1 00:00:43,459 --> 00:00:46,334 Our Weekend Cabin, Summer '78 2 00:00:47,459 --> 00:00:50,959 Look over here, into the camera. 3 00:00:53,959 --> 00:00:55,792 Hands off! 4 00:01:01,209 --> 00:01:05,709 - Alex, hold on tight! - Papa, help me! 5 00:02:28,709 --> 00:02:32,167 Slowly and carefully... 6 00:02:32,417 --> 00:02:34,959 ...the giant colossus... 7 00:02:35,209 --> 00:02:37,667 ...is placed on the launching pad. 8 00:02:38,334 --> 00:02:44,542 The product of a great joint endeavor will be out to the test here. 9 00:02:44,709 --> 00:02:49,584 The principle "quality supplied by all to all"... 10 00:02:49,834 --> 00:02:50,834 That's him! 11 00:02:50,959 --> 00:02:53,792 ...can be seen perfectly here. 12 00:02:55,584 --> 00:03:01,209 I am ready to embark on the flight of the spaceship, S OJUS 31 13 00:03:01,459 --> 00:03:04,542 ...as a member of the international crew. 14 00:03:04,709 --> 00:03:09,209 On August 26, 1978, we were world-class. 15 00:03:09,376 --> 00:03:15,459 East German citizen Sigmund Jahn was the first German in space. 16 00:03:15,709 --> 00:03:19,084 On that day, things in our family started going seriously downhill. 17 00:03:19,334 --> 00:03:22,126 This is your husband's third trip to a capitalist country. 18 00:03:22,376 --> 00:03:25,001 He's standing in for his boss, Professor Klinger. 19 00:03:25,376 --> 00:03:28,334 Does your husband have contacts in the West? 20 00:03:28,501 --> 00:03:29,584 No. 21 00:03:30,126 --> 00:03:34,709 Mrs. Kerner, how would you describe the state of your marriage? 22 00:03:37,251 --> 00:03:40,126 Did your husband discuss fleeing the country? 23 00:03:40,334 --> 00:03:41,876 Mrs. Kerner. 24 00:03:42,251 --> 00:03:44,751 Did he discuss it with you? 25 00:03:45,751 --> 00:03:49,792 Please allow me to express my sincerest gratitude... 26 00:03:50,042 --> 00:03:52,792 ...to the central committee of the Communist Party... 27 00:03:53,001 --> 00:03:55,042 Get out! Leave me alone! 28 00:03:57,501 --> 00:04:01,626 While Sigmund Jahn was intrepidly representing our country in space... 29 00:04:01,792 --> 00:04:05,167 ...my father was getting his brains fucked out... 30 00:04:05,376 --> 00:04:07,667 ...by his new "enemy of the state" girlfriend. 31 00:04:07,917 --> 00:04:09,292 He never came back. 32 00:04:12,501 --> 00:04:16,042 My mother was so depressed that she stopped talking. 33 00:04:16,251 --> 00:04:18,126 She just didn't speak. 34 00:04:18,376 --> 00:04:21,501 Not to us, nor to anyone. 35 00:04:29,209 --> 00:04:31,667 Please, Mama, come back. 36 00:04:31,917 --> 00:04:34,292 It's so boring at Mrs. Schafer's. 37 00:04:36,167 --> 00:04:40,126 Mama, I love you! 38 00:04:51,417 --> 00:04:56,001 The Sandman has adapted very well to conditions in space. 39 00:04:56,251 --> 00:04:59,792 But the biggest surprise for us... 40 00:05:00,042 --> 00:05:04,292 ...was that he has become good friends with Mascha. 41 00:05:04,501 --> 00:05:10,001 We've even had a cosmic wedding. In just a few minutes... 42 00:05:10,167 --> 00:05:13,792 ...The Sandman and Mascha return to Earth. 43 00:05:13,959 --> 00:05:19,834 Dear children, I hope that you all have an opportunity to see this at home. 44 00:05:20,209 --> 00:05:24,709 After eight weeks, Mother came home. She was back to normal. 45 00:05:24,917 --> 00:05:28,834 - Surprise! - My darlings! 46 00:05:33,459 --> 00:05:35,334 My Alex... 47 00:05:35,584 --> 00:05:38,334 ...my little cosmonaut. 48 00:05:51,834 --> 00:05:53,167 SOLIDARITY WITH MOZAMBIQUE 49 00:05:56,376 --> 00:05:57,501 Pioneer Camp, Spring '79 50 00:05:57,751 --> 00:05:59,709 We never mentioned Father again. 51 00:06:01,126 --> 00:06:05,376 From then on, our mother was married to our socialist fatherland. 52 00:06:11,084 --> 00:06:13,251 Our country 53 00:06:13,501 --> 00:06:17,709 Is not just cities and villages 54 00:06:17,876 --> 00:06:22,209 Since the relationship was not sexual, she had a lot of energy for us kids... 55 00:06:22,376 --> 00:06:25,126 ...and for the realities of life under socialism. 56 00:06:25,334 --> 00:06:30,001 The grass on the meadow The crops in the field 57 00:06:30,251 --> 00:06:36,126 And the birds in the sky And the animals 58 00:06:36,376 --> 00:06:39,376 My mother became an activist for social progress... 59 00:06:39,542 --> 00:06:44,251 ...a passionate crusader for the concerns of common people... 60 00:06:44,417 --> 00:06:46,876 ...and against those tiny injustices of life. 61 00:06:47,292 --> 00:06:53,417 In the matter of garishly colored... 62 00:06:53,667 --> 00:06:56,417 ...maternity wear. 63 00:06:58,251 --> 00:07:02,167 Now for our report on the award ceremony... 64 00:07:02,417 --> 00:07:04,417 It's coming up now. 65 00:07:04,751 --> 00:07:08,917 Factory and office workers, scientists and collective farm workers... 66 00:07:09,167 --> 00:07:12,667 ...artists and retirees arrived in Berlin today... 67 00:07:12,917 --> 00:07:17,292 ...to receive our country's highest awards. 68 00:07:18,834 --> 00:07:21,667 - That's you, Mama! - Gold award... 69 00:07:21,834 --> 00:07:24,959 ...in recognition of extraordinary contributions... 70 00:07:25,167 --> 00:07:29,709 ...to our socialist society. 71 00:07:29,959 --> 00:07:33,334 On the eve of the national holiday, the party's central committee... 72 00:07:33,584 --> 00:07:37,709 ...traditionally honors exceptional citizens. 73 00:07:39,584 --> 00:07:42,834 After long hours of training, the day had finally come. 74 00:07:43,084 --> 00:07:46,459 I, Alex Kerner, would be the second German to venture into space... 75 00:07:46,709 --> 00:07:48,792 ...farther than anyone before. 76 00:07:48,959 --> 00:07:51,042 Takeoff! 77 00:07:52,292 --> 00:07:56,917 I imagined how I'd explore the secrets of space for the benefit of mankind... 78 00:07:57,084 --> 00:08:02,751 ...how I'd look down on our planet and wave proudly at my mother. 79 00:08:03,001 --> 00:08:05,251 Stand by for liftoff! 80 00:08:24,709 --> 00:08:28,251 10 years later - October 7, 1989 81 00:08:31,001 --> 00:08:33,417 People are at the core of socialist society 82 00:08:33,667 --> 00:08:34,792 East Germany turned 40. 83 00:08:35,042 --> 00:08:38,751 I had the day off from my job at a TV-repair firm... 84 00:08:38,917 --> 00:08:42,584 ...and felt that I was at the height of my masculine allure. 85 00:08:48,417 --> 00:08:51,084 40 YEARS GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 86 00:08:57,709 --> 00:08:59,209 Change was in the air... 87 00:08:59,584 --> 00:09:02,917 ...while the members of the world's last great shooting club... 88 00:09:03,084 --> 00:09:04,584 ...paraded outside our house. 89 00:09:25,376 --> 00:09:28,751 There's a girl here for you. Shall I send her away? 90 00:09:29,959 --> 00:09:34,334 - What girl? - No idea. Seems nice, though. 91 00:09:39,084 --> 00:09:41,709 Did you sleep in your clothes again? 92 00:09:42,584 --> 00:09:44,876 Where's my visitor? 93 00:09:45,126 --> 00:09:48,751 Your visitor's name is Paula. She's your date, as agreed. 94 00:09:49,001 --> 00:09:52,459 - Oh, no. - Oh, yes, little brother. 95 00:09:52,709 --> 00:09:57,251 - Can't your ex mind her? - Her father is on call today. 96 00:10:13,917 --> 00:10:18,167 "...these products. Women of a certain age..." 97 00:10:19,417 --> 00:10:24,917 Cannot and do not wish to wear the kind of underpants you sell. 98 00:10:25,167 --> 00:10:29,001 The population of the GDR does not consist of young ice princesses... 99 00:10:29,167 --> 00:10:33,292 ...and exquisitely slim comrades. - That's good. 100 00:10:33,542 --> 00:10:35,667 Still here? It's started already. 101 00:10:35,917 --> 00:10:38,417 - As we can hear. - You better hurry. 102 00:10:38,667 --> 00:10:41,417 - May be the last time with the old gang. - Where's Paula? 103 00:10:41,626 --> 00:10:43,126 Is she asleep? 104 00:10:44,376 --> 00:10:46,834 I might see your mother on TV today. 105 00:10:47,084 --> 00:10:49,084 From the Palace of the Republic? 106 00:10:49,292 --> 00:10:50,459 Invitation 107 00:10:50,709 --> 00:10:51,959 With a magnifying glass. 108 00:10:54,584 --> 00:10:59,459 I'm not even sure I'm going. All the party bigwigs will be there. 109 00:10:59,709 --> 00:11:01,667 I won't know a soul. 110 00:11:02,167 --> 00:11:06,542 But I wouldn't mind seeing Gorbachev close up. 111 00:11:06,709 --> 00:11:09,584 Look at them, celebrating themselves, the old farts. 112 00:11:09,834 --> 00:11:11,667 You don't have to watch. 113 00:11:12,959 --> 00:11:17,667 - Can't you see what's going on? - What do you want to do? Emigrate? 114 00:11:18,667 --> 00:11:20,917 Nothing will change if everyone emigrates. 115 00:11:21,084 --> 00:11:23,084 Continue with: 116 00:11:24,709 --> 00:11:27,084 It simply won't do... 117 00:11:27,209 --> 00:11:31,001 ...for our sturdier female workers and farmers... 118 00:11:31,209 --> 00:11:34,501 ...to be punished in this way by our fashion combines... 119 00:11:34,751 --> 00:11:39,751 ...in this 40th year of our republic. With socialist greetings... 120 00:11:40,501 --> 00:11:42,751 Hanna Schafer. 121 00:11:51,876 --> 00:11:54,501 On the evening of October 7, 1989... 122 00:11:54,709 --> 00:11:58,501 ...several hundred people got together for some evening exercise... 123 00:11:58,709 --> 00:12:01,001 ...and marched for the right to go for walks... 124 00:12:01,209 --> 00:12:03,209 ...without the Wall getting in their way. 125 00:12:03,376 --> 00:12:09,917 Freedom of the press! Freedom of the press! Freedom of the press! 126 00:12:30,042 --> 00:12:32,292 Cough it out! 127 00:12:35,042 --> 00:12:37,126 Are you okay? 128 00:12:39,292 --> 00:12:42,042 - You okay? - Thank you. 129 00:12:53,334 --> 00:12:55,334 Even more cops over there. 130 00:12:58,834 --> 00:13:00,167 All right, all right. 131 00:13:12,334 --> 00:13:15,459 If you take the subway, you might still make it. 132 00:13:28,209 --> 00:13:30,334 What's your name? 133 00:14:11,584 --> 00:14:13,126 Stop it! 134 00:14:14,626 --> 00:14:16,042 Watch it! 135 00:14:33,917 --> 00:14:35,751 - That's my mother! - Don't move! 136 00:14:35,917 --> 00:14:37,792 That's my mother! 137 00:14:52,292 --> 00:14:55,376 Let me go, you asshole! My mother's lying on... 138 00:15:26,334 --> 00:15:29,209 - Alexander Kerner? - Yes? 139 00:15:35,459 --> 00:15:37,167 Your mother. 140 00:16:32,292 --> 00:16:33,792 What's wrong with Mother? 141 00:16:37,876 --> 00:16:39,501 What is it? 142 00:16:41,126 --> 00:16:43,126 She had a heart attack. 143 00:16:44,001 --> 00:16:49,417 CPR was performed rather late. She's in a coma. 144 00:16:53,626 --> 00:16:58,626 - When can I talk to her? - Alex, Mama is in a coma! 145 00:16:59,417 --> 00:17:04,209 We don't know if she'll ever wake up again. 