00:00:00:10 00:00:02:03 Do you know what Fritz

00:00:02:03 00:00:03:04 has been working on?

00:00:06:09 00:00:08:13 He's responsible for
thousands of deaths.
00:00:08:13 00:00:10:00 You may have changed your religion,
00:00:10:00 00:00:11:00 but don't think for a second
00:00:11:00 00:00:12:06 you can change your heritage.
00:00:12:06 00:00:15:00 But if the worst disputes
between warring nations
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can't two old friends make peace?
00:00:18:01 00:00:20:22 I would like you to meet my good friend,
Dr. Niels Bohr.
00:00:20:22 00:00:23:06 Are you familiar with
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle?
00:00:23:06 00:00:24:16 What about Margot and Ilse?
00:00:24:16 00:00:26:13 They're determined to
make their lives here.
00:00:26:13 00:00:28:22 Perhaps they'll change their
minds once they see how happy
00:00:28:22 00:00:30:14 a person can be in New Jersey.
00:00:30:14 00:00:32:18 I am conducting this
inquiry at the request
00:00:32:18 00:00:35:01 - of Mr. J. Edgar Hoover.
- Hoover?
00:00:35:01 00:00:36:14 What does he want with me?
00:00:36:14 00:00:38:04 Dr. Lenard, it's an honor.
00:00:38:04 00:00:39:04 He's expecting you, sir.
00:00:39:04 00:00:41:03 Heil, mein Fuhrer!
00:00:41:03 00:00:42:23 Welcome to the Nazi Party, Dr. Lenard.
00:01:15:04 00:01:17:10 The intelligence is thin, I'll admit,
00:01:17:10 00:01:20:03 but if it's accurate, well, then...
00:01:20:21 00:01:22:18 we'd all better start
learning to speak German
00:01:22:18 00:01:24:15 as well as you do.
00:01:24:15 00:01:25:23 What else you got?
00:01:25:23 00:01:27:21 Not much.
00:01:27:21 00:01:29:10 That's why you're here.
00:01:29:10 00:01:32:01 We may have the Jerries on their heels,
00:01:32:01 00:01:35:15 but if this Heisenberg character
is indeed close to building
00:01:35:15 00:01:38:02 an atomic bomb...
00:01:38:02 00:01:40:05 Well... Jesus.
00:01:43:02 00:01:44:17 What do you want me to do?
00:01:48:00 00:01:51:21 It's a Walther PPK.
00:01:51:21 00:01:53:14 A Swiss friend of ours
has invited Heisenberg
00:01:53:14 00:01:55:00 to lecture in Zurich in December.
00:01:55:00 00:01:56:21 You're gonna be there.
If you're captured,
00:01:56:21 00:01:58:18 it'll appear you
smuggled it from Germany.
00:01:58:18 00:02:00:12 But if that happens...
00:02:00:12 00:02:02:23 swallow the pill. It's quick.
00:02:02:23 00:02:04:16 And it's a hell of a lot less painful
00:02:04:16 00:02:06:04 than what the Nazis will do to you.
00:02:12:10 00:02:14:17 Your contact is Professor Scherrer
00:02:14:17 00:02:17:08 - of the Federal Polytechnic College.
- What's my cover?
00:02:17:08 00:02:19:10 Swiss secondary school physics teacher.
00:02:19:10 00:02:20:23 Tomas Ritter?
00:02:20:23 00:02:22:04 Paul Scherrer.
00:02:22:04 00:02:23:11 Pleasure to meet you, Herr Professor.
00:02:23:11 00:02:25:13 Which one is Heisenberg?
00:02:26:15 00:02:28:00 There,
00:02:28:00 00:02:29:16 on the right.
00:02:30:11 00:02:32:01 Listen for certain words...
00:02:32:01 00:02:33:06 "heavy water,"
00:02:33:06 00:02:34:21 "fast fission," "plutonium."
00:02:34:21 00:02:36:01 Good evening, gentlemen,
00:02:36:01 00:02:37:05 ladies.
00:02:37:05 00:02:38:13 Thank you for coming.
00:02:38:13 00:02:40:11 If anything Heisenberg says
00:02:40:11 00:02:42:23 leads you to believe he is
close to constructing a bomb,
00:02:42:23 00:02:44:09 kill him.
00:02:44:09 00:02:45:22 Congratulations, Dr. Lenard.
00:02:45:22 00:02:48:08 The Fuhrer, in his wisdom,
00:02:48:08 00:02:51:09 has decided to reward your early support
00:02:51:09 00:02:52:22 and continued loyalty
00:02:52:22 00:02:56:01 by appointing you
Chief of Aryan Physics.
00:02:57:05 00:03:00:00 I am humbled and grateful, Dr. Goebbels.
00:03:00:00 00:03:04:04 Please inform the Fuhrer that
my first order of business
00:03:04:04 00:03:06:09 will be to reclaim the
glory of German science
00:03:06:09 00:03:08:07 by purging the Prussian Academy
00:03:08:07 00:03:10:14 of all foreign and impure influences.
00:03:10:14 00:03:13:09 We must do more than inform the Fuhrer.
00:03:13:09 00:03:15:09 We must inform the people.
00:03:15:09 00:03:17:16 In a manner that will
forever burn this moment
00:03:17:16 00:03:19:00 into their memory.
00:03:19:00 00:03:20:07 The era
00:03:20:07 00:03:23:14 of exaggerated Jewish intellectualism
00:03:23:14 00:03:25:18 is now at an end!
00:03:25:18 00:03:29:07 The triumph of the German Revolution
00:03:29:07 00:03:33:01 has again cleared a
path for the German way.
00:03:33:01 00:03:37:10 And the future German man will
not only be a man of books,
00:03:37:10 00:03:41:17 but also a man of character.
00:03:41:23 00:03:45:19 And, thus,
you do well in this midnight hour
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the evil spirit of the past.
00:03:50:04 00:03:51:07 Sieg...
00:03:51:07 00:03:52:16 Heil!
00:03:52:16 00:03:53:16 Sieg...
00:03:53:16 00:03:54:18 Heil!
00:03:54:18 00:04:02:11 - Sieg...
- Heil!
00:04:02:11 00:04:03:20 Sieg...
00:04:03:20 00:04:05:14 Heil!
00:04:13:10 00:04:14:20 Albert,
00:04:14:20 00:04:16:13 they have raided our apartment.
00:04:16:13 00:04:18:17 The cottage as well.
00:04:18:17 00:04:20:22 What were they hoping to find,
my supply of...
00:04:20:22 00:04:22:11 contraband tobacco?
00:04:22:11 00:04:24:16 Margot says that they
were looking for guns.
00:04:24:16 00:04:26:17 They claimed to have intelligence
00:04:26:17 00:04:29:05 that you were hiding them
for communist insurgents.
00:04:29:05 00:04:32:01 Well, that's a very liberal
use of the word "intelligence."
00:04:32:01 00:04:34:09 The girls have managed to
save most of your papers.
00:04:34:09 00:04:36:14 Poor Herr Hitler.
00:04:36:14 00:04:38:01 What will he use for kindling
00:04:38:01 00:04:40:06 the next time he wishes
to read by the fire?
00:04:40:06 00:04:42:10 - This isn't funny, Albert.
- I know.
00:04:42:10 00:04:44:19 That is why we must fight, Elsa.
00:04:44:19 00:04:47:06 Fight Hitler however we can.
00:04:47:06 00:04:48:19 We haven't any guns.
