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[Crickets chirping]

[Woman screaming in the distance]

[Baby crying]

[Baby crying gets louder]

[Door creaking]

Wait here.

[Door closes loudly]

[labored breathing]

A girl.

[Breathing gets louder]

[Ominous music]

[Baby crying]

Let me see it.

[Ominous music]

[Baby crying]

[The old man sniffs]

[sighs] Useless.

We've had enough cibbs.

Get rid of them.

[Coughing]

[Monk] Give it to me.

[Ominous music, baby crying]

[Door creaking]

[Music stops abruptly]

[distant dog barking]

[ominous music]

(I feel sick.

I have to stop for a minute.

(Not here.

Let's wait, until we're out of the city.

[Handbrake is applied]

I just have to a few steps.

(Maggie!

[Choking noises]

[Electronic music, whispering voices in the background]

[Bleating]

[Fly buzzing]

[crickets chirping]

[soft engine noises]

[ominous music]

[ominous music]

(Maggie?

[soft engine noise]

(Truca!

(Here! Truca! Hey!

[distant dog barking]

[Soft voices]

- Vera? (Spanish) - Yes?

(You can't bring Puntito here anymore.

(woman) Either you take him or not.

[Maggie sobs]

(I can't leave him all day alone.

Someone has to give him his medicine.

[dramatic music]

What are you doing? I've been looking everywhere for you.

(What's wrong with you? I kept calling you!

I'm sorry, I just wanted I just wanted to walk a bit.

[long exhalation]

(You're not drinking enough.

[soft guitar music]

[ominous music]

[soft guitar music]

[exciting music]

(English)

[exciting music]

Never do that again.

You scared me.

[Car door slams]

(The hunter is very close.

[Exciting music]

[Shelf rattles]

[Groaning]

[soft moaning]

[Cristobal] [English]

[Gasping]

[Gagging]

[muffled bang]

You must learn to trust your strength.

Simple punches and kicks are enough to break everyone's bones.

But you must not flinch at every touch.

And where's the Maggie who beat up Stojan?

[yells] Come on! Get up!

[Animalistic scream]

[Fighting sounds]

[Moaning]

[Maggie breathes loudly]

[running footsteps, thud]

[fighting sounds]

[Kai groans]

[Maggie groans and coughs]

[Kai groans]

[exciting music]

[Banging noises, both scream]

[Kai groans]

[Maggie breathes loudly]

[Kai groans loudly]

[ominous music]

[Maggie yells]

[Kai groans loudly]

Kai?

There she is.

[Maggie sighs]

What was that at the pound?

I thought the animal shelter might be a good source.

No one misses the animals.

[melancholy music]

Good idea.

We're running out of gas and supplies.

We urgently need money.

In the next village there's a small sports betting shop.

First we have to get a car.

[Ominous music]

[Car door slams shut]

[melancholy music]

(You don't tell anyone what we found what we found in Zajak's apartment.

That Maggie has a daughter, is extremely sensitive information.

We have to be very careful.

My father... is losing his mind.

He's going to drag us all into the abyss, but...

... I won't let that happen.

I'm not like my father.

Do you understand?

[Exciting music]

What was that?

That's how I used to test, whether the blood is healthy.

And how it tastes.

[Car lock beeps]

[Engine starts]

[Exciting music]

Do you think that's funny?

Yes, a bit.

(Animal blood. We don't have anything else.

[Exciting music]

[Engine noise]

[Spanish] Central. What was the license plate of the fiesta?

[unintelligible Spanish from the radio]

Thank you.

[Exciting music]

[Engine starts]

[squealing tires, gas pedal pressed down]

[Siren]

(Shit!

- Step on the gas! - We can't outrun them.

[Rock music]

[Sirens]

- Fasten your seat belt. - What?

Maggie, wait! Wait!

We don't have a choice!

We're going to survive this.

That's not a good idea.

- Maggie? - Drink the fuck up!

[tires screeching]

[Screaming] Shit!

[Music stops]

[Impact on water]

[melancholic music]

[Coughing]

[deep breath]

[Groaning]

[Kai coughs]

[Maggie moans]

You're out of your mind!

I know.

It's a bit funny.

[Light laughter]

[hearty laughter]

[Laughter and coughing mingle]

[Key turns, door creaks]

[Ominous music]

[Box creaks]

[Sophie] What's in there?

[Box slams shut loudly]

The box comes from beyond the wall.

[Woman] Not another word about it.

Promise? Not to anyone.

And I want you to wear the fabric inserts I made for you.

No one must see the blood.

The abbot said I should be proud, when the blood comes out,

and report it to the doctor.

