1 00:00:23,857 --> 00:00:29,069 THE WHITE RIBBON 2 00:01:40,558 --> 00:01:47,064 I don't know if the story I want to tell you is entirely true. 3 00:01:47,190 --> 00:01:49,775 Some of it I only know from hearsay. 4 00:01:49,901 --> 00:01:54,571 After so many years, a lot of it is still obscure, 5 00:01:54,697 --> 00:01:57,950 and many questions remain unanswered. 6 00:01:58,076 --> 00:02:01,286 But I feel I must talk about the strange events 7 00:02:01,412 --> 00:02:04,957 that occurred in our village. 8 00:02:05,083 --> 00:02:07,543 They could perhaps clarify 9 00:02:07,669 --> 00:02:11,713 certain things that happened in this country. 10 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:16,927 It all began, I think, with the doctor's riding accident. 11 00:02:17,053 --> 00:02:20,264 After his dressage session on the Baron's estate, 12 00:02:20,390 --> 00:02:23,767 he was heading home 13 00:02:23,893 --> 00:02:27,563 to see if any patients had arrived. 14 00:02:27,689 --> 00:02:32,860 On entering the garden, his horse tripped on a wire 15 00:02:32,986 --> 00:02:35,821 strung between two trees. 16 00:02:35,947 --> 00:02:42,536 His daughter saw the accident from a window and informed a neighbour 17 00:02:42,662 --> 00:02:45,080 who informed the estate's steward 18 00:02:45,206 --> 00:02:48,083 so that the doctor, who was in agony, 19 00:02:48,209 --> 00:02:53,922 could be transported to the district hospital over 30 km away. 20 00:02:55,133 --> 00:02:58,552 The neighbour, a single woman of around 40, 21 00:02:58,678 --> 00:03:00,387 was the village midwife. 22 00:03:00,513 --> 00:03:03,849 Since the doctor's wife had died in childbirth, 23 00:03:03,975 --> 00:03:10,147 she had become invaluable to him as a housekeeper and receptionist. 24 00:03:10,273 --> 00:03:13,192 After tending to the doctor's two children, 25 00:03:13,318 --> 00:03:16,778 she went to the school to fetch her own son, Karl. 26 00:03:16,905 --> 00:03:19,406 - Have you seen Anni? - You haven't even said hello. 27 00:03:19,532 --> 00:03:22,576 - Hello, Mrs Wagner. Forgive him. - Hello, Klara. 28 00:03:22,702 --> 00:03:25,996 We are so worried that Martin has forgotten his manners. 29 00:03:26,122 --> 00:03:27,247 That's all right. 30 00:03:27,373 --> 00:03:29,875 - How is the Doctor? - Not very well. 31 00:03:30,001 --> 00:03:32,586 - Will he have to stay in hospital? - I don't know. 32 00:03:32,712 --> 00:03:35,923 - We'll go and see if we can help Anna. - Good. 33 00:03:36,049 --> 00:03:38,050 - Did you enjoy the choir? - Yes. 34 00:03:38,176 --> 00:03:40,052 Show how well you sang. 35 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,438 Goodbye, sir. 36 00:03:56,277 --> 00:03:58,237 Last one is a rotten egg! 37 00:04:01,950 --> 00:04:05,452 If I remember rightly, 38 00:04:05,578 --> 00:04:09,831 it seemed odd to me that the children with Klara, 39 00:04:09,958 --> 00:04:14,419 instead of scattering after school to their homes, 40 00:04:14,545 --> 00:04:17,923 headed together to the outskirts of the village. 41 00:04:18,591 --> 00:04:22,177 I could cut out some animals for you, 42 00:04:22,971 --> 00:04:24,888 like last week. 43 00:04:26,224 --> 00:04:27,849 Would you like that? 44 00:04:37,986 --> 00:04:40,654 We can colour them in together. 45 00:04:44,325 --> 00:04:47,327 Or make cutouts from lovely coloured paper? 46 00:04:47,453 --> 00:04:51,081 The golden paper I got for Easter, remember? 47 00:04:54,711 --> 00:04:56,378 Come on. 48 00:05:17,859 --> 00:05:20,736 I'll make us something to eat. 49 00:05:20,862 --> 00:05:24,323 What if he never comes back? 50 00:05:25,616 --> 00:05:27,409 What? 51 00:05:27,535 --> 00:05:29,077 Come on! 52 00:05:30,413 --> 00:05:32,122 Don't be silly! 53 00:05:32,248 --> 00:05:34,833 It's like when you get the flu. 54 00:05:38,338 --> 00:05:41,465 Remember last winter? 55 00:05:42,759 --> 00:05:45,635 You were very sick, weren't you? 56 00:05:45,762 --> 00:05:47,679 And then... 57 00:06:31,391 --> 00:06:34,226 - Hi, Anni. - How are you? 58 00:06:34,352 --> 00:06:36,520 Can we help you? 59 00:06:36,646 --> 00:06:39,481 How did the wire get there? Did the Doctor say? 60 00:06:39,607 --> 00:06:41,691 He was in no mood to talk. 61 00:06:41,818 --> 00:06:44,694 His collarbone was sticking out of his neck. 62 00:06:44,821 --> 00:06:48,031 I've asked his daughter. She has no idea. 63 00:06:48,157 --> 00:06:49,908 He rides through there every day. 64 00:06:50,034 --> 00:06:54,204 - Did you look at the wire? - Of course. It's thin but strong. 65 00:06:54,330 --> 00:06:56,581 Almost invisible. 66 00:07:16,727 --> 00:07:20,439 Sorry, madam. You play too well for me. 67 00:07:20,565 --> 00:07:24,025 Don't apologise, concentrate. It'll help us both. 68 00:07:24,152 --> 00:07:28,363 You play too fast for me, madam. I am not Frederick the Great. 69 00:07:28,489 --> 00:07:30,407 How could he have played Schubert? 70 00:07:30,533 --> 00:07:33,076 Let's start the Variation again. 71 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:57,684 Darling, if you like the music, sit beside me and turn the pages. 72 00:07:57,810 --> 00:08:00,187 If you're bored, go to your room. 73 00:08:00,313 --> 00:08:02,272 Or stay out of my sight. 74 00:08:02,398 --> 00:08:05,692 I get nervous when you're sauntering around. 75 00:08:07,862 --> 00:08:10,697 What time is it? Where's the nanny? 76 00:08:11,449 --> 00:08:13,950 With the twins, I presume. 77 00:08:14,076 --> 00:08:15,994 - It's twenty to nine. - Twenty to nine? 78 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,079 Way past your bedtime! 79 00:08:18,206 --> 00:08:22,209 - Has he done his homework? - Of course, madam. 80 00:08:22,835 --> 00:08:25,253 Do you want to turn the pages for me or not? 81 00:08:26,130 --> 00:08:28,673 - Yes. - Then come over here. 82 00:08:29,717 --> 00:08:32,344 Let's go back to the Theme. 83 00:08:32,470 --> 00:08:35,597 Practise the Variations or it's no fun. 84 00:08:35,723 --> 00:08:40,393 - I'll do my best, Baroness. - So, from the ninth bar. 85 00:08:50,655 --> 00:08:52,948 Please forgive us, Father. 86 00:08:54,534 --> 00:08:56,493 Forgive us. 87 00:09:00,414 --> 00:09:04,417 This evening no one here has felt like eating. 88 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:09,923 When night fell and you hadn't returned, 89 00:09:10,049 --> 00:09:13,677 your mother searched the village in tears. 90 00:09:16,138 --> 00:09:20,016 How could we enjoy our meal, whilst fearing for you? 91 00:09:21,936 --> 00:09:26,773 How can we enjoy our meal now, having heard your lies and excuses? 92 00:09:28,317 --> 00:09:33,572 I don't know what's worse, your absence or your return. 93 00:09:36,492 --> 00:09:39,619 Tonight we shall all go to bed hungry. 94 00:09:48,379 --> 00:09:50,338 You surely all agree with me 95 00:09:50,464 --> 00:09:53,592 that I cannot leave your offence unpunished 96 00:09:53,718 --> 00:09:57,887 if we are to carry on living in mutual respect. 97 00:09:59,223 --> 00:10:01,850 Tomorrow evening at this hour, 98 00:10:01,976 --> 00:10:04,686 I shall give each of you, in front of your siblings, 99 00:10:04,812 --> 00:10:07,480 ten lashes of the cane. 100 00:10:08,524 --> 00:10:12,444 Until then, you may ponder over your offence. 101 00:10:13,988 --> 00:10:17,532 - Do you agree with me? - Yes, Father. 102 00:10:19,952 --> 00:10:22,954 All right, then. Go to bed now, all of you. 103 00:10:45,519 --> 00:10:48,563 Don't touch me. 104 00:10:48,689 --> 00:10:51,650 Your mother and I will sleep badly tonight. 105 00:10:51,776 --> 00:10:57,364 I must beat you and the lashes will cause us more pain than you. 106 00:10:59,367 --> 00:11:02,619 Leave us alone and go to bed. 107 00:11:05,498 --> 00:11:08,083 When you were little, 108 00:11:08,209 --> 00:11:13,171 your mother sometimes tied a ribbon in your hair or around your arm. 109 00:11:13,297 --> 00:11:18,510 Its white colour was to remind you of innocence and purity. 110 00:11:20,054 --> 00:11:24,015 I thought you were now well-mannered enough 111 00:11:24,141 --> 00:11:27,477 to get by without such reminders. 112 00:11:29,897 --> 00:11:32,273 I was wrong. 113 00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:36,903 Tomorrow, once your punishment has purified you, 114 00:11:37,029 --> 00:11:39,614 your mother will retie a ribbon on you, 115 00:11:39,740 --> 00:11:46,413 and you will wear it until we can trust you again. 116 00:11:47,415 --> 00:11:49,999 Where is the wire now? 117 00:11:52,753 --> 00:11:55,505 - Who removed it? - I don't know. 118 00:11:55,631 --> 00:11:57,716 Weren't you here? 119 00:11:59,844 --> 00:12:02,679 - Were you in town with your father? - No. 120 00:12:02,805 --> 00:12:05,181 - Then you must have been here. - I was at school. 121 00:12:05,307 --> 00:12:07,809 When you left, was the wire still here? 122 00:12:07,935 --> 00:12:10,019 I didn't check. 123 00:12:10,604 --> 00:12:12,981 - When did you get back? - At noon. 124 00:12:13,107 --> 00:12:15,817 I make lunch for the doctor and the kids. 125 00:12:15,943 --> 00:12:18,486 I've been helping him since his wife died. 126 00:12:18,612 --> 00:12:22,741 - When was that? - Since Rudolph's birth, five years ago. 127 00:12:22,867 --> 00:12:25,326 I'm the midwife here. We work together. 128 00:12:25,453 --> 00:12:28,246 - But you saw nothing? - No. 129 00:12:28,372 --> 00:12:31,958 - How long was the wire there? - I never saw it. 130 00:12:32,835 --> 00:12:35,712 So nobody saw it, before or afterwards? 131 00:12:35,838 --> 00:12:40,341 Did it wind itself around two trees and vanish by itself? 132 00:12:41,135 --> 00:12:42,385 Well? 133 00:12:42,511 --> 00:12:44,345 - Mother! - What is it? 134 00:12:50,102 --> 00:12:51,144 Excuse me. 135 00:12:51,270 --> 00:12:53,980 The day after the doctor's accident 136 00:12:54,106 --> 00:12:57,525 brought no solution to the mystery. 137 00:12:57,651 --> 00:13:01,362 Then a second far more tragic incident 138 00:13:01,489 --> 00:13:04,574 almost made people forget the previous one. 139 00:13:05,576 --> 00:13:10,622 The wife of a tenant farmer died in a work accident. 140 00:13:10,748 --> 00:13:14,626 The woman, who had an injured arm, 141 00:13:14,752 --> 00:13:19,088 was discharged by the steward from harvesting duties 142 00:13:19,215 --> 00:13:24,886 and assigned to lighter work in the sawmill. 143 00:13:32,061 --> 00:13:35,230 Stay outside, I'm not done. 144 00:13:35,356 --> 00:13:37,190 You get out. 145 00:15:10,618 --> 00:15:14,495 On the same day, I had a strange encounter. 146 00:15:14,622 --> 00:15:17,290 The weather was beautiful and hot, 147 00:15:17,416 --> 00:15:19,792 so I decided to improve my meagre menu 148 00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:22,420 with some brown trout 149 00:15:22,546 --> 00:15:26,049 which are plentiful in the river. 150 00:15:26,175 --> 00:15:30,637 The Baron allowed me to fish there. 151 00:15:33,140 --> 00:15:34,682 Martin! 152 00:15:49,657 --> 00:15:51,491 Martin, be careful! 153 00:15:52,660 --> 00:15:53,952 Are you insane? 154 00:15:54,703 --> 00:15:56,704 Do you want to break your neck? 155 00:15:56,830 --> 00:15:58,331 Hello, sir. 156 00:15:58,457 --> 00:16:01,000 What's wrong? Have you gone mad? 157 00:16:01,126 --> 00:16:03,336 Do you know how high this is? 158 00:16:04,672 --> 00:16:07,298 Didn't you hear me shout to you? 159 00:16:07,424 --> 00:16:10,259 - I did, sir. - Well? 160 00:16:11,887 --> 00:16:13,554 Well? 161 00:16:16,767 --> 00:16:19,894 You saw me and wanted to impress me, is that it? 162 00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:25,149 - So why... - I was giving God a chance to kill me. 163 00:16:26,443 --> 00:16:30,238 He didn't do it so he must be pleased with me. 164 00:16:30,364 --> 00:16:32,365 What are you saying? 165 00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:34,575 He doesn't want me to die. 166 00:16:34,702 --> 00:16:37,537 Who doesn't want you to die? 167 00:16:38,163 --> 00:16:39,539 God. 168 00:16:42,626 --> 00:16:44,877 Why would God want you to die? 169 00:16:51,885 --> 00:16:54,721 Promise me you won't do it again. 170 00:16:57,141 --> 00:16:58,725 Look at me. 171 00:16:59,393 --> 00:17:01,019 Promise me. 172 00:17:04,648 --> 00:17:06,858 Don't you trust me? 173 00:17:06,984 --> 00:17:08,276 Yes, I do, sir. 174 00:17:10,863 --> 00:17:12,739 All right. 175 00:17:12,865 --> 00:17:17,118 Go home now. I'll talk to your father after your piano lesson tomorrow. 176 00:17:17,244 --> 00:17:20,663 Please don't tell him, sir! 177 00:17:22,207 --> 00:17:23,750 It's there. 