1 00:00:43,458 --> 00:00:46,332 Our Weekend Cabin, Summer '78 2 00:00:47,458 --> 00:00:50,957 Look over here, into the camera. 3 00:00:53,958 --> 00:00:55,791 Hands off! 4 00:01:01,208 --> 00:01:05,707 - Alex, hold on tight! - Papa, help me! 5 00:02:28,708 --> 00:02:32,166 Slowly and carefully... 6 00:02:32,417 --> 00:02:34,957 ...the giant colossus... 7 00:02:35,208 --> 00:02:37,666 ...is placed on the launching pad. 8 00:02:38,333 --> 00:02:44,541 The product of a great joint endeavor will be put to the test here. 9 00:02:44,708 --> 00:02:49,582 The principle "quality supplied by all to all"... 10 00:02:49,833 --> 00:02:50,832 That's him! 11 00:02:50,958 --> 00:02:53,791 ...can be seen perfectly here. 12 00:02:55,583 --> 00:03:01,207 I am ready to embark on the flight of the spaceship, SOJUS 31... 13 00:03:01,458 --> 00:03:04,541 ...as a member of the international crew. 14 00:03:04,708 --> 00:03:09,207 On August 26, 1978, we were world-class. 15 00:03:09,375 --> 00:03:15,457 East German citizen Sigmund Jahn was the first German in space. 16 00:03:15,708 --> 00:03:19,082 On that day, things in our family started going seriously downhill. 17 00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:22,124 This is your husband's third trip to a capitalist country. 18 00:03:22,375 --> 00:03:24,999 He's standing in for his boss, Professor Klinger. 19 00:03:25,375 --> 00:03:28,332 Does your husband have contacts in the West? 20 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:29,582 No. 21 00:03:30,125 --> 00:03:34,707 Mrs. Kerner, how would you describe the state of your marriage? 22 00:03:37,250 --> 00:03:40,124 Did your husband discuss fleeing the country? 23 00:03:40,333 --> 00:03:41,874 Mrs. Kerner. 24 00:03:42,250 --> 00:03:44,749 Did he discuss it with you? 25 00:03:45,750 --> 00:03:49,791 Please allow me to express my sincerest gratitude... 26 00:03:50,042 --> 00:03:52,791 ...to the central committee of the Communist Party... 27 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,041 Get out! Leave me alone! 28 00:03:57,500 --> 00:04:01,624 While Sigmund Jahn was intrepidly representing our country in space... 29 00:04:01,792 --> 00:04:05,166 ...my father was getting his brains fucked out... 30 00:04:05,375 --> 00:04:07,666 ...by his new "enemy of the state" girlfriend. 31 00:04:07,917 --> 00:04:09,291 He never came back. 32 00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:16,041 My mother was so depressed that she stopped talking. 33 00:04:16,250 --> 00:04:18,124 She just didn't speak. 34 00:04:18,375 --> 00:04:21,499 Not to us, nor to anyone. 35 00:04:29,208 --> 00:04:31,666 Please, Mama, come back. 36 00:04:31,917 --> 00:04:34,291 It's so boring at Mrs. Schafer's. 37 00:04:36,167 --> 00:04:40,124 Mama, I love you! 38 00:04:51,417 --> 00:04:55,999 The Sandman has adapted very well to conditions in space. 39 00:04:56,250 --> 00:04:59,791 But the biggest surprise for us... 40 00:05:00,042 --> 00:05:04,291 ...was that he has become good friends with Mascha. 41 00:05:04,500 --> 00:05:09,999 We've even had a cosmic wedding. In just a few minutes... 42 00:05:10,167 --> 00:05:13,791 ...The Sandman and Mascha return to Earth. 43 00:05:13,958 --> 00:05:19,832 Dear children, I hope that you all have an opportunity to see this at home. 44 00:05:20,208 --> 00:05:24,707 After eight weeks, Mother came home. She was back to normal. 45 00:05:24,917 --> 00:05:28,832 - Surprise! - My darlings! 46 00:05:33,458 --> 00:05:35,332 My Alex... 47 00:05:35,583 --> 00:05:38,332 ...my little cosmonaut. 48 00:05:51,833 --> 00:05:53,166 SOLIDARITY WITH MOZAMBIQUE 49 00:05:56,375 --> 00:05:57,499 Pioneer Camp, Spring '79 50 00:05:57,750 --> 00:05:59,707 We never mentioned Father again. 51 00:06:01,125 --> 00:06:05,374 From then on, our mother was married to our socialist fatherland. 52 00:06:11,083 --> 00:06:13,249 Our country 53 00:06:13,500 --> 00:06:17,707 Is not just cities and villages 54 00:06:17,875 --> 00:06:22,207 Since the relationship was not sexual, she had a lot of energy for us kids... 55 00:06:22,375 --> 00:06:25,124 ...and for the realities of life under socialism. 56 00:06:25,333 --> 00:06:29,999 The grass on the meadow The crops in the field 57 00:06:30,250 --> 00:06:36,124 And the birds in the sky And the animals 58 00:06:36,375 --> 00:06:39,374 My mother became an activist for social progress... 59 00:06:39,542 --> 00:06:44,249 ...a passionate crusader for the concerns of common people... 60 00:06:44,417 --> 00:06:46,874 ...and against those tiny injustices of life. 61 00:06:47,292 --> 00:06:53,416 In the matter of garishly colored... 62 00:06:53,667 --> 00:06:56,416 ...maternity wear. 63 00:06:58,250 --> 00:07:02,166 Now for our report on the award ceremony... 64 00:07:02,417 --> 00:07:04,416 It's coming up now. 65 00:07:04,750 --> 00:07:08,916 Factory and office workers, scientists and collective farm workers... 66 00:07:09,167 --> 00:07:12,666 ...artists and retirees arrived in Berlin today... 67 00:07:12,917 --> 00:07:17,291 ...to receive our country's highest awards. 68 00:07:18,833 --> 00:07:21,666 - That's you, Mama! - Gold award... 69 00:07:21,833 --> 00:07:24,957 ...in recognition of extraordinary contributions... 70 00:07:25,167 --> 00:07:29,707 ...to our socialist society. 71 00:07:29,958 --> 00:07:33,332 On the eve of the national holiday, the party's central committee... 72 00:07:33,583 --> 00:07:37,707 ...traditionally honors exceptional citizens. 73 00:07:39,583 --> 00:07:42,832 After long hours of training, the day had finally come. 74 00:07:43,083 --> 00:07:46,457 I, Alex Kerner, would be the second German to venture into space... 75 00:07:46,708 --> 00:07:48,791 ...farther than anyone before. 76 00:07:48,958 --> 00:07:51,041 Takeoff! 77 00:07:52,292 --> 00:07:56,916 I imagined how I'd explore the secrets of space for the benefit of mankind... 78 00:07:57,083 --> 00:08:02,749 ...how I'd look down on our planet and wave proudly at my mother. 79 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,249 Stand by for liftoff! 80 00:08:24,708 --> 00:08:28,249 10 years later - October 7, 1989 81 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,416 People are at the core of socialist society 82 00:08:33,667 --> 00:08:34,791 East Germany turned 40. 83 00:08:35,042 --> 00:08:38,749 I had the day off from my job at a TV-repair firm... 84 00:08:38,917 --> 00:08:42,582 ...and felt that I was at the height of my masculine allure. 85 00:08:48,417 --> 00:08:51,082 40 YEARS GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 86 00:08:57,708 --> 00:08:59,207 Change was in the air... 87 00:08:59,583 --> 00:09:02,916 ...while the members of the world's last great shooting club... 88 00:09:03,083 --> 00:09:04,582 ...paraded outside our house. 89 00:09:25,375 --> 00:09:28,749 There's a girl here for you. Shall I send her away? 90 00:09:29,958 --> 00:09:34,332 - What girl? - No idea. Seems nice, though. 91 00:09:39,083 --> 00:09:41,707 Did you sleep in your clothes again? 92 00:09:42,583 --> 00:09:44,874 Where's my visitor? 93 00:09:45,125 --> 00:09:48,749 Your visitor's name is Paula. She's your date, as agreed. 94 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,457 - Oh, no. - Oh, yes, little brother. 95 00:09:52,708 --> 00:09:57,249 - Can't your ex mind her? - Her father is on call today. 96 00:10:13,917 --> 00:10:18,166 "... these products. Women of a certain age... " 97 00:10:19,417 --> 00:10:24,916 Cannot and do not wish to wear the kind of underpants you sell. 98 00:10:25,167 --> 00:10:28,999 The population of the GDR does not consist of young ice princesses... 99 00:10:29,167 --> 00:10:33,291 ...and exquisitely slim comrades. - That's good. 100 00:10:33,542 --> 00:10:35,666 Still here? It's started already. 101 00:10:35,917 --> 00:10:38,416 - As we can hear. - You better hurry. 102 00:10:38,667 --> 00:10:41,416 - May be the last time with the old gang. - Where's Paula? 103 00:10:41,625 --> 00:10:43,124 Is she asleep? 104 00:10:44,375 --> 00:10:46,832 I might see your mother on TV today. 105 00:10:47,083 --> 00:10:49,082 From the Palace of the Republic? 106 00:10:49,292 --> 00:10:50,457 Invitation 107 00:10:50,708 --> 00:10:51,957 With a magnifying glass. 108 00:10:54,583 --> 00:10:59,457 I'm not even sure I'm going. All the party bigwigs will be there. 109 00:10:59,708 --> 00:11:01,666 I won't know a soul. 110 00:11:02,167 --> 00:11:06,541 But I wouldn't mind seeing Gorbachev close up. 111 00:11:06,708 --> 00:11:09,582 Look at them, celebrating themselves, the old farts. 112 00:11:09,833 --> 00:11:11,666 You don't have to watch. 113 00:11:12,958 --> 00:11:17,666 - Can't you see what's going on? - What do you want to do? Emigrate? 114 00:11:18,667 --> 00:11:20,916 Nothing will change if everyone emigrates. 115 00:11:21,083 --> 00:11:23,082 Continue with: 116 00:11:24,708 --> 00:11:27,082 It simply won't do... 117 00:11:27,208 --> 00:11:30,999 ...for our sturdier female workers and farmers... 118 00:11:31,208 --> 00:11:34,499 ...to be punished in this way by our fashion combines... 119 00:11:34,750 --> 00:11:39,749 ...in this 40th year of our republic. With socialist greetings... 120 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:42,749 Hanna Schafer. 121 00:11:51,875 --> 00:11:54,499 On the evening of October 7, 1989... 122 00:11:54,708 --> 00:11:58,499 ...several hundred people got together for some evening exercise... 123 00:11:58,708 --> 00:12:00,999 ...and marched for the right to go for walks... 124 00:12:01,208 --> 00:12:03,207 ...without the Wall getting in their way. 125 00:12:03,375 --> 00:12:09,916 Freedom of the press! Freedom of the press! Freedom of the press! 126 00:12:30,042 --> 00:12:32,291 Cough it out! 127 00:12:35,042 --> 00:12:37,124 Are you okay? 128 00:12:39,292 --> 00:12:42,041 - You okay? - Thank you. 129 00:12:53,333 --> 00:12:55,332 Even more cops over there. 130 00:12:58,833 --> 00:13:00,166 All right, all right. 131 00:13:12,333 --> 00:13:15,457 If you take the subway, you might still make it. 132 00:13:28,208 --> 00:13:30,332 What's your name? 133 00:14:11,583 --> 00:14:13,124 Stop it! 134 00:14:14,625 --> 00:14:16,041 Watch it! 135 00:14:33,917 --> 00:14:35,749 - That's my mother! - Don't move! 136 00:14:35,917 --> 00:14:37,791 That's my mother! 137 00:14:52,292 --> 00:14:55,374 Let me go, you asshole! My mother's lying on... 138 00:15:26,333 --> 00:15:29,207 - Alexander Kerner? - Yes? 139 00:15:35,458 --> 00:15:37,166 Your mother. 140 00:16:32,292 --> 00:16:33,791 What's wrong with Mother? 141 00:16:37,875 --> 00:16:39,499 What is it? 142 00:16:41,125 --> 00:16:43,124 She had a heart attack. 