschland, Deutschland
[VOICE BREAKING]
♪ Uber alles
♪ In der Welt
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
[PIANO PLAYING
CLASSICAL MUSIC]
I thought I was clear
on the phone.
You were.
I just didn't agree.
Well, it's not your place
to disagree.
You do what you're told.
So you're saying
to just follow orders?
Yes.
You're actually saying
that here?
This is how wars are won.
Do you have any idea
how many people
have risked their lives,
so that you could
carry that book?
I know that she did,
and I know that
she was going to be killed
for trying to help us.
How do you know
she wasn't lying?
She wasn't. Mmm.
I just heard
my president promise
the two million people
in this city that
we wouldn't abandon them.
You brought an East German spy
to an American consulate
in your uniform.
I know what I did,
and I take
full responsibility for...
Miss Cameron,
you have no idea
what you've done,
nor what it takes to keep
a cold war cold.
[SIGHS]
[ENGINE WHIRRING]
LAURA:
You should be proud.
You got so close.
MAGGIE: Close is nothing.
Close is meaningless.
You got into
the press section.
You got into the Mission.
You can tell
the boys that.
I don't care
what the pilots think.
That's not why I...
What is that?
That is Air Force One.
It's still here.
He's still here!
Oh!
What are you doing?
Cover for me.
I'm not gonna
make our flight.
What?
I'm gonna meet him
right here, right now.
Wait!
What do I tell everyone?
Make something up!
Something German!
[MOUTHS WORD]
Wait! Have you seen Ted?
Where's Ted?
Why?
He has something I need.
You're not
on this flight.
[SIGHS]
What are you
doing here, miss?
My name is
Maggie Ryan.
I worked
on Kennedy's campaign.
I logged more hours
than any other volunteer,
and as a reward,
I was supposed
to meet him,
but I took
a bathroom break
when the Deputy Field Director
came for two minutes,
and suddenly Marcia Phillips
was going instead of me
even though she only did
half the hours I did.
I just...
I just wanna thank him
for making me realize
that each of us can
make a difference.
[SIGHS]
I just wanna
shake his hand.
Well, you've certainly got
a lot of enthusiasm.
Thank you.
But you haven't
been vetted.
I'm a Pan Am stewardess.
They vetted me!
I got him cigars!
Cubans!
His favorite.
What?
Cubans, his favorite.
[SIGHS]
Tell me your name again.
Maggie Ryan.
Okay.
Wait here.
Cigars for the President.
She wants to give them...
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
[DANKE SCHOENPLAYING]
♪ Danke schoen
♪ Darling, danke schoen
♪ Thank you for
♪ All the joy and pain
♪ Picture shows
♪ Second balcony
♪ Was the place we'd meet
Welcome to New York.
Thank you for
flying Pan Am. Thank you.
♪ You were sweet
Thank you. ♪ Danke schoen
♪ Darling, danke schoen June in New York.
Can't beat that humidity.
♪ Save those lies
Berlin not as entertaining
as you thought it would be?
I took a shot.
Can you blame me?
I mean, look at you.
Let me take you
to breakfast
and apologize.
Good night,
Mr. Vanderway.
[LAUGHS]
Yeah, good night.
You know...
You're different
from other girls.
Thank you.
Hi.
You wanna share
a cab home?
Oh, I have a couple things
to wrap up at operations.
Is it okay
if I meet you there? Sure.
[DOOR CLOSES]
When the Nazis
took over,
my parents
made plans to flee.
They dropped me off
with a neighbor
and promised they'd
come back to get me.
But they never did.
Never could.
And the people
who brought us
into the apartment
were so warm...
And magnanimous.
Your president
tried so hard
to lift their shame.
But they should
feel shame.
I came to Germany
to forgive.
[WHISPERS]
But I still hate them.
[SNIFFLES]
[VOICE BREAKING]
And I don't know
how to stop.