146 00:17:35,417 --> 00:17:36,917 Can you hear me, Mama? 147 00:17:39,667 --> 00:17:41,667 You have to wake up. 148 00:17:41,917 --> 00:17:43,959 But Mother kept on sleeping. 149 00:17:45,584 --> 00:17:48,292 In her long, deep sleep... 150 00:17:48,459 --> 00:17:52,792 ...she orbited like a satellite around our small planet... 151 00:17:52,959 --> 00:17:55,709 ...and our even smaller republic. 152 00:17:58,584 --> 00:18:01,584 The 9th congress has granted Erich Honecker's request... 153 00:18:01,709 --> 00:18:04,917 ...to resign for health reasons... 154 00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:07,709 ...and thanked him for his contributions to politics. 155 00:18:09,917 --> 00:18:11,834 Her sleep kept her in the dark... 156 00:18:12,084 --> 00:18:14,334 ...during the resignation of Comrade Honecker... 157 00:18:14,542 --> 00:18:16,334 ...secretary general of the party... 158 00:18:16,542 --> 00:18:20,209 ...and chairman of the state council of the German Democratic Republic. 159 00:18:21,959 --> 00:18:26,834 Berlin: Tonight the Wall came down. 160 00:18:27,001 --> 00:18:30,751 Unity and right and freedom For the German fatherland... 161 00:18:30,959 --> 00:18:35,001 She slept through a classical concert in front of West Berlin's city hall... 162 00:18:36,626 --> 00:18:41,626 ...and through the start of a huge and unique recycling campaign. 163 00:18:46,876 --> 00:18:49,876 Open the gate! Open the gate! 164 00:18:50,126 --> 00:18:53,626 Stasi out! Stasi out! 165 00:18:53,876 --> 00:18:57,001 Mother kept on sleeping. 166 00:18:59,251 --> 00:19:03,626 She missed my first outing to the West and certain comrades'... 167 00:19:03,834 --> 00:19:07,667 ...unflagging efforts to protect us, the workers and farmers. 168 00:19:08,792 --> 00:19:14,001 She also missed my first cultural discoveries in a new country. 169 00:19:18,667 --> 00:19:20,042 Excuse me. 170 00:19:22,126 --> 00:19:26,917 Her condition prevented her from voting in the first free elections. 171 00:19:32,042 --> 00:19:35,417 She slept while Ariane quit studying economic theory... 172 00:19:35,626 --> 00:19:38,167 Thanks for choosing Burger King. 173 00:19:38,417 --> 00:19:41,917 ...and gained her first practical experience with monetary circulation. 174 00:19:42,167 --> 00:19:44,876 She was spared watching Ariane's new lover move in... 175 00:19:45,042 --> 00:19:47,917 ...Rainer, class enemy and greasy spoon manager. 176 00:19:48,167 --> 00:19:49,792 WORKER OF THE MONTH ARIANE and RAINER 177 00:19:50,084 --> 00:19:53,459 The bedroom furniture goes down to the cellar. 178 00:19:53,709 --> 00:19:58,542 She missed the slow but steady westernization of our tiny flat. 179 00:19:58,709 --> 00:20:03,084 The old stuff marked with red dots goes on the street for junk collection. 180 00:20:05,084 --> 00:20:08,709 She missed Rainer's enthusiasm for the ways and tradition of the orient. 181 00:20:08,917 --> 00:20:10,584 Sorry. 182 00:20:16,042 --> 00:20:19,292 Not even my hormonal rapture at the sight... 183 00:20:19,459 --> 00:20:22,292 ...of certain shapely legs could penetrate her twilight. 184 00:20:33,126 --> 00:20:34,959 Shit. 185 00:20:41,376 --> 00:20:45,459 - What are you doing? - Nothing. The drip... 186 00:20:45,626 --> 00:20:49,376 In her dark dreams, she also missed the arrival of Lara... 187 00:20:50,001 --> 00:20:52,501 ...the angelic student nurse from the Soviet Union. 188 00:20:55,751 --> 00:20:59,084 - You again. - Hello. 189 00:21:00,709 --> 00:21:02,376 I was worried about you. 190 00:21:03,709 --> 00:21:05,876 They arrested me. 191 00:21:19,917 --> 00:21:22,417 Mother slept through the triumph of capitalism... 192 00:21:22,751 --> 00:21:24,042 Change the guard! 193 00:21:32,751 --> 00:21:36,667 ...and my carefully coordinated visits to the hospital. 194 00:22:01,334 --> 00:22:02,709 You know what I've noticed? 195 00:22:04,084 --> 00:22:06,834 When she's in a good mood, she wears her hair down. 196 00:22:07,459 --> 00:22:09,209 In a bad mood, she wears it up. 197 00:22:10,542 --> 00:22:13,584 She bites her nails during the doctors' rounds. 198 00:22:17,542 --> 00:22:20,917 Doesn't she have a lovely smile? 199 00:22:25,084 --> 00:22:29,209 In her sleep she didn't see how our working-class heroes lost their jobs. 200 00:22:29,417 --> 00:22:33,209 The TV-repair shop where I worked was shut down. 201 00:22:33,542 --> 00:22:37,501 I was the last one out. I turned off the light. 202 00:22:37,751 --> 00:22:41,209 Then things began to look up. As part of a capable East-West team... 203 00:22:41,376 --> 00:22:43,876 ...I became a practitioner of the reunification... 204 00:22:44,084 --> 00:22:46,501 ...cheering up the landscape with satellite dishes. 205 00:22:46,751 --> 00:22:52,751 - Denis Domaschke. - Domaschke. Denis Domaschke. 206 00:22:55,334 --> 00:22:58,126 - Alexander Kerner. - Here. 207 00:22:59,001 --> 00:23:03,209 - Get over here, don't be shy. - Hello. 208 00:23:04,126 --> 00:23:06,251 Be good, ladies. 209 00:23:07,751 --> 00:23:12,001 Hello. Hello. 210 00:23:16,126 --> 00:23:18,667 Knut Vogel. 211 00:23:22,876 --> 00:23:27,417 Hello, Mama. Dr. Wagner told us to talk to you. 212 00:23:27,667 --> 00:23:31,126 Since I can't come in person, I thought this might work. 213 00:23:31,292 --> 00:23:33,792 It's 5 p.m. 214 00:23:34,001 --> 00:23:37,167 Most doctors will be gone, and you'll finally have some peace. 215 00:23:37,376 --> 00:23:40,917 Nurse Lara, who just gave you a bath, will be gone too. 216 00:23:41,126 --> 00:23:43,667 If you could see her, I'm sure you'd wake up. 217 00:23:43,876 --> 00:23:48,667 Ariane says hello. She thinks the tape is a stupid idea, but you know her. 218 00:23:48,876 --> 00:23:54,167 She's with Paula, who's teething and cries a lot. 219 00:23:54,376 --> 00:23:57,251 Mother slept through my unstoppable progress with Lara. 220 00:23:57,417 --> 00:23:59,917 After four early and 85 late shifts... 221 00:24:00,084 --> 00:24:03,834 ...we finally had our first romantic rendezvous. 222 00:24:25,792 --> 00:24:27,584 It's very loud here! 223 00:24:46,959 --> 00:24:49,626 Our Russian teacher was from Minsk and weighed a ton. 224 00:24:49,876 --> 00:24:52,501 And that's all you know about Russian women. 225 00:24:59,834 --> 00:25:03,959 The winds of change blew on the ruins of our republic. 226 00:25:04,126 --> 00:25:07,876 Summer came, and Berlin was the most beautiful place on Earth. 227 00:25:08,501 --> 00:25:13,834 We were at the center of the world, where things were finally happening. 228 00:25:14,001 --> 00:25:16,126 And we went with the flow. 229 00:25:16,626 --> 00:25:19,751 Too bad she's missing all this. 230 00:25:21,709 --> 00:25:23,876 Maybe it's better this way. 231 00:25:25,167 --> 00:25:28,251 Everything she believed in vanished in just a few months. 232 00:25:28,501 --> 00:25:29,876 What about your father? 233 00:25:31,042 --> 00:25:32,542 He was a doctor. 234 00:25:33,542 --> 00:25:36,001 He escaped to the West. 235 00:25:36,167 --> 00:25:38,292 We never heard from him again. 236 00:26:20,709 --> 00:26:26,417 The future lay in our hands. Uncertain, yet promising. 237 00:26:34,334 --> 00:26:36,834 Hello, XTV, we just want to... 238 00:26:39,334 --> 00:26:40,459 - Hello. - Hello. 239 00:26:40,709 --> 00:26:42,042 Interested in satellite TV? 240 00:26:42,959 --> 00:26:44,292 No money? 241 00:26:45,084 --> 00:26:46,959 Hello. 242 00:26:47,126 --> 00:26:50,376 Hi, you like soccer? We have the thing for you. 243 00:26:50,584 --> 00:26:53,126 - Hello. - Hello, XTV. 244 00:26:53,334 --> 00:26:57,126 We're from XTV. Interested in a satellite dish? 245 00:26:57,334 --> 00:27:01,876 You have Vietnam One and Two, and a Vietnamese sports channel. 246 00:27:02,126 --> 00:27:03,084 I see. 247 00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:09,251 To the soccer championships. 248 00:27:09,501 --> 00:27:11,876 - To the future. - To us... 249 00:27:12,501 --> 00:27:14,376 ...comrade. 250 00:27:17,959 --> 00:27:19,876 SO 36 FILM presents 251 00:27:20,084 --> 00:27:21,876 FAMILY MOMENTS 252 00:27:22,126 --> 00:27:24,126 WEDDING 253 00:27:24,501 --> 00:27:26,626 Right now it's just a side job. 254 00:27:27,001 --> 00:27:28,626 BAPTISM 255 00:27:29,792 --> 00:27:33,917 Someday I'm going to do real feature films. 256 00:27:34,167 --> 00:27:34,876 ...and more! 257 00:27:35,501 --> 00:27:37,167 SO 36 FILM Denis Domaschke 258 00:27:37,417 --> 00:27:39,501 Under the same label, of course. 259 00:27:40,376 --> 00:27:42,251 Let me show you something. 260 00:27:46,001 --> 00:27:48,626 This is what I'm working on. Watch. 261 00:27:51,417 --> 00:27:52,667 Don't look yet. 262 00:27:54,251 --> 00:27:55,792 Wait, don't look. 263 00:27:56,292 --> 00:27:59,251 Just a moment. Now. 264 00:28:15,459 --> 00:28:17,459 Did you catch that? 265 00:28:30,209 --> 00:28:32,084 Now. 266 00:28:37,459 --> 00:28:40,334 That's the famous cut from 2001, with the bone. 267 00:28:40,584 --> 00:28:43,709 The cake is the spaceship. 268 00:28:48,709 --> 00:28:51,126 - Did you see it? - Yeah. 269 00:28:51,626 --> 00:28:53,001 Brilliant. 270 00:29:03,751 --> 00:29:05,209 Brilliant. 271 00:29:14,084 --> 00:29:19,334 By early June 1990, the East German borders were meaningless. 272 00:29:23,376 --> 00:29:25,584 And still, Mother slept. 273 00:29:25,751 --> 00:29:28,501 I, for my part, inspired by the old communist saying! 274 00:29:28,709 --> 00:29:32,376 "We solve problems by marching ahead, " took the initiative. 275 00:30:08,001 --> 00:30:09,376 Mama? 276 00:30:10,917 --> 00:30:12,792 Mama? 277 00:30:15,084 --> 00:30:16,459 Can you hear me? 278 00:30:23,584 --> 00:30:28,584 That she woke up is a miracle, but she might not be the same as she was. 279 00:30:28,834 --> 00:30:29,834 What do you mean? 280 00:30:30,084 --> 00:30:34,459 Some patients don't even recognize their own kids. Amnesia. 281 00:30:35,292 --> 00:30:37,084 Memory loss. 282 00:30:38,209 --> 00:30:39,792 Sorry. 283 00:30:40,417 --> 00:30:45,792 She could be confused, or mix up long and short-term memory. 284 00:30:45,959 --> 00:30:49,459 Sensory disturbances, delayed reactions. We don't know... 285 00:30:49,667 --> 00:30:54,292 ...how badly the brain was damaged. The list of potential problems is long. 286 00:30:55,209 --> 00:30:59,459 I'm sorry to tell you this, but your mother's life is still in danger. 287 00:31:01,251 --> 00:31:05,876 I can't give you much hope she'll survive the next weeks. 