178 00:17:28,213 --> 00:17:30,214 Careful, it's all rotten. 179 00:17:41,435 --> 00:17:43,227 Who sent her up here? 180 00:17:43,353 --> 00:17:48,483 No idea. We had to collect loose ends and she fell through. 181 00:17:50,110 --> 00:17:53,071 - Did you see it? - Not really. 182 00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:57,158 You know how it is. 183 00:17:57,284 --> 00:18:02,830 The foremen send the weaker harvesters up here. 184 00:18:04,416 --> 00:18:06,334 Who sent her up here? 185 00:18:07,628 --> 00:18:11,589 It was on my way home, after that strange encounter with Martin, 186 00:18:11,715 --> 00:18:15,093 that I first met Eva. 187 00:18:15,636 --> 00:18:17,178 Hello. 188 00:18:17,304 --> 00:18:18,387 Excuse me. 189 00:18:22,392 --> 00:18:24,227 Sorry for accosting you. 190 00:18:24,353 --> 00:18:27,271 Aren't you the new nanny on the estate? 191 00:18:27,815 --> 00:18:28,856 Why? 192 00:18:30,567 --> 00:18:33,194 They say you're from Treglitz. 193 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:35,655 - Who says that? - The locals. 194 00:18:39,076 --> 00:18:40,493 So? 195 00:18:41,328 --> 00:18:43,037 Nothing. 196 00:18:43,163 --> 00:18:45,373 I don't know. 197 00:18:45,499 --> 00:18:47,625 I'm the schoolteacher here. 198 00:18:47,751 --> 00:18:49,669 I just thought... 199 00:18:50,838 --> 00:18:53,840 When I saw you, I thought... 200 00:18:54,299 --> 00:18:56,592 I'm the tailor's son from Vasendorf. 201 00:18:56,718 --> 00:18:58,469 - I know. - What? 202 00:18:58,595 --> 00:19:01,389 - The Baroness told me. - What? 203 00:19:01,515 --> 00:19:04,517 That the teacher was from the village next to mine. 204 00:19:04,643 --> 00:19:06,352 I see, yes. 205 00:19:06,478 --> 00:19:08,896 Well, I thought... 206 00:19:09,022 --> 00:19:11,774 It looks as if you're going there now. 207 00:19:11,900 --> 00:19:14,902 - Where? - Back home to Treglitz. 208 00:19:15,028 --> 00:19:16,445 Does it? 209 00:19:16,572 --> 00:19:19,574 - Are you going there? - Yes, I am. 210 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:20,950 I wondered, 211 00:19:21,869 --> 00:19:26,080 since you'll be passing through my village, 212 00:19:26,206 --> 00:19:30,084 if you could say hello to my father and give him a fish. 213 00:19:32,296 --> 00:19:35,047 - What? - He'd love that. 214 00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:38,176 Especially over the weekend. 215 00:19:43,015 --> 00:19:44,056 How? 216 00:19:44,683 --> 00:19:47,894 I don't know. I'm afraid I have nothing to wrap it up in. 217 00:19:51,607 --> 00:19:53,733 Neither do I, 218 00:19:53,859 --> 00:19:55,401 I'm afraid. 219 00:19:55,527 --> 00:19:58,362 We could tie them on with fishing line. 220 00:19:58,488 --> 00:20:00,531 Just like that, on the bicycle? 221 00:20:02,409 --> 00:20:04,785 That's not a very good idea. 222 00:20:04,912 --> 00:20:06,412 Right, it was just an idea. 223 00:20:16,757 --> 00:20:21,177 - Is that your bicycle? - No, it belongs to the estate. 224 00:20:25,057 --> 00:20:27,433 Is this your first day off? 225 00:20:29,228 --> 00:20:31,604 You must be glad to be going home. 226 00:20:32,856 --> 00:20:35,107 I can imagine. 227 00:20:39,988 --> 00:20:42,823 Well, I still have a long way to go. 228 00:20:44,868 --> 00:20:46,285 Right. 229 00:20:46,411 --> 00:20:49,914 Goodbye. 230 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:54,961 If you see my father in Vasendorf, say hello to him from me. 231 00:20:55,087 --> 00:20:57,421 I don't know your father. 232 00:20:57,547 --> 00:20:59,882 That's true. 233 00:21:06,807 --> 00:21:08,724 It's my first time on a bicycle. 234 00:21:08,850 --> 00:21:12,395 You're doing fine. Just be careful. 235 00:21:29,663 --> 00:21:33,040 That woman today, what was wrong with her? 236 00:21:33,166 --> 00:21:34,875 Which woman? 237 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,505 Oh, her. She was dead. 238 00:21:42,467 --> 00:21:45,428 - What's that? - What? 239 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:48,556 Dead. 240 00:21:48,682 --> 00:21:50,558 What's "dead"? 241 00:21:50,684 --> 00:21:53,436 That's quite a question. 242 00:21:53,562 --> 00:21:55,896 It's when you don't live any more. 243 00:21:56,023 --> 00:21:58,607 When you stop living. 244 00:21:58,734 --> 00:22:01,110 When do you stop living? 245 00:22:02,654 --> 00:22:06,157 When you are very old or very ill. 246 00:22:07,034 --> 00:22:11,495 - And the woman? - She had an accident. 247 00:22:11,621 --> 00:22:15,875 - An "accident"? - Yes. It's when you're badly hurt. 248 00:22:16,543 --> 00:22:21,213 - Like Father? - Yes, but much worse than that. 249 00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:24,884 So bad that your body can't take it any more. 250 00:22:26,887 --> 00:22:28,929 And then you're dead? 251 00:22:29,848 --> 00:22:31,390 Yes. 252 00:22:32,225 --> 00:22:34,935 But most people don't have an accident. 253 00:22:35,896 --> 00:22:39,357 - So they're not dead. - No, they die much later. 254 00:22:39,483 --> 00:22:40,524 When? 255 00:22:41,902 --> 00:22:45,738 Well, later, when they're really old. 256 00:22:48,992 --> 00:22:51,744 Does everybody have to die? 257 00:22:52,496 --> 00:22:54,205 Yes. 258 00:22:54,998 --> 00:22:59,585 - Absolutely everybody? - Yes, everybody has to die. 259 00:23:00,295 --> 00:23:02,171 But not you, Anni? 260 00:23:03,590 --> 00:23:06,592 Me, too. Everybody. 261 00:23:07,594 --> 00:23:11,931 - But not Father? - Father, too. 262 00:23:12,599 --> 00:23:14,225 Me, too? 263 00:23:15,394 --> 00:23:18,062 You, too. But not for a very long time. 264 00:23:18,188 --> 00:23:20,731 All of us, but only after a very long time. 265 00:23:20,857 --> 00:23:25,152 And there is nothing to be done about it? It has to happen? 266 00:23:25,946 --> 00:23:28,781 Yes, but not for a long time. 267 00:23:31,993 --> 00:23:34,578 And Mother? 268 00:23:34,704 --> 00:23:36,622 She didn't go on a trip. 269 00:23:38,917 --> 00:23:41,168 Is she dead, too? 270 00:23:44,256 --> 00:23:47,550 Yes, she's dead, too. 271 00:23:48,635 --> 00:23:51,595 But that was a long time ago. 272 00:24:50,197 --> 00:24:51,697 Klara! 273 00:25:03,502 --> 00:25:05,586 Martin, are you coming? 274 00:28:42,929 --> 00:28:44,471 Karli? 275 00:29:21,259 --> 00:29:24,428 - You can come in. - What is it? 276 00:29:24,554 --> 00:29:26,388 - What do you think? - I don't know. 277 00:29:26,514 --> 00:29:28,182 It's a boy. 278 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:32,728 What? Don't you want a brother? 279 00:29:32,854 --> 00:29:35,564 You're lucky your father didn't hear you. 280 00:29:41,863 --> 00:29:43,363 I'm sorry. 281 00:29:43,490 --> 00:29:46,200 They knew it was dangerous for her. 282 00:29:46,326 --> 00:29:50,329 What do you want? Do you want to sue the Baron? 283 00:29:50,455 --> 00:29:52,372 Or murder the steward? 284 00:29:52,499 --> 00:29:55,584 Go and cut off his head with your scythe! 285 00:29:55,710 --> 00:29:58,921 It won't bring your mother back to life. 286 00:30:05,303 --> 00:30:09,139 - Father, you loved our mother. - Shut up! 287 00:30:11,267 --> 00:30:13,352 After those two days in July, 288 00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:17,481 life in the village got back to normal. 289 00:30:17,607 --> 00:30:21,777 The daily harvesting chores exhausted everyone. 290 00:30:21,903 --> 00:30:26,114 Most of the children pitched in to help their parents. 291 00:30:26,866 --> 00:30:30,035 I took up the steward's offer 292 00:30:30,161 --> 00:30:33,747 to be his secretary during the harvesting, 293 00:30:33,873 --> 00:30:39,378 as I hoped it would enable me to see the young girl again. 294 00:30:39,504 --> 00:30:44,466 I couldn't get her out of my mind after our meeting. 295 00:30:44,592 --> 00:30:48,220 But she rarely came out of the manor house. 296 00:30:50,139 --> 00:30:54,101 The doctor was still in the hospital. 297 00:30:54,227 --> 00:30:56,103 Anna and Rudolph, his two children, 298 00:30:56,229 --> 00:30:59,940 were cared for meanwhile by the midwife. 299 00:31:00,066 --> 00:31:04,862 After the farmer's wife's funeral, attended by the whole village, 300 00:31:04,988 --> 00:31:07,781 both accidents were forgotten. 301 00:31:08,575 --> 00:31:10,158 Until the end of the summer 302 00:31:10,285 --> 00:31:14,454 when the harvest festival reunited the whole village, 303 00:31:14,581 --> 00:31:17,082 first in a joyful mood, 304 00:31:17,208 --> 00:31:20,252 then in horror and perplexity. 305 00:31:28,094 --> 00:31:31,889 My thanks to you all. You have worked well. 306 00:31:32,015 --> 00:31:35,684 The heavens have been kind and the barns are full. 307 00:31:35,810 --> 00:31:39,897 So the beer can flow, and you won't starve today. 308 00:31:40,023 --> 00:31:42,357 Three cheers for the Baron! 309 00:31:42,483 --> 00:31:43,734 Hip, hip, hooray! 310 00:31:50,074 --> 00:31:52,117 Most honourable Baron 311 00:31:52,243 --> 00:31:54,036 and Baroness, 312 00:31:54,162 --> 00:31:56,496 dear merrymakers, 313 00:31:56,623 --> 00:32:03,462 let us hear on this festive occasion Psalm 145, Verse 15, 314 00:32:03,588 --> 00:32:06,840 "All eyes look hopefully to you, Lord, 315 00:32:06,966 --> 00:32:11,470 "You give them food when they need it." 316 00:32:11,596 --> 00:32:13,555 In the name of the Father, 317 00:32:13,681 --> 00:32:15,390 the Son, 318 00:32:15,516 --> 00:32:17,142 and the Holy Ghost. 319 00:32:17,769 --> 00:32:19,519 Amen. 320 00:32:21,397 --> 00:32:23,482 Now enjoy your meal. 321 00:32:23,608 --> 00:32:26,735 Eat and drink your fill. You've earned it. 322 00:33:15,284 --> 00:33:18,453 You promised us a chorale by your pupils. 323 00:33:18,579 --> 00:33:20,872 Ask the pastor, Baroness. 324 00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:24,835 We're still practising for the confirmation ceremony. 325 00:33:24,961 --> 00:33:27,587 That's in spring. This is autumn. 326 00:33:27,714 --> 00:33:32,092 Our little singers aren't all very musical. I'm sorry. 327 00:33:43,730 --> 00:33:46,815 So, you two mothers? 328 00:33:46,941 --> 00:33:49,818 Not taking part in the festivities? 329 00:33:49,944 --> 00:33:52,529 It's so nice here in the shade. 330 00:33:52,655 --> 00:33:56,950 - Our son seems to be enjoying that. - Yes. 331 00:33:57,076 --> 00:34:00,912 I can imagine. Who wouldn't like it? 332 00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:02,748 Georg! 333 00:34:04,375 --> 00:34:06,293 What about you? 334 00:34:06,419 --> 00:34:10,130 Aren't you bored of caring for other people's children 335 00:34:10,256 --> 00:34:13,383 with all those young lads over there? 336 00:34:13,509 --> 00:34:17,763 No, sir. I like being with the children. 337 00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:23,602 - How old are you anyway? - Seventeen, sir. 338 00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:25,479 Seventeen! 339 00:34:26,272 --> 00:34:31,359 Wouldn't you rather hold a suitor than the Baroness's children? 340 00:34:31,486 --> 00:34:35,197 - Leave her alone, Georg! - What did I say? 341 00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:39,451 Won't you get us something to eat, Emma? 342 00:34:39,577 --> 00:34:42,954 If you'll mind the children a moment, I'll go. 343 00:35:21,577 --> 00:35:25,455 He was drunk but they couldn't stop him. 344 00:35:41,514 --> 00:35:43,682 Leave Frieda alone! 345 00:35:47,478 --> 00:35:49,271 You can put it away! 346 00:35:50,982 --> 00:35:53,692 I'm the rooster on the tower! 347 00:35:54,527 --> 00:35:56,403 Someone cut the Baron's cabbages. 348 00:35:56,529 --> 00:35:57,571 What? 349 00:35:57,697 --> 00:36:00,323 Someone's cut the Baron's cabbages! 350 00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:10,750 - I never learned. - Neither did I. 351 00:36:10,877 --> 00:36:13,545 You have to count out loud. 352 00:36:13,671 --> 00:36:15,714 One, two, three. 353 00:36:24,390 --> 00:36:27,225 Your pupils will laugh when they see us dancing, sir! 354 00:36:27,351 --> 00:36:29,269 They'd better not! 355 00:36:29,395 --> 00:36:33,023 And stop being so formal with me. Am I so old? 356 00:36:36,277 --> 00:36:40,030 - See? It's coming along! - Well... 357 00:36:40,156 --> 00:36:42,741 Don't look at your feet. 358 00:36:52,919 --> 00:36:55,086 Quite a job, eh? 359 00:36:57,465 --> 00:36:59,174 It's disgraceful. 360 00:36:59,300 --> 00:37:03,386 There's an old saying: "Harvest's done, pay everyone. 361 00:37:03,512 --> 00:37:07,140 "If we don't get our due, your cabbage will be sliced for you." 362 00:37:07,266 --> 00:37:10,352 Well, they sure gulped down enough. 