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ROCK AND POP

I've always wanted to be a pop star,

somebody who makes things happen.

Brian Jones died when he was 27,

Elvis was 42, and

John Lennon didn't live long either.

The country I live in is still young.

I live in East Germany.

Other than that, I'm fine.

Right now I'm taping a forbidden song.

Why is it forbidden?

It's not official, but we all know.

People say there's an agency ...

... where they listen to hit records

so they can prohibit them.

They enjoy banning things here.

They ban anything.

My name is Michael Ehrenreich. I'm 17.

Behind this wall is the Berlin Wall.

It divides Berlin into East and West.

The golden West is a stone's throw away.

My street winds through the West,

with just its tail in the East.

SUN ALLEY

It's called Sun Alley.

The 'Westies' built viewing stands to humiliate us.

Look, an 'Eastie'! - He's cute!

I could fall in love with him! - Eastie! Give us a wave!

Want a Mars bar? I'll throw one down! - Feeding them is forbidden!

Where'd you get the hip duds? - We're doing great, how about you?

Actually I'm doing fine. But I don't have to let them know.

Besides, making contact is forbidden.

There are no homeless here and nobody goes hungry.

Staples are cheap, prices stable.

That's Mario.

Hands off the cabbage! - I'll pay.

Mario's my friend.

He lives on Sun Alley, too. We meet up almost every day ...

... and have lots of fun.

Today, there's just one topic of conversation.

Have you decided what to say tomorrow? - I'm not sure yet.

I'll definitely say ... no.

It's red! - No kidding.

Hi there, Micha. - Hi, Jutta!

We could be up there soon. - Sure, if you say yes tomorrow.

The Stones! They're the best.

I just heard their new song. From 'Exile on Main Street'.

Will you guys say yes tomorrow? - Look!

Real Jinglers, with bell-bottoms! C&A! - Boaster!

Time out!

Let me tell you about my new girlfriend ...

I just asked a question: Will we say yes to three years in the army?

It's simple: I just want to go to college. You guys too, right?

Yeah, me too. - But if you don't say yes, it all gets a bit difficult.

Hey, touchy-feely! Lay off.

We wanted to form a resistance group! And now we're joining in the army?

Have you all gone nuts?

That's my father.

Careful, Sabine, careful! I can see everything!

And that's my mother. "Careful' is her favorite word.

Yeah!

My sister: a slave to men. Every week a new boyfriend.

This one's in the Party.

Who put on East German TV? Turn that propaganda off!

Get the mufuta ready! - What?

Get the multi-function table ready! Be careful.

Now crank it. - Shitty GDR junk!

That's too high.

I don't understand this table. Probably because it's East German.

Papa, not in front of George ...

Let him go drink coffee substitute with his comrades!

"Moscow, Moscow' by Wonderland. Totally forbidden!

You have to press play, not record!

I'll do it!

How come it's forbidden? - Don't you know anything?

Because of the lyrics. Obviously!

I knew that. - It's logical!

Hey, forbidden! - What's forbidden here?

Please turn off the cassette player.

Warden-in-Charge, sir ... - Chief Warden!

'Forbidden' is like ... teen slang. It kind of means 'hot' ...

or poppy, or cool.

Also popular among teenagers is the word 'rad'. It means cool.

Yes, cool. - What do the lyrics say?

We don't understand them, Comrade. We only learn Russian at school.

Thank God!

I hope to study in Moscow someday.

That's why we listen to this song. - Who's cassette player?

And that's her.

Miriam. Fabulous,

wonderful, divine, unattainable ...

Miriam.

And ...

I love her.

Confiscated!

We all need a bit of fun. I'll dub it.

Great song. You know, I'm a vinyl entertainer.

Can't tell by looking at me, huh? When I DJ for the comrades,

it really heats up. Pretty darn forbidden!

Oh! The young guard!

Keep together now!

What have we learned? - Always ready! Always ready!

Halt!

Shit!

Drive on!

Afraid to do it? - Not me!

Food! Food!

Herbert, look! How awful!

The German Democratic Republic border. Passports!

Have you got it? -Yes, here.

