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Madam, Police! - l protest!

Open the door, police!

Open the door,police!

Tini! Tini! Be careful!

Open the door! - What's going on?

Police. - Oh my God!

This way please.

Yes, yes, l'm coming.

Oonstable,as you see me standing here l am completely innocent.

Oome out there. - l protest!

You have no right to interfere into my private life.

Shut up! Open the door, or l will open it.

But please, my husband must'nt know anything.

lt is still allowed to take a bath, isn't it? - Yes, of course.

By the way, we have met before, haven't we?

Hurry up, get dressed,! The paddy wagon is waiting.

Hurry up! - Bah!

Well, are we ready? Hurry!

Ernestine Kuczinsky. Oome here.

Will you tell us, who Donny is?

You wrote to this Donny, to keep his mouth shut, no matter what.

Signed: Yours Tini.

This is what your folks call you, right?

Donnie? l dont know.

But the bureau of investigation found this paper in your handbag.

Ah right. But the name is Jonny.

My handwriting is miserable.

And who was this Jonny? - He is an American.

And why should that Jonny, as you put it keep his mouth shut?

l have no idea. But he was always very talkative.

And besides ,he left quiet a while ago.

You may sit down, Ernestine Kuczinsky.

Honorable gentlemen of the court,

the latest interogation of the defendant has shown for sure,

what we are up to here.

The defendant has managed several times,

to escape a sentence by the court.

She escaped police custody three times.

She ignored summons by the youth welfare office.

We have to stop holding time responsible for everything.

lt is true, that the defendant is very young,

but concerning her mind and in other respects she is mature enough,

to understand the consequences of her condemnable behaviour.

Girls of her kind, i will not use a harder,

although more fitting expression,

keep avoiding the moral recovery of our people,

if they are not treated hard enough.

For this reason this time a sentence to jail is unavoidable.

l leave it to the court to decide how high this sentence shall be.

Do you, as representative of the youth welfare office, have anything left to say?

May l ask Ernestine Kuczinsky a question?

Please.

A young girl, in distress, everybody assumes that,for her

the only right way would be, to find help with her relatives.

Why didnt you do that, Tini?

l have told you the reason again and again.

We want the court to hear it from your own lips.

They all passed away.

Hello, Fraulein Doctor! - Hello, Herr Tenissen.

Again you have no time for me.

Terrible! But l am glad that l came at the right time after all.

Ther was an awful great deal to do at the...

Yes l know. As usual.

Good day, Fraulein Risst. ls the professor coming?

No, l was asked to do the psychiatric report.

You know where to go? Great courtroom, third floor.

lt starts any minute? - You have a ticket?

Here. And here.

l would not rely to hard on the last one.

Ooncerning your youth, Ernstine Kuczinsky,

and in respect of the hard destiny, that took all people from you,

who could have given you help and cover, the court has abandoned,

the demand for penalty of the district attorney.

We want to give you a last chance,

to start a new, morally strengthened life.

Therefore the court commands you in the custody of corrective training.

The sooner you find your way back to a certain inner strength,

the better for you. This way you win back your personal freedom.

The hearing is closed.

Excuse me please, l have to go to the pressroom first.

The case Trudemeyer versus Brinkmann.

The case Trudemeyer versus Brinkmann, please.

Who was the girlin court, right now?

Moment. Ernestine Kuczinsky. - But this can not be?

You are right. Why was she in court?

The usual accusations. Roaming the streets, something like that.

Blackmarket of love. - Who was the judge?

Judge Luders, Fraulein Doktor.

lt is of great importance that l talk to him today.

Oh Volker, l'm so exhausted.

What is it? What's the matter with you, lrene?

l just saw my sister,

after all l heard l thought she was dead.

Some sort of hallucination?

lt is true, it was her. l am absolutely sure.

As l said,neurologists. ln the end you get sick yourself.

Where are you, Fraulein Risst? They are about to close.

l need an lD.

The medical expert, dont be foolish, man!

You may pass.

Okay, too, pressclub Stockholm.

Really, You speak swedish? - No.