143 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:49,416 CPR was performed rather late. She's in a coma. 144 00:16:53,625 --> 00:16:58,624 - When can I talk to her? - Alex, Mama is in a coma! 145 00:16:59,417 --> 00:17:04,207 We don't know if she'll ever wake up again. 146 00:17:35,417 --> 00:17:36,916 Can you hear me, Mama? 147 00:17:39,667 --> 00:17:41,666 You have to wake up. 148 00:17:41,917 --> 00:17:43,957 But Mother kept on sleeping. 149 00:17:45,583 --> 00:17:48,291 In her long, deep sleep... 150 00:17:48,458 --> 00:17:52,791 ...she orbited like a satellite around our small planet... 151 00:17:52,958 --> 00:17:55,707 ...and our even smaller republic. 152 00:17:58,583 --> 00:18:01,582 The 9th congress has granted Erich Honecker's request... 153 00:18:01,708 --> 00:18:04,916 ...to resign for health reasons... 154 00:18:05,083 --> 00:18:07,707 ...and thanked him for his contributions to politics. 155 00:18:09,917 --> 00:18:11,832 Her sleep kept her in the dark... 156 00:18:12,083 --> 00:18:14,332 ...during the resignation of Comrade Honecker... 157 00:18:14,542 --> 00:18:16,332 ...secretary general of the party... 158 00:18:16,542 --> 00:18:20,207 ...and chairman of the state council of the German Democratic Republic. 159 00:18:21,958 --> 00:18:26,832 Berlin: Tonight the Wall came down. 160 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,749 Unity and right and freedom For the German fatherland... 161 00:18:30,958 --> 00:18:34,999 She slept through a classical concert in front of West Berlin's city hall... 162 00:18:36,625 --> 00:18:41,624 ...and through the start of a huge and unique recycling campaign. 163 00:18:46,875 --> 00:18:49,874 Open the gate! Open the gate! 164 00:18:50,125 --> 00:18:53,624 Stasi out! Stasi out! 165 00:18:53,875 --> 00:18:56,999 Mother kept on sleeping. 166 00:18:59,250 --> 00:19:03,624 She missed my first outing to the West and certain comrades'... 167 00:19:03,833 --> 00:19:07,666 ...unflagging efforts to protect us, the workers and farmers. 168 00:19:08,792 --> 00:19:13,999 She also missed my first cultural discoveries in a new country. 169 00:19:18,667 --> 00:19:20,041 Excuse me. 170 00:19:22,125 --> 00:19:26,916 Her condition prevented her from voting in the first free elections. 171 00:19:32,042 --> 00:19:35,416 She slept while Ariane quit studying economic theory... 172 00:19:35,625 --> 00:19:38,166 Thanks for choosing Burger King. 173 00:19:38,417 --> 00:19:41,916 ...and gained her first practical experience with monetary circulation. 174 00:19:42,167 --> 00:19:44,874 She was spared watching Ariane's new lover move in... 175 00:19:45,042 --> 00:19:47,916 ...Rainer, class enemy and greasy spoon manager. 176 00:19:48,167 --> 00:19:49,791 WORKER OF THE MONTH ARIANE and RAINER 177 00:19:50,083 --> 00:19:53,457 The bedroom furniture goes down to the cellar. 178 00:19:53,708 --> 00:19:58,541 She missed the slow but steady westernization of our tiny flat. 179 00:19:58,708 --> 00:20:03,082 The old stuff marked with red dots goes on the street for junk collection. 180 00:20:05,083 --> 00:20:08,707 She missed Rainer's enthusiasm for the ways and tradition of the orient. 181 00:20:08,917 --> 00:20:10,582 Sorry. 182 00:20:16,042 --> 00:20:19,291 Not even my hormonal rapture at the sight... 183 00:20:19,458 --> 00:20:22,291 ...of certain shapely legs could penetrate her twilight. 184 00:20:33,125 --> 00:20:34,957 Shit. 185 00:20:41,375 --> 00:20:45,457 - What are you doing? - Nothing. The drip... 186 00:20:45,625 --> 00:20:49,374 In her dark dreams, she also missed the arrival of Lara... 187 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,499 ...the angelic student nurse from the Soviet Union. 188 00:20:55,750 --> 00:20:59,082 - You again. - Hello. 189 00:21:00,708 --> 00:21:02,374 I was worried about you. 190 00:21:03,708 --> 00:21:05,874 They arrested me. 191 00:21:19,917 --> 00:21:22,416 Mother slept through the triumph of capitalism... 192 00:21:22,750 --> 00:21:24,041 Change the guard! 193 00:21:32,750 --> 00:21:36,666 ...and my carefully coordinated visits to the hospital. 194 00:22:01,333 --> 00:22:02,707 You know what I've noticed? 195 00:22:04,083 --> 00:22:06,832 When she's in a good mood, she wears her hair down. 196 00:22:07,458 --> 00:22:09,207 In a bad mood, she wears it up. 197 00:22:10,542 --> 00:22:13,582 She bites her nails during the doctors' rounds. 198 00:22:17,542 --> 00:22:20,916 Doesn't she have a lovely smile? 199 00:22:25,083 --> 00:22:29,207 In her sleep she didn't see how our working-class heroes lost their jobs. 200 00:22:29,417 --> 00:22:33,207 The TV-repair shop where I worked was shut down. 201 00:22:33,542 --> 00:22:37,499 I was the last one out. I turned off the light. 202 00:22:37,750 --> 00:22:41,207 Then things began to look up. As part of a capable East-West team... 203 00:22:41,375 --> 00:22:43,874 ...I became a practitioner of the reunification... 204 00:22:44,083 --> 00:22:46,499 ...cheering up the landscape with satellite dishes. 205 00:22:46,750 --> 00:22:52,749 - Denis Domaschke. - Domaschke. Denis Domaschke. 206 00:22:55,333 --> 00:22:58,124 - Alexander Kerner. - Here. 207 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:03,207 - Get over here, don't be shy. - Hello. 208 00:23:04,125 --> 00:23:06,249 Be good, ladies. 209 00:23:07,750 --> 00:23:11,999 Hello. Hello. 210 00:23:16,125 --> 00:23:18,666 Knut Vogel. 211 00:23:22,875 --> 00:23:27,416 Hello, Mama. Dr. Wagner told us to talk to you. 212 00:23:27,667 --> 00:23:31,124 Since I can't come in person, I thought this might work. 213 00:23:31,292 --> 00:23:33,791 It's 5 p. m. 214 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,166 Most doctors will be gone, and you'll finally have some peace. 215 00:23:37,375 --> 00:23:40,916 Nurse Lara, who just gave you a bath, will be gone too. 216 00:23:41,125 --> 00:23:43,666 If you could see her, I'm sure you'd wake up. 217 00:23:43,875 --> 00:23:48,666 Ariane says hello. She thinks the tape is a stupid idea, but you know her. 218 00:23:48,875 --> 00:23:54,166 She's with Paula, who's teething and cries a lot. 219 00:23:54,375 --> 00:23:57,249 Mother slept through my unstoppable progress with Lara. 220 00:23:57,417 --> 00:23:59,916 After four early and 35 late shifts... 221 00:24:00,083 --> 00:24:03,832 ...we finally had our first romantic rendezvous. 222 00:24:25,792 --> 00:24:27,582 It's very loud here! 223 00:24:46,958 --> 00:24:49,624 Our Russian teacher was from Minsk and weighed a ton. 224 00:24:49,875 --> 00:24:52,499 And that's all you know about Russian women. 225 00:24:59,833 --> 00:25:03,957 The winds of change blew on the ruins of our republic. 226 00:25:04,125 --> 00:25:07,874 Summer came, and Berlin was the most beautiful place on Earth. 227 00:25:08,500 --> 00:25:13,832 We were at the center of the world, where things were finally happening. 228 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,124 And we went with the flow. 229 00:25:16,625 --> 00:25:19,749 Too bad she's missing all this. 230 00:25:21,708 --> 00:25:23,874 Maybe it's better this way. 231 00:25:25,167 --> 00:25:28,249 Everything she believed in vanished in just a few months. 232 00:25:28,500 --> 00:25:29,874 What about your father? 233 00:25:31,042 --> 00:25:32,541 He was a doctor. 234 00:25:33,542 --> 00:25:35,999 He escaped to the West. 235 00:25:36,167 --> 00:25:38,291 We never heard from him again. 236 00:26:20,708 --> 00:26:26,416 The future lay in our hands. Uncertain, yet promising. 237 00:26:34,333 --> 00:26:36,832 Hello, XTV, we just want to... 238 00:26:39,333 --> 00:26:40,457 - Hello. - Hello. 239 00:26:40,708 --> 00:26:42,041 Interested in satellite TV? 240 00:26:42,958 --> 00:26:44,291 No money? 241 00:26:45,083 --> 00:26:46,957 Hello. 242 00:26:47,125 --> 00:26:50,374 Hi, you like soccer? We have the thing for you. 243 00:26:50,583 --> 00:26:53,124 - Hello. - Hello, XTV. 244 00:26:53,333 --> 00:26:57,124 We're from XTV. Interested in a satellite dish? 245 00:26:57,333 --> 00:27:01,874 You have Vietnam One and Two, and a Vietnamese sports channel. 246 00:27:02,125 --> 00:27:03,082 I see. 247 00:27:07,625 --> 00:27:09,249 To the soccer championships. 248 00:27:09,500 --> 00:27:11,874 - To the future. - To us... 249 00:27:12,500 --> 00:27:14,374 ...comrade. 250 00:27:17,958 --> 00:27:19,874 SO 36 FILM presents 251 00:27:20,083 --> 00:27:21,874 FAMILY MOMENTS 252 00:27:22,125 --> 00:27:24,124 WEDDING 253 00:27:24,500 --> 00:27:26,624 Right now it's just a side job. 254 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:28,624 BAPTISM 255 00:27:29,792 --> 00:27:33,916 Someday I'm going to do real feature films. 256 00:27:34,167 --> 00:27:34,874 ...and more! 257 00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:37,166 SO 36 FILM Denis Domaschke 258 00:27:37,417 --> 00:27:39,499 Under the same label, of course. 259 00:27:40,375 --> 00:27:42,249 Let me show you something. 260 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,624 This is what I'm working on. Watch. 261 00:27:51,417 --> 00:27:52,666 Don't look yet. 262 00:27:54,250 --> 00:27:55,791 Wait, don't look. 263 00:27:56,292 --> 00:27:59,249 Just a moment. Now. 264 00:28:15,458 --> 00:28:17,457 Did you catch that? 265 00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:32,082 Now. 266 00:28:37,458 --> 00:28:40,332 That's the famous cut from 2001, with the bone. 267 00:28:40,583 --> 00:28:43,707 The cake is the spaceship. 268 00:28:48,708 --> 00:28:51,124 - Did you see it? - Yeah. 269 00:28:51,625 --> 00:28:52,999 Brilliant. 270 00:29:03,750 --> 00:29:05,207 Brilliant. 271 00:29:14,083 --> 00:29:19,332 By early June 1990, the East German borders were meaningless. 272 00:29:23,375 --> 00:29:25,582 And still, Mother slept. 273 00:29:25,750 --> 00:29:28,499 I, for my part, inspired by the old communist saying: 274 00:29:28,708 --> 00:29:32,374 "We solve problems by marching ahead, " took the initiative. 275 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:09,374 Mama? 276 00:30:10,917 --> 00:30:12,791 Mama? 277 00:30:15,083 --> 00:30:16,457 Can you hear me? 278 00:30:23,583 --> 00:30:28,582 That she woke up is a miracle, but she might not be the same as she was. 279 00:30:28,833 --> 00:30:29,832 What do you mean? 280 00:30:30,083 --> 00:30:34,457 Some patients don't even recognize their own kids. Amnesia. 281 00:30:35,292 --> 00:30:37,082 Memory loss. 282 00:30:38,208 --> 00:30:39,791 Sorry. 283 00:30:40,417 --> 00:30:45,791 She could be confused, or mix up long and short-term memory. 