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! am here on the outskirts of G6rlitz and this afternoon we received

the shocking news of the death of the influencer and actress who was known

by the name Andra Shandra. The G6rlitz criminal police is still investigating.

And now back to the studio.

Come on, come on!

| don't think much of rumors and the like.

Nevertheless, one hears consistently

that you didn't... respect Andra very much.

Why is that relevant?

You're right, that may not be important, but...

I'm just trying to get the broader picture, you know?

About Andra's last contacts.

| see.

Hi, Peach!

Your co-star was murdered?

Why didn't you call?

Just heard it myself.

How do you know?

Are you kidding? | had 6 calls in the last 10 minutes

including ‘Deadline’, ‘Variety’ and 'Hollywood Reporter’!

How are you holding up?

I'm fine. | hardly knew her. She went missing the very first day.

- Are they going ahead with the play? - | think so.

| have to figure this out myself.

This whole thing seems kind of unrelated. Nobody knows anything yet.

| think we best just keep going.

- I'll be with you tomorrow. - No! That's not... a great idea.

Absolutely! The press will be all over this.

Someone needs to deal with them and do damage control.

No! There are people here for this. I'll just ride this out.

What is going on?

Nothing! This is five minutes old. Let's see what happens, okay?

If | need help, I'll call you. Meanwhile... you have other clients.

You must be careful, so it doesn't look like

you drop everything when it comes to me.

- | don't care what people think! - That's not how the industry works.

Okay, maybe it's nothing to get cancer over. Let's wait and see.

Soderbergh loved the tape. He wants to meet you.

- | told him to come to the premiere. - Henry!

It's not likely he'll fly out, but it'll Keep the conversation going

and he'll be morally in our dept.

Have you seen Henry? Chloe?

Dad? Are you there?

Anyone?!

Can you hear me?

I'll call you back.

You can tell his Majesty that this is not related to us at all.

She had a stalker, maybe...

Very nice work, but can't you get the turmoil completely off the property?

And you, as house representatives,

please help telling these people that this is not a public area!

No, as | said before - This is absolutely not connected to us. No, | promise!

Wasn't Andra part of your cast?

We were negotiating.

- When did you last see her? - Was Andra murdered?

Listen. This is subject of an ongoing investigation and the police asked us

not to pass on any information so as not to jeopardize this work.

And of course we are fully cooperating with the police. Thank you.

- Holy Guacamole! - Melli. Good that you're here.

| came to pick up David.

Shit! | haven't spoken with him yet. Nor with the others.

Yeah, don't worry. | can do it.

Tell them I'll be right there.

| must say, | don't blame you. I'm also not really warming up to these...

internet celebrities. Influencers! More like ‘influenza’, right?

My daughters, though,

they're crazy about-Mr. Hasselhoff!

Great to see you!

- How are you doing? - Very well.

Turns out this is a real case after all. Kind of exciting, to be honest.

Was it a crime?

Oh, one hundred percent!

Isn't this place grand?

Kind of intimidating.

Think of the history that must've happened here.

Then | guess you probably want to talk to me again.

Sure. In time. | will get to you.

Please just be patient!

Only a few days and the whole thing has calmed down again...

Sitting here in--

Shit, another one gone!

- Sponsor? - Yep!

But don't worry! Important is the Sheikh's nephew and he's still on board.

Didn't he have a crush on Andra?

Yeah. Why? You think he had something to do with her death?

What? No. Just that he'll be gone soon.

Hi David! Sorry. Things are a little bit chaotic

this morning, but we'll be fine. Where's the rest?

Henry's being questioned by that cop, and Batur is already at the theatre.

You can't expect us to rehearse today?

That's exactly what we'll do. The less it changes our schedule, the better we look.

- We have to get ahead of all this. - | agree!

David? Jasmin? | need a big favor.

After the introduction meeting, everyone took the 'cast and crew' bus to the hotel.

Who then redirected the bus to the bar?

| don't know. | wasn't there.

Oh, yeah, right... Where were you?

- Left early, in a cab. - Why?

I'm old and cranky. | like to go to bed early.

Have you seen Andra again?

- Nope. - Anyone else?

Not that night.

You actors are an observant lot, aren't you?

Some of us.

Any idea who had reason to hurt Andra?

- You mean to murder her. - Yes. Any theories?

Nope.

Although... she once mentioned a stalker who was giving her some kind of trouble.

But | don't know anything specific about that.

We all deal with that kind of thing from time to time.

You all... You mean you celebrities?

Nope. | mean us young, hot ladies.

- Ms. Jula Schmidt from ‘Brigitte’? - Here.

Mr. Jan Freidtrr from 'Gala'?

- Ms. Beatrice Maise from 'Stern'? - Here.