Now you wont learn it anymore.

The broom! No cigarette.

This is Ernestine Kuczinsky, your new roommate.

You can get acquaint to her later.

This is your locker. lt must be kept clean,we take this for granted.

Ernestine, everything we require of you, is just for your own sake.

So, now you have to change clothes.

For the simple life here you are dressed much to elegant.

You put your belongings into your suitcase and take it up there.

You have to help Ernestine of course, until she is accustomed to the new surrounding.

Thats all for now.

One moment please.

Are you especially interested in the case of Ernestine Kuschinsky, Fraulein Doctor?

Yes.

Otherwise l am sure l have more interesting cases for you.Unbelievable cases.

No, thank you. According to the court transcription this girl seems especially

appropriate for mental analysis.

lt was not predisposition that made her a delinquent teenager,

it happened because of the circumstances.

That's possible. Mabe you let me know the results.

Sure.

An interesting,current work, the prostitution of youth.

To be honest, that thought occured to me just recently.

ls it possilbe to talk to Ernestine Kuczinsky without a guard?

Otherwise she would not talk, l am sure.

There has not been a gurd during visiting hours for a long time.

l thought so.

Miss Oharlotte, Ernestine Kuczinsky come into the visitors room ,please.

Martina!

My dear Martina!

You did not betray me, did you? l am here here as Tini Kuczinsky!

Yes,l know. - And?

l did not betray you. - Okay.

But tell me one thing, dear, why do you use this strange name?

Strange or not, l have a reason.

Anyway, l wont talk about it. Not even to you, understood?

Never.

And if you have nothing else to tell me, you may leave right away.

Stay here, Martina. Anything you say.

but l am notjust here as your sister.

l read your dossier. l happen to be a doctor.

Well, you are a doctor, and l did something else. Say it, you dont like it.

l am sad and shocked, Martina.

l just want to help you, to find the right way.

l dont want to. - Martina!

Martina, Martina! You haven't the faintest idea.

Where have you been before? When the house was destroyed,

and l found the parents dead under the rubble? Where were you?

Back then you had no time to take care of me. You had to study,great.

And here you are today. - You are talking nonsense!

Of course l have been looking for you and the parents,

after everything was destroyed and l was free again.

l found out what happened to the parents, l didn't know anything about you, first.

Token away by troops fleeing,l was told.

l drove the tracing service round the bend.

And then l found your name. On a tracing service-list.

A list of dead people. Legally attested: Marina Risst, dead.

And now l am so happy that l found you, alive.

Martina, we are togehter again, l want you to be happy.

lrene,how can life be so hard?

You know, if l could tell them here that you are my sister,

l would get you out Out at once, believe me.

You are starting again Leave now! Right away!

ln here l am Ernestine, nobody else.

Okay, then l always come visit Ernestine Kuczinsky, as often as l can.

These few month in here will pass by. - For the people out there, yes.

You brought me a present? - Yes.

Oigarettes?

l didn't think of it, wait.

May l point out, Fraulein Doktor,

it is lunchtime fur the pupil.

l really have to go now. See you soon, sweetie.

Good bye, Fraulein doctor.

lf you want to write me a letter, or if there is anything else,okay?

l am really glad you came.

Get me out of here soon, if you can, yes?

Satisfied with the results? - Oh yes.

l am glad to hear that.

lt's very difficult to get in touch with these girls.

Especially, if they are intelligent and guess, what you are up to.

Then it feels like iron, where a heart should be.

Sometimes you can feel the heart.

When do you want to come again, Fraulein doctor?

Soon. Or is there a possibility,

that l could take the girl a few weeks home to my place, for observation?

lt would give me the results sooner.

Legally adviced corrective training.

l dont think there is a possibility.

l want to try it , anyway.

When l was as young as you are l had the same selfconfidence.

lt's about the youth.

Where are my letters?

Didn't you realize.

Lola was just kidding! - What? What?

But Ernestine! What's on your mind?

l dont want her to do that! She said, l had a letter!

Your behaviour is unacceptable!

l'm sorry, l have to report to the director.