00:04:48:19 00:04:50:08 I have a voice. I can write.
00:04:50:08 00:04:52:19 I can speak out,
tell anyone who will listen
00:04:52:19 00:04:54:04 that this man is a threat,
00:04:54:04 00:04:56:06 that other governments must use
00:04:56:06 00:04:59:06 all peaceful means to oppose him.
00:05:02:16 00:05:06:12 Margot says that Ilse's
condition is getting worse.
00:05:09:15 00:05:12:10 That is not good news, my love.
00:05:12:10 00:05:16:08 We must get her out of Germany.
00:05:16:08 00:05:18:18 And the rest of our family and friends.
00:05:18:18 00:05:20:06 Use your voice for that.
00:05:20:06 00:05:21:19 The car is here.
00:05:21:19 00:05:23:13 Oh, thank you, Helen.
00:05:23:13 00:05:25:02 You go ahead.
00:05:25:02 00:05:26:15 I'll-I'll be just a moment.
00:05:26:15 00:05:28:02 Don't be too long.
00:05:28:02 00:05:29:18 Flexner has threatened to feed me
00:05:29:18 00:05:32:13 to the famous Princeton
Tigers if I'm late again.
00:05:51:04 00:05:53:06 The Nazis are fanatics.
00:05:53:06 00:05:55:03 American capitalists such as yourself
00:05:55:03 00:05:57:13 must refuse to do business with them,
Mr. Mills.
00:05:57:13 00:05:59:10 I'm surprised a man of your background
00:05:59:10 00:06:01:04 needs a lesson in capitalism, Professor.
00:06:01:04 00:06:03:11 It doesn't work by refusing
00:06:03:11 00:06:04:14 to do business with people.
00:06:04:14 00:06:05:16 You're here
00:06:05:16 00:06:07:15 to attract donors, Albert,
00:06:07:15 00:06:10:08 - not to chase them away.
- Oh, my mistake.
00:06:10:08 00:06:13:15 I was under the impression my
job here was to pursue science,
00:06:13:15 00:06:15:23 not to be the collector
for your coffers.
00:06:15:23 00:06:19:02 Most of these people
are put off as it is,
00:06:19:02 00:06:21:09 having so many Jews on the faculty.
00:06:21:09 00:06:24:01 They don't want our politics
thrown in their faces.
00:06:24:01 00:06:26:09 Albert, look who I have just met.
00:06:26:09 00:06:28:11 This is Mr. Henry Morgenthau.
00:06:28:11 00:06:32:02 He is Secretary of the
Treasury for Mr. Roosevelt.
00:06:32:02 00:06:33:15 An honor to meet you, Professor.
00:06:33:15 00:06:35:00 Morgenthau.
00:06:35:00 00:06:37:13 - A Jewish name?
- As a matter of fact, yes.
00:06:37:13 00:06:39:11 Bar mitzvah boy in '04.
00:06:39:11 00:06:41:13 Corned beef on rye.
00:06:41:13 00:06:44:02 A Jew who's also a politician.
00:06:44:02 00:06:46:00 How very interesting.
00:06:46:00 00:06:48:08 Albert,
I was thinking maybe Mr. Morgenthau
00:06:48:08 00:06:49:17 could give us some advice
00:06:49:17 00:06:53:05 on getting our friends out of Germany.
00:06:53:05 00:06:54:18 Get up. Let's go.
00:06:54:18 00:06:57:09 - On your feet, you kike.
- Move! Move!
00:06:57:09 00:06:58:22 Where are you taking them?
00:06:58:22 00:07:00:12 No Jews in government posts.
00:07:00:12 00:07:01:23 That includes this laboratory.
00:07:01:23 00:07:04:15 This is an outrage.
How am I to continue my work?
00:07:04:15 00:07:07:04 I'm sure you will manage.
00:07:07:04 00:07:09:11 Your people are nothing if not clever.
00:07:09:11 00:07:10:18 My people?
00:07:10:18 00:07:12:12 What are you insinuating?
00:07:12:12 00:07:15:01 We know you were not born a Lutheran.
00:07:15:01 00:07:19:07 Or would you care to drop your
trousers and prove us wrong?
00:07:19:07 00:07:23:12 How-how dare you speak
to me in such a manner?
00:07:23:12 00:07:27:03 Your Jew-loving friends
cannot protect you forever...
00:07:27:03 00:07:28:16 Haber.
00:07:31:20 00:07:34:18 Fritz is a German patriot.
00:07:34:18 00:07:38:00 He was the first among us to
raise his hand in the Great War.
00:07:38:00 00:07:40:01 He's also a Jew.
00:07:41:04 00:07:43:16 Yes, Philipp, but...
00:07:43:16 00:07:45:14 ...there are Jews and, uh...
00:07:45:14 00:07:47:17 and then there are Jews.
00:07:47:17 00:07:49:05 I'm told you have already
pressed this matter
00:07:49:05 00:07:50:13 with the Fuhrer himself.
00:07:50:13 00:07:53:21 - Did he not give you a clear answer?
- Yes,
00:07:53:21 00:07:56:17 but we cannot turn our backs on Fritz.
00:07:56:17 00:07:58:23 He has been a colleague
and a friend for decades.
00:07:58:23 00:07:59:16 Yes,
00:07:59:16 00:08:02:12 and for decades you supported
the likes of Haber and Einstein
00:08:02:12 00:08:05:09 while they destroyed the
purity of German science.
00:08:05:09 00:08:07:17 But the Academy is obsolete, Max.
00:08:07:17 00:08:11:03 I am in charge of science
in this country now.
00:08:12:16 00:08:14:18 Make no mistake, Philipp,
00:08:14:18 00:08:18:14 the Fuhrer appointed you not
for your shining intellect,
00:08:18:14 00:08:20:20 but for your depraved politics.
00:08:22:18 00:08:23:18 I'm afraid there's nothing
00:08:23:18 00:08:26:01 I can do to help your
friend Professor Haber.
00:08:26:01 00:08:27:12 No university in America wants the stain
00:08:27:12 00:08:29:02 of a war criminal on its faculty.
00:08:29:02 00:08:31:00 I feared that might happen.
00:08:31:00 00:08:34:09 - Poor Fritz.
- The good news is
00:08:34:09 00:08:36:09 the State Department
has agreed to issue visas
00:08:36:09 00:08:38:03 to several of those on your list.
00:08:38:03 00:08:39:08 Betty Neumann.
00:08:39:08 00:08:41:17 Your son Hans and his family.
00:08:41:17 00:08:43:10 Your wife's daughter, Margot.
00:08:43:10 00:08:45:01 Thank you.
00:08:45:01 00:08:47:19 But what about my other stepdaughter,
Ilse?
00:08:47:19 00:08:49:12 She's sick with tuberculosis.
00:08:49:12 00:08:52:00 Elsa's gone to Paris to
take care of her, but...
00:08:52:00 00:08:54:02 we want to bring her here for treatment.
00:08:54:02 00:08:55:08 The immigration laws
00:08:55:08 00:08:58:14 exclude anyone with medical conditions.
00:08:58:14 00:09:01:06 No one is admitted who might
become a burden to the state.
00:09:01:06 00:09:02:05 I would, of course,
00:09:02:05 00:09:03:21 pay for her care.
00:09:03:21 00:09:05:18 I'm afraid we're facing
00:09:05:18 00:09:08:16 - the same obstacle with your son, Eduard.
- Mr. Secretary,
00:09:08:16 00:09:11:12 I promised him. Is there any
way you can make an exception?
