1 00:01:08,761 --> 00:01:10,601 Together with major contributions... 2 00:01:10,761 --> 00:01:11,961 by many others, present: 3 00:01:17,081 --> 00:01:22,481 A film in 13 parts with an epilogue, based on the novel by Alfred Döblin. 4 00:01:27,401 --> 00:01:29,481 They could put on more street lamps! 5 00:01:29,641 --> 00:01:32,521 What do people expect if they won't let a guy work? 6 00:01:32,681 --> 00:01:33,881 What happened, Franz? 7 00:01:34,041 --> 00:01:37,241 Oh, nothing. I nearly had some trouble. 8 00:01:37,401 --> 00:01:39,201 I had the chair in my hand... 9 00:01:39,361 --> 00:01:42,481 Thank God I didn't have to hit anyone. I didn't want to. 10 00:01:43,161 --> 00:01:44,601 If I hit someone, 11 00:01:44,841 --> 00:01:46,681 I'm always in the wrong. 12 00:01:47,201 --> 00:01:50,361 Yeah, that's how it is with a guy like me, 13 00:01:50,521 --> 00:01:53,121 who's assaulted someone: you're always in the wrong. 14 00:01:54,961 --> 00:01:56,921 And they condemned me... 15 00:01:57,961 --> 00:01:59,361 for being... 16 00:01:59,801 --> 00:02:01,361 in the wrong. 17 00:02:04,721 --> 00:02:06,561 Why are you looking at me like that? 18 00:02:07,161 --> 00:02:09,921 I haven't done anything. Nothing happened. 19 00:02:10,081 --> 00:02:12,201 I'm here with you. 20 00:02:12,441 --> 00:02:16,121 Trouble because of the swastika? 21 00:02:16,481 --> 00:02:19,521 There were some guys I used to hang around with. 22 00:02:19,681 --> 00:02:21,241 Reds. 23 00:02:21,761 --> 00:02:23,921 I used to believe what they told me. 24 00:02:24,761 --> 00:02:27,841 With most of the jobs you get today, 25 00:02:28,201 --> 00:02:29,681 there's something fishy. 26 00:02:31,721 --> 00:02:34,361 You said I should sell the Völkischer Beobachter. 27 00:02:34,521 --> 00:02:36,161 You said so yourself. 28 00:02:38,361 --> 00:02:40,001 Sure I said so, 29 00:02:41,161 --> 00:02:43,601 and I hoped it would work out. 30 00:02:43,881 --> 00:02:46,361 But I knew something would happen in the end. 31 00:02:46,761 --> 00:02:48,081 That's the point, Lina: 32 00:02:48,241 --> 00:02:50,081 I can't understand what you said. 33 00:02:50,241 --> 00:02:52,361 My head's as stupid as it is empty. 34 00:02:52,721 --> 00:02:55,201 Franz, I've got an idea. 35 00:02:55,441 --> 00:02:59,361 Drop the whole newspaper business and the Völkischer Beobachter. 36 00:02:59,521 --> 00:03:01,361 It'll only get you into trouble. 37 00:03:01,521 --> 00:03:03,481 If you think so, then we'll drop it. 38 00:03:03,641 --> 00:03:08,001 Just forget it! It occurred to me: I've got an uncle... 39 00:03:08,161 --> 00:03:10,921 You've got an uncle? You never told me about him. 40 00:03:11,081 --> 00:03:13,321 Well, he's not really my uncle. 41 00:03:13,481 --> 00:03:15,521 He was a friend of my father's. 42 00:03:19,121 --> 00:03:22,361 He was at our place occasionally when I was a kid. 43 00:03:22,521 --> 00:03:23,961 He's okay. 44 00:03:24,321 --> 00:03:27,321 He's sure to know something that will help us... 45 00:03:27,481 --> 00:03:31,561 out of this state of never knowing today what'll happen tomorrow. 46 00:03:31,721 --> 00:03:33,361 He'll help us for sure. 47 00:03:34,241 --> 00:03:38,281 Part 3: A Hammer Blow on the Head Can Injure the Soul 48 00:03:48,841 --> 00:03:50,281 Little Lina! 49 00:03:50,441 --> 00:03:53,521 Little Lina Przybilla from Czernowitz! 50 00:03:56,561 --> 00:03:58,321 How long has it been? 51 00:03:58,561 --> 00:04:00,081 Ten years at least, 52 00:04:00,321 --> 00:04:02,241 maybe twelve. 53 00:04:02,441 --> 00:04:03,641 That's right. 54 00:04:03,841 --> 00:04:06,601 Twelve years! It must be all of twelve years. 55 00:04:07,441 --> 00:04:09,041 Twelve years! 56 00:04:12,601 --> 00:04:13,841 What about... 57 00:04:16,001 --> 00:04:17,721 Aunt Elizabeth? 58 00:04:24,081 --> 00:04:25,441 She died... 59 00:04:25,601 --> 00:04:27,041 some time ago. 60 00:04:27,841 --> 00:04:31,441 Simply died, without any warning. 61 00:04:32,881 --> 00:04:35,081 She just died on me. 62 00:04:36,001 --> 00:04:38,361 Simply... died. 63 00:04:40,881 --> 00:04:42,121 Lina! 64 00:04:49,881 --> 00:04:51,841 And this is your fiancé, is it? 65 00:04:52,001 --> 00:04:54,281 Yes, this is Franz, my fiancé. 66 00:04:56,641 --> 00:04:57,641 Tegel! 67 00:05:02,321 --> 00:05:03,321 That's right. 68 00:05:03,441 --> 00:05:04,881 Four years. 69 00:05:06,761 --> 00:05:09,001 - Out of work, eh? - That's right. 70 00:05:09,161 --> 00:05:11,161 Unemployed for two years. 71 00:05:15,921 --> 00:05:17,561 My name's Franz. 72 00:05:18,041 --> 00:05:19,681 And I'm Otto. 73 00:05:21,361 --> 00:05:23,641 Hey, he's okay, your uncle. 74 00:05:25,441 --> 00:05:27,601 So is he, your fiancé. 75 00:05:28,281 --> 00:05:29,761 Like something to drink? 76 00:05:29,921 --> 00:05:31,321 Well, if you've got a beer... 77 00:05:31,481 --> 00:05:34,801 Beer's about the only thing I do have... 78 00:05:34,961 --> 00:05:36,321 in my place. 79 00:05:45,361 --> 00:05:46,881 It seems to be... 80 00:05:47,041 --> 00:05:49,281 a contagious disease: 81 00:05:49,441 --> 00:05:51,361 unemployment. 82 00:05:51,521 --> 00:05:53,401 Somehow contagious, 83 00:05:53,801 --> 00:05:54,841 isn't it? 84 00:05:58,321 --> 00:05:59,481 Yeah, 85 00:06:00,481 --> 00:06:02,281 I guess it is. 86 00:06:22,121 --> 00:06:23,601 Here, look at this! 87 00:06:24,361 --> 00:06:25,761 Through misfortune... 88 00:06:25,921 --> 00:06:27,241 to fortune. 89 00:06:35,841 --> 00:06:38,281 "It's Better to Walk with a Friend"... 90 00:06:38,481 --> 00:06:40,201 by E. Fischer. 91 00:06:41,801 --> 00:06:44,761 Strange, a newspaper with poems on the front page. 92 00:06:51,241 --> 00:06:52,761 Walking alone: 93 00:06:53,281 --> 00:06:54,841 a path of stone, 94 00:06:55,321 --> 00:06:57,441 with faltering tread, 95 00:06:57,601 --> 00:06:59,361 the heart afraid. 96 00:06:59,841 --> 00:07:02,121 It's better to walk with a friend. 97 00:07:03,001 --> 00:07:04,721 When you would fall, 98 00:07:05,001 --> 00:07:06,921 who helps you stand? 99 00:07:07,521 --> 00:07:10,321 And when you're tired, who lends a hand? 100 00:07:11,201 --> 00:07:13,481 It's better to walk with a friend. 101 00:07:17,161 --> 00:07:19,041 Quiet traveller... 102 00:07:19,201 --> 00:07:21,561 through time and tide, 103 00:07:22,441 --> 00:07:25,001 let Christ our Savior be your guide! 104 00:07:25,201 --> 00:07:27,361 It's better to walk with a friend. 