Breslau (2025) s01e04 Episode Script

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- [whistle blowing]
- [panting]
[whistle blowing]
[gun cocks]
Put the gun down!
Put it down.
[gun firing]
[dog barking in distance]
THE BRESLAU MURDERS
[singing in Yiddish]
"The sports event of the century
is rapidly approaching.
The Olympic Games in Berlin
are meant to prove to the entire world
the validity of the concept
of superiority of the Aryan race.
The great athletic celebration
will not be disturbed
even by the controversial participation
of Black athletes.
[phone ringing]
Should they compete with white athletes?
"We spoke about this with the famous
anthropologist Bruno Beger."
Superintendent Barens.
Holtz.
Heil Hitler,
Obersturmbannführer Holtz.
Headquarters in ten minutes.
And prepare
an arrest warrant for Podolsky.
That fucking Polish tramp.
That drunken bum.
That fucking boozehound!
He just wrecked his entire career!
He ruined everything, but I'll get him!
And you're going to help me, Barens.
[line disconnects]
The Eyeburner attacked another victim
near the town hall.
He stunned and tried to drag the man
into one of the courtyards.
A caretaker scared him off,
and the victim is in the city hospital.
Nowak and Zeigler.
You'll go to interrogate the victim.
Write everything down in detail
like it's a school dictation.
Yes, Superintendent.
Benk.
You'll interrogate the caretaker
at the precinct.
Set aside all other cases.
The Eyeburner is a priority.
Any questions?
Sir, do we report to Detective Podolsky?
No, directly to me
and Obersturmbannführer SS Holtz.
Podolsky doesn't exist to us anymore.
Himmler humiliated,
a dead police officer,
and the suspect has disappeared.
And this?
Yesterday, this could've been
a success story. Today is trash!
Podolsky buried my career!
I understand you're upset,
but I am the Chief of Criminal Police
in Breslau
and I won't allow
this kind of treatment.
And I am the Chief of the SS
for all Lower Silesia,
and I don't know how much longer
I'll let you work here.
You put your head on the block
for this drunk.
Yes, and I take full responsibility
for what happened.
[chuckles]
Wonderful.
I'm moved, truly.
And if it helped at all,
I'd have you shot right away.
- As for Podolsky
- Don't mention that name to me.
Find him and arrest him.
What's the name of that Jew?
That friend of his.
The one with whom he broke
into the Forensic Medicine Unit.
- Why do you ask?
- The name.
Name.
Krakauer.
[door opens and closes]
- Have you searched the wardrobe?
- [objects clattering]
Maybe he's hiding in my hatbox.
[exhales heavily]
This is a serious matter, madam.
Franz will rip your balls off for this.
Obersturmbannführer Holtz
gave the order.
I already told you,
I haven't seen him since yesterday.
He didn't come home.
I believe you.
I'm sorry.
Erwin.
Tell me what happened.
[exhales] I really can't.
But I'm going to worry.
I don't have any details, madam.
But it seems that the detective
has been suspended again.
- Again?
- Yes, like the last time,
after the death of that pervert,
Felix Von Berg.
The superintendent reinstated him
a few days ago, and now, apparently
So, he's been suspended
for the last three months?
[Benk grunts softly]
Right?
That's all from us. I want to apologize
profusely for this intrusion.
Let's go!
Where have you been going
for the last three months, you bastard?
I swear I'll find that whore.
Prof. Dr. INGA EISSMANN
Psychoanalyst
You son of a bitch.
[playful chatter, laughter]
Mr. Fox!
[upbeat music playing]
A telegram for you.
- Bad news, Foxy?
- On the contrary.
- I'm famous.
- Oh!
Sir Anthony Weston
wants me to work for his agency.
And you don't want to?
Write editorials
about antisemitism for RZF?
- No, I have better things to do.
- [laughing]
What's going on here?
For Karol's mother, for the funeral.
Did he show up?
Check the local bars,
dives, and brothels.
[phone ringing]
[clears throat]
Inga Eissmann?
Well, then we have to talk.
How long have you been fucking Franz?
[Inga clears throat]
I'm working with him
on the Eyeburner case.
Building his psychological profile.
He'd have to be a fool
to cheat on a woman like you.
Got some cognac?