Gosh, great! - What is it?

That guy from ''Woman Life'' took marvellous pictures again.

l suppose ''Frauleins'' of course.

Yes, Frauleins. That's how they make money, over there.

That people dont get tired of this typical postwar phenomenen.

For the people over there lt's a sensation. Veronikas.

That is something different, instead of the constant pinup-girls.

Maybe, Volker.

For a real news-photographer this is a must.

Love and vice in a destroyed city.

Many of the girls on the pictures did not become Fraulein

because of love or vice, but because of adversity.

l dont think so, not necessarily. - l think so.

Our girls nowadays are very realistic and without illusions.

Many of them are back in theirjob or they are happily married,

although a few years befor they were willing to pay less

for a bar of chocolate or a pair of nylons.

You are a strange woman, lrene. But l guess its the damn science.

You are taking life much to serious.

You know something, we are going to dance. l put on a record.

Oh Volker.

You want to be very nice to me, Volker Tenissen?

l'd love to, lrene.

Then turn of the record-player it's a pain in the neck.

As you wish.

Please dont be angry, Volker. l had a very exhausting day.

Well yes, this damn clinic.

You cure the crazy people, and get crazy yourself.

There you see.

Hello? Yes, thank you, l'm coming. - Of course.

l'm urgently needed on Station 7. The head of department called.

Dont listen o him!

Today is your Wednesday-afternoon off, it belongs to us!

l'll wait, till you come back. - Be reasonable, Volker.

lt could take long. and it makes me nervous to know that you are here

waiting and l can not come.

This is really a crazy world.

You know, this is strange, anyway.

The head of departement always calls, when l am here. As if he knew.

come on!

Very nice.

You have good taste, Ernestine. You might build up an existence on that.

l'm glad you are so busy.

But because of the things that happened during the past days

l was forced, to hold back your letters.

And to refuse any visitors before christmas.

l hope, l can revoke this decision after christmas.

Well children, it depends on your behaviour. lt's up to you.

Stop fooling around, be resonable!

We haven't seen each other very often, recently. - l am astonished that you realize that.

Why not? The job isn't everything.

Even a surgeon likes to think from time to time,

that there are other possibilities in life.

Hello, Herr professor! Should l maybe make a

psychiatric examination with you? - For Gods sake!

You have that much to hide? - lt's not that, on the contrary.

l'd have many things to tell, especially to you. But not as your patient.

ls that so? - l am sure it is.

Herr professor? lt's time.

Good, Regine. Hurry, so that we come to an end.

You are so calm today, Volker?

You think so? - Yes.

ltis so difficult, if the women, you're having a cup of tea with,has a job.

A job, she is taking very serious.

ls it that obvious? - Yes.

And, how do you think it must be?

A woman, you are having tea with, should say:

''l'm so glad you're here today. l felt so bored alone.''

Maybe a women, that has a job, thinks so to. She just doesn't say it.

That would be a lot, if one knew that.

Not today! We have our free afternoon!

Who else can it be but the chief physician?

No, lrene!

lch can't stand that. Once l have to tell you,

that l think you are adorable. l want to hear you saying:

''l am so glad, that you came today.''

Good heavens!

Martina? - Yes.

How did you get here?

ln a Oadillac.

Are you on holiday, or...

You didn't get me out.

l couldn't. The court refused to.

Despite your connections? - What connections?

Well , who cares. At least they let me go,

these stubborn aunties.

For good behaviour. - Wel, that sounds really good.

lt's great.

You are doing a party? - Yes,a few old friends are coming.

Nice people. - We'll see.

You have a nice flat.

Say, who is paying for all this? - Now,you listen to me!

Oh, l'm sorry.

Friends, who left, sold me the furniture for a cheap price.

How much do you earn actually?

300 Marks per month, and partly free station.

The usual salary for assistent-doctors. For all this oppression?

Oh, thank you!

Your legs are as beautiful as mine?

Oh, it's a picture from our old appartment.

Mama gave it to me near the end.

Quiet nice.

You are still the same child you used to be.

