Carlos (2010) s01e03 Episode Script

Episode 3

This film is the result of historical and journalistic research.
Because of controversial gray areas in Carlos' life, the film must be viewed as a fiction tracing two decades in the life of a notorious terrorist.
His relations with other characters have been fictionalized as well.
Not bad! So much better! They just left.
According to wiretaps, they're going to the airport.
The house is empty.
I want to get a look inside.
Careful, they may come back.
We'll hurry.
Come here.
A stockpile.
Something's in the works.
I'll alert airport security.
Tell them to be careful.
No gunfire.
Understood.
The Alfa Romeo? I can try.
Permission to fire back! He's out of his mind.
Open the door! Don't move.
- Are you okay? - I'm fine.
Vice Minister of the Interior I spoke to the Minister.
He wants a report on Carlos' group.
They have backing the world over.
Especially in progressive Arab countries.
Friends of our big brother, Moscow.
What do our Soviet comrades think? Sorry we're late.
Have a seat.
Thank you.
The question is: does he work for the KGB? The West thinks they have very close ties.
Our comrades in Moscow are tight-lipped.
He studied there, but was expelled for misconduct.
They claim to have no file.
It's the best possible cover.
So what do they recommend? They say that as a sovereign state, we should act as we see fit.
Let's make sure he has no targets here in Hungary.
- What's out there? - Nothing at all.
Let go! You think I'm an idiot? Come here.
Some whiskey, please.
Libyan Secret Service Aden, South Yemen Come on, guys! The documents! Burn them on the double! Writer Moscow Airport I told you your time would come! It will never come! Calm down! Don't touch me! Is this what you want? Know what? You're right.
Your time will never come.
Never! Not until you learn discipline.
You think this is a game? You think it's a game? It's a war! We're soldiers! Soldiers fighting a war! It's no game! I'm not just your husband.
Understand? I'm your leader.
I'll send you out on the field only when I decide it's time.
Not a minute before.
Until then, you have absolutely nothing to do except to stay ready.
Watch out! Why does Weinrich want to talk? Probably about the weapons.
- What does the KGB say? - Nothing, as usual.
They know of no arms that came via Moscow.
Carlos wants to make East Berlin a base for attacks in Western Europe.
The arms transit by Syrian diplomatic pouch.
Syria is allied with us and the Soviets.
According to my report on Carlos, he met with Qaddafi.
He's also a Libyan agent.
Syria and Libya work hand in hand.
Al-Assad and Qaddafi will soon announce their alliance.
Carlos is a mercenary.
He's dangerous.
We have him under control.
You're naïve.
He's uncontrollable.
If Western intelligence locates him here, we'll be under pressure.
Let him stay in Budapest, anywhere.
But not here.
Understood? Major Voigt! Tell those idiots they're making a serious mistake.
They'll have to answer for it.
It's their duty.
Don't insult them.
I don't think it's their duty to undermine my agreement with the Soviets.
They let me transit arms and explosives.
I am aware of no such agreement.
I want to see Dahl.
You shall.
Given that Moscow is helping us with these deliveries, I wonder how you can dare stop us.
I'll keep you posted.
You have no business here now.
I need to know about Ceausescu's money.
Get going.
Can we come back? When I whistle.
What's going on, Ali? We didn't hear much.
They're wary.
They mentioned Ceausescu.
He offered them a million dollars.
- What for? - We don't know.
I want to be paid more.
He hit me.
I have blood in my mouth.
Find a place for them to load their weapons into a camping car with French license plates.
Colonel Dahl is returning the confiscated arms? It came from higher up.
It was approved by Minister Mielke.
On one condition: the transfer must not occur on Stasi property.
Find a suitable place.
Come on! Back it up! All here.
You can check.
I assume there's no use asking where you're taking them.
We have an agreement with your superiors.
We're asking you to secure the transportation of the weapons to the border with West Germany.
Beyond that it's not your concern.
I'll personally follow the vehicle to the border.
- Don't cheat.
- I'm not cheating! Not so fast.
Can I look now? One more step.
Not so fast! It's a big surprise.
Open your eyes.
You're insane! Totally insane! I'm 30.
It's my birthday.
I'll never get inside! Of course you will! You're getting inside! I can't believe it.
I have a gift for you.
The flag of the Cuban revolution.
The flag of victory, Ilich.
I haven't been called Ilich in ages.
Okay? Five.
Show me what you're made of.
I'll hit three.
France's Ambassador to Beirut was killed.