363 00:37:47,974 --> 00:37:49,557 Come in. 364 00:37:56,941 --> 00:37:58,692 What do you want? 365 00:37:59,902 --> 00:38:01,569 A favour, Father. 366 00:38:03,030 --> 00:38:15,875 Yes? 367 00:38:16,002 --> 00:38:20,839 I found it. It's wounded. 368 00:38:20,965 --> 00:38:23,675 - And? - May I keep it? 369 00:38:27,346 --> 00:38:31,933 - How will you go about that? - We'll heal it. 370 00:38:34,312 --> 00:38:36,688 And when it's healed? 371 00:38:38,065 --> 00:38:41,693 Won't you be attached to it then? 372 00:38:42,445 --> 00:38:45,280 Will you let it fly away? 373 00:38:46,741 --> 00:38:49,534 Peepsie still lives in a cage. 374 00:38:49,660 --> 00:38:53,455 Yes, but it grew up in captivity. 375 00:38:53,581 --> 00:38:55,248 This one is used to freedom. 376 00:38:56,042 --> 00:38:59,252 Will you set it free, once it's healed? 377 00:39:02,214 --> 00:39:05,383 - Have you asked Mother? - Yes. 378 00:39:05,509 --> 00:39:07,010 What did she say? 379 00:39:07,136 --> 00:39:10,055 That it was for you to decide, Father. 380 00:39:10,765 --> 00:39:14,351 Really? That's what she said? 381 00:39:16,020 --> 00:39:18,313 Will you really take care of it? 382 00:39:19,231 --> 00:39:20,732 Yes. 383 00:39:21,901 --> 00:39:24,861 You do realise that's a heavy responsibility? 384 00:39:26,781 --> 00:39:30,116 You will be its father and mother. 385 00:39:34,497 --> 00:39:38,666 We'll have to find a cage for your patient. 386 00:39:38,793 --> 00:39:42,379 Did you do it, or didn't you? 387 00:39:42,505 --> 00:39:45,632 - Seems somebody saw you. - So what? 388 00:39:45,758 --> 00:39:48,468 They're lucky they still have their heads! 389 00:39:48,594 --> 00:39:52,097 I have to tell you, Father, I'm proud of it! 390 00:39:53,099 --> 00:39:55,100 Sit down! 391 00:40:01,315 --> 00:40:03,608 What did you think you were doing? 392 00:40:05,319 --> 00:40:06,611 Tell me. 393 00:40:08,489 --> 00:40:10,615 Come on, tell me. 394 00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:14,411 You know what, Father. 395 00:40:14,537 --> 00:40:16,371 Because of your mother? 396 00:40:16,497 --> 00:40:19,582 You think they caused her death? 397 00:40:19,708 --> 00:40:21,459 Is that what you think that? 398 00:40:21,585 --> 00:40:26,172 That I'm not man enough to settle it? Is that it? 399 00:40:40,229 --> 00:40:45,233 Do you know what your actions may mean for us all? 400 00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:47,152 What if Frieda loses her job, 401 00:40:47,278 --> 00:40:49,863 which keeps us alive all year long? 402 00:40:49,989 --> 00:40:53,575 What if we can't work there in summer? 403 00:40:57,413 --> 00:41:00,999 Do you want to marry and run the farm in two years? 404 00:41:01,125 --> 00:41:05,837 Can you feed everyone without the help of the estate? 405 00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:12,427 How do you know they're responsible? 406 00:41:13,262 --> 00:41:14,762 How do you know they're innocent? 407 00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:18,808 I don't know. 408 00:41:19,852 --> 00:41:22,353 But I also don't know the opposite. 409 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:26,774 - What do you mean "not there"? - He's disappeared. I've looked all over. 410 00:41:26,901 --> 00:41:30,778 He can't have disappeared. When did you last see him? 411 00:41:30,905 --> 00:41:33,823 - Around two o'clock. - Around two? 412 00:41:34,575 --> 00:41:37,702 - Do you know what time it is? - I know, Baron. 413 00:41:40,372 --> 00:41:44,626 - What does my wife say? - She sent me to you. She's terrified. 414 00:41:44,752 --> 00:41:47,962 I can imagine. You're an idiot, Huber. 415 00:41:48,088 --> 00:41:50,548 Why do you think you're here? 416 00:41:50,674 --> 00:41:54,552 To take care of one child! Is that so hard? 417 00:41:54,678 --> 00:41:58,848 - I'm so sorry, Baron. - You can keep your excuses. 418 00:42:01,685 --> 00:42:04,229 Where did you last see my son? 419 00:42:04,355 --> 00:42:06,814 Here. He left to play with the other children. 420 00:42:06,941 --> 00:42:08,775 - Where? - He didn't say. 421 00:42:08,901 --> 00:42:11,444 And my wife noticed nothing, either? 422 00:42:11,570 --> 00:42:15,698 The cabbage heads affair upset her. She retired, indisposed. 423 00:42:15,824 --> 00:42:20,245 - Indisposed? - Yes, a terrible migraine attack. 424 00:42:21,497 --> 00:42:23,331 This is a madhouse! 425 00:42:24,166 --> 00:42:27,001 - Have you seen my son? - No. 426 00:42:27,127 --> 00:42:30,672 Ask your sons. Sigi has gone off with some other children. 427 00:42:30,798 --> 00:42:34,092 - What do you mean? - That he's disappeared, damn it! 428 00:42:34,218 --> 00:42:38,513 The steward's children said they'd only seen Sigi very briefly, 429 00:42:38,639 --> 00:42:43,059 that he'd gone off with other children. They didn't pay much attention to it. 430 00:42:44,186 --> 00:42:47,105 The search began shortly after midnight. 431 00:42:47,231 --> 00:42:51,150 The searchers, tired, some still drunk, 432 00:42:51,277 --> 00:42:53,111 split up into two groups: 433 00:42:53,237 --> 00:42:58,575 One searched all the buildings on the estate, 434 00:42:58,701 --> 00:43:02,078 the other combed the countryside. 435 00:43:02,204 --> 00:43:05,790 Around 2.30am, the siren sounded again, 436 00:43:05,916 --> 00:43:08,835 calling the men back to the estate. 437 00:43:08,961 --> 00:43:11,004 Sigi had been found. 438 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:17,510 He was in the sawmill, tied upside down. 439 00:43:17,636 --> 00:43:19,846 His trousers were pulled down, 440 00:43:19,972 --> 00:43:23,641 his buttocks bleeding from lashes. 441 00:43:23,767 --> 00:43:27,478 He was in a state of shock, unable to walk. 442 00:43:27,605 --> 00:43:29,355 Lying on his belly, 443 00:43:29,481 --> 00:43:33,151 he was carried home on a makeshift stretcher. 444 00:43:34,403 --> 00:43:38,990 Next Sunday, after the service, the Baron asked the pastor 445 00:43:39,116 --> 00:43:41,075 to let him speak. 446 00:43:41,201 --> 00:43:46,205 City policemen questioned many of you this week, 447 00:43:46,332 --> 00:43:48,166 to no avail. 448 00:43:49,418 --> 00:43:52,712 At first I thought my child had been tortured 449 00:43:52,838 --> 00:43:58,217 by those who cut off my cabbages, 450 00:43:58,344 --> 00:44:00,178 to get even. 451 00:44:01,013 --> 00:44:02,764 For what? 452 00:44:03,682 --> 00:44:07,518 Apparently, it was my fault their mother died in the sawmill, 453 00:44:07,645 --> 00:44:11,356 which is absurd. 454 00:44:12,232 --> 00:44:15,276 At least, young Felder told the police 455 00:44:15,402 --> 00:44:19,030 that was his motive for his "reaping feat". 456 00:44:20,074 --> 00:44:23,368 I've always helped the Felder family. 457 00:44:23,869 --> 00:44:26,537 But people aren't always grateful. 458 00:44:26,664 --> 00:44:29,082 It takes character. 459 00:44:29,541 --> 00:44:32,126 Don't run away, Felder! 460 00:44:32,252 --> 00:44:34,962 It's your honour I want to salvage! 461 00:44:36,215 --> 00:44:40,843 It turns out the "valiant" Max Felder 462 00:44:40,969 --> 00:44:45,765 boasted of his feat to his fiancée. Then the coward 463 00:44:45,891 --> 00:44:48,935 hid among his family, 464 00:44:49,061 --> 00:44:52,563 so he didn't have time to torture my son. 465 00:44:52,690 --> 00:44:56,234 As for his father, he'd bite off his tongue 466 00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:59,821 rather than cover for his wayward son. 467 00:45:03,909 --> 00:45:09,747 I'll remind you of a fact that most of you may have forgotten. 468 00:45:09,873 --> 00:45:13,835 Two months ago, our doctor had a riding accident, 469 00:45:13,961 --> 00:45:17,630 and is still not back from the hospital. 470 00:45:17,756 --> 00:45:22,385 This accident was caused by a wire strung in his garden, 471 00:45:22,511 --> 00:45:26,264 with the explicit intent of bringing him down. 472 00:45:27,975 --> 00:45:33,479 There, too, nobody knows, saw or heard anything. 473 00:45:35,983 --> 00:45:39,861 We all know it: Those who injured my son, 474 00:45:39,987 --> 00:45:42,280 and the doctor, 475 00:45:42,406 --> 00:45:46,951 are here among us, in this room. 476 00:45:48,036 --> 00:45:51,372 I will not let such crimes go unpunished, 477 00:45:52,249 --> 00:45:56,252 and I hope nothing like this happens to any of your children. 478 00:45:57,713 --> 00:46:00,465 That's why I call upon you all: 479 00:46:01,341 --> 00:46:04,677 Help me find the culprit or the culprits. 480 00:46:06,263 --> 00:46:08,431 If we fail to find out the truth, 481 00:46:08,557 --> 00:46:11,517 our community will no longer be at peace. 482 00:46:12,561 --> 00:46:16,397 The landowner's speech frightened the locals. 483 00:46:16,523 --> 00:46:18,441 The Baron wasn't popular, 484 00:46:18,567 --> 00:46:23,654 but as a powerful figure and employer of half the village, 485 00:46:23,781 --> 00:46:25,698 he was respected. 486 00:46:25,824 --> 00:46:28,576 His comment on the peace of the community 487 00:46:28,702 --> 00:46:31,162 didn't bode well. 488 00:46:31,288 --> 00:46:36,042 And the mysterious nature of these criminal deeds 489 00:46:36,168 --> 00:46:39,754 awakened the age-old mistrust of the farmers. 490 00:46:55,437 --> 00:46:56,979 Come in. 491 00:47:03,821 --> 00:47:05,321 Eva! 492 00:47:06,698 --> 00:47:08,199 May I come in? 493 00:47:09,034 --> 00:47:12,161 What a question! Of course, come in. 494 00:47:13,455 --> 00:47:15,373 What's happened? 495 00:47:17,334 --> 00:47:19,335 What's wrong? 496 00:47:21,713 --> 00:47:23,923 They sacked me. 497 00:47:24,967 --> 00:47:26,843 What do you mean? 498 00:47:26,969 --> 00:47:30,805 Nothing. They just sacked me. 499 00:47:30,931 --> 00:47:34,058 The tutor was also sacked. 500 00:47:49,116 --> 00:47:51,993 I don't know where to go. 501 00:47:53,036 --> 00:47:57,456 - I'm afraid on the road alone. - Don't worry. Calm down. 502 00:47:57,583 --> 00:48:00,167 Come, sit here. 503 00:48:00,878 --> 00:48:03,963 Calm down and tell me what happened. 504 00:48:07,593 --> 00:48:08,926 Well? 505 00:48:10,637 --> 00:48:12,889 What happened? 506 00:48:15,934 --> 00:48:19,186 The Baron's son isn't at all well. 507 00:48:20,230 --> 00:48:23,441 His parents are desperate and angry. 508 00:48:23,567 --> 00:48:27,528 Now they say the tutor and I are to blame, 509 00:48:27,654 --> 00:48:30,114 because we didn't pay enough attention to him. 510 00:48:31,241 --> 00:48:34,493 But I'm only there for the twins. 511 00:48:36,538 --> 00:48:40,249 I've always taken care of them very well. 512 00:48:40,375 --> 00:48:42,835 When you and I were dancing, 513 00:48:42,961 --> 00:48:45,296 the Baroness had given me permission. 514 00:48:46,423 --> 00:48:51,427 - I haven't done anything wrong. - I know, come on. Now stop crying. 515 00:48:55,432 --> 00:48:57,892 Where can I go now? 516 00:48:58,018 --> 00:49:00,686 My family needs my earnings. 517 00:49:00,812 --> 00:49:02,980 You'll find something else. 518 00:49:03,106 --> 00:49:07,985 You know, the Baron is quick-tempered. But his bark is worse than his bite. 519 00:49:08,111 --> 00:49:12,365 No, it's all over now, I know it. 520 00:49:12,491 --> 00:49:15,534 The Baroness doesn't want to see anyone. 521 00:49:15,661 --> 00:49:18,996 She wants to take the children with her to town 522 00:49:19,122 --> 00:49:21,749 or to her parents' estate. 523 00:49:23,168 --> 00:49:25,336 I'll try to talk to her. 524 00:49:25,963 --> 00:49:29,674 We used to play piano together, four-handed. 525 00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:31,926 But I wasn't very good. 526 00:49:32,052 --> 00:49:35,846 Now she's got the tutor, who studied the flute in town. 527 00:49:38,475 --> 00:49:42,520 - He doesn't play that well. - That's true. 528 00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:56,200 - Who would do such a thing? - What? 529 00:49:56,952 --> 00:49:59,161 Beat a child like that. 530 00:49:59,705 --> 00:50:01,831 I don't know. 531 00:50:08,338 --> 00:50:11,215 Can I stay here tonight? 532 00:50:11,925 --> 00:50:14,885 Don't send me away, sir, please. 533 00:50:15,012 --> 00:50:17,346 How could you think that? 534 00:50:17,973 --> 00:50:21,851 I'll just wait for daybreak, here in the classroom. 535 00:50:21,977 --> 00:50:25,187 Then I'll leave. 536 00:50:27,691 --> 00:50:31,110 At home they won't understand this. 537 00:50:32,696 --> 00:50:35,156 They'll think I did something wrong. 538 00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:40,244 - Do you want me to go with you? - What? 539 00:50:40,370 --> 00:50:42,246 Tomorrow, after school? 