00:09:11:12 00:09:12:22 I'm sorry,
00:09:12:22 00:09:15:01 my hands are tied.
00:09:20:13 00:09:22:09 Princeton is so lovely.
00:09:22:09 00:09:24:22 We have a pretty little garden
00:09:24:22 00:09:28:07 with a magnificent elm tree.
00:09:37:17 00:09:41:01 Albert is getting
everyone's visas in order.
00:09:41:01 00:09:45:15 And soon we shall all be
together in our little house.
00:09:51:10 00:09:53:09 It's like a slow death,
00:09:53:09 00:09:55:08 all of my good friends leaving.
00:09:55:08 00:09:57:15 I know you did everything you could,
Max.
00:09:57:15 00:09:59:16 Germany has betrayed you, Fritz.
00:09:59:16 00:10:01:07 No.
00:10:01:07 00:10:04:17 The Nazis have betrayed Germany.
00:10:04:17 00:10:06:21 But when they are gone,
00:10:06:21 00:10:09:09 I'll come home. Ja.
00:10:10:18 00:10:12:13 We all will.
00:10:13:22 00:10:15:21 Palestine. Imagine that.
00:10:15:22 00:10:18:09 It's ironic.
00:10:18:10 00:10:20:23 I warned Albert not to get
involved with the Zionists,
00:10:20:23 00:10:23:06 and now it's the only
place on God's earth
00:10:23:06 00:10:24:22 I seem to be welcome.
00:10:24:22 00:10:26:23 Perhaps the climate will
be good for your heart.
00:10:26:23 00:10:27:22 Ja.
00:10:27:22 00:10:29:07 I will admit,
00:10:29:07 00:10:31:18 it could use some healing.
00:11:01:03 00:11:03:15 I'm sorry to disturb you, Frau.
00:11:03:15 00:11:06:12 Is there anything I can help you with?
00:11:06:12 00:11:09:12 No, thank you, Helen. I'm all right.
00:11:12:11 00:11:15:11 I just wanted to say again...
00:11:15:11 00:11:18:09 how very sorry I am about Ilse.
00:11:18:09 00:11:21:06 She was very fond of you.
00:11:21:06 00:11:24:03 We all are.
00:11:24:03 00:11:27:00 You have become part of the family.
00:11:28:15 00:11:31:20 I am honored you would say so.
00:11:36:13 00:11:40:01 Perhaps it is time to make you...
00:11:40:01 00:11:43:05 a signatory on our bank accounts.
00:11:43:05 00:11:45:18 I'm not sure I understand.
00:11:47:00 00:11:50:06 Albert cannot handle money at all.
00:11:50:06 00:11:53:13 He will need you to do it for him.
00:12:56:01 00:12:59:00 Fritz is dead.
00:12:59:00 00:13:01:14 Oh, Albert.
00:13:01:14 00:13:04:00 No.
00:13:05:06 00:13:07:11 Your dearest daughter
00:13:07:11 00:13:09:15 and now this?
00:13:15:01 00:13:16:03 Where are you going?
00:13:16:03 00:13:17:13 To work.
00:13:17:13 00:13:19:09 Oh, Albert, scratching equations
00:13:19:09 00:13:21:03 will not bring Fritz or Ilse back.
00:13:21:03 00:13:23:06 I cannot talk about this, Elsa.
00:13:23:06 00:13:24:16 I simply cannot.
00:13:24:16 00:13:26:11 Who said anything about talking?
00:13:26:11 00:13:28:05 Come, sit with me.
00:13:28:05 00:13:30:03 My eyes are tired.
00:13:30:03 00:13:33:12 It would be so wonderful
if you would read to me
00:13:33:12 00:13:34:21 like you used to.
00:13:34:21 00:13:37:09 It will take our minds off our cares.
00:13:37:09 00:13:39:11 Bohr and Podolsky are expecting me.
00:13:39:11 00:13:40:17 They will understand.
00:13:40:17 00:13:42:02 Please, Albert.
00:13:42:02 00:13:43:10 It's only for a little while.
00:13:43:10 00:13:44:19 It's Tolstoy.
00:13:44:19 00:13:46:18 Your favorite.
00:13:48:03 00:13:50:20 I cannot keep them waiting.
00:13:57:08 00:14:01:02 Albert wrote and asked me
to read this to all of you.
00:14:02:13 00:14:05:16 "My good friend Haber was
a man of endless curiosity
00:14:05:16 00:14:07:05 "and a passion for discovery.
00:14:07:05 00:14:08:11 "He wanted to share
00:14:08:11 00:14:10:08 "his genius with his country.
00:14:10:08 00:14:12:19 "That mattered more to
him than anything else,
00:14:12:19 00:14:15:11 "and thus his bitter end
is the tragic story of...
00:14:16:22 00:14:20:08 ...the unrequited love
of the German Jew."
00:14:20:08 00:14:22:08 The SS are outside.
00:14:22:08 00:14:24:08 We must finish before they
discover what we are doing.
00:14:24:08 00:14:26:11 The entire country
should be honoring Fritz,
00:14:26:11 00:14:28:10 Dr. Heisenberg. Instead,
00:14:28:10 00:14:29:19 we skulk like cowards.
00:14:29:19 00:14:31:06 What other choice do we have?
00:14:31:06 00:14:34:05 If this is what we have come to,
00:14:34:05 00:14:36:05 perhaps we should leave like Albert did.
00:14:36:05 00:14:37:11 No.
00:14:37:11 00:14:38:21 It is our duty to stay,
00:14:38:21 00:14:41:08 to ensure the future of German science.
00:14:41:08 00:14:43:17 Art is like science, Albert.
00:14:43:17 00:14:45:13 It cannot be rushed.
00:14:45:13 00:14:48:07 Forgive my impatience, Sergei, but...
00:14:48:07 00:14:51:21 how much longer is this going to take?
00:14:53:10 00:14:57:14 An eternity, if you do not hold still.
00:14:58:11 00:14:59:23 Hello, darling.
00:14:60:00 00:15:01:22 Can you not see that I am working?
00:15:01:22 00:15:04:21 Aren't you going to introduce me?
00:15:04:21 00:15:06:18 Dr. Einstein,
00:15:06:18 00:15:08:05 my wife, Margarita.
00:15:08:05 00:15:11:09 It's an honor to meet such a great man.
00:15:11:09 00:15:13:11 I would rise to greet you properly,
madam,
00:15:13:11 00:15:15:19 but unfortunately,
your husband has accepted
00:15:15:19 00:15:19:00 a very generous commission from my boss,
Mr. Flexner,
00:15:19:00 00:15:21:19 designed to keep me permanently silent,
00:15:21:19 00:15:24:22 immobile and on display.
00:15:28:22 00:15:30:10 Mm. It's off
00:15:30:10 00:15:32:11 to a fine start.
00:15:34:13 00:15:36:09 But I'm afraid
00:15:36:09 00:15:39:03 you have not made Dr. Einstein
nearly handsome enough.
00:15:43:19 00:15:45:14 Fourth or fifth?
00:15:45:14 00:15:47:05 I beg your pardon?
00:15:47:05 00:15:48:18 Your wife. She's your cousin.
00:15:48:18 00:15:50:06 So is mine.
00:15:50:06 00:15:51:15 Fourth or fifth?
00:15:51:15 00:15:53:18 Elsa and I are first cousins.
00:15:53:18 00:15:57:10 Oh, well, you Europeans are
certainly more permissive
00:15:57:10 00:15:59:00 than we Yankees.
