Truth & Treason (2025) s01e03 Episode Script

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[musical swirl]
[explosion]
[yelling]
[explosion]
[explosion]
[crying]
[muffled voices reading leaflets]
[phone ringing]
[continued voices]
[phone ringing]
[phone ringing]
Hello?
[Anne] You haven't even left?
No.
I'm still working.
You said you'd be home two hours ago.
I won't be much longer.
Is he asleep?
No, he's shaking and screaming.
And I don't know how to stop it.
I can't help him.
He won't stop screaming.
He doesn't want me. He wants you
All right.
I'm leaving now.
[gentle music]
[indistinct chanting]
[Max screaming]
[Max crying and screaming]
[gentle music]
So, I've been writing again.
And I may need some help.
All right.
Let's do it.
[upbeat, tense music]
[Rudi] Hitler’s false halo has fallen.
His words are nothing more
than acrid bubbles
that dissipate into thin air.
See the little man for what
he is: a murderous charlatan.
P.S. This is a chain letter. Pass it on.
Helmuth, let's go.
What?
If I were ever to get caught
I would never give them your names.
Me either.
I'll just blame it all on the bishop.
[knocking]
Turned in this morning.
I'm sorry
[Julius] Thank God Anne
and Max are alright.
Yeah.
Yeah, thank God.
I'm so sorr sorry.
[Grandmother] He's doing much better.
He's back to his old self, really.
He's so busy.
Well with his job
and then with church, typing.
Typing, 'til the wee hours.
He's such a good boy.
I hope he's not keeping you away.
No, no, no.
He's fine.
Oh, and thick as theives
with Karl and Rudi again.
Those crazy boys are
here almost every night.
Let me know if they
were bothering you at all.
No, no, not at all.
I think he'd really like to see you.
You know he's cooking
dinner for the boys and me tonight.
Meatloaf, I believe.
Maybe you could join us.
What do you think?
Helmuth's cooking meatloaf.
That's right.
We might survive it.
You should come.
I'd love to, but I can't tonight.
All right.
I'll come one day soon,
though, that's for sure.
That's fine, my love.
Thank you, Mama.
Bye.
Bye.
[gentle music]
Here it is, boys.
Our next leaflet.
You wrote one.
Yes. And it's very good.
[Helmuth] All right, then.
Let's hear it.
Dear Mr. Hitler, we
feel it necessary to inform you
that a grave
disservice is being perpetuated
Those are some big words, Karl.
is being perpetuated in the Reich,
namely the horrendously prudish uniforms.
Considering the
incredible beauty of our German sisters,
it seems that
shorter skirts would be in order,
and perhaps a lower neckline.
And now allow me to
expound upon the virtues of cleavage.
Not bad.
Not bad at all.
Didn't know you were such a Casanova.
Oh, and you were Mr.
Big Shot Resistance Fighter.
You can't even talk to that girl at work.
What's her name?
Elli, I talk to her all the time.
Yeah? About what?
Filing cabinets?
When are you going to ask her out?
I'm pacing myself.
Is that what you call it?
Pacing yourself?
Like you're any better.
Right.
Let Helmuth write the leaflets.
Come on and help me.
All right. Let me show you how it's done.
I just need to divide these into two,
[Rudi] and then if you take the
ones in the back, then it's fine.
Yeah, those are stamped.
These aren't stamped yet.
So if you can help me.
[Mohns]goals and deliver
better results for all departments.
Now this meeting has
already gone up longer than intended.
That will be all.
Oh, Ellie. Hey.
Glad I ran into you.
Just had a quick question.
I was just wondering
Yes.
Can you make a
change, amend something I said?
Yes, of course um
Do you need something?
No, no. I just need to file these.
I said periodic and random reviews,
but I should have
stated periodic and timely reviews.
Sorry.
Just that one change,
because as you know,
any term introduced by the
Interdepartmental Affairs needs
[Helmuth] Dear Elli.
I would love to invite you
to accompany me to
the opera this weekend.
Franz Lehar's operetta
"Giuditta" is playing
and always delights in its reach
for the Italian flair.
Please let me know if this
proposal interests you.
Your company would be most welcome.
Cordially, Helmuth.
[background conversations]
[Elli] So you like opera?
I love it.
Are you trying to ask me on a date?
[nervous laugh] Uh Yeah.
I want you
to pick me up here Friday.
Seven sharp.
[Max screaming and crying]
[sighs]
Julius was talking to me today.
Greta was asking if we
could come over for cards and whatnot.
I guess it's their turn.
I told him we weren't going
out much right now,
so he asked if perhaps they
could come over here.
I told him we'd talk about it.
Did we ever talk about my
university professor? Schultz?
[Anne] From your one year at university?
Yeah, before I dropped out.
Gottlieb Schultz.
Professor of World History. He was
Well, he opened my eyes, you know.
First time away from home and suddenly
the world’s much bigger.
Had my first girlfriend.
[Anne] Clara?
Yes.
Yeah, Schultz didn’t just lecture
about peoples and cultures.
He took you there with his words.
He sort of took us under
his wing, Clara and me.
All of us, really.
And without even meaning to,
I learned about life.