Mr. Robert Onkel from 'The Press'?

You've been invited to a private event. If you would please follow me?

Sandra Melton, 'Saxon Gazette’.

Tell Ms. Hayne | can prove that Shandra was a guest of this hotel.

Follow me, please.

And why did she lie about the contract?!

Why did you lie about Shandra's contract?

Oh! Technically, | didn't lie.

Ms. Shandra was in breach of contract and we considered to replace her.

In breach of contract because she had disappeared?

- Yes. - That must have been awfully annoying.

Yes. | mean, I...

| didn't know she'd been murdered at the time, of course.

Looking back, | feel quite... terrible.

Back to that night.

I'm still not clear who changed the bus' route.

Who had the authority to do that?

Me, officially. But it wasn't me.

Must have been the ensemble itself. Spontaneously.

Right.

Tell me, is this going to take much longer?

We've already been through this and | have to get my people back to rehearsal.

We're way behind schedule as it is.

Of course. It must be hard to manage a production like that.

- All the responsibility, the pressure. - It's usually not this much pressure.

| see. I'll try to be less disruptive from now on.

- But of course | have to do my job. - Of course.

Yeah... The next person | need to talk to is Batur N. Bathur.

He's at the theater.

Well, then it's decided! We'll continue this at the theater.

Great.

The news must've shocked you terribly.

One rarely gets that close to a tragedy.

Even though | don't want to pretend that | knew her... | actually met her once.

Yeah, sadly | never met her at all. It's really shocking.

- It must be the same for you, though. - Of course.

Are you moving on with the production?

| can't wait to get back to work.

How's it going?

- Excited to work with David Hasselhoff? - Absolutely.

He's so generous. Let me tell you a secret:

One of my biggest childhood traumas was missing a David Hasselhoff concert,

which I've been looking forward to for months.

| told him the story when we got here and guess what happened?

What?

He gave me a private concert! Right here in the ballroom of the hotel.

No!

- Oh, yes. - What did you sing?

Just a couple of my classics.

| have to ask, though...

Isn't it a bit soon to be continuing with something as trivial as a theater play?

There was a death after all.

Art is never trivial.

| mean, we're on a mission here.

You never know - We might even save some lives.

Just a moment!

Abdus Salam Al-Ameen?

He works here.

Can | speak to him?

Got an appointment?

You don't get appointments with the resistance.

Trying to get yourself killed?

You're him, aren't you? You are a legend...

Follow me. Quick!

I've seen you on TV. You're that lawyer.

Yes. | work for Human Rights Everywhere.

We represent Bashir and Thamid.

Heard of them. No chance. They'll be executed.

That's why | came. Not on official business...

It breaks my heart.

We plea, we fight, but in the end

they will be thrown off the roof, like all the others.

Keep working and you'll be next.

Can't you... break them out?

You shouldn't have come. You risk the whole resistance.

- Secret police could have followed you. - Two men are not important!

The country needs to be freed. | want to help all Ebesir!

Attacking a prison isn't victory. For that, we must kill Feysal!

I'm sure that day will come. Too bad that by then, my clients will be long gone.

Your hate is never ending. You're consumed by it.

It blinds you with burning fury.

I'll call you back tomorrow. Thanks.

The tiniest imperfection drives you mad with rage.

Is it bad?

Very. | should actually pull the plug on this.

Don't do it, please.

...| might have to flee from it entirely.

Don't threaten to disappear again. | am sick of it.

Through all those years that made your heart turn to marble

you might as well have been gone already.

Oh, sorry. | didn't mean to interrupt.

Mr. Bathur, | need you a while.

Why is David still playing my part?

Let's discuss this later.

Carry on!

There you are. What the fuck have you done?

-| know the situation isn't perfect- -Isn't perfect? Isn't perfect?

You promised the bodies would never be found.

Maybe your "Network" isn't all that good.

I'm embarrassed, okay! Someone's in trouble. But things go wrong.

That's the nature of the beast.

What about the other guy? Have they found him yet?

Yes. They're holding that info for now. But they have him.

- How long before they're onto me? - Never.

The bodies were in a swamp for weeks.

- There's no physical evidence left. - Is that another promise?

Maybe | should leave the country while | still can.

- You won't do that. - Watch me.

David, this mission is important.

You can actually make a difference here.

The two guys on death row you wanted to know about, Thamid and Bashir.

- | spoke to their lawyer and... - Zip it!

- | know you're lying. - What...?

This is from five years ago.

Has Andra ever mentioned a stalker

- that makes her problems? - No, no, I-

- | only met her, like... three times. - Any other men that she mentioned?

No. The last time | saw her was the meet and greet.

And you never left the theater that night.

No, I...

No.

| know about your... affliction.

Don't worry. Your secret is safe with me.