00:15:59:00 00:16:01:00 Speaking of Europe, Mr. President,
00:16:01:00 00:16:02:20 - I was hoping...
- Come, now, Professor.
00:16:02:20 00:16:05:07 I didn't invite the world's
most brilliant scientist
00:16:05:07 00:16:07:06 to dinner to talk politics. No.
00:16:07:06 00:16:08:23 I was hoping you could explain to me
00:16:08:23 00:16:11:18 this famous relativity theory of yours
00:16:11:18 00:16:14:01 that's got everyone
scratching their heads.
00:16:14:01 00:16:16:09 If I explain relativity to you
00:16:16:09 00:16:18:05 in a way that you can understand,
00:16:18:05 00:16:21:21 will you grant me a few
moments to discuss Germany?
00:16:21:21 00:16:23:06 It's a deal.
00:16:27:08 00:16:29:12 If you are standing on hot coals,
00:16:29:12 00:16:31:19 a second feels like an eternity.
00:16:31:19 00:16:34:05 But when you are in bed
with a beautiful woman,
00:16:34:05 00:16:36:15 an hour passes in a split second.
00:16:39:01 00:16:41:09 That is relativity.
00:16:41:09 00:16:43:03 You win, Professor.
00:16:43:03 00:16:45:01 But I know what you are going to say.
00:16:45:01 00:16:46:13 You want me to take a stand
00:16:46:13 00:16:48:00 against Mr. Hitler.
00:16:48:00 00:16:50:09 America must lead the
world in opposing him.
00:16:50:09 00:16:52:16 Boycotts, blockades...
00:16:52:16 00:16:54:21 In a way, I envy the little bastard.
00:16:54:21 00:16:57:06 He does whatever he wants.
00:16:57:07 00:16:59:18 But in this country, no man,
not even the president,
00:16:59:18 00:17:01:07 can act alone.
00:17:01:07 00:17:03:04 Then you must persuade Congress.
00:17:03:04 00:17:05:02 I'm sorry I can't help you, Professor.
00:17:05:02 00:17:09:06 But allow me to offer
a small consolation.
00:17:09:06 00:17:11:10 I understand you're
applying for citizenship.
00:17:11:10 00:17:13:14 I could expedite the process for you.
00:17:13:14 00:17:15:08 Thank you, sir.
00:17:15:08 00:17:17:00 But I don't want any special treatment.
00:17:17:00 00:17:19:00 That's very noble of you, Professor, but
00:17:19:02 00:17:21:03 the citizenship test
requires a lot of study.
00:17:21:03 00:17:22:17 Promise me you'll save
some of that brain power
00:17:22:17 00:17:24:03 for science.
00:17:24:03 00:17:26:03 Imagine two particles.
00:17:28:06 00:17:30:07 Measure their mass.
00:17:30:07 00:17:32:04 Stick them together.
00:17:34:02 00:17:36:09 Let them spring apart.
00:17:36:09 00:17:38:00 What happens?
00:17:38:00 00:17:40:08 Their positions and their
velocities are related,
00:17:40:08 00:17:41:16 - but...
- The uncertainty principle
00:17:41:16 00:17:43:23 says if we measure
the position of one...
00:17:43:23 00:17:45:14 - Then we cannot measure its velocity.
- Ah.
00:17:45:14 00:17:47:04 But we can still measure the velocity
00:17:47:04 00:17:48:12 of that second particle.
00:17:48:12 00:17:51:01 And since they are both
mathematically related,
00:17:51:01 00:17:52:13 we can then determine the velocity
00:17:52:13 00:17:53:22 of the first particle,
00:17:53:22 00:17:56:15 so we'd know both its
position and velocity
00:17:56:15 00:17:59:14 without having to measure them both.
00:18:04:17 00:18:07:09 Heisenberg's uncertainty
principle disproved.
00:18:07:09 00:18:09:03 With certainty.
00:18:09:03 00:18:10:18 You are vanquished, sir.
00:18:10:18 00:18:12:05 Hmm, but...
00:18:12:05 00:18:14:01 what if the act of
measuring the first particle
00:18:14:01 00:18:15:13 influenced the second,
00:18:15:13 00:18:17:19 changed it somehow at
the time it was measured?
00:18:17:19 00:18:19:03 Impossible. That would be...
00:18:19:03 00:18:21:09 spooky action at a distance.
00:18:21:09 00:18:23:10 "Spooky action."
00:18:23:10 00:18:25:05 You're a better poet
than you are a scientist.
00:18:26:08 00:18:28:09 Surrender now,
00:18:28:09 00:18:30:09 and I will offer you generous terms.
00:18:30:09 00:18:32:07 Well, what did you have in mind?
00:18:32:07 00:18:35:19 Elsa has made some wonderful strudel.
00:18:35:19 00:18:37:06 Helen!
00:18:37:06 00:18:39:08 Bring us some strudel!
00:18:41:01 00:18:43:16 Helen?
00:18:44:18 00:18:47:05 I've been calling you.
00:19:10:23 00:19:13:09 It's as we suspected, Mrs. Einstein.
00:19:13:09 00:19:16:06 Late stages of myocarditis.
00:19:16:06 00:19:19:02 So...
00:19:19:02 00:19:20:20 how do we treat it?
00:19:22:21 00:19:25:05 I'll give you some time to
be alone with your husband.
00:19:31:03 00:19:33:12 Elsa?
00:19:38:20 00:19:42:13 How could you keep this from me?
00:19:42:13 00:19:44:14 I didn't want to worry you.
00:19:44:14 00:19:46:17 You have...
00:19:46:18 00:19:50:04 so much else in your mind.
00:19:50:04 00:19:52:00 Your science, your committees...
00:19:53:09 00:19:56:04 Don't worry.
00:19:56:04 00:19:58:01 Helen can take me home.
00:19:58:01 00:19:59:15 You can go to work.
00:19:59:15 00:20:02:09 I know that is what you need.
00:20:05:01 00:20:08:16 I think I should like
to read to you instead.
00:20:22:09 00:20:23:13 "The whole world
00:20:23:13 00:20:26:17 "is now divided into two parts.
00:20:26:17 00:20:28:05 "One half is she,
00:20:28:05 00:20:31:12 "and there is all joy, hope,
00:20:31:12 00:20:34:15 "light.
00:20:34:15 00:20:39:04 "The other half is where she is not,
00:20:39:04 00:20:42:03 and there is all gloom and darkness."
00:20:53:19 00:20:55:16 You make a lovely nurse,
00:20:55:16 00:20:58:07 Dr. Einstein.
00:20:58:18 00:21:01:16 "'I cannot come to visit you,
00:21:01:16 00:21:04:14 "'but is it possible that
I should never see you?
00:21:04:14 00:21:07:04 "I love you madly. Can I never?'
00:21:07:04 00:21:09:06 "And blocking her path,
00:21:09:06 00:21:12:22 "he brought his face close to hers.
00:21:22:08 00:21:25:22 "Love hinders death.
00:21:25:22 00:21:27:19 "Love is life.
00:21:27:19 00:21:31:03 "Everything, everything I understand,
00:21:31:03 00:21:35:10 I understand only because I love."
00:21:42:02 00:21:45:00 "Everything is,
00:21:45:00 00:21:48:01 "everything exists
00:21:48:02 00:21:50:17 only because I love."
00:22:13:23 00:22:16:09 The Germans have split
the nucleus of the atom.