540 00:50:42,372 --> 00:50:45,082 I'll find a carriage, I'll be back by evening. 541 00:50:47,210 --> 00:50:49,670 Why would you do that, sir? 542 00:50:49,796 --> 00:50:52,339 Stop being so formal. 543 00:50:55,343 --> 00:50:57,887 Why would you do that? 544 00:50:59,431 --> 00:51:02,433 Come here, I'll play something for you. 545 00:51:02,559 --> 00:51:04,435 If you want. 546 00:52:15,006 --> 00:52:16,841 Good morning, Father. 547 00:52:29,938 --> 00:52:32,690 I'm back again. They set me free. 548 00:52:32,816 --> 00:52:35,693 I can see that. So what? 549 00:52:54,087 --> 00:52:56,672 Won't you forgive me, Father? 550 00:52:59,384 --> 00:53:01,844 Forgive you for what? 551 00:53:01,970 --> 00:53:04,722 The fact that the estate won't give me any work? 552 00:53:04,848 --> 00:53:07,850 That Frieda was sacked in disgrace? 553 00:53:07,976 --> 00:53:10,728 That your brothers and sisters have nothing to eat? 554 00:53:10,854 --> 00:53:11,854 Or what? 555 00:53:13,690 --> 00:53:17,484 The next day, after school, I went to the estate 556 00:53:17,611 --> 00:53:20,487 to inquire about Sigi's health 557 00:53:20,614 --> 00:53:24,283 and to approach them about Eva's reinstatement. 558 00:53:24,409 --> 00:53:30,456 I was told the Baroness had left that morning with her children. 559 00:53:30,582 --> 00:53:36,045 Reluctantly, the steward lent me a carriage to take Eva home. 560 00:53:36,171 --> 00:53:40,507 As we left the village, we passed the doctor. 561 00:53:40,634 --> 00:53:42,509 A few days after Thanksgiving, 562 00:53:42,636 --> 00:53:47,556 Rudolph, his four-year-old son, had suddenly disappeared. 563 00:53:47,682 --> 00:53:52,228 This had upset everyone, in the light of previous events. 564 00:53:52,354 --> 00:53:55,356 The boy was finally found on the main road, 565 00:53:55,482 --> 00:54:01,153 scantily dressed for a trip, walking eagerly towards the town. 566 00:54:01,279 --> 00:54:06,825 When asked where he was going, he said he wanted to visit his father. 567 00:54:06,952 --> 00:54:12,373 He fought tooth and nail against being taken home. 568 00:54:12,499 --> 00:54:19,338 The doctor was told about this and, due to be released soon anyway, 569 00:54:19,464 --> 00:54:24,468 he decided to cut short his stay at the hospital. 570 00:54:27,180 --> 00:54:30,766 - Rudi? - He was in the living room. 571 00:54:36,439 --> 00:54:40,025 - What do I owe? - 3.50 marks. 572 00:54:43,655 --> 00:54:46,490 - Thank you. - Good day. 573 00:54:50,954 --> 00:54:53,372 Rudi, where are you? 574 00:55:30,952 --> 00:55:33,037 Hello, Rudi. 575 00:55:37,083 --> 00:55:40,169 Won't you say hello to your father? 576 00:55:41,963 --> 00:55:43,714 No? 577 00:55:45,175 --> 00:55:50,471 I heard you wanted to visit me at the hospital. 578 00:55:51,639 --> 00:55:54,641 And now you lock yourself in? 579 00:55:59,064 --> 00:56:00,898 Fine. 580 00:56:01,983 --> 00:56:04,568 Then I don't want to see you, either. 581 00:56:05,153 --> 00:56:07,946 I'm going away now. 582 00:56:08,073 --> 00:56:11,075 Stay in the toilet, if you want. 583 00:56:21,544 --> 00:56:23,504 Take care, Rudi. 584 00:57:39,497 --> 00:57:43,375 Your office is ready. Mrs Wagner did it all. 585 00:57:45,545 --> 00:57:47,671 - Why do you tell me that? - I don't know. 586 00:57:48,673 --> 00:57:51,758 I thought you'd like to know. 587 00:57:51,885 --> 00:57:54,970 - Did she take good care of you? - Yes. 588 00:58:01,895 --> 00:58:04,271 How old are you now? 589 00:58:05,106 --> 00:58:07,107 Fourteen. 590 00:58:11,738 --> 00:58:15,616 It's amazing. You look so like your mother. 591 00:58:33,218 --> 00:58:37,262 Your mother and I are very worried about you. 592 00:58:37,388 --> 00:58:40,432 Think carefully. Do you sleep badly? 593 00:58:40,558 --> 00:58:42,267 Are you overtired? 594 00:58:42,936 --> 00:58:44,895 No. 595 00:58:45,021 --> 00:58:49,483 Do you have problems at school I don't know? 596 00:58:49,609 --> 00:58:51,360 No, Father. 597 00:58:55,323 --> 00:58:57,991 You don't understand why we worry. 598 00:58:58,117 --> 00:59:01,453 I'll explain it to you. 599 00:59:01,579 --> 00:59:05,832 As you know, I'm also the pastor for Birkenbrunn. 600 00:59:07,126 --> 00:59:09,795 One day, a mother came to see me, 601 00:59:09,921 --> 00:59:13,090 as her son, about the same age as you, 602 00:59:13,216 --> 00:59:14,967 had the same symptoms 603 00:59:16,344 --> 00:59:19,763 that you've been showing for some time. 604 00:59:19,889 --> 00:59:25,143 The boy suddenly seemed extremely weary. 605 00:59:25,270 --> 00:59:28,939 His eyes were ringed, he was depressed and joyless. 606 00:59:32,193 --> 00:59:36,530 He avoided looking his parents in the eye, 607 00:59:36,656 --> 00:59:41,994 and soon was also caught lying. 608 00:59:52,672 --> 00:59:55,507 This lasted about half a year. 609 00:59:55,633 --> 00:59:57,801 Then everything went very fast. 610 00:59:59,262 --> 01:00:02,514 He lost his appetite, 611 01:00:02,640 --> 01:00:07,644 couldn't sleep any more, his hands began to shake, 612 01:00:07,770 --> 01:00:10,647 his memory started to fail, 613 01:00:10,773 --> 01:00:13,317 his face became covered with pustules, 614 01:00:13,443 --> 01:00:15,861 then his whole body. 615 01:00:16,654 --> 01:00:18,071 Finally, he died. 616 01:00:20,908 --> 01:00:25,579 The body that I had to bless looked like an old man's body. 617 01:00:27,790 --> 01:00:31,001 Do you understand now why I'm worried? 618 01:00:32,920 --> 01:00:35,881 What do you think caused these changes 619 01:00:36,007 --> 01:00:40,385 that led to that boy's miserable end? 620 01:00:40,511 --> 01:00:42,512 I don't know. 621 01:00:44,349 --> 01:00:46,850 I think you know very well. 622 01:01:04,702 --> 01:01:07,162 Won't you tell me? 623 01:01:08,790 --> 01:01:09,831 No? 624 01:01:13,127 --> 01:01:16,213 Then I'll give you the answer. 625 01:01:17,674 --> 01:01:20,050 The boy had seen someone 626 01:01:20,176 --> 01:01:23,679 who was harming the finest nerves of his body 627 01:01:23,805 --> 01:01:28,016 in the area where God has erected sacred barriers. 628 01:01:28,142 --> 01:01:30,894 The boy imitated this action. 629 01:01:31,020 --> 01:01:34,106 He couldn't stop doing it. 630 01:01:36,067 --> 01:01:40,529 In the end he destroyed all his nerves and died of it. 631 01:01:43,950 --> 01:01:46,910 I just want to help you. 632 01:01:47,036 --> 01:01:48,912 I love you with all my heart. 633 01:01:50,206 --> 01:01:52,874 Be sincere, Martin. 634 01:01:53,000 --> 01:01:57,379 Why did you blush, listening to the story of the poor boy? 635 01:01:57,505 --> 01:01:59,005 Blush? 636 01:01:59,132 --> 01:02:02,300 I don't know. I felt sorry for him. 637 01:02:03,010 --> 01:02:05,220 Is that all? 638 01:02:07,098 --> 01:02:10,058 I think there's another reason. 639 01:02:10,184 --> 01:02:12,644 It's written on your face. 640 01:02:13,479 --> 01:02:16,898 Be sincere, Martin. 641 01:02:19,193 --> 01:02:21,570 Why are you crying? 642 01:02:21,696 --> 01:02:24,656 Shall I spare you that confession? 643 01:02:26,200 --> 01:02:29,828 Have you been doing what that wretched boy did? 644 01:02:30,580 --> 01:02:32,539 Yes. 645 01:02:47,138 --> 01:02:49,389 My arm! 646 01:03:20,463 --> 01:03:24,090 I'm glad that you're back. About time. 647 01:03:24,217 --> 01:03:26,676 You could say that. 648 01:03:33,851 --> 01:03:37,103 It was hard with the children, without you. 649 01:03:37,230 --> 01:03:38,897 I know. 650 01:03:45,279 --> 01:03:47,489 He doesn't like me. 651 01:03:47,615 --> 01:03:49,366 - Who? - Rudi. 652 01:03:51,285 --> 01:03:53,912 He's at a difficult age. 653 01:03:54,789 --> 01:03:56,957 Not really. 654 01:03:58,543 --> 01:04:01,336 They're always at a difficult age. 655 01:04:03,506 --> 01:04:05,006 Yes. 656 01:04:08,302 --> 01:04:10,720 You didn't miss me. 657 01:04:11,722 --> 01:04:14,099 What's that supposed to mean? 658 01:04:14,892 --> 01:04:18,395 Nothing. I just said it because it's true. 659 01:04:22,275 --> 01:04:25,735 Nothing like a nice dose of self-loathing, is there? 660 01:04:25,862 --> 01:04:27,487 What? 661 01:04:27,613 --> 01:04:30,365 Nothing. Forget it. 662 01:04:57,226 --> 01:05:00,520 Winter came early that year. 663 01:05:00,646 --> 01:05:04,024 By Reformation Day, on the first Sunday of November, 664 01:05:04,150 --> 01:05:07,569 a blanket of snow had covered the village. 665 01:05:07,695 --> 01:05:12,782 Unusually, the Baron, whose family had not yet come back, 666 01:05:12,909 --> 01:05:14,576 didn't attend the service. 667 01:05:16,120 --> 01:05:20,540 The villagers took that as a sign of his anger. 668 01:05:20,666 --> 01:05:24,502 Indeed, no leads had been found to a possible culprit, 669 01:05:24,629 --> 01:05:29,507 although the Baron's appeal had led to a flood of mutual suspicions, 670 01:05:29,634 --> 01:05:33,261 even to some attempts at denunciation, 671 01:05:34,555 --> 01:05:38,516 that had all turned out to be untenable. 672 01:05:52,031 --> 01:05:54,532 Well, it's not pneumonia. 673 01:05:54,659 --> 01:05:56,534 But you must be careful. 674 01:05:56,661 --> 01:05:59,537 If his temperature rises, call me again. 675 01:05:59,664 --> 01:06:02,749 Give him these drops every two hours. 676 01:06:02,875 --> 01:06:07,462 And hang wet sheets over the oven. That helps breathing. 677 01:06:08,673 --> 01:06:11,383 - Good night to you. - Goodbye, Doctor. 678 01:06:16,889 --> 01:06:19,432 How long was the window open? 679 01:06:19,558 --> 01:06:23,645 Hard to say. My wife nursed him around 1am. 680 01:06:23,771 --> 01:06:27,440 She came back around 2.30am. By then the room was icy cold. 681 01:06:27,566 --> 01:06:33,196 - And the baby didn't cry? - No. The children heard nothing. 682 01:06:35,866 --> 01:06:38,493 He's doing fine. We'll have to wait and see. 683 01:06:39,328 --> 01:06:41,788 But it's not looking too bad. 684 01:06:41,914 --> 01:06:45,208 A drink to warm you up? 685 01:06:45,334 --> 01:06:47,252 Or stay for supper. 686 01:06:47,378 --> 01:06:51,339 No, thanks. I'm up to my neck in work, I was away so long. 687 01:06:57,888 --> 01:07:00,557 How's your arm doing? 688 01:07:01,350 --> 01:07:03,059 It's all right. 689 01:07:03,185 --> 01:07:06,771 It'll be fine in two or three weeks. 690 01:07:06,897 --> 01:07:09,024 Thank you. 691 01:07:09,150 --> 01:07:11,109 That must be terrible, I imagine. 692 01:07:11,235 --> 01:07:14,404 One must be helpless with only one arm. 693 01:07:14,530 --> 01:07:17,407 Quod erat demonstrandum. 694 01:07:19,452 --> 01:07:23,038 - Well, good night, children. - Good night, doctor. 695 01:07:23,164 --> 01:07:26,624 If your wife thinks the baby's fever has risen again, 696 01:07:26,751 --> 01:07:28,084 let me know. 697 01:07:38,471 --> 01:07:39,971 Good. 698 01:07:41,849 --> 01:07:44,100 What do you mean, "good"? 699 01:07:46,854 --> 01:07:48,855 I mean, that's fine. 700 01:07:55,946 --> 01:07:58,323 When did you go and see Father? 701 01:07:58,449 --> 01:08:00,617 Down in his office? 702 01:08:03,496 --> 01:08:04,996 Why? 703 01:08:06,373 --> 01:08:08,083 Just asking. 704 01:08:09,418 --> 01:08:14,339 In mid December, I finally got a letter from Eva. 705 01:08:14,465 --> 01:08:18,051 Her father had found her a job in town. 706 01:08:18,177 --> 01:08:21,721 She was to start early in the new year. 707 01:08:22,515 --> 01:08:26,059 Since the night she came to shelter in the school, 708 01:08:26,185 --> 01:08:28,228 when until dawn, 709 01:08:28,354 --> 01:08:32,690 we told each other the story of our short lives, 710 01:08:32,817 --> 01:08:38,363 her pale face, her shy but frank personality, 711 01:08:38,489 --> 01:08:41,324 were constantly on my mind. 712 01:08:42,493 --> 01:08:46,746 The school holidays lasted until 2 January, 713 01:08:46,872 --> 01:08:49,791 but already on the day after Christmas, 714 01:08:49,917 --> 01:08:52,460 in the cold but sunny weather, 715 01:08:52,586 --> 01:08:57,715 I headed for Treglitz to visit Eva and her parents. 716 01:08:57,842 --> 01:08:59,843 And Sigi? 717 01:09:01,303 --> 01:09:04,848 I don't know. The Baroness isn't back yet. 718 01:09:08,519 --> 01:09:10,478 And the Baron? 719 01:09:11,814 --> 01:09:15,525 We hardly see him. He talks to nobody. 720 01:09:19,321 --> 01:09:22,782 I don't know. Some say they went to Italy. 721 01:09:22,908 --> 01:09:24,701 To Italy? 722 01:09:36,130 --> 01:09:40,258 The steward says they'll tear down the sawmill because it's... 723 01:09:43,012 --> 01:09:45,471 - Good morning. - Morning, young man. 724 01:09:45,598 --> 01:09:48,474 Please be seated. We're not very formal here. 725 01:09:48,601 --> 01:09:50,602 Scram! 