You better help me, Martina.

Great! - Now come on!

Why are you so nervous?

Later, if my guests arrive...

ls it okay, that l introduce you as Martina?

My name is Tini!

But now, that you are released, you can be my sister again?

Your sister is dead. Dont you realize that?

Martina Risst is dead, once and for all!

Well, okay, although it's nonsense.

l'm not asking you what happened before.

lf you betray me, l will run away again. And you never see me again.

Okay, then you'll be meine Friend Tini.

Thank you! Say, do you have someting nice to wear?

ls your boyfriend coming?

You dont even know, if l have one.

Of course he is coming. - l would not take that for granted.

Sometimes they have a family or something like that.

He hasn't.

ls he nice? - He is nice to me.

l used to think,someday you would become, bitchy like a schoolmistress.

But l prefer you as you are now.

Now, listen to me, we are only a few years apart.

Do you have a razor? - ln the left drawer.

Oh my God, they must be here any minute.

You know, actually men are all alike.

Please, Martina!

Well, what can you do? They like it this way.

ln my opinion you should not talk about love like this, Martina.

Now listen to Miss innnocent. Are you a schoolmistress after all?

What's that got to do with love?

l am afraid, l dont know what you're talking about.

ln the end there is a little more involved,

then just a simple biological affair.

Out out the difficult terms. l have no idea what that means, never heard them.

lnstead l have learned other things, that are not in the book.

l think you have many things to tell me, Martina.

You mean to confess? No, no way.

They are here. - What shal l wear?

Pick something.

On schedule as always, Herr professor.

For the past two hours his only wish has been to be on schedule.

Nothing against the gospel!

Especially if the beautiful gospels name is lrene Risst.

He pushed and kept looking at his watch.

The things you do for your friends?

This is my nephew Gerhard,

l didn't want to leave him unattended on christmas eve.

Well done. Please?

Right now l dont understand,why l, yesterday in my cold flat,

talked so aggressive against family-festivities. i'm beginning to like them.

Yes, otherwise we would not be sitting here now.

l'm gonna start. Oheers! - Prost!

l am glad, you accepted my invitation professor.

l was surprised that you invited us for christmas eve.

l remember you once said, that we seeeach other to rarely.

l know. But l actually thought of something different.

But l'm still glad, that l joined you.

The great surgeon has some smal complexes. You nmust take care of.

l have made that suggestion to the professor.

And?

Fraulein Risst did not accept my counterproposal,

to remove her appendix for free.

You may drink from the glogg too. - l have a great passion for books.

My friend Tini.

What did you do with the dress? - Ohic, dont you think?

Professor Rauscher, my head of departement. Doctor Muhlen, an art-critic.

Gerhard Trautmann.

Oh christmas tree, oh christmas tree... - your leaves are green.

Oheers, Fraulein... - Tini.

Tini.

Nice.

Tini? Tini, seems to be of finnish-ugrian lingual-roots.

ls that so, old man. But no, no roots,i'd prefer blossoms.

Tini!

A wonderful name. - Oigarette?

Thank you.

What?

They must'nt know. l arrange surprise gifts.

Well gentlemen, we're getting nowwhere with this. lt's just boring.

l got the solution: Oheers!

Now you go inside and light the candles.

Unfortunately we have more guests than we thought.

Yes, l know, the professors nephew. l have something for him.

And a girlfriend. - Beautiful?

Maybe to beautiful for you. - Not of interest.

See you. - Oh, what is your friends name?

Why?

l have to arrange a present for her,

and write her name on it.

Tini. - With a Y at the end?

Doesn't matter.

Gosh! Movies, radio, stage? Are you appearing somewhere?

No, not yet, but my type is wnted everywhere.

No doubt.

l was hoping, are a student too.

Study what? Liquor and men? l know both.

Tini? - Yes?

Oould you help me. - Great, now the party starts.

The little lady shows off a lot.

lnferiority complexes up to her neck. poor kid.

Gerd, you better go and find something suitable on the radio.

Ohristmas-bells.

That professor is disgusting.

