January 1945. An American Agent fight a Nazi Naval Officer to
intercept the German plans to destroy New York City and,
being falsely suspected of betrayal, faces deadly combat
against her fellow Agent.

SYNOPSIS:

CASABLANCA OF THE NORTH

a feature screenplay synopsis

by William Whiteford

Synopsis

January 1945. In Berlin, Armaments Minister Albert Speer speaks with Hitler to reveal Project Jupiter, an operation meant to erase N.Y.C. from the planet in a sudden V-2 attack.

In Elbing (modern-day Elbląg, Poland), Karin, an American Agent of German origin, secretly shoots pictures of V-2 containers. On her way home, she kills two Nazi guards.

On the Baltic coast, two Polish Underground Activists hand her the general plans for Project Jupiter. Karin, disguised as a fisher-woman, sails to Stockholm.

In Stockholm, she hands her photos and the Nazi plans to Colonel Nilson of the American Spy Agency. She also reveals that Kriegsmarine Officer Burghoff has to deliver the details of Project Jupiter to the Hamburg sub base via a ship named Orion. The ship is due to sail off from Gottenhaven (modern-day Gdynia, Poland) in three days. The Colonel assigns two Agents, Karin and Alan, to intercept the plans.

In Gottenhaven, Karin and Alan seem to be united in a violent action: they kill a German Officer and his wife and jump into their uniforms and car. They arrive at the port to board the Orion.

After the ship's departure, Berghoff invites Karin to his cabin. She spots a hint that he might keep the Project Jupiter plans in his safe. When he tries to kiss her, she pushes him away. Berghoff slaps her - Karin runs out of his cabin.

Karin decides to steal the plans from Berghoff's cabin. In the past, Alan was a burglar, but he refuses to help her. To persuade him, she lies about a treasure map in Berghoff’s safe. He agrees on the condition of splitting everything 50/50.

During a speech by Hitler broadcast from Berlin, Alan cracks the safe. But Karin snatches the plans. Berghoff, a gun in his hand, chases Karin and Alan – a wild hunt on the ship’s decks starts. The Agents split up on C-Deck. Meanwhile…

A Soviet S-13 sub fires three torpedoes - the Orion starts sinking. The lifeboats are lowered down. Inside the ship, Karin and Berghoff fiercely fight each other with changing fortunes – millions of lives are at stake.

On Compass Deck, Karin and Alan have one last fight against Berghoff – the latter falls into the boiling sea and drowns. Both Agents lower a dinghy into the water. From there, they see the agony of the Orion - a symbol of the dying Third Reich.

On the dinghy, Alan, all of sudden, pulls out a gun and points it at Karin – he suspects that Karin lied about Project Jupiter and snatched the plans to sell to the KGB. He demands that she gives him the plans. Karin also never trusted him, and she refuses. Alan shoots at her but misses. She hits him in the head, and Alan drops into the water. Convinced that Alan died a KGB spy, she sails northward to be rescued by a Swedish ship bound for Stockholm.

In Stockholm, Colonel Nilson honors Karin. However, she doesn’t quite feel deserving of it as she has killed one of her fellow Agents, after all. Nilson opens a hidden door: ALAN emerges. Karin is furious. But Nilson calms her: “Trust is good, but control is better.” They all relax. Alan invites Karin to the theater.

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