105 00:07:27,761 --> 00:07:29,321 He knows the path. 106 00:07:30,161 --> 00:07:31,681 He knows your need. 107 00:07:32,001 --> 00:07:34,721 He'll help you on with word and deed. 108 00:07:35,481 --> 00:07:37,561 It's better to walk with a friend. 109 00:07:40,601 --> 00:07:43,081 That's lovely, isn't it? 110 00:07:44,161 --> 00:07:45,841 Depends how you look at it. 111 00:07:47,481 --> 00:07:49,721 Right now, I'd rather have some booze. 112 00:07:51,761 --> 00:07:52,881 There you go! 113 00:07:53,521 --> 00:07:54,641 Thanks. 114 00:07:59,561 --> 00:08:00,601 Cheers! 115 00:08:00,841 --> 00:08:01,961 Cheers! 116 00:08:10,841 --> 00:08:12,921 You've been out of work for two years? 117 00:08:13,081 --> 00:08:16,001 That's right. Almost exactly two years. 118 00:08:16,241 --> 00:08:17,921 But I don't worry about it. 119 00:08:21,361 --> 00:08:23,041 There's more than enough to do. 120 00:08:28,321 --> 00:08:29,681 And how do you get by, 121 00:08:30,601 --> 00:08:32,081 all on your own... 122 00:08:32,881 --> 00:08:35,801 - and unemployed? - Oh, you know, 123 00:08:37,841 --> 00:08:40,241 I've got something going with shoelaces. 124 00:08:40,721 --> 00:08:43,521 I've tried a few other things now and then, 125 00:08:43,961 --> 00:08:46,481 but shoelaces... are the best thing. 126 00:08:46,641 --> 00:08:48,481 They're the least hassle 127 00:08:48,761 --> 00:08:50,361 and shoelaces are something... 128 00:08:50,961 --> 00:08:52,481 people always need. 129 00:08:53,761 --> 00:08:55,361 Shoelaces. 130 00:08:55,841 --> 00:08:57,601 What do you say to that? Shoelaces? 131 00:08:57,761 --> 00:08:59,841 What should I say? Shoelaces! 132 00:09:00,001 --> 00:09:01,161 Shoelaces. 133 00:09:01,401 --> 00:09:03,081 Right. Shoelaces. 134 00:09:06,321 --> 00:09:07,681 Listen... 135 00:09:09,641 --> 00:09:11,481 I'm just asking... 136 00:09:12,561 --> 00:09:14,481 ...about the shoelaces, I mean. 137 00:09:15,921 --> 00:09:17,041 Do you think... 138 00:09:17,481 --> 00:09:19,401 one could do something... 139 00:09:19,961 --> 00:09:21,361 for Franz... 140 00:09:21,921 --> 00:09:23,681 with shoelaces? 141 00:09:25,321 --> 00:09:27,921 Why not? Shoelaces always sell. 142 00:09:28,321 --> 00:09:31,081 One more or less won't make any difference. 143 00:09:32,401 --> 00:09:35,121 Shoelaces, Franz! Come on! Be happy! 144 00:09:35,281 --> 00:09:38,121 Yeah, I got the message. Shoelaces! 145 00:09:38,401 --> 00:09:39,921 Okay, I'm happy as well. 146 00:09:40,441 --> 00:09:42,041 Shoelaces... 147 00:09:42,321 --> 00:09:44,681 Why didn't I think of that myself? 148 00:09:44,841 --> 00:09:47,161 I knew Uncle Lüders could help us. 149 00:09:47,321 --> 00:09:48,921 I knew it all along. 150 00:09:49,081 --> 00:09:51,121 You knew it all along, that's right. 151 00:09:52,721 --> 00:09:53,881 Cheers! 152 00:09:57,001 --> 00:09:57,801 Cheers! 153 00:09:57,961 --> 00:09:59,001 Cheers! 154 00:10:00,201 --> 00:10:01,201 Mr Meck is here. 155 00:10:01,281 --> 00:10:03,681 He's been waiting in your room for some time. 156 00:10:04,001 --> 00:10:05,281 I think he's asleep. 157 00:10:05,441 --> 00:10:09,321 When I was in there just now, he was fast asleep. 158 00:10:19,201 --> 00:10:20,801 On your feet! Police! 159 00:10:33,201 --> 00:10:34,561 Ah, Meck! 160 00:10:35,441 --> 00:10:37,041 You know, Franz, 161 00:10:37,961 --> 00:10:40,641 you can scare a guy to death like that. 162 00:10:40,881 --> 00:10:42,161 Some guys for sure, Meck, 163 00:10:42,321 --> 00:10:43,761 but only some guys. 164 00:10:44,081 --> 00:10:47,281 You can't scare everyone to death like that. 165 00:10:47,441 --> 00:10:49,281 A guy has to know why. 166 00:10:52,681 --> 00:10:55,281 You scared the daylights out of me. 167 00:10:56,001 --> 00:10:59,441 You haven't been around for a long time, Meck. 168 00:10:59,601 --> 00:11:01,681 I've been away for a few weeks, 169 00:11:02,201 --> 00:11:03,241 recuperating. 170 00:11:04,481 --> 00:11:06,281 Yeah, recuperating for a few weeks. 171 00:11:08,281 --> 00:11:11,201 Oh, so that's what they call it nowadays: 172 00:11:11,361 --> 00:11:12,161 "recuperating." 173 00:11:12,321 --> 00:11:13,761 I see. 174 00:11:14,401 --> 00:11:15,441 No, no, 175 00:11:15,961 --> 00:11:17,961 not what you think. 176 00:11:18,761 --> 00:11:20,281 I really was recuperating, 177 00:11:20,441 --> 00:11:21,841 not exactly taking the waters, 178 00:11:22,001 --> 00:11:25,401 - but looking after my health. - And otherwise? 179 00:11:26,161 --> 00:11:27,161 Well, 180 00:11:27,401 --> 00:11:29,441 when I came back today, 181 00:11:29,841 --> 00:11:32,601 I went to the bar to see Max, 182 00:11:32,921 --> 00:11:35,961 and he told me the story about Dreske... 183 00:11:36,521 --> 00:11:39,521 and the swastika and the Völkischer Beobachter and all that. 184 00:11:40,361 --> 00:11:42,561 So I thought... 185 00:11:43,401 --> 00:11:44,761 I'd drop by. 186 00:11:45,041 --> 00:11:48,241 Maybe... I can help you. 187 00:11:48,721 --> 00:11:50,121 And how? 188 00:11:51,081 --> 00:11:52,801 How do you want to help me? 189 00:11:53,441 --> 00:11:55,241 You know, Franz, that's... 190 00:11:57,961 --> 00:12:00,041 that's not so easy to say, 191 00:12:00,681 --> 00:12:02,641 I just thought, since you've... 192 00:12:03,321 --> 00:12:06,361 had problems with everything so far, I thought... 193 00:12:06,521 --> 00:12:09,161 Don't turn around now. I'm getting undressed. 194 00:12:09,441 --> 00:12:11,881 I won't turn around, Lina. Don't worry! 195 00:12:12,041 --> 00:12:13,161 Come over here! 196 00:12:14,441 --> 00:12:15,881 Okay, out with it! 197 00:12:16,121 --> 00:12:18,281 It's not so easy to explain. 198 00:12:18,801 --> 00:12:20,281 I just thought, 199 00:12:21,561 --> 00:12:23,961 because things haven't worked out so far... 200 00:12:24,241 --> 00:12:26,201 I just thought... 201 00:12:26,521 --> 00:12:27,521 Is it... 202 00:12:28,441 --> 00:12:30,121 Is it some crooked deal? 203 00:12:30,281 --> 00:12:33,481 Crooked deal? My God, Franz! Don't forget the times we're living in! 204 00:12:34,481 --> 00:12:36,401 How's a guy supposed to earn his money? 205 00:12:36,561 --> 00:12:39,201 No, Meck! Sorry. Even if I were to starve... 206 00:12:39,521 --> 00:12:40,561 I swore it: 207 00:12:40,721 --> 00:12:42,601 I swore I'd stay clean, 208 00:12:42,761 --> 00:12:45,121 that I'd never do anything illegal again, 209 00:12:45,281 --> 00:12:47,681 that I'd stay clean. I swore it, 210 00:12:47,841 --> 00:12:50,281 and I'm sticking to it, even if I starve. 