You should see him operate on someone.

And the other guy is a moron, too.

Doctor, can you please turn out the light?

Surprise gifts! Surprise gifts! Julklapp! Julklapp!

For you, professor. - This is for you.

lrene! - Gerhard!

Upps.

Have you been a good girl, Tini?

The beard is gone!

l thought you were a stupid, rotten professor.

Why did you run away? Did you think l forgot you?

Surprise gift! - For me?

Yes. - Oh,thank you.

Much to precious.

That piece is missing. l needed something for your friend.

Gosh! A real Dunhill.

l would never have dreamed of something like that.

lrenes gift for you, Herr professor.

You know my secret desires.

Do you have a cigarette? - Here you are.

l thought, you dont smoke? - Only the past twenty years.

But maybe this is the time for a change?

But you can't do that to me.

You have real courage. - Why?

Well, because you took it away from lrene.

Maybe it can be replaced. l give you a much more beautiful.

That wont work! - And if l beg?

Have a drink? - Good idea.

Allow me please? - You know that one,...

Here you are. - Thanks.

Skol. - Skol.

Are you bored to? - Bored? What do you mean?

The old christmas tunes, the dirty old men and everything else.

Yes, but what kann we do?

There is a record-player in the next rooom? lncluding some good records.

Music? Let's go.

You know, Professor, you should have heard Furtwangler,

the Adagio in the last movement...

Marvellous.

One tiny moment, please.

Damn constant blaring! A brandy could help.

Just one dance, please.

What is that? ls that suppposed to be me?

No very flattering. - Not for the both of them.

But it's good. Very talented.

Do you understand why she is a friend of lrene?

Well, you are prejudiced, but this is no longer up to date.

Who knows, by what coincidence they got to know each other.

A charming interlude, but l think,

we will have to make way for Viktors christmas feelings.

As you wish, darling.

See,that's how you so it.

We need some chrismas-music , Gerhard.

Well dear, how do you feel? - Great!

Where did you learn to draw?

l did not learn it. lt came to me.

Not everybody can do it like this. Your hands can make money, young Lady.

That's true.

Volker Tenissen? - Yes?

May l ask an indescreet question? - Okay.

l recently saw photos in a paper

made by yopu and other photographers.

They were titled''Slums of Berlin''or something like that. Very good,l must say.

Although they were a little ''posed''? - You're wrong, Herr professor.

lt's the real life. l think, you have no idea,

how interesting Germany is nowadays. Forget Shanghai.

Yes, yes, you're all visting us like the kids visiting the zoological garden.

Wild animals are always, fun and scary to watch.

Very interesting anyway.

Well, we would prefer a little more sympathy.

That's asking too much. My camera is a relentless eye,

it sees everything. That is enough for me. l dont want to understand everything.

But you cannot deny, that there are a thousand problems,

that need to be solved.

Your fellow countrymen always had thousands of problems

and they collapsed, trying to solve them. l am not able to solve them anyway.

l cannot change anything either.

But articles and pictures like this,

do the not show Germany in a wrong, singular way?

Well, you have to take things the way they are.

Wha's wrong with taking pictures of chocolate-ladys and Ohesterfield-girls?

The women associations in America get angry

but still everybody likes to see them.

And we make a lot of money.

And besides we make the Frauleins popular. That's something, isn't it?

The professor is of the opinion that the right sound makes the music.

You can'tjust skip the environmental conditioning-theory.

l know from my psychoanalytical practice,

how strong the environmental influence works on young people.

environmental conditioning, Psychoanalysis,well,

if the apendix hurts it has to be removed,

otherwise everything else is lost.

Well yes, that's the ''butchers'' statement. No, folks, it's the constant female touch,

that really matters.

A Madonna by Riemenschneider will survive all Frauleins. cheers!

Frauleins, they are no problem, lt's a condition, believe me.

l have seen more of them than all of you. You can take pictures of them,

but t is no use trying hard to talk about them.

There is garbage everywhere, even amomg mankind.

You know that the dung beetle has the most beautiful colors?

Dung beetle is very good.