284 00:30:45,958 --> 00:30:49,457 Sensory disturbances, delayed reactions. We don't know... 285 00:30:49,667 --> 00:30:54,291 ...how badly the brain was damaged. The list of potential problems is long. 286 00:30:55,208 --> 00:30:59,457 I'm sorry to tell you this, but your mother's life is still in danger. 287 00:31:01,250 --> 00:31:05,874 I can't give you much hope she'll survive the next weeks. 288 00:31:14,875 --> 00:31:16,624 Well... 289 00:31:18,625 --> 00:31:21,624 Can we take her home? 290 00:31:22,333 --> 00:31:24,249 Absolutely not. 291 00:31:24,750 --> 00:31:28,374 It's better for her to stay here. And easier for you too. 292 00:31:28,583 --> 00:31:31,082 She wouldn't survive a second heart attack. 293 00:31:31,583 --> 00:31:35,707 You must protect her from any kind of excitement. 294 00:31:35,958 --> 00:31:41,791 - And I do mean any kind, Mr. Kerner. - Any kind of excitement. 295 00:31:43,625 --> 00:31:45,541 It would be life-threatening. 296 00:31:47,167 --> 00:31:48,791 And this here? 297 00:31:49,042 --> 00:31:50,749 GOOD LUCK, GERMANY YES TO REUNIFICATION 298 00:31:50,917 --> 00:31:53,124 Wouldn't you call this exciting? 299 00:31:54,125 --> 00:31:56,541 My mother doesn't know the Wall fell. 300 00:31:56,792 --> 00:31:58,916 Here she'll find out in no time. 301 00:32:02,500 --> 00:32:03,791 Your granddaughter. 302 00:32:12,292 --> 00:32:14,041 What happened? 303 00:32:14,417 --> 00:32:17,874 - You collapsed. - Eight months ago. 304 00:32:19,708 --> 00:32:23,166 Eight months ago? 305 00:32:25,833 --> 00:32:29,166 I can't remember anything. 306 00:32:29,333 --> 00:32:32,582 That's normal. It'll come back. 307 00:32:32,833 --> 00:32:36,832 - You just have to be patient. - And what happened? 308 00:32:39,208 --> 00:32:41,791 - That was... - It was in October. 309 00:32:42,333 --> 00:32:44,957 I think you were going shopping. 310 00:32:45,167 --> 00:32:49,707 You were shopping, there was a long queue, and it was so hot. 311 00:32:50,583 --> 00:32:52,207 You just collapsed. 312 00:32:52,792 --> 00:32:54,707 In October? 313 00:32:54,917 --> 00:32:59,082 It was an unusually hot October. 314 00:33:02,750 --> 00:33:04,082 And then? 315 00:33:04,875 --> 00:33:07,124 You were in a coma. 316 00:33:12,708 --> 00:33:14,082 I want to go home. 317 00:33:16,333 --> 00:33:17,624 I promise, you will. 318 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,499 We'll celebrate your birthday, like every year. 319 00:33:22,833 --> 00:33:24,624 Alex, this is totally crazy! 320 00:33:24,833 --> 00:33:27,082 We can't leave her there. We promised. 321 00:33:27,250 --> 00:33:30,499 She's very sick! They can take better care of her here! 322 00:33:30,750 --> 00:33:34,082 They're equipped for it. Damn it, be realistic, for once! 323 00:33:34,250 --> 00:33:38,374 You be realistic! Lmagine what will happen once she has to share a room. 324 00:33:38,583 --> 00:33:43,499 Or if someone lets something slip! Here, she'll find out in no time! 325 00:33:43,667 --> 00:33:44,916 She'd never survive that. 326 00:33:47,542 --> 00:33:50,916 All this stuff has to go. 327 00:33:52,667 --> 00:33:55,666 - Are the old curtains in the cellar? - You can't be serious. 328 00:33:56,750 --> 00:33:58,999 Shit, you drilled them into the wall. 329 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,374 - Well, just great! - We'll just have to plaster them up. 330 00:34:04,667 --> 00:34:06,916 Can you tell me what's going on? 331 00:34:07,125 --> 00:34:09,291 - Can't you guess? - Guess what? 332 00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:12,332 - What's he supposed to guess? - You have to move out. 333 00:34:12,583 --> 00:34:16,207 - Or shall we put her in the cellar? - I paid rent the last five months! 334 00:34:16,417 --> 00:34:18,332 - How generous! - For the whole apartment! 335 00:34:18,583 --> 00:34:22,207 Yeah, 47 marks. In the West, that wouldn't even cover the phone bill! 336 00:34:22,417 --> 00:34:25,874 - Here, you wait 10 years for a phone! - You can't just... 337 00:34:26,083 --> 00:34:28,082 The room has to be just like it was! 338 00:34:28,333 --> 00:34:30,874 The doctor said she has to stay in bed, right? 339 00:34:31,125 --> 00:34:35,374 So it's just about this one room. When she's better, we'll see. 340 00:34:35,625 --> 00:34:39,457 You didn't get what the doctor said! She probably... 341 00:34:39,625 --> 00:34:42,624 You said that when you wanted to pull the plug on her. 342 00:34:42,875 --> 00:34:45,874 That was a different situation. You can't compare it! 343 00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:50,999 What are you going to tell her? That you quit college to sell burgers? 344 00:34:52,625 --> 00:34:57,082 "Thanks for choosing Burger King. " 345 00:35:10,792 --> 00:35:13,166 - Eighth floor? - Yep. 346 00:35:13,375 --> 00:35:15,166 - Elevator? - Broken. 347 00:35:15,417 --> 00:35:18,749 - Shit. - You can say that again. 348 00:35:55,208 --> 00:35:57,666 My life was totally different... 349 00:35:57,833 --> 00:36:00,457 ...and the day we were going to take Mother home... 350 00:36:00,708 --> 00:36:04,457 ...approached as relentlessly as a massive Russian tank. 351 00:36:04,667 --> 00:36:06,457 How dare you go through my wardrobe. 352 00:36:06,667 --> 00:36:10,207 Not your wardrobe, charity shop. Besides, what's that you're wearing? 353 00:36:10,417 --> 00:36:12,957 Try to make an effort. 354 00:36:14,542 --> 00:36:17,707 Look at the crap we used to wear. 355 00:36:21,708 --> 00:36:23,832 Sign here. 356 00:36:25,583 --> 00:36:28,707 The physiotherapist comes three times a week. Any questions? 357 00:36:28,958 --> 00:36:31,582 She's going home on her own responsibility. 358 00:36:31,833 --> 00:36:33,332 You know what I think of this. 359 00:36:34,208 --> 00:36:36,124 Where's the other doctor? 360 00:36:36,875 --> 00:36:40,124 - Dr. Wagner moved to Dusseldorf. - I see. 361 00:36:40,625 --> 00:36:43,124 And you? When are you taking off? 362 00:36:44,125 --> 00:36:46,124 You were telling me about responsibility. 363 00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:52,999 Please, lie down for a minute. 364 00:36:55,125 --> 00:36:59,457 - Why? - Please, lie down for a minute. 365 00:37:06,208 --> 00:37:10,499 If she has another heart attack, a few short, forceful blows to the chest. 366 00:37:14,375 --> 00:37:18,124 - Careful, she mustn't wake up. - Okay, boss. 367 00:37:18,292 --> 00:37:21,999 Ariane and I will work out a schedule. And there's the physiotherapist too. 368 00:37:22,625 --> 00:37:25,541 One of us will always be around. We'll manage. 369 00:37:25,917 --> 00:37:31,124 Most East Germans have already exchanged their money into DMs. 370 00:37:31,292 --> 00:37:34,541 The deadline is in two weeks, so you need to hurry. 371 00:37:34,750 --> 00:37:36,791 - As Gorbachev said: - Excuse me! 372 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,499 - "Life punishes those... " - "Who come too late! " 373 00:37:39,750 --> 00:37:41,166 - I'm sick of it. - Excuse me. 374 00:37:41,417 --> 00:37:44,499 Can you turn it down? She needs quiet. 375 00:37:44,667 --> 00:37:45,666 Okay, boss. 376 00:37:52,042 --> 00:37:54,457 Aren't you going to introduce us? 377 00:37:54,667 --> 00:37:56,791 Of course. This is Lara. 378 00:37:57,542 --> 00:37:59,582 Hello, Lara. 379 00:38:13,542 --> 00:38:15,416 Excuse me. 380 00:38:20,208 --> 00:38:21,707 Hello, Christiane. 381 00:38:23,792 --> 00:38:27,082 Alex, what's going on? 382 00:38:27,292 --> 00:38:30,707 Hello, Alex? 383 00:38:41,125 --> 00:38:43,332 Nothing's changed at all here. 384 00:38:45,375 --> 00:38:47,832 What should have changed? 385 00:38:48,750 --> 00:38:52,124 If you're bored, you can listen to tapes. 386 00:38:52,750 --> 00:38:54,874 The radio isn't working... 387 00:38:56,125 --> 00:38:59,249 ...but I'll take care of that. - Alex? 388 00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:07,832 It's nice to know I'm not alone. 389 00:39:10,875 --> 00:39:13,124 When your father... 390 00:39:17,375 --> 00:39:19,624 When he left suddenly... 391 00:39:21,417 --> 00:39:24,291 ...I didn't think I would survive. 392 00:39:30,542 --> 00:39:33,499 I never told you... 393 00:39:37,667 --> 00:39:40,874 ...but I thought about killing myself. 394 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,624 But you visited me every day. 395 00:39:50,417 --> 00:39:54,166 You told me about school and about the cosmonaut, Sigmund Jahn. 396 00:39:54,750 --> 00:39:56,749 You understood? 397 00:40:01,417 --> 00:40:04,082 I'm sorry to be so much trouble. 398 00:40:05,583 --> 00:40:11,416 - Can't even go to the bathroom alone. - Mama, don't worry about it. 399 00:40:12,917 --> 00:40:15,916 The main thing is for you to get better. 400 00:40:17,583 --> 00:40:19,707 I'll do my best. 401 00:40:20,708 --> 00:40:23,166 You should rest now. 402 00:40:26,083 --> 00:40:29,416 I'm going shopping, but Ariane's here. 403 00:40:31,458 --> 00:40:32,457 Alex. 404 00:40:34,167 --> 00:40:37,041 I'm dying for Spreewald pickles. Can you get me some? 405 00:40:38,583 --> 00:40:40,749 No problem. 406 00:40:41,625 --> 00:40:43,332 At least, that's what I thought. 407 00:40:47,208 --> 00:40:52,457 By July 1990, the stores of our socialist fatherland were emptied. 408 00:40:54,125 --> 00:40:57,874 And real money flowed in from the land behind the Wall. 409 00:41:02,375 --> 00:41:05,749 While most of our fellow citizens lined up in front of banks... 410 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,624 ...with their usual patience... 411 00:41:07,833 --> 00:41:10,749 ...we looked feverishly for Mother's bankbook. 412 00:41:24,125 --> 00:41:27,874 Our little society was flooded with West German marks. 413 00:41:28,250 --> 00:41:31,541 Hallelujah, hallelujah 414 00:41:31,792 --> 00:41:35,416 Hallelujah for the mark! 415 00:41:39,792 --> 00:41:44,291 The exchange rate was two to one. And Germany won, 1 to 0. 416 00:42:03,708 --> 00:42:06,541 - Mocca Fix? - We don't have that anymore. 417 00:42:06,792 --> 00:42:09,582 - Fillinchen Crisp Bread? - Not in stock anymore. 418 00:42:09,708 --> 00:42:12,332 - Spreewald pickles? - Boy, where have you been hiding? 419 00:42:12,583 --> 00:42:14,082 We have Western money now... 420 00:42:14,292 --> 00:42:16,582 ...and you want Mocca Fix and Fillinchen? 421 00:42:16,792 --> 00:42:19,707 Overnight, our drab corner store had turned into... 422 00:42:19,958 --> 00:42:22,082 ...a gaudy consumer paradise. 423 00:42:23,583 --> 00:42:26,082 And I, as customer, was king. 424 00:42:26,333 --> 00:42:28,457 They're from Holland. 425 00:42:33,667 --> 00:42:36,166 Hello, Mr. Ganske. 426 00:42:45,125 --> 00:42:46,999 So they've driven us to this... 427 00:42:48,083 --> 00:42:50,957 ...rooting around in the garbage. 