726 01:10:05,576 --> 01:10:08,411 - Care for a drink? - No, thanks. You're very kind. 727 01:10:08,537 --> 01:10:10,955 - Really? - No, thanks a lot. 728 01:10:15,669 --> 01:10:17,545 So you're a schoolteacher? 729 01:10:18,923 --> 01:10:22,133 Can you afford to have a wife? 730 01:10:22,259 --> 01:10:25,470 My father is a tailor in Vasendorf. I've learned the trade. 731 01:10:25,596 --> 01:10:28,097 I earn money on the side. 732 01:10:28,224 --> 01:10:32,727 Taking over his business would have been smarter. 733 01:10:39,360 --> 01:10:42,403 And why are you so focused on Eva? 734 01:10:42,529 --> 01:10:46,866 She's still a child. You could be her father. 735 01:10:46,992 --> 01:10:50,578 - I'm 31. - Well, you're not far off. 736 01:10:50,704 --> 01:10:52,288 Father! 737 01:10:58,587 --> 01:11:01,422 Have you asked her if she's interested? 738 01:11:01,548 --> 01:11:05,551 She's a child, knows nothing about life. 739 01:11:06,428 --> 01:11:09,430 Speak up. Do you want him? 740 01:11:10,849 --> 01:11:13,559 Come on. Say something. 741 01:11:15,020 --> 01:11:17,146 He came all this way in the cold. 742 01:11:17,273 --> 01:11:21,109 Leave her alone. Of course, she wants him. Can't you tell? 743 01:11:21,235 --> 01:11:24,279 How can I, if she clams up? 744 01:11:32,997 --> 01:11:35,415 Sit back down. 745 01:11:37,376 --> 01:11:39,377 Women! 746 01:11:40,254 --> 01:11:42,630 Don't take them too seriously. 747 01:11:44,842 --> 01:11:48,511 Listen, I'm not a big talker. 748 01:11:49,263 --> 01:11:52,098 On one hand, it suits me if she leaves the house. 749 01:11:52,224 --> 01:11:55,518 Lots of mouths to feed, as you can see. 750 01:11:56,729 --> 01:11:58,730 On the other hand, 751 01:11:59,523 --> 01:12:02,233 it's moving too fast for me. 752 01:12:02,359 --> 01:12:04,360 I don't know you. 753 01:12:04,486 --> 01:12:08,698 I don't dislike you, but I need to know more about you. 754 01:12:10,617 --> 01:12:16,247 The town hairdresser has agreed to take her on as an apprentice. 755 01:12:16,373 --> 01:12:19,542 She'll get to meet people. 756 01:12:19,668 --> 01:12:23,212 She can decide if she really wants this. 757 01:12:23,339 --> 01:12:26,049 If in a year she's still in favour of it, 758 01:12:26,175 --> 01:12:28,718 we'll talk about it again. 759 01:12:29,678 --> 01:12:32,680 You can make up your mind too. 760 01:12:33,349 --> 01:12:35,016 All right? 761 01:12:35,142 --> 01:12:38,019 - I actually thought I... - Yes, I know. 762 01:12:38,145 --> 01:12:42,565 But it's either that or nothing. 763 01:12:46,528 --> 01:12:49,572 - If you insist... - Yes, I do. 764 01:12:55,245 --> 01:12:57,080 Delighted. 765 01:13:00,084 --> 01:13:03,753 So, my work's waiting. 766 01:13:03,879 --> 01:13:06,756 Even on holidays. 767 01:13:06,882 --> 01:13:08,383 Don't get up. 768 01:13:09,676 --> 01:13:12,095 I'll send the child back in. 769 01:13:15,349 --> 01:13:17,475 That way you can say goodbye. 770 01:13:17,601 --> 01:13:21,145 A year goes by fast. The world won't collapse. 771 01:13:22,773 --> 01:13:25,149 You can come and visit her. 772 01:14:06,066 --> 01:14:08,651 Did your father tell you? 773 01:14:18,871 --> 01:14:21,330 Is that all right with you? 774 01:14:23,375 --> 01:14:26,002 And is it with you, sir? 775 01:14:26,920 --> 01:14:29,547 Don't call me "sir". 776 01:14:54,406 --> 01:14:55,990 Adi! Are you awake? 777 01:14:57,576 --> 01:14:59,118 Adi! 778 01:15:00,120 --> 01:15:03,039 - What is it? - Look! 779 01:15:03,624 --> 01:15:08,669 - What's happening? - Look! Go and see what's happening! 780 01:15:08,795 --> 01:15:10,838 My God, what do you want? 781 01:15:10,964 --> 01:15:13,966 Over there! Look out the window! 782 01:15:24,144 --> 01:15:26,938 Something's burning! On the estate! 783 01:15:27,064 --> 01:15:28,231 Untie me! 784 01:15:28,357 --> 01:15:30,233 Come on, untie me! 785 01:15:31,276 --> 01:15:33,778 - I don't know if... - Untie me, I said! 786 01:15:33,904 --> 01:15:37,198 What is it? Be quiet! 787 01:15:37,324 --> 01:15:39,116 Gustl, come and untie me! 788 01:15:40,327 --> 01:15:42,078 What's going on? 789 01:15:42,538 --> 01:15:45,456 Untie me, damn it! There's a fire! 790 01:15:46,041 --> 01:15:48,626 What fire? 791 01:15:54,633 --> 01:15:55,758 A fire! 792 01:15:55,884 --> 01:15:58,553 Yes, a fire! Now untie me, damn it! 793 01:16:00,681 --> 01:16:02,515 Father won't allow it. 794 01:16:02,641 --> 01:16:05,726 It's an emergency! Somebody must warn them! 795 01:16:05,852 --> 01:16:10,356 - Father! - Stop shouting! I'll do it! 796 01:16:14,152 --> 01:16:16,654 Shall I call Mother? 797 01:16:21,118 --> 01:16:23,077 - What is it? - A fire! 798 01:16:23,203 --> 01:16:26,080 I know. Your father's already gone. 799 01:16:27,541 --> 01:16:29,458 What are you doing here? 800 01:16:29,585 --> 01:16:33,004 Go back to bed, all of you. It's nothing. 801 01:16:33,130 --> 01:16:36,382 There's a fire on the estate. Don't be afraid. 802 01:16:36,508 --> 01:16:39,468 Go to bed and sleep. 803 01:16:40,846 --> 01:16:43,806 Go on! You'll catch a cold. 804 01:16:47,811 --> 01:16:50,521 Why all the noise? You woke them all up! 805 01:16:50,647 --> 01:16:52,940 I thought it was dangerous. 806 01:16:53,066 --> 01:16:55,276 I had to untie him. 807 01:16:55,402 --> 01:16:57,320 Now everything's fine again. 808 01:16:57,446 --> 01:17:00,615 Tomorrow, Father will tell you about the fire. 809 01:17:00,741 --> 01:17:02,867 You all go back to bed. 810 01:17:02,993 --> 01:17:05,870 I'll wait till you're in bed. 811 01:17:05,996 --> 01:17:07,997 It's cold here. 812 01:17:19,926 --> 01:17:21,969 Good night, then. 813 01:17:23,263 --> 01:17:26,432 - Sleep tight. - Night, Mother! 814 01:19:28,430 --> 01:19:32,099 Why don't you stop doing that? 815 01:19:35,604 --> 01:19:37,563 Why all the effort? 816 01:19:37,689 --> 01:19:40,775 Don't look so dumbfounded. 817 01:19:40,901 --> 01:19:45,488 You don't lack talent. I just can't do it with you any more. 818 01:19:46,490 --> 01:19:50,242 To be truthful, you disgust me. 819 01:19:50,368 --> 01:19:54,997 Can't you finish your work? I don't want to spend the night here. 820 01:19:59,586 --> 01:20:03,798 - What have I done? - My God, you've done nothing! 821 01:20:05,509 --> 01:20:07,760 You're ugly, messy, 822 01:20:07,886 --> 01:20:11,514 flabby and have bad breath. Will that do? 823 01:20:14,351 --> 01:20:16,393 The cover has to be sterilised. 824 01:20:18,814 --> 01:20:22,107 Don't sit there looking like death warmed up. 825 01:20:22,234 --> 01:20:24,777 The world won't collapse, not on you 826 01:20:24,903 --> 01:20:27,363 or on me. 827 01:20:30,951 --> 01:20:34,119 I can't go on with this, that's all. 828 01:20:36,498 --> 01:20:39,166 I've really tried... 829 01:20:39,960 --> 01:20:44,505 I've tried thinking of another woman while making love to you. 830 01:20:44,631 --> 01:20:46,882 One who smells good, 831 01:20:47,759 --> 01:20:51,512 who's young, less decrepit than you, 832 01:20:51,638 --> 01:20:54,765 but I don't have the imagination. 833 01:20:56,268 --> 01:21:02,147 In the end, it's you again and then I feel like puking, 834 01:21:02,274 --> 01:21:04,108 and am embarrassed at myself. 835 01:21:04,234 --> 01:21:06,569 So what's the point? 836 01:21:09,698 --> 01:21:11,198 Are you through? 837 01:21:11,324 --> 01:21:13,993 I have been for ages. 838 01:21:14,828 --> 01:21:17,413 You must be very unhappy to be so mean. 839 01:21:17,539 --> 01:21:19,623 Please, not that routine. 840 01:21:22,544 --> 01:21:25,546 I know I'm not much to look at. 841 01:21:25,672 --> 01:21:29,800 My bad breath comes from my ulcer, you know that. 842 01:21:30,635 --> 01:21:34,096 It never used to bother you. 843 01:21:34,222 --> 01:21:36,599 I had it when your wife was alive. 844 01:21:36,725 --> 01:21:39,810 Spare me these sordid details. 845 01:21:39,936 --> 01:21:43,856 Let me reassure you: It's always disgusted me. 846 01:21:44,691 --> 01:21:49,612 After Julie's death, I wanted anyone to ease my pain. 847 01:21:49,738 --> 01:21:52,364 I could have screwed a cow! 848 01:21:53,575 --> 01:21:55,409 The whores are too far away from here 849 01:21:55,535 --> 01:21:58,370 and once every two months isn't enough for me, 850 01:21:58,496 --> 01:22:01,290 even though I'm getting on. 851 01:22:01,416 --> 01:22:05,544 So skip acting the martyr and scram. 852 01:22:07,005 --> 01:22:09,548 Why are you only saying this now? 853 01:22:09,674 --> 01:22:13,385 When should I have said it? 854 01:22:14,512 --> 01:22:18,849 At the hospital, I forgot how tiresome you were. 855 01:22:18,975 --> 01:22:22,353 Pain makes one sentimental. 856 01:22:23,521 --> 01:22:26,190 Get out! Don't you have any pride? 857 01:22:27,525 --> 01:22:30,361 There's no room for any with you. 858 01:22:31,738 --> 01:22:33,822 That's true. 859 01:22:35,700 --> 01:22:37,660 What if I do something silly? 860 01:22:39,245 --> 01:22:43,332 Go ahead. It would surprise me. 861 01:22:43,458 --> 01:22:46,293 But be careful, it may be painful. 862 01:22:46,419 --> 01:22:49,004 I know, I'm ridiculous. 863 01:22:50,090 --> 01:22:53,884 - You wouldn't care anyway. - Well... 864 01:22:56,638 --> 01:22:59,306 Why do you despise me? 865 01:22:59,432 --> 01:23:02,851 For helping to raise the boy? 866 01:23:04,521 --> 01:23:08,816 For watching you finger your daughter and saying nothing? 867 01:23:10,944 --> 01:23:14,446 For helping you to deceive yourself? 868 01:23:14,572 --> 01:23:17,825 For listening to you claim how you loved Julie, 869 01:23:17,951 --> 01:23:22,621 when everyone knew you treated her as badly as me? 870 01:23:24,708 --> 01:23:29,294 For loving you when I know you can't stand being loved? 871 01:23:29,421 --> 01:23:33,841 That's it. Now get up. I have work to do. 872 01:23:35,010 --> 01:23:38,137 You can't afford to get rid of me. 873 01:23:38,263 --> 01:23:40,180 Who will do your dirty work? 874 01:23:40,306 --> 01:23:44,643 Who will help you with the children and your practice? 875 01:23:44,769 --> 01:23:46,729 You don't mean what you're saying. 876 01:23:46,855 --> 01:23:49,523 You want to see how far you can go. 877 01:23:49,649 --> 01:23:53,694 "Will she take it? Can I drag her even lower?" 878 01:23:56,322 --> 01:23:58,615 I'm tired, too. 879 01:23:58,742 --> 01:24:01,493 I've got two retarded kids: Karli and you. 880 01:24:01,619 --> 01:24:03,203 You're the most troublesome one. 881 01:24:05,415 --> 01:24:07,833 My God, why don't you just die? 882 01:25:44,848 --> 01:25:48,392 The year ended with fine weather. 883 01:25:48,518 --> 01:25:51,019 The snowy landscape sparkled so brightly 884 01:25:51,146 --> 01:25:53,981 that it hurt the eyes. 885 01:25:54,107 --> 01:25:58,443 None of us suspected this would be our last new year in peacetime, 886 01:25:59,362 --> 01:26:02,823 and that this year would bring a radical change, 887 01:26:02,949 --> 01:26:08,287 of a magnitude we couldn't foresee. 888 01:26:09,622 --> 01:26:14,668 Despite the strange events that had unsettled the village, 889 01:26:14,794 --> 01:26:17,921 we thought of ourselves as united in the belief 890 01:26:18,047 --> 01:26:22,676 that life in our community was God's will and worth living. 891 01:26:22,802 --> 01:26:27,222 ...Christ's body as bread and as wine. 892 01:26:27,348 --> 01:26:32,686 May the period of preparation for your confirmation 893 01:26:32,812 --> 01:26:37,107 be one of happiness and enrichment. 894 01:26:40,111 --> 01:26:43,155 You, Martin, 895 01:26:43,281 --> 01:26:47,159 will now be free not only of that ribbon, 896 01:26:47,285 --> 01:26:51,121 but of those nightly ties that have kept you from succumbing 897 01:26:51,247 --> 01:26:56,001 to the temptations of your young body. 898 01:27:00,632 --> 01:27:03,967 I trust you, my beloved children, 899 01:27:04,093 --> 01:27:08,055 and wish you a profitable and happy new year. 900 01:27:11,017 --> 01:27:13,560 Shortly after Easter, in the last week of April, 901 01:27:13,686 --> 01:27:16,313 the Baroness came back with the children. 902 01:27:16,439 --> 01:27:20,150 She was accompanied by a new nanny. 903 01:27:20,276 --> 01:27:25,155 My secret hope that Eva could come back here 904 01:27:25,281 --> 01:27:27,991 was dashed. 905 01:27:28,117 --> 01:27:31,578 The new nanny was a middle-aged Italian woman 906 01:27:31,704 --> 01:27:35,624 who came from the area on the Mediterranean coast 907 01:27:35,750 --> 01:27:39,044 where the Baroness had spent the winter. 908 01:27:39,170 --> 01:27:40,754 Sigi! 909 01:27:42,257 --> 01:27:44,299 Hi, Ferdinand! 