Funeral in Berlin

British secret agent Harry Palmer is sent to Berlin by his superior Colonel Ross to arrange the defection of Colonel Stok, a prominent Soviet intelligence officer. Palmer is sceptical but links up with Johnny Vulkan, an old German friend and former criminal associate. Palmer makes a rendezvous with Stok in the Soviet zone of the divided city, finding him eccentric and likeable. When Palmer returns to the western sector, he meets Samantha Steel, a model, but is suspicious of her forward manner.