HUNGARIAN HOTEL
[imperceptible]
[knocking on door]
[pounding on door]
Occupied!
[both laughing]
- Alpha male. That's how they are.
- [chuckles]
And your husband?
Does he get jealous too?
Why do you think I have one?
[woman singing faintly on record]
Franz.
Describe
his psychological profile to me.
Mmm. He's [chuckles]
Simple and complicated at the same time.
[both laugh]
Exactly.
He tries to hide how sensitive he is.
Flaunts his intelligence a bit too much.
And he doesn't
appreciate women. [chuckles]
You're right.
Sometimes he acts
like he doesn't know me at all.
[chuckles] I thought
he'd go mad with jealousy
when he found
the Eyeburner's letter on me.
[chuckles softly]
A letter?
[exhales heavily]
[sighs] Fuck.
Yes, sir.
Holtz issued a warrant for your arrest.
[breathes heavily]
But I don't know anything about it yet.
Excuse me?
Technically,
I still work for the police.
To fire me, they'd have to find me first
and take my badge.
Right.
How did you manage to get out of there?
I don't remember.
I need some fresh clothes.
[Vollinger mumbles indistinctly]
And a place to stay for a few days.
Since you've found me here,
they'll figure it out sooner or later.
[breathing heavily]
We need to find the Eyeburner
before they do.
Then Hitler himself will absolve me.
Then we'd better hurry.
The Eyeburner attacked again.
[knocking on door]
- Come in.
- [door opens and closes]
[assistant] The police sent
an interrogation report on Müller,
the Eyeburner's would-be victim,
Obersturmbannführer Holtz.
Leave it.
[door closes]
It's me, honey.
Is he back?
Take the driver please,
and check the train stations, cafes
Any place you can think of.
Just do it discreetly.
[chuckles nervously]
No, nothing's happened.
I'm just worried.
Yes, fine.
[sighs]
[breathing heavily]
The car.
[toilet flushing]
I wanted to talk to you, Mr. Müller.
I don't know you.
Detective Podolsky.
I'm investigating the Eyeburner case.
Uh-huh. I already told
your colleagues everything.
And I'd like to hear it again.
From you.
He had a mark here, on his hand.
Or a rash.
Maybe it was a burn.
I don't know, it was dark.
- But I've already told them.
- Why were you out so late?
I was leaving from a restaurant.
Restaurants close at 10:00 p.m.
What were you doing there at 11:00?
- I went to a bar.
- [door opens]
Occupied. You hear me?
[door closes]
Which bar?
[inhales sharply]
Schlingel on Szewska Street.
- Are you a homosexual?
- I beg your pardon?
I resent that!
I'm a public official.
I work at the magistrate.
Relax, I don't care.
I won't put it in the report.
But I need to know
if the assault was sexual in nature.
He was just staring at me all evening.
He sat at the bar and watched me.
And when I walked up to him,
he turned and left.
And you went after him.
The Eyeburner kills first.
And then he goes for the victim's eyes.
There was no chlorine, right?
He didn't mention burning them.
I was just afraid it would come out.
That he's a lover from the bar.
I'm sorry, boss,
but I couldn't leave the precinct.
Barens, I mean, the superintendent,
was breathing down my neck all day.
I'll try to find
a normal place tomorrow.
It's fine.
But if Lena finds out
that you took me to a brothel,
then you'll be in deeper shit with her
than I am with Holtz.
[chuckles]
She won't find out. I brought toiletries
and a few fresh shirts
And that's what we got today
from the embassy in London.
Fox's article.
I wonder how he got it.
Only you, Barens, and I knew.
And Holtz.
[chuckling] Yeah, Holtz.
Fucking careerist.
He wanted to impress Himmler,
and a communist is the perfect choice
for a perpetrator.
[Podolsky exhales deeply]
I need to see Lena.
If Holtz has his men outside my house,
take care of them.
Yes, sir.
[muffled upbeat music playing]
[keys jangling]
[lock clicking]
[music continues playing]
However, Miss Mary is a lady
Mary has sex just like me ♪
Mary's blood boils and burns
Miss Mary, the world dreams of her ♪
An average type, supposedly
But she has that something, Mary ♪
That whoever sees her once
Woe betide him very much ♪
Whoever meets Mary even once
Will say how sweet she is ♪
When her eyes gaze tenderly at you
You already lost and succumbed to her ♪
So, given these virtues
I'm so eager ♪
I love you, oh, my Mary
Oh, it's okay ♪
[exclaims, laughing]
Shh.
