03x03 - Episode 19

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Police commissioner Gereon Rath is transferred from Cologne to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social change in the Golden Twenties.
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03x03 - Episode 19

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Previously on Babylon Berlin...

Should it come to light
that Betty Winter was m*rder*d

the insurance won't pay a penny.

I was supposed to sabotage the sh**t.
Cause trouble, but not k*ll anyone.

Is it inflamed?

Greta Overbeck and I are close.

She doesn't give us that impression.

-Why ever not?
-She expressedly refuses to see anybody.

-Do you desire the woman you live with?
-Yes.

-No.
-If not, why not?

-I don't know.
-If not, then why not?

Because I'm lying to her.

Didn't we want to get married
at some point?

Yes.

He's come between us again.

Gereon.

There you are.

Ready for the next session?

Yes.

A way to free the injured soul
of all suffering...

...by making it impregnable.

Morning.

Where have you been all night long?

You don't want to say.

Gereon?

Talk to me, please.

Gereon, if...

If you don't say anything then...

Then I'll go.

Then I'll walk through this door
and won't come back.

Moritz, come.

Which round? Last one? Good.
Start talking, I'll dictate.

One hundredth and last round.
Caracciola att*cks.

Top speed...

TEMPO EDITORIAL OFFICE

Dietrich? Hello? Oh, the line is
interrupted, I only hear static.

-I read it.
-And?

It's first-class teaser material,
but not for today.

Yes, I can hear you. What?

And now Bouriano is closing the gap.
Last curve before the home stretch.

And no!
The Belgian overtakes our Karratsch!

Three hours, 56 minutes, 11 seconds.
Bouranio is second.

Rudolf Caracciola in third place. This is
the end of the first Grand Prix of Monaco.

I dictate. A new world sensation,
a breakneck course

through the stony canyons
of a metropolis.

Gasoline and speed,
expressing our accelerated time.

Right. Do you have that?
Printing in 45 minutes. Starting now.

May I ask why my article
can't be a teaser for today?

Firstly, we need concrete evidence

if we insinuate that Lufthansa
is helping the Reichswehr

with their illegal armament
of the German airforce.

Evidence? What evidence?

-Secondly... Jacoby!
-Coming!

Because his Betty Winter story
is doubling our circulation.

-Miss?
-Go ahead.

Yes, please give me W46-37.

-Morning.
-Certainly.

-Have you had breakfast, gentlemen?
-I...

I don't really care for hard-boiled eggs.

God. What's going on
with the Betty Winter story?

-There's a second body.
-Marvellous. Another dancer?

-No.
-Law office Litten, Seegers speaking.

This is Heymann, Tempo editorial office.

-Mr Litten asked to return his call.
-Hans Litten, the lawyer?

So not a dancer, what a pity. Who was it?

The gaffer was sh*t in the open street.

That's good too.
So Winter really was m*rder*d?

At any rate,
the police are investigating intensely.

Sensational! Let's do it: "She was looking
for glamour, he found death."

No. I'm sorry, not you, Mr Advocate.

-I need to see you ASAP.
-Right now?

-At the Café Romanche.
-I'm flying.

Going back to my article,

I have lots of evidence. My conversation
notes, my informers, what else do you want?

Something that makes it more graphic
for the reader.

-I also wanted...
-Images,

documents that prove
that your informer is no daydreamer.

-You probably can't use his name.
-Of course not.

But I can hardly walk
around Staaken airfield with a camera

and take pictures of top secret,
heavily guarded m*llitary operations.

-How do you figure that?
-Why ever not?

Take a leaf out of your colleague's book.

Excellent picture material. This drawing.
How did you get a hold of that?

-Good sources. They're essential.
-See? That's what you need.

So, Jacoby, how do you want to do this?

"Murders in the factory of dreams"?

"Human abysses. Heated sentiments.
A star burns out."

Very good.

It's about the inner turmoil
of modern man.

Ignes fatui between archaic
blood sausage and high sophistication.

It's of Shakespearean dimension.

-Yes.
-Shakespeare!

Print my article on page one
and you have something relevant.

Enough already.

I thought
that's what your publication is about.

Stop it!

I want an article about the colourful
world of film and its abysses,

without a theoretical overhang.

