1 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:44,671 Heil! 2 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:51,511 Heil! 3 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,516 Death! Beauty! 4 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,230 I don't believe anybody. 5 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,233 And if... 6 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:12,110 Nobody. 7 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,515 After Mascha's nervous breakdown 8 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,073 we had to restrict our activities somewhat. 9 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,390 If my heart 10 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,393 is unhappy in love, 11 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:50,237 It is terribly saddened by the troubles. 12 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,275 And I always think 13 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,272 everything's over. 14 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:59,911 I am so alone. 15 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:06,514 Where will I find someone who understands me? 16 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:09,514 Sometimes I feel 17 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,911 filled with desire. 18 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,188 But then 19 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:23,312 I got used to it. 20 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:30,957 It's not the end of the world 21 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,397 even if you sometimes see it in grey. 22 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:38,110 Someday it will be colorful again. 23 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:42,194 Someday the sky will be blue again. 24 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,671 Things go up and they go down, 25 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,799 head 26 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,669 It's not the end of the world, 27 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,469 it is still needed. 28 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,514 It's not the end of the world, 29 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,228 it is still needed. 30 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,159 I calmly pulled the straps over my shoulders, 31 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,356 and adjusted my corset. 32 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:13,831 I observed each of my movements precisely 33 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,436 as if I were watching a stranger. 34 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,558 It was amazing how much better my posture was, 35 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,436 and how my facial expression had changed. 36 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:29,671 I experienced one of the few, rare moments in my life 37 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,559 when I was completely satisfied with myself. 38 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:51,950 As much as I value you, 39 00:04:55,280 --> 00:04:57,589 ...and I really do, 40 00:04:57,840 --> 00:04:59,478 I simply must tell you 41 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:05,196 that the proposition I received from the stage, 42 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:09,269 the stage that I believed for so long to be dead, 43 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:11,637 but which isn't dead, 44 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,676 I assure you. 45 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:20,469 I received an offer 46 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,718 from Sopot. 47 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,111 And I must accept that offer. 48 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:31,589 When I think about 49 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,635 appearing on stage there 50 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:39,558 in a Viennese tragedy, 51 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,158 where I could sing the lead part: 52 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:47,513 Viennese Spirit. Viennese Spirit. 53 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,348 It is something full of verve, 54 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,154 full of élan! 55 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,990 And you'll understand that I have no choice. 56 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:01,796 I must leave you, which is why I would like 57 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:09,077 to sing a little something for you. I'm enthusiastic. 58 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:13,519 Viennese Spirit, Viennese Spirit, 59 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,791 full of verve, full of élan, 60 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:20,912 full of ardor. 61 00:06:58,320 --> 00:06:59,799 Carla had left. 62 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,879 And we had to give up our troupe activities. 63 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,920 Not least of all because, after her nervous breakdown, 64 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,954 Mascha suffered from unbearable headaches on the left side of her head. 65 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:14,399 After one last performance, we retired from our activities. 66 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,633 Mascha's faraway attitude 67 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,076 allowed me to pretend she was my niece. 68 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,158 Heil Hitler, Madame Lieutenant Colonel! 69 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:37,195 Have a seat. 70 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:49,589 Yes? 71 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,835 My niece and I have come to apply for jobs. 72 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:05,757 And I believe since, in World War I, I earned the military cross, first grade, 73 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,432 that I am entitled to a good position. 