288 00:31:14,876 --> 00:31:16,626 Well... 289 00:31:18,626 --> 00:31:21,626 Can we take her home? 290 00:31:22,334 --> 00:31:24,251 Absolutely not. 291 00:31:24,751 --> 00:31:28,376 It's better for her to stay here. And easier for you too. 292 00:31:28,584 --> 00:31:31,084 She wouldn't survive a second heart attack. 293 00:31:31,584 --> 00:31:35,709 You must protect her from any kind of excitement. 294 00:31:35,959 --> 00:31:41,792 - And I do mean any kind, Mr. Kerner. - Any kind of excitement. 295 00:31:43,626 --> 00:31:45,542 It would be life-threatening. 296 00:31:47,167 --> 00:31:48,792 And this here? 297 00:31:49,042 --> 00:31:50,751 GOOD LUCK, GERMANY YES TO REUNIFICATION 298 00:31:50,917 --> 00:31:53,126 Wouldn't you call this exciting? 299 00:31:54,126 --> 00:31:56,542 My mother doesn't know the Wall fell. 300 00:31:56,792 --> 00:31:58,917 Here she'll find out in no time. 301 00:32:02,501 --> 00:32:03,792 Your granddaughter. 302 00:32:12,292 --> 00:32:14,042 What happened? 303 00:32:14,417 --> 00:32:17,876 - You collapsed. - Eight months ago. 304 00:32:19,709 --> 00:32:23,167 Eight months ago? 305 00:32:25,834 --> 00:32:29,167 I can't remember anything. 306 00:32:29,334 --> 00:32:32,584 That's normal. It'll come back. 307 00:32:32,834 --> 00:32:36,834 - You just have to be patient. - And what happened? 308 00:32:39,209 --> 00:32:41,792 - That was... - It was in October. 309 00:32:42,334 --> 00:32:44,959 I think you were going shopping. 310 00:32:45,167 --> 00:32:49,709 You were shopping, there was a long queue, and it was so hot. 311 00:32:50,584 --> 00:32:52,209 You just collapsed. 312 00:32:52,792 --> 00:32:54,709 In October? 313 00:32:54,917 --> 00:32:59,084 It was an unusually hot October. 314 00:33:02,751 --> 00:33:04,084 And then? 315 00:33:04,876 --> 00:33:07,126 You were in a coma. 316 00:33:12,709 --> 00:33:14,084 I want to go home. 317 00:33:16,334 --> 00:33:17,626 I promise, you will. 318 00:33:19,001 --> 00:33:21,501 We'll celebrate your birthday, like every year. 319 00:33:22,834 --> 00:33:24,626 Alex, this is totally crazy! 320 00:33:24,834 --> 00:33:27,084 We can't leave her there. We promised. 321 00:33:27,251 --> 00:33:30,501 She's very sick! They can take better care of her here! 322 00:33:30,751 --> 00:33:34,084 They're equipped for it. Damn it, be realistic, for once! 323 00:33:34,251 --> 00:33:38,376 You be realistic! Imagine what will happen once she has to share a room. 324 00:33:38,584 --> 00:33:43,501 Or if someone lets something slip! Here, she'll find out in no time! 325 00:33:43,667 --> 00:33:44,917 She'd never survive that. 326 00:33:47,542 --> 00:33:50,917 All this stuff has to go. 327 00:33:52,667 --> 00:33:55,667 - Are the old curtains in the cellar? - You can't be serious. 328 00:33:56,751 --> 00:33:59,001 Shit, you drilled them into the wall. 329 00:34:00,001 --> 00:34:03,376 - Well, just great! - We'll just have to plaster them up. 330 00:34:04,667 --> 00:34:06,917 Can you tell me what's going on? 331 00:34:07,126 --> 00:34:09,292 - Can't you guess? - Guess what? 332 00:34:09,501 --> 00:34:12,334 - What's he supposed to guess? - You have to move out. 333 00:34:12,584 --> 00:34:16,209 - Or shall we put her in the cellar? - I paid rent the last five months! 334 00:34:16,417 --> 00:34:18,334 - How generous! - For the whole apartment! 335 00:34:18,584 --> 00:34:22,209 Yeah, 47 marks. In the West, that wouldn't even cover the phone bill! 336 00:34:22,417 --> 00:34:25,876 - Here, you wait 10 years for a phone! - You can't just... 337 00:34:26,084 --> 00:34:28,084 The room has to be just like it was! 338 00:34:28,334 --> 00:34:30,876 The doctor said she has to stay in bed, right? 339 00:34:31,126 --> 00:34:35,376 So it's just about this one room. When she's better, we'll see. 340 00:34:35,626 --> 00:34:39,459 You didn't get what the doctor said! She probably... 341 00:34:39,626 --> 00:34:42,626 You said that when you wanted to pull the plug on her. 342 00:34:42,876 --> 00:34:45,876 That was a different situation. You can't compare it! 343 00:34:46,084 --> 00:34:51,001 What are you going to tell her? That you quit college to sell burgers? 344 00:34:52,626 --> 00:34:57,084 "Thanks for choosing Burger King." 345 00:35:10,792 --> 00:35:13,167 - Eighth floor? - Yep. 346 00:35:13,376 --> 00:35:15,167 - Elevator? - Broken. 347 00:35:15,417 --> 00:35:18,751 - Shit. - You can say that again. 348 00:35:55,209 --> 00:35:57,667 My life was totally different... 349 00:35:57,834 --> 00:36:00,459 ...and the day we were going to take Mother home... 350 00:36:00,709 --> 00:36:04,459 ...approached as relentlessly as a massive Russian tank. 351 00:36:04,667 --> 00:36:06,459 How dare you go through my wardrobe. 352 00:36:06,667 --> 00:36:10,209 Not your wardrobe, charity shop. Besides, what's that you're wearing? 353 00:36:10,417 --> 00:36:12,959 Try to make an effort. 354 00:36:14,542 --> 00:36:17,709 Look at the crap we used to wear. 355 00:36:21,709 --> 00:36:23,834 Sign here. 356 00:36:25,584 --> 00:36:28,709 The physiotherapist comes three times a week. Any questions? 357 00:36:28,959 --> 00:36:31,584 She's going home on her own responsibility. 358 00:36:31,834 --> 00:36:33,334 You know what I think of this. 359 00:36:34,209 --> 00:36:36,126 Where's the other doctor? 360 00:36:36,876 --> 00:36:40,126 - Dr. Wagner moved to Dusseldorf. - I see. 361 00:36:40,626 --> 00:36:43,126 And you? When are you taking off? 362 00:36:44,126 --> 00:36:46,126 You were telling me about responsibility. 363 00:36:50,876 --> 00:36:53,001 Please, lie down for a minute. 364 00:36:55,126 --> 00:36:59,459 - Why? - Please, lie down for a minute. 365 00:37:06,209 --> 00:37:10,501 If she has another heart attack, a few short, forceful blows to the chest. 366 00:37:14,376 --> 00:37:18,126 - Careful, she mustn't wake up. - Okay, boss. 367 00:37:18,292 --> 00:37:22,001 Ariane and I will work out a schedule. And there's the physiotherapist too. 368 00:37:22,626 --> 00:37:25,542 One of us will always be around. We'll manage. 369 00:37:25,917 --> 00:37:31,126 Most East Germans have already exchanged their money into DMs. 370 00:37:31,292 --> 00:37:34,542 The deadline is in two weeks, so you need to hurry. 371 00:37:34,751 --> 00:37:36,792 - As Gorbachev said: - Excuse me! 372 00:37:37,001 --> 00:37:39,501 - "Life punishes those..." - "Who come too late!" 373 00:37:39,751 --> 00:37:41,167 - I'm sick of it. - Excuse me. 374 00:37:41,417 --> 00:37:44,501 Can you turn it down? She needs quiet. 375 00:37:44,667 --> 00:37:45,667 Okay, boss. 376 00:37:52,042 --> 00:37:54,459 Aren't you going to introduce us? 377 00:37:54,667 --> 00:37:56,792 Of course. This is Lara. 378 00:37:57,542 --> 00:37:59,584 Hello, Lara. 379 00:38:13,542 --> 00:38:15,417 Excuse me. 380 00:38:20,209 --> 00:38:21,709 Hello, Christiane. 381 00:38:23,792 --> 00:38:27,084 Alex, What's going on? 382 00:38:27,292 --> 00:38:30,709 Hello, Alex? 383 00:38:41,126 --> 00:38:43,334 Nothing's changed at all here. 384 00:38:45,376 --> 00:38:47,834 What should have changed? 385 00:38:48,751 --> 00:38:52,126 If you're bored, you can listen to tapes. 386 00:38:52,751 --> 00:38:54,876 The radio isn't working... 387 00:38:56,126 --> 00:38:59,251 ...but I'll take care of that. - Alex? 388 00:39:04,501 --> 00:39:07,834 It's nice to know I'm not alone. 389 00:39:10,876 --> 00:39:13,126 When your father... 390 00:39:17,376 --> 00:39:19,626 When he left suddenly... 391 00:39:21,417 --> 00:39:24,292 ...I didn't think I would survive. 392 00:39:30,542 --> 00:39:33,501 I never told you... 393 00:39:37,667 --> 00:39:40,876 ...but I thought about killing myself. 394 00:39:47,001 --> 00:39:49,626 But you visited me every day. 395 00:39:50,417 --> 00:39:54,167 You told me about school and about the cosmonaut, Sigmund Jahn. 396 00:39:54,751 --> 00:39:56,751 You understood? 397 00:40:01,417 --> 00:40:04,084 I'm sorry to be so much trouble. 398 00:40:05,584 --> 00:40:11,417 - Can't even go to the bathroom alone. - Mama, don't worry about it. 399 00:40:12,917 --> 00:40:15,917 The main thing is for you to get better. 400 00:40:17,584 --> 00:40:19,709 I'll do my best. 401 00:40:20,709 --> 00:40:23,167 You should rest now. 402 00:40:26,084 --> 00:40:29,417 I'm going shopping, but Ariane's here. 403 00:40:31,459 --> 00:40:32,459 Alex. 404 00:40:34,167 --> 00:40:37,042 I'm dying for Spreewald pickles. Can you get me some? 405 00:40:38,584 --> 00:40:40,751 No problem. 406 00:40:41,626 --> 00:40:43,334 At least, that's what I thought. 407 00:40:47,209 --> 00:40:52,459 By July 1990, the stores of our socialist fatherland were emptied. 408 00:40:54,126 --> 00:40:57,876 And real money flowed in from the land behind the Wall. 409 00:41:02,376 --> 00:41:05,751 While most of our fellow citizens lined up in front of banks... 410 00:41:06,001 --> 00:41:07,626 ...with their usual patience... 411 00:41:07,834 --> 00:41:10,751 ...we looked feverishly for Mother's bankbook. 412 00:41:24,126 --> 00:41:27,876 Our little society was flooded with West German marks. 413 00:41:28,251 --> 00:41:31,542 Hallelujah, hallelujah 414 00:41:31,792 --> 00:41:35,417 Hallelujah for the mark! 415 00:41:39,792 --> 00:41:44,292 The exchange rate was two to one. And Germany won, 1 to 0. 416 00:42:03,709 --> 00:42:06,542 - Mocca Fix? - We don't have that anymore. 417 00:42:06,792 --> 00:42:09,584 - Fillinchen Crisp Bread? - Not in stock anymore. 418 00:42:09,709 --> 00:42:12,334 - Spreewald pickles? - Boy, where have you been hiding? 419 00:42:12,584 --> 00:42:14,084 We have Western money now... 420 00:42:14,292 --> 00:42:16,584 ...and you want Mocca Fix and Fillinchen? 421 00:42:16,792 --> 00:42:19,709 Overnight, our drab corner store had turned into... 422 00:42:19,959 --> 00:42:22,084 ...a gaudy consumer paradise. 423 00:42:23,584 --> 00:42:26,084 And I, as customer, was king. 424 00:42:26,334 --> 00:42:28,459 They're from Holland. 425 00:42:33,667 --> 00:42:36,167 Hello, Mr. Ganske. 426 00:42:45,126 --> 00:42:47,001 So they've driven us to this... 427 00:42:48,084 --> 00:42:50,959 ...rooting around in the garbage. 428 00:42:51,126 --> 00:42:54,334 Mr. Ganske? Do you happen to have any Spreewald pickles? 429 00:42:54,501 --> 00:42:58,001 - What? - Spreewald pickles! 430 00:42:58,209 --> 00:43:02,501 Sorry, young man. I'm unemployed myself! 431 00:43:04,376 --> 00:43:06,751 An empty jar would do. 432 00:43:32,251 --> 00:43:34,501 I wanted to introduce Rainer to Mama today. 433 00:43:35,417 --> 00:43:39,792 Later. Let's not overwhelm her. 434 00:43:44,792 --> 00:43:45,792 Maybe you're right. 