Our readers are interested
in the same things as everyone else,

sex and money
and memorable catchwords.

Vice, debauchery, intrigues,
jealousies, the full programme.

-That's Shakespeare.
-Yes.

And you get something official

which proves Lufthansa's collaboration
with the m*llitary. We need pictures.

-I'm a political journalist, not a...
-Without photographs

I can't print your article.
Katelbach, those days are gone.

You know that.

We have you to thank
for that nonsense with images.

-Pardon?
-Don't look at me like that.

It's the dictatorship of the yellow press.

We used to have readers,
now we have lookers.

If people want to see pictures,
they should go to the cinema. Goodbye.

I don't want to disturb.

Too late.

We have a ballistic result for the m*rder
w*apon in the Krempin case.

-And?
-A Roth Steyr M07, 8 millimetres.

My colleague and I will check
the profile of the projectiles

and compare it with the weapons
registered with us.

Please come back
when you have the result.

Certainly.

Which letter are you at?

"C".

I'll start with "F".
We might get to "H" by lunchtime.

Not in a million years.

It's no good.

My name is Sebald,
Berlin PD, department one.

I need to check the birth files
of January and February of this year.

PROTESTANT ORPHANAGE
BERLIN-FROHNAU

What's the name of the mother
in question?

Overbeck, Greta.

DOB 14-6-1907
in Gröningshusen on Darss.

Overbeck...

Oh yes.

The child is alive.

Male.

Born on 24-2-29.

And I see we have found a family for him.

The Flechtheims from Wilmersdorf.

The new parents will pick up
the little one at the end of the week.

You'll have to postpone.

-Pardon?
-By order of Councillor Wendt,

my office has taken over legal agency
for the infant.

-But...
-This is by superior authority.

Greta Overbeck's child will not leave
this house without official permission.

Have a nice day.

Hello, Mrs Kasabian.
Mr Bellman is expecting you.

He'll k*ll me, your husband.

-Or his wannabe.
-I'm telling you, they won't k*ll you.

What about this?

I'm sorry.

Esther, for the sake of all that connects
us, you have to rescue me from this beast.

Stop it.

When you needed
the money for your film...

...you sounded differently.

I know.

What am I supposed to do?

We've sh*t three quarters of the film.

Do you know how much the set alone...
-I know it's expensive.

But it was your dream and...

The beast made it possible for you.

You knew who he was when you took it.

Put in a good word for me.

If not a good word, any word.
They want me to keep sh**ting.

He needs to give me time.

What if he doesn't have any?

-Pardon?
-He borrowed the money himself.

Why?

Your husband needed this film
to launder one million of black money.

The money is from the bank.

It's all kosher.

Oh God.

Alright...

Tell him I'll think of something.

-You know I always think of something.
-Yes.

Like back then in Vienna, remember?

-When you replaced the entire orchestra...
-With the theremin.

Right, you remember.

I remember.

And back then...

I had an idea of how we can change
the libretto, remember?

Of course.

And the theremin was only possible
because I had this idea.

You're right.

We were a great duet.

-You'll talk to him.
-Yes.

I'll talk to him.

But first you show me the material.

All of it.

So you don't think the gaffer had anything
to do with Betty Winter's m*rder?

He was a stooge.

Apparently,
it was about criminal mischief.

-He washed his hands of the m*rder.
-Sure.

He was ready to spill the beans.

Did one of those responsible in Babelsberg
confirm those acts of sabotage?

I spoke with the producer on the phone.

-Bellman?
-Yes.

Film material was destroyed,

cameras were stolen,
technical equipment damaged.

However,
he downplayed the whole affair.

He's still holding out
for an insurance case.

There's a lot of money in that film.

I see.

-What about the pathology report?
-Still outstanding.

-Ballistics?
-The w*apon has been identified.

-Ulrich is checking the registration.
-Any similarity with the suspect you saw?

The silhouette, definitely.

What about the victim's husband?

Tristan Rot has been abroad, allegedly.

According to Bellman, the studio
is expecting him today. I'll talk to him.

Statistically, most of the perpetrators
come from the victim's environment.

Here you are.

Thank you.

What's the connecting element
of these two deaths?

Indeed, the anatomy of the two cases
is strikingly different.

What is your hypothetical motive?