My passport's gone.

Our relation from the West: Uncle Heinz.

He crosses the border every few days. He's a gifted smuggler ...

and his technique is getting more and more refined.

Now let's have a look in here.

But Uncle Heinz doesn't smuggle the really hot stuff:

newspapers, records, porn mags. Everything Uncle Heinz smuggles

is legal!

And what have we here?

Lychees!

I forgot to take them out.

I say the West is doomed, having to eat these!

Are you member of a Fascist party?

Yes. - No!

Did you hurt yourself? - I'll slap you! - What now, Hotti?

For God's sake, put the table back like it was.

It's way too big for the room. Oh, man! I'm coming!

Come in, Heinz. We've had an accident. Did you bring everything?

You old Commie hunter!

Good day. - Good day ...

Our area warden.

My daughter and her ... boyfriend.

He's in the Party.

The future son-in-law? - You don't have much time, right?

Is that a mufuta?

Did Micha do something wrong, Chief Warden-in-charge?

Not 'in-charge'. - What?

Chief warden.

Next week I'll be 2nd Lieutenant. It's an officer's rank.

But now you're a chief warden, Chief Warden?

Chief Warden is a duty rank ...

Great. - ... and 2nd Lieutenant is an officer's rank.

Then it gets interesting. You have the General ranks:

Lieutenant General ... - Amazing. - ... and Major General.

In the navy ... - Senior General ... - There's sailor, master sailor ...

Army General.

Petty officer, chief petty officer.

Then lieutenant, lieutenant captain,

commander, lieutenant commander, captain ...

And then there's ...

rear admiral and vice admiral.

And then... all the admirals ...

That's enough. - It's the truth!

I must go. Duty calls. - I'll show you to the door.

So, Micha really didn't do anything? -Yes! I mean, no.

But my call is official. A West German citizen

lost her passport in the border area. I implore you ...

Of course. If I find it, I'll hand it in immediately, comrade.

Chief Warden! - Horkefeld. - Good day, Mrs. Ehrenreich.

And remember to keep the door locked. -Yes.

68 years old ...

Excuse me, does Miriam Sommer live in this house?

You live in this building, don't you? - Of course I live here.

And Miriam Sommer does too, right? - My address. Want a date?

Oh, she's your sister?

I'll pay for the information. - A pack of Club cigarettes?

Where would I get those? - Well, that's just tough luck, pal!

You're Uncle Heinz? - Don't tell me, Sabine's new boyfriend. - Ah, Heinz!

We were waiting ages! Did they frisk you? - Nope.

You old Commie hunter!

Are you doing a striptease? - For the lady ...

... of the house.

What a score! - I'm very pleased.

Aren't they a bit big for me? - Your size wouldn't have fit me.

Maybe they'll shrink if I boil them. - Nothing for me?

No. It was hard enough. - Me neither?

Damn People's furniture. I'll petition them! - It's full of asbestos!

Lung cancer. - Maybe on your side. - It's a matter of time, not sides.

Long-term effects. 10 years with this fluff and ...

Ten years? -Yes.

We've lived here for ten years.

They'll get petitioned!

Micha!

For you. - A new 45? - Smuggled!

Underwear! Yippee!

Come and sit down, son. And show some true gratitude.

You really splashed out on us again. - No problem.

What are you doing? What's that?

A Party membership application? Doris!

Which party does she want to join?

Of course, you only have one. - My daughter, joining the Party?

Never! - You want her to be a nobody too?

Georg is in the Party too. - Who became a nobody? Speak up!

Just so you know: The Party is not about partying. - I know that.

What does he mean? - Leave her alone, and mind you say 'yes' tomorrow.

I won't go to the army for 3 years! - Don't you want to study in Moscow?

He wants to study in Moscow? Great! And with those grades?

What? Study in Russia?

The boy belongs at Oxford, or at the Sorbonne.

You only go to the Russkies carrying a machine gun.

You know what you are? A revanchist and a rabble-rouser!

What will become of you all when I'm gone?

Where are you going?

How should I know?

Where could she go? Nobody can get out of here.