435 00:43:51,667 --> 00:43:54,376 They were out of Spreewald pickles. 436 00:43:54,917 --> 00:43:57,792 - Unfortunately. - Doesn't matter. 437 00:43:58,042 --> 00:44:00,042 These are good too. 438 00:44:03,292 --> 00:44:07,292 Children, you don't have to take care of me constantly. 439 00:44:07,542 --> 00:44:10,417 - It makes me uncomfortable. - Oh, Mama. 440 00:44:10,584 --> 00:44:12,084 No, really. 441 00:44:12,709 --> 00:44:19,084 Maybe you could put the TV in here. Then I'll be fine alone. 442 00:44:19,334 --> 00:44:24,709 - TV's still too tiring for you. - Why shouldn't I watch TV? 443 00:44:24,959 --> 00:44:27,334 We'll ask the doctor. 444 00:44:31,084 --> 00:44:33,917 Mama, we need to talk to you. 445 00:44:35,167 --> 00:44:37,084 You see, it's like this... 446 00:44:39,084 --> 00:44:41,042 We wanted to ask you... 447 00:44:41,209 --> 00:44:43,834 We need power of attorney for your account. 448 00:44:44,834 --> 00:44:46,667 What's wrong? 449 00:44:47,417 --> 00:44:51,459 - Do you need money? - No. 450 00:44:52,251 --> 00:44:55,334 It's just... You can't go to the bank yourself. 451 00:44:55,584 --> 00:44:59,334 So it would be better... 452 00:45:00,209 --> 00:45:02,501 ...if you sign this. 453 00:45:03,126 --> 00:45:07,959 And right away would be best. 454 00:45:13,626 --> 00:45:15,376 Can't that wait? 455 00:45:20,251 --> 00:45:22,334 You're keeping something from me. 456 00:45:23,876 --> 00:45:28,001 - What happened? Are you in debt? - It's important that you trust us. 457 00:45:28,209 --> 00:45:34,417 Before I sign everything over to you, I have the right to know why, don't I? 458 00:45:35,167 --> 00:45:36,917 All right. 459 00:45:37,126 --> 00:45:39,792 It was supposed to be a surprise, but... 460 00:45:41,792 --> 00:45:43,917 A letter arrived. 461 00:45:45,792 --> 00:45:47,792 From the auto manufacturers. 462 00:45:48,751 --> 00:45:52,292 - The Trabant is ready. - After only three years waiting? 463 00:45:52,542 --> 00:45:54,667 That's why we need the money you put aside. 464 00:46:00,001 --> 00:46:04,417 You don't really believe that I keep my money in the bank? 465 00:46:07,626 --> 00:46:09,667 I hid it. 466 00:46:11,542 --> 00:46:14,209 - And where? - Where? 467 00:46:21,042 --> 00:46:23,334 I've forgotten. 468 00:46:26,459 --> 00:46:30,959 - Completely forgotten. - Think, Mama. 469 00:46:40,584 --> 00:46:44,459 Father's late today, don't you think? 470 00:47:09,876 --> 00:47:11,751 Mama. 471 00:47:13,126 --> 00:47:15,376 Don't worry. 472 00:47:16,209 --> 00:47:18,751 You'll be better soon. 473 00:47:20,251 --> 00:47:25,501 Your birthday is coming up, and we'll celebrate. Just like every year. 474 00:47:25,876 --> 00:47:31,376 With all the neighbors. We've always celebrated your birthday. 475 00:47:42,126 --> 00:47:44,417 Comrade Ganske watches West German TV? 476 00:47:50,417 --> 00:47:52,542 Ganske is in love... 477 00:47:53,126 --> 00:47:57,667 ...with a retired lady from Munich. He met her on vacation in Hungary. 478 00:47:58,626 --> 00:48:03,417 - His party loyalty has suffered a bit. - Oh. 479 00:48:03,626 --> 00:48:05,667 Yeah. 480 00:48:06,542 --> 00:48:08,167 Have you finished? 481 00:48:12,167 --> 00:48:15,667 - Sorry, I'm late again. - It's right up there. 482 00:48:15,917 --> 00:48:18,001 It even has a balcony. 483 00:48:18,251 --> 00:48:21,584 Since some people never returned from vacation In Hungary... 484 00:48:21,834 --> 00:48:25,084 ...it had become easier to find apartments in the capital. 485 00:48:25,292 --> 00:48:29,334 Everywhere, abandoned apartments, just waiting for us to occupy them. 486 00:48:29,542 --> 00:48:32,834 The guy moved to the West last year. A colleague told me about it. 487 00:49:30,876 --> 00:49:32,751 - Wow! - Wow! 488 00:49:33,001 --> 00:49:34,959 - It's working! - Tempo Beans! 489 00:49:35,959 --> 00:49:37,626 And Globus green peas! 490 00:49:37,834 --> 00:49:41,751 I don't believe it! Mocca Fix Gold! 491 00:49:42,292 --> 00:49:44,251 I've been looking everywhere for this! 492 00:49:55,542 --> 00:49:57,042 Can I have these? 493 00:50:29,834 --> 00:50:31,834 I've got to go. 494 00:50:35,459 --> 00:50:37,834 Go back to sleep. 495 00:51:02,584 --> 00:51:04,542 Morning, Mama. 496 00:51:05,084 --> 00:51:07,126 Morning, Alex. 497 00:51:09,334 --> 00:51:12,376 - Are you in a hurry? - I have to go to work. 498 00:51:12,626 --> 00:51:16,626 - Remember the TV, would you? - Let's talk about that later. 499 00:51:16,834 --> 00:51:18,834 About my birthday... 500 00:51:19,001 --> 00:51:22,376 ...you need to invite Klapprath and maybe some of my students. 501 00:51:22,751 --> 00:51:26,126 As if the pickles weren't enough, now she wants to watch TV. 502 00:51:26,626 --> 00:51:30,126 - What am I supposed to do? - Yeah. "Houston, we have a problem." 503 00:51:32,626 --> 00:51:35,834 - And now? - I thought you might have an idea. 504 00:51:36,084 --> 00:51:38,084 No. I meant the TV reception. 505 00:51:38,376 --> 00:51:40,001 I see. 506 00:51:45,626 --> 00:51:47,209 - Now? - Nope. 507 00:51:47,417 --> 00:51:50,542 - It didn't exactly last very long. - It's the semifinals. 508 00:51:50,792 --> 00:51:54,292 - I'm going to watch at Pollnick's. - Go ahead! 509 00:51:54,542 --> 00:51:57,376 - The fans are in a great mood. - Excuse me? 510 00:51:57,751 --> 00:52:02,792 - Are those Spreewald pickles? - Nope. They're from Holland. 511 00:52:05,667 --> 00:52:08,001 - Show her old stuff. - What? 512 00:52:09,792 --> 00:52:15,917 - Old East German programs on video. - Last year's news? She'd notice. 513 00:52:16,667 --> 00:52:19,292 I doubt it. It was always the same old crap. 514 00:52:19,501 --> 00:52:22,167 Where would I get the videos? I don't even have a VCR. 515 00:52:22,376 --> 00:52:23,917 Well, about time. 516 00:52:24,876 --> 00:52:26,376 And how's it going? 517 00:52:26,542 --> 00:52:30,959 - Franz Beckenbauer and Rudi Voller. They can't bear to watch! 518 00:52:34,084 --> 00:52:35,834 Germany is in the finals! 519 00:52:38,917 --> 00:52:39,834 Germany 5 England 4 520 00:52:40,167 --> 00:52:44,042 As the world clock at Alexanderplatz raced toward Mother's birthday... 521 00:52:44,209 --> 00:52:48,417 ...soccer helped unite our still-divided society... 522 00:52:48,584 --> 00:52:51,667 ...and helped bring back together what belonged together. 523 00:52:52,542 --> 00:52:55,792 Meanwhile, I valiantly did everything in my power to resurrect... 524 00:52:55,959 --> 00:53:00,709 ...a full-scale East Germany in Mother's room before that day. 525 00:53:00,959 --> 00:53:02,959 Have the crosswords been done? 526 00:53:03,209 --> 00:53:05,417 As untouched as a virgin. 527 00:53:05,584 --> 00:53:07,584 Great. I'll take them all. 528 00:53:09,084 --> 00:53:11,251 And that too. 529 00:53:13,626 --> 00:53:17,459 Now my daughter's lost her job too. 530 00:53:17,584 --> 00:53:19,251 - Thank you and goodbye. - Oh, dear. 531 00:53:19,501 --> 00:53:22,876 And we worked 40 years for this. It's disgraceful. 532 00:53:23,084 --> 00:53:27,001 - They're scrapping the TV ballet too. - All you do is watch TV, huh? 533 00:53:27,209 --> 00:53:29,209 Getting back to my mother... 534 00:53:30,751 --> 00:53:34,501 The problem is she doesn't realize the Wall fell. 535 00:53:34,709 --> 00:53:35,876 Lucky her. 536 00:53:36,084 --> 00:53:40,709 It's her birthday next week. She'd like to invite you. 537 00:53:43,501 --> 00:53:45,376 Are you sure you understand? 538 00:53:45,834 --> 00:53:48,001 And don't slip up. 539 00:53:48,501 --> 00:53:51,459 - What about the 20 marks? - First do your job. 540 00:53:51,626 --> 00:53:56,417 The first guests had been invited. Others still needed convincing... 541 00:53:56,667 --> 00:54:02,376 ...because many of my mother's former fellow teachers had suddenly retired. 542 00:54:02,542 --> 00:54:07,167 Like Dr. Klapprath, former principal and highly respected teacher. 543 00:54:07,417 --> 00:54:10,167 We were all valuable people. 544 00:54:11,167 --> 00:54:13,542 Right, Alex? 545 00:54:15,042 --> 00:54:17,292 I admired your mother. 546 00:54:17,626 --> 00:54:20,917 She was an excellent teacher... 547 00:54:21,126 --> 00:54:22,792 ...and a wonderful human being. 548 00:54:23,792 --> 00:54:25,917 Which is why she was demoted. 549 00:54:29,042 --> 00:54:32,667 Some comrades in the collective thought she was too... 550 00:54:33,792 --> 00:54:36,542 ...idealistic. 551 00:54:36,709 --> 00:54:38,709 Since your father left... 552 00:54:41,834 --> 00:54:45,084 With all due respect for her idealism... 553 00:54:46,834 --> 00:54:51,834 ...but in the daily running of a school, that can be problematic. 554 00:54:52,084 --> 00:54:53,709 So you just got rid of her. 555 00:55:00,459 --> 00:55:02,792 You owe her something. 556 00:55:10,417 --> 00:55:12,417 You're a dispatcher. Remember that. 557 00:55:12,584 --> 00:55:15,042 - In the East, you mean? - Of course, in the East. 558 00:55:15,209 --> 00:55:17,876 You're a buyer for a Mitropa restaurant. 559 00:55:18,876 --> 00:55:23,459 Write down: You attended the Yuri Gagarin School. 560 00:55:23,876 --> 00:55:26,751 And you were a group leader with the Young Pioneers. 561 00:55:27,001 --> 00:55:29,626 - Group what? - Group leader. 562 00:55:29,834 --> 00:55:32,626 I refuse! I won't make my baby wear plastic diapers. 563 00:55:32,834 --> 00:55:34,584 That's asking too much! 564 00:55:34,751 --> 00:55:35,709 Hey. 565 00:55:38,334 --> 00:55:40,751 - Got it? - Group leader... 566 00:55:41,126 --> 00:55:44,584 Here, 30 editions of Current Camera News... 567 00:55:44,751 --> 00:55:47,959 ...10 editions of Black Channel, six of that variety program... 568 00:55:48,126 --> 00:55:50,876 ...and four of Everyday Life in the West. All recorded. 569 00:55:51,126 --> 00:55:53,751 Thanks to the state archives and your charming Denis. 570 00:55:54,001 --> 00:55:55,126 I hope it works. 571 00:55:59,167 --> 00:56:00,917 What are you doing on the floor? 572 00:56:01,167 --> 00:56:03,792 Hooking up the TV aerial so you can watch TV. 573 00:56:15,167 --> 00:56:18,292 Thank God for the world soccer championships. 574 00:56:18,501 --> 00:56:23,876 Now is the time to supply East Germany with satellite dishes. 575 00:56:24,042 --> 00:56:26,792 Okay, got it? Let's go to phase three. 576 00:56:32,917 --> 00:56:35,751 - What was that? - No idea. Interference. 577 00:56:35,917 --> 00:56:37,417 It happens. 578 00:56:37,667 --> 00:56:40,709 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Current Camera. 579 00:56:40,959 --> 00:56:44,459 Serious provocation at the border today. 