428 00:42:51,125 --> 00:42:54,332 Mr. Ganske? Do you happen to have any Spreewald pickles? 429 00:42:54,500 --> 00:42:57,999 - What? - Spreewald pickles! 430 00:42:58,208 --> 00:43:02,499 Sorry, young man. I'm unemployed myself! 431 00:43:04,375 --> 00:43:06,749 An empty jar would do. 432 00:43:32,250 --> 00:43:34,499 I wanted to introduce Rainer to Mama today. 433 00:43:35,417 --> 00:43:39,791 Later. Let's not overwhelm her. 434 00:43:44,792 --> 00:43:45,791 Maybe you're right. 435 00:43:51,667 --> 00:43:54,374 They were out of Spreewald pickles. 436 00:43:54,917 --> 00:43:57,791 - Unfortunately. - Doesn't matter. 437 00:43:58,042 --> 00:44:00,041 These are good too. 438 00:44:03,292 --> 00:44:07,291 Children, you don't have to take care of me constantly. 439 00:44:07,542 --> 00:44:10,416 - It makes me uncomfortable. - Oh, Mama. 440 00:44:10,583 --> 00:44:12,082 No, really. 441 00:44:12,708 --> 00:44:19,082 Maybe you could put the TV in here. Then I'll be fine alone. 442 00:44:19,333 --> 00:44:24,707 - TV's still too tiring for you. - Why shouldn't I watch TV? 443 00:44:24,958 --> 00:44:27,332 We'll ask the doctor. 444 00:44:31,083 --> 00:44:33,916 Mama, we need to talk to you. 445 00:44:35,167 --> 00:44:37,082 You see, it's like this... 446 00:44:39,083 --> 00:44:41,041 We wanted to ask you... 447 00:44:41,208 --> 00:44:43,832 We need power of attorney for your account. 448 00:44:44,833 --> 00:44:46,666 What's wrong? 449 00:44:47,417 --> 00:44:51,457 - Do you need money? - No. 450 00:44:52,250 --> 00:44:55,332 It's just... You can't go to the bank yourself. 451 00:44:55,583 --> 00:44:59,332 So it would be better... 452 00:45:00,208 --> 00:45:02,499 ...if you sign this. 453 00:45:03,125 --> 00:45:07,957 And right away would be best. 454 00:45:13,625 --> 00:45:15,374 Can't that wait? 455 00:45:20,250 --> 00:45:22,332 You're keeping something from me. 456 00:45:23,875 --> 00:45:27,999 - What happened? Are you in debt? - It's important that you trust us. 457 00:45:28,208 --> 00:45:34,416 Before I sign everything over to you, I have the right to know why, don't I? 458 00:45:35,167 --> 00:45:36,916 All right. 459 00:45:37,125 --> 00:45:39,791 It was supposed to be a surprise, but... 460 00:45:41,792 --> 00:45:43,916 A letter arrived. 461 00:45:45,792 --> 00:45:47,791 From the auto manufacturers. 462 00:45:48,750 --> 00:45:52,291 - The Trabant is ready. - After only three years waiting? 463 00:45:52,542 --> 00:45:54,666 That's why we need the money you put aside. 464 00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:04,416 You don't really believe that I keep my money in the bank? 465 00:46:07,625 --> 00:46:09,666 I hid it. 466 00:46:11,542 --> 00:46:14,207 - And where? - Where? 467 00:46:21,042 --> 00:46:23,332 I've forgotten. 468 00:46:26,458 --> 00:46:30,957 - Completely forgotten. - Think, Mama. 469 00:46:40,583 --> 00:46:44,457 Father's late today, don't you think? 470 00:47:09,875 --> 00:47:11,749 Mama. 471 00:47:13,125 --> 00:47:15,374 Don't worry. 472 00:47:16,208 --> 00:47:18,749 You'll be better soon. 473 00:47:20,250 --> 00:47:25,499 Your birthday is coming up, and we'll celebrate. Just like every year. 474 00:47:25,875 --> 00:47:31,374 With all the neighbors. We've always celebrated your birthday. 475 00:47:42,125 --> 00:47:44,416 Comrade Ganske watches West German TV? 476 00:47:50,417 --> 00:47:52,541 Ganske is in love... 477 00:47:53,125 --> 00:47:57,666 ...with a retired lady from Munich. He met her on vacation in Hungary. 478 00:47:58,625 --> 00:48:03,416 - His party loyalty has suffered a bit. - Oh. 479 00:48:03,625 --> 00:48:05,666 Yeah. 480 00:48:06,542 --> 00:48:08,166 Have you finished? 481 00:48:12,167 --> 00:48:15,666 - Sorry, I'm late again. - It's right up there. 482 00:48:15,917 --> 00:48:17,999 It even has a balcony. 483 00:48:18,250 --> 00:48:21,582 Since some people never returned from vacation in Hungary... 484 00:48:21,833 --> 00:48:25,082 ...it had become easier to find apartments in the capital. 485 00:48:25,292 --> 00:48:29,332 Everywhere, abandoned apartments, just waiting for us to occupy them. 486 00:48:29,542 --> 00:48:32,832 The guy moved to the West last year. A colleague told me about it. 487 00:49:30,875 --> 00:49:32,749 - Wow! - Wow! 488 00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:34,957 - It's working! - Tempo Beans! 489 00:49:35,958 --> 00:49:37,624 And Globus green peas! 490 00:49:37,833 --> 00:49:41,749 I don't believe it! Mocca Fix Gold! 491 00:49:42,292 --> 00:49:44,249 I've been looking everywhere for this! 492 00:49:55,542 --> 00:49:57,041 Can I have these? 493 00:50:29,833 --> 00:50:31,832 I've got to go. 494 00:50:35,458 --> 00:50:37,832 Go back to sleep. 495 00:51:02,583 --> 00:51:04,541 Morning, Mama. 496 00:51:05,083 --> 00:51:07,124 Morning, Alex. 497 00:51:09,333 --> 00:51:12,374 - Are you in a hurry? - I have to go to work. 498 00:51:12,625 --> 00:51:16,624 - Remember the TV, would you? - Let's talk about that later. 499 00:51:16,833 --> 00:51:18,832 About my birthday... 500 00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:22,374 ...you need to invite Klapprath and maybe some of my students. 501 00:51:22,750 --> 00:51:26,124 As if the pickles weren't enough, now she wants to watch TV. 502 00:51:26,625 --> 00:51:30,124 - What am I supposed to do? - Yeah. "Houston, we have a problem. " 503 00:51:32,625 --> 00:51:35,832 - And now? - I thought you might have an idea. 504 00:51:36,083 --> 00:51:38,082 No. I meant the TV reception. 505 00:51:38,375 --> 00:51:39,999 I see. 506 00:51:45,625 --> 00:51:47,207 - Now? - Nope. 507 00:51:47,417 --> 00:51:50,541 - It didn't exactly last very long. - It's the semifinals. 508 00:51:50,792 --> 00:51:54,291 - I'm going to watch at Pollnick's. - Go ahead! 509 00:51:54,542 --> 00:51:57,374 - The fans are in a great mood. - Excuse me? 510 00:51:57,750 --> 00:52:02,791 - Are those Spreewald pickles? - Nope. They're from Holland. 511 00:52:05,667 --> 00:52:07,999 - Show her old stuff. - What? 512 00:52:09,792 --> 00:52:15,916 - Old East German programs on video. - Last year's news? She'd notice. 513 00:52:16,667 --> 00:52:19,291 I doubt it. It was always the same old crap. 514 00:52:19,500 --> 00:52:22,166 Where would I get the videos? I don't even have a VCR. 515 00:52:22,375 --> 00:52:23,916 Well, about time. 516 00:52:24,875 --> 00:52:26,374 And how's it going? 517 00:52:26,542 --> 00:52:30,957 - Franz Beckenbauer and Rudi Voller. They can't bear to watch! 518 00:52:34,083 --> 00:52:35,832 Germany is in the finals! 519 00:52:38,917 --> 00:52:39,832 Germany 5 England 4 520 00:52:40,167 --> 00:52:44,041 As the world clock at Alexanderplatz raced toward Mother's birthday... 521 00:52:44,208 --> 00:52:48,416 ...soccer helped unite our still-divided society... 522 00:52:48,583 --> 00:52:51,666 ...and helped bring back together what belonged together. 523 00:52:52,542 --> 00:52:55,791 Meanwhile, I valiantly did everything in my power to resurrect... 524 00:52:55,958 --> 00:53:00,707 ...a full-scale East Germany in Mother's room before that day. 525 00:53:00,958 --> 00:53:02,957 Have the crosswords been done? 526 00:53:03,208 --> 00:53:05,416 As untouched as a virgin. 527 00:53:05,583 --> 00:53:07,582 Great. I'll take them all. 528 00:53:09,083 --> 00:53:11,249 And that too. 529 00:53:13,625 --> 00:53:17,457 Now my daughter's lost her job too. 530 00:53:17,583 --> 00:53:19,249 - Thank you and goodbye. - Oh, dear. 531 00:53:19,500 --> 00:53:22,874 And we worked 40 years for this. It's disgraceful. 532 00:53:23,083 --> 00:53:26,999 - They're scrapping the TV ballet too. - All you do is watch TV, huh? 533 00:53:27,208 --> 00:53:29,207 Getting back to my mother... 534 00:53:30,750 --> 00:53:34,499 The problem is she doesn't realize the Wall fell. 535 00:53:34,708 --> 00:53:35,874 Lucky her. 536 00:53:36,083 --> 00:53:40,707 It's her birthday next week. She'd like to invite you. 537 00:53:43,500 --> 00:53:45,374 Are you sure you understand? 538 00:53:45,833 --> 00:53:47,999 And don't slip up. 539 00:53:48,500 --> 00:53:51,457 - What about the 20 marks? - First do your job. 540 00:53:51,625 --> 00:53:56,416 The first guests had been invited. Others still needed convincing... 541 00:53:56,667 --> 00:54:02,374 ...because many of my mother's former fellow teachers had suddenly retired. 542 00:54:02,542 --> 00:54:07,166 Like Dr. Klapprath, former principal and highly respected teacher. 543 00:54:07,417 --> 00:54:10,166 We were all valuable people. 544 00:54:11,167 --> 00:54:13,541 Right, Alex? 545 00:54:15,042 --> 00:54:17,291 I admired your mother. 546 00:54:17,625 --> 00:54:20,916 She was an excellent teacher... 547 00:54:21,125 --> 00:54:22,791 ...and a wonderful human being. 548 00:54:23,792 --> 00:54:25,916 Which is why she was demoted. 549 00:54:29,042 --> 00:54:32,666 Some comrades in the collective thought she was too... 550 00:54:33,792 --> 00:54:36,541 ...idealistic. 551 00:54:36,708 --> 00:54:38,707 Since your father left... 552 00:54:41,833 --> 00:54:45,082 With all due respect for her idealism... 553 00:54:46,833 --> 00:54:51,832 ...but in the daily running of a school, that can be problematic. 554 00:54:52,083 --> 00:54:53,707 So you just got rid of her. 555 00:55:00,458 --> 00:55:02,791 You owe her something. 556 00:55:10,417 --> 00:55:12,416 You're a dispatcher. Remember that. 557 00:55:12,583 --> 00:55:15,041 - In the East, you mean? - Of course, in the East. 558 00:55:15,208 --> 00:55:17,874 You're a buyer for a Mitropa restaurant. 559 00:55:18,875 --> 00:55:23,457 Write down: You attended the Yuri Gagarin School. 560 00:55:23,875 --> 00:55:26,749 And you were a group leader with the Young Pioneers. 561 00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:29,624 - Group what? - Group leader. 562 00:55:29,833 --> 00:55:32,624 I refuse! I won't make my baby wear plastic diapers. 563 00:55:32,833 --> 00:55:34,582 That's asking too much! 564 00:55:34,750 --> 00:55:35,707 Hey. 565 00:55:38,333 --> 00:55:40,749 - Got it? - Group leader... 566 00:55:41,125 --> 00:55:44,582 Here, 30 editions of Current Camera News... 567 00:55:44,750 --> 00:55:47,957 ...10 editions of Black Channel, six of that variety program... 568 00:55:48,125 --> 00:55:50,874 ...and four of Everyday Life in the West. All recorded. 569 00:55:51,125 --> 00:55:53,749 Thanks to the state archives and your charming Denis. 570 00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:55,124 I hope it works. 571 00:55:59,167 --> 00:56:00,916 What are you doing on the floor? 572 00:56:01,167 --> 00:56:03,791 Hooking up the TV aerial so you can watch TV. 573 00:56:15,167 --> 00:56:18,291 Thank God for the world soccer championships. 