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..."
but no matter where we look, 
the truth evades us.
.لكن كيفما نظرنا للأمر، تتملّص الحقيقة منّا
aber was wir auch versuchen,
wir finden die Wahrheit nicht.
por mucho que investigamos, 
la verdad se nos escapa.
por mucho que investigamos, 
la verdad se nos escapa.
mais c’est impossible à vérifier.
ma nessuna delle nostre ricerche 
ha mai portato alla verità.
Não importa o quão fundo eu investigue,
não consigo chegar nele.