910 01:27:44,425 --> 01:27:47,219 Wait! I'll come down! 911 01:27:49,180 --> 01:27:52,474 Stay here, Sigi! You can see him later. 912 01:27:56,854 --> 01:28:00,065 All right, go, but don't be too long. 913 01:28:25,341 --> 01:28:27,342 Marie-Louise? 914 01:28:30,471 --> 01:28:32,472 Where are you? 915 01:29:25,777 --> 01:29:27,736 Watch out, he's coming! 916 01:29:28,905 --> 01:29:30,781 Be quiet! 917 01:29:30,907 --> 01:29:32,824 For God's sake, be quiet! 918 01:29:32,950 --> 01:29:34,826 Quiet! 919 01:29:57,767 --> 01:30:01,103 What's going on here? Why are you still here? 920 01:30:01,229 --> 01:30:03,814 This is a divinity class. 921 01:30:03,940 --> 01:30:06,191 Get going! 922 01:30:06,984 --> 01:30:10,362 - How about a goodbye? - Goodbye, sir! 923 01:30:16,828 --> 01:30:18,453 Goodbye, Pastor! 924 01:30:18,579 --> 01:30:21,331 I'm sorry, Pastor. It won't happen again. 925 01:30:24,544 --> 01:30:26,586 Goodbye, Pastor. 926 01:30:26,712 --> 01:30:28,547 Goodbye. 927 01:30:32,593 --> 01:30:34,636 Let us pray. 928 01:30:36,013 --> 01:30:38,265 Our Father, who art in heaven, 929 01:30:38,391 --> 01:30:41,059 hallowed be Thy name. 930 01:30:41,185 --> 01:30:44,521 Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, 931 01:30:44,647 --> 01:30:48,233 on earth as it is in heaven. 932 01:30:48,359 --> 01:30:51,361 Give us this day our daily bread 933 01:30:51,487 --> 01:30:53,864 and forgive us our trespasses, 934 01:30:53,990 --> 01:30:57,409 as we forgive those who trespass against us. 935 01:30:57,535 --> 01:30:59,661 And lead us not into temptation, 936 01:30:59,787 --> 01:31:02,539 but deliver us from evil 937 01:31:02,665 --> 01:31:04,416 for Thine is the kingdom, 938 01:31:04,542 --> 01:31:07,502 the power and the glory 939 01:31:07,628 --> 01:31:09,379 for ever and ever. 940 01:31:09,505 --> 01:31:11,298 Amen. 941 01:31:12,467 --> 01:31:14,301 Sit down. 942 01:31:27,398 --> 01:31:30,442 This is a very sad day for me. 943 01:31:31,736 --> 01:31:37,365 In a few weeks, we all want to celebrate your confirmation. 944 01:31:37,492 --> 01:31:40,535 For months I've tried to bring God's word closer to you, 945 01:31:40,661 --> 01:31:46,583 and make responsible human beings out of you. 946 01:31:47,502 --> 01:31:51,046 Who do I face today? 947 01:31:51,797 --> 01:31:53,298 Yelling monkeys, 948 01:31:54,509 --> 01:32:00,847 undisciplined, as childish as your seven-year-old classmates! 949 01:32:01,849 --> 01:32:06,978 But to me, what is even sadder 950 01:32:07,104 --> 01:32:08,980 is that my own daughter 951 01:32:09,106 --> 01:32:13,276 plays the leading role in this pitiful display. 952 01:32:14,987 --> 01:32:18,240 Last year 953 01:32:18,366 --> 01:32:22,244 I tied a white ribbon in her hair. 954 01:32:22,370 --> 01:32:24,955 White, as you all know, 955 01:32:25,081 --> 01:32:27,624 is the colour of innocence. 956 01:32:27,750 --> 01:32:32,337 The ribbon was meant to help Klara to avoid sin, 957 01:32:32,463 --> 01:32:36,258 selfishness, envy, 958 01:32:36,384 --> 01:32:39,761 indecency, lies and sloth. 959 01:32:41,722 --> 01:32:44,766 At the start of the year, 960 01:32:44,892 --> 01:32:50,272 I naively believed that she was now mature enough, 961 01:32:50,398 --> 01:32:53,441 not to need that ribbon any more. 962 01:32:54,402 --> 01:32:56,736 I believed she had become responsible enough, 963 01:32:56,862 --> 01:32:59,155 as the daughter of the spiritual leader of... 964 01:33:08,749 --> 01:33:10,542 Anni? 965 01:33:27,435 --> 01:33:30,645 Anni? Where are you? 966 01:34:52,436 --> 01:34:55,772 Rudi? What are you doing here? 967 01:34:55,898 --> 01:34:57,649 Why aren't you in bed? 968 01:34:57,775 --> 01:35:00,819 I can't get to sleep. 969 01:35:00,945 --> 01:35:03,279 Is that why you're wandering around? 970 01:35:03,406 --> 01:35:06,282 I woke up and you weren't there. 971 01:35:09,870 --> 01:35:12,997 Dad has pierced my earlobes. 972 01:35:13,124 --> 01:35:17,544 - Does it hurt? - Yes, a bit. 973 01:35:17,670 --> 01:35:22,173 - Is that why you're crying? - I'm not crying any more. 974 01:35:24,635 --> 01:35:27,470 You have to suffer for beauty. 975 01:35:29,765 --> 01:35:32,559 Isn't that what they say? 976 01:35:39,942 --> 01:35:43,486 Go back to bed. Anni's just coming. 977 01:35:49,827 --> 01:35:54,497 I haven't worn earrings in ages, so the holes closed up. 978 01:35:58,461 --> 01:36:03,631 I'm getting Mother's for Whitsun. 979 01:36:05,176 --> 01:36:06,176 The pretty ones, 980 01:36:07,344 --> 01:36:09,012 you know? 981 01:36:52,306 --> 01:36:57,227 A few days after Klara's fainting fit that frightened us all, 982 01:36:57,353 --> 01:37:01,022 and left her feverish and weakened, 983 01:37:01,148 --> 01:37:04,943 I went to see the steward, on the eve of Whitsun 984 01:37:05,069 --> 01:37:08,112 to borrow the carriage again. 985 01:37:08,239 --> 01:37:12,575 Since my marriage proposal, Eva had written to me once a week. 986 01:37:12,701 --> 01:37:17,288 I felt she was alone and lost in the city 987 01:37:17,414 --> 01:37:22,669 and was hinting for me to go see her as soon as I could. 988 01:37:22,795 --> 01:37:27,382 I wanted to spend Saturday with her and be back on Sunday 989 01:37:27,508 --> 01:37:32,428 to prepare the confirmation ceremony with the pastor. 990 01:37:32,555 --> 01:37:35,431 The steward had gone to the sawmill, 991 01:37:35,558 --> 01:37:38,893 but was due back any minute. 992 01:38:04,461 --> 01:38:07,630 - Good morning, sir. - Hello, Erna. 993 01:38:16,807 --> 01:38:18,808 He's cute. 994 01:38:20,060 --> 01:38:23,479 - Do you like him? - Yes, very much. 995 01:38:26,734 --> 01:38:29,611 He was quite sick last winter, I was told. 996 01:38:29,737 --> 01:38:31,446 Yes, very sick. 997 01:38:31,572 --> 01:38:35,700 But the doctor cured him, thank God. 998 01:38:36,493 --> 01:38:38,411 Maybe I'll come back this evening. 999 01:38:38,537 --> 01:38:43,041 I'm sure Father will be back for coffee at four. 1000 01:38:43,167 --> 01:38:47,712 - Then I'll sit down again. - Can I get you anything? A coffee? 1001 01:38:47,838 --> 01:38:49,464 It should be ready. 1002 01:38:49,590 --> 01:38:53,134 No, thanks. I'll just sit down and wait. 1003 01:38:53,260 --> 01:38:55,345 Sir! 1004 01:38:58,307 --> 01:39:01,184 Can dreams come true? 1005 01:39:03,354 --> 01:39:06,648 - That depends. - On what? 1006 01:39:06,774 --> 01:39:08,608 What does it depend on? 1007 01:39:09,735 --> 01:39:13,696 If you dream of being first in your class, and study hard, 1008 01:39:13,822 --> 01:39:16,115 your dream may come true. 1009 01:39:16,241 --> 01:39:19,035 - I didn't mean that. - Then what? 1010 01:39:20,329 --> 01:39:25,583 I mean, if you dream of something, really dream it in your sleep, 1011 01:39:25,709 --> 01:39:28,378 can it come true? 1012 01:39:29,004 --> 01:39:31,714 Why, what did you dream? 1013 01:39:34,718 --> 01:39:35,718 Tell me. 1014 01:39:36,720 --> 01:39:39,222 You have something on your mind. 1015 01:39:40,891 --> 01:39:43,226 So tell me. 1016 01:39:44,353 --> 01:39:47,230 I dreamt that Karli... 1017 01:39:47,356 --> 01:39:50,108 - The odd little boy of the... - I know. 1018 01:39:50,234 --> 01:39:52,819 That something terrible will happen to him. 1019 01:39:52,945 --> 01:39:55,530 Something terrible? 1020 01:39:55,656 --> 01:39:57,907 Like what? 1021 01:39:58,033 --> 01:40:00,076 I don't know. 1022 01:40:00,202 --> 01:40:02,704 Like what happened to Sigi. 1023 01:40:02,830 --> 01:40:05,373 But even worse. 1024 01:40:05,499 --> 01:40:08,793 But he's so sweet. He harms no one. 1025 01:40:08,919 --> 01:40:11,212 Come, now. 1026 01:40:11,964 --> 01:40:16,009 It was only a dream. Don't take it so seriously. 1027 01:40:24,518 --> 01:40:28,438 Dreams don't come true. Let alone that kind. 1028 01:40:31,900 --> 01:40:35,236 But sometimes my dreams do come true. 1029 01:40:35,362 --> 01:40:37,363 What do you mean? 1030 01:40:41,118 --> 01:40:45,538 Last winter, before Gustl got sick, 1031 01:40:45,664 --> 01:40:49,000 I dreamt my brother opened his window, 1032 01:40:49,126 --> 01:40:51,085 so that he would die. 1033 01:40:51,211 --> 01:40:55,131 And his window was opened, he caught a chill, almost died. 1034 01:40:57,676 --> 01:40:59,469 What are you saying? 1035 01:40:59,595 --> 01:41:01,095 That's nonsense! 1036 01:41:22,201 --> 01:41:25,703 We arranged to meet at the railway station, 1037 01:41:25,829 --> 01:41:29,624 as Eva wanted to avoid being seen with me. 1038 01:41:29,750 --> 01:41:34,796 She was living with distant cousins, who gave her parents 1039 01:41:34,922 --> 01:41:38,925 regular reports on her behaviour. 1040 01:41:39,051 --> 01:41:43,096 She had become slimmer, which made her even prettier. 1041 01:41:43,222 --> 01:41:46,307 I was ravished again by her mixture of shyness 1042 01:41:46,433 --> 01:41:49,268 and almost childlike outspokenness. 1043 01:41:49,394 --> 01:41:51,354 So it's not really so awful? 1044 01:41:51,480 --> 01:41:56,150 No. But sweeping up hair all day... The twins were more fun. 1045 01:41:56,276 --> 01:42:00,113 But it's all right. I can't really complain. 1046 01:42:00,239 --> 01:42:02,448 - No? - No. 1047 01:42:02,574 --> 01:42:04,075 Really. 1048 01:42:06,286 --> 01:42:09,205 Aside from the twins, do you miss nothing? 1049 01:42:10,874 --> 01:42:13,084 Come on, you! 1050 01:42:31,687 --> 01:42:34,313 What is the nanny like? Does she speak only Italian? 1051 01:42:34,439 --> 01:42:38,109 - That's what the steward says. - I see. 1052 01:42:45,409 --> 01:42:47,368 Where are you going? 1053 01:42:47,494 --> 01:42:50,371 There's a nice little pond in the wood. 1054 01:42:50,497 --> 01:42:53,749 We can picnic there. I brought some food. 1055 01:42:55,961 --> 01:42:58,754 - I'd rather not. - Why? 1056 01:43:02,926 --> 01:43:04,427 What is it? 1057 01:43:05,179 --> 01:43:06,762 Nothing. 1058 01:43:07,222 --> 01:43:08,764 Please. 1059 01:43:11,018 --> 01:43:13,519 I had no improper intentions. 1060 01:43:13,645 --> 01:43:17,023 I just wanted you to enjoy the picnic. 1061 01:43:19,109 --> 01:43:20,610 Please. 1062 01:43:21,904 --> 01:43:25,781 How could I disgrace my future wife? 1063 01:43:30,287 --> 01:43:33,456 All right then, I'll turn around. 1064 01:43:46,511 --> 01:43:48,304 Thank you. 1065 01:44:18,085 --> 01:44:20,419 Take this and drink it. 1066 01:44:21,046 --> 01:44:23,547 This is the blood of the New Testament, 1067 01:44:23,674 --> 01:44:28,344 shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. 1068 01:45:57,809 --> 01:45:59,977 Here! He's here! 1069 01:46:08,070 --> 01:46:10,154 Out of the way! 1070 01:46:22,125 --> 01:46:24,835 "For I, the Lord, your God, 1071 01:46:24,961 --> 01:46:26,462 "am a jealous God, 1072 01:46:26,588 --> 01:46:32,009 "punishing the children for the sins of the parents, 1073 01:46:32,135 --> 01:46:35,679 "down to the third and fourth generations." 1074 01:46:35,806 --> 01:46:39,600 After the atrocities committed on the retarded boy, 1075 01:46:39,726 --> 01:46:43,104 the Baron was finally convinced it was wiser 1076 01:46:43,230 --> 01:46:48,442 to enlist the help of the county's police force. 1077 01:46:48,568 --> 01:46:53,406 So a few days later, two plain-clothes policemen arrived, 1078 01:46:53,532 --> 01:46:56,784 who, after visiting several of the crime scenes, 1079 01:46:56,910 --> 01:47:00,371 inquired if anyone had noticed anything suspicious. 1080 01:47:01,415 --> 01:47:04,834 When I learnt of Karli's torture, 1081 01:47:04,960 --> 01:47:09,004 I didn't think of what Erna had told me. 1082 01:47:09,131 --> 01:47:13,676 When I remembered, I hesitated to tell the authorities. 1083 01:47:13,802 --> 01:47:16,679 Such an absurd coincidence might jeopardise 1084 01:47:16,805 --> 01:47:22,393 the reputation and inner peace of the steward's family. 1085 01:47:22,519 --> 01:47:27,857 But when I heard that Karli might loose his eyesight, 1086 01:47:27,983 --> 01:47:30,734 I made Erna come to the school 1087 01:47:30,861 --> 01:47:33,696 and tell the policemen about her dream. 1088 01:47:33,822 --> 01:47:36,157 We're not as stupid as you think. 1089 01:47:36,283 --> 01:47:38,993 But I really dreamt it! 1090 01:47:43,665 --> 01:47:45,458 Look here, 1091 01:47:47,043 --> 01:47:49,628 I'll give you one last chance. 1092 01:47:50,422 --> 01:47:54,341 Tell us who told you of a plan to torture the boy 1093 01:47:54,468 --> 01:47:57,219 and we won't repeat it to anyone. 1094 01:47:57,345 --> 01:47:59,221 All right? 1095 01:48:02,809 --> 01:48:05,769 She's had dreams before that came true. 1096 01:48:05,896 --> 01:48:08,898 Is that so? About what, may I ask? 1097 01:48:10,609 --> 01:48:13,194 It was a family matter. 