574 00:56:18,500 --> 00:56:23,874 Now is the time to supply East Germany with satellite dishes. 575 00:56:24,042 --> 00:56:26,791 Okay, got it? Let's go to phase three. 576 00:56:32,917 --> 00:56:35,749 - What was that? - No idea. Interference. 577 00:56:35,917 --> 00:56:37,416 It happens. 578 00:56:37,667 --> 00:56:40,707 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Current Camera. 579 00:56:40,958 --> 00:56:44,457 Serious provocation at the border today. 580 00:56:44,667 --> 00:56:47,457 GDR protest against the federal government. 581 00:56:47,708 --> 00:56:51,457 East Germany, microchip superpower. According to the foreign press... 582 00:56:51,667 --> 00:56:55,332 The world is moving on, and I feel so useless. 583 00:56:55,583 --> 00:56:59,291 Can't you stick a note on the bulletin board downstairs? 584 00:56:59,458 --> 00:57:01,707 People with problems could come to me. 585 00:57:01,958 --> 00:57:04,666 I can write petitions from bed. 586 00:57:04,917 --> 00:57:06,332 Oh, I don't know. 587 00:57:07,208 --> 00:57:09,041 You shouldn't work too hard. 588 00:57:11,458 --> 00:57:15,082 Morning, Alex. Time to go already? 589 00:57:24,375 --> 00:57:26,874 Sip? You want some? 590 00:57:27,083 --> 00:57:29,124 Holy shit. 591 00:57:30,375 --> 00:57:32,999 Shit, isn't it? 592 00:57:33,250 --> 00:57:37,624 Shit! Goddamn it, shit! 593 00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:54,082 I feel nauseous. 594 00:58:00,375 --> 00:58:03,874 While many noisily celebrated the expected future soccer victory... 595 00:58:04,042 --> 00:58:06,999 ...Mother's bedroom resounded with the melody of yesterday. 596 00:58:54,458 --> 00:58:58,416 That was beautiful. Thank you, children. 597 00:58:58,958 --> 00:59:01,041 I taught you that, didn't I? 598 00:59:10,042 --> 00:59:12,166 Dear Christiane. 599 00:59:12,583 --> 00:59:18,666 We're gathered here today because it's your birthday. 600 00:59:18,917 --> 00:59:23,957 In the name of the party leaders... 601 00:59:24,208 --> 00:59:28,624 ...I'd like to wish you all the best for your birthday... 602 00:59:30,333 --> 00:59:32,124 ...and this basket... 603 00:59:35,083 --> 00:59:36,624 ...is for you. 604 00:59:37,375 --> 00:59:40,582 That's very sweet of you all. Thank you. 605 00:59:42,125 --> 00:59:46,957 Oh, my, Mr. Klapprath. Rosenthaler Kadarka. 606 00:59:47,125 --> 00:59:53,499 - Mocca Fix Gold, Globus green peas. - Yeah. 607 00:59:54,458 --> 00:59:58,957 Your colleagues and the comrades... 608 00:59:59,375 --> 01:00:03,499 ...at the Werner Seelenbinder School... 609 01:00:03,708 --> 01:00:10,166 ...want to express their gratitude for all the years that you... 610 01:00:11,875 --> 01:00:13,916 ...were to them... 611 01:00:14,167 --> 01:00:17,874 ...an exemplary colleague... 612 01:00:18,042 --> 01:00:24,041 ...and dear comrade... 613 01:00:26,417 --> 01:00:29,874 Well, in any case, I wish you all the best for your birthday. 614 01:00:30,042 --> 01:00:32,541 Stay just as you are! 615 01:00:40,917 --> 01:00:43,374 My dear Comrade Kerner... 616 01:00:45,375 --> 01:00:47,916 ...I'd like to wish you all the best... 617 01:00:49,167 --> 01:00:51,541 ...and good health... 618 01:00:52,292 --> 01:00:56,832 ...and that some day things will be like they used to be. 619 01:00:59,792 --> 01:01:02,707 Lara, come here. 620 01:01:06,917 --> 01:01:09,082 This is Lara. 621 01:01:09,833 --> 01:01:13,332 She's a student nurse from the USSR. 622 01:01:13,542 --> 01:01:16,332 Her father is a teacher for the deaf. 623 01:01:18,333 --> 01:01:22,457 - Don't marry him too young. - Mama. 624 01:01:22,667 --> 01:01:26,832 Even if that makes it easier to get an apartment. 625 01:01:28,042 --> 01:01:32,499 My son Alex can be stubborn as a mule. 626 01:01:34,250 --> 01:01:35,749 And Rainer... 627 01:01:37,125 --> 01:01:40,499 ...he's my Ariane's new boyfriend. 628 01:01:41,375 --> 01:01:44,707 He works as a... 629 01:01:45,125 --> 01:01:48,374 - Dispatcher. - Right, I'm a dispatcher. 630 01:01:50,000 --> 01:01:52,582 I used to be with the... 631 01:01:52,958 --> 01:01:56,124 Good luck to you, Pioneers. 632 01:01:56,333 --> 01:01:58,999 I used to be with the Free German Pioneers. 633 01:01:59,208 --> 01:02:00,499 Thanks, Rainer. 634 01:02:01,125 --> 01:02:06,207 As a group, regional... 635 01:02:06,458 --> 01:02:09,707 ...group leader, way back. - Thank you. 636 01:02:11,583 --> 01:02:15,166 - Always prepared? - Thank you, Rainer! 637 01:02:18,917 --> 01:02:20,249 Well, Mama. 638 01:02:20,917 --> 01:02:24,416 Another year has passed, and what has changed? 639 01:02:24,625 --> 01:02:25,999 Not much, actually. 640 01:02:26,167 --> 01:02:29,666 Paula's got teeth and a new daddy. 641 01:02:30,167 --> 01:02:32,291 And I, well... 642 01:02:33,042 --> 01:02:37,791 Too bad we're not at Cafe Moscow, but at least we're together. 643 01:02:38,042 --> 01:02:39,999 That's what's important. 644 01:02:40,792 --> 01:02:44,416 We can be difficult sometimes, but you're always there for us. 645 01:02:44,917 --> 01:02:48,541 I, for one, can't imagine a better family than ours. 646 01:02:49,500 --> 01:02:51,499 And I want to thank you for that. 647 01:02:51,917 --> 01:02:53,916 You're the best mother in the world. 648 01:02:54,250 --> 01:02:56,666 - Alex? - And we all love you. 649 01:02:56,958 --> 01:02:59,832 - Alex? - What is it? 650 01:03:00,042 --> 01:03:01,582 What's that? 651 01:03:05,458 --> 01:03:07,832 - That is... - What on Earth...? 652 01:03:08,708 --> 01:03:11,957 I don't know what the comrades were thinking. 653 01:03:12,833 --> 01:03:16,666 - That's from the West. - You can see the reflection. 654 01:03:21,333 --> 01:03:24,707 - I'm sure there's a reason for it. - Don't get upset, Mama, please. 655 01:03:26,833 --> 01:03:28,957 There's an explanation for everything. 656 01:03:31,958 --> 01:03:34,582 Boys, can you sing another song? 657 01:03:35,083 --> 01:03:39,749 Lara? Wait a second! Lara? 658 01:03:39,958 --> 01:03:42,207 How about "Progress, Progress"? 659 01:03:42,458 --> 01:03:46,332 Progress, progress Progress, progress 660 01:03:46,583 --> 01:03:47,832 What's going on? 661 01:03:48,208 --> 01:03:49,624 Progress 662 01:03:50,208 --> 01:03:56,249 Toward a better future We build this country 663 01:03:56,500 --> 01:03:58,249 I feel sorry for your mother. 664 01:03:58,958 --> 01:04:01,624 It's just too creepy, what you're doing to her. 665 01:04:05,458 --> 01:04:07,957 And that nonsense about my dad being a teacher? 666 01:04:08,125 --> 01:04:10,499 You know he was just a cook. 667 01:04:10,750 --> 01:04:15,207 But it made her happy. Was I supposed to tell her he's dead? 668 01:04:15,375 --> 01:04:16,874 In her condition? 669 01:04:19,667 --> 01:04:21,124 To a long life. 670 01:04:21,375 --> 01:04:24,291 What difference does it make, once the lies have started? 671 01:04:24,542 --> 01:04:29,249 Long may she live Long may she live 672 01:04:29,417 --> 01:04:30,999 Lara! 673 01:04:31,875 --> 01:04:36,124 Long may she live Long may she live 674 01:04:36,292 --> 01:04:39,541 Three times to you 675 01:04:39,792 --> 01:04:42,291 To you! 676 01:04:52,917 --> 01:04:54,541 Can you move back a little? 677 01:04:56,500 --> 01:04:57,624 A little more. 678 01:04:59,167 --> 01:05:02,457 - Can't you watch it? We're filming. - Can I see your permit? 679 01:05:03,042 --> 01:05:04,582 Weren't you informed? 680 01:05:04,792 --> 01:05:08,707 - Me? By whom? - What was the guy's name again? 681 01:05:08,917 --> 01:05:10,957 - Something with M. - Something with B. 682 01:05:11,208 --> 01:05:13,457 Until I find out, you're not filming anything. 683 01:05:16,667 --> 01:05:19,207 - Is the logo in the picture? - Yep. 684 01:05:19,417 --> 01:05:20,582 Am I in focus? 685 01:05:24,708 --> 01:05:27,916 - Let's wait for better light. - Come on, he'll be right back. 686 01:05:28,167 --> 01:05:31,207 Just wait. Evening sun is much better. 687 01:05:33,083 --> 01:05:36,707 As I stared at the clouds that day, I realized that... 688 01:05:36,917 --> 01:05:39,207 ...truth was a rather dubious concept... 689 01:05:39,458 --> 01:05:43,249 ...easily adapted to how Mother saw the world. 690 01:05:46,708 --> 01:05:49,874 All I had to do was study the language of Current Camera News... 691 01:05:50,083 --> 01:05:53,332 ...and feed Denis' ambition to be a film director. 692 01:05:55,625 --> 01:05:56,749 Today Gunter Mittag... 693 01:05:57,000 --> 01:05:59,957 ...the party central committee's economics minister... 694 01:06:00,208 --> 01:06:02,749 ...visited Coca-Cola's offices in West Berlin... 695 01:06:02,958 --> 01:06:07,999 ...to negotiate details of an agreement between Coca-Cola Corporation... 696 01:06:08,208 --> 01:06:13,207 ...and the people-owned drinks factory in Leipzig. 697 01:06:13,375 --> 01:06:17,249 West Berlin authorities tried to prevent our team from filming. 698 01:06:18,250 --> 01:06:20,749 Capitalist press censors desperately seek to hide... 699 01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:25,041 ...the mighty Coca-Cola Corporation's humiliating defeat in patent litigation... 700 01:06:25,250 --> 01:06:28,791 ...with our factory in Leipzig. 701 01:06:29,042 --> 01:06:32,291 Would you please stop disrupting the work of GDR Television! 702 01:06:32,542 --> 01:06:34,291 I'm calling the police! 703 01:06:34,542 --> 01:06:37,874 At last, an international panel of scientific experts confirmed... 704 01:06:38,042 --> 01:06:41,249 ...that the original recipe for Coca-Cola was actually developed... 705 01:06:41,417 --> 01:06:46,874 ...in East German laboratories in the 1950s. 706 01:06:47,042 --> 01:06:50,166 - Back to the studio. - Coca-Cola is a socialist invention? 707 01:06:50,417 --> 01:06:52,999 Drug-related deaths in West Germany increase... 708 01:06:53,167 --> 01:06:57,291 - I thought cola existed before the war. - Don't you get it? 709 01:06:57,542 --> 01:06:59,666 The West has been cheating us for years. 710 01:06:59,875 --> 01:07:06,291 - 593 victims by the end of August, 60 percent more than last year. 711 01:07:06,542 --> 01:07:07,957 Now I remember. 712 01:07:08,208 --> 01:07:10,332 The number of drug addicts has risen... 713 01:07:10,583 --> 01:07:13,332 - What? - Where I hid the money. 714 01:07:15,458 --> 01:07:17,332 I hid it in the living room chest... 715 01:07:17,583 --> 01:07:21,666 ...left-hand drawer under the waxed paper. 716 01:07:21,833 --> 01:07:25,207 The old stuff with red dots goes on the street for junk collection. 717 01:07:25,417 --> 01:07:27,082 How could I forget that? 718 01:07:34,083 --> 01:07:35,916 Hey, here I am. 719 01:07:36,083 --> 01:07:37,332 Oh, hi. 720 01:07:40,708 --> 01:07:42,332 So? 721 01:07:44,208 --> 01:07:46,582 - Did she buy it? - Yes, of course. 