CODED MESSAGE FOR THE BOSS
(CHIFFRIERT AN CHEF – AUSFALL NR. 5)
dir. Helmut Dziuba, 1979
GDR. 94 mins.
In German with English subtitles.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 – 7:30 PM
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 – 10 PM
MONDAY, AUGUST 26 – 7:30 PM

Everybody wants a piece of Wolf Brandin, a talented electrical engineering PhD candidate and model East German citizen. The CIA are gathering intelligence on “Number 5”, who has a promising thesis on radio communications and takes frequent trips to the West side of Berlin. When he’s offered lucrative work for the CIA, he runs back to East Germany and informs the secret police. Rather than ridding himself of the problem, he is now a tool of both the Stasi and the CIA, forced to live a double life that takes a toll on his marriage and good nature. Despite these challenges, Brandin does not lose track of his allegiance to East Germany and is able to feed the CIA misinformation that enables the Berlin Wall to be built.