74 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:14,274 My niece can't claim the same merits as I, 75 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,034 but I believe certain qualities of her character 76 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:21,114 would make her predestined for a position in nursing or something similar. 77 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:23,033 What do you think? 78 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:26,960 Yes, Madame Lieutenant Colonel, 79 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:31,274 I would like to work in a retirement home for dogs. 80 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:37,108 I, however, would only consider an administrative position. 81 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:45,109 Right. 82 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:50,116 She finally looked up and we could be sure that she was giving us her attention. 83 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,920 So I began to present our request once again 84 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:56,596 and swore to myself that, once I had a job, I wouldn't let go of it. 85 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,549 Patience and tenacity. Onwards and upwards! 86 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,108 ...that I am entitled to a good position. 87 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,958 My niece can't claim the same merits as I, 88 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,351 but I believe certain qualities of her character 89 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:15,639 would make her predestined for a position in nursing or something similar. 90 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:18,358 What do you think, my child? 91 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:22,709 Yes. 92 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:28,069 Good. 93 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:42,630 Yes, Madame Lieutenant Colonel, 94 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:47,795 I would particularly like to work in a retirement home for dogs. 95 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:55,148 I, however, would only consider an administrative position. 96 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,075 I will see what I can do for you. 97 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,679 Heil Hitler, Madame Lieutenant Colonel! 98 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:21,434 Heil Hitler! 99 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,272 Night after night, a light shines 100 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:31,114 across the green valley. 101 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,433 And it greets the rider 102 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:37,353 many hundred times. 103 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,758 Night after night, a light awakes 104 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,753 the images of memory. 105 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:49,240 But the grand dream never becomes real. 106 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:27,119 We earned a living as church restorers. 107 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:30,074 Mascha did not forget her ideals. 108 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:34,552 She dreamed of a job in the open air as a beauty dancer. 109 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:37,514 Carla was appearing in Sopot in the Viennese tragedy. 110 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,191 She never visited us and we never heard from her. 111 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,913 Viennese spirit, 112 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:58,512 Viennese spirit, 113 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:02,829 Full of verve, full of ardor, full of élan, 114 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,556 Viennese spirit, Viennese spirit. 115 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:10,595 Our hearts and our spirit rest in you. 116 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,470 Our path is in you, 117 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,112 with the passionate melodies of Strauss. 118 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:22,071 Viennese spirit, only he gets it. 119 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:27,388 Since he himself is a child of Vienna. 120 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:29,876 There are people 121 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:33,237 who are simply nervous, and always stutter, 122 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:34,993 who are angry, the whole year long. 123 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:37,913 When Viennese are angry, it doesn't last long, 124 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,310 And whose fault is that? 125 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:43,074 Well, just that Viennese spirit. 126 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,116 Our hearts may also sometimes break in two, 127 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,915 we don't spend our time screaming and yelling. 128 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,590 What's happened has happened. What's over is over. 129 00:13:54,840 --> 00:14:00,756 We don't talk much; we shake hands. 130 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,597 Viennese spirit, 131 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,116 Viennese spirit, 132 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,796 Full of verve, full of élan, full of ardor. 133 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,317 Viennese spirit, Viennese spirit, 134 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:25,270 Our hearts and our spirit rest in you. 135 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:29,115 Our path is in you, 136 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,711 with the passionate melodies of Strauss. 137 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:34,998 Viennese spirit, 138 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,435 Only he gets it, 139 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:44,518 since he himself is a child of Vienna. 140 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:18,152 Viennese spirit, 141 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,995 Viennese spirit, 142 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:25,552 Full of verve, full of élan, full of ardor. 