Are you crazy?
Sneaking into your own home?
Good evening, darling.
I see you've missed me very much.
I've been worried to death
that something happened to you
and I wouldn't be able
to kill you myself.
[Podolsky] Hmm.
Now, explain yourself.
They're after me.
I've made a mistake.
You threw up on Holtz,
I can understand that.
Explain why you were lying to me.
- I don't know what you mean.
- [scoffs]
You went to work
every morning for three months.
Where were you?
I know it wasn't the precinct.
[Podolsky sighs heavily]
- None of your business.
- None of my business?
- It's not important now.
- It's important to me.
[stopper opens]
What do you want?
Did you lack anything?
Champagne, fun, new dresses?
That's how you see me?
You never said what you were doing
the night the Eyeburner
slipped you the letter.
I don't remember. I was drunk.
Very convenient.
Inga is right.
You don't understand me at all.
Inga who?
Fine. Let's have it your way.
But from now on, you have no right
to ask me where I go and with whom.
[Podolsky sighs]
Come on, quit sulking.
I love you.
Me too.
[inhales sharply]
- Say it normally.
- I'm saying it normally.
You say "me too" when you're angry.
Say, "I love you."
I love you, and now I have to go
because I'm late.
[Podolsky sighs]
Lena.
[door closes]
[sighs]
What was in those letters?
Some bullshit.
That he's cleaning the city.
That we're alike.
Meaning you executing that psychopath?
The killer wants you to think
that's what triggered his crimes.
That you're
an accomplice to his murders.
But why drag Lena into it?
How does he know me?
Go back to the archives.
Check the reds' files again.
You want a lift to the brothel, boss?
Go to the precinct.
I still have something to do.
And one more thing.
Check if Zelda applied for a US visa
first thing in the morning.
Yes, sir.
[sighs softly]
[sniffles]
You have to be careful.
Honey
- Drive.
- Where?
- Just go!
- Giddy-up.
[horse neighs]
[crying softly]
[hurried footsteps approaching]
[sighs]
I thought I made myself clear.
Johann, we can't just sit idly.
We have no other choice.
If anyone finds out
about his disappearance,
we'll attract the attention
of all of Breslau.
He's your son.
[sighs]
It's for his own good, understand?
[crying]
He'll be fine.
He'll be fine.
It's not the first time.
He'll come back.
Please. It's been three days.
Let me call her.
She won't tell anyone and she can help.
She knows him at least as well as we do.
Please.
[sighs]
[sighs] Take your pills and lie down.
[continues crying]
The tattoo is the same,
but the initials are different.
He has an "A" like Ann,
she has "U" like Uwe.
Zelda applied for a visa a month ago.
She wanted to go to America
with Blumenstein.
He could have killed Zelda
and Blumenstein out of jealousy.
Boss, it all adds up.
Uwe Gerber is our man.
He's been with the communists
for six years.
He has a weapon for sure.
He studied Philosophy
at Goethe University in Frankfurt.
I bet he knows
the Book of Nahum by heart.
The graphologist also said it was
definitely someone well-educated.
- He quit studying in his third year.
- Got involved with communists.
And one more thing.
He works in the Jewish Hospital
warehouse on Sudeten Street.
He can get chlorine.
[footsteps approaching]
[woman] Who is it?
- The caretaker.
- What?
I need to check the meters.
It's only the middle of the month.
The collector took the tokens.
[gun cocks]
New rules.
Sure, squeeze the last marks
out of people, that you're good at.
How will I feed my baby?
- [gasps]
- [Podolsky] Shh.
[baby crying]
[baby continues crying]
Open it.
[grunting]
Sit down!
[panting]
[baby continues crying]
Where is he?
[panting] I don't know.
He's been gone for three weeks.
Ask the caretaker.
Are you his wife?
Is that his child?
Yes.
Is it normal that he disappears
for several weeks?
Is it normal that you persecute Jews
and murder your political opponents?
He's suspected
of murdering three people.