Did l say something stupid? - lt seems so.

Martina. Martina! Now be reasonable.

Oh my God, no one can stand , this crazy charade.

Oan't you at least show some respect for me?

Respect? Ha, who cares for showing me respect?

Let me kick the bucket. l've done it before.

Martina is dead, but Tini likes to live a little longer.

A beautiful life, shiny and glamourous. Even if it's not real.

Get lost, l'm sick of talking.

l think, we've opened up a abscess by mistake.

She is a little nervous. Both her parents are dead.

And she was a Flakhelfer (anti aircraft support) during the last month of war.

She is a little obdurate and doesn't tell me everything, but l hope,

l get to know it after all.

You know, l think the girl, might have a chance?

She has a great talent for drawing.

l want to take care of her.

We grew up as neighbours kids.

you were right doctor, problems everywhere.

l behaved very bad damned!

Oh! - Good day.

Good day. - lrene is not here yet.

l didn't want to disturb.

Oh please, you may come in.

lrene will be here soon.

Well, l dont know.

Or are you afraid of me?

Oh,a reporter s afraid of nothing.

You want a perfumed one? Without that crap does not taste at all.

l think that's better. - Okay.

Thank you. - Bitte.

A new record?

Well, let us play the old one to the end first.

Something gnaws at my conscience. - Why? Something went wrong?

Well, you know, christmas eve.

You better say:dung beetle.

Yes,sometimes if you talk too much it turns into nonsense.

Your behaviour was damned decent.

Oh, a compliment.

A man must not talk bad about women.

That was okay, that you did not want to listen to that.

Another record maybe. - Fine idea.

Say it with music.

Would you like to dance with me now?

You are just gorgeous.

But l'm not in the mood now, Volker Tenissen.

Ach, ihr in Deutschland seid wirklich schrecklich kompliziert.

Na Sie mussen das doch mogen.

Or you would not be lrenes friend...

You are wrong, madame! l, it's very often that l just dont understand lrene.

ls that so?. - Yes, that's so.

Why cant you be more simple? One is not on this earth,

to make life complicated.

Back in Sweden everything is more natural.

We even take a bath naked together. And nothing happens that doesn't happen anywhere else.

And you find that interesting?

l wanted to express something else.

You have forgotten what real comradship is about.

Oh yes,l know that. Up with the flag march in rows.

Thank you, mein Herr! - Nonsense!

lch mean the comradship between men and women.

You always want to fight and eat each other up.

But one can be nice to each other, without... - without?

You know, what l mean.

lt sounds nice. - You and me, for example.

l think we could become real good comrades.

Even if it gets serious? - Especially then.

That doesn't exist. - Yes, it does.

Without that, the whole world would not be worth one atomic-bomb.

You say , you would be a good comrad to me, Volker?

Yes, l would.

Without? - Absolutely.

Hello? - Hello, lrene!

lt's nice that you are still here.

l just came by.

This damned treadmill. Would you prepare a cup of tea for us, Tini.

Oh, not for me, please. l have to return to the editorial.

You had time until now?

We are comrades now, Volker and me.

That was fast.

l've got new pictures.

Maybe you write a nice text?

But not now, l am to tired, Volker.

Darling.

You must leave, the are waiting for you in the editorial office.

Yes, it's almost four O,clock. l have to leave.

Excuse me, if l stay seated. Tini will get you to the door.

May l visit you tonight, lrene?

l'm not in the mood. Besides your comrade Tini is here.

Good bye, Darling. - Good bye.

That's a terrible mess, here. How can you stand that!?.

Like a whorehouse!

Well, the guys like it.

You just dont know how to handle them.

Stop talking and clean up that mess.

Why he is already gone?

Do you life at my place or do l life at yours?

Dont start that scam.

Listen to me, Martina. There is something wrong with you.

What's the matter with you How about relieving your mind?

Oh, now you're starting your fifteen-minutes... psycho... psycho...

l dont care, what's it called.

No, my dear, l am not your guinea pig.

But you are my sister. - So what? Go on?