143 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:29,549 Viennese spirit, Viennese spirit, 144 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:33,554 Our hearts and our spirit rest in you. 145 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:38,238 Our path is in you, 146 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:42,268 with the passionate melodies of Strauss. 147 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,192 Viennese spirit, 148 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:46,032 only he gets it, 149 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:53,436 since he himself is a child of Vienna. 150 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:06,990 Mascha also left 151 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:11,119 and fell into the hands of a free-spirited performance company, 152 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,836 where she was forced to perform early in the morning. 153 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:17,877 I was alone. 154 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,279 I was alone. 155 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:47,753 And I received a post teaching adult education for the Reich. 156 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,199 ...discuss the problem of mannerism 157 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,637 as it relates to photography. 158 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,911 I have brought an example, 159 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,312 this illustrated book by singer Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. 160 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,358 Please open it to page 57. 161 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:06,475 The photo is of the singer after a performance. 162 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,874 In a most direct way, an expression of great tension 163 00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:13,839 has been captured on the artist's face. 164 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,036 It is documentation of humanity. 165 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:20,750 Notice how even the composition of the photo emphasizes 166 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:28,150 the artist's expression of exhaustion and happiness after a performance. 167 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:34,518 In contrast to that, we have a bad photo on page 2. 168 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:36,155 A portrait. 169 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:41,318 There, everything is posed. 170 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:47,354 The lighting emphasizes the extreme artificiality of the position of her head. 171 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:53,040 And the assured, knowing, soulful glance upwards 172 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:55,635 seems insincere. 173 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:00,676 That example shows that photography as a representational medium 174 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:06,870 can only produce the insincerity and artificiality of expression. 175 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,156 Finally, let us now look 176 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:15,559 at the singer at ease among her family. On page 15. 177 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,877 Here, nothing is posed. 178 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:22,839 We see Elisabeth Schwarzkopf with her dog. 179 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:28,311 Here we see the beautiful side of photography, 180 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:30,917 because here it is human. 181 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,757 Men and women of Germany, 182 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,560 soldiers of the German army, 183 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,309 Our fuehrer, Adolf Hitler, has fallen in war. 184 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,632 Desperately, I looked for a way 185 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,950 to return to humanity. 186 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,869 By chance, Mascha saved my life, 187 00:23:02,120 --> 00:23:04,793 after escaping the clutches of the commercial cabaret. 188 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:09,551 My main mistake was that I never stuck with one thing. 189 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:14,273 For instance, the teaching post at the adult education institute. 190 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,069 That might have turned into something 191 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,478 if I had not been so completely disheartened. 192 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:55,716 Why do you never think 193 00:23:56,080 --> 00:24:03,509 that an angel can be black? 194 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,712 Many small negroes 195 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:11,795 look pleadingly at you. 196 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,475 Whether we are rich or poor 197 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:20,594 we will all die. 198 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,469 That shows that we're all the same 199 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:28,196 when we stand at heaven's door. 200 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:32,638 Whether we are rich or poor 201 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,589 we will all die. 202 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,629 That shows that we're all the same 203 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:44,874 when we stand at heaven's door. 204 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:54,633 Black angels! 205 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:10,514 Sold out! Sold out! 206 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:26,278 I know... strong... 207 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:37,352 No! Die! 208 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,350 I have an injury! 209 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,069 The mood of the city became more foreign 210 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,038 as the days passed. 