00:22:16:09 00:22:18:11 I didn't believe it at first,
00:22:18:11 00:22:21:13 but that bastard Hahn,
he actually did it.
00:22:21:14 00:22:23:19 My God, Niels.
00:22:23:19 00:22:25:12 Do you think...
00:22:25:12 00:22:27:11 A bomb? Impossible.
00:22:27:11 00:22:29:12 You could never find enough uranium.
00:22:29:12 00:22:30:21 What if you could?
00:22:30:21 00:22:32:16 You'd need an army of scientists.
00:22:32:16 00:22:35:14 The Germans are very
good at raising armies.
00:22:35:14 00:22:37:23 All the best minds have left, though.
00:22:37:23 00:22:39:07 Not Hahn.
00:22:39:07 00:22:42:01 Not Heisenberg.
00:22:42:01 00:22:44:03 We must inform
00:22:44:03 00:22:46:00 the American government immediately.
00:22:46:00 00:22:48:04 Why would the American government listen
00:22:48:04 00:22:52:00 to a couple of foreign nobodies like us?
00:22:52:00 00:22:54:14 I know someone they will listen to.
00:22:54:14 00:22:56:04 That's strike one
00:22:56:04 00:22:58:12 for the man they call
"Einstein in knickers."
00:22:59:17 00:23:01:21 "Einstein in knickers"?
00:23:01:21 00:23:03:15 Why do they call him that?
00:23:03:15 00:23:04:22 They say he's the most intelligent
00:23:04:22 00:23:06:02 of all the ballplayers.
00:23:06:02 00:23:08:04 Elsa would sue them for libel
00:23:08:04 00:23:10:01 if she heard them use my name like that
00:23:10:01 00:23:11:23 on the radio.
00:23:11:23 00:23:13:12 Ooh.
00:23:13:12 00:23:16:07 Hmm.
00:23:16:07 00:23:17:23 Mmm.
00:23:17:23 00:23:19:08 Mmm. Delicious.
00:23:19:08 00:23:21:00 Oh.
00:23:21:00 00:23:23:17 - More cinnamon this time?
- Mmm.
00:23:23:17 00:23:26:23 Maybe you're just learning
to like Russian sweets.
00:23:26:23 00:23:29:04 - Hmm.
- Swing and a miss.
00:23:29:04 00:23:32:23 That's strike three for Moe Berg.
00:23:32:23 00:23:34:11 Moe might not swing the bat like he did
00:23:34:11 00:23:36:21 when he first came up 15 years ago,
00:23:36:22 00:23:40:02 but he still has a cannon for an arm.
00:23:42:15 00:23:44:20 Berg's the smartest man in baseball.
00:23:44:20 00:23:47:15 Lawyer, Princeton grad,
00:23:47:15 00:23:50:10 reads as many as ten newspapers a day,
00:23:50:10 00:23:52:03 speaks seven languages.
00:23:52:03 00:23:53:20 He is very smart.
00:23:53:20 00:23:55:13 Which reminds me,
00:23:55:13 00:23:58:03 you promised you'd help me
prepare for my citizenship test,
00:23:58:03 00:24:01:04 not to distract me with baseball.
00:24:03:01 00:24:04:07 Shall we go to my study?
00:24:04:07 00:24:07:14 I'd prefer you take me to bed.
00:24:11:00 00:24:13:06 But you are married.
00:24:13:06 00:24:15:12 Were you never unfaithful to your wife,
Albert?
00:24:15:12 00:24:17:20 Yes.
00:24:17:20 00:24:19:21 Quite often, in fact.
00:24:21:17 00:24:24:08 We had an understanding.
00:24:24:08 00:24:26:20 Then what is the problem?
00:24:29:08 00:24:32:20 It's funny. When Elsa was alive, I...
00:24:32:20 00:24:35:11 I never felt any guilt
about other women.
00:24:37:13 00:24:41:07 Now that she's gone...
00:24:41:07 00:24:44:09 I somehow feel I'd be betraying her.
00:24:57:17 00:24:59:22 It's been years, Albert.
00:25:02:04 00:25:05:18 I know you still miss her very much,
but...
00:25:05:18 00:25:08:23 you must be so lonely without her.
00:25:28:13 00:25:31:08 How many years does a senator serve?
00:25:31:08 00:25:33:20 - Four.
- No, Albert,
00:25:33:20 00:25:35:04 this is the president.
00:25:35:04 00:25:36:23 Oh.
00:25:36:23 00:25:38:06 Two?
00:25:38:06 00:25:39:19 No, this is the congressman.
00:25:39:19 00:25:42:01 A senator serves six.
00:25:42:01 00:25:45:03 Now, the electoral college.
00:25:45:03 00:25:46:20 No, please. It makes no sense.
00:25:52:15 00:25:53:21 I know what you're going to say.
00:25:53:21 00:25:56:13 She's a married woman
and I'm a foolish old man.
00:25:56:13 00:26:00:02 I was going to say there's a
Mr. Szilard here to see you.
00:26:02:00 00:26:03:10 Every split
00:26:03:10 00:26:05:07 would cause...
00:26:05:07 00:26:07:05 A tremendous chain reaction.
00:26:07:05 00:26:10:09 You discovered this,
Albert, decades ago.
00:26:10:09 00:26:12:17 Energy equals mass times
the speed of light squared.
00:26:12:17 00:26:15:09 Which means with only this much material
00:26:15:09 00:26:18:08 you can destroy a city
the size of Berlin.
00:26:18:08 00:26:21:00 God help us all.
00:26:21:00 00:26:22:11 Albert...
00:26:22:11 00:26:24:13 you are the most famous
scientist in the world.
00:26:24:13 00:26:26:06 You must tell the president.
00:26:26:06 00:26:27:14 What should I say to the president?
00:26:27:14 00:26:29:08 That America's scientists
must build a bomb
00:26:29:08 00:26:30:13 before the Germans do.
00:26:30:13 00:26:31:19 I'm a devout pacifist.
00:26:31:19 00:26:32:18 Hitler is a madman.
00:26:32:18 00:26:34:13 Imagine how he would use such a weapon.
00:26:34:13 00:26:36:10 He could obliterate London, Moscow.
00:26:36:10 00:26:38:16 Many years ago,
Fritz Haber tried to convince me
00:26:38:16 00:26:40:14 his poison gas would
end the war more quickly.
00:26:40:14 00:26:42:10 It only made it more horrific.
00:26:42:10 00:26:45:22 Science must never be used for violence.
00:26:45:22 00:26:48:03 Do you think Adolph Hitler
00:26:48:03 00:26:49:15 shares your moral reservations?
00:26:49:15 00:26:50:22 You must contact Roosevelt.
00:26:50:22 00:26:52:05 He will listen to you.
00:26:52:05 00:26:55:12 That's the trouble, Leo.
00:26:55:12 00:26:58:05 What if he does?
00:27:01:07 00:27:03:19 Achieving an atomic chain reaction
00:27:03:19 00:27:05:06 will be the greatest feat
00:27:05:06 00:27:08:03 in the history of German science.
00:27:08:03 00:27:10:01 And to think,
00:27:10:01 00:27:13:03 the Fuhrer has put you
in charge of all of it.
00:27:17:23 00:27:19:23 Carl...
00:27:26:19 00:27:30:02 What if we succeed?
00:27:31:05 00:27:33:09 Then they will write books about us.
00:27:33:09 00:27:36:03 The Fuhrer himself
00:27:36:03 00:27:37:23 will pin medals on our chests.
00:27:37:23 00:27:39:21 We shall be heroes.