Who can't? We can go anywhere. Thuringia ...

Who was first on the moon? - Leica.

The camera! - No, the dog! - The dog! Oh, please.

So you're an imperialist foreigner? - Foreigner? I'm from Germany!

I explained it to you. - We're all from Germany!

That's not how you explained it! - These and those, we're all Germans.

Mr. Ehrenreich, you wish to serve the People's Army for 3 years?

Well?

Sure you do, Micha.

In moments like this one is terribly alone.

Of course.

When Detlev has calmed down, he may rejoin our lessons.

Now, Jennifer, show us the countries where children are suffering.

America, France and Scandinavia. -Yes.

We need to learn to chat up girls. - OK, let a pro show you!

We know you can do it. How about Wuschel?

No, I can't do it. I'm too young!

Excuse me, young lady! Could you ...

You're so pale. You should go to the Baltic, or the mountains.

Hey, man! I did it!

Hello!

I'll show you how it's done. - We have a disco at school.

My friends over there and I ...

Where is Sun Alley number 1? - I don't know. That's Sun Alley!

There's 17, so number 1 must be ... You're messing with me!

My friends want to ... - Trying to date her and don't know what to say?

'Sibylle', please.

Oh well. - What did you say? - The things one says.

But she's not coming to the disco! - She's too busy.

We have one more chance. Micha! - Exactly. Come on, go.

I'm saving myself.

The old nags from school again.

Great atmosphere!

This is crap music! - You could've brought some of yours.

Today's the day you talk to her!

Your glasses.

Wanna dance?

Excuse me?

Would you like to dance?

Can't you see we're busy smoking?

At least he tried.

If Kosscke had played the Stones, it would've worked for sure.

Who owns the red Ford Taunus with the license plate RE-S 538?

It's mine!

Come with me! Identity check.

Are you coming, or not?

Who let the class enemy into our school?

Remove the vehicle immediately!

Pretty exciting here in the East. See you next time.

It was Miriam. - I can see that. - Now! - Ciao, Bella!

You will write a self-critical essay for the FDJ Communist Youth election!

Miriam and the Westie! Kiss isn't even the word for that.

I need an opening.

My little ones have collected 130 marks worth of secondary raw materials.

My big ones have over 200 worth. - That's our solidarity contribution!

I drew a sunflower for Angela Davis. - Very pretty!

My big ones are very proud of you. - Think of all the sunflowers being

gathered across the country. - I'm sure we'll get Angela Davis free.

The Yanks are terrified!

I drilled an agit-prop broad like her. - Come on, Kosscke.

THE PARTY IS THE VANGUARD OF THE WORKING CLASS

She's coming!

Friendship!

Friendship! - What kind of rabble is this?

This isn't the West German parliament! Sit down!

Today's subject is ...

Thank you, Franziska.

"The Party is the foreskin

of the working class."

Who did this?

Franziska? -I think it was Mario. - Of course!

Mario, it's sad how you plead the case for the class enemy.

My opening! - You have no respect for the achievements of our people,

who, under working class rule ... Yes, Micha?

What's your opinion?

I just wanted to say, it was me.

You?

I'm disappointed.

Micha has earned his punishment. Right, young comrades?

I could deliver a self-critical speech at the next FDJ election.

That seems a fitting punishment. Though actually it's an honor.

Mario, you're forgiven.

My Camille,

where shall I find you ...

I'm practicing my FDJ speech. Anything for Miriam!

A bit monotone...

Sabine's new boyfriend works in theater.

More earnest. - Who's Earnest?

Please ... - It was a joke.

Hey, you're playing Lucille at Drama College.

You can't just ... Acting

isn't a joke. You have to take it seriously!

You need to be really sick in order to get a phone. - Put in a petition.

You need to have sugar. - No problem, I can smuggle it in.

She means diabetes. -1 can't smuggle that in.

Fellow Young Communists!

The growing role of writings of significance

of the Workers' Party ... - Or polio! Like Meisner. She has a phone.

Or our neighbor, he's in the Stasi. He has a phone.

How do you know he's Stasi? - Because he has a phone.