211 00:12:51,481 --> 00:12:53,681 I thought maybe I could help you. 212 00:12:53,881 --> 00:12:55,161 Thanks, Meck. 213 00:12:55,481 --> 00:12:57,161 I know you mean well. 214 00:12:57,321 --> 00:13:00,681 But when I swear something, that's final. 215 00:13:01,441 --> 00:13:02,641 And anyway, 216 00:13:03,201 --> 00:13:06,721 I'm going into shoelaces now. Maybe it'll work out this time. 217 00:13:07,841 --> 00:13:09,521 - Shoelaces? - Yes, 218 00:13:09,681 --> 00:13:11,441 from door to door. 219 00:13:11,601 --> 00:13:14,681 My God! Shoelaces are something people always need. 220 00:13:14,841 --> 00:13:16,561 Sure. No hard feelings. 221 00:13:17,121 --> 00:13:19,041 Bye, Franz! Bye, Lina! 222 00:13:19,201 --> 00:13:20,521 Bye, Meck! 223 00:13:34,441 --> 00:13:36,201 I believe in us, Franz. 224 00:13:37,721 --> 00:13:39,721 I believe in us all the way. 225 00:13:52,121 --> 00:13:55,001 You take the right-hand side, I'll take the left. Okay? 226 00:13:59,081 --> 00:14:00,481 Well, you know, 227 00:14:01,041 --> 00:14:04,161 I've done the right-hand side for five days in a row, 228 00:14:04,321 --> 00:14:06,441 and almost everything's gone wrong. 229 00:14:06,601 --> 00:14:09,161 Let me take the left-hand side. I might have more luck. 230 00:14:09,681 --> 00:14:13,201 Let the man have his head! I'm not fixed on the left. 231 00:14:13,961 --> 00:14:15,121 Thanks, Otto. 232 00:14:15,281 --> 00:14:18,161 I'm sure I'll have more luck on the left. And you... 233 00:14:18,321 --> 00:14:20,521 can manage just as well on the right. 234 00:14:20,801 --> 00:14:23,641 - We'll meet at Max's. Okay? - See you later, Franz, 235 00:14:24,241 --> 00:14:25,841 at Max's. 236 00:14:44,561 --> 00:14:47,201 - Good luck! - Thanks. I can use it. 237 00:14:52,121 --> 00:14:54,481 Happy he, who forgets... 238 00:14:54,641 --> 00:14:57,041 what can only cause regrets... 239 00:16:00,761 --> 00:16:01,801 Yes? What is it? 240 00:16:02,361 --> 00:16:04,121 Shoelaces, madam, 241 00:16:04,281 --> 00:16:08,041 in every conceivable color and three different lengths. 242 00:16:08,401 --> 00:16:12,281 You know yourself how quickly shoelaces break. 243 00:16:12,641 --> 00:16:16,521 - I'm sure your husband needs shoelaces. - My husband is dead. 244 00:16:20,281 --> 00:16:22,001 Oh, excuse me. 245 00:16:23,921 --> 00:16:25,801 I beg your pardon. 246 00:16:26,761 --> 00:16:28,761 I'm very sorry for you, really. 247 00:16:29,681 --> 00:16:33,041 You don't have to apologize. You couldn't know. 248 00:16:47,081 --> 00:16:49,041 I've just made some coffee. 249 00:16:49,441 --> 00:16:50,881 Maybe... 250 00:16:51,441 --> 00:16:52,841 If you'd like... 251 00:16:53,201 --> 00:16:55,081 There's enough for both of us. 252 00:16:57,201 --> 00:16:58,521 With pleasure. 253 00:16:59,441 --> 00:17:02,001 That's always good... Something warm, I mean. 254 00:17:02,441 --> 00:17:04,041 Coffee or whatever. 255 00:17:08,081 --> 00:17:09,481 Well, then, 256 00:17:09,881 --> 00:17:11,921 come in! 257 00:17:48,441 --> 00:17:50,081 Come on in! 258 00:17:50,601 --> 00:17:53,161 You can put your things on the chest. 259 00:18:14,961 --> 00:18:16,761 Was that... your husband? 260 00:18:17,481 --> 00:18:19,201 Yes, that was my husband. 261 00:18:32,281 --> 00:18:35,281 For a moment, I thought he was standing in front of me. 262 00:18:36,761 --> 00:18:38,401 I thought... 263 00:18:38,641 --> 00:18:40,481 he'd come back, 264 00:18:41,921 --> 00:18:44,001 risen from the dead. 265 00:18:44,161 --> 00:18:46,041 That's what I thought. 266 00:18:53,281 --> 00:18:54,561 It... 267 00:18:55,761 --> 00:18:57,921 It wasn't... long ago, was it? 268 00:18:58,321 --> 00:18:59,361 No. 269 00:18:59,801 --> 00:19:01,841 It wasn't long ago. 270 00:19:04,521 --> 00:19:05,761 You know, 271 00:19:07,081 --> 00:19:08,521 the longing... 272 00:19:09,481 --> 00:19:12,441 devours you, eats the flesh from your bones. 273 00:19:17,321 --> 00:19:18,361 Thank you! 274 00:19:19,481 --> 00:19:21,001 Have you seen a man in furs? 275 00:19:21,161 --> 00:19:23,841 In furs? No, nobody specifically in furs. 276 00:19:24,001 --> 00:19:24,841 Okay, thanks. 277 00:19:25,001 --> 00:19:27,241 Have you seen a man wearing furs? 278 00:19:27,681 --> 00:19:28,681 No. 279 00:19:30,641 --> 00:19:31,641 About time, too! 280 00:19:31,761 --> 00:19:36,121 - Peas with pigs' ears, twice, Max! - Two peas with pigs' ears. Okay. 281 00:19:36,281 --> 00:19:38,441 - Hey, did you win the lottery? - No. 282 00:19:38,601 --> 00:19:40,521 - What's up then? - Guess! 283 00:19:40,761 --> 00:19:42,881 Come on! Out with it! What happened? 284 00:19:47,641 --> 00:19:48,921 Well... 285 00:19:52,641 --> 00:19:53,801 just look at that! 286 00:19:54,481 --> 00:19:55,641 Two tenners! 287 00:19:56,201 --> 00:19:59,121 How are things looking now? That's what we've earned: 288 00:19:59,281 --> 00:20:02,321 20 marks. Our earnings! Do you understand? 289 00:20:03,201 --> 00:20:04,561 Well, I'll be! 290 00:20:04,761 --> 00:20:07,601 And not what you think, nothing underhand. 291 00:20:07,761 --> 00:20:10,481 All above-board, Otto, completely straight, 292 00:20:10,641 --> 00:20:13,521 perfectly correct, you understand? 293 00:20:16,241 --> 00:20:18,241 Here you go! 294 00:20:18,401 --> 00:20:20,361 Change that, Maxie! I need two fivers. 295 00:20:20,521 --> 00:20:21,201 Okay. 296 00:20:21,361 --> 00:20:24,201 - Have you seen a man in furs? - No. 297 00:20:25,881 --> 00:20:27,601 Have you seen a man in furs? 298 00:20:29,281 --> 00:20:30,921 I ring the doorbell, 299 00:20:32,081 --> 00:20:33,601 and a woman opens. 300 00:20:33,761 --> 00:20:35,281 I ask her... 301 00:20:35,441 --> 00:20:37,921 if she needs anything for her husband. 302 00:20:38,081 --> 00:20:40,241 When I look closer, I see she's a widow: 303 00:20:40,401 --> 00:20:42,281 dressed all in black, you know. 304 00:20:44,161 --> 00:20:46,081 Well, she looks at me. 305 00:20:46,641 --> 00:20:49,161 She gives me a strange look. 306 00:20:49,361 --> 00:20:51,721 I had no idea what was going on. 307 00:20:53,201 --> 00:20:55,801 Then she asks me if I'd like a cup of coffee. 308 00:20:55,961 --> 00:20:58,041 Of course I'd like a cup of coffee. 309 00:20:58,201 --> 00:21:01,441 So we go inside, where there's a photo of her deceased husband. 310 00:21:01,601 --> 00:21:05,161 He looked like me, could have been my twin brother. 311 00:21:07,041 --> 00:21:08,081 Anyway, 312 00:21:08,241 --> 00:21:10,321 we drink coffee. 313 00:21:11,081 --> 00:21:14,361 She drinks coffee, I drink coffee. And then... 314 00:21:17,521 --> 00:21:19,201 Then she says... 315 00:21:19,681 --> 00:21:22,641 she feels so lonely and all that. You know. 316 00:21:24,201 --> 00:21:26,001 - Here you are! - Thanks. 