1098 01:48:13,320 --> 01:48:15,529 I see! A family matter. 1099 01:48:15,655 --> 01:48:19,325 - Did you check if it was true? - No. 1100 01:48:21,411 --> 01:48:22,912 Well, 1101 01:48:23,705 --> 01:48:26,123 it may be true. 1102 01:48:26,249 --> 01:48:28,876 Maybe she's an authentic clairvoyant, 1103 01:48:29,002 --> 01:48:32,129 and we're luckier than we think. 1104 01:48:32,255 --> 01:48:34,298 Stop crying! 1105 01:48:36,176 --> 01:48:39,678 Your deceitful whining won't work with me. 1106 01:48:39,804 --> 01:48:43,182 I've got other ways to make you talk. 1107 01:48:43,308 --> 01:48:46,143 I don't believe in witches and sorcerers, 1108 01:48:46,269 --> 01:48:51,565 and even less in the hallucinations of a brat like you. 1109 01:48:51,691 --> 01:48:54,068 So make up your mind to tell me the truth. 1110 01:48:54,194 --> 01:48:57,696 I won't drop it until you come clean. Have you got that? 1111 01:48:58,990 --> 01:49:01,825 Now let's go and see what your parents think 1112 01:49:01,952 --> 01:49:05,204 of your version of the story. 1113 01:49:05,330 --> 01:49:08,958 - Would you accompany us? - Of course. 1114 01:49:11,127 --> 01:49:12,670 Hello, there. 1115 01:49:12,796 --> 01:49:16,006 - What do we have here? - Good afternoon. 1116 01:49:16,132 --> 01:49:17,925 Good afternoon, sir. 1117 01:49:19,261 --> 01:49:21,095 Why are you eavesdropping? 1118 01:49:21,221 --> 01:49:25,558 We saw that the teacher had visitors. We didn't want to intrude. 1119 01:49:25,684 --> 01:49:28,352 We were waiting to talk to him. 1120 01:49:28,478 --> 01:49:32,898 - What do you want? - To ask you about Karli. 1121 01:49:33,024 --> 01:49:37,778 - Like what? - We heard he wasn't well. 1122 01:49:37,904 --> 01:49:39,989 We wondered if we could help. 1123 01:49:43,243 --> 01:49:45,619 You'll be all right. 1124 01:49:52,294 --> 01:49:54,628 I know, it hurts. 1125 01:50:04,556 --> 01:50:06,765 Just be patient. 1126 01:50:14,733 --> 01:50:17,067 Everything will be fine again. 1127 01:50:17,193 --> 01:50:19,361 You'll be fine. 1128 01:50:29,664 --> 01:50:31,874 I have to go now, Karli. 1129 01:50:33,293 --> 01:50:35,210 Don't worry, 1130 01:50:36,212 --> 01:50:38,881 I'll be back tomorrow. 1131 01:50:42,510 --> 01:50:44,762 You'll be all right. Don't be afraid. 1132 01:50:44,888 --> 01:50:46,472 The doctor will be back. 1133 01:52:45,550 --> 01:52:47,050 Come in. 1134 01:52:56,352 --> 01:52:57,436 Yes? 1135 01:53:13,953 --> 01:53:15,412 What is it? 1136 01:53:17,624 --> 01:53:23,212 To replace Peepsie because you're so sad. 1137 01:53:30,220 --> 01:53:32,054 Thank you. 1138 01:53:34,224 --> 01:53:37,059 You're welcome, Father. 1139 01:54:26,734 --> 01:54:29,111 - Give me the whistle! - Sorry? 1140 01:54:29,237 --> 01:54:31,321 The whistle! 1141 01:54:31,447 --> 01:54:33,991 What whistle? 1142 01:54:34,117 --> 01:54:37,286 - Give it to me! - What whistle? 1143 01:54:39,789 --> 01:54:41,582 Give it to me or I'll kill you. 1144 01:54:41,708 --> 01:54:44,001 I have no whistle. 1145 01:54:45,169 --> 01:54:47,379 Bastard! 1146 01:54:47,505 --> 01:54:49,214 Wretch! 1147 01:54:49,340 --> 01:54:52,926 For God's sake, what has got into you? 1148 01:54:53,052 --> 01:54:54,553 What has he done? 1149 01:54:55,513 --> 01:54:59,683 For the last time, give it to me! 1150 01:54:59,809 --> 01:55:01,310 Give you what, Father? 1151 01:55:01,436 --> 01:55:02,811 What is it? 1152 01:55:02,937 --> 01:55:05,314 What are you talking about? 1153 01:55:05,815 --> 01:55:07,482 You know what I mean! 1154 01:55:07,609 --> 01:55:10,944 But if he says so! What's going on? 1155 01:55:17,035 --> 01:55:19,828 Please wait! 1156 01:55:19,954 --> 01:55:21,830 What did the boy do? 1157 01:55:21,956 --> 01:55:24,207 Calm down. 1158 01:55:24,334 --> 01:55:28,170 Stay out of this! I have to go back to the Baron. 1159 01:55:46,314 --> 01:55:49,524 Georg! Please, don't! 1160 01:55:49,651 --> 01:55:51,693 You'll kill him! 1161 01:55:52,862 --> 01:55:57,074 With the birch trees in Retenow, it will be 6,000 cubic metres. 1162 01:55:57,200 --> 01:56:00,702 It will take them around three weeks. 1163 01:56:02,747 --> 01:56:05,958 And now we have an extra 80 Poles. 1164 01:56:06,084 --> 01:56:11,380 They have been put up in the annex. We're all out of bedding. 1165 01:56:12,674 --> 01:56:14,967 It takes time. 1166 01:56:15,843 --> 01:56:18,679 There are lots of children with them. 1167 01:56:18,805 --> 01:56:22,182 - In spite of it... - I won't stay here. 1168 01:56:22,308 --> 01:56:24,142 What? 1169 01:56:24,268 --> 01:56:26,603 I'm not staying here. 1170 01:56:30,566 --> 01:56:32,234 What's that supposed to mean? 1171 01:56:32,360 --> 01:56:35,570 That I'm leaving with the children. 1172 01:56:35,697 --> 01:56:37,280 What do you mean? 1173 01:56:37,407 --> 01:56:39,825 Armin! It's not so hard to understand. 1174 01:56:43,413 --> 01:56:44,955 How do you plan to do all this? 1175 01:56:46,624 --> 01:56:49,251 I don't know yet. 1176 01:56:49,377 --> 01:56:51,795 But in any case, we're leaving this place. 1177 01:56:51,921 --> 01:56:53,422 "We"? 1178 01:56:54,382 --> 01:56:55,924 Yes. 1179 01:57:14,402 --> 01:57:18,030 - That will be all, thank you. - Good night, Baroness, Baron. 1180 01:57:34,464 --> 01:57:38,300 I only came back from Italy out of fairness to you. 1181 01:57:41,429 --> 01:57:43,722 I wanted to give us a chance. 1182 01:57:47,643 --> 01:57:49,936 You wanted to give me a chance? 1183 01:57:51,939 --> 01:57:55,692 Wonderful! And now I've had my chance? 1184 01:57:55,818 --> 01:57:58,737 Do you think this will help us solve our problems? 1185 01:57:58,863 --> 01:58:01,281 - What? - Your sarcasm. 1186 01:58:01,407 --> 01:58:04,910 What problems do we need to solve? 1187 01:58:07,872 --> 01:58:10,123 Stay here! 1188 01:58:13,294 --> 01:58:15,337 You'll only leave when I say so. 1189 01:58:24,847 --> 01:58:26,723 Very well. 1190 01:58:36,526 --> 01:58:39,903 I was hoping to spare you this. 1191 01:58:43,074 --> 01:58:46,535 At Uncle Eduardo's I fell in love with a man. 1192 01:58:48,287 --> 01:58:50,247 He's from Lombardy, 1193 01:58:50,373 --> 01:58:54,292 a banker, financial adviser to Uncle Eduardo. 1194 01:58:56,462 --> 01:58:59,172 He courted me assiduously, 1195 01:58:59,298 --> 01:59:02,384 and was very fond of the children. 1196 01:59:03,886 --> 01:59:07,389 It was thanks to him that Sigi has blossomed. 1197 01:59:11,561 --> 01:59:14,229 Despite this, we came back. 1198 01:59:15,022 --> 01:59:17,190 Because I felt committed to you. 1199 01:59:20,403 --> 01:59:23,029 But I can't stand this place any longer. 1200 01:59:23,573 --> 01:59:26,032 It's not about me, 1201 01:59:26,159 --> 01:59:31,580 although life with you is hardly thrilling for a woman of my age. 1202 01:59:34,333 --> 01:59:38,295 I'm leaving so that the children don't grow up in surroundings 1203 01:59:38,421 --> 01:59:42,382 that are dominated by malice, 1204 01:59:42,508 --> 01:59:47,971 envy, apathy and brutality. 1205 01:59:50,933 --> 01:59:54,603 Sigi's whistle was the last straw. 1206 01:59:57,106 --> 01:59:59,858 I'm sick and tired of the persecution, 1207 01:59:59,984 --> 02:00:03,528 the threats and perverse acts of revenge. 1208 02:00:09,035 --> 02:00:10,952 Did you sleep with him? 1209 02:00:12,830 --> 02:00:15,332 You don't understand anything. 1210 02:00:15,458 --> 02:00:17,959 Did you sleep with him? 1211 02:00:23,216 --> 02:00:25,091 No, I didn't sleep with him. 1212 02:00:27,303 --> 02:00:29,554 You're lying, aren't you? 1213 02:00:37,480 --> 02:00:39,147 Come in. 1214 02:00:41,484 --> 02:00:43,235 Good evening. 1215 02:00:44,195 --> 02:00:45,862 Good evening, Baroness. 1216 02:00:45,988 --> 02:00:48,573 - Can I talk to you? - Can't it wait? 1217 02:00:48,699 --> 02:00:52,410 No, or I wouldn't have disturbed you so late. 1218 02:02:08,070 --> 02:02:10,322 What is it? 1219 02:02:11,407 --> 02:02:14,993 They've assassinated Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo. 1220 02:02:16,912 --> 02:02:21,082 The news spread through the village like wildfire. 1221 02:02:21,208 --> 02:02:23,960 What would the consequences be? 1222 02:02:24,086 --> 02:02:27,589 The first to mention "war" was shouted down. 1223 02:02:28,674 --> 02:02:31,343 But once the word had been uttered, 1224 02:02:31,469 --> 02:02:35,889 it remained stubbornly at the centre of all our thoughts. 1225 02:02:37,683 --> 02:02:41,603 I wanted to go to town quickly to discuss with Eva 1226 02:02:41,729 --> 02:02:45,565 what we should do if war broke out. 1227 02:02:45,691 --> 02:02:49,569 Maybe her father would now agree to an earlier marriage. 1228 02:02:51,530 --> 02:02:56,493 I asked the Baroness for the bicycle that Eva had borrowed previously. 1229 02:02:57,244 --> 02:03:01,748 I planned to use it to visit her on Sunday. 1230 02:03:03,250 --> 02:03:07,921 On Friday, when I went to pick up the bicycle, 1231 02:03:08,047 --> 02:03:11,966 I witnessed a strange confrontation. 1232 02:03:23,229 --> 02:03:25,355 What is it, Mrs Wagner? 1233 02:03:26,816 --> 02:03:28,441 Can I borrow your bicycle? 1234 02:03:28,567 --> 02:03:31,444 - It's not mine. - Can I borrow it anyway? 1235 02:03:31,570 --> 02:03:35,031 I just borrowed it myself, to visit my fiancée. 1236 02:03:35,157 --> 02:03:36,741 Please! 1237 02:03:36,867 --> 02:03:39,035 Where do you want to go? 1238 02:03:39,161 --> 02:03:40,703 - To town. - What for? 1239 02:03:40,830 --> 02:03:45,667 The stubborn steward won't lend me a carriage. 1240 02:03:45,793 --> 02:03:47,877 Please lend it to me. 1241 02:03:48,003 --> 02:03:49,879 Why? What for? 1242 02:03:50,005 --> 02:03:53,633 I have to go to the police. I know who committed those crimes. 1243 02:03:53,759 --> 02:03:55,552 Who? 1244 02:03:55,678 --> 02:03:59,472 - Can I have the bicycle? - Why won't you tell me? 1245 02:03:59,598 --> 02:04:03,685 I will only talk to the police. I'm sick of insults. 1246 02:04:04,854 --> 02:04:09,232 - What about the doctor's horse? - I don't know how to ride. 1247 02:04:11,193 --> 02:04:14,070 Please! You have to believe me! 1248 02:04:14,196 --> 02:04:17,574 My son told me who did it to him. 1249 02:04:18,534 --> 02:04:21,202 He may lose his eyesight. 1250 02:04:21,328 --> 02:04:23,663 Please, lend it to me! 1251 02:04:26,417 --> 02:04:28,001 Thanks! 1252 02:04:31,213 --> 02:04:35,175 I was soon sorry that I had given in. 1253 02:04:35,301 --> 02:04:40,597 But the state of that usually level-headed woman had upset me. 1254 02:04:40,723 --> 02:04:44,767 What had she found out from her son that she didn't dare tell anyone? 1255 02:04:46,270 --> 02:04:50,231 Back in the village, I decided to investigate. 1256 02:05:01,827 --> 02:05:05,580 - Hello, sir. - Hello, Klara. 1257 02:05:07,416 --> 02:05:09,542 What are you doing here? 1258 02:05:11,003 --> 02:05:13,630 We wanted to see how Karli was. 1259 02:05:14,340 --> 02:05:19,135 - Can't you see it's closed up? - Yes, we were worried. 1260 02:05:19,261 --> 02:05:23,056 We saw Mrs Wagner cycling off. 1261 02:05:23,182 --> 02:05:25,934 We wondered what had happened to Karli. 1262 02:05:28,812 --> 02:05:32,357 Go home. You don't belong in here. 1263 02:05:46,288 --> 02:05:48,373 Go on home. 1264 02:05:49,333 --> 02:05:51,292 Goodbye, sir. 1265 02:05:57,550 --> 02:06:02,554 I wondered why the midwife had closed the shutters. 1266 02:06:02,680 --> 02:06:05,848 Nobody in the village locked their house. 1267 02:06:05,975 --> 02:06:09,477 Why had the midwife locked in her son? 1268 02:06:09,603 --> 02:06:11,980 Karli, can you hear me? 1269 02:06:16,110 --> 02:06:19,070 I thought of Erna's dream again. 1270 02:06:19,196 --> 02:06:24,325 What if Erna hadn't dreamt it, but knew that Karli would be tortured, 1271 02:06:24,451 --> 02:06:27,036 who had told her? 1272 02:06:27,162 --> 02:06:30,790 Who wouldn't she denounce? 1273 02:06:30,916 --> 02:06:35,044 The children's interest in Karli seemed strange to me. 1274 02:06:35,170 --> 02:06:40,883 Usually, because of his disability, 1275 02:06:41,010 --> 02:06:45,847 they had no contact with him, or else they treated him disdainfully. 1276 02:06:46,557 --> 02:06:49,058 When the midwife couldn't take care of him, 1277 02:06:49,184 --> 02:06:52,979 she entrusted him to me, or the doctor. 1278 02:06:53,105 --> 02:06:57,567 But I hadn't seen him since his mishap. 1279 02:06:57,693 --> 02:07:01,070 Worried, I decided to ask the doctor. 1280 02:07:01,196 --> 02:07:04,741 OFFICE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE 1281 02:07:09,747 --> 02:07:13,207 - Wasn't his daughter in school? - Yes, she was. 1282 02:07:13,334 --> 02:07:15,627 And she said nothing? 