A scuffle ensues, then a shot is fired, which is drowned out by a plane flying over the top of the radio tower.

The limousine driven by a crook called Martin races eastwards with police cars in hot pursuit.

When the gangsters are about to be caught, Martin dashes through police blockade and escapes through the Brandenburg Gate to the east of the city.

Local detectives Wengen and Lüdecke are working a case involving large amounts of US dollar bills flooding West Berlin.

Roberts explains to Vera that her father inherited a farm in Ohio and $150,000 (approximately $1,700,000 in today's money[2]) from his stepbrother.

Vera explains to Roberts that her father died in a labor camp in Austria shortly before the end of the war.

Law enforcement is closing in on the criminal gang, with high-speed chases occurring all over West Berlin.

The gangsters have set up their workshop in an inconspicuous location below the ruined Reichstag building right on the front line between the western and eastern sectors.

Berlin police arrive to raid the gangsters' workshop, leading to a gunfight and culminating in Pratt's death.