00:27:57:13 00:27:59:18 Something troubling you, Professor?
00:28:01:05 00:28:03:15 I do not suppose I have
ever felt more uncertain
00:28:03:15 00:28:07:05 about whether or not
what I'm doing is right.
00:28:09:01 00:28:11:17 What would Frau Einstein
have advised you to do?
00:28:13:13 00:28:15:15 I expect she would have reminded me
00:28:15:16 00:28:19:03 that I once told her we must
fight Hitler however we can.
00:28:21:04 00:28:23:04 Then you have your answer.
00:28:30:14 00:28:33:18 God forgive me if I'm
making a terrible mistake.
00:28:33:18 00:28:37:11 "Based on this new phenomenon,
it is conceivable,
00:28:37:11 00:28:39:13 "though much less certain,
00:28:39:13 00:28:41:15 "that an extremely powerful bomb
00:28:41:15 00:28:44:00 of a new type may be constructed."
00:28:44:00 00:28:46:05 - A single bomb..."
- "A single bomb of this type,
00:28:46:05 00:28:48:16 "carried by boat and exploded in a port,
00:28:48:16 00:28:49:23 "might very well destroy
00:28:49:23 00:28:52:01 "the whole port together
00:28:52:01 00:28:53:23 with some of the surrounding territory."
00:28:53:23 00:28:55:15 Good God.
00:28:55:15 00:28:57:11 I don't need to tell
you what could happen
00:28:57:11 00:29:01:00 if the Germans develop this
technology before we do.
00:29:01:00 00:29:02:21 We'll all be doing the goose step.
00:29:02:21 00:29:04:13 Or worse.
00:29:04:14 00:29:08:05 Which is why I'm asking you
to take charge of a program
00:29:08:05 00:29:11:21 to research and develop
an atomic weapon.
00:29:11:21 00:29:14:14 It'd require tremendous resources.
00:29:14:14 00:29:17:01 Of that I have no doubt.
00:29:17:01 00:29:19:11 I'd need wide latitude
to manage the project...
00:29:19:11 00:29:21:09 the scientists, the military,
00:29:21:09 00:29:22:16 clandestine operations.
00:29:22:16 00:29:24:17 Secrecy would be vital, sir.
00:29:24:17 00:29:26:19 We couldn't let the Krauts get onto us.
00:29:26:19 00:29:28:15 Everyone involved will
need security clearance.
00:29:29:13 00:29:31:08 Einstein?
00:29:31:08 00:29:34:08 No, Einstein is out.
00:29:34:08 00:29:36:11 You haven't even run his background,
Edgar.
00:29:36:11 00:29:40:01 The Bureau has been concerned
about Einstein for years.
00:29:40:01 00:29:41:23 He's a radical.
00:29:41:23 00:29:43:06 Almost certainly a communist.
00:29:43:06 00:29:44:16 He's the man who informed the president
00:29:44:16 00:29:46:19 of the urgency of this matter.
00:29:46:19 00:29:48:09 He cannot be trusted
00:29:48:09 00:29:51:04 to be loyal to our country.
00:29:51:04 00:29:53:18 I will support and defend
00:29:53:18 00:29:55:22 the Constitution and laws
00:29:55:22 00:29:58:01 of the United States of America...
00:29:58:01 00:30:05:12 ...against all enemies,
foreign and domestic...
00:30:05:12 00:30:08:07 ...that I will bear arms on
behalf of the United States
00:30:08:07 00:30:10:02 when required by the law.
00:30:10:02 00:30:13:19 ...that I will bear arms on
behalf of the United States
00:30:13:19 00:30:16:14 when required by the law.
00:30:16:14 00:30:18:18 Albert,
you have just become an American.
00:30:18:18 00:30:21:02 Why ever would you
want to learn Russian?
00:30:21:02 00:30:24:03 So I can tell you I love
you in your own language.
00:30:32:00 00:30:34:19 Ya tebya lyublyu.
00:30:34:19 00:30:37:06 Ya teba...
00:30:37:06 00:30:38:19 lyu... lyublyu?
00:30:38:19 00:30:41:06 Lyublyu.
00:30:41:06 00:30:43:21 Ya tebya lyublyu.
00:30:45:15 00:30:47:15 Ya tebya lyublyu.
00:30:56:09 00:30:58:11 Oh, uh, I-I'm sorry, I didn't, uh...
00:30:58:11 00:31:00:09 Oh, Leo.
00:31:00:09 00:31:01:13 How wonderful to see you.
00:31:01:13 00:31:03:07 You remember my friend, Margarita.
00:31:03:07 00:31:04:20 - Hello.
- She's teaching me Russian.
00:31:06:05 00:31:08:17 Yes. Very nice to see you again, madam.
00:31:08:17 00:31:09:17 I do beg your pardon.
00:31:09:17 00:31:10:20 Come in, come in.
00:31:12:10 00:31:15:00 Please forgive us, Margarita.
00:31:15:00 00:31:17:14 Why don't you make us some
of your delicious piroshki?
00:31:17:14 00:31:19:05 Of course.
00:31:26:17 00:31:28:11 They rejected me.
00:31:28:11 00:31:30:13 Who did?
00:31:30:13 00:31:31:22 The atomic bomb program.
00:31:31:23 00:31:33:14 They won't give me a security clearance.
00:31:33:14 00:31:36:11 I need you to put in a word for me.
00:31:36:11 00:31:38:23 They didn't give me a
security clearance either.
00:31:38:23 00:31:41:03 - What?
- Frankly, it's a relief.
00:31:41:03 00:31:42:15 It's one thing to write a letter,
00:31:42:15 00:31:45:06 another thing entirely
to help build a bomb.
00:31:48:02 00:31:50:05 So you find a Russian girlfriend
00:31:50:05 00:31:52:14 and now I have no one
to speak up for me.
00:31:54:05 00:31:56:01 Leo,
what on Earth are you talking about?
00:31:56:01 00:31:58:01 Well, they obviously suspect her.
00:31:58:01 00:31:59:13 Of what?
00:31:59:13 00:32:02:15 Decoding my poetry,
reporting it to the Kremlin?
00:32:02:15 00:32:04:18 I'm not saying it's true,
I'm simply saying
00:32:04:18 00:32:06:07 it's a question they would ask.
00:32:06:07 00:32:09:23 Why would such a
beautiful young woman...
00:32:09:23 00:32:11:12 Ever pay attention
00:32:11:12 00:32:14:04 to a disheveled old fool like me?
00:32:19:11 00:32:21:03 Albert, I-I didn't mean to...
00:32:21:03 00:32:22:19 It's all right, Leo.
00:32:22:19 00:32:25:12 I just let my imagination
run away from me.
00:32:25:12 00:32:26:22 I'm sure she cares for you very much.
00:32:26:22 00:32:28:06 Yes.
00:32:29:18 00:32:31:20 I'm sure she does.
00:32:46:07 00:32:47:15 Air must have leaked in somehow.
00:32:47:15 00:32:49:18 It's ignited the uranium powder.
00:32:49:18 00:32:51:15 We must cool it. More water over here!
00:32:51:15 00:32:53:16 No, it's too late.
The pile's lost stability.
00:32:53:16 00:32:56:04 Everybody out! Now!
00:32:56:04 00:32:58:02 Go, go!
00:32:58:02 00:32:59:14 Now!
00:33:02:13 00:33:04:04 So you have achieved
00:33:04:04 00:33:05:18 atomic detonation?