In the case of the actress, competition,
envy, jealousy, anything is imagineable.

The m*rder of Krempin, however,
the way it was conducted,

points to organised structures
in the background.

Since I took over this panel, jealousy
has been the third most frequent motive.

It's all in there. The pile on the right.

CRIME TELEPATHY

No, not that one.

Also interesting, crime telepathy.

I'm reading up on it at the moment.

No, right at the bottom.
The blue notebook.

It's my annual crime analysis.

Come on.

I don't like to keep the press waiting.

You never know
what they might be able to do for us.

-Right?
-True.

You're Catholic, aren't you?

Yes.

Well, then you know all about it.

About what?

The deadly sins.

They are still the most frequent motives
for capital crime in our city.

Avarice is on top of the list.

But only since last year. It is followed
by revenge in second place,

jealousy in third.

What's new this year
is lust in fourth place.

But this is only the case here in Berlin,
ladies and gentlemen.

Sex crime is on the rise,

but it hasn't reached the heights we had
in the first five years after the w*r.

Cowardice is in fifth place.

Notably pushed down
and rather very exotic

is pride in sixth place.

It's neglectable.

And as you can see,

gluttony is the only deadly sin

which doesn't bear any weight
for our department.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you.

Do you know more
about the Betty Winter case?

-What role does Tristan Rot play?
-Any details about Betty Winter?

No comment at present.
We're in the middle of our investigation.

Criminal Counsellor, a picture
with you and your closest staff.

Who is paying for this?

A friend.

Well, a posh pad.

Can be done.

-Hello.
-Hello. My name is Seeling.

I'd like to speak with Mr Böhm.

-Yes?
-Mr Böhm?

My name is Seeling,
I'm with the financial auditing office.

We're conducting a survey
among investors at the stock market.

Would you have a few minutes
for some general questions?

-Yes, come in.
-Thank you.

This way.

Off you go, children.

We were just finished.

Can I offer you something?

No, thank you,
this will only take a minute.

-Please take a seat.
-Thank you.

What's this about?

You have shares
in a raw materials equity stake, correct?

Yes, yes.

-You bought shares of a property funds?
-That's correct.

-You bought automobile shares?
-Yes.

What kind of sum,
if I may ask, did you invest?

What do you mean?

How much money did you pay
for the shares?

Some 5,000 Marks or so.

-11,000 Reichsmarks.

21,500 Marks.

And you had the capital to finance this?

-You what?
-You had saved the money?

Was it in an account?

Am I made of money?

Would be nice.

Where did you get the money from?

-From the bank.
-From the credit institute.

There was a friendly gentleman
at the bank. He gave us the money.

On credit. I borrowed it.

What are the repayment conditions
for this loan?

When I get the revenue from the shares,
I'll pay it back.

You can follow it,
share prices are going up daily.

At the end, you just pocket the money.

Minus the loan, of course.

Of course.

Why do you ask?

It's part of the survey.

All walks of life,
all classes are involved.

But the crucial point is
that almost all of these investors,

be it a butcher or police officer,
invested far beyond their means.

So none of them can cover that capital.

No. Most of them paid multiples
of what they will earn in all their life

because they are convinced
or were convinced

that they will receive their investment
many times over in revenue.

The scale of it is ludicrous.

You will understand
how disturbing this research was for me.

It will all implode.

What do you mean?

Prices will fall again.

The increases
are already disproportional now.

But I fear this will go on for a while

before it all collapses
like a house of cards.

That won't be necessary.

-I'll wait outside.
-Thank you.

-Miss Overbeck...
-I have nothing to add to my statement.

It's not about you adding something
to your statement.

This is about an adjustment of the facts.

Very well.

At least come into the sun for a moment.

Come.

Come into the sun before it goes down.

Open your eyes.

Open your eyes, you have a visitor.

No.

Please don't. Please...

Not my child.

No!

No!

CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION

Bingo!

-Where's the detective?
-With Gennat.

You can leave it with us.

...compulsory craving for recognition
in other countries again

-and again...
-Excuse me, Criminal Councillor.

We're having a conference.
Don't you see?

But I have urgent, newest insights

in the Betty Winter case,
I mean Felix Krempin.

It's Detective Rath's case.

-Correct. I was told...
-Is this so urgent

that you have to interrupt our session?