1283 02:07:17,004 --> 02:07:19,255 I have a request. 1284 02:07:19,381 --> 02:07:23,635 - Could I talk to Klara and Martin? - Won't you wait for my husband? 1285 02:07:23,761 --> 02:07:27,347 He's at the church. The service is almost over. 1286 02:07:27,473 --> 02:07:30,266 But if you insist, please come in. 1287 02:07:31,352 --> 02:07:32,435 Have a seat. 1288 02:07:33,812 --> 02:07:35,980 I'll fetch them for you. 1289 02:08:11,975 --> 02:08:13,726 Good evening, sir. 1290 02:08:14,812 --> 02:08:19,524 - Won't you sit down? - Yes, OK. Gladly. 1291 02:08:19,650 --> 02:08:21,693 Can I offer you something? 1292 02:08:24,029 --> 02:08:26,823 A coffee, like during the piano lessons? 1293 02:08:28,283 --> 02:08:30,743 Yes, please. That's very kind of you. 1294 02:08:30,869 --> 02:08:32,578 I'll be right back. 1295 02:08:37,793 --> 02:08:40,962 Did you know the doctor was leaving Eichwald? 1296 02:08:42,089 --> 02:08:47,969 - Aren't you surprised by my question? - Our mother just told us. 1297 02:08:49,430 --> 02:08:51,806 Didn't Anna tell you? 1298 02:08:55,352 --> 02:08:56,936 Not a word? 1299 02:08:58,021 --> 02:09:01,482 It's odd not to say you're going away on a trip. 1300 02:09:01,608 --> 02:09:05,903 - Anna doesn't say much. - But this was completely different. 1301 02:09:07,948 --> 02:09:11,325 - You're hiding something from me. - What? 1302 02:09:12,161 --> 02:09:14,954 I'm waiting for you to tell me. 1303 02:09:18,292 --> 02:09:22,754 When you were looking for Karli, what did you want from him? 1304 02:09:22,880 --> 02:09:27,258 - We were worried. He's ill. - I'm asking Martin. 1305 02:09:27,384 --> 02:09:30,261 Yes, he isn't well. 1306 02:09:30,387 --> 02:09:35,933 And since his mother was leaving, we thought we'd pay him a visit. 1307 02:09:43,984 --> 02:09:48,279 Did you never wonder who had mistreated Karli? 1308 02:09:49,490 --> 02:09:51,407 And Sigi? 1309 02:09:53,285 --> 02:09:55,828 Who tied the wire to trip the doctor? 1310 02:09:55,954 --> 02:09:58,414 Who set fire to the barn? 1311 02:09:59,792 --> 02:10:02,335 - No? - Of course, we wondered. 1312 02:10:02,461 --> 02:10:04,086 Well? 1313 02:10:04,213 --> 02:10:09,175 Father said it must be a sick person. 1314 02:10:11,094 --> 02:10:16,224 Sigi was with you at Thanksgiving. And Karli was always with you. 1315 02:10:16,350 --> 02:10:19,519 - I don't understand. - No? 1316 02:10:25,400 --> 02:10:26,901 What did they do wrong? 1317 02:10:28,195 --> 02:10:30,363 - Who? - Sigi and Karli. 1318 02:10:30,489 --> 02:10:31,614 What do you mean? 1319 02:10:31,740 --> 02:10:34,659 They were obviously being punished. What for? 1320 02:10:34,785 --> 02:10:36,077 I don't know. 1321 02:10:36,203 --> 02:10:39,205 Erna foresaw that Karli would be punished. How come? 1322 02:10:39,331 --> 02:10:41,123 I don't know! 1323 02:10:43,001 --> 02:10:44,502 Why are you asking us? 1324 02:10:44,628 --> 02:10:48,506 You're a smart girl, Klara. Stop acting dumb. 1325 02:10:50,592 --> 02:10:52,093 I don't understand. 1326 02:10:52,219 --> 02:10:55,721 You should talk about this with Father or Mother. 1327 02:10:55,848 --> 02:10:57,890 Shall I get them? 1328 02:10:58,016 --> 02:11:01,060 - Martin, will you go? - Stay here, Martin. 1329 02:11:01,186 --> 02:11:03,938 I'll see them later. I'm talking to you now. 1330 02:11:04,064 --> 02:11:06,649 Tell me the truth. 1331 02:11:06,775 --> 02:11:09,277 - Where were you when Karli was found? - Here. 1332 02:11:09,403 --> 02:11:12,572 I mean, after the confirmation? 1333 02:11:12,698 --> 02:11:14,991 Coffee's coming. 1334 02:11:18,871 --> 02:11:21,289 Were the children able to help you? 1335 02:11:23,083 --> 02:11:25,334 I'm afraid not. They know nothing. 1336 02:11:27,421 --> 02:11:30,464 Did his daughter say nothing at school? 1337 02:11:30,591 --> 02:11:34,427 No. I'm sorry for disturbing you. 1338 02:11:34,553 --> 02:11:39,056 Stay. My husband is coming, and the coffee is almost ready. 1339 02:11:39,182 --> 02:11:42,935 Thank you, but I'm worried about the midwife's son. 1340 02:11:44,897 --> 02:11:48,733 - Didn't she say when she'd be back? - I didn't ask her. 1341 02:11:48,859 --> 02:11:51,444 She caught me off guard. She was panicked. 1342 02:11:51,570 --> 02:11:54,155 Wait, I can hear my husband. 1343 02:11:55,949 --> 02:11:57,450 Good evening. 1344 02:11:58,410 --> 02:12:01,078 The teacher was waiting for you. 1345 02:12:01,204 --> 02:12:03,706 Yes, I'd like a quick word with you. 1346 02:12:03,832 --> 02:12:07,752 Please. Let's go to my study. It's quieter there. 1347 02:12:12,174 --> 02:12:15,176 What's this about? 1348 02:12:16,970 --> 02:12:19,347 I spoke to the midwife. 1349 02:12:19,473 --> 02:12:22,308 She said she knew who had tortured her son. 1350 02:12:23,477 --> 02:12:28,064 She'll only tell the police so she went to town. 1351 02:12:30,275 --> 02:12:32,026 Well? 1352 02:12:32,819 --> 02:12:36,822 She left the boy behind on his own and locked the house. 1353 02:12:37,783 --> 02:12:40,034 Locked it? 1354 02:12:41,578 --> 02:12:43,996 I went to ask the doctor 1355 02:12:44,122 --> 02:12:46,958 if he was looking after the child, but... 1356 02:12:48,168 --> 02:12:51,545 There's a sign up saying that the office is closed. 1357 02:12:51,672 --> 02:12:54,507 He and his kids have disappeared. 1358 02:12:54,633 --> 02:12:57,969 - What does this mean? - I don't know. 1359 02:12:58,095 --> 02:13:01,347 I thought you might know. That's why I'm here. 1360 02:13:01,473 --> 02:13:04,141 I have no idea. 1361 02:13:04,267 --> 02:13:06,268 Please, have a seat. 1362 02:13:09,982 --> 02:13:12,733 Wasn't his daughter in school? 1363 02:13:12,859 --> 02:13:16,195 Yes, but she mentioned nothing. 1364 02:13:18,573 --> 02:13:22,952 I asked Klara and Martin. They know nothing either. 1365 02:13:23,078 --> 02:13:25,079 Why should they? 1366 02:13:26,915 --> 02:13:28,582 I don't know. 1367 02:13:29,292 --> 02:13:33,754 I went to Mrs Wagner's place. They and some others were there. 1368 02:13:33,880 --> 02:13:37,425 - What for? - They were looking for the boy. 1369 02:13:37,551 --> 02:13:41,595 - Why? - They wanted to help him. 1370 02:13:42,347 --> 02:13:43,556 So what? 1371 02:13:46,309 --> 02:13:48,686 I don't know how to say this... 1372 02:13:48,812 --> 02:13:52,815 - I think they're hiding something. - What? 1373 02:13:54,651 --> 02:13:56,444 I don't know. 1374 02:13:57,612 --> 02:14:03,034 When the doctor had his accident, last year, 1375 02:14:03,160 --> 02:14:07,371 they appeared in his garden, supposedly, to help Anna. 1376 02:14:09,416 --> 02:14:11,167 Yes, and? 1377 02:14:12,335 --> 02:14:15,171 Nothing. I had forgotten it. 1378 02:14:15,297 --> 02:14:17,923 I just remembered today. 1379 02:14:18,675 --> 02:14:20,259 I don't understand. 1380 02:14:21,678 --> 02:14:24,472 When the Baron's son was found, 1381 02:14:24,598 --> 02:14:26,807 he'd been with the children just before. 1382 02:14:30,145 --> 02:14:32,980 What are you getting at? 1383 02:14:33,106 --> 02:14:40,196 The steward's daughter predicted that Karli would be beaten. 1384 02:14:40,322 --> 02:14:42,740 She says she dreamt it. 1385 02:14:42,866 --> 02:14:45,534 The police think she's lying. 1386 02:14:45,660 --> 02:14:49,663 How did she know? Who told her? 1387 02:15:06,139 --> 02:15:09,642 So you're saying that your pupils, my children included, 1388 02:15:09,768 --> 02:15:12,478 committed these crimes? 1389 02:15:16,358 --> 02:15:18,984 Do you realise what you're saying? 1390 02:15:19,111 --> 02:15:21,612 Do you really know... 1391 02:15:35,168 --> 02:15:38,629 I assume I'm the first person 1392 02:15:38,755 --> 02:15:41,465 to hear these monstrosities. 1393 02:15:44,010 --> 02:15:46,846 If you ever dare 1394 02:15:46,972 --> 02:15:49,765 to bother others with this, 1395 02:15:49,891 --> 02:15:51,851 if you ever accuse 1396 02:15:51,977 --> 02:15:54,812 respectable families and their children, 1397 02:15:54,938 --> 02:15:57,773 and denounce them publicly, 1398 02:15:57,899 --> 02:16:01,235 I'll make sure, and take my word for it, 1399 02:16:01,361 --> 02:16:03,112 that you go to prison. 1400 02:16:04,406 --> 02:16:08,450 I've seen a lot during my work as a pastor, 1401 02:16:08,577 --> 02:16:12,496 but never anything so repulsive! 1402 02:16:14,249 --> 02:16:17,168 It's obvious that you have no children. 1403 02:16:18,170 --> 02:16:21,964 Otherwise, you wouldn't stoop to such aberrations. 1404 02:16:23,758 --> 02:16:26,552 You have a sick mind. 1405 02:16:26,678 --> 02:16:30,973 How could they let you loose among those poor creatures? 1406 02:16:32,726 --> 02:16:36,937 I will speak to the authorities about this. 1407 02:16:37,063 --> 02:16:39,231 Now get out of my house! 1408 02:16:40,525 --> 02:16:43,360 I don't want to see you here again. 1409 02:16:49,492 --> 02:16:52,870 The midwife didn't come back. 1410 02:16:52,996 --> 02:16:56,290 I waited until morning, two days later. 1411 02:16:56,416 --> 02:16:58,042 Then I went to the manor house 1412 02:16:58,168 --> 02:17:00,294 to inform the Baron. 1413 02:17:00,420 --> 02:17:03,714 He told the steward to open the house 1414 02:17:03,840 --> 02:17:05,841 and take care of the disabled boy. 1415 02:17:05,967 --> 02:17:08,177 I'll look upstairs. 1416 02:17:08,803 --> 02:17:11,722 I had never been in the midwife's house 1417 02:17:11,848 --> 02:17:13,349 and felt uncomfortable 1418 02:17:13,475 --> 02:17:17,686 barging into somebody else's place without permission. 1419 02:17:18,855 --> 02:17:21,065 It was strange, 1420 02:17:21,191 --> 02:17:25,319 but while we were still searching and calling out Karli's name, 1421 02:17:25,445 --> 02:17:29,114 I already knew our search was in vain. 1422 02:17:29,241 --> 02:17:33,994 Anyone who knew how devoted the midwife was to her son 1423 02:17:34,120 --> 02:17:40,334 would know she would never have abandoned her wounded Karli. 1424 02:17:42,337 --> 02:17:47,967 During the next few weeks, the village gossips worked overtime. 1425 02:17:48,093 --> 02:17:51,679 Some claimed the doctor was Karli's father. 1426 02:17:51,805 --> 02:17:54,640 He and the midwife had tried to abort the child 1427 02:17:54,766 --> 02:17:58,435 so their relationship would not be found out 1428 02:17:58,561 --> 02:18:02,189 and that was how the child was disabled. 1429 02:18:02,983 --> 02:18:05,192 Some even claimed 1430 02:18:05,318 --> 02:18:09,613 that the death of the doctor's wife was suspect, 1431 02:18:09,739 --> 02:18:13,867 and the two might very well be responsible for it. 1432 02:18:15,036 --> 02:18:19,206 Better still, that the doctor and midwife, as potential murderers, 1433 02:18:19,332 --> 02:18:23,836 had also perpetrated all the other crimes. 1434 02:18:23,962 --> 02:18:27,131 Wanting to spare his legitimate children and himself 1435 02:18:27,257 --> 02:18:30,259 from any public disclosure of his guilt, 1436 02:18:30,385 --> 02:18:33,470 the doctor had fled with them. 1437 02:18:34,806 --> 02:18:39,435 On 28 July, Austria declared war on Serbia. 1438 02:18:39,561 --> 02:18:44,106 On Saturday 1 August, Germany declared war on Russia, 1439 02:18:44,232 --> 02:18:47,359 and on France the following Monday. 1440 02:18:48,528 --> 02:18:53,157 The solemn service the following Sunday was attended by the whole village. 1441 02:18:53,283 --> 02:18:57,202 There was a feeling of expectation and departure in the air. 1442 02:18:57,329 --> 02:19:00,414 Everything was about to change. 1443 02:19:00,540 --> 02:19:04,209 Eva's father, in view of the approaching war, 1444 02:19:04,336 --> 02:19:06,587 had taken his daughter back home, 1445 02:19:06,713 --> 02:19:10,341 and, at her behest, had come to Eichwald 1446 02:19:10,467 --> 02:19:16,263 where his future son-in-law lived and worked to look over it. 1447 02:19:16,389 --> 02:19:20,726 The prospect of being able to call this beloved creature my wife 1448 02:19:20,852 --> 02:19:24,688 also made this a day of celebration for me. 1449 02:19:24,814 --> 02:19:27,983 The pastor never mentioned our conversation again 1450 02:19:28,109 --> 02:19:33,781 and apparently never went through with his threat to denounce me. 1451 02:19:33,907 --> 02:19:37,368 I was called up at the start of 1917. 1452 02:19:37,494 --> 02:19:40,954 After the war, as my father had died meanwhile, 1453 02:19:41,081 --> 02:19:43,665 I sold his house in Vasendorf, 1454 02:19:43,792 --> 02:19:48,170 and with the money opened a tailor's shop in town. 1455 02:19:48,296 --> 02:19:50,881 I never saw any of the villagers again.