722 01:07:46,750 --> 01:07:49,624 Really? She really believed it? 723 01:07:49,833 --> 01:07:51,124 I'm telling you she did. 724 01:07:57,958 --> 01:08:00,624 - They've driven us to this. - Evening, Mr. Ganske. 725 01:08:00,875 --> 01:08:03,124 They sold us down the river. 726 01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:06,499 - She didn't notice it was out of focus? - No. 727 01:08:06,750 --> 01:08:09,207 To think we worked 40 years for this. 728 01:08:09,375 --> 01:08:11,207 Maybe we can build a whole studio. 729 01:08:11,375 --> 01:08:14,207 We could do a lot more with a blue box. 730 01:08:14,375 --> 01:08:15,999 Sold us down the river. 731 01:08:16,208 --> 01:08:18,249 What the hell are you doing? 732 01:08:35,375 --> 01:08:37,332 What are we supposed to do with that? 733 01:08:37,500 --> 01:08:39,082 Exchange it. 734 01:08:40,583 --> 01:08:44,707 I'm sorry. The deadline was two days ago. 735 01:08:45,625 --> 01:08:49,207 - But this is a special case. - We didn't find it till today. 736 01:08:49,458 --> 01:08:53,249 It's okay if you exchange it four or five to one. 737 01:08:53,625 --> 01:08:58,707 Sorry, but there's no extension. We wouldn't have taken cash, anyway. 738 01:08:59,250 --> 01:09:01,999 - That's impossible. - There must be a way. 739 01:09:02,208 --> 01:09:04,707 You understood me. The time is up. 740 01:09:04,875 --> 01:09:08,499 Your time will be up soon, idiot! This is 30,000 marks! 741 01:09:08,708 --> 01:09:11,166 This was our money for 40 years, damn it. 742 01:09:11,292 --> 01:09:13,916 Now you Wessie assholes say it's not worth anything? 743 01:09:14,167 --> 01:09:16,874 Please leave the premises immediately! 744 01:09:18,167 --> 01:09:19,874 Hands off! 745 01:09:20,750 --> 01:09:23,166 What are you staring at? It was your money too! 746 01:09:27,542 --> 01:09:28,666 Hands off! 747 01:09:28,917 --> 01:09:30,916 Assholes! 748 01:09:36,917 --> 01:09:39,124 Are you crazy? 749 01:09:41,167 --> 01:09:44,666 I felt like the commander of a submarine in the North Atlantic... 750 01:09:44,917 --> 01:09:47,999 ...whose trusty steel coat is leaking. 751 01:09:48,500 --> 01:09:52,082 The moment I had covered one leak, the next one sprang up. 752 01:09:52,333 --> 01:09:54,541 Ariane was refusing to be my sister in arms... 753 01:09:54,792 --> 01:09:57,207 ...the class enemy was raising the Coke flag... 754 01:09:57,458 --> 01:10:00,457 ...and a west wind whirled Mother's East German money around. 755 01:10:05,292 --> 01:10:07,832 - What's so funny? - Yell. 756 01:10:08,458 --> 01:10:11,832 - What for? - Let off some steam. 757 01:10:12,042 --> 01:10:14,582 Open up the valves. Just yell. 758 01:10:43,625 --> 01:10:47,707 In the summer of 1990, the German national soccer team... 759 01:10:47,875 --> 01:10:51,499 ...exceeded its production target and won the world championship. 760 01:10:53,583 --> 01:10:55,374 And Mother felt better every day. 761 01:10:55,500 --> 01:10:59,874 "The supposedly size-48 sweater is as wide as a size 54... 762 01:11:00,125 --> 01:11:02,582 ...and as long as a size 38." 763 01:11:03,458 --> 01:11:08,124 I am puzzled as to how your staff has arrived at these dimensions. 764 01:11:08,375 --> 01:11:13,832 In Berlin, at least, we are not as short and square as you seem to think. 765 01:11:16,000 --> 01:11:17,874 Christiane, this is brilliant. 766 01:11:20,250 --> 01:11:22,041 Should it be our fault...? 767 01:11:23,125 --> 01:11:29,041 Should it be our fault that our physical measurements... 768 01:11:29,250 --> 01:11:32,916 ...stand in the way of your achieving planned production targets? 769 01:11:33,542 --> 01:11:35,916 Please accept our apologies... 770 01:11:37,542 --> 01:11:41,416 ...or we will do everything in our power... 771 01:11:41,667 --> 01:11:47,124 ...to become shorter and squarer in the future. 772 01:11:47,417 --> 01:11:49,666 With socialist greetings... 773 01:11:52,042 --> 01:11:53,291 Hanna Schafer. 774 01:11:58,083 --> 01:11:59,957 Hello, Mrs. Schafer. 775 01:12:00,458 --> 01:12:05,707 It's so nice talking with your mother. It feels like the old days. 776 01:12:05,917 --> 01:12:06,916 With a few changes. 777 01:12:07,167 --> 01:12:09,916 This complaint can go to the West mail-order company. 778 01:12:10,083 --> 01:12:13,541 Is not just cities and villages 779 01:12:13,792 --> 01:12:17,457 Our country is All the trees in the forest 780 01:12:17,708 --> 01:12:20,166 Our country 781 01:12:25,292 --> 01:12:30,332 I've had such a nice visit from Frank and Christian, former pupils of mine. 782 01:12:30,542 --> 01:12:32,041 - Hello. - Hello. 783 01:12:32,208 --> 01:12:34,666 Mrs. Kerner needs to rest now. 784 01:12:36,208 --> 01:12:37,957 - Bye. - But why? 785 01:12:41,333 --> 01:12:44,499 - Now beat it, and don't come back! - What about the 20 marks? 786 01:12:44,750 --> 01:12:47,624 - What 20 marks? - Sascha said we'd get 20 marks if we... 787 01:12:50,125 --> 01:12:52,124 - Hello, Mr. Mehlert. - Hi, Alex. 788 01:12:52,375 --> 01:12:55,707 Problems with your toaster? Go on in, she'll be happy to see you. 789 01:12:56,250 --> 01:13:01,249 Now get out, and tell your friends I don't want any more Pioneers here. 790 01:13:01,458 --> 01:13:02,707 Okay, boss. 791 01:13:09,500 --> 01:13:11,249 What's wrong with you? 792 01:13:13,333 --> 01:13:15,749 You can't just let kids in here! 793 01:13:16,750 --> 01:13:18,707 Why not? She loved it. 794 01:13:21,292 --> 01:13:24,249 You East Germans are never satisfied. 795 01:13:24,417 --> 01:13:26,416 Always bitching and complaining! 796 01:13:26,542 --> 01:13:29,666 You're just like your mother, with her stupid petitions. 797 01:13:29,917 --> 01:13:31,374 My mom doesn't complain! 798 01:13:31,542 --> 01:13:35,374 She offers constructive criticism to help improve conditions in society! 799 01:13:36,042 --> 01:13:38,791 - But you never cared about that! - Nope. 800 01:13:39,542 --> 01:13:43,749 Haven't you noticed? This is a club for veterans of socialism. 801 01:13:44,667 --> 01:13:46,416 - Evening. - Hi. 802 01:13:46,667 --> 01:13:50,166 - Why don't you charge admission? - Right. We'll charge to get in. 803 01:13:50,417 --> 01:13:52,916 You be quiet. He bought a Trabbi. 804 01:13:53,917 --> 01:13:56,291 - Seriously? - A station wagon. 805 01:13:56,500 --> 01:13:59,916 Unbelievable. Paula will end up a nut case if things go on like this. 806 01:14:00,167 --> 01:14:01,166 Oh, come on. 807 01:14:01,417 --> 01:14:04,082 Twenty years GDR didn't turn us into crazies. 808 01:14:04,667 --> 01:14:07,207 In your case, I'm not so sure. 809 01:14:08,083 --> 01:14:09,582 Shit. 810 01:14:09,708 --> 01:14:11,332 Shit! 811 01:14:16,042 --> 01:14:17,707 Just great. 812 01:14:18,083 --> 01:14:19,957 I'll get a cloth. 813 01:14:34,208 --> 01:14:36,041 What's wrong? 814 01:14:36,208 --> 01:14:38,082 Nosebleed again? 815 01:14:44,333 --> 01:14:49,082 I know this is stressful for you. I also wish we didn't have to... 816 01:14:49,250 --> 01:14:51,582 I saw Dad. 817 01:14:52,208 --> 01:14:53,832 This evening. 818 01:14:54,583 --> 01:14:55,999 Where? 819 01:14:56,208 --> 01:14:57,749 At work. 820 01:14:58,833 --> 01:15:01,124 I recognized his voice right away. 821 01:15:02,125 --> 01:15:03,874 What did he say? 822 01:15:04,625 --> 01:15:08,082 Three cheeseburgers and two fries with mayonnaise. 823 01:15:13,083 --> 01:15:17,707 Three cheeseburgers and two fries with mayonnaise. 824 01:15:32,167 --> 01:15:36,041 How does he look? 825 01:15:37,667 --> 01:15:41,499 He drives a Volvo station wagon and wears gold-rimmed glasses. 826 01:15:44,042 --> 01:15:46,124 What did you say to him? 827 01:15:48,167 --> 01:15:53,124 "Enjoy your meal, and thanks for choosing Burger King. " 828 01:15:55,917 --> 01:15:59,166 Enjoy your meal, and thanks for choosing Burger King. 829 01:16:24,917 --> 01:16:27,832 My father lived somewhere in the city. 830 01:16:28,083 --> 01:16:29,916 My image of him was that... 831 01:16:30,083 --> 01:16:33,457 ...of a fat guy stuffing his face with cheeseburgers and fries. 832 01:16:44,208 --> 01:16:45,666 He lived in his world... 833 01:16:45,833 --> 01:16:46,957 ...and I lived in mine. 834 01:16:47,208 --> 01:16:50,749 He had nothing to do with me, and I had nothing to do with him. 835 01:17:00,208 --> 01:17:03,499 Keep still. Otherwise this won't work. 836 01:17:03,708 --> 01:17:06,874 Is this going to take much longer? 837 01:17:10,125 --> 01:17:13,374 I have to be home in two hours. 838 01:17:14,875 --> 01:17:17,707 You always have to be somewhere in two hours. 839 01:17:18,125 --> 01:17:20,374 I'm tired of hearing that. 840 01:17:21,000 --> 01:17:25,832 Great. My mother's sick, my job's stressful, and my girlfriend's annoyed. 841 01:17:26,000 --> 01:17:27,624 I've got exams in two days. 842 01:17:28,875 --> 01:17:30,666 You'll do just fine. 843 01:17:31,167 --> 01:17:33,166 It's just making a cast. 844 01:17:33,792 --> 01:17:35,791 Then I may as well quit studying. 845 01:17:38,542 --> 01:17:42,624 I meant that in a good way. I believe in you! 846 01:17:43,750 --> 01:17:45,666 Lara, cut the crap! 847 01:17:46,292 --> 01:17:48,124 You have to tell your mother. 848 01:17:48,792 --> 01:17:52,291 - What? - You have to tell your mother! 849 01:17:53,000 --> 01:17:55,624 Not for my sake, for her sake. 850 01:17:58,750 --> 01:17:59,999 Lara! 851 01:18:02,375 --> 01:18:05,374 Shit. Lara! 852 01:18:17,333 --> 01:18:18,707 Spreewald PICKLES 853 01:18:19,542 --> 01:18:22,582 Life in our little country kept getting faster. 854 01:18:22,917 --> 01:18:27,416 We were all like tiny atoms in a huge particle accelerator. 855 01:18:28,708 --> 01:18:32,916 But sheltered from the fast pace of the new time was an oasis of calm. 856 01:18:33,083 --> 01:18:38,666 A restful place of peace, where I could sleep. 857 01:18:40,792 --> 01:18:42,457 You know, Paula... 858 01:18:42,833 --> 01:18:46,457 ...Alex didn't used to be so tired after work. 859 01:18:54,625 --> 01:18:55,999 Paula... 860 01:18:56,250 --> 01:18:58,374 ...is learning to walk, Alex. 861 01:19:31,583 --> 01:19:35,457 You see? I can walk too. 862 01:19:44,792 --> 01:19:47,291 Paula, you see? 863 01:19:50,375 --> 01:19:52,291 My little Paula. 864 01:19:52,542 --> 01:19:55,999 Come here to Grandma. Come. 865 01:19:59,667 --> 01:20:03,999 Now we're gonna show Alex what we can do. 866 01:20:13,000 --> 01:20:16,916 Let's see how far Grandma gets. 867 01:21:10,458 --> 01:21:12,124 - Hi. - Hi. 868 01:21:12,375 --> 01:21:13,749 Hello. 869 01:21:26,375 --> 01:21:29,749 Young man? Can I sit down for a minute? 870 01:21:29,958 --> 01:21:31,499 Of course. 871 01:21:40,792 --> 01:21:44,416 - You're not from here, are you? - No, I'm from Wuppertal. 