Listen to me carefully:

Not everything they say here is the truth.

From now on you only trust me.

The last time I saw you, you were just a child.

You knew that the day would come one day.

(Children like you we called you "Auenlamm".

Or "Zibbe".

Conceived as hope, born as disappointment.

I don't know how much Arthur has told you.

But I assume you know that Stojan Demko is your father.

Civets are usually killed

or abused for a lifetime abused as brood mothers.

Arthur saved you from both and kept you a secret from Stojan.

I myself come from a family of...

let's say decision-makers.

And it was me, who kept your secret.

You won't want to tell me where Arthur and Minna are.

I understand that perfectly well.

But you owe your life not only to Arthur, but also to me.

They disappeared a long time ago.

We know that they are still in the Oderbruch.

They can't hide here hidden here for so long,

without someone helping them.

You once sat on my lap.

You were such a sweet girl.

And to this day you have remained silent.

And survived.

Don't make me change that.

Please.

[Distant engine noise]

[Door squeaks]

[Ominous music]

[metallic knocking]

Kai!

How long are we going to do we want to do this?

Kill them.

As long as it takes.

This is the end.

When will your debt be paid?

We will not stop, until they're all dead.

Every single one of them.

Do you have any doubt that what we're doing is the right thing?

What if they catch me?

If I can't be freed, would you kill me too?

That's why the sterilization.

Let's say they catch me tomorrow.

Then I would have no other choice, would I?

But we won't we won't let it get that far.

What if we met meet another woman?

One like me?

Would I kill our own mother before she gives birth to us?

Would you?

Yes.

[melancholy music]

[Click of plastic]

(Goldhofer) In 1998 a two-week-old girl

was dumped in a wooded area.

(Maggie Kring and he have a daughter.

(Goldhofer) Vera was adopted in 1999 by adopted by a couple from Zurich in 1999.

She now lives in Monrico, Spain. [Echo]

(Zajak) Let's find the girl. Let's find the truth.

[Dog barking]

[Vera speaks baby talk]

[Birds chirping]

German?

I'm looking for a dog. Well, I would like a dog.

I would like to adopt one. Is that how you say it?

Do you already have dogs or other animals?

No.

Do you have experience with dogs or animals?

No.

You never had an animal as a child? Not even a hamster or something?

[Dog barking]

Why do you want a dog now?

I need a friend.

They say, Dogs are good friends.

Why from the animal shelter?

Because they need a friend too.

(Are you looking for a particular breed?

Something easy to care for to start with, right?

(Vera) Well, the dogs here were abandoned or worse.

We look after them, of course, but if you want low-maintenance...

then a hamster would be better.

May I ask about your living conditions?

Apartment, house, family, job?

Um...

Apartment, no house.

Just moved here moved here for a job.

Live alone, but am self-employed,

could take a dog take a dog with me everywhere.

There is one who urgently needs a new home.

Um...

Rather small and quiet, but...

He's at my house.

Ah, okay. I see.

If you're serious, you could come by tonight.

Sure, I'd love to.

Okay, um...

Then, um...

Give me your number and I'll send you the address.

[soft groan]

[Maggie exhales deeply]

[Groans]

Your rib is broken.

[Sighs]

- We need human blood. - You'll have to get by without it.

You should be with animal blood by now.

It's a bit different for everyone, you said.

The human blood ran out faster than I thought, than I thought.

I spilled a bit when I was filling I spilled a little bit.

[Exciting music]

(I'm your brother.

You can tell me anything. You know that.

Mmm.

We have to look at all the remote houses in the area.

(We need to find that hunter.

[Dial tone]

[Cell phone rings]

I have the money. I'll send it off today.

You have to keep watching Vera! I'll double your money!

[Ominous music]

[Electronic beat]

[Car door slams]

Are you alone?

[Door shaking]

[loud banging]

They saw us coming.

They were prepared for a moment like this.

A hideout with brains.

[Strigoi] Where are they?

(louder) Where are they?

[Repeated door knocking]

(Strigoi) If I break down the door, they'll kill themselves,

so as not to fall into our hands, right?

They can see and hear us?

Hello, Arthur.

It's been a while.

I probably can't say anything, to change your mind...

But... I have a family now too.

My plan has evolved.

A revolution is coming.

Stojan has only taken the first steps.

We can change everything.

I will protect your family, as if it were my own.

Give me the chance to prove it.

Come out. Let's talk.

It's not your fault, Edith.

(Arthur.) You had no other choice.

She always kept quiet, Quito.

Don't hurt her, She doesn't deserve pain.

You stubborn dog.

[melancholy music]

[Gunshot]

[Gunshot]

You clean up here.