Well,you are arrogant, because you've been through a lot of things.

But other people went through the same! lt's a miserable kind of pride!

Those who were not there better keep their mouth shut!

What do you know about me, earning the money for my education?

You sat there with your books, you learned, what do l care.

Anyway, this whole education-nonsense, Makes me chuck up!

Staying on guard all night, no money, no food. That's what it was.

Disgusting colleagues and the stinky smell of hospital,

and the constant fear of failure. ls that nothing, Martina?

Believe me, Martina, i had to suffer just like you.

Leave me alone!

You think l am no women because l dont go to bed with every man?

But there are more important things, in life.

You are not even able, to hold such a fine guy like Volker.

You are a machine,but a woman? Makes me laugh!

lf you think, you can beat me up. l am in training!

That l believe!

l talked to the welfare office this morning.

And you did...

No. l told her, that l, had not heard from you.

Time to say, thank you again, he?

You dont have to do that. - But what?

lf you dont want to be my sister, for whom l can fight,

then you have to go back.

Never!

Ernestine Kuczinsky has to go back. - That's hard you think!

Martina, be reasonable! lt must be!

Somehow they'll find out. They will catch you for sure.

They wont catch me again, l can assure you.

l will escape again, for sure! lmmer l'll always escape, what do you think?

l wont let you go like this.

Well, l did escape before. But that was different.

But l wont tell that to anybody, especially not to you.

There is no use trying to hold me, something is going to happen,

it wont end well. And l dont care, anyway!

Martina!

Hello!

l just want to know,

does the comradship still count? - What happened?

Of course, come in, quick.

Keep talking, the door of the darkroom is made of paper.

l had a fallout with lrene . - Honest? Hard to imagine.

l thought that was impossible.

lt is possible. - One can't leave you women alone.

lt almost broke. A unique occasion.

This? - No, the hippopotamus-baby.

Five minutes after it was born. Frontpage. Should earn at least 500 Marks.

What's the matter with you? You're trembling. Wait a moment!

Here, reindeerwool. Put it on. Terrible weather today.

Just wait, will get warm soon.

Whiskey or gin? - Whiskey, please.

Ah, Whiskey. That's reasonable.

Well, when may l turn around?

l thought in Sweden you take your bath togehter naked?

please. Skol. - Skol.

Oh, well behaved. - Well, if this is good behaviour...

You have a comb? - Yes. Please.

Now, what happened? - Do l have to tell it?

No, you dont have to.

Among comrades there is nothing you have to do, that's the best thing about it.

Thats what l thought. So just forget it.

That's what you do? - Yes.

Oatastrophys, accidents. Terribly exciting.

And naked women of course.

Boring as anything. Three men for the lights and a manager.

My God, you have to eat. - l'm not hungry.

But l am! - Then why do you ask me?

Men.

What's that supposed to be? - My favorite dish, pancakes.

Oh,mine too. Milk, please.

Here. - Good.

An Egg. - And salt.

Please. - Do you have a piece of lemon?

No, only juice. - No.

That's not good. Fat, enough fat. - Why do you say that?

The girls, that come to see me, always want to save. lt's a shame.

Do they come often? - Do l have to tell?

No, you dont have to. Among comrades there is no:you have to.

Bravo! Quick, set the table.

Bring me a knife. - What for?

To turn around. - Oh no, this is how you do that.

Great, l can do that. - Well?

One, two, three. - Hopp!

Here, fair split up. - No! l am stuffed like a sandsack.

Now, how should l call you?

Tini.

Tini? Tini, that is not really a name, is it?

ls that so important?

l find it quiet nice, not to have a real name.

This is a great place. lt's great with you.

Very well!

Suddenly l have no fear anymore. l fear nothing.

What do you say, you have fear?

Yes, yes, usually l can always fell it.

lt's in here, you know? Deep in here. That's why l always have to leave.

That's what causes the fear.

That's stupid, but, l want to stay here.

You may stay. l wont chase you off for sure.

We had a beautiful house. Well, that was so long ago.

A house with porch and trees and flowers.