Then why doesn't he hang out the flag? - Because he's Stasi.

But you hang out the flag! - Of course, because he's Stasi.

What can we do if he's in the Stasi? - You have to hang out a flag.

That's what I said.

Workers' Party, working class ... - Die! Die! - Could you take a break?

Do it like Saint-Just in "Danton's Death”:

"“"There seem to be delicate ears here who cannot bear the word blood!"*

Or Caesar in 'Brutus': "Romans,

countrymen, friends!" The acoustics aren't good here.

Fellow Young Communists!

What's going on here? - What are you wearing?

What are you wearing? - And you, look at you!

I was just trying something.

Be grateful you get to see her now. She'll never get as old as she looks!

Asbestos, everywhere asbestos.

It's all asbestos ...

Those were my thoughts on global revolution.

And now something personal.

Even a member of the FDJ must have her pride.

I know one thing:

If I had a boyfriend, although I don't have one ...

But if I did, and he went to the army, I'd stay true to him for three years.

This I swear!

Thanks to our young comrade Miriam Sommer for her contribution.

I imagine there are questions.

Yes, I imagine so.

I attacked Lenin ...

and the Party, and the working class.

In public, of course.

It gets you into trouble.

We have a guest from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Ling Weng.

With a speech about the American aggressor.

Good days, pioneer friends ...

... and comrades.

I not good German, talk all Vietnamese.

Thank you.

We thank our young comrade, Ling Weng.

Our next presentation comes from Michael Ehrenreich.

My fellow young communists!

The growing role of the significance of the writings

of the theorists of the working class in the Party

is more important today than ever. Especially Marx, Engels and Lenin ...

The love ...

of their working classes makes them strong, invincible ...

You act like she undressed just for you.

First you're trapped by a woman, then you're trapped in the system.

Listen, man!

And besides, how do you know she doesn't have a boyfriend?

She said: "If I had a boyfriend, but I don't...”

You're beyond help!

One kiss. - No, better not. - A farewell kiss! - No.

Look! A happy East Zoner!

Got anything to smile about over there? Look what he's wearing!

Maybe he just became a workers' hero?

I'm joining the army for 3 years! I'll come back and shoot you all!

Okay, time for an orderly withdrawal.

Katja first ... then in pairs.

Identification!

Him again!

Something must have happened. But what?

I have my eye on you, Michael Ehrenreich.

One more incident, and that's it!

Pay attention! Now something totally new

from your Chief Warden Horkefeld.

Totally forbidden!

Have a nice day, Chief Warden ... - Warden!

Forbidden goods can be had on the black market.

If you want 'Main Street', that's your guy.

He looks dangerous.

I'll get arrested!

That guy's a dealer. He deals in records.

I need something psychedelic.

Tangerine Dreams.

For my happening.

Wow, "Bravo'! - Is there an Alice Cooper special?

20 marks a piece. - And the Stones? - 20 marks?

Got any pics of naked broads? - No, ask over there.

Let's go! Come on! Women! - Wuschel, now or never!

I can't! - Get the target in your sights ...

Hey, what? - Forget it, gramps.

Nothing doing with you guys! Bye!

I'll swap Hesse for Sartre.

Oh, wrong crowd, I guess. - Wait!

Saturday Night Fever? - |I don't carry gay disco music.

Kate Bush?

The vow ... - The Wow album.

Infantile squeaking, pothead music. Off you go. Next!

'Exile on Main Street, shrink-wrapped. - Of course shrink wrapped!

You think I sell Yugo trash?

Ever read Sartre?

Sure.

Sartre's great.

We could do a course together. - I'll leave you guys alone, okay?

If you've got the goods, you're the man.

I've waited all my life for this moment!

Original, shrink-wrapped!

How much does it cost? - 250 smackers.

I'd have to work 3 months for that! - It took the Stones 2 months to make!

You should listen to Zappa.

Without Brian Jones, the Stones are nothing.

Where can I get the money? - Don't worry, Wuschel, give it time.

Where's Mario, anyway?

I mean, take Hesse ... - Hesse is amazing!