- [laughs]
- He had an affair with a prostitute.
I don't give a shit
about your bourgeois propriety.
And that prostitute
is one of the victims.
[gasps softly]
[doorbell ringing]
[smacks wall]
- Lena.
- Good morning.
What a surprise. Please, come in.
Poldek just left ten minutes ago.
You can leave a message for him.
Or I can ask him to visit you tonight.
[chuckles] No, there's no need.
The thing is
I don't know where Franz is.
He left me a strange letter, and
I also don't feel safe lately.
My dear, did something happen?
[chuckles] No,
it's basically nothing, but
- I feel like someone's following me.
- Following you?
That's very serious.
Then you really need to talk to Poldek.
Last night
someone was walking behind me
down the street,
and when I stopped and turned around,
that person stopped too.
For God's sake, Lena.
What were you doing there alone?
- It doesn't matter, it's just that
- It does matter.
Darling, I'm sorry, but a young woman
shouldn't be wandering around town
alone in the middle of the night.
- I understand, but
- But? There's no but.
Homeless people, thieves, rapists.
We live in very dangerous times.
I know.
You're right.
- [objects clattering]
- [baby cooing]
Hush, darling.
[baby crying]
I told you, you won't find anything.
[breathing heavily]
[baby continues crying]
[chuckles softly]
What's this?
Here it is.
[Podolsky breathes deeply]
Number 33, Spinning Street.
July 16th.
9:00 p.m.
Tomorrow.
Boss.
[panting]
I found him.
You think that will save you?
He's a communist.
I need a dozen men to take him down.
Too late, Podolsky.
I've vouched for you.
But you don't give a shit
about that, do you?
You use people when you need them,
but you don't really care about anyone.
One last chance.
You destroy everything you touch.
Do you know who paid
for your stunts this time?
Doctor Krakauer.
- What?
- Holtz sent him to the Dachau camp.
[gun cocks]
[gun fires]
[guns cocking]
I regret that fate
made our paths cross, Podolsky.
[handcuffs clicking]
I'm sorry
that I've embarrassed you, but
I heard you got the Eyeburner.
I demand that you free Doctor Krakauer.
One more word
and you'll be in Dachau with him.
- I should be there, not him.
- Yeah, I agree.
So please
I don't have time for this nonsense
and you have even less. Who is it?
I'll bring him in
if you release the doctor.
Name.
I can get it out of you by force.
Maybe that would work,
but it would take time.
And we know we don't have that.
You don't have it, Podolsky.
[cell door unlocking]
[door opens]
[Barens] You've been reinstated to
the force by Obersturmbannführer Holtz.
This will be your last operation.
Get going.
[sighs]
[Podolsky] There are three exits from
the factory. Two on Stabelwitz Street.
One from the back.
We need to watch all the windows.
Four of you will be patrolling
the workers' quarters.
He won't escape far.
We're looking for Uwe Gerber.
But don't rely on the photo,
he may look different.
How do we recognize him?
Maybe we won't.
That's why we have to catch all of them,
to the last man.
And most importantly,
we don't know what's waiting for us,
if they have weapons and what kind.
But your orders are not to shoot.
We need Gerber alive.
How do we defend ourselves?
Wisely.
And that, comrades, we won't allow!
[men] We can't!
We can't let those fascists
take away what we value the most.
Our freedom and our dignity!
[men] We can't!
We can't let them destroy
our dreams of a new world.
A world free from exploitation.
A world free from national
and religious conflicts.
[men shouting in agreement]
[Gerber] So we will show them
that the revolution continues!
That we were, we are,
and we will be here!
Yes! That's right!
Yes!
[gun firing]
On the ground! Hands on your head. Now!
On the ground!
[indistinct shouting]
On the ground!
[policeman 1] On the ground! Now!
[policeman 2] Come here. By the wall.
Line up, one by one.
Stop stalling. Move. Faster. Now!
Go. One by one.
Faster. Go.
Come on!
Chimek, God damn it.
[men shouting]
[Gerber] Beat a fascist!
[men shouting indistinctly]
[gun fires]
[policeman 3] By the wall!
[shouting continues]
[groaning, panting]
What now, Gerber?
The party's over.
No, Podolsky.
It's just the beginning.
[breathing heavily]