580 00:56:44,667 --> 00:56:47,459 GDR protest against the federal government. 581 00:56:47,709 --> 00:56:51,459 East Germany, microchip superpower. According to the foreign press... 582 00:56:51,667 --> 00:56:55,334 The world is moving on, and I feel so useless. 583 00:56:55,584 --> 00:56:59,292 Can't you stick a note on the bulletin board downstairs? 584 00:56:59,459 --> 00:57:01,709 People with problems could come to me. 585 00:57:01,959 --> 00:57:04,667 I can write petitions from bed. 586 00:57:04,917 --> 00:57:06,334 Oh, I don't know. 587 00:57:07,209 --> 00:57:09,042 You shouldn't work too hard. 588 00:57:11,459 --> 00:57:15,084 Morning, Alex. Time to go already? 589 00:57:24,376 --> 00:57:26,876 Sip? You want some? 590 00:57:27,084 --> 00:57:29,126 Holy shit. 591 00:57:30,376 --> 00:57:33,001 Shit, isn't it? 592 00:57:33,251 --> 00:57:37,626 Shit! Goddamn it, shit! 593 00:57:52,001 --> 00:57:54,084 I feel nauseous. 594 00:58:00,376 --> 00:58:03,876 While many noisily celebrated the expected future soccer victory... 595 00:58:04,042 --> 00:58:07,001 ...Mother's bedroom resounded with the melody of yesterday. 596 00:58:54,459 --> 00:58:58,417 That was beautiful. Thank you, children. 597 00:58:58,959 --> 00:59:01,042 I taught you that, didn't I? 598 00:59:10,042 --> 00:59:12,167 Dear Christiane. 599 00:59:12,584 --> 00:59:18,667 We're gathered here today because it's your birthday. 600 00:59:18,917 --> 00:59:23,959 In the name of the party leaders... 601 00:59:24,209 --> 00:59:28,626 ...I'd like to wish you all the best for your birthday... 602 00:59:30,334 --> 00:59:32,126 ...and this basket... 603 00:59:35,084 --> 00:59:36,626 ...is for you. 604 00:59:37,376 --> 00:59:40,584 That's very sweet of you all. Thank you. 605 00:59:42,126 --> 00:59:46,959 Oh, my, Mr. Klapprath. Rosenthaler Kadarka. 606 00:59:47,126 --> 00:59:53,501 - Mocca Fix Gold, Globus green peas. - Yeah. 607 00:59:54,459 --> 00:59:58,959 Your colleagues and the comrades... 608 00:59:59,376 --> 01:00:03,501 ...at the Werner Seelenbinder School... 609 01:00:03,709 --> 01:00:10,167 ...want to express their gratitude for all the years that you... 610 01:00:11,876 --> 01:00:13,917 ...were to them... 611 01:00:14,167 --> 01:00:17,876 ...an exemplary colleague... 612 01:00:18,042 --> 01:00:24,042 ...and dear comrade... 613 01:00:26,417 --> 01:00:29,876 Well, in any case, I wish you all the best for your birthday. 614 01:00:30,042 --> 01:00:32,542 Stay just as you are! 615 01:00:40,917 --> 01:00:43,376 My dear Comrade Kerner... 616 01:00:45,376 --> 01:00:47,917 ...I'd like to wish you all the best... 617 01:00:49,167 --> 01:00:51,542 ...and good health... 618 01:00:52,292 --> 01:00:56,834 ...and that some day things will be like they used to be. 619 01:00:59,792 --> 01:01:02,709 Lara, come here. 620 01:01:06,917 --> 01:01:09,084 This is Lara. 621 01:01:09,834 --> 01:01:13,334 She's a student nurse from the USSR. 622 01:01:13,542 --> 01:01:16,334 Her father is a teacher for the deaf. 623 01:01:18,334 --> 01:01:22,459 - Don't marry him too young. - Mama. 624 01:01:22,667 --> 01:01:26,834 Even if that makes it easier to get an apartment. 625 01:01:28,042 --> 01:01:32,501 My son Alex can be stubborn as a mule. 626 01:01:34,251 --> 01:01:35,751 And Rainer... 627 01:01:37,126 --> 01:01:40,501 ...he's my Ariane's new boyfriend. 628 01:01:41,376 --> 01:01:44,709 He works as a... 629 01:01:45,126 --> 01:01:48,376 - Dispatcher. - Right, I'm a dispatcher. 630 01:01:50,001 --> 01:01:52,584 I used to be with the... 631 01:01:52,959 --> 01:01:56,126 Good luck to you, Pioneers. 632 01:01:56,334 --> 01:01:59,001 I used to be with the Free German Pioneers. 633 01:01:59,209 --> 01:02:00,501 Thanks, Rainer. 634 01:02:01,126 --> 01:02:06,209 As a group, regional... 635 01:02:06,459 --> 01:02:09,709 ...group leader, way back. - Thank you. 636 01:02:11,584 --> 01:02:15,167 - Always prepared? - Thank you, Rainer! 637 01:02:18,917 --> 01:02:20,251 Well, Mama. 638 01:02:20,917 --> 01:02:24,417 Another year has passed, and what has changed? 639 01:02:24,626 --> 01:02:26,001 Not much, actually. 640 01:02:26,167 --> 01:02:29,667 Paula's got teeth and a new daddy. 641 01:02:30,167 --> 01:02:32,292 And I, well... 642 01:02:33,042 --> 01:02:37,792 Too bad we're not at Cafe Moscow, but at least we're together. 643 01:02:38,042 --> 01:02:40,001 That's what's important. 644 01:02:40,792 --> 01:02:44,417 We can be difficult sometimes, but you're always there for us. 645 01:02:44,917 --> 01:02:48,542 I, for one, can't imagine a better family than ours. 646 01:02:49,501 --> 01:02:51,501 And I want to thank you for that. 647 01:02:51,917 --> 01:02:53,917 You're the best mother in the world. 648 01:02:54,251 --> 01:02:56,667 - Alex? - And we all love you. 649 01:02:56,959 --> 01:02:59,834 - Alex? - What is it? 650 01:03:00,042 --> 01:03:01,584 What's that? 651 01:03:05,459 --> 01:03:07,834 - That is... - What on Earth...? 652 01:03:08,709 --> 01:03:11,959 I don't know what the comrades were thinking. 653 01:03:12,834 --> 01:03:16,667 - That's from the West. - You can see the reflection. 654 01:03:21,334 --> 01:03:24,709 - I'm sure there's a reason for it. - Don't get upset, Mama, please. 655 01:03:26,834 --> 01:03:28,959 There's an explanation for everything. 656 01:03:31,959 --> 01:03:34,584 Boys, can you sing another song? 657 01:03:35,084 --> 01:03:39,751 Lara? Wait a second! Lara? 658 01:03:39,959 --> 01:03:42,209 How about "Progress, Progress"? 659 01:03:42,459 --> 01:03:46,334 Progress, progress Progress, progress 660 01:03:46,584 --> 01:03:47,834 What's going on? 661 01:03:48,209 --> 01:03:49,626 Progress 662 01:03:50,209 --> 01:03:56,251 Toward a better future We build this country 663 01:03:56,501 --> 01:03:58,251 I feel sorry for your mother. 664 01:03:58,959 --> 01:04:01,626 It's just too creepy, what you're doing to her. 665 01:04:05,459 --> 01:04:07,959 And that nonsense about my dad being a teacher? 666 01:04:08,126 --> 01:04:10,501 You know he was just a cook. 667 01:04:10,751 --> 01:04:15,209 But it made her happy. Was I supposed to tell her he's dead? 668 01:04:15,376 --> 01:04:16,876 In her condition? 669 01:04:19,667 --> 01:04:21,126 To along life. 670 01:04:21,376 --> 01:04:24,292 What difference does it make, once the lies have started? 671 01:04:24,542 --> 01:04:29,251 Long may she live Long may she live 672 01:04:29,417 --> 01:04:31,001 Lara! 673 01:04:31,876 --> 01:04:36,126 Long may she live Long may she live 674 01:04:36,292 --> 01:04:39,542 Three times to you 675 01:04:39,792 --> 01:04:42,292 To you! 676 01:04:52,917 --> 01:04:54,542 Can you move back a little? 677 01:04:56,501 --> 01:04:57,626 A little more. 678 01:04:59,167 --> 01:05:02,459 - Can't you watch it? We're filming. - Can I see your permit? 679 01:05:03,042 --> 01:05:04,584 Weren't you informed? 680 01:05:04,792 --> 01:05:08,709 - Me? By whom? - What was the guy's name again? 681 01:05:08,917 --> 01:05:10,959 - Something with M. - Something with B. 682 01:05:11,209 --> 01:05:13,459 Until I find out, you're not filming anything. 683 01:05:16,667 --> 01:05:19,209 - Is the logo in the picture? - Yep. 684 01:05:19,417 --> 01:05:20,584 Am I in focus? 685 01:05:24,709 --> 01:05:27,917 - Let's wait for better light. - Come on, he'll be right back. 686 01:05:28,167 --> 01:05:31,209 Just wait. Evening sun is much better. 687 01:05:33,084 --> 01:05:36,709 As I stared at the clouds that day, I realized that... 688 01:05:36,917 --> 01:05:39,209 ...truth was a rather dubious concept... 689 01:05:39,459 --> 01:05:43,251 ...easily adapted to how Mother saw the world. 690 01:05:46,709 --> 01:05:49,876 All I had to do was study the language of Current Camera News... 691 01:05:50,084 --> 01:05:53,334 ...and feed Denis' ambition to be a film director. 692 01:05:55,626 --> 01:05:56,751 Today Gunter Mittag... 693 01:05:57,001 --> 01:05:59,959 ...the party central comittee's economics minister... 694 01:06:00,209 --> 01:06:02,751 ...visited Coca-Colds offices in West Berlin... 695 01:06:02,959 --> 01:06:08,001 ...to negotiate details of an agreement between Coca-Cola Corporation... 696 01:06:08,209 --> 01:06:13,209 ...and the people-owned drinks factory in Leipzig. 697 01:06:13,376 --> 01:06:17,251 West Berlin authorities tried to prevent our team from filming. 698 01:06:18,251 --> 01:06:20,751 Capitalist press censors desperately seek to hide... 699 01:06:21,001 --> 01:06:25,042 ...the mighty Coca-Cola Corporation's humiliating defeat in patent litigation... 700 01:06:25,251 --> 01:06:28,792 ...with our factory in Leipzig. 701 01:06:29,042 --> 01:06:32,292 Would you please stop disrupting the work of GDR Television! 702 01:06:32,542 --> 01:06:34,292 I'm calling the police! 703 01:06:34,542 --> 01:06:37,876 At last, an international panel of scientific experts confirmed... 704 01:06:38,042 --> 01:06:41,251 ...that the original recipe for Coca-Cola was actually developed... 705 01:06:41,417 --> 01:06:46,876 ...in East German laboratories in the 1950s. 706 01:06:47,042 --> 01:06:50,167 - Back to the studio. - Coca-Cola is a socialist invention? 707 01:06:50,417 --> 01:06:53,001 Drug-related deaths in West Germany increase... 708 01:06:53,167 --> 01:06:57,292 - I thought cola existed before the war. - Don't you get it? 709 01:06:57,542 --> 01:06:59,667 The West has been cheating us for years. 710 01:06:59,876 --> 01:07:06,292 - 593 victims by the end of August, 60 percent more than last year. 711 01:07:06,542 --> 01:07:07,959 Now I remember. 712 01:07:08,209 --> 01:07:10,334 The number of drug addicts has risen... 713 01:07:10,584 --> 01:07:13,334 - What? - Where I hid the money. 714 01:07:15,459 --> 01:07:17,334 I hid it in the living room chest... 715 01:07:17,584 --> 01:07:21,667 ...left-hand drawer under the waxed paper. 716 01:07:21,834 --> 01:07:25,209 The old stuff with red dots goes on the street for junk collection. 717 01:07:25,417 --> 01:07:27,084 How could I forget that? 718 01:07:34,084 --> 01:07:35,917 Hey, here I am. 719 01:07:36,084 --> 01:07:37,334 Oh, hi. 720 01:07:40,709 --> 01:07:42,334 So? 721 01:07:44,209 --> 01:07:46,584 - Did she buy it? - Yes, of course. 722 01:07:46,751 --> 01:07:49,626 Really? She really believed it? 723 01:07:49,834 --> 01:07:51,126 I'm telling you she did. 724 01:07:57,959 --> 01:08:00,626 - They've driven us to this. - Evening, Mr. Ganske. 725 01:08:00,876 --> 01:08:03,126 They sold us down the river. 