317 00:21:27,001 --> 00:21:28,361 There, Otto! 318 00:21:28,521 --> 00:21:29,521 Yes, but... 319 00:21:29,561 --> 00:21:32,761 No buts! I left my box at her place... 320 00:21:32,921 --> 00:21:35,281 because I want to go back. You understand? 321 00:21:35,721 --> 00:21:37,641 Yeah. And where... was it? 322 00:21:38,241 --> 00:21:40,001 The very first entrance I went in. 323 00:21:40,161 --> 00:21:43,201 One flight up, the first door where I rang the bell. 324 00:21:49,241 --> 00:21:50,361 Yes! 325 00:21:52,601 --> 00:21:53,601 What is it? 326 00:21:53,721 --> 00:21:57,721 My friend... You know who I mean... He was here yesterday. 327 00:21:58,641 --> 00:22:00,561 He left his things here. 328 00:22:10,241 --> 00:22:11,641 What's the game? 329 00:22:11,801 --> 00:22:13,321 Nothing at all, madam. 330 00:22:13,481 --> 00:22:15,361 Why are you trembling? 331 00:22:16,921 --> 00:22:19,001 I'm supposed to pick up the merchandise. 332 00:22:19,161 --> 00:22:22,441 Oh, I see. The merchandise. Of course. 333 00:22:35,961 --> 00:22:37,361 Here's the package. 334 00:22:45,601 --> 00:22:47,001 Thank you. 335 00:22:47,201 --> 00:22:49,481 Why are you trembling, lady? 336 00:22:49,641 --> 00:22:51,481 It's nice and warm in here, 337 00:22:52,281 --> 00:22:54,161 very nice... 338 00:22:54,601 --> 00:22:56,001 and warm here. 339 00:22:57,321 --> 00:22:59,161 Could you make a coffee for me, too? 340 00:23:00,681 --> 00:23:03,401 Did he tell you anything else? 341 00:23:04,641 --> 00:23:06,161 What did he tell you? 342 00:23:06,601 --> 00:23:07,681 Who? 343 00:23:08,161 --> 00:23:09,481 My friend? 344 00:23:10,161 --> 00:23:11,601 Nothing else. 345 00:23:11,881 --> 00:23:13,281 What should he have said? 346 00:23:14,201 --> 00:23:17,001 What else should he tell me about the coffee? 347 00:23:20,561 --> 00:23:22,481 And I've got the merchandise now. 348 00:23:24,601 --> 00:23:26,241 I'll just go in the kitchen. 349 00:23:39,961 --> 00:23:42,241 So that's where she did it with him. 350 00:23:50,041 --> 00:23:51,761 Here's a cup for you! 351 00:23:54,081 --> 00:23:56,841 Aren't you having one, to keep me company? 352 00:23:57,001 --> 00:23:58,281 No, no, 353 00:23:59,761 --> 00:24:02,361 my tenant will be back soon. He's... 354 00:24:02,921 --> 00:24:04,201 got the room there. 355 00:24:04,361 --> 00:24:05,441 Is that all? 356 00:24:05,601 --> 00:24:10,001 Stop pretending! He won't come now. He's at work at this time of day. 357 00:24:11,561 --> 00:24:12,641 Well, 358 00:24:13,241 --> 00:24:16,001 my friend didn't say anything else. 359 00:24:18,561 --> 00:24:20,721 I was just supposed to pick up the merchandise. 360 00:24:22,601 --> 00:24:24,201 Nice and hot, this coffee. 361 00:24:24,361 --> 00:24:26,081 It's cold outside, isn't it? 362 00:24:26,521 --> 00:24:28,721 What should he have told me? 363 00:24:29,361 --> 00:24:31,081 That you're a widow? 364 00:24:31,241 --> 00:24:32,321 Well that's true. 365 00:24:32,481 --> 00:24:34,001 It's true, isn't it? 366 00:24:34,281 --> 00:24:35,401 Yes. 367 00:24:36,561 --> 00:24:38,401 What happened to your husband? 368 00:24:38,641 --> 00:24:39,961 Is he dead? 369 00:24:44,121 --> 00:24:46,161 I have work to do. I have to cook. 370 00:24:46,441 --> 00:24:49,121 Hey! What's the hurry? 371 00:24:49,281 --> 00:24:50,521 You're only young once. 372 00:24:50,681 --> 00:24:54,361 Please go! You've got your things. I don't have any time! 373 00:24:54,881 --> 00:24:58,801 Don't get uppity with me! You'll be calling the cops next. 374 00:24:59,161 --> 00:25:01,481 You don't have to on my account. I'm going. 375 00:25:02,201 --> 00:25:04,961 You don't mind if I finish my coffee first? 376 00:25:07,801 --> 00:25:09,961 All of a sudden, you don't have any time. 377 00:25:10,361 --> 00:25:11,601 Recently, though, 378 00:25:12,001 --> 00:25:13,281 you know when I mean, 379 00:25:14,721 --> 00:25:16,761 you had all the time in the world. 380 00:25:18,041 --> 00:25:19,601 A fine state of affairs! 381 00:25:22,881 --> 00:25:24,361 I'm not like that. 382 00:25:24,521 --> 00:25:25,801 I'm going. 383 00:25:29,801 --> 00:25:32,361 Okay, hand over the cash. 384 00:25:36,641 --> 00:25:38,921 Or is that only when you've had the guy? 385 00:25:39,121 --> 00:25:40,441 You see, 386 00:25:40,681 --> 00:25:42,921 there are no secrets among friends. 387 00:25:44,761 --> 00:25:46,601 To me, you're an old slut... 388 00:25:47,641 --> 00:25:49,401 who wears a black dress. 389 00:25:50,481 --> 00:25:52,881 I'd like to smash you in the face. 390 00:25:53,081 --> 00:25:54,841 You're just like all women! 391 00:26:15,161 --> 00:26:17,401 Once there was paradise divine. 392 00:26:17,881 --> 00:26:21,281 The waters teemed with fish. Trees sprouted from the ground, 393 00:26:21,441 --> 00:26:24,881 and the animals played: the beasts of the earth, fish and birds. 394 00:26:25,761 --> 00:26:29,321 There was a rustling in one of the trees: a serpent. 395 00:26:29,601 --> 00:26:30,801 A serpent, 396 00:26:31,201 --> 00:26:33,361 a serpent stretched out its head. 397 00:26:33,961 --> 00:26:36,281 A serpent lived in paradise, 398 00:26:36,441 --> 00:26:39,361 more cunning than all the other beasts of the field. 399 00:26:39,601 --> 00:26:41,321 And it began to speak... 400 00:26:41,801 --> 00:26:43,921 and spoke to Adam and Eve. 401 00:26:45,641 --> 00:26:48,001 Strange that Otto's not here yet. 402 00:26:48,961 --> 00:26:51,881 He was always on time every morning. 403 00:26:53,321 --> 00:26:55,481 You know he's got stomach trouble. 404 00:26:56,041 --> 00:26:58,481 Maybe he's had another attack. 405 00:26:59,041 --> 00:27:01,361 He gets them sometimes. 406 00:27:01,641 --> 00:27:03,321 He told us about them. 407 00:27:04,321 --> 00:27:05,401 Yeah, 408 00:27:05,881 --> 00:27:08,001 maybe he's got stomach trouble again. 409 00:27:10,641 --> 00:27:11,641 Lina! 410 00:27:16,521 --> 00:27:17,721 If... 411 00:27:19,161 --> 00:27:21,601 if Otto really doesn't come... 412 00:27:25,441 --> 00:27:27,161 Oh, no, Franz! 413 00:27:28,681 --> 00:27:30,201 Please! 414 00:27:30,361 --> 00:27:31,961 Not again this morning! 415 00:27:32,241 --> 00:27:34,161 What's the matter, Lina? 416 00:27:34,801 --> 00:27:36,281 You like it, don't you? 417 00:27:37,081 --> 00:27:39,441 You like it just as much as I do, don't you? 418 00:27:40,441 --> 00:27:41,681 Yes. 419 00:27:42,961 --> 00:27:46,281 Sure I like it just as much as you do, but... 420 00:27:48,681 --> 00:27:50,881 you're like the devil sometimes. 