put on the Star of David badge required of all Jews. This is too much for Tillie, who reveals to all that Plotke used to work in the Bauers' department store, until he was caught stealing. Max gave him another chance, only to have Plotke appropriate the business when the Nazis came to power. Plotke orders her arrest, but is himself taken into custody for stealing from the government. Richter is given a waiter's uniform and sent to serve dinner to Dorn in her suite. When she becomes suspicious, he is forced to reveal his identity. She offers to assist him in exchange for her own passage out of Germany. Later, however, Tillie snoops in Dorn's suite (envious of her extensive wardrobe) and finds a suspicious discarded waiter's jacket, which she reports to Helm. Helm captures Richter by himself, but Richter is able to disarm and overpower him. He throws Helm down the shaft of a disabled elevator. Though the hotel is surrounded, Dorn persuades admirer Major Kauders to escort a seemingly drunk Richter (now in an SS uniform) through the cordon. When Richter sends word where to meet him, however, Dorn betrays him. She is suspected, and her phone call to Von Stetten is overheard. As a result, she is taken to the underground headquarters as a prisoner. Despite her desperate attempts to justify herself, Richter shoots her. Cast Faye Emerson as Tillie Weiler Helmut Dantine as Martin Richter Raymond Massey as General Arnim von Dahnwitz Andrea King as Lisa Dorn Peter Lorre as Johannes Koenig Alan Hale as Hermann Plottke George Coulouris as SS-Gruppenführer Joachim Helm Henry Daniell as Von Stetten Peter Whitney as Heinrichs Helene Thimig as Sarah Baruch Steven Geray as Kleibert, the hotel manager Kurt Kreuger as Major Kauders Erwin Kalser as Dr. Dorf, the hotel physician Production The working title was Hotel Berlin '43. It was in production between November 15, 1944 and January 15, 1945. According to TCM and AFI, the end date is uncertain. Warner Bros. rushed the release of the picture to coincide with the Russian and Allied drives on Berlin. The story was updated to include late war events during the spring of 1945. The film ends with a statement over the signatures of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin: "Our purpose is not to destroy the German people--but we are determined to disband all German armed forces-break