Hermann Wolff, a Wehrmacht Colonel assigned to German's intelligence agency, the Abwehr, investigates a suspicious train crash on the outskirts of Berlin with his right-hand man, Lieutenant Johann Bauer. Among the belongings of one of the bystanders is one of a spy's standard tools of the trade. When interrogated, its owner claims to have stolen it from a Japanese man named "Maki Katsuhiko..."
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إضافة إلى ذلك، فعدى أعواد الثّقاب
،التّي قال اللّصّ أنّه سرقها
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Y además de los fósforos que el ladrón 
dice haber hurtado del cadáver,
Y además de las cerillas que el ladrón 
dijo haber robado del cadáver,
Et en ce qui concerne Maki,
Inoltre, se escludiamo i fiammiferi
che quell'uomo ha detto di aver rubato,
E também, a única evidência que
temos sobre o Maki ser um espião