Louis Delamare was assassinated near his residence.
He was alone with his chauffeur in his car.
He was shot with 10 bullets, 3 to the head.
Damascus, Syria Couldn't find gloomier? It's discreet.
There are others downtown.
Throw out your joint on the double! - You do what I asked? - Sure.
It's here in Rue Marbeuf.
Here's the entrance.
Al Watan Al Arabi is located here.
And Abu Zahr's office? Here on the right.
Everyday at9 a.
m.
he goes down to buy the Arab press.
He reads it in this café here.
He's back in his office by 10.
I'll tell you when.
You'll pick up the car bomb and park it in Rue Marbeuf.
Just below his office.
I'm no explosives expert.
The timer will be set.
Magdalena will come.
It'll be easy.
She'll have my instructions.
Follow them to the letter.
Bruno Bréguet.
I don't know you.
My friend François Genoud speaks highly of you.
Can I trust you? I justspent7 years in Israeli prison.
I'm as committed to Palestine as ever.
I brought you 2000 dollars.
I need pictures for the passports.
We had some taken.
It wasn't very clever to get your bag stolen.
All your stuff, your money First day in Paris! 50,000 dollars.
Can't file a complaint! Today's the day.
A white Peugeot.
Basement of the George V parking lot.
Hello, sir.
- Can I help you? - No, thank you.
Have your ticket? From the gate.
Don't move! Hang up! Now! Don't move! Get down! To Gaston Defferre, Minister of the Interior.
I'm writing to inform you that 2 members of our organization, Magdalena Cecilia Kopp and Bruno Bréguet were arrested in Paris by French law enforcement during mission which wasn't targeting France.
They should not serve time for being dedicated to the revolutionary cause.
On behalf of our group leaders, issue the following warning.
.
One, we refuse that our comrades stay in prison.
Two, we will not accept their extradition to any country whatsoever.
We demand their release within 30 days upon receipt of this letter.
We are not at war with socialist France.
I ask you in all sincerity not make us wage one.
signed the Organization of the Armed Arab struggle, Arm of the Arab Revolution.
Carlos.
French Embassy at the Hague Kopp and Bréguet's lawyer Come Let's get away from the bugs.
I've been tailed since I set foot in Hungary.
They won't let up till you leave.
The newspapers printed my letter.
Who leaked it? The Ministry.
Defferre wanted to negotiate.
His advisors were against it.
He's stuck.
He won't give in? Chirac, the mayor of Paris, is dead-set against it.
He knows I weigh my words.
If he ignores my ultimatum, I won't hesitate to strike.
Public opinion prevents them from giving in.
So war it is.
Two days after the ultimatum expired Chirac is traveling in this wagon.
In the VIP section.
I heard a terrible explosion.
The window on one side on my right exploded.
What's strange is that I was wounded on this side.
At 8:40 p.
m.
the Capitol train was traveling at 140 km/h when an explosion tore through the second wagon.
Pieces of the roof were found 100 meters away.
Travelers ran to help the victims.
shouts, cries for help, corpses AFP? This is the Armed Wing of the Arab Revolution.
We blew up the train.
We won't let up until the release of Bruno Bréguet and Magdalena Kopp.
I told you it would be war.
Beirut, two weeks later Coder at the French Embassy Don't tire yourself.
The embassy is becoming unbearable.
The Syrians have gone berserk.
French TV is running a documentary blaming them for the Ambassador's murder.
But they did it.
They deny it.
They're using Carlos as leverage.
Any news? A second ultimatum.
It's being kept secret to avoid panic.
They say they'll strike here in Beirut.
What for? To be heard.
The trial's an excuse.
Isn't it today? Prison guards are on strike.
All the Syrians want is to block the documentary.
Period.
You shouldn't have! East Berlin, two days later Ljubljana, Yugoslavia Postojna, Yugoslavia The same day Italo-French border The next day Offices of AI Watan Al Arabi The same evening, TF1 broadcasts the documentary implicating Syria in the murder of the French Ambassador to Lebanon Thenextday,9:00 Beginning of the trial of Magdalena Kopp and Bruno Bréguet 9:01 am, Rue Marbeuf.
A car parks in front of number 33.
The violent detonation rocks the windows and storefronts up to 150 meters away.
The car was parked by the Al Watan Al Arabi newspaper.
Last report.
.
one dead 46 wounded.
11 very seriously.
Did you work at the paper? Is there a connection? We had a bomb threat in December.
We often got letters.