Is there an acutely imminent crime
to be prevented?

No. I wanted...

There's a system, Mr Ulrich.

And the system has a purpose.
This purpose requires a form.

This form is
an information processing chain,

with strict parameters.

Right now in this moment,
you are untermining this form.

I beg your pardon.

-You didn't find anything, either?
-Nothing.

Where are you at?

"K". I'm at "K", yes.

OK.

Do you believe in coincidence,
Weisshaupt?

No.

Interesting. Neither do I.

-I believe in the system.
-That's why you work with me.

Newspaper.

CAFÉ ROMANCHE
BERLIN-CHARLOTTENBURG

Steirischer Kurier and Folha da Manha,
please.

It's being read at the moment,
Mr Katelbach.

Politely ask the gentleman
if he would let me have the paper.

-My name should suffice.
-Very well.

And give me the Vossische.

-Here you are.
-Thank you.

-Here you go.
-Thank you.

SECRET

Say...

How do you know Tilly Brooks?

I thought you never go to the pictures.

First of all, I go to the pictures.

And secondly, you don't have to know
actresses from films, have you?

Screen test Betty Winter...
Are all candidates here?

Please form one line.

Excuse me.

Her.

Not her.

Her, yes.

Yes.

No. Yes.

Yes. No.

No. For crying out loud, can you
at least pretend to make an effort?

That's not even Betty's hair colour.
Get out! Tristan!

-Tristan!
-Tristan...

-No.
-Tristan, thanks for coming.

Thanks for taking this upon you.

If it's at all conceivable
that one of these girls turns into Betty,

then only through you,
through your eyes, through your...

You are crazy.
You demand inhuman things from me.

Tristan, we are forced to keep sh**ting.

It can be one of them.

-Trust me.
-What you demand of me is superhuman.

I do understand you. Tristan.
What choice do I have?

Cancel. Pulp it. Burn it down.

-Betty wouldn't have wanted that.
-What would you know?

-Tristan, please.
-You mouldy soul. Vermin!

You mustn't...

-Tristan Rot?
-Yes.

Rath, CID.

Where can we talk in private
for a moment?

Can't you do this later?
This is a critical moment.

Now.

Follow me.

Vera?

It's me, Charlotte.

Oh, it's sassy Lotty.

-That's me.
-What are you doing here? Screen test?

No, I'm just looking around.

Oh yeah, you switched sides.
It's all official now, right?

Have you got a badge too?

Wow. And now you hunt down felons?

But you're an easy girl.

First of all, I was. Secondly, secret.

Gotcha.

-I'll take a look around.
-You do that.

-What about you?
-I'll be the new Winter, all going well.

BETTY WINTER m*rder*d
AFTER ALL?

Sorry, but this development
doesn't leave me any leeway.

What does that mean?

It means if the sh**t of your planned film
is cancelled due to foul play,

particularly due to m*rder,

my insurance will not be
financially liable for this loss.

I told you.

That's why I think it's best if...

What's an insurance contract
with all sorts of guarantees for

if it's worth sh*t when it counts?

Walter.

Walter!

Mr Salb...

We need to stay calm. You can't do this.

I didn't lie on the roads for a year
just to come into a scrapped port.

What are you trying to say?

That this place was blooming when I left.

-Yes?
-This is Bellman.

-The police are at the studio.
-Who?

Detective Rath.

Edg...

Edgar, what is this, God dammit...

Between us...

...no seed of discord must blossom.

Not an iota of mistrust
must soil our bond.

Go get your coat.
We're going to the studio.

Did you know Felix Krempin?

Also known as Peter Glaser?

Who?

The gaffer.

Did you know each other?

Well?

No.

But we had some...

...common interests.

Namely?

This world is just one side of the mirror.

The other one is the other world.

Can you be more specific?

Not everyone has the ability to resist
the temptations of the other world.

But Felix Krempin...

Why, do you think he m*rder*d Betty?

Where...

Where did you get this from?

What are you doing here in the dark?

The seam is untidy.

Shoulders straight.

CID, my name is Ritter.

Tristan.

Ewald.

Have you seen this?

Yes. This is my design.

-Oh, it's a costume.
-Why, of course. Look.

For Mr Rot.