211 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:53,079 It was as if something had gone out of our lives. 212 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:56,677 Perhaps we were just afraid. 213 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,674 And we, at almost 40 years old, 214 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:01,393 what did we do? 215 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,035 We lived from one week to the next. 216 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,955 No bank account, no responsibilities. 217 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,232 We were talented in so many ways. 218 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,948 Why didn't that pay off somehow? 219 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:14,672 Within three months, we got jobs as stenographers. 220 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:19,912 One Sunday in April, we went to a Bruckner concert in the local hall. 221 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:50,439 At the very beginning of the concert, we missed each other in the lobby. 222 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:53,397 By the time we finally found each other, 223 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,279 the first movement of the symphony had been over for some time. 224 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:48,435 During the first intermission, we had to help an odd-looking person 225 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:50,636 get into the lobby. 226 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,235 She thanked us with exaggerated joy. 227 00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:00,238 At the end of the concert, we discovered it was Carla, 228 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:01,879 whom we had not recognized. 229 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,915 And Carla, for her part, had not been sure it was us. 230 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:07,355 The three of us 231 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,795 can achieve something for us. 232 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,150 Something that can help us 233 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,512 to hold a position in the feminist movement. 234 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:16,829 That's important. 235 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:18,758 We must write manifestos. 236 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:20,831 In America, we can... 237 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:23,036 - ...be incredibly successful. - Here's what I say to that: 238 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,517 I can only think back 239 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:30,309 to the successes of 1943, 240 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,436 to the Viennese operetta, 241 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:35,837 with the choir boys. 242 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:38,430 It was simply fantastic. And... 243 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:43,270 But Carla that's not what matters now. - What I mean is, if we could... 244 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,592 ...manage to do something like that. 245 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,559 You're too fixated on the past! 246 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:50,915 It would be... 247 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:55,399 But that won't work. We need to unite 248 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,949 with all the women who are oppressed. 249 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,272 Look, what matters 250 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:00,671 is that all three of us find a profession 251 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:05,277 in which we can each find fulfillment. For myself, I know for certain 252 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,914 that I could speak at a convention. 253 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:09,718 I could move the women. 254 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,713 I could speak of Nazi Germany... - Yes, if you like. 255 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,838 ...of Hitler and what it was like then. - If I think back... 256 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,755 How nice it was! - ...to the time of the Viennese operetta, 257 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:25,034 I know that it was very valuable for me. 258 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,313 1943... 259 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:30,638 the Vienna choir boys. 260 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,110 It was a fantastic time. 261 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:36,193 And I think... - But Carla! 262 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,398 ...that we should do... - Not that! 263 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:41,670 ...something similar. 264 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,440 You must stop with that. - What do you think? 265 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:49,714 It's the only possibility. - But the issue is that we, as stenographers, 266 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:54,471 will never attain the goals we once set ourselves. 267 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,551 It's not our vocation. 268 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,916 We want to do something bigger. 269 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:02,118 And we have something to say about everything that's happened. 270 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:05,193 In America, we could... - That's so imprecise, Mascha ! 271 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:09,989 You need to be more specific. - No, it's not about more specific. 272 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:14,637 It's about convincing you that we could really accomplish something. 273 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:17,269 I understand you. - You understand? 274 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:29,395 Viennese spirit! Viennese spirit! 275 00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:33,475 Full of verve, full of elan, full of ardor. 