872 01:21:45,125 --> 01:21:47,041 From the West? 873 01:22:56,083 --> 01:22:57,707 Mama? 874 01:23:58,792 --> 01:24:00,749 Mama, what are you doing here? 875 01:24:00,917 --> 01:24:02,666 - Mama! - Come. 876 01:24:03,000 --> 01:24:06,666 What's the matter with you? You can't just get up like that! 877 01:24:06,917 --> 01:24:08,624 Shit. 878 01:24:12,792 --> 01:24:14,791 What's going on here? 879 01:24:19,792 --> 01:24:25,416 Central committee of the Socialist Unity Party... 880 01:24:25,667 --> 01:24:27,291 ...Germany. 881 01:24:28,958 --> 01:24:31,457 - The sound is okay. - Okay. 882 01:24:33,917 --> 01:24:34,832 Ready to roll. 883 01:24:35,083 --> 01:24:38,541 Camera's rolling. Three, two, one. 884 01:24:39,417 --> 01:24:40,791 Berlin. 885 01:24:51,708 --> 01:24:53,332 Still rolling. 886 01:24:53,917 --> 01:24:55,082 Berlin. 887 01:24:55,333 --> 01:25:00,457 At an extraordinary meeting called by the Socialist Unity Party... 888 01:25:00,708 --> 01:25:03,416 ...the secretary general of the central committee... 889 01:25:03,583 --> 01:25:06,207 ...and chairman of the East German State Council... 890 01:25:06,417 --> 01:25:10,374 ...our Comrade Erich Honecker, granted political asylum in the GDR... 891 01:25:10,583 --> 01:25:14,707 ...to West Germans seeking refuge in our Prague and Budapest embassies... 892 01:25:14,875 --> 01:25:17,374 ...in a typically generous gesture of compassion. 893 01:25:17,583 --> 01:25:21,499 Honecker sees this as a historic shift in East-West relations... 894 01:25:21,708 --> 01:25:24,082 ...and promised everyone entering the GDR... 895 01:25:24,250 --> 01:25:25,749 ...200 marks welcome money. 896 01:25:27,083 --> 01:25:30,457 Unemployment, bleak prospects... 897 01:25:30,708 --> 01:25:34,624 ...and the increasing success of neo-Nazi parties in West Germany... 898 01:25:34,833 --> 01:25:36,957 ...have caused many worried West Germans... 899 01:25:37,125 --> 01:25:41,499 ...to turn away from capitalism in recent months. 900 01:25:41,750 --> 01:25:47,499 They have come to our country to make a new life for themselves. 901 01:25:49,250 --> 01:25:53,374 Here they are, the cars of some of our new fellow citizens. 902 01:25:53,542 --> 01:25:59,291 Most West Germans have been put up in Berlin's central districts for now. 903 01:26:00,542 --> 01:26:03,916 Due to the unprecedented situation, the party's central committee... 904 01:26:04,167 --> 01:26:07,666 ...has established the initiative "Solidarity With the West. " 905 01:26:07,917 --> 01:26:13,124 The plan will help find homes for our new citizens. 906 01:26:13,292 --> 01:26:16,791 Somehow, my scheme had taken on a life of its own. 907 01:26:17,000 --> 01:26:18,749 The GDR I created for her... 908 01:26:18,917 --> 01:26:21,916 ...increasingly became the one I might have wished for. 909 01:26:22,042 --> 01:26:26,166 Those who are willing to take in a refugee from West Germany... 910 01:26:26,417 --> 01:26:29,416 ...should report to the local authorities. 911 01:26:31,292 --> 01:26:33,041 How many refugees have come so far? 912 01:26:34,708 --> 01:26:38,207 I'm not sure. About 10 or 20,000. 913 01:26:38,958 --> 01:26:42,457 Just look at that. People want to come to our country. 914 01:26:42,708 --> 01:26:44,666 Where are they all going to live? 915 01:26:45,708 --> 01:26:49,457 The authorities will help them. 916 01:26:51,083 --> 01:26:53,666 Look, children. We must do our bit. 917 01:26:53,833 --> 01:26:55,416 We have to help. 918 01:26:55,917 --> 01:27:00,332 How can we? There's no room here. 919 01:27:02,417 --> 01:27:04,166 The weekend cabin. 920 01:27:04,333 --> 01:27:05,832 The cabin? 921 01:27:06,583 --> 01:27:08,457 We could fix it up. 922 01:27:09,333 --> 01:27:11,707 I wanted to go out there anyway. 923 01:27:12,542 --> 01:27:16,999 Congratulations. Well done. Now she wants to go out to the cabin. 924 01:27:20,708 --> 01:27:23,749 You'd better start redecorating the whole city. 925 01:27:24,375 --> 01:27:26,624 But I'm telling you, I quit. 926 01:27:31,500 --> 01:27:35,457 Ari and I are looking for a place. We'll be gone in four weeks. 927 01:27:37,000 --> 01:27:38,207 What? 928 01:27:39,583 --> 01:27:41,457 I'm pregnant. 929 01:27:47,250 --> 01:27:50,749 Again? Can't you be more careful? 930 01:27:53,875 --> 01:27:55,624 Isn't Paula enough for you? 931 01:27:56,292 --> 01:28:01,041 - You can't leave me alone with Mother. - Take in some West German refugees. 932 01:28:02,917 --> 01:28:04,999 You're such a cynic. 933 01:28:05,250 --> 01:28:07,541 You wish she would die. 934 01:28:16,625 --> 01:28:21,541 And thus, unity was restored, at least in our little family. 935 01:28:24,625 --> 01:28:26,791 That's your baby. 936 01:28:27,667 --> 01:28:29,374 That's its heart. 937 01:28:33,250 --> 01:28:35,166 Amazing. 938 01:28:36,500 --> 01:28:38,957 The baby would be both East and West German. 939 01:28:39,958 --> 01:28:42,957 East and West Germany signed agreements. 940 01:28:43,167 --> 01:28:46,416 Moscow figured that two plus four equaled one... 941 01:28:46,667 --> 01:28:49,582 ...and East-West friendship was toasted with Russian bubbly. 942 01:28:51,333 --> 01:28:55,791 In Berlin, we went on our first East-West German outing. 943 01:29:01,833 --> 01:29:05,541 - I'm not a kid. Take this blindfold off. - No peeking! 944 01:29:07,458 --> 01:29:08,957 Where are we going? 945 01:29:09,208 --> 01:29:10,957 It's a surprise. 946 01:29:13,042 --> 01:29:16,207 The car still smells new. What color is it? 947 01:29:16,458 --> 01:29:19,749 You waited three years. What's another half hour? 948 01:29:20,000 --> 01:29:21,499 Absolutely right. 949 01:29:53,958 --> 01:29:55,374 Mama? 950 01:30:11,292 --> 01:30:12,499 It's beautiful. 951 01:30:13,125 --> 01:30:14,791 Sky blue. 952 01:30:15,167 --> 01:30:17,999 Now, turn around. 953 01:30:22,042 --> 01:30:24,041 Oh, my God, the garden. 954 01:30:25,875 --> 01:30:28,499 Remember how Alex locked himself in the bathroom? 955 01:30:29,917 --> 01:30:32,541 We knocked and knocked, but no answer. 956 01:30:32,875 --> 01:30:34,666 I had climbed out through the roof... 957 01:30:34,917 --> 01:30:37,166 ...and was watching the commotion from a tree. 958 01:30:37,667 --> 01:30:40,416 I peed my pants laughing. 959 01:30:48,583 --> 01:30:52,207 What happened during the eight months I slept? 960 01:30:53,083 --> 01:30:56,041 - Is she asleep? - Yes. 961 01:31:00,458 --> 01:31:02,332 You've grown up. That's what happened. 962 01:31:04,958 --> 01:31:07,541 You're more like your father every day. 963 01:31:16,708 --> 01:31:22,082 - Mama... - I lied. It's not like you think. 964 01:31:22,333 --> 01:31:25,832 - What? - Your father... 965 01:31:30,708 --> 01:31:35,124 Your father didn't stay in the West because of a woman. 966 01:31:35,708 --> 01:31:37,332 That was a lie. 967 01:31:38,083 --> 01:31:40,999 When I said he never wrote... 968 01:31:43,875 --> 01:31:45,999 ...that was a lie too. 969 01:31:47,500 --> 01:31:50,499 He wrote letters to me and to you too. 970 01:31:52,000 --> 01:31:55,249 They're behind the kitchen cabinet. 971 01:32:02,750 --> 01:32:07,666 They made life miserable for him because he wasn't in the party. 972 01:32:07,917 --> 01:32:09,291 It was awful. 973 01:32:10,125 --> 01:32:12,249 He didn't let on to others... 974 01:32:13,625 --> 01:32:15,791 ...but I knew. 975 01:32:16,750 --> 01:32:20,666 I knew, but I couldn't help him. 976 01:32:23,667 --> 01:32:28,666 Then came this conference in West Berlin. 977 01:32:30,167 --> 01:32:33,124 We only had two days to decide. 978 01:32:35,417 --> 01:32:41,374 Your father wanted to stay in the West, and I was supposed to follow with you. 979 01:32:46,917 --> 01:32:48,457 Well... 980 01:32:49,208 --> 01:32:51,291 ...I just couldn't do it. 981 01:32:53,333 --> 01:32:57,207 I was terribly scared. 982 01:32:58,958 --> 01:33:01,166 You don't know what it's like... 983 01:33:01,333 --> 01:33:03,582 ...applying for an exit visa with two kids. 984 01:33:03,792 --> 01:33:07,041 They make you wait forever. 985 01:33:07,292 --> 01:33:08,791 Sometimes years. 986 01:33:09,958 --> 01:33:15,332 They could have taken you away from me, you understand? 987 01:33:26,292 --> 01:33:27,957 I didn't go. 988 01:33:31,958 --> 01:33:36,749 That was the biggest mistake of my life. I know that now. 989 01:33:39,625 --> 01:33:43,999 I lied to you. Please forgive me. 990 01:34:05,375 --> 01:34:07,749 My dear Robert. 991 01:34:10,458 --> 01:34:13,541 I've thought of you so often. 992 01:34:15,667 --> 01:34:18,666 I so wish I could see you one more time. 993 01:35:00,667 --> 01:35:03,207 That evening, Mother's condition suddenly got worse. 994 01:35:03,417 --> 01:35:05,582 AMBULANCE 995 01:36:12,458 --> 01:36:16,624 As I feared, your mother has had another heart attack. 996 01:36:16,792 --> 01:36:21,041 She's stable at the moment. But I'm afraid... 997 01:36:22,875 --> 01:36:26,916 ...we should expect the worst. I'm sorry. 998 01:36:34,167 --> 01:36:37,666 - Doctors can be wrong. Sometimes... - Don't delude yourself, Alex. 999 01:36:38,750 --> 01:36:41,666 Here. I found them. 1000 01:36:41,875 --> 01:36:43,791 He lives in Wannsee. 1001 01:36:45,750 --> 01:36:47,999 I know it's her last wish... 1002 01:36:48,750 --> 01:36:50,791 ...but I just can't go out there. 1003 01:36:55,417 --> 01:36:57,374 Mother won't die. 1004 01:37:02,042 --> 01:37:03,666 Bye. 1005 01:37:43,000 --> 01:37:45,874 Now you can take someone in. 1006 01:37:49,750 --> 01:37:51,624 Take whom in? 1007 01:37:52,625 --> 01:37:55,207 A refugee from the West. 1008 01:38:19,375 --> 01:38:21,332 You need to get some sleep. 1009 01:38:25,042 --> 01:38:28,624 You can lie down in the nurses' room. 1010 01:39:08,208 --> 01:39:11,582 There he was, my childhood idol... 1011 01:39:11,792 --> 01:39:16,457 ...like a ghost from my past: Sigmund Jahn. 1012 01:39:16,667 --> 01:39:18,041 Not signing autographs... 1013 01:39:18,292 --> 01:39:21,916 ...not telling kids about the secrets of the universe... 1014 01:39:22,167 --> 01:39:25,832 ...the freedom of weightlessness, and the infinite reaches of space. 1015 01:39:26,042 --> 01:39:28,291 He was just driving a tiny, smelly Lada taxi. 1016 01:39:28,458 --> 01:39:29,957 Where to? 1017 01:39:31,917 --> 01:39:32,916 Wannsee. 1018 01:39:33,083 --> 01:39:37,582 I know what you're thinking. Many people do, but I'm not him. 1019 01:39:38,292 --> 01:39:40,166 And so we flew through the night... 1020 01:39:40,917 --> 01:39:46,124 ...as if gliding through outer space, light years from our solar system. 1021 01:39:46,375 --> 01:39:49,499 We passed strange galaxies harboring unknown life forms... 1022 01:39:49,750 --> 01:39:51,082 ...and landed in Wannsee. 