I consider Hesse metaphysical, esoteric trivia.

Exactly! - For instance 'Steppenwolf'. - I like Steppenwolf!

Born to be wild ... - No, 'Born to be Wild' is a song,

and Steppenwolf is a group.

You can only liberate yourself

if you liberate all others.

Do you know what I mean?

What Jean means? - Who?

Jean-Paul!

Who? - Sartre.

GET LOST

ENEMY

TREASON

You can only liberate yourself

if you liberate all others. You get it now?

LIE

ENEMY

Lusting after new victims, you dogs?

Ah, the Stasi neighbor.

Evening, Mr. Fromm. Am I disturbing you? - No, why?

There's something I've always wanted to ask you ...

Good Evening, Mr. Fromm!

What exactly do you do for a living?

We'd have to discuss that in detail.

You seem to have such flexible working hours. - Micha!

Go inside! Stop bothering Mr. Fromm.

Your son is rather curious. - Go study for college in Moscow!

Doris, the Wall must come down!

My incorrigible Western relative ...

Mr. Fromm, I wanted to ask if you could lend me two blankets

for our guests during the 10th Youth Festival?

I'll see what I can do. - It's important to help

our Communist Youth, see?

I really fooled him! You have to do such things.

Imagine what a good report he'll write about us.

What are you doing, Hotte?

Are you crazy?

Why are you whistling? - The world is round! - Stop it!

I don't want to be buried here.

Don't be such a copycat! You're getting worse, Heinzie.

What's going on here? You're not wearing your glasses ...

and who are you exactly? - This is Uwe, my fiancé.

Your fiancé? - Hello, I'm Uwe. - He's at the Catholic seminary.

Ugh! Catholic, oh crap!

And I wanted to be a grandmother!

I can't take it! I can't take it anymore!

The world is round ...

Now for a nice surprise!

I can't take it anymore! - Something nice, coming right up

for Doris!

A telephone! - No, really?

And we're already in the phone book! - 1 can't believe it! - Heavenly!

Praise be to God! - God had nothing to do with it, unless he's a doctor.

I got a medical certificate, put in a petition ...

Get into the system and change it from within, see?

You old rogue! - "Epileptic fits." - Great.

Well, it's sort of the truth. - Shut up! - Watch it, young man!

Who has our number? - We're in the phone book.

Oh, right. - In black and white.

What now?

You put your hand on the receiver and pick up.

Careful! Careful!

You do it like this.

Hello, Heinz here. Hotte and Doris Ehrenreich's residence.

Micha, it's for you.

Casanova!

Miriam? - Michi!

I didn't think you had it in you! - Don't make him nervous!

Ask if she can hear you. - Oh, in the phone book? - He's got a girlfriend!

Mama! - Ask if she can hear! - What's her voice like?

Can you hear her? - Let me try! - I'll call you right back.

You talk in the top ... Now they hung up.

Bring her back here, Micha! - The best defense is a good offense!

Ask if she could hear you, okay? - And don't be a nerd!

God damn it!

Damn it! The fucking East!

Not into the border area, my man.

Is he a secret agent? - No, an escapee! - Cheers!

BORDER AREA

We'll see about this! - Here comes another one.

Now it'll get exciting.

Hello, Miriam? - Hello, Micha! - It was a bit inconvenient before.

I'm here, down in the phone booth.

Why don't you come up? - What? - You can come to my place. - Yeah.

I'm on my way!

Identification!

I'll get it right away. -Your ID card is very important.

You are obliged to carry it with you. Anyone without ID at the border area

is required to prove his identity at the station.

Arrest him! - You should shoot him! Right now!

I warned you, citizen Ehrenreich.

Great.

That was kind of ...

Well, it was like ...

... like an art thing.

Hey, Mario?

Did I deflower you?

So listen ...

That thing about Sartre and liberation ...

Do you think that's how he meant it? - Well, Sartre's French.

That's true.

It's running into my boots!

So, after 10 hours ... - He let you go? - No, my mom had to come pick me up.

What? - Micha, you're my hero! - Mine too. - It was no big deal.

I thought about Miriam the whole time, and that made it easier.