726 01:08:04,001 --> 01:08:06,501 - She didn't notice it was out of focus? - No. 727 01:08:06,751 --> 01:08:09,209 To think we worked 40 years for this. 728 01:08:09,376 --> 01:08:11,209 Maybe we can build a whole studio. 729 01:08:11,376 --> 01:08:14,209 We could do a lot more with a blue box. 730 01:08:14,376 --> 01:08:16,001 Sold us down the river. 731 01:08:16,209 --> 01:08:18,251 What the hell are you doing? 732 01:08:35,376 --> 01:08:37,334 What are we supposed to do with that? 733 01:08:37,501 --> 01:08:39,084 Exchange it. 734 01:08:40,584 --> 01:08:44,709 I'm sorry. The deadline was two days ago. 735 01:08:45,626 --> 01:08:49,209 - But this is a special case. - We didn't find it till today. 736 01:08:49,459 --> 01:08:53,251 It's okay if you exchange it four or five to one. 737 01:08:53,626 --> 01:08:58,709 Sorry, but there's no extension. We wouldn't have taken cash, anyway. 738 01:08:59,251 --> 01:09:02,001 - That's impossible. - There must be a way. 739 01:09:02,209 --> 01:09:04,709 You understood me. The time is up. 740 01:09:04,876 --> 01:09:08,501 Your time will be up soon, idiot! This is 30,000 marks! 741 01:09:08,709 --> 01:09:11,167 This was our money for 40 years, damn it. 742 01:09:11,292 --> 01:09:13,917 Now you Wessie assholes say it's not worth anything? 743 01:09:14,167 --> 01:09:16,876 Please leave the premises immediately! 744 01:09:18,167 --> 01:09:19,876 Hands off! 745 01:09:20,751 --> 01:09:23,167 What are you staring at? It was your money too! 746 01:09:27,542 --> 01:09:28,667 Hands off! 747 01:09:28,917 --> 01:09:30,917 Assholes! 748 01:09:36,917 --> 01:09:39,126 Are you crazy? 749 01:09:41,167 --> 01:09:44,667 I felt like the commander of a submarine in the North Atlantic... 750 01:09:44,917 --> 01:09:48,001 ...whose trusty steel coat is leaking. 751 01:09:48,501 --> 01:09:52,084 The moment I had covered one leak, the next one sprang up. 752 01:09:52,334 --> 01:09:54,542 Ariane was refusing to be my sister In arms... 753 01:09:54,792 --> 01:09:57,209 ...the class enemy was raising the Coke flag... 754 01:09:57,459 --> 01:10:00,459 ...and a west wind whirled Mother's East German money around. 755 01:10:05,292 --> 01:10:07,834 - What's so funny? - Yell. 756 01:10:08,459 --> 01:10:11,834 - What for? - Let off some steam. 757 01:10:12,042 --> 01:10:14,584 Open up the valves. Just yell. 758 01:10:43,626 --> 01:10:47,709 In the summer of 1990, the German national soccer team... 759 01:10:47,876 --> 01:10:51,501 ...exceeded its production target and won the world championship. 760 01:10:53,584 --> 01:10:55,376 And Mother felt better every day. 761 01:10:55,501 --> 01:10:59,876 "The supposedly size-48 sweater is as wide as a size 54... 762 01:11:00,126 --> 01:11:02,584 ...and as long as a size 38." 763 01:11:03,459 --> 01:11:08,126 I am puzzled as to how your staff has arrived at these dimensions. 764 01:11:08,376 --> 01:11:13,834 In Berlin, at least, we are not as short and square as you seem to think. 765 01:11:16,001 --> 01:11:17,876 Christiane, this is brilliant. 766 01:11:20,251 --> 01:11:22,042 Should it be our fault...? 767 01:11:23,126 --> 01:11:29,042 Should it be our fault that our physical measurements... 768 01:11:29,251 --> 01:11:32,917 ...stand in the way of your achieving planned production targets? 769 01:11:33,542 --> 01:11:35,917 Please accept our apologies... 770 01:11:37,542 --> 01:11:41,417 ...or we will do everything in our power... 771 01:11:41,667 --> 01:11:47,126 ...to become shorter and squarer in the future. 772 01:11:47,417 --> 01:11:49,667 With socialist greetings... 773 01:11:52,042 --> 01:11:53,292 Hanna Schafer. 774 01:11:58,084 --> 01:11:59,959 Hello, Mrs. Schafer. 775 01:12:00,459 --> 01:12:05,709 It's so nice talking with your mother. It feels like the old days. 776 01:12:05,917 --> 01:12:06,917 With a few changes. 777 01:12:07,167 --> 01:12:09,917 This complaint can go to the West mail-order company. 778 01:12:10,084 --> 01:12:13,542 Is not just cities and villages 779 01:12:13,792 --> 01:12:17,459 Our country is All the trees in the forest 780 01:12:17,709 --> 01:12:20,167 Our country 781 01:12:25,292 --> 01:12:30,334 I've had such a nice visit from Frank and Christian, former pupils of mine. 782 01:12:30,542 --> 01:12:32,042 - Hello. - Hello. 783 01:12:32,209 --> 01:12:34,667 Mrs. Kerner needs to rest now. 784 01:12:36,209 --> 01:12:37,959 - Bye. - But why? 785 01:12:41,334 --> 01:12:44,501 - Now beat it, and don't come back! - What about the 20 marks? 786 01:12:44,751 --> 01:12:47,626 - What 20 marks? - Sascha said we'd get 20 marks if we. 787 01:12:50,126 --> 01:12:52,126 - Hello, Mr. Mehlert. - Hi, Alex. 788 01:12:52,376 --> 01:12:55,709 Problems with your toaster? Go on in, she'll be happy to see you. 789 01:12:56,251 --> 01:13:01,251 Now get out, and tell your friends I don't want any more Pioneers here. 790 01:13:01,459 --> 01:13:02,709 Okay, boss. 791 01:13:09,501 --> 01:13:11,251 What's wrong with you? 792 01:13:13,334 --> 01:13:15,751 You can't just let kids in here! 793 01:13:16,751 --> 01:13:18,709 Why not? She loved it. 794 01:13:21,292 --> 01:13:24,251 You East Germans are never satisfied. 795 01:13:24,417 --> 01:13:26,417 Always bitching and complaining! 796 01:13:26,542 --> 01:13:29,667 You're just like your mother, with her stupid petitions. 797 01:13:29,917 --> 01:13:31,376 My morn doesn't complain! 798 01:13:31,542 --> 01:13:35,376 She offers constructive criticism to help improve conditions in society! 799 01:13:36,042 --> 01:13:38,792 - But you never cared about that! - Nope. 800 01:13:39,542 --> 01:13:43,751 Haven't you noticed? This is a club for veterans of socialism. 801 01:13:44,667 --> 01:13:46,417 - Evening. - Hi. 802 01:13:46,667 --> 01:13:50,167 - Why don't you charge admission? - Right. We'll charge to get in. 803 01:13:50,417 --> 01:13:52,917 You be quiet. He bought a Trabbi. 804 01:13:53,917 --> 01:13:56,292 - Seriously? - A station wagon. 805 01:13:56,501 --> 01:13:59,917 Unbelievable. Paula will end up a nut case if things go on like this. 806 01:14:00,167 --> 01:14:01,167 Oh, come on. 807 01:14:01,417 --> 01:14:04,084 Twenty years GDR didn't turn us into crazies. 808 01:14:04,667 --> 01:14:07,209 In your case, I'm not so sure. 809 01:14:08,084 --> 01:14:09,584 Shit. 810 01:14:09,709 --> 01:14:11,334 Shit! 811 01:14:16,042 --> 01:14:17,709 Just great. 812 01:14:18,084 --> 01:14:19,959 I'll get a cloth. 813 01:14:34,209 --> 01:14:36,042 What's wrong? 814 01:14:36,209 --> 01:14:38,084 Nosebleed again? 815 01:14:44,334 --> 01:14:49,084 I know this is stressful for you. I also wish we didn't have to... 816 01:14:49,251 --> 01:14:51,584 I saw Dad. 817 01:14:52,209 --> 01:14:53,834 This evening. 818 01:14:54,584 --> 01:14:56,001 Where? 819 01:14:56,209 --> 01:14:57,751 At work. 820 01:14:58,834 --> 01:15:01,126 I recognized his voice right away. 821 01:15:02,126 --> 01:15:03,876 What did he say? 822 01:15:04,626 --> 01:15:08,084 Three cheeseburgers and two fries with mayonnaise. 823 01:15:13,084 --> 01:15:17,709 Three cheeseburgers and two fries with mayonnaise. 824 01:15:32,167 --> 01:15:36,042 How does he look? 825 01:15:37,667 --> 01:15:41,501 He drives a Volvo station wagon and wears gold-rimmed glasses. 826 01:15:44,042 --> 01:15:46,126 What did you say to him? 827 01:15:48,167 --> 01:15:53,126 "Enjoy your meal, and thanks for choosing Burger King." 828 01:15:55,917 --> 01:15:59,167 Enjoy your meal, and thanks for choosing Burger King. 829 01:16:24,917 --> 01:16:27,834 My father lived somewhere in the city. 830 01:16:28,084 --> 01:16:29,917 My image of him was that... 831 01:16:30,084 --> 01:16:33,459 ...of a fat guy stuffing his face with cheeseburgers and fries. 832 01:16:44,209 --> 01:16:45,667 He lived in his world... 833 01:16:45,834 --> 01:16:46,959 ...and I lived in mine. 834 01:16:47,209 --> 01:16:50,751 He had nothing to do with me, and I had nothing to do with him. 835 01:17:00,209 --> 01:17:03,501 Keep still. Otherwise this won't work. 836 01:17:03,709 --> 01:17:06,876 Is this going to take much longer? 837 01:17:10,126 --> 01:17:13,376 I have to be home in two hours. 838 01:17:14,876 --> 01:17:17,709 You always have to be somewhere in two hours. 839 01:17:18,126 --> 01:17:20,376 I'm tired of hearing that. 840 01:17:21,001 --> 01:17:25,834 Great. My mother's sick, my job's stressful, and my girlfriend's annoyed. 841 01:17:26,001 --> 01:17:27,626 I've got exams in two days. 842 01:17:28,876 --> 01:17:30,667 You'll do just fine. 843 01:17:31,167 --> 01:17:33,167 It's just making a cast. 844 01:17:33,792 --> 01:17:35,792 Then I may as well quit studying. 845 01:17:38,542 --> 01:17:42,626 I meant that in a good way. I believe in you! 846 01:17:43,751 --> 01:17:45,667 Lara, cut the crap! 847 01:17:46,292 --> 01:17:48,126 You have to tell your mother. 848 01:17:48,792 --> 01:17:52,292 - What? - You have to tell your mother! 849 01:17:53,001 --> 01:17:55,626 Not for my sake, for her sake. 850 01:17:58,751 --> 01:18:00,001 Lara! 851 01:18:02,376 --> 01:18:05,376 Shit. Lara! 852 01:18:17,334 --> 01:18:18,709 Spreewald PICKLES 853 01:18:19,542 --> 01:18:22,584 Life in our little country kept getting faster. 854 01:18:22,917 --> 01:18:27,417 _ We were all [Ike tiny atoms In a huge particle accelerator. 855 01:18:28,709 --> 01:18:32,917 But sheltered from the fast pace of the new time was an oasis of calm. 856 01:18:33,084 --> 01:18:38,667 A restful place of peace, where I could sleep. 857 01:18:40,792 --> 01:18:42,459 You know, Paula... 858 01:18:42,834 --> 01:18:46,459 ...Alex didn't used to be so tired after work. 859 01:18:54,626 --> 01:18:56,001 Paula... 860 01:18:56,251 --> 01:18:58,376 ...is learning to walk, Alex. 861 01:19:31,584 --> 01:19:35,459 You see? I can walk too. 862 01:19:44,792 --> 01:19:47,292 Paula, you see? 863 01:19:50,376 --> 01:19:52,292 My little Paula. 864 01:19:52,542 --> 01:19:56,001 Come here to Grandma. Come. 865 01:19:59,667 --> 01:20:04,001 Now we're gonna show Alex what we can do. 866 01:20:13,001 --> 01:20:16,917 Let's see how far Grandma gets. 867 01:21:10,459 --> 01:21:12,126 - Hi. - Hi. 868 01:21:12,376 --> 01:21:13,751 Hello. 869 01:21:26,376 --> 01:21:29,751 Young man? Can I sit down for a minute? 870 01:21:29,959 --> 01:21:31,501 Of course. 871 01:21:40,792 --> 01:21:44,417 - You're not from here, are you? - No, I'm from Wuppertal. 872 01:21:45,126 --> 01:21:47,042 From the West? 873 01:22:56,084 --> 01:22:57,709 Mama? 874 01:23:58,792 --> 01:24:00,751 Mama, what are you doing here? 875 01:24:00,917 --> 01:24:02,667 - Mama! - Come. 876 01:24:03,001 --> 01:24:06,667 What's the matter with you? You can't just get up like that! 877 01:24:06,917 --> 01:24:08,626 Shit. 878 01:24:12,792 --> 01:24:14,792 What's going on here? 879 01:24:19,792 --> 01:24:25,417 Central committee of the Socialist Unity Party... 