1023 01:39:51,250 --> 01:39:52,874 Could you wait a minute? 1024 01:39:57,958 --> 01:39:59,499 It won't take long. 1025 01:40:10,875 --> 01:40:14,124 - Good evening. - Hello. Come in. 1026 01:40:17,625 --> 01:40:19,124 Is Mr. Kerner here? 1027 01:40:19,375 --> 01:40:21,499 - The buffet is outside. - This way. 1028 01:40:39,042 --> 01:40:40,291 Hello. 1029 01:40:47,042 --> 01:40:49,291 Hello. Good evening. 1030 01:40:52,750 --> 01:40:54,166 Hello. 1031 01:41:21,292 --> 01:41:24,457 - Hello. - Hello. 1032 01:41:24,792 --> 01:41:28,707 - Can I watch The Sandman with you? - Only if you tell your name. 1033 01:41:28,958 --> 01:41:30,832 Alexander. 1034 01:41:37,167 --> 01:41:40,791 Look, he's an astronaut today. 1035 01:41:42,458 --> 01:41:44,582 Where I come from, we say cosmonaut. 1036 01:41:44,833 --> 01:41:49,416 - Where do you come from? - From another country. 1037 01:41:51,833 --> 01:41:54,624 - My little teddy bears. - Hi, Papa. 1038 01:41:54,750 --> 01:41:59,499 - Hello. How are you? - Fine. 1039 01:42:03,250 --> 01:42:06,249 You're a Sandman fan too? 1040 01:42:06,500 --> 01:42:08,207 Yes, actually. 1041 01:42:12,958 --> 01:42:17,582 - Excuse me, do we know each other? - Yes, we do. 1042 01:42:20,625 --> 01:42:25,749 - I'm afraid I forgot your name. - His name is Alexander. 1043 01:42:32,917 --> 01:42:34,249 Alex? 1044 01:42:38,000 --> 01:42:39,416 Robert. 1045 01:42:39,625 --> 01:42:43,666 Robert, we're waiting for you. 1046 01:42:43,917 --> 01:42:45,791 Robert, come on! 1047 01:42:46,042 --> 01:42:50,624 We know you like to hide in the bathroom on occasions like this. 1048 01:42:56,792 --> 01:43:00,791 - Papa, you have to give your speech. - Robert, come on out. 1049 01:43:01,000 --> 01:43:03,166 - Robert. - I'll be right back. 1050 01:43:09,292 --> 01:43:11,624 There he is. 1051 01:43:11,875 --> 01:43:14,832 Man, Robert, you sure kept us waiting. 1052 01:43:17,042 --> 01:43:18,041 Evening greeting 1053 01:43:23,083 --> 01:43:25,707 Thank you all for coming. 1054 01:43:27,042 --> 01:43:28,832 Thank you and... 1055 01:43:32,042 --> 01:43:34,041 ...have a good time. 1056 01:43:45,083 --> 01:43:48,166 I'm sorry about the party today. 1057 01:43:49,458 --> 01:43:52,166 If I had known you were coming... 1058 01:43:57,000 --> 01:44:00,249 Funny, I always imagined you'd have a swimming pool. 1059 01:44:00,750 --> 01:44:02,874 There's a lake nearby. 1060 01:44:03,750 --> 01:44:06,249 My God, I didn't even recognize you. 1061 01:44:13,500 --> 01:44:16,124 I guess I have a new brother and sister. 1062 01:44:25,875 --> 01:44:29,957 For three years, I waited to hear from you. 1063 01:44:31,458 --> 01:44:33,749 Every day I waited. 1064 01:44:34,750 --> 01:44:37,416 There was nothing I longed for more. 1065 01:44:49,375 --> 01:44:51,541 Why have you come? 1066 01:44:58,167 --> 01:45:00,499 Mother is dying. 1067 01:45:02,500 --> 01:45:04,541 She had a heart attack. 1068 01:45:06,292 --> 01:45:08,249 She wants to see you one more time. 1069 01:45:25,958 --> 01:45:27,332 What was it like up there? 1070 01:45:28,542 --> 01:45:29,832 Up there? 1071 01:45:33,458 --> 01:45:35,207 Oh, I see. 1072 01:45:35,792 --> 01:45:37,207 Up there. 1073 01:45:39,083 --> 01:45:41,416 It was beautiful up there. 1074 01:45:42,667 --> 01:45:44,707 But very far from home. 1075 01:45:52,333 --> 01:45:56,582 The border doesn't exist anymore. It doesn't exist anymore. 1076 01:45:56,833 --> 01:46:00,041 - But... - It's okay. It's just one country now. 1077 01:46:00,875 --> 01:46:04,957 - I don't get it. That's all not true. - That's why you have to play along. 1078 01:46:06,708 --> 01:46:09,249 And why have I supposedly come back to East Germany? 1079 01:46:09,500 --> 01:46:11,874 I don't know. Think of something. 1080 01:46:16,375 --> 01:46:19,249 No, this is absurd. I can't do this. 1081 01:46:19,875 --> 01:46:22,124 It's hard at first, but easy once you start. 1082 01:47:21,042 --> 01:47:23,416 I want to get up. 1083 01:47:24,417 --> 01:47:26,416 How do I look? 1084 01:47:36,833 --> 01:47:38,541 You can go in now. 1085 01:47:42,167 --> 01:47:44,832 - Remember, don't say a word. - Yes, I know. 1086 01:47:56,083 --> 01:48:00,832 - What did you two talk about? - Does that matter now? 1087 01:48:16,875 --> 01:48:18,999 How long has he been in there with her? 1088 01:48:19,625 --> 01:48:21,707 Over an hour. 1089 01:48:25,500 --> 01:48:27,582 I hope he doesn't slip up. 1090 01:48:31,750 --> 01:48:37,124 The summer was over. I decided to end the whole charade. 1091 01:48:38,000 --> 01:48:42,832 We would celebrate the birthday of our socialist fatherland one last time. 1092 01:48:43,000 --> 01:48:47,666 But, in contrast to real life, it would get the sendoff it deserved. 1093 01:49:13,667 --> 01:49:16,791 Camera's rolling. On the count of three. 1094 01:49:21,417 --> 01:49:26,124 "Dear citizens of the German Democratic Republic... 1095 01:49:27,167 --> 01:49:30,707 ...someone who has experienced the miracle... 1096 01:49:30,917 --> 01:49:33,541 ...of seeing our blue planet from outer space... " 1097 01:49:45,208 --> 01:49:47,582 Because Mother could hardly wait... 1098 01:49:47,833 --> 01:49:50,957 ...we celebrated the country's birthday on October 2... 1099 01:49:51,208 --> 01:49:52,707 ...instead of October 7, 1990. 1100 01:49:52,917 --> 01:49:55,332 It was the day before official reunification. 1101 01:49:55,583 --> 01:49:56,541 OCTOBER 7 Sunday 1102 01:50:16,833 --> 01:50:18,249 So? 1103 01:50:18,500 --> 01:50:20,999 My best film yet, pal. 1104 01:50:23,458 --> 01:50:28,332 - Too bad only your mother will see it. - Thanks, Denis. Without you... 1105 01:50:28,500 --> 01:50:31,999 Enough already. Get lost before we get too sentimental. 1106 01:50:34,875 --> 01:50:36,749 Let me know how it goes! 1107 01:50:36,958 --> 01:50:39,999 On the occasion of the country's birthday... 1108 01:50:40,250 --> 01:50:44,999 ...Erich Honecker resigned from all his positions today. 1109 01:50:45,208 --> 01:50:46,499 What? 1110 01:50:47,083 --> 01:50:52,082 Let our friends in the world rest assured that socialism... 1111 01:50:52,250 --> 01:50:56,791 In his speech at the official reception at the Palace of the Republic... 1112 01:50:57,250 --> 01:50:59,791 ...Erich Honecker explained his decision... 1113 01:51:00,125 --> 01:51:04,166 ...by stating that the events of the last few months... 1114 01:51:04,417 --> 01:51:07,124 ...are a worthy conclusion to his political work. 1115 01:51:07,292 --> 01:51:11,249 Honecker congratulated his successor as head of the party... 1116 01:51:11,417 --> 01:51:14,041 ...and chairman of the state council, Sigmund Jahn. 1117 01:51:14,250 --> 01:51:15,791 What? Jahn? 1118 01:51:16,292 --> 01:51:20,916 In 1978, Jahn had been the first German cosmonaut in space. 1119 01:51:22,750 --> 01:51:28,416 This evening, the country's new leader addressed the citizens of the GDR. 1120 01:51:29,750 --> 01:51:34,207 Dear citizens of the German Democratic Republic... 1121 01:51:36,333 --> 01:51:39,416 ...someone who has experienced the miracle... 1122 01:51:39,583 --> 01:51:43,582 ...of seeing our blue planet from outer space... 1123 01:51:43,833 --> 01:51:45,832 ...has a different perspective on things. 1124 01:51:46,792 --> 01:51:49,332 Up there, in the vast emptiness of space... 1125 01:51:49,583 --> 01:51:53,832 ...life on Earth seems small and insignificant. 1126 01:51:54,083 --> 01:51:56,832 You ask yourself what humanity has achieved. 1127 01:51:57,042 --> 01:52:00,832 What are its goals? Which of those goals has it achieved? 1128 01:52:02,083 --> 01:52:07,791 It's our country's birthday today. Seen from space, it's tiny. 1129 01:52:08,458 --> 01:52:12,332 And yet, in the last year, thousands have come here. 1130 01:52:12,583 --> 01:52:17,374 People we used to consider enemies now want to live in our midst. 1131 01:52:17,958 --> 01:52:20,624 We know our country isn't perfect. 1132 01:52:21,750 --> 01:52:26,874 But the ideals we believe in continue to inspire people all over the world. 1133 01:52:27,083 --> 01:52:30,874 We might have lost sight of our goals at times... 1134 01:52:31,333 --> 01:52:33,874 ...but we managed to regain our focus. 1135 01:52:34,125 --> 01:52:36,999 Socialism isn't about walling yourself in. 1136 01:52:37,208 --> 01:52:42,624 It's about reaching out to others and living with them. 1137 01:52:43,500 --> 01:52:47,249 It means not only dreaming about a better world, but making it happen. 1138 01:52:48,625 --> 01:52:52,749 Therefore, I have decided to open our country's borders. 1139 01:52:54,375 --> 01:52:56,707 Immediately after the Wall opened... 1140 01:52:56,875 --> 01:53:00,166 ...thousands of West Germans took advantage of the opportunity... 1141 01:53:00,375 --> 01:53:04,249 ...to pay the German Democratic Republic a first visit. 1142 01:53:08,792 --> 01:53:12,791 Many hope to stay, seeking an alternative... 1143 01:53:13,042 --> 01:53:15,874 ...to the tough struggle for survival under capitalism. 1144 01:53:16,042 --> 01:53:18,541 - Isn't it wonderful? - Not everyone wants... 1145 01:53:18,667 --> 01:53:20,791 ...careerism and spiraling consumption. 1146 01:53:21,042 --> 01:53:24,624 The rat race isn't for everyone. 1147 01:53:34,417 --> 01:53:36,291 These people want a different life. 1148 01:53:37,667 --> 01:53:41,582 They've realized there's more to life than cars, VCRs and TV sets. 1149 01:53:42,083 --> 01:53:47,166 They are willing to bring good will, hard work and hope... 1150 01:53:47,417 --> 01:53:49,541 ...to building new lives for themselves. 1151 01:53:54,917 --> 01:53:56,582 Wow. 1152 01:55:10,250 --> 01:55:13,541 My mother outlived the GDR by three days. 1153 01:55:14,167 --> 01:55:17,166 I believe it was a good thing she never learned the truth. 1154 01:55:17,792 --> 01:55:19,624 She died happy. 1155 01:55:22,500 --> 01:55:26,416 She wanted us to scatter her ashes to the winds. 1156 01:55:26,667 --> 01:55:30,624 That's prohibited in Germany, both East and West. 1157 01:55:30,792 --> 01:55:32,041 But we didn't care. 1158 01:56:07,708 --> 01:56:11,582 She's up there somewhere now. Maybe looking down at us. 1159 01:56:12,208 --> 01:56:15,582 Maybe she sees us as tiny specks on the Earth's surface... 1160 01:56:16,083 --> 01:56:18,791 ...just like Sigmund Jahn did back then. 1161 01:56:21,583 --> 01:56:26,707 The country my mother left behind was a country she believed in... 1162 01:56:28,125 --> 01:56:31,499 ...a country we kept alive till her last breath... 1163 01:56:33,125 --> 01:56:37,082 ...a country that never existed in that form... 1164 01:56:39,375 --> 01:56:44,582 ...a country that, in my memory, I will always associate with my mother.