- But how do you...? - People open up to me.

How's your play going?

Must be fun to be around actors all the time, huh?

Your hate is never ending.

- You're consumed by it. - Tom Maria.

- He wants you next. - What?

Don't worry. I'll take it from here.

It's okay.

It blinds you with burning fury.

The tiniest imperfection drives you mad with rage.

It isn't hate.

If | lack the power to change reality,

- | might have to flee from it entirely. - Don't threaten to disappear again.

I'm sick of it.

Through all those years that made your heart turn to marble,

you might as well have been gone already.

Yes.

Mahmud was a close friend of mine.

But to be honest, he was way more than that.

He was engaged to my son...

...which makes him family.

So it's fucking personal.

This changes nothing! Why do you care?

You pretended not to be involved.

You said, you were helping me.

You called some contacts at "The Network" for me.

Old helping Henry, always there for a friend.

| wanted to be involved! Right from the start.

| approached "The Network" to be a part of this.

Yes, | have my reasons...

But this is not just about me and my friend.

This is about making a difference, finally.

Little by little, by allowing evil people to destroy it,

the world is, piece by piece ending.

The world is always ending.

Yes.

This is also about family.

The world could end.

- The world is always ending. - But this time it's also about family.

Did you just feed me dialogue...

...from my last fucking movie?

- What? - What?!

- David, we can make a difference here. - | don't like being lied to.

Yeah, | was at the bar until...

about three o'clock in the morning and then we went home.

| shared a cab with two stagehands.

Just so that | understand correctly.

Ms. Shandra and Mr. Hasselhoff left the bar together at exactly... 11pm.

Are you sure about that?

Yes, why?

Because they didn't arrive at the hotel before 1:30am.

Don't you find that interesting?

| find it very interesting.

I've come to apologize.

We were determined to keep you out of all this.

But when the thing with you and Andra Shandra happened,

| should have come clean.

That's on me.

But please, David...

Don't let my faults endanger this mission.

Please!

David! Hey! Glad you found your way back.

Now, where's Henry? Where the fuck...

| don't know, how anyone's supposed to work here.

We could do the part right after Henry's exit.

Okay, whatever. Let's do something.

Alright, David. You're up.

Chloe!

- You okay? - The Sheikh will not be coming.

His nephew is pulling the sponsoring.

The whole thing was part of their public relations efforts.

And now they are, yet again, associated with a murder, somewhat.

We have to shut down.

Don't give up yet!

Yep. We're paid for the week.

That will give us three more days of rehearsal.

- Really? - Here we go.

Okay.

Let's go back to the top of the scene. Rufus’ entry. Come on!

lam sorry!

Melanie Spitz?

You are next, right after.

Mr. Hasselhoff declined your offer of a cab and boarded the bus instead.

- What did you do then? - | went home.

- | don't get enough sleep as it is. - Okay. Next day.

You picked up Mr. Hasselhoff at the hotel.

- Notice anything unusual? - Something like...

that he told me about his nightmare in which he murdered Andra Shandra?

For instance.

Nope. Nothing like that.

- Too bad. - Yeah, too bad.

That would be something, right?

You Say, you don't believe in the spiritual world,

but there is a whole realm of ideas,

and once it is born into this plain, surely it is just as real as gravity.

- What is going on? - Yes, David.

- What is going on? - | honestly don't know.

We had a creative agreement

and | expect you to honor it.

Oh, yes. She's back on her gender crap again.

- Like that really matters right now. - I'm sorry, Jasmin.

With all that's been going on, | mean...

- I'm sorry. - Yes, Jasmin, we're dead.

Fucking dead! And you're making it worse.

- What's worse than dead? - You know, in any given crisis

progressive values are always

- the first ones under attack. - Oh, you got to be fucking kidding me.

You betrayed me.

Me and my blood.

This entire grey world is robbed of an ounce of meaning

with every breath that you take.

Until the very soil suffocates under the weight of your every step.

And my heart will sprout, nonetheless,

with the deathless agony of guilt!

My love will have your saturnine soul

and will keep it until it knocks on the gates of pandemonium!

The evil you see is not in me, but in your eyes!

Force me onto the devils ship.

Take the helm of your own demise and mine with it.

Now we shut the lights off for a split second

and put Melli in front of me.

She becomes the younger,

innocent looking version of myself.

Right into Jasmin's hands, to deceive her.

Hey, Melli! Come up here!

| will take the life from your body

and return it to its rightful owner.

Shall | perish, hope will be in vain, shall | live, hope will remain.

Dare to believe, dare to trust.

Or be a coward and end me, if you must.

This is fucking brilliant.

Okay. My idea obviously works.

Yes.

- Yes, it does. - Too bad no one will ever see it.

Mr. Hasselhoff?