About loyalty and integrity
what it means to be a good man.
So I decided to study French
literature. Become a poet.
And then a friend of mine
informed me that Schultz,
this whole time, had been
sleeping with my girl.
[Anne] What did you do?
I uh
I took it out on the friend who told me.
Knocked him out cold.
For telling you the truth?
Yeah. For telling me the truth.
Do you wish you'd never known?
The truth?
I have never been unfaithful.
Karl Oswald Vater was my employer.
He cornered me
and he raped me.
I'm a good mother for my boys
and I have never been unfaithful.
[opera singing]
[opera music continues]
[Elli] That was beautiful.
I genuinely think it's one of
Franz Lehar's best operas.
Where are we going?
It's just down here.
Technically it's an operetta,
but it's really
I especially liked that aria.
What was it called again?
“My Lips’ Fiery Kiss.”
Yes, that's the one.
It was nice.
It's one of the best arias ever written.
Not better than
Bizet's flower aria from Carmen.
Yeah, but My Lips Fiery
Kiss would be a close second.
Which I also thought was
beautifully performed tonight.
[Helmuth] Although Jenny Lind
would have done it better
had she been alive when it was written.
[Elli] Who's Jenny Lind?
She was one of the most renowned
sopranos of the 19th century,
and a favorite of Felix Mendelssohn’s,
and for whom he wrote
some of his best arias.
Who's Felix Mendelssohn?
Joking! I know who Mendelssohn was.
That's good to know since
we’re not allowed to
listen to him anymore
because he was Jewish.
Even though he was baptized
a Reformed Christian
at the age of seven.
Doesn't seem to matter
to our leaders in Berlin.
[Helmuth] Anyway
Do you know where he was born?
Lehar?
Mendelssohn.
No.
Right here.
- In Hamburg?
- No, right here.
[Helmuth] This is where we were going.
[Helmuth] Do you know who
commissioned that plaque?
I'm sure you're about to tell me.
None other than Jenny Lind.
The most renowned soprano of
the 19th century.
[laughs] Yeah, and more than two
decades after his death, she
Stop talking.
[opera music swells]
You'd better get me home.
It's starting to rain.
[gentle music]
[somber music]
It's high treason.
We believe in being subject to
Kings, presidents, rulers
I know the doctrine.
But this is Helmuth we're talking about.
This is my congregation.
And my duty to them
Do you think that Christ
would betray one of His flock?
I'm protecting the flock.
Like you did with Salomon?
When they find Helmuth
and they will find him
Where do you think the Gestapo will turn?
They'll go straight to a little church
where he got the typewriter.
And the mimeograph.
To the one who purchased the mimeograph.
To his wife.
To his children.
[shuddered breaths]
Ten of spades.
Who's go is it?
Mine, mine.
Stop.
- No.
- This is mine.
This is also mine.
This is mine.
This is mine.
Another game?
Yep.
Oh, I love this song.
[jazz music]
Dance with the lady.
Please.
No, he never
Get up.
[laughter]
[laughter]
One more.
[laughter]
[Max screaming]
[Max screams]
No, no, give it a moment.
[Max continues]
He has nightmares.
These tremors.
The doctor says they should go away.
[screams]
Eventually.
[screams]
[Julius] [Clears throat] Hello?
They're quoting from banned authors.
What time is it?
They’re quoting Thomas Mann.
Then it’s Schiller. He’s even got a
oh where is it
Yeah, here.
Quote: “And so the English
soldier could never feel
that he had been misled
by his own countrymen,
as was the case with the German soldier,
who rejected everything
coming from this source
as swindles and bunk.”
You know where that’s from?
No.
Mein Kampf.
[Julius] Ah, of course.
He's weaving between Schiller,
Thomas Mann, the Führer.
He's even thrown in a little
Shakespeare for good measure.
Hamlet.
It’s quite brilliant.
[Julius] So an intellectual,
a university professor or something.
[thunder]
Or someone who has access
to banned literature.
They keep an archive.
Copies of banned books. Where?
Uh, Berlin.
Any in this region? What about City Hall?
I'll look into it first thing Monday.
And do you think
Good, do it.
[door opening and closing]
[gentle music swells with ominous tones]
[tense music]
[Helmuth] "‘Tis the times’ plague,
when madmen lead the blind"
[tense music continues]
oh, alright
[clears throat] Ex excuse me.
I'm I'm
Yes
we'll need an update on the
river dredging project
[Julius] Heinrich Mohns?
Heil Hitler!
[Julius] I understand you
archive banned books here.
Yes, yes we do.
Show me.
[ominous tones build]
[Gestapo Secretary] Sir, can I help you?
Look what I found.
[fast-paced, suspenseful music]
Who else has keys to this room?
That is not what you just said.
[Werner] What I meant was,
I'm not the only one
that goes down there.
Into the archives.
Who goes in there?
The archives?
[Erwin] Where they keep the
banned books. And these.
[tense music]
[fast-paced, dramatic music]
You're dead.
[Erwin] Easy!
He's working for someone.
He's going to tell us who it is.
[Erwin] Profile.
Now look at me.
[dramatic stinger]