Women! They're a mystery.

I think about her all day, it's a new feeling.

It's like ... ever-present.

Just like with me and "Exile', you know, Micha?

I think it's a bit different, Wuschel.

Hello.

This is Sabrina. - Hello.

Sabrina and I are sort of ... - Mario and I are a community.

So you're trapping Mario in the system? - What?

It's between him and me. That's something different.

You want to get married, or what? - Married? What planet are you from?

I've got the house to myself tomorrow,

and I'm throwing a party. - I'll show you some drug stuff.

Drugs? Where from? - Where? At the drugstore, of course.

Oh, right. Yeah, of course. - Au revoir!

Is your sister home? - She waited for you yesterday.

Tell her it was political. There's a party at Mario's. Here's the address.

Herbs used for asthmatics, but we use it as a drug.

People's price: 2.50 a pack.

I have a question. -Yes? - What's in it?

Jimson weed,

horsetail and belladonna.

You fill the glasses

half full.

Okay!

Hi, we're friends of Sabrina's.

Fucking hell, great pad!

Then you fill it up with cola.

You're Mario?

This is Birgit. - She's Barbel.

We believe in same-gender sex. - Got a problem with it?

You? Here? Did you bring any records? - I'm here socially, man!

What does it taste like? - That's not the point ...

I think. - Exactly, Kosscke!

Please don't touch. These instruments are antiques.

My father would go nuts if anything happened.

Hi. - Hi. - Is Miriam here?

No yet. But go in the kitchen. Sabrina's showing us some drug stuff.

Kiddies!

What's that? It looks disgusting. - Could you smoke on the balcony?

It's a non-smoking apartment. And if my father smells it ...

Hi, Mario. Here, for your mom.

What? - Aren't your parents here? - Would we be having a party then?

Hi, I need a room for my happening. - What?

Perfect! - Are you a friend of Sabrina's too?

Now we drink the whole thing. You have to drink it in one swig!

Cheers!

Go on!

What's wrong?

What if Miriam comes? Maybe it's a bad idea. - It's good,

it'll loosen you up!

This is nice!

You like the blond, eh? - I didn't say a word.

I saw your look.

Do you feel anything?

No. You?

Nothing.

I'm going out to the balcony to see if Miriam's coming.

I'll be right with you.

There must be a bathtub somewhere.

Look! Here!

A pimple! Why today? And Miriam's not here.

Do you feel anything?

Nothing. I'm going to the balcony to look for Miriam.

Do you think she's still coming?

Here comes a protest!

Urine knows no borders.

Miriam's coming!

She's coming!

What do I do about the pimple?

I have to do something!

You have to rise to the incredible.

I'm seeing in cinema scope.

They've all gone crazy!

I can see out the back of my head!

Hungry ...

Hi, Micha.

Go and make her your squaw.

My artwork!

Miriam, I just a came over a bit dizzy. I'm fine now.

I've heard that before.

I've had enough of superficiality.

I understand completely, you've had it with the same old shit.

I understand you,

we're soul-mates.

I hate all this, just as you do.

I've written down my thoughts in countless diaries.

For years! And along you come and think the same way!

I'd sure like to read them. - What?

The countless diaries.

Sometimes, everything goes wrong. - If we have to see the principal,

let me do the talking. - Okay.

I'm in his good books. - It was too restrictive for me anyway.

Just let me do the talking.

Oh, I feel sick.

A visit from the Stasi.

One of the less pleasant duties I have to perform is reading

the enemy press every day. - Why?

There are worse things.

You can only liberate yourself if you liberate yourself, says Sartre.

An existentialist!

Mario's toilet was clogged. We had to go somewhere.

Besides, the enemy press writes lies, as you know. You read it every day.

It couldn't be us.

If we made a mistake, we are very sorry indeed.

Right, Mario? - No. - You see, Miss Nitzold,

we've apologized. - You urinate on the anti-Fascist ramparts?

You urinate on our state?

Ernst Thialmann and thousands of his comrades died for this!

And you urinate on their graves?

On the graves of those to whom you owe your free education

and a life of peace and prosperity?

