eventually, the only ones left are becker, de relle and kurt richten (martin kosleck), von detner's aide at the embassy. aware now of becker's true identity and the fact that he was the informant, richten threatens to punish him by notifying the authorities that de relle is a spy. becker sacrifices himself to save de relle by offering to allow richten to become nazi hero by taking becker, still posing as consul von detmer, back to germany to be turned over to the nazis as a traitor.