00:33:05:18 00:33:07:23 It was not the atomic
material itself that exploded.
00:33:07:23 00:33:10:16 It was the pressure from the
steam that burst the container.
00:33:16:12 00:33:19:04 Your work has progressed quite slowly,
Werner.
00:33:19:04 00:33:21:01 And now you have managed
00:33:21:01 00:33:23:12 to destroy a very expensive laboratory.
00:33:23:12 00:33:25:05 One could arrive at the
conclusion that your heart
00:33:25:05 00:33:27:12 and mind are not fully
committed to this undertaking.
00:33:27:12 00:33:29:02 That is not true, sir.
00:33:29:02 00:33:30:21 I am ambitious to make a stable reactor.
00:33:30:21 00:33:33:11 The Fuhrer does not
care about a reactor!
00:33:33:11 00:33:36:23 Your priority must be a weapon.
00:33:43:08 00:33:46:18 Constructing a weapon is an
extremely difficult process.
00:33:46:18 00:33:50:04 If you are not capable,
I will find a man who is.
00:33:54:10 00:33:56:11 I can do this, Mr. Halliwell.
00:33:57:23 00:33:59:21 I don't doubt your qualifications.
00:33:59:21 00:34:03:02 What I don't understand is why.
00:34:03:02 00:34:05:22 I'm too old to join the army.
00:34:09:15 00:34:11:18 If we do take you on, well...
00:34:11:23 00:34:13:14 let's just say you might be asked
00:34:13:14 00:34:16:11 to do things that you find, uh...
00:34:16:11 00:34:17:13 unsavory.
00:34:20:17 00:34:22:15 However I can contribute, sir.
00:34:22:15 00:34:24:21 This isn't a game, Moe.
00:34:24:21 00:34:26:06 Mr. Halliwell,
00:34:26:06 00:34:28:02 I'm a grown man who has spent his life
00:34:28:02 00:34:29:22 trying to hit a ball with a stick.
00:34:29:22 00:34:32:07 I'm tired of playing games.
00:34:39:03 00:34:41:05 Dr. Einstein?
00:34:42:02 00:34:43:07 Yes?
00:34:43:07 00:34:44:20 Vannevar Bush,
00:34:44:20 00:34:46:20 Director of the National
Defense Research Council.
00:34:46:20 00:34:50:02 We were hoping you could help
us with some calculations.
00:35:02:10 00:35:04:15 You're trying to force uranium isotopes
00:35:04:15 00:35:07:01 into a gaseous state.
00:35:07:01 00:35:09:13 If we don't show some results soon,
our funding may dry up.
00:35:11:09 00:35:13:07 I'm sorry, but I'm quite busy.
00:35:13:07 00:35:16:02 They're only a few equations, Professor.
00:35:16:02 00:35:17:12 Then again, just one of my equations
00:35:17:12 00:35:20:01 seems to have started all this madness.
00:35:21:04 00:35:22:17 So...
00:35:24:12 00:35:26:22 I really shouldn't be telling you this,
00:35:26:22 00:35:28:04 but our intelligence
services have reported
00:35:28:05 00:35:29:17 rumblings from Germany.
00:35:29:17 00:35:32:02 We know the Nazis are
putting everything they have
00:35:32:02 00:35:34:06 into building a bomb.
00:35:35:21 00:35:39:03 You are aware my security
clearance has been denied?
00:35:39:03 00:35:40:09 That's why we have to
keep this conversation
00:35:40:09 00:35:41:14 strictly between us.
00:35:41:14 00:35:43:04 Nobody can know about this.
00:35:43:04 00:35:45:18 God forbid the Germans...
00:35:45:18 00:35:47:08 or the Russians...
00:35:47:08 00:35:49:08 learn what we're doing.
00:35:58:13 00:36:00:03 Albert?
00:36:00:03 00:36:01:13 I thought you were coming to bed.
00:36:01:13 00:36:02:19 Yes, of course.
00:36:02:19 00:36:03:22 Just a few minutes more.
00:36:03:22 00:36:06:08 Don't be too long.
00:36:52:01 00:36:54:02 What are you looking for?
00:36:55:11 00:36:57:13 Could not sleep.
00:36:57:13 00:36:59:07 My book wasn't where I
left it in the kitchen.
00:36:59:07 00:37:00:10 - I thought perhaps...
- Ah.
00:37:00:10 00:37:02:06 ...perhaps Helen put it here.
00:37:02:07 00:37:06:08 Well, I woke up with my stomach
grumbling for a midnight snack.
00:37:06:08 00:37:09:02 Well, then,
let me make you something to eat.
00:37:09:02 00:37:11:13 Why not?
00:37:14:11 00:37:17:12 All of this is, of course,
very complicated, but if something
00:37:17:12 00:37:19:19 has been particularly unclear
this evening, I can assure you
00:37:19:19 00:37:21:18 it's because of my inability
to explain it properly.
00:37:21:18 00:37:23:13 Listen for certain words.
00:37:23:13 00:37:25:18 Heavy water, fast fission,
00:37:25:18 00:37:27:06 plutonium.
00:37:27:06 00:37:29:00 If anything Heisenberg says leads you
00:37:29:00 00:37:31:17 to believe he is close
to constructing a bomb...
00:37:31:17 00:37:32:21 Kill him.
00:37:32:21 00:37:35:06 Right there in the lecture hall?
00:37:35:06 00:37:37:09 We can't allow the
Germans to get this weapon.
00:37:37:09 00:37:40:03 And just as importantly,
we can't allow the Russians
00:37:40:03 00:37:42:02 to get their hands on Heisenberg.
00:37:42:02 00:37:44:10 Even if the Nazis don't succeed,
00:37:44:10 00:37:46:11 we've got to keep the Commies
00:37:46:11 00:37:48:06 from getting these secrets, too.
00:37:49:13 00:37:51:00 ...a formula that will allow us
00:37:51:00 00:37:53:05 to calculate the masses of the...
00:38:06:07 00:38:09:02 A fascinating lecture, Herr Professor.
00:38:09:02 00:38:11:20 Although I am afraid some of
it was beyond my abilities.
00:38:11:20 00:38:15:04 I know how busy you must be,
but if it is not an imposition,
00:38:15:05 00:38:16:14 perhaps I can walk
you back to your hotel.
00:38:16:14 00:38:18:03 I have a few questions.
00:38:18:03 00:38:19:10 I'm surprised you are teaching
00:38:19:10 00:38:21:10 such advanced ideas in secondary school.
00:38:21:10 00:38:24:13 Alas, I only teach the fundamentals.
00:38:24:13 00:38:28:15 Although I do like to keep up
with the latest developments.
00:38:28:15 00:38:30:21 I suppose I still harbor the fantasy
00:38:30:21 00:38:34:04 I could be a real physicist like you.
00:38:34:04 00:38:35:20 What would you like to know?
00:38:35:20 00:38:39:15 The topic that most interests
me is atomic fission.
00:38:39:15 00:38:43:06 The journals say that it
will become a source of energy
00:38:43:06 00:38:45:15 more powerful than coal or even oil.
00:38:45:15 00:38:47:14 That is certainly our hope.
00:38:47:14 00:38:49:09 I have also read
00:38:49:09 00:38:52:17 that it could be used to create a bomb.
00:38:52:17 00:38:54:12 Is this true?
00:38:54:12 00:38:56:21 A weapon is only theoretical.
00:38:56:21 00:38:59:00 Yes, but, theoretically,
00:38:59:00 00:39:01:09 if you had the materials,
00:39:01:09 00:39:03:12 could it be done?