421 00:27:52,321 --> 00:27:54,281 I'm like the devil, am I? 422 00:27:54,481 --> 00:27:57,441 And what would you say if I weren't like the devil? 423 00:27:59,041 --> 00:28:01,441 Would you be so happy and contented then? 424 00:28:05,201 --> 00:28:06,401 There you are! 425 00:28:09,841 --> 00:28:12,121 But... this morning, Franz, 426 00:28:13,161 --> 00:28:15,521 I'm really exhausted. 427 00:28:15,841 --> 00:28:16,961 Really! 428 00:28:17,961 --> 00:28:20,441 Okay, then we'll forget it this morning. 429 00:28:20,601 --> 00:28:23,081 Don't want to force anyone. 430 00:28:23,681 --> 00:28:25,441 A person has to be free. 431 00:28:32,641 --> 00:28:36,201 What are you doing now? Are you going out alone? 432 00:28:36,841 --> 00:28:38,961 What else should I do? 433 00:28:39,481 --> 00:28:42,641 Should I sit around here the whole day waiting? 434 00:28:44,841 --> 00:28:46,881 In the end, he won't show up at all. 435 00:28:47,281 --> 00:28:48,721 Good morning, Mr Biberkopf! 436 00:28:48,881 --> 00:28:51,361 Good morning, Miss Lina! Can I help you? 437 00:28:51,521 --> 00:28:54,041 No, thanks, Mrs Bast. I can manage alone. 438 00:28:54,521 --> 00:28:56,201 Well, bye then! 439 00:29:00,441 --> 00:29:01,801 Bye, Mrs Bast! 440 00:29:05,521 --> 00:29:09,201 There's something special about Mr Biberkopf, you must admit. 441 00:29:09,561 --> 00:29:10,561 Yes, 442 00:29:10,921 --> 00:29:13,041 something special, isn't there? 443 00:29:17,361 --> 00:29:18,441 Yes. 444 00:29:19,001 --> 00:29:20,401 You're right. 445 00:29:22,601 --> 00:29:24,321 There's something special... 446 00:29:25,041 --> 00:29:26,441 about Franz. 447 00:29:50,481 --> 00:29:53,321 - Is your mom at home? - My mom's in the hospital. 448 00:29:53,481 --> 00:29:57,401 My grandma's out shopping, and I can't let anyone in. Sorry. 449 00:30:17,601 --> 00:30:19,401 Good day, madam! Shoelaces? 450 00:30:19,561 --> 00:30:22,961 I don't need shoelaces. I've got buckled shoes. Buckled shoes! 451 00:30:23,121 --> 00:30:25,201 Buckled shoes, buckled shoes! 452 00:30:45,801 --> 00:30:48,481 - Yes? - Excuse me, madam, I... 453 00:30:52,041 --> 00:30:53,081 Eva! 454 00:30:54,241 --> 00:30:55,241 Franz! 455 00:30:55,801 --> 00:30:57,081 My God! 456 00:30:59,321 --> 00:31:01,881 I mean... I had no idea you... 457 00:31:02,561 --> 00:31:03,921 you lived here. 458 00:31:04,361 --> 00:31:08,241 This is Oscar's place. He's been a client of mine for 18 months now. 459 00:31:08,841 --> 00:31:11,841 - What... are you selling there? - What I'm... 460 00:31:13,401 --> 00:31:15,841 Oh, I sell this and that... er... 461 00:31:16,601 --> 00:31:19,441 Shoelaces. Yeah, I sell shoelaces. 462 00:31:19,601 --> 00:31:21,321 I see. You sell shoelaces. 463 00:31:21,641 --> 00:31:23,761 Yeah, I sell shoelaces. 464 00:31:24,561 --> 00:31:25,561 Well... 465 00:31:26,281 --> 00:31:27,961 then I'll buy... 466 00:31:28,121 --> 00:31:30,401 I'll buy some from you. 467 00:31:30,921 --> 00:31:32,121 No. 468 00:31:33,321 --> 00:31:34,481 No. 469 00:31:38,641 --> 00:31:39,761 What's up, baby? 470 00:31:39,921 --> 00:31:42,441 Oh, nothing. Some guy selling shoelaces. 471 00:32:08,761 --> 00:32:09,921 Good morning! 472 00:32:10,121 --> 00:32:11,441 Good day to you. 473 00:32:13,081 --> 00:32:15,481 I have to buy some flowers, miss. 474 00:32:15,681 --> 00:32:16,881 But I'm not sure... 475 00:32:17,121 --> 00:32:19,721 I'm not quite sure what kind they should be. 476 00:32:19,881 --> 00:32:21,281 The thing is, 477 00:32:21,961 --> 00:32:23,641 they have to mean: 478 00:32:24,201 --> 00:32:27,121 the past keeps following you, 479 00:32:27,761 --> 00:32:30,121 driving you on and on, 480 00:32:31,041 --> 00:32:34,081 driving you someplace where there's no future... 481 00:32:35,841 --> 00:32:38,641 - Do you understand? - Yes, I understand you. 482 00:32:38,881 --> 00:32:41,841 What you need are carnations, white carnations, sir. 483 00:32:42,361 --> 00:32:43,801 White carnations? 484 00:32:45,801 --> 00:32:48,881 But they're flowers for death, aren't they? 485 00:32:49,321 --> 00:32:53,041 Yes, sir. But you asked for flowers for a death, didn't you? 486 00:33:06,161 --> 00:33:07,481 Who's there? 487 00:33:07,761 --> 00:33:09,321 The postman. 488 00:33:17,601 --> 00:33:19,281 Is she out of her mind? 489 00:33:22,161 --> 00:33:24,241 Maybe she didn't recognize me. 490 00:34:44,321 --> 00:34:46,641 I need my stuff. 491 00:34:48,241 --> 00:34:49,721 My merchandise! 492 00:34:57,641 --> 00:35:00,361 I should take an axe and break the door down. 493 00:35:01,601 --> 00:35:03,161 What's the use? 494 00:35:03,601 --> 00:35:05,721 Nothing's any use in this world. 495 00:35:22,321 --> 00:35:25,001 You've been sitting there like that for three hours. 496 00:35:25,681 --> 00:35:28,361 It's no good brooding. 497 00:35:29,041 --> 00:35:31,201 There's no sense in brooding, 498 00:35:31,761 --> 00:35:34,161 especially if it doesn't help. 499 00:35:36,641 --> 00:35:38,561 Only yesterday he told me... 500 00:35:39,201 --> 00:35:41,121 how fond of me he was, my Franz. 501 00:35:43,121 --> 00:35:45,081 Only yesterday he said it. 502 00:35:47,681 --> 00:35:50,161 And I've been knitting a cardigan for him, 503 00:35:51,961 --> 00:35:53,561 a brown woollen cardigan. 504 00:35:54,961 --> 00:35:56,601 It's almost finished. 505 00:35:57,801 --> 00:35:59,921 You must eat something, Miss Lina. 506 00:36:00,321 --> 00:36:03,281 You have to eat. Otherwise you'll fall sick. 507 00:36:06,481 --> 00:36:08,441 Just leaves me... 508 00:36:09,681 --> 00:36:11,201 without saying a word, 509 00:36:13,521 --> 00:36:15,801 as if I were to blame for something. 510 00:36:18,361 --> 00:36:20,401 I didn't do anything to him. 511 00:36:22,441 --> 00:36:23,601 Did I? 512 00:36:24,161 --> 00:36:25,721 Did I do him any harm? 513 00:36:26,321 --> 00:36:27,721 Did I hurt him? 514 00:36:28,561 --> 00:36:31,161 Did I make him suffer? 515 00:36:31,641 --> 00:36:33,161 Did I take something from him? 516 00:36:33,601 --> 00:36:35,761 Did I rob him of his freedom? 517 00:36:35,921 --> 00:36:37,841 For God's sake, what have I done? 518 00:36:38,041 --> 00:36:40,161 You haven't done anything to him. 519 00:36:40,441 --> 00:36:42,601 I'm sure you haven't. 520 00:36:42,881 --> 00:36:45,961 Maybe he got into trouble and had to get away in a hurry. 521 00:36:46,281 --> 00:36:47,321 Oh no! 522 00:36:47,761 --> 00:36:49,641 Franz didn't get into trouble. 