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The next day, the real Siletsky's body is discovered in the theater.

Ehrhardt sends for Maria to tell her, but she is unable to warn Tura in time, and he arranges another meeting with Ehrhardt, again posing as Siletsky.

When Tura arrives, Ehrhardt sends him into a room with Siletsky's dead body in it, hoping to frighten him into a confession.

Ad libbing like a pro, however, Tura shaves off Siletsky's beard and then attaches a spare fake beard that he was carrying in his pocket.

He then calls Ehrhardt into the room and manipulates him into pulling Siletsky's now-fake beard off.

This seems to prove that the real Siletsky was actually the imposter, but just as Tura is about to make his escape, the other actors ( sent by Maria and again in Nazi costume ) storm into Ehrhardt's office, yank off Tura's false beard and pretend to drag him away to prison.

This gets Tura out of Gestapo headquarters, but now he cannot leave the country on the plane Ehrhardt had arranged for him, and it's only a matter of time before the actors ' ruse is discovered.