[Quito] I'll take care of her.

Come.

[Ominous music]

From what I gather Arthur he has one last message

for Kai and Maggie.

I really want to fulfill Arthur's last wish really want to fulfill it.

But I can only do that if you tell me everything.

They have encrypted e-mail accounts.

The access data.

(Edith.) What happens to me now?

(Quito) So many secrets have sunk into this bog.

And today there's another one.

What I do will one day save many people.

Your sacrifice will not be in vain.

I promise you.

[Gunshot]

[Whimpering]

Hey.

Uh... We gotta get down.

I'm not allowed to have animals here.

- Okay. - Okay.

(Vera) Come in.

[soft whimpering]

[Vera] That's Puntito.

(Zajak) That's him? - That's him.

I'm sorry I have to show him here in the cellar, but...

It's the only way right now, to keep him alive.

In an animal shelter he would would have been euthanized long ago.

[Sighs] Yes.

He's a bit shy, but with patience...

He looked really bad, when he came to us.

He almost died.

But I nursed him nursed him up for months.

(Zajak) Mhm.

But he will always be afraid of strangers and other dogs.

I see.

You'd have to visit him visit him a few times,

before you can take him with you. - Okay.

I know it's a lot to ask. He's not the prettiest...

I'd like to try.

Really?

Yes.

[melancholy music]

Puntito you say?

Puntito, yes. Puntito means little dot in Spanish.

I called him that because he has because he has this white dot on his nose.

Viktor.

Vera.

Nice to meet you.

(Kai) We still have to go shopping and refuel. Then we'll carry on.

Kai.

Kai.

I need a break.

What do you think?

We still have over 20 places to go.

Maybe he's killing someone right now.

Can't we spend an evening think about something else?

Huh? Pretend we're normal.

Okay.

What do you want to do?

Something normal.

[Exciting music]

Hey!

Hey.

(He's already sniffing. That's a good sign.

Your cello?

Yes. Sometimes I have to practise in the evening

and that disturbs my flatmates.

That's why I come down here.

Do you play professionally?

I study at a music school.

What about you? What do you do for a living?

Private detective.

Really?

Spying on people?

More or less.

Isn't a dog not rather incriminating?

(Zajak.) Quite the opposite.

He would be my partner.

It's a lonely job.

[snorts]

Good. I think that's enough for today.

In you go. Hop!

Can you come back tomorrow?

Um... Yes. I'd love to.

Thanks. You don't know how much that means to me,

when he finds a new home.

Thank you. I'll do my best.

All you need is patience.

That's basically my job description.

[Murmur of voices, soft music]

[Spanish rap music]

Do you think that's funny?

A little bit.

I don't know how it works...

Pretending to be normal. [Maggie laughs]

(And you?

Um. Yes, every now and then.

Always, when I wasn't at home.

With Roland.

Then we'd go out on the town. Drinking, dancing.

Whenever you were away, I lay under the bed until you came back.

You put these lights under my bed under the bed so I could read.

Preferably vampire stories.

I wished that everything was like like in the books.

What if it wasn't like that?

(Hm?

I didn't have dreams like others.

Playing soccer, studying...

[Kai's voice softens] [Beeping, pulsating veins]

(The only thing I wanted.., was a normal family.

[Ominous music]

But it sounds worse than it is, when you don't know any different.

Mmm.

[pulsating veins]

Look, you're doing it now.

That's what people do, what people do.

Drink, talk, go to a bar.

[muffled rap music]

Before you came back to the Oderbruch came back to the Oderbruch,

did you have a normal life there?

I worked on a small farm. I worked on a small farm. The owner, Alois,

took me in, took me off the medication

and treated me like his own daughter.

Have you spoken to him spoken to him since then?

[denies]

(Let him know, that you're okay.

That will help you...

[Kai's voice softens] ...to get closure.

[Beeping]

I'll be right back.

[Chair squeaks]

[Maggie breathes heavily]

[Beeping]

[Muffled rap music]

[Loud exhalation]

[toilet flushes]

[ominous music]

[Pulse beating]

(The cowboy at the bar...

What about him?

I know the man from my research.

He was arrested in Valencia for for an attempted kidnapping.

(Kai.) Look at the picture and the date.

He hasn't aged a day.

[Exciting music]

[Engine starts]

[crickets chirping]

[affectionate words]

[TV in the background]

[quiet footsteps]

[Laughter on TV]

[dog growling]

[dog barking]

[dog keeps barking]

[ominous music]

[squeaking]

[Cawing of crows]

Subtitle: Lea Inselmann, digital images GmbH, Halle (S.), 2025