523 00:36:49,801 --> 00:36:51,521 I'm sure of that. 524 00:36:51,681 --> 00:36:53,201 He'd have told me. 525 00:36:53,361 --> 00:36:54,961 I would know about it. 526 00:36:55,681 --> 00:36:57,001 And besides, 527 00:36:59,161 --> 00:37:00,681 he swore... 528 00:37:01,761 --> 00:37:03,361 he'd never... 529 00:37:03,881 --> 00:37:05,161 do anything... 530 00:37:05,641 --> 00:37:07,161 bad again. 531 00:37:07,721 --> 00:37:09,241 He swore it, 532 00:37:09,521 --> 00:37:11,601 and he meant it seriously. 533 00:37:13,081 --> 00:37:15,281 Franz didn't do anything wrong. 534 00:37:15,561 --> 00:37:17,241 I'm sure of that. 535 00:37:30,441 --> 00:37:31,801 Miss Lina! 536 00:37:33,001 --> 00:37:34,241 Wait! 537 00:37:34,401 --> 00:37:35,921 Miss Lina! 538 00:38:10,321 --> 00:38:12,201 Kisses That Kill 539 00:38:13,601 --> 00:38:15,521 It was all so wonderful, 540 00:38:16,681 --> 00:38:18,841 and you just ran away, 541 00:38:19,401 --> 00:38:20,561 Franz. 542 00:38:26,481 --> 00:38:28,041 Franz has gone. 543 00:38:28,561 --> 00:38:31,201 He packed his things and disappeared. 544 00:38:31,801 --> 00:38:33,361 Just calm down! 545 00:38:33,521 --> 00:38:34,521 Lina! 546 00:38:34,921 --> 00:38:36,521 Stop crying! 547 00:38:36,801 --> 00:38:38,041 What happened? 548 00:38:38,201 --> 00:38:40,041 Nothing happened. 549 00:38:40,481 --> 00:38:42,361 He came home, 550 00:38:42,841 --> 00:38:46,121 packed his things and disappeared. 551 00:38:46,841 --> 00:38:48,481 I don't understand it. 552 00:38:48,641 --> 00:38:51,281 Nobody just disappears without some reason. 553 00:38:51,761 --> 00:38:53,801 Something must have happened. 554 00:38:53,961 --> 00:38:56,401 Yesterday, Lüders left a package, 555 00:38:56,561 --> 00:39:00,561 and then a little boy brought a letter. It was for Franz, 556 00:39:00,761 --> 00:39:03,601 and when he read it, his face turned green. 557 00:39:03,761 --> 00:39:06,281 He jabbered something and then just walked out. 558 00:39:07,561 --> 00:39:09,521 He received a letter? 559 00:39:10,681 --> 00:39:13,961 - Who was the letter from? - No idea. 560 00:39:14,161 --> 00:39:18,081 There was no sender's address on it. On the front, it just said: 561 00:39:18,241 --> 00:39:20,641 "Franz Biberkopf. Confidential." 562 00:39:20,921 --> 00:39:23,921 Then he suddenly turned strange, quite different, 563 00:39:24,081 --> 00:39:25,801 and started speaking all confused. 564 00:39:26,001 --> 00:39:28,521 He said something about "punishment", I think. 565 00:39:29,201 --> 00:39:32,001 What could have been in the letter... 566 00:39:32,161 --> 00:39:34,761 that would make him run away like that... 567 00:39:35,081 --> 00:39:36,601 without saying a word? 568 00:39:36,761 --> 00:39:39,601 It's not something he'd normally do. 569 00:39:43,721 --> 00:39:45,121 And the package... 570 00:39:45,641 --> 00:39:47,361 that Lüders left for him: 571 00:39:47,521 --> 00:39:48,281 what was in it? 572 00:39:48,441 --> 00:39:51,281 Some of the shoelaces he was selling, I think. 573 00:39:51,441 --> 00:39:54,721 One thing was funny, though. At lunchtime today, 574 00:39:54,881 --> 00:39:57,801 Lüders came in, and when he saw Franz sitting here, 575 00:39:57,961 --> 00:40:00,361 he bolted as if the devil were after him. 576 00:40:01,161 --> 00:40:02,761 Lüders came in, 577 00:40:02,921 --> 00:40:05,881 and when he saw Franz, he ran right out again? 578 00:40:06,041 --> 00:40:08,761 Something's up between the two of them. 579 00:40:08,921 --> 00:40:10,121 Do you know what? 580 00:40:11,321 --> 00:40:14,361 He always spoke well of Otto, only good things. 581 00:40:14,521 --> 00:40:16,561 "He's a real friend," he said, 582 00:40:16,721 --> 00:40:18,641 and he'd share everything with him. 583 00:40:18,801 --> 00:40:22,241 But if he comes in and runs out again when he sees Franz, 584 00:40:22,401 --> 00:40:23,601 something's fishy. 585 00:40:23,761 --> 00:40:25,081 The whole thing stinks. 586 00:40:25,241 --> 00:40:27,641 He always spoke well about Otto, 587 00:40:27,801 --> 00:40:30,041 said he's a true friend. 588 00:40:30,961 --> 00:40:33,481 Lüders' address... Have you got it? 589 00:40:33,801 --> 00:40:34,801 Sure. 590 00:40:34,921 --> 00:40:36,041 Come on, then! 591 00:40:45,761 --> 00:40:47,161 Hey, Lina! 592 00:40:49,401 --> 00:40:50,561 Out with it! 593 00:40:50,761 --> 00:40:53,361 What's so important in the middle of the night... 594 00:40:53,521 --> 00:40:55,241 that you have to talk with me? 595 00:40:55,401 --> 00:40:57,521 Franz has disappeared, Uncle Lüders. 596 00:40:59,001 --> 00:41:00,481 And I thought... 597 00:41:00,881 --> 00:41:03,201 you might know something, 598 00:41:03,921 --> 00:41:07,001 because you've been together with him recently. 599 00:41:08,201 --> 00:41:10,561 Maybe he told you something. 600 00:41:11,761 --> 00:41:14,001 Maybe you know something. 601 00:41:15,441 --> 00:41:16,441 Anything at all. 602 00:41:17,281 --> 00:41:19,001 No, he didn't say anything, 603 00:41:19,161 --> 00:41:21,001 not a word. Not even to me! 604 00:41:21,281 --> 00:41:23,401 But something must have happened. 605 00:41:23,681 --> 00:41:25,561 Something must have happened to him. 606 00:41:26,921 --> 00:41:28,521 Something happened to him? 607 00:41:28,841 --> 00:41:30,681 He probably hightailed it. What else? 608 00:41:33,521 --> 00:41:35,121 No, no, Uncle! 609 00:41:35,921 --> 00:41:38,281 He's not been up to tricks. Not Franz. 610 00:41:39,641 --> 00:41:41,881 That doesn't wash with me. 611 00:41:43,281 --> 00:41:44,921 He hasn't done anything. 612 00:41:45,561 --> 00:41:46,881 Not a thing. 613 00:41:47,521 --> 00:41:49,721 He hasn't done anything wrong, 614 00:41:51,001 --> 00:41:52,721 because he swore he wouldn't, 615 00:41:53,841 --> 00:41:56,161 and because he's an honest guy. 616 00:41:56,881 --> 00:41:59,801 I'd stake my life on it. 617 00:42:01,561 --> 00:42:03,961 If you don't know anything, I'll go to the police. 618 00:42:04,121 --> 00:42:06,641 They'll know how to find him. 619 00:42:10,641 --> 00:42:12,721 You think he just got lost, 620 00:42:12,881 --> 00:42:15,241 and the police should track him down? 621 00:42:15,721 --> 00:42:16,721 Is that it? 622 00:42:17,161 --> 00:42:19,121 What should I do, then? 623 00:42:21,321 --> 00:42:23,081 What am I meant to do? 624 00:42:23,361 --> 00:42:24,441 You know, Lina, 625 00:42:24,801 --> 00:42:27,281 that's how it is in a love affair. 626 00:42:27,641 --> 00:42:29,161 Sooner or later, the day comes... 