276 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:37,435 Viennese spirit! Viennese spirit! 277 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:41,070 Our hearts and our spirit rest in you. 278 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:45,279 Our path is in you, 279 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,990 with the passionate melodies of Strauss. 280 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,038 Viennese spirit! 281 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,238 Only he gets it, 282 00:34:53,760 --> 00:35:01,110 since he himself is a child of Vienna. 283 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:08,155 For several minutes, conversation faltered. 284 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:13,398 Carla's eyes fixed on me with an expression of pitiable hunger. 285 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,748 What, for God's sake, could we quickly say? 286 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:26,238 That's not what it's about. 287 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:30,115 Remember... - You must return to the present, Carla. 288 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:35,918 Little girl! You're still the same old you. 289 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:39,431 - Dreamer. - No... 290 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:46,192 We're not going to get anywhere like this. We need to formulate a clear idea. 291 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:51,389 It's more important to find a solid base for our work. 292 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,757 That's the only way, in America, 293 00:35:55,320 --> 00:36:01,475 that we'll achieve anything that comes close to racial integration. 294 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:03,750 And... 295 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:08,429 We three, who went through so much 296 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:10,398 in Adolf Hitler's Reich, 297 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:13,632 we could certainly formulate a manifesto 298 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:15,632 and as a lecture series 299 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:19,475 at a college or an American university, 300 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:21,318 for the concept of Germanism... 301 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:25,115 combined with racial integration... - Exactly! 302 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:28,636 ...and recreate it for ourselves. - I understand. 303 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:31,917 ...in front of a bigger audience. 304 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,796 The three of us moved back into our communal apartment 305 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,712 at 109 Hauptstrasse. 306 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,950 Our memories got between us and the future. 307 00:37:43,240 --> 00:37:46,710 Carla is looking for two helpful young men. 308 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:51,752 The coffins supposedly contained the mortal remains of fallen Americans. 309 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:57,471 The escort is allegedly a relative of one of the fallen or all the corpses. 310 00:37:58,240 --> 00:38:02,791 In sheer desperation, after breakfast we smoked 311 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:06,350 a filtered marijuana cigarette 312 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:11,995 and saw the possibilities of racial integration 313 00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,875 in a new light. 314 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,910 Finally, we were ready for America, 315 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:22,876 which seemed to be just waiting for us. 316 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,754 Our hearts suddenly jumped. 317 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,589 We began to reflect hard. 318 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:54,031 It was an opportunity. 319 00:39:54,240 --> 00:39:56,310 We began a new life. 320 00:39:56,560 --> 00:40:00,075 We felt like emigrants must have felt 321 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:03,557 when, in some strange land, they left everything behind, 322 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:06,439 their ties, their past mistakes, 323 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:08,910 and set off for America. 324 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:11,038 Starting with a clean slate. 325 00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:13,996 As visiting teachers, 326 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:19,235 we planned to stake our claim to America! 327 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:05,229 And swore to myself that, once I had a job, I wouldn't let it go. 328 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:09,439 Patience and tenacity. Onwards and upwards! 329 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:11,473 The task is real. 330 00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:15,117 But I don't think your boyfriend is the right man for me. 331 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,553 In sheer desperation, 332 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:20,950 after breakfast we smoked 333 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,158 a filtered marijuana cigarette 334 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:29,151 and saw the possibilities of racial integration 335 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:32,354 in a new light. 336 00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:34,517 It was amazing to see 337 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:38,350 how we managed to turn our goals into action. 338 00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:41,519 In Texas, we visited an Air Force training campus. 339 00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:44,797 We allowed ourselves to be filmed for newsreels and the press 340 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,600 so that the positions we deserved 341 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:50,559 might be achieved by publicity. 342 00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:55,158 Our idealized view of racial integration foundered 343 00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:57,755 in the face of the myriad of foreign realities. 