00:39:05:15 00:39:08:01 It would be an extremely
difficult process.
00:39:08:01 00:39:11:08 But I have a question about
00:39:11:08 00:39:13:04 atomic fission for you, Herr Ritter.
00:39:17:01 00:39:19:08 If you were a real physicist,
00:39:19:08 00:39:22:13 one who knew how to build such a weapon,
00:39:22:13 00:39:25:02 and you knew it would help
your country win a war...
00:39:27:05 00:39:30:03 ...but that it could
also kill thousands...
00:39:33:00 00:39:35:13 ...what do you suppose
would be stronger...
00:39:35:13 00:39:37:21 your patriotism...
00:39:37:21 00:39:40:12 or your moral qualms?
00:39:42:16 00:39:45:15 I suppose...
00:39:45:15 00:39:48:00 if I were
00:39:48:00 00:39:51:10 a true patriot...
00:39:51:10 00:39:54:04 I would have to push those qualms aside.
00:39:58:17 00:40:01:02 Would you really?
00:40:07:18 00:40:10:02 Tell me, uh...
00:40:10:02 00:40:12:12 do you know my uncertainty principle?
00:40:13:12 00:40:15:10 Of course.
00:40:15:10 00:40:17:21 Uh, the... the more precisely
00:40:17:21 00:40:19:20 you measure a particle's velocity,
00:40:19:20 00:40:22:18 the less precisely
you know its position.
00:40:24:16 00:40:28:07 So perhaps the more precisely
you attempt to take my measure,
00:40:28:07 00:40:31:12 the less precisely you
will know my position.
00:40:35:12 00:40:38:11 Good night, Herr Ritter.
00:40:48:00 00:40:50:04 Thank you for your time, Herr Professor.
00:40:56:18 00:40:59:08 The Germans do not have a bomb.
00:41:04:19 00:41:05:20 I'm told
00:41:05:20 00:41:07:21 the intelligence is quite conclusive.
00:41:07:21 00:41:09:03 Well, if you are right,
00:41:09:03 00:41:10:23 we can all take a breath.
00:41:10:23 00:41:11:21 But I'm also hearing
00:41:11:21 00:41:13:06 that our American friends
00:41:13:06 00:41:14:10 are very close to succeeding.
00:41:14:10 00:41:15:18 Even if that is true,
00:41:15:18 00:41:18:02 Hitler and his Grey
geese are in retreat.
00:41:18:02 00:41:21:18 The Americans will not need an
atomic bomb to defeat Germany.
00:41:21:18 00:41:23:09 What about Japan?
00:41:23:09 00:41:25:12 They wouldn't.
00:41:25:12 00:41:26:21 That's why I am here, Albert.
00:41:26:21 00:41:28:06 To ask you
00:41:28:06 00:41:30:05 to write another letter to Roosevelt.
00:41:30:05 00:41:33:10 To tell him this weapon
must never be used.
00:41:36:18 00:41:39:22 Are you not the same
man that stood before me
00:41:39:22 00:41:42:14 six years ago and begged me
00:41:42:14 00:41:45:16 to get this godforsaken project started?
00:41:45:16 00:41:47:15 This bomb... some say it could start
00:41:47:15 00:41:50:01 a chain reaction that would
ignite the atmosphere itself.
00:41:50:01 00:41:53:16 Write to the president,
Albert, before it's too late.
00:42:23:02 00:42:24:18 This is a late bulletin
00:42:24:18 00:42:26:18 from our nation's capital.
00:42:26:18 00:42:28:23 The president of the United States,
00:42:28:23 00:42:31:08 Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
00:42:31:08 00:42:33:01 is dead.
00:42:33:01 00:42:36:12 It appears he has died
from a cerebral hemorrhage.
00:42:36:12 00:42:39:03 Vice President Truman and
the cabinet are meeting now
00:42:39:03 00:42:40:22 at the White House to settle all matters
00:42:40:22 00:42:42:14 of public importance.
00:42:42:14 00:42:46:05 All we know so far is
that the president died...
00:42:49:17 00:42:53:05 The Fuhrer is dead!
00:42:53:05 00:42:55:18 We must evacuate Berlin!
00:43:17:00 00:43:18:18 You are being recalled.
00:43:23:02 00:43:25:00 I'm more useful here.
00:43:26:04 00:43:27:17 Useful? Really?
00:43:28:19 00:43:30:05 Have you brought us anything of value
00:43:30:05 00:43:32:08 from your professor friend?
00:43:37:03 00:43:39:19 He's not my only source.
00:43:41:18 00:43:43:08 Tell Moscow I wish to stay.
00:43:43:08 00:43:45:06 Why?
00:43:45:06 00:43:47:09 Because you have made
the unforgivable mistake
00:43:47:09 00:43:50:10 of falling in love with your target?
00:43:51:23 00:43:54:18 You will do as you are told, Comrade.
00:44:02:02 00:44:04:23 I don't understand why you are leaving.
00:44:06:16 00:44:08:02 There is someone else?
00:44:08:02 00:44:10:00 No.
00:44:10:00 00:44:11:14 No, Albert.
00:44:14:10 00:44:15:17 But I do...
00:44:15:17 00:44:18:08 I do love my country.
00:44:18:08 00:44:21:05 Russia has been devastated by the war,
00:44:21:05 00:44:23:23 and I am needed at home.
00:44:25:11 00:44:29:04 You know, I often suspected
you wanted more from me
00:44:29:04 00:44:31:11 than just my company.
00:44:31:11 00:44:33:09 Albert...
00:44:33:09 00:44:35:08 But it's so hard for an old man
00:44:35:08 00:44:37:23 to find companionship.
00:44:41:06 00:44:44:22 I suppose I convinced myself.
00:44:44:22 00:44:47:16 Why couldn't both things be true?
00:44:50:05 00:44:53:21 Why couldn't you love your country,
00:44:53:21 00:44:55:18 and also love me?
00:45:05:17 00:45:09:13 You really are a brilliant man.
00:45:25:07 00:45:27:03 Professor?
00:45:28:20 00:45:31:17 I've just heard it on the radio.
00:45:31:17 00:45:33:18 They have dropped a bomb
00:45:33:18 00:45:36:02 on a city in Japan.
00:45:37:17 00:45:40:12 They say it used the power of the atom.
00:45:41:23 00:45:44:02 My God.
00:45:44:02 00:45:46:01 It is an atomic bomb.
00:45:46:01 00:45:49:18 It is a harnessing of the
basic power of the universe.
00:45:49:18 00:45:53:03 The force from which the sun
draws its power has been loosed
00:45:53:03 00:45:55:08 against those who brought war
00:45:55:08 00:45:57:16 to the Far East.
00:45:57:17 00:46:00:19 We have spent more than $2 billion
00:46:00:19 00:46:03:15 on the greatest scientific
gamble in history,
00:46:03:15 00:46:05:09 and we have won.
00:46:05:09 00:46:06:21 Yanks beat you Jerries again,
00:46:06:21 00:46:08:22 didn't they?
00:46:08:22 00:46:10:22 ...not the size of the enterprise,
00:46:10:22 00:46:12:16 its secrecy, or its cost,
00:46:12:16 00:46:14:11 but the ach...
00:46:21:23 00:46:23:23 How did they do it?
00:46:26:01 00:46:29:21 It's an extremely simple process,
actually.
00:46:34:06 00:46:37:06 Get me a pencil and a piece
of paper and I'll show you.