627 00:42:30,041 --> 00:42:33,401 Is it true, or am I right, Mr Meck? What do you say? 628 00:42:40,881 --> 00:42:42,321 Sure, Mr Lüders. 629 00:42:42,481 --> 00:42:44,601 Sure. In one way, you're right. 630 00:42:46,241 --> 00:42:48,361 But in this case, I think, Mr Lüders, 631 00:42:49,281 --> 00:42:52,001 in this case, there's something else involved. 632 00:42:52,761 --> 00:42:54,281 What do you mean? 633 00:42:55,481 --> 00:42:57,481 I... I don't quite understand you. 634 00:42:58,561 --> 00:42:59,601 Lina, 635 00:42:59,801 --> 00:43:01,521 just look the other way a moment. 636 00:43:03,281 --> 00:43:05,481 Turn around and face the wall. 637 00:43:08,401 --> 00:43:09,681 You stay here! 638 00:43:11,441 --> 00:43:12,961 What's the game? 639 00:43:13,561 --> 00:43:15,361 Why should she look away? 640 00:43:16,401 --> 00:43:18,241 What do you want with me? 641 00:43:21,841 --> 00:43:24,521 You went into the bar. You saw Franz, 642 00:43:24,681 --> 00:43:27,561 then you turned on your heels and ran away. 643 00:43:28,161 --> 00:43:30,401 There must be a reason for doing that. Right? 644 00:43:31,481 --> 00:43:32,481 Yes, 645 00:43:33,561 --> 00:43:35,081 but it was a coincidence. 646 00:43:35,441 --> 00:43:36,441 Er... as... 647 00:43:36,561 --> 00:43:39,201 as I came into the bar, 648 00:43:39,521 --> 00:43:42,921 it occurred to me... I didn't really want to go in there at all. 649 00:43:43,201 --> 00:43:45,961 So I went away again. I... 650 00:43:46,201 --> 00:43:48,321 You know you're lying. 651 00:43:49,081 --> 00:43:51,601 And you know that I know you're lying. 652 00:43:52,601 --> 00:43:53,801 So why do you do it? 653 00:43:54,361 --> 00:43:55,601 Why... 654 00:43:56,401 --> 00:43:58,081 Why should I lie to you? 655 00:43:58,401 --> 00:43:59,681 Exactly! 656 00:44:00,881 --> 00:44:03,121 That's precisely what I want to know: 657 00:44:03,921 --> 00:44:06,441 the reason why you're lying to me. 658 00:44:15,961 --> 00:44:18,121 One thing you should know, Mr Lüders: 659 00:44:18,601 --> 00:44:20,481 I've got a knife in my pocket. 660 00:44:21,521 --> 00:44:23,761 I always have a knife in my pocket, 661 00:44:25,721 --> 00:44:29,161 and I'm not afraid to use it if I have to. 662 00:44:30,281 --> 00:44:31,881 Do you understand? 663 00:44:34,081 --> 00:44:36,281 And now, I'll give you a piece of advice: 664 00:44:37,121 --> 00:44:40,121 tomorrow, you'll go and find Franz. 665 00:44:40,481 --> 00:44:42,041 You'll certainly find him, 666 00:44:42,201 --> 00:44:44,201 because otherwise I'll come back, 667 00:44:44,481 --> 00:44:47,001 and then the knife won't stay in my pocket. 668 00:44:48,521 --> 00:44:50,841 Do you understand? 669 00:44:59,121 --> 00:45:00,441 Good day! 670 00:45:08,161 --> 00:45:10,601 There's someone asking for you, Biberkopf. 671 00:45:13,081 --> 00:45:16,081 - Say I'm not here. - Too late for that. 672 00:45:16,441 --> 00:45:18,801 If that's what you want, we need advance notice. 673 00:45:19,681 --> 00:45:20,681 Hello, Franz... 674 00:45:32,921 --> 00:45:35,361 I'm sorry, Franz, but Meck... 675 00:45:35,561 --> 00:45:36,881 and Lina... 676 00:45:37,041 --> 00:45:38,081 and... 677 00:46:04,321 --> 00:46:06,961 Franz Biberkopf has suffered no great mishap. 678 00:46:07,121 --> 00:46:08,361 But he has come to realize... 679 00:46:08,521 --> 00:46:11,201 that as simple as his aim of going straight may be, 680 00:46:11,361 --> 00:46:13,521 there must be some flaw in it. 681 00:46:27,641 --> 00:46:28,681 Get out. 682 00:46:29,321 --> 00:46:31,961 Really, Franz, I don't know what's up with you. 683 00:46:32,361 --> 00:46:34,321 I just don't know what's the matter. 684 00:46:35,041 --> 00:46:36,761 What have I done to you? 685 00:46:42,681 --> 00:46:45,321 I haven't learned... 686 00:46:46,641 --> 00:46:48,201 to say... 687 00:46:48,841 --> 00:46:50,841 in simple words... 688 00:46:52,561 --> 00:46:54,601 what's going on in my head... 689 00:46:56,721 --> 00:46:58,641 and what you did... 690 00:47:02,801 --> 00:47:06,401 to cause what's going on in my head. 691 00:47:08,281 --> 00:47:10,081 I haven't learned that, 692 00:47:12,561 --> 00:47:13,681 because, 693 00:47:14,361 --> 00:47:16,441 if I had learned that, 694 00:47:17,801 --> 00:47:19,801 I'd have learned a lot more as well, 695 00:47:23,201 --> 00:47:24,441 and... 696 00:47:25,481 --> 00:47:27,041 what has happened... 697 00:47:29,321 --> 00:47:31,161 would not have happened. 698 00:47:31,961 --> 00:47:33,641 I don't know what's up with you: 699 00:47:33,881 --> 00:47:36,041 running away from Lina... 700 00:47:36,241 --> 00:47:38,041 and acting so strange. 701 00:47:38,641 --> 00:47:42,041 I swear I don't know what I did to make you behave like that. 702 00:47:44,001 --> 00:47:45,121 It's funny. 703 00:47:47,121 --> 00:47:49,321 I don't even have to look at you now. 704 00:47:52,241 --> 00:47:54,081 I can hear in your voice... 705 00:47:54,921 --> 00:47:56,761 the lies that are in your head. 706 00:47:59,081 --> 00:48:01,641 Why couldn't I hear that before? 707 00:48:02,961 --> 00:48:04,241 Okay, Franz. 708 00:48:04,761 --> 00:48:06,201 I thought, 709 00:48:06,401 --> 00:48:08,801 maybe I should give you some of the money, 710 00:48:09,281 --> 00:48:13,561 that, if I gave you the money, you might forget what happened, 711 00:48:14,761 --> 00:48:16,601 even if I can't really understand it. 712 00:48:20,121 --> 00:48:23,881 If you don't stuff that money back in your pocket real fast, Lüders, 713 00:48:24,521 --> 00:48:27,921 I might just do something I don't want to do: 714 00:48:28,361 --> 00:48:29,921 I'll kill you! 715 00:48:30,801 --> 00:48:32,921 Here, Franz, just look! 716 00:48:33,161 --> 00:48:34,881 I want to give you the money. 717 00:48:35,161 --> 00:48:37,441 We're making a clean sweep, Lüders. 718 00:48:39,201 --> 00:48:41,321 We're making a clean sweep. 719 00:48:41,481 --> 00:48:43,161 Why don't you want it? 720 00:48:43,321 --> 00:48:44,401 Hey! 721 00:48:50,641 --> 00:48:52,881 "For dust thou art..." Do you understand? 722 00:48:55,841 --> 00:48:57,641 Everything has to be clean, 723 00:48:58,321 --> 00:48:59,921 everything swept away, 724 00:49:00,601 --> 00:49:02,081 everything clean, 725 00:49:03,001 --> 00:49:04,281 everything swept away. 726 00:49:30,521 --> 00:49:32,761 That's the end of that. 727 00:49:52,001 --> 00:49:54,081 No more houses collapsing, 728 00:49:54,881 --> 00:49:57,121 no more roofs falling on me. 729 00:49:57,681 --> 00:49:59,401 That's all over now. 730 00:50:00,001 --> 00:50:02,201 Once and for all, it's past. 731 00:50:06,321 --> 00:50:08,201 Hey, we'll have to wipe that up! 732 00:50:10,161 --> 00:50:12,121 It'll drip on their heads down below. 