344 00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:03,551 With the light-heartedness that our education afforded us 345 00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:07,396 we wanted to use our position as teachers 346 00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:09,596 to help bridge differences. 347 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:14,876 Contrary to expectations, we were initially suspected of being communists, 348 00:42:15,720 --> 00:42:19,235 until a German-American, who worked for us as a cook, 349 00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:24,674 gave a photo of us in our best days to the American media. 350 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:28,148 Our credibility was undermined. 351 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:30,709 You are always so damned careful! 352 00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:33,510 What happened to your sense of enterprise? 353 00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:36,514 You look like you don't even believe me. 354 00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:39,718 Mascha's affair with a bomber pilot 355 00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:43,396 put an end to our residence permit once and for all. 356 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:10,357 After one more time with our class under the lights of the media 357 00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:13,592 demonstrating the form of communal lessons 358 00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:16,839 that was close to our ideal, 359 00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:20,869 we had to quit our service to the Stars and Stripes state. 360 00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:23,598 But we did not hold a grudge. 361 00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:28,311 Our past also proved unfortunate during the legal proceedings, 362 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:31,155 in which we were accused of almost everything. 363 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:33,352 An auto-da-fe. 364 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,913 It was an end result of which one could not necessarily be proud 365 00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:56,833 when one considers the high expectations, 366 00:43:57,040 --> 00:43:58,758 with which we came to America. 367 00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:08,876 After taking symbolic leave of America 368 00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:11,475 and its young generation, 369 00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:15,033 I acted out an unrecognized ritual, 370 00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:18,028 which met only with a lack of appreciation. 371 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:21,358 What was meant to be a farewell to youth 372 00:44:21,720 --> 00:44:25,554 became a demonstration of a lack of interest. 373 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:35,511 We finally decided to embrace our past 374 00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:38,998 and we devised a new cabaret program 375 00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:43,559 that we presented at an American officers club in Landshut. 376 00:46:45,240 --> 00:46:47,310 Good day, Ladies and Gentlemen. 377 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:51,634 We have put together a little revue for you 378 00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:54,077 that we have dedicated, 379 00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:58,592 above all, to our president, 380 00:46:58,800 --> 00:46:59,949 Nixon! 381 00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:04,360 We rehearsed together to learn this program. 382 00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:07,797 Arduously. Especially... 383 00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:09,839 the Wesendonck song 384 00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:11,354 by Richard Wagner. 385 00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:16,756 And now, Wilma Donck from Wuppertal, 386 00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:21,232 with her first song. Wilma Donck! 387 00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:25,194 Applause for Wilma Donck! 388 00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:50,837 Sun, you weep every evening until your lovely eyes are red, 389 00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:54,954 when, bathing in the sea, 390 00:47:55,200 --> 00:48:00,672 you are overtaken by your early death. 391 00:48:01,240 --> 00:48:05,677 but you rise again in your former splendor, 392 00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:10,511 the glory of the dark world. 393 00:48:10,760 --> 00:48:15,595 Fresh awakened in the morning 394 00:48:15,840 --> 00:48:22,154 like a proud and conquering hero! 395 00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:29,155 Ah, then, why should I complain, 396 00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:34,030 why should my heart be so heavy. 397 00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:38,393 If the sun itself must despair, 398 00:48:38,680 --> 00:48:44,073 if the sun itself must go down? 399 00:48:46,120 --> 00:48:51,114 And, if only life gives birth to death, 400 00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:56,912 if only bliss brings torment, 401 00:48:59,920 --> 00:49:05,119 then how thankful I am that Nature 402 00:49:05,360 --> 00:49:07,874 has given me 403 00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:12,915 such sorrows. 404 00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:12,197 We'd now like to present a somewhat older artist, 405 00:50:12,560 --> 00:50:16,553 the founder of our troupe, 406 00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:20,793 who is known to you from the press. 407 00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:22,555 As you know, 408 00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:26,638 she was a teacher of adult education. 409 00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:29,838 That's how she got her start. And now she's here. 410 00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:33,072 Magdalena Mont with her "Snake dance". 411 00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:40,072 Now I, who once myself travelled the seas, 412 00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:44,751 would like to sing for you a song 413 00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:50,719 that will distinguish me as an artist. 