You, Mario Naujoks, are no longer

a student of the Wilhelm Pieck school. Get out of my sight!

And you, Mr. Ehrenreich,

have had your last chance. Now go!

Thus began the best time of Mario's life.

Together with Sabrina he discovered real freedom.

They lived on the road, and the country seemed vast to them.

Which was maybe due to the fact that their moped was so slow.

Hi, Micha!

Didn't you want to let me read your diaries?

Oh, yeah, sure.

I have to find them all,

especially the early ones.

I'll be waiting.

You look terrible, are you sick? - Leave me, Mom, I have a lot to do.

Do you need help? - And I don't want to be disturbed.

Mrs. Ehrenreich? Olaf from Dresden. - Hello, I'm Udo.

Dad, the guests are here.

Hi, I'm Olaf from Dresden. I'm here for the festival. - He's a guest.

We're all in the same club. He looks pale!

Tell me, isn't it dangerous living right on the border?

This is the kitchen. - Hello, it's me! Olaf from Dresden.

Dad, these are our new guests. Here, sign the guest book.

Look! Western TV!

"Dear Diary: finally I can write down what I really think.

As of today, I know the alphabet. Today we learned the last letter: ß.

So I can write a word I often use:

'Scheiße'...

A game show: Assembly Line.

They have to guess the things on the conveyor belt ...

They have to remember the items,

then they can take them home. - Take them home?

Look, there.

See, she forgot again!

Coffee machine, globe ... - Is he typing in the phone book?

“I'm 14 now, and I've just received my identity card.

From now on, I'm just a figure,

a number. I'm just a number,

a personal identity number in a system ...

Ah! In an inhuman system."

Yes, that's good!

“I'm 14 now ..."

Incredible! You can pick up all three channels!

We don't have that.

I'm watching until the end. - Me too!

Keep moving, please.

Yes, honey. I have your passport.

OUTBOUND

Keep moving, please.

Your turn.

What's wrong?

Come on! We don't want to spend all night rotting in the 'zone".

She a bit strange.

I'm going to bed.

"Now, a few words about the country I live in."”

Come with me! - I didn't do anything! - Come with me! - Please!

Your journey ends here!

Come with me, please! Yes, you, come with me.

Of course.

I have a suspicion.

You know what I suspect about someone who visits as often as you do?

A person who visits as often as you

must be a friend of our order.

Look:

Hi-Ti, Japan.

We had to confiscate it, the sly foxes tried to smuggle it in.

What do you think of it? Give it a close look.

It's way too complicated.

Here ...

This is a good old Minetta.

A switch for ON and OFF,

one for volume.

Plastic case, a resonance amplifier.

This one needs two speakers, they take up space.

And that's what they build over there! - Excuse me,

but it will give you cancer. Asbestos. - Look!

Amalgam fillings.

In the West they say that it gives you cancer.

I've never had cancer, not once.

While we're building Socialism, you fear cancer

and build radios nobody can use. They haven't got a hope.

Look at this, it's all gray! - Gray like ashes.

"This country pinches like tight shoes.

You can't move, you can only dream."

Maybe time for an escape attempt?

At last!

Nobody can take you away.

No wonder everybody runs away from here. If they haven't yet, they want to.

And if they don't want to yet, they will eventually.

Oh, well ...

Two systems.

"I decided to tunnel to the West."

Darkness! - Escape alert! Alarm!

"I see a light

at the end of the tunnel.”

Flares!

But you won't leave me, will you?

Me and the little one?

Yes, sir! Heightened battle readiness!

"The cold sweat of fear is on my brow

as I look into the yawning mouths of Soviet machine guns.”

Halt!

Stay where you are!

There's no way he's getting it!

Wuschel!

Wuschel!

What's wrong?

Talk to me.

It's broken.

Both of them.

It was a double album.

"I wait and wait for something that doesn't happen.

I've decides to found a resistance group myself, with friends

who understand, like me, what life is all about."”

Refusal to take up arms! You know what that means?

Yep. - We'll show you what dictatorship of the proletariat means.

I'm out of it, completely out.