733 00:50:13,161 --> 00:50:14,761 It'll make stains. 734 00:50:18,241 --> 00:50:19,361 Dead! 735 00:50:21,281 --> 00:50:22,641 "For dust... 736 00:50:23,481 --> 00:50:24,961 thou art, 737 00:50:26,641 --> 00:50:29,161 and unto dust shalt thou return. 738 00:50:31,201 --> 00:50:33,361 With your hands... 739 00:50:34,521 --> 00:50:36,441 you clap, clap, clap, 740 00:50:37,641 --> 00:50:40,161 with your feet... 741 00:50:40,321 --> 00:50:42,081 you clop, clop, clop." 742 00:51:11,121 --> 00:51:13,001 He's crazy. Out of his mind. 743 00:51:13,161 --> 00:51:14,561 Franz is my friend. 744 00:51:14,721 --> 00:51:17,281 And the goldfinch there, the bird... 745 00:51:17,441 --> 00:51:19,681 He was the only one who understood... 746 00:51:19,841 --> 00:51:22,961 that it's a living creature, however small it may be. 747 00:51:23,121 --> 00:51:25,201 There you are. You see: 748 00:51:25,561 --> 00:51:28,841 he's crazy. Everyone knows he is. He's plain crazy. 749 00:51:29,041 --> 00:51:30,521 Shut your mouth! 750 00:51:31,001 --> 00:51:32,721 Bring her another cognac, Max. 751 00:51:33,081 --> 00:51:34,241 Okay. 752 00:51:35,161 --> 00:51:36,521 And now come here, 753 00:51:36,681 --> 00:51:37,921 Lüders! 754 00:51:39,041 --> 00:51:40,161 Real close! 755 00:51:43,521 --> 00:51:45,521 Franz trusted you. 756 00:51:46,921 --> 00:51:49,361 He thought he had a friend in you. 757 00:51:51,161 --> 00:51:52,841 And what did you do? 758 00:51:54,361 --> 00:51:56,241 You betrayed him, didn't you? 759 00:51:57,641 --> 00:51:58,881 That's what you did, 760 00:51:59,401 --> 00:52:00,481 isn't it? 761 00:52:06,241 --> 00:52:07,601 Okay, that's settled, then. 762 00:52:08,841 --> 00:52:10,441 And now give me the address! 763 00:52:12,041 --> 00:52:13,601 Fontanestrasse. 764 00:52:14,761 --> 00:52:16,521 Fontanestrasse 17. 765 00:52:17,241 --> 00:52:18,281 Get out of here! 766 00:52:27,841 --> 00:52:29,121 Come on, Lina! 767 00:52:39,481 --> 00:52:40,681 Well! 768 00:52:42,201 --> 00:52:45,481 He left right away, after the other guy had been here. 769 00:52:45,641 --> 00:52:49,241 Maybe half an hour later, but not more. 770 00:52:49,481 --> 00:52:50,481 There, 771 00:52:50,521 --> 00:52:52,881 the third bed from the right was his. 772 00:52:55,961 --> 00:52:57,241 See for yourself: 773 00:52:57,401 --> 00:53:00,081 he splashed water all over the room. 774 00:53:11,321 --> 00:53:13,481 Did he say anything else? 775 00:53:13,681 --> 00:53:14,721 Say anything? 776 00:53:14,881 --> 00:53:16,441 What should he have said? 777 00:53:16,601 --> 00:53:19,841 He said he was going, looking for something else. 778 00:53:20,001 --> 00:53:21,521 What should he have said? 779 00:53:21,681 --> 00:53:22,801 Sure, 780 00:53:23,921 --> 00:53:26,001 what should he have said? 781 00:53:27,401 --> 00:53:28,401 But... 782 00:53:28,561 --> 00:53:31,721 he must have said something. After all, people talk. 783 00:53:31,881 --> 00:53:33,121 No, mister. 784 00:53:33,281 --> 00:53:35,001 People are all different, 785 00:53:35,161 --> 00:53:36,441 completely different. 786 00:53:36,601 --> 00:53:39,201 Some never stop talking, 787 00:53:39,361 --> 00:53:42,561 and there are others who never open their mouths. 788 00:53:42,801 --> 00:53:43,841 Yeah, 789 00:53:44,761 --> 00:53:46,321 that's true. 790 00:53:47,521 --> 00:53:49,321 That was his bed, you say? 791 00:53:54,841 --> 00:53:56,081 That's right. 792 00:53:57,761 --> 00:53:59,161 But not to tell a lie, 793 00:53:59,921 --> 00:54:02,361 he did say one thing before he left. 794 00:54:02,521 --> 00:54:04,401 If anyone comes, he said, 795 00:54:05,081 --> 00:54:08,241 he doesn't want them looking for him. 796 00:54:08,401 --> 00:54:10,761 "Nobody should come looking for me." 797 00:54:10,921 --> 00:54:12,441 Those were his words. 798 00:54:13,001 --> 00:54:16,281 Excuse me, miss, but you can't lie there. The bed's freshly made. 799 00:54:16,761 --> 00:54:18,761 I have to rent them. 800 00:54:19,081 --> 00:54:20,841 With times as they are, 801 00:54:21,001 --> 00:54:22,201 I need the money. 802 00:54:22,441 --> 00:54:24,361 It wasn't always like that. 803 00:54:24,521 --> 00:54:26,761 It used to be quite different. 804 00:54:26,921 --> 00:54:29,881 - In the old days... - Yeah, completely different then. 805 00:54:31,121 --> 00:54:32,281 Lina, 806 00:54:32,841 --> 00:54:33,881 come along! 807 00:54:34,921 --> 00:54:36,681 I think we'd better go. 808 00:54:59,601 --> 00:55:02,441 Excuse me. I just had to lie down. 809 00:55:02,601 --> 00:55:03,681 I'm sorry. 810 00:55:03,841 --> 00:55:06,721 That's all right, miss. It's just that... 811 00:55:06,881 --> 00:55:09,321 what I have to say, I have to say. 812 00:55:09,601 --> 00:55:11,241 Thanks a lot anyway. 813 00:55:11,841 --> 00:55:13,401 Come on, Lina! Let's go! 814 00:55:15,561 --> 00:55:16,561 Hey! 815 00:55:16,601 --> 00:55:18,321 There's another exit. 816 00:55:25,841 --> 00:55:27,521 Hey, wait! 817 00:55:28,961 --> 00:55:31,241 One thing the gentleman did say, 818 00:55:32,041 --> 00:55:33,921 only I didn't understand it, 819 00:55:34,161 --> 00:55:36,361 because it sounded so strange. 820 00:55:36,681 --> 00:55:38,201 It sounded like... 821 00:55:38,721 --> 00:55:40,521 he had learned something... 822 00:55:40,681 --> 00:55:43,681 he wished he hadn't learned, or something like that. 823 00:55:44,721 --> 00:55:47,121 Maybe you can make something of it. 824 00:55:47,281 --> 00:55:48,681 But as I said, 825 00:55:48,841 --> 00:55:51,281 I didn't understand what he meant. 826 00:55:51,961 --> 00:55:54,601 Well, anyway, many thanks, madam. 827 00:55:56,201 --> 00:55:57,721 Don't mention it, sir. 828 00:55:57,881 --> 00:55:59,361 Don't mention it. 829 00:56:00,321 --> 00:56:03,041 Maybe we really shouldn't look for him anymore. 830 00:56:06,001 --> 00:56:08,521 Maybe he needs time to think things over. 831 00:56:09,961 --> 00:56:11,761 Maybe he needs to be alone. 832 00:56:15,721 --> 00:56:17,361 I like you a lot, Lina. 833 00:56:19,001 --> 00:56:20,681 You can come to my place. 834 00:56:21,681 --> 00:56:23,361 Then you wouldn't be alone, 835 00:56:24,721 --> 00:56:26,561 and I wouldn't be alone either. 836 00:56:28,721 --> 00:56:31,121 I've always been fond of you. 837 00:56:46,601 --> 00:56:49,641 End of part 3