414 00:53:51,480 --> 00:53:54,040 It is a song 415 00:53:55,640 --> 00:53:56,675 of the high seas. 416 00:53:58,880 --> 00:53:59,915 Adieu! 417 00:54:11,720 --> 00:54:14,280 Adieu to the sea, 418 00:54:14,640 --> 00:54:17,632 to the clouds, to the wind 419 00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:19,677 and the stars. 420 00:54:21,400 --> 00:54:23,595 Adieu to the sea, 421 00:54:24,240 --> 00:54:28,870 to faraway lands. 422 00:54:30,760 --> 00:54:33,069 Adieu to men, 423 00:54:33,320 --> 00:54:36,232 to masts and to luck. 424 00:54:36,880 --> 00:54:42,079 Adieu to sailing, what a difficult moment. 425 00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:45,515 Adieu to ports, 426 00:54:45,760 --> 00:54:48,638 from flags flying in the wind, 427 00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:55,594 from unforgettable mates. 428 00:54:57,680 --> 00:55:01,593 Adieu to the sea, 429 00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:05,715 to the clouds, to the wind, 430 00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:07,951 and the stars. 431 00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:12,594 Adieu to the sea, 432 00:55:13,560 --> 00:55:18,588 to faraway lands. 433 00:55:20,520 --> 00:55:23,193 Adieu to the sea. 434 00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:27,037 Saying adieu to the sea 435 00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:32,630 is hard for a seaman. 436 00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:39,230 Adieu to the sea. 437 00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:05,633 No, please don't. I thank you for your friendly applause. 438 00:56:07,360 --> 00:56:11,194 I know that such a friendly reception for us is only possible in America. 439 00:56:11,440 --> 00:56:16,150 And now, something very close to the hearts of all three of us. 440 00:56:17,640 --> 00:56:18,914 Something that 441 00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:22,990 as early as... 442 00:56:23,560 --> 00:56:25,437 1942... 443 00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:27,355 in Hannover... 444 00:56:27,880 --> 00:56:31,316 we sang for the leader of our Reich. Or danced. 445 00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:33,149 The Giuditta! 446 00:56:33,760 --> 00:56:37,036 "My lips give kisses so torrid." Applause for the three of us! 447 00:57:00,720 --> 00:57:04,235 I don't know myself 448 00:57:04,560 --> 00:57:07,916 why one speaks right away of love 449 00:57:08,240 --> 00:57:10,470 in my presence. 450 00:57:10,680 --> 00:57:14,958 When looking into my eyes, when kissing my hand. 451 00:57:15,280 --> 00:57:18,317 I don't know myself 452 00:57:18,680 --> 00:57:21,990 why one speaks of magic, 453 00:57:22,240 --> 00:57:26,438 for no one resists when he sees me, 454 00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:29,871 when he walks by me. 455 00:57:32,880 --> 00:57:38,113 But when the red light shines, 456 00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:41,119 at the midnight hour, 457 00:57:41,760 --> 00:57:45,514 and everyone listens to my song, 458 00:57:45,880 --> 00:57:51,989 then the reason becomes clear to me. 459 00:57:55,000 --> 00:57:58,993 My lips 460 00:57:59,240 --> 00:58:01,276 give kisses 461 00:58:01,640 --> 00:58:04,200 so torrid. 462 00:58:04,680 --> 00:58:07,638 My arms and legs 463 00:58:07,880 --> 00:58:12,829 are supple and white. 464 00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:18,798 It is written in the stars: 465 00:58:19,040 --> 00:58:23,272 You should kiss, you should love. 466 00:58:24,080 --> 00:58:27,356 My feet 467 00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:31,798 float through the air. 468 00:58:32,320 --> 00:58:36,393 My eyes beckon 469 00:58:37,160 --> 00:58:39,879 and glow. 470 00:58:40,960 --> 00:58:47,798 And I dance in a trance because I know: 471 00:58:49,680 --> 00:58:53,832 My lips 472 00:58:54,160 --> 00:58:56,435 give kisses 473 00:58:56,680 --> 00:59:00,036 so torrid. 474 00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:06,997 In my veins 475 00:59:07,720 --> 00:59:10,757 runs the blood of a dancer. 476 00:59:11,320 --> 00:59:14,551 My lovely mother was the queen of dance 477 00:59:14,800 --> 00:59:17,712 in a golden alcazar. 478 00:59:18,120 --> 00:59:21,556 She was so beautiful. 479 00:59:21,800 --> 00:59:24,872 I often saw her in a dream, 480 00:59:25,120 --> 00:59:29,796 playing the tambourine and dancing so wild. 481 00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:34,596 You could see every eye aglow. 482 00:59:35,960 --> 00:59:40,954 She lives again in me. 483 00:59:41,200 --> 00:59:44,795 We share the same lot. 484 00:59:45,320 --> 00:59:50,314 I dance, like her, at midnight, 485 00:59:50,560 --> 00:59:57,591 and feel only one thing 486 00:59:59,720 --> 01:00:03,508 My lips 487 01:00:03,880 --> 01:00:06,075 give kisses 488 01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:08,960 so torrid. 489 01:00:09,640 --> 01:00:12,552 My arms and legs 490 01:00:12,800 --> 01:00:14,916 are supple 491 01:00:15,160 --> 01:00:18,118 and white. 492 01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:23,713 It is written in the stars: 493 01:00:24,040 --> 01:00:26,076 You should kiss. 494 01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:28,789 You should love. 495 01:00:29,840 --> 01:00:35,233 My feet float 496 01:00:35,480 --> 01:00:37,516 through the air. 497 01:00:38,440 --> 01:00:42,991 My eyes beckon 498 01:00:43,360 --> 01:00:46,591 and glow, 499 01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:53,675 because I know: 500 01:00:55,240 --> 01:00:59,392 My lips 501 01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:03,276 give kisses 502 01:01:03,560 --> 01:01:10,079 so torrid. 503 01:01:14,360 --> 01:01:17,352 Mascha's lover had made Carla with child, 504 01:01:17,760 --> 01:01:20,115 which put an end to our career. 505 01:01:30,880 --> 01:01:34,350 The child of the American bomber pilot 506 01:01:34,640 --> 01:01:36,870 almost crippled me. 507 01:01:38,040 --> 01:01:39,678 After the miscarriage 508 01:01:40,240 --> 01:01:43,596 I was plagued with a bad hip. 509 01:03:13,440 --> 01:03:18,673 And, if only life gives birth to death, 510 01:03:18,920 --> 01:03:26,838 if only bliss brings torment, 511 01:03:27,960 --> 01:03:32,954 then how thankful I am that Nature 512 01:03:33,200 --> 01:03:36,431 has given me 513 01:03:36,680 --> 01:03:40,229 such sorrows. 514 01:05:32,320 --> 01:05:36,438 Subtitles: submarines, subtitling and translations