What kind of letters? "We're going to blow you up.
" sometimes the night guard would get a call.
.
"It's gonna blow.
You got 5 minutes to live.
" It had to happen.
Like when it was based in Lebanon.
Now they did it in Paris.
The government will use every means to find the perpetrators, to bring them to justice and to reinforce the protection of the population.
As of today, the government has decided to declare persona non grata the military attaché and the cultural attaché of the Syrian Embassy in Paris because of their actions on French soil.
By remaining silent, by awaiting your verdict, the man you call Carlos, a man of audacity and courage, has shown the poise of a great politician.
Kopp and Bréguet remained seated showing total indifference to the trial.
Despite being entitled to express and defend themselves, they saw no interest or value in the proceedings.
5 years for Bréguet, 4 for Kopp.
Twice what prosecutors asked for, but the Rue Marbeuf bombing tipped the scales.
Budapest, State Security Get the whisky.
Rome, Fiumicino Airport Follow me, ma'am.
Fleury-Mérogis, three years later Get your things.
You leave today.
French-West German border We've informed her that she's banned from France.
We'll question her, then let her go.
It's no longer our business.
Neu-Ulm, West Germany The next day Mama! No one calls me so late.
Frankfurt Airport What are you doing? Leave that! Fall of the Berlin Wall Stasi Headquarters Damascus, Syria Where's Carlos? He could help for once.
Where's the little girl hiding? Where is she? Here! I'll catch her! I'll eat her up piece by piece! There she is! I found her! Game over.
Time to go.
Mama's waiting.
Where are we going? Libya.
A city called Tripoli.
Is Tripoli far? Very far.
Damascus, the same evening Khartoum, Sudan Islamic guide of the Sudanese regime Damascus, Syria Secret Service Headquarters Hello, Ali.
Have a seat.
You're at home here.
My Carlos assignment is over.
You've done your duty.
You stayed by his side.
He's all washed up now.
No longer of any use.
Neither to us, nor to anyone else.
I'm at your service.
I need proof of your loyalty.
You know what I mean.
Carlos can be of use one last time.
The Americans will bid highest.
They'll need our help.
Are you willing? To help the CIA? Khartoum Airport - Have a good trip? - Excellent.
French Secret Service Follow them.
He won't be much longer.
What kind of surgery? Plastic.
Liposuction.
For his love handles.
We know him, but not by name.
Our services call him the phantom.
Now you can put a name on him.
That of a murderer.
There's a warrant out for him.
He killed two of our men and committed attacks all over Europe.
He must be judged in France.
State Security Headquarters Head of Secret Service, National Islamic Front You can't go home.
Too risky.
Your enemies have your address.
How? The Syrians never forgave you for cutting off contact.
Sold me to the U.
S.
? Maybe.
You're protected by our guide, Hassan Al-Tourabi.
You'll stay near his residence.
His guards will watch over you.
The pain in his testicles is terrible.
Can I see him? Yes, this way, please.
Can you lower your pajamas? You have any news? How long are we staying here? Probably several days.
We have no information.
It's a state secret.
It's in the hands of the National Islamic Front.
And here? You're on French territory.
was arrested in 1994inYemen, then extradited to Germany.
He is currently serving a life sentence in a prison in Berlin.
spent three years in Venezuela with Carlos' family.
Returned in 1995 to Neu-Ulm, her home town, in exchange for cooperating with German investigators.
was arrested in 1998 in a town in Normandy, after several years in hiding.
Tried in 2001 for the OPEC raid, he received a 9-year sentence.
Given amnesty in 2003, he lives in France.
After 10 years in a Swiss prison, she was extradited in 1987 to Germany where she was tried for the OPEC raid.
Because witnesses were scared to testify, she was acquitted in May of 1990.
She died of cancer 5 years later, at the age of 44.
was sentenced to life for trying to kill the former Iranian prime minister in Paris.
He was released and extradited after a series of bombings, in 1990.
Now a geopolitical consultant for Lebanese TV.
He was never prosecuted for the OPEC raid in Vienna.
came to France after Carlos' arrest, but left without seeing him.
She has since vanished without a trace.
is still on the run.
was convicted in 1997 to life in prison for killing 2 DST agents in Rue Toullier.
He is currently serving his sentence in a penitentiary in Clairvaux.
He is soon to be tried for bombing the Capitol train and Rue Marbeuf.
Indicted for the drugstore bombing, which is still under investigation.
He was never prosecuted for the OPEC raid.
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