880 01:24:25,667 --> 01:24:27,292 ...Germany. 881 01:24:28,959 --> 01:24:31,459 - The sound is okay. - Okay. 882 01:24:33,917 --> 01:24:34,834 Ready to roll. 883 01:24:35,084 --> 01:24:38,542 Camera's rolling. Three, two, one. 884 01:24:39,417 --> 01:24:40,792 Berlin. 885 01:24:51,709 --> 01:24:53,334 Still rolling. 886 01:24:53,917 --> 01:24:55,084 Berlin. 887 01:24:55,334 --> 01:25:00,459 At an extraordinary meeting called by the Socialist Unity Party... 888 01:25:00,709 --> 01:25:03,417 ...the secretary general of the central committee... 889 01:25:03,584 --> 01:25:06,209 ...and chairman of the East German State Council... 890 01:25:06,417 --> 01:25:10,376 ...our Comrade Erich Honecker, granted political asylum in the GDR... 891 01:25:10,584 --> 01:25:14,709 ...to West Germans seeking refuge in our Prague and Budapest embassies... 892 01:25:14,876 --> 01:25:17,376 ...in a typically generous gesture of compassion. 893 01:25:17,584 --> 01:25:21,501 Honecker sees this as a historic shift in East-West relations... 894 01:25:21,709 --> 01:25:24,084 ...and promised everyone entering the GDR... 895 01:25:24,251 --> 01:25:25,751 ...200 marks welcome money. 896 01:25:27,084 --> 01:25:30,459 Unemployment, bleak prospects... 897 01:25:30,709 --> 01:25:34,626 ...and the increasing success of nee-Nazi parties in West Germany... 898 01:25:34,834 --> 01:25:36,959 ...have caused many worried West Germans... 899 01:25:37,126 --> 01:25:41,501 ...to turn away from capitalism in recent months. 900 01:25:41,751 --> 01:25:47,501 They have come to our country to make a new life for themselves. 901 01:25:49,251 --> 01:25:53,376 Here they are, the cars of some of our new fellow citizens. 902 01:25:53,542 --> 01:25:59,292 Most West Germans have been put up in Berlin's central districts for now. 903 01:26:00,542 --> 01:26:03,917 Due to the unprecedented situation, the party's central committee... 904 01:26:04,167 --> 01:26:07,667 ...has established the initiative "Solidarity With the West. " 905 01:26:07,917 --> 01:26:13,126 The plan will help find homes for our new citizens. 906 01:26:13,292 --> 01:26:16,792 Somehow, my scheme had taken on a life of its own. 907 01:26:17,001 --> 01:26:18,751 The GDR I created for her... 908 01:26:18,917 --> 01:26:21,917 ...increasingly became the one I might have wished for. 909 01:26:22,042 --> 01:26:26,167 Those who are willing to take in a refugee from West Germany... 910 01:26:26,417 --> 01:26:29,417 ...should report to the local authorities. 911 01:26:31,292 --> 01:26:33,042 How many refugees have come so far? 912 01:26:34,709 --> 01:26:38,209 I'm not sure. About 10 or 20,000. 913 01:26:38,959 --> 01:26:42,459 Just look at that. People want to come to our country. 914 01:26:42,709 --> 01:26:44,667 Where are they all going to live? 915 01:26:45,709 --> 01:26:49,459 The authorities will help them. 916 01:26:51,084 --> 01:26:53,667 Look, children. We must do our bit. 917 01:26:53,834 --> 01:26:55,417 We have to help. 918 01:26:55,917 --> 01:27:00,334 How can we? There's no room here. 919 01:27:02,417 --> 01:27:04,167 The weekend cabin. 920 01:27:04,334 --> 01:27:05,834 The cabin? 921 01:27:06,584 --> 01:27:08,459 We could fix it up. 922 01:27:09,334 --> 01:27:11,709 I wanted to go out there anyway. 923 01:27:12,542 --> 01:27:17,001 Congratulations. Well done. Now she wants to go out to the cabin. 924 01:27:20,709 --> 01:27:23,751 You'd better start redecorating the whole city. 925 01:27:24,376 --> 01:27:26,626 But I'm telling you, I quit. 926 01:27:31,501 --> 01:27:35,459 Ari and I are looking for a place. We'll be gone in four weeks. 927 01:27:37,001 --> 01:27:38,209 What? 928 01:27:39,584 --> 01:27:41,459 I'm pregnant. 929 01:27:47,251 --> 01:27:50,751 Again? Can't you be more careful? 930 01:27:53,876 --> 01:27:55,626 Isn't Paula enough for you? 931 01:27:56,292 --> 01:28:01,042 - You can't leave me alone with Mother. - Take in some West German refugees. 932 01:28:02,917 --> 01:28:05,001 You're such a cynic. 933 01:28:05,251 --> 01:28:07,542 You wish she would die. 934 01:28:16,626 --> 01:28:21,542 And thus, unity was restored, at least in our little family. 935 01:28:24,626 --> 01:28:26,792 That's your baby. 936 01:28:27,667 --> 01:28:29,376 That's its heart. 937 01:28:33,251 --> 01:28:35,167 Amazing. 938 01:28:36,501 --> 01:28:38,959 The baby would be both East and West German. 939 01:28:39,959 --> 01:28:42,959 East and West Germany signed agreements. 940 01:28:43,167 --> 01:28:46,417 Moscow figured that two plus four equaled one... 941 01:28:46,667 --> 01:28:49,584 ...and East-West friendship was toasted with Russian bubbly. 942 01:28:51,334 --> 01:28:55,792 In Berlin, we went on our first East-West German outing. 943 01:29:01,834 --> 01:29:05,542 - I'm not a kid. Take this blindfold off. - No peeking! 944 01:29:07,459 --> 01:29:08,959 Where are we going? 945 01:29:09,209 --> 01:29:10,959 It's a surprise. 946 01:29:13,042 --> 01:29:16,209 The car still smells new. What color is it? 947 01:29:16,459 --> 01:29:19,751 You waited three years. What's another half hour? 948 01:29:20,001 --> 01:29:21,501 Absolutely right. 949 01:29:53,959 --> 01:29:55,376 Mama? 950 01:30:11,292 --> 01:30:12,501 It's beautiful. 951 01:30:13,126 --> 01:30:14,792 Sky blue. 952 01:30:15,167 --> 01:30:18,001 Now, turn around. 953 01:30:22,042 --> 01:30:24,042 Oh, my God, the garden. 954 01:30:25,876 --> 01:30:28,501 Remember how Alex locked himself in the bathroom? 955 01:30:29,917 --> 01:30:32,542 We knocked and knocked, but no answer. 956 01:30:32,876 --> 01:30:34,667 I had climbed out through the roof... 957 01:30:34,917 --> 01:30:37,167 ...and was watching the commotion from a tree. 958 01:30:37,667 --> 01:30:40,417 I peed my pants laughing. 959 01:30:48,584 --> 01:30:52,209 What happened during the eight months I slept? 960 01:30:53,084 --> 01:30:56,042 - Is she asleep? - Yes. 961 01:31:00,459 --> 01:31:02,334 You've grown up. That's what happened. 962 01:31:04,959 --> 01:31:07,542 You're more like your father every day. 963 01:31:16,709 --> 01:31:22,084 - Mama... - I lied. It's not like you think. 964 01:31:22,334 --> 01:31:25,834 - What? - Your father... 965 01:31:30,709 --> 01:31:35,126 Your father didn't stay in the West because of a woman. 966 01:31:35,709 --> 01:31:37,334 That was a lie. 967 01:31:38,084 --> 01:31:41,001 When I said he never wrote... 968 01:31:43,876 --> 01:31:46,001 ...that was a lie too. 969 01:31:47,501 --> 01:31:50,501 He wrote letters to me and to you too. 970 01:31:52,001 --> 01:31:55,251 They're behind the kitchen cabinet. 971 01:32:02,751 --> 01:32:07,667 They made life miserable for him because he wasn't in the party. 972 01:32:07,917 --> 01:32:09,292 It was awful. 973 01:32:10,126 --> 01:32:12,251 He didn't let on to others... 974 01:32:13,626 --> 01:32:15,792 ...but I knew. 975 01:32:16,751 --> 01:32:20,667 I knew, but I couldn't help him. 976 01:32:23,667 --> 01:32:28,667 Then came this conference in West Berlin. 977 01:32:30,167 --> 01:32:33,126 We only had two days to decide. 978 01:32:35,417 --> 01:32:41,376 Your father wanted to stay in the West, and I was supposed to follow with you. 979 01:32:46,917 --> 01:32:48,459 Well... 980 01:32:49,209 --> 01:32:51,292 ...I just couldn't do it. 981 01:32:53,334 --> 01:32:57,209 I was terribly scared. 982 01:32:58,959 --> 01:33:01,167 You don't know what it's like... 983 01:33:01,334 --> 01:33:03,584 ...applying for an exit visa with two kids. 984 01:33:03,792 --> 01:33:07,042 They make you wait forever. 985 01:33:07,292 --> 01:33:08,792 Sometimes years. 986 01:33:09,959 --> 01:33:15,334 They could have taken you away from me, you understand? 987 01:33:26,292 --> 01:33:27,959 I didn't go. 988 01:33:31,959 --> 01:33:36,751 That was the biggest mistake of my life. I know that now. 989 01:33:39,626 --> 01:33:44,001 I lied to you. Please forgive me. 990 01:34:05,376 --> 01:34:07,751 My dear Robert. 991 01:34:10,459 --> 01:34:13,542 I've thought of you so often. 992 01:34:15,667 --> 01:34:18,667 I so wish I could see you one more time. 993 01:35:00,667 --> 01:35:03,209 That evening, Mother's condition suddenly got worse. 994 01:35:03,417 --> 01:35:05,584 AMBULANCE 995 01:36:12,459 --> 01:36:16,626 As I feared, your mother has had another heart attack. 996 01:36:16,792 --> 01:36:21,042 She's stable at the moment. But I'm afraid... 997 01:36:22,876 --> 01:36:26,917 ...we should expect the worst. I'm sorry. 998 01:36:34,167 --> 01:36:37,667 - Doctors can be wrong. Sometimes... - Don't delude yourself, Alex. 999 01:36:38,751 --> 01:36:41,667 Here. I found them. 1000 01:36:41,876 --> 01:36:43,792 He lives in Wannsee. 1001 01:36:45,751 --> 01:36:48,001 I know it's her last wish... 1002 01:36:48,751 --> 01:36:50,792 ...but I just can't go out there. 1003 01:36:55,417 --> 01:36:57,376 Mother won't die. 1004 01:37:02,042 --> 01:37:03,667 Bye. 1005 01:37:43,001 --> 01:37:45,876 Now you can take someone in. 1006 01:37:49,751 --> 01:37:51,626 Take whom in? 1007 01:37:52,626 --> 01:37:55,209 A refugee from the West. 1008 01:38:19,376 --> 01:38:21,334 You need to get some sleep. 1009 01:38:25,042 --> 01:38:28,626 You can lie down in the nurses' room. 1010 01:39:08,209 --> 01:39:11,584 There he was, my childhood idol... 1011 01:39:11,792 --> 01:39:16,459 ...like a ghost from my past: Sigmund Jahn. 1012 01:39:16,667 --> 01:39:18,042 Not signing autographs... 1013 01:39:18,292 --> 01:39:21,917 ...not telling kids about the secrets of the universe... 1014 01:39:22,167 --> 01:39:25,834 ...the freedom of weightlessness, and the infinite reaches of space. 1015 01:39:26,042 --> 01:39:28,292 He was just driving a tiny, smelly Lada taxi. 1016 01:39:28,459 --> 01:39:29,959 Where to? 1017 01:39:31,917 --> 01:39:32,917 Wannsee. 1018 01:39:33,084 --> 01:39:37,584 I know what you're thinking. Many people do, but I'm not him. 1019 01:39:38,292 --> 01:39:40,167 And so we flew through the night... 1020 01:39:40,917 --> 01:39:46,126 ...as if gliding through outer space, light years from our solar system. 1021 01:39:46,376 --> 01:39:49,501 We passed strange galaxies harboring unknown life forms... 1022 01:39:49,751 --> 01:39:51,084 ...and landed in Wannsee. 1023 01:39:51,251 --> 01:39:52,876 Could you wait a minute? 