That's what you think.

Comrade Gumprecht,

I'm on the case of the sect.

Comrade, that young man ...

Mario!

What are you doing here? - Mario, there you are!

We'll wait for you in here.

I was in such a rut.

And the files they had on me ...

No work,

and the baby.

I'm going to be a father.

You said yourself, join up and change it from the inside.

So, who is Suzie?

SUZIE, COME OVER! ULI

Suddenly you're an adult, and it's one goodbye after another.

And the disasters

don’t decrease either.

Micha! - My deepest sympathies.

Just imagine, Mr. Fromm is an undertaker.

Uncle Heinz is dead.

Lung cancer.

May 1?

Now he has to go back over there all alone in that stupid box.

They'll let you go over too. He's your brother, an immediate relative.

It would be nice if he could stay here, to lie next to Mama.

My sympathies, Mrs. Ehrenreich.

He was a good man, in his heart. A friend of our order.

So my mother was finally able to set foot in the golden West!

It's just coffee. - Mrs. Ehrenreich,

I am moved by your honesty.

But it's just coffee, and we aren't inhuman.

Have a nice day.

I'm back! - I thought I'd have to wash my own socks for the rest of my life.

I tell you, it's so colorful there!

Here, a surprise. I smuggled it.

Mama, coffee's legal, you don't have to smuggle it.

It's not even instant coffee. Didn't they have instant coffee?

Look inside.

This isn't coffee.

No, it's Uncle Heinz.

You smuggled in Uncle Heinz?

I couldn't be bothered with the authorities. And he fits in there.

How small we can be, eh?

Here we come!

Oh, excuse me.

Hi! Good luck.

Need a hatchet?

No thanks, I'll manage.

Hey, kid, is your sister home? - No idea.

Would you go get her? - Honk for her, you ape.

I lay my life at your feet.

Hello?

Here's 50 Deutschmarks.

Will that be okay?

Yeah,

it's just fine.

I don't feel like a vacation in Siberia.

50 Western marks! That's 250 in the East!

Oh God, you do exist!

And I thought Westerners were better kissers.

Now I'll demonstrate a border check. Tell him to open the trunk.

Open the trunk! - He opens it, and what do you see?

Comrade, come here!

Sound the alarm. ?7?7?- Weapons alarm!

There are moments in life when fate is simply on your side.

It's just hard to believe.

I'm just a parking valet. Look! I park cars.

Micha! I have it, a new 'Exile'. For 150 marks, practically free.

Men need music.

Man, look at that! That is untouched Stones!

Is that Keith's guitar? - It'll come in soon.

No, it won't! It's not the Stones!

Of course it is! Listen closely.

Listen to that riff, a great solo.

It's a great song!

It's the best Stones song I've ever heard.

Really! - Bullshit!

That swine ripped me off! He put a fake label on it.

No way! Is your bass tuned?

It's the Stones! It's unreleased material. We're the first to hear it.

And it's a great song.

It's totally forbidden!

Come on, your bass comes in now.

What's going on?

Lieutenant, an incident on a third floor balcony!

A riotous assembly at the border! Unable to assess the situation!

Why are you talking to your bag? - I'm not talking to my bag, young lady!

Is that permitted?

Well, we're powerless against it.

There was once a land where I used to live.

If I'm asked what it was like ...

it was the best time of my life, because I was young and in love.

High stood the sallow thorn on the beach of Hiddensee.

Micha, my Micha, and everything did hurt so.

The rabbits looked shyly from their hole.

That's how loudly my sorrow escaped into the blue sky.

That's how angrily my bare foot stomped in the sand,

as I knocked your hand from my shoulder.

Micha, my Micha, and everything did hurt so.

Do it again, Micha, and I will leave.

You forgot the color film, my Michael.

Now nobody will believe how beautiful it was here...

Identification!

Asbestos everywhere. Everywhere.

It's all amalgam.

I could imagine that someone might

be wondering about that. - Me too.

Because we need everybody.

Tough luck, buddy.

My condolences.

Romans!

Friends, countrymen!

Well.

BE READY, ALWAYS READY!