-A m*rder*r is amongst us.
-Who are you?

This gentleman is the stand-in.

We're doing the fitting
for exactly this costume.

Adrian, sit down. Gisela, go ahead.

Are there several copies of this costume?

Two. One for Mr Rot
and one for his stand-in.

And they are both still here?

-Of course.
-Are you sure?

What kind of question is this?

It's a very simple question.

Gisela, go check.

There is none here.

-Of course it's here.
-Well, one is gone.

You're such a klutz, Gisela.

Here it is.

No.

It's not here.

It has disappeared.

Gisela, please, what's the matter now?

He didn't want to harm anyone.

Felix was really generous.

And always posh places.

They even served bubbly.

Yes. Where did Krempin suddenly
get the money from?

He... he let himself be hired by someone.

-By who?
-I don't know.

I don't know.

What was he supposed to do?

He was supposed to disrupt the sh**t.

Damage the film. But...

But he felt it became too dangerous
and he backed out.

Why do you believe
he didn't m*rder Betty Winter?

Because he ran away.

No, it's over!
I told you I'm not up for this!

Felix?

Who was that?

The same day,
hours before the spotlight came down.

May I introduce?

Tilly, this is Tristan.

Right, let's try the duet.

Adrian, on my cue your entrance.

Any blind cr*pple can see
that Brooks is not Betty Winter.

You have to do it.
You're a better dancer too.

-Thanks.
-The duet of Elsa and Balthasar,

with the demon.
Go on, kids, we have to go.

-Please, we're rolling.
-Camera!

Wait! The sound.

-Sound.
-Sound is running.

Action.

I didn't forget about you

And yet it's too presumptious

There is no turning back

No turning back

Detective Rath?

My name is Walter Weintraub.

Could I talk to you in private?

...dare
Since how many long days

And nights without any sleep

Enter the demon.

And now... Tristan.

I have to go. I'll see you later.

What...? I'll stay
and have another look around, OK?

We need to keep sh**ting, right away.

-That's what we're doing.
-Those are screen tests.

-We need to find out who...
-We don't have time for screen tests.

This place is full of people
who cost us money every day. No more.

We're losing a fortune at the moment.

You'll cast the role now. Here and now.

Miss Brooks? You have the role.

Go on, get your costume.

The entire crew on stage. We'll re-sh**t
the second part of the pedestal scene.

We'll start in an hour.
Get your costume, Tilly.

I'll be right back.

Jo, don't I get a say at all now?

What am I supposed to do?

You know how much I wanted this!

Get a grip. I have other things
to worry about now.

Detective.

What's the matter?

As you know,
me and my partner have invested

in very different places in the city.

Some of those businesses
are not doing well for us right now.

Particularly our stake in a film project.

You invested in Demon of Passion?

There are very specific points of contact

between my and your activities.

Let's start with you telling me
who would be interested in harming you.

I was hoping
you could answer that for me.

My investigation is confidential.

But I think we should pool our forces.

Our mutual mentor would approve.

We used to be cripples addicted to dr*gs,
Detective.

He healed us.

But the healing has its price.

And you have to be prepared
to pay this price.

28 SEPTEMBER

In a minute!

What is it?

Vera, I'm sorry.

Oh God, I'm so excited.

You'll be OK, Tilly.

You think?

I feel sick.

We need to sh**t!
Where is Miss Brooks?

Where is she, dammit?

No-one has a clue here.

Vera.

We'll use her, then.

Come on, girl, it's your chance.

Quiet, please!

-Miss...
-Lohmann, Vera.

Miss Lohmann,
please get ready to sh**t.

God be with us.

We'll go back to the stage part of
"We Have Long Lost Each Other",

take two, get to work, please.

Vera!

Let me out!

Help.

Help!

I don't see where you are going

When there is silence, and loneliness

Is heavy on my mind, and there...

-Have you seen Tilly Brooks?
-No. Probably stage fright.

You don't want to tell me where

Ask the question you are posing

It was looming inside of me
for a long time

It was pressing inside of me
for a long time

The longing that I once had

Indignation has displaced it now

We have long lost each other...

-The girl has pizzazz.
-But she can't sing.

We have long lost each other

We've grown apart in our hearts

We are the tail of yesterday's magic

And in our souls pain alone is burning
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