In a minute!

If you still want the Sheikh,

get a car, meet me in the back of the building in two minutes.

- Mr. Hasselhoff? - Hello, Mr. Strauss?

| hear you represent Mr. Feiffenhuus in his sale of an original...

- We already have a buyer. - You already have a buyer?

| would really appreciate, if you came out of there now,

- Mr. Hasselhoff. - Please, Herr Strauss.

- Hold off on that sale. - I'll see what | can do.

- What are we doing? - | looked at the Sheikh's fan history.

He's a huge fan of Knight Rider, but me as Michael Knight alone, won't cut it.

But if we had KITT, not just any old customized TransAm,

but an original prop car from the show,

we could offer a package deal. Maybe a car ride with me and KITT.

Fan Boy Grand Slam.

The Sheikh might still come.

- Where' that car? - Munich.

This could've been... great.

This could've been... beautiful.

Money destroys everything.

What do we do now?

Go home?

Ok, Guys!

You won't believe who just fucked the pope and called him beautiful.

- What does that even mean? - I've been checking out ticket pre-sales.

They have fucking blown up!

- They're skyrocketing to the moon! - Must be all that extra attention.

Yeah, nothing like some good old murder to make your play famous.

Do you know what that means?

With pre-sales like that, | can get financing from the banks, completely.

And we don't even need the fucking Sheikh!

BAM!

We need the fucking Sheikh.

David, danke.

Baywatch! That was a show!

| can't watch anything that comes from Hollywood these days.

Trying to shove their politics into everything.

Not you, sir, of course not you.

But some of your friends... sheesh.

Worst is when they give each other awards and make those holier-than-thou speeches...

We're here, Mr. Hasselhoff.

| hope you were satisfied.

Have you ever heard of someone being able to teleport?

Just 'blink' and teleport?

| mean...

Case in point: | was just on a train... whoosh.

That's more like losing track of time, isn't it?

Feels like teleporting to me.

You didn't teleport into my cab!

| picked you up at the train station.

Nice to meet you, Mr. Hasselhoff.

| was hoping this wouldn't turn out to be a prank from one of these TikTokers.

- We've had those before. - Mr. Feiffenhuus?

No, I'm Mr. Strauss.

Mr. Feiffenhuus is awaiting us in the garage with the item.

This is Mr. Rebis. He represents the other interested party.

- How are you doing? - Thank you. Very good.

Follow me, gentlemen.

This is harder than | thought.

But it just got a lot easier.

Hello!

- Nice to meet you. - Yeah, nice to meet you here with my

modest collection.

Strauss, can you take a picture?

Good.

- Why are you selling the car? - Not only this car, all of them.

My wife doesn't share my passion.

She wants to travel the world with me.

What can | say? Fucking millennials.

But I'm addicted to her. So | bought a yacht.

Okay, let's not dick around here.

Asking price for this original prop car

authentication certificate, everything included is...

half a mill.

- | know it seems a lot, but... - | take it!

Very well!

I'll double that offer.

- King Feysal. - Of course, | feel bad

to separate you from that particular car, Mr. Hasselhoff.

- I'm a big fan. - | know, | know.

We've met on that convention in 2005.

- You remember? - Yes.

And I'm honored to be your rival in this sale.

- But you're not getting that car. - Why is that?

- Because I'm taking it. - Really?

Mr. Feifenhuus, ! will give you five million for that car.

In cash. Mr. Rebis will handle the contracts.

It was great doing business with you, Mr. Feifenhuus.

And David, you can come visit me in Ebesir.

We can drive my car together, if you want.

Not so fast.

You don't have a deal yet.

I'm willing to bet that Mr. Feiffenhuus here doesn't actually need the money.

He just wants to see his beloved collectors items,

the ones he spent a lifetime chasing, to end up in the right hands.

I'll match your million. But | won't match your ridiculous five.

Who do you want to tell your friends you've sold KITT to?

The original Michael Knight,

or a Sheikh on an iPad?

Good words. But words don't give you extra 4 million.

I'm sorry, your Majesty, but David is right.

KITT should be with him. And besides...

| love that he showed up in person.

- You're making a mistake. - Yeah, mistakes were some

of my proudest moments.

Sold.

Sorry, your Majesty, but we could still make that drive together.

Just call my agents.

Spend the night as my guest.

You will fall asleep at the wheel.

| really need to go. I'll soend a few hours

- in a hotel on the way. - Okay.

Feels good to see you in that car again.

| agree.

We just got a fresh offer in. One Mill, one day, private Performance.

You, couple songs and strangely you should "bring your new car"?

- Sheikh Feysal is coming to Gorlitz. - Nuh-uh.

He wants you to come to his royal palace in Ebesir.

Subtitles: digital images, 2022