1024 01:39:57,959 --> 01:39:59,501 It won't take long. 1025 01:40:10,876 --> 01:40:14,126 - Good evening. - Hello. Come in. 1026 01:40:17,626 --> 01:40:19,126 Is Mr. Kerner here? 1027 01:40:19,376 --> 01:40:21,501 - The buffet is outside. - This way. 1028 01:40:39,042 --> 01:40:40,292 Hello. 1029 01:40:47,042 --> 01:40:49,292 Hello. Good evening. 1030 01:40:52,751 --> 01:40:54,167 Hello. 1031 01:41:21,292 --> 01:41:24,459 - Hello. - Hello. 1032 01:41:24,792 --> 01:41:28,709 - Can I watch The Sandman with you? - Only if you tell your name. 1033 01:41:28,959 --> 01:41:30,834 Alexander. 1034 01:41:37,167 --> 01:41:40,792 Look, he's an astronaut today. 1035 01:41:42,459 --> 01:41:44,584 Where I come from, we say cosmonaut. 1036 01:41:44,834 --> 01:41:49,417 - Where do you come from? - From another country. 1037 01:41:51,834 --> 01:41:54,626 - My little teddy bears. - Hi, Papa. 1038 01:41:54,751 --> 01:41:59,501 - Hello. How are you? - Fine. 1039 01:42:03,251 --> 01:42:06,251 You're a Sandman fan too? 1040 01:42:06,501 --> 01:42:08,209 Yes, actually. 1041 01:42:12,959 --> 01:42:17,584 - Excuse me, do we know each other? - Yes, we do. 1042 01:42:20,626 --> 01:42:25,751 - I'm afraid I forgot your name. - His name is Alexander. 1043 01:42:32,917 --> 01:42:34,251 Alex? 1044 01:42:38,001 --> 01:42:39,417 Robert. 1045 01:42:39,626 --> 01:42:43,667 Robert, we're waiting for you. 1046 01:42:43,917 --> 01:42:45,792 Robert, come on! 1047 01:42:46,042 --> 01:42:50,626 We know you like to hide in the bathroom on occasions like this. 1048 01:42:56,792 --> 01:43:00,792 - Papa, you have to give your speech. - Robert, come on out. 1049 01:43:01,001 --> 01:43:03,167 - Robert. - I'll be right back. 1050 01:43:09,292 --> 01:43:11,626 There he is. 1051 01:43:11,876 --> 01:43:14,834 Man, Robert, you sure kept us waiting. 1052 01:43:17,042 --> 01:43:18,042 Evening greeting 1053 01:43:23,084 --> 01:43:25,709 Thank you all for coming. 1054 01:43:27,042 --> 01:43:28,834 Thank you and... 1055 01:43:32,042 --> 01:43:34,042 ...have a good time. 1056 01:43:45,084 --> 01:43:48,167 I'm sorry about the party today. 1057 01:43:49,459 --> 01:43:52,167 If I had known you were coming... 1058 01:43:57,001 --> 01:44:00,251 Funny, I always imagined you'd have a swimming pool. 1059 01:44:00,751 --> 01:44:02,876 There's a lake nearby. 1060 01:44:03,751 --> 01:44:06,251 My God, I didn't even recognize you. 1061 01:44:13,501 --> 01:44:16,126 I guess I have a new brother and sister. 1062 01:44:25,876 --> 01:44:29,959 For three years, I waited to hear from you. 1063 01:44:31,459 --> 01:44:33,751 Every day I waited. 1064 01:44:34,751 --> 01:44:37,417 There was nothing I longed for more. 1065 01:44:49,376 --> 01:44:51,542 Why have you come? 1066 01:44:58,167 --> 01:45:00,501 Mother is dying. 1067 01:45:02,501 --> 01:45:04,542 She had a heart attack. 1068 01:45:06,292 --> 01:45:08,251 She wants to see you one more time. 1069 01:45:25,959 --> 01:45:27,334 What was it like up there? 1070 01:45:28,542 --> 01:45:29,834 Up there? 1071 01:45:33,459 --> 01:45:35,209 Oh, I see. 1072 01:45:35,792 --> 01:45:37,209 Up there. 1073 01:45:39,084 --> 01:45:41,417 It was beautiful up there. 1074 01:45:42,667 --> 01:45:44,709 But very far from home. 1075 01:45:52,334 --> 01:45:56,584 The border doesn't exist anymore. It doesn't exist anymore. 1076 01:45:56,834 --> 01:46:00,042 - But... - It's okay. It's just one country now. 1077 01:46:00,876 --> 01:46:04,959 - I don't get it. That's all not true. - That's why you have to play along. 1078 01:46:06,709 --> 01:46:09,251 And why have I supposedly come back to East Germany? 1079 01:46:09,501 --> 01:46:11,876 I don't know. Think of something. 1080 01:46:16,376 --> 01:46:19,251 No, this is absurd. I can't do this. 1081 01:46:19,876 --> 01:46:22,126 It's hard at first, but easy once you start. 1082 01:47:21,042 --> 01:47:23,417 I want to get up. 1083 01:47:24,417 --> 01:47:26,417 How do I look? 1084 01:47:36,834 --> 01:47:38,542 You can go in now. 1085 01:47:42,167 --> 01:47:44,834 - Remember, don't say a word. - Yes, I know. 1086 01:47:56,084 --> 01:48:00,834 - What did you two talk about? - Does that matter now? 1087 01:48:16,876 --> 01:48:19,001 How long has he been in there with her? 1088 01:48:19,626 --> 01:48:21,709 Over an hour. 1089 01:48:25,501 --> 01:48:27,584 I hope he doesn't slip up. 1090 01:48:31,751 --> 01:48:37,126 The summer was over. I decided to end the whole charade. 1091 01:48:38,001 --> 01:48:42,834 We would celebrate the birthday of our socialist fatherland one last time. 1092 01:48:43,001 --> 01:48:47,667 But, in contrast to real life, it would get the sendoff it deserved. 1093 01:49:13,667 --> 01:49:16,792 Camera's rolling. On the count of three. 1094 01:49:21,417 --> 01:49:26,126 "Dear citizens of the German Democratic Republic... 1095 01:49:27,167 --> 01:49:30,709 ...someone who has experienced the miracle... 1096 01:49:30,917 --> 01:49:33,542 ...of seeing our blue planet from outer space..." 1097 01:49:45,209 --> 01:49:47,584 Because Mother could hardly wait... 1098 01:49:47,834 --> 01:49:50,959 ...we celebrated the country's birthday on October 2... 1099 01:49:51,209 --> 01:49:52,709 ...instead of October 7, 1990. 1100 01:49:52,917 --> 01:49:55,334 It was the day before official reunification. 1101 01:49:55,584 --> 01:49:56,542 OCTOBER 7 Sunday 1102 01:50:16,834 --> 01:50:18,251 So? 1103 01:50:18,501 --> 01:50:21,001 My best film yet, pal. 1104 01:50:23,459 --> 01:50:28,334 - Too bad only your mother will see it. - Thanks, Denis. Without you... 1105 01:50:28,501 --> 01:50:32,001 Enough already. Get lost before we get too sentimental. 1106 01:50:34,876 --> 01:50:36,751 Let me know how it goes! 1107 01:50:36,959 --> 01:50:40,001 On the occasion of the country's birthday... 1108 01:50:40,251 --> 01:50:45,001 ...Erich Honecker resigned from all his positions today. 1109 01:50:45,209 --> 01:50:46,501 What? 1110 01:50:47,084 --> 01:50:52,084 Let our friends in the world rest assured that socialism... 1111 01:50:52,251 --> 01:50:56,792 In his speech at the official reception at the Palace of the Republic... 1112 01:50:57,251 --> 01:50:59,792 ...Erich Honecker explained his decision... 1113 01:51:00,126 --> 01:51:04,167 ...by stating that the events of the last few months... 1114 01:51:04,417 --> 01:51:07,126 ...are a worthy conclusion to his political work. 1115 01:51:07,292 --> 01:51:11,251 Honecker congratulated his successor as head of the party... 1116 01:51:11,417 --> 01:51:14,042 ...and chairman of the state council, Sigmund Jahn. 1117 01:51:14,251 --> 01:51:15,792 What? Jahn? 1118 01:51:16,292 --> 01:51:20,917 In 1978, Jahn had been the first German cosmonaut in space. 1119 01:51:22,751 --> 01:51:28,417 This evening, the country's new leader addressed the citizens of the GDR. 1120 01:51:29,751 --> 01:51:34,209 Dear citizens of the German Democratic Republic... 1121 01:51:36,334 --> 01:51:39,417 ...someone who has experienced the miracle... 1122 01:51:39,584 --> 01:51:43,584 ...of seeing our blue planet from outer space... 1123 01:51:43,834 --> 01:51:45,834 ...has a different perspective on things. 1124 01:51:46,792 --> 01:51:49,334 Up there, in the vast emptiness of space... 1125 01:51:49,584 --> 01:51:53,834 ...life on Earth seems small and insignificant. 1126 01:51:54,084 --> 01:51:56,834 You ask yourself what humanity has achieved. 1127 01:51:57,042 --> 01:52:00,834 What are its goals? Which of those goals has it achieved? 1128 01:52:02,084 --> 01:52:07,792 It's our country's birthday today. Seen from space, it's tiny. 1129 01:52:08,459 --> 01:52:12,334 And yet, in the last year, thousands have come here. 1130 01:52:12,584 --> 01:52:17,376 People we used to consider enemies now want to live in our midst. 1131 01:52:17,959 --> 01:52:20,626 We know our country isn't perfect. 1132 01:52:21,751 --> 01:52:26,876 But the ideals we believe in continue to inspire people all over the world. 1133 01:52:27,084 --> 01:52:30,876 We might have lost sight of our goals at times... 1134 01:52:31,334 --> 01:52:33,876 ...but we managed to regain our focus. 1135 01:52:34,126 --> 01:52:37,001 Socialism isn't about walling yourself in. 1136 01:52:37,209 --> 01:52:42,626 It's about reaching out to others and living with them. 1137 01:52:43,501 --> 01:52:47,251 It means not only dreaming about a better world, but making it happen. 1138 01:52:48,626 --> 01:52:52,751 Therefore, I have decided to open our country's borders. 1139 01:52:54,376 --> 01:52:56,709 Immediately after the Wall opened... 1140 01:52:56,876 --> 01:53:00,167 ...thousands of West Germans took advantage of the opportunity... 1141 01:53:00,376 --> 01:53:04,251 ...to pay the German Democratic Republic a first visit. 1142 01:53:08,792 --> 01:53:12,792 Many hope to stay, seeking an alternative... 1143 01:53:13,042 --> 01:53:15,876 ...to the tough struggle for survival under capitalism. 1144 01:53:16,042 --> 01:53:18,542 - Isn't it wonderful? - Not everyone wants... 1145 01:53:18,667 --> 01:53:20,792 ...careerism and spiraling consumption. 1146 01:53:21,042 --> 01:53:24,626 The rat race isn't for everyone. 1147 01:53:34,417 --> 01:53:36,292 These people want a different life. 1148 01:53:37,667 --> 01:53:41,584 They've realized there's more to life than cars, VCRs and TV sets. 1149 01:53:42,084 --> 01:53:47,167 They are willing to bring good will, hard work and hope... 1150 01:53:47,417 --> 01:53:49,542 ...to building new lives for themselves. 1151 01:53:54,917 --> 01:53:56,584 Wow. 1152 01:55:10,251 --> 01:55:13,542 My mother outlived the GDR by three days. 1153 01:55:14,167 --> 01:55:17,167 I believe it was a good thing she never learned the truth. 1154 01:55:17,792 --> 01:55:19,626 She died happy. 1155 01:55:22,501 --> 01:55:26,417 She wanted us to scatter her ashes to the winds. 1156 01:55:26,667 --> 01:55:30,626 That's prohibited in Germany, both East and West. 1157 01:55:30,792 --> 01:55:32,042 But we didn't care. 1158 01:56:07,709 --> 01:56:11,584 She's up there somewhere now. Maybe looking down at us. 1159 01:56:12,209 --> 01:56:15,584 Maybe she sees us as tiny specks on the Earth's surface... 1160 01:56:16,084 --> 01:56:18,792 ...just like Sigmund Jahn did back then. 1161 01:56:21,584 --> 01:56:26,709 The country my mother left behind was a country she believed in... 1162 01:56:28,126 --> 01:56:31,501 ...a country we kept alive till her last breath... 1163 01:56:33,126 --> 01:56:37,084 ...a country that never existed in that form... 1164 01:56:39,376 --> 01:56:44,584 ...a country that, in my memory, I will always associate with my mother.