But that was a long time ago. Burned. And the parents? Dead.

Back then l was already on duty. Sharp amunition fur the female soldiers!

That's what they said. Have you been to a factory?

Sure, often.

Yes, l went through, took some pictures.

And afterwards,after the shock l had breakfast.

Get up each morning at five O'clock, from straw into the barracks.

Those barracks. Always about to fall apart.

And then came the tanks.

No, that was later. - And what happened before?

Have you ever been standing beside an 8,8, boy? With a Stahlhelm on your head?

See, you haven't.

was with the commando-equipment. Yes, there they could only u those with brains.

Faultless weapon. Bang, in all directions.

And then they ran out of amunition. Over! Of course the guys stayed.

And we could eat.

Hey, everything included.

Everything, yes. The others enjoyed it.

But it was different with me. lt somehow didn't work.

You know, the farmwork was different.

At the flak und in the factory we had to follow orders for everything.

We learned to follow these orders, they became our life.

Then suddenly, there were no orders.

We had to help ourselves. Everybody for himself.

The coldness was lousy. We had thrown the uniforms away

and the shoes were worn-out. But it had to go on!

Far away from home. Home!

Things happened on the way.

Nothing could be taken for granted anymore, there were no rules.

What was left under all the rubble?

Shot down bridges houses and cellars?

And back then, during the ''last days'',

when we stood between lines marching back,

and no one knew, where anyone was standing, that was the most terrible thing.

The old house with the drunken guy, blood on his face, and then...

What happened?

Nothing.

l like to think of the Oolonel. He was very young and very nice.

Stockings, chocolate and everything else.

Yes, the guy was really fair, until...

Untill he trew me out.

l mean, l wanted to leave before.

But, no hunger anymore and real cigarettes.

l had to leave.

Have you taken pictures during a razzia?

Besides of MP, and a transit camp.

But four month life the railroad station bunker in Hannover,nobody can document th

Nobody. Not even you, my dear.

Business was okay.

Whenever l came home, l didn't feel comfortable.

Yes, and then? Password: life!

Three cartons of cigarettes and chokolate.

Real cheap, girl, but you have to pick it up at my place.

Why not? Where is the problem?

l knew what to do with it.

And just in case you can run away.

But why should you? Why?

That's how you become a Fraulein. That's the way.

Now you know everything.

Yes, Tini. So, and now you have to sleep.

lt has become quiet cold, come on!

Loosen the belt!

lf you want something to read...

Where are you going?

l sleep at a friends place. Auf lt's to hart for me on the floor.

And to romantic.

And if l give you enough space?

l thought, you Swedish...

You could put the famous sword between us?

One could built the walls of Jericho between us.

Good morning. - Good morning!

Breakfast is ready. - Great!

Did you use magic?

Well, who are you going to take pictures of today?

Happy people, only happy people.

You are like a real little wife.

l thought about it, l just wont let you go again.

Or do you want to leave? - No.

But l must.

Why? Because you are scared again? Of me?

No. - Good.

You are different.

l didn't know, that you...

Oh, l know what you think. ls it because of lrene?

Look, l like lrene very much, you know that,

but l always get the feeling, that she doesn't need me.

She acts so independantly, she has her job, her work,her good friends.

And if she is in the mood, she finds it quiete nice,

to meet with Volker Tenissen once in a while.

But when does she have time?

And with you,thins are completely different l can see that,i can feel it.

lf you look at me, you think of me only.

The same goes for you laughing, even crying, always.

l have the good feeling,that you need me And that gives me a happy feeling.

You dont know anything about me. -l know everything about you.

And even more.

The Frauleins better leave, before they are thrown out.

Dont talk nonsense! You are no Fraulein.

What l told you, isn't that enough?

You could tell and tell and never become one.

But l know one thing:

l couldn't stand it, if you left. l love you.

So, you love me? - lt's true.

l always thought,that love is rubbish. lt doesn't exist.

lt is always the other thing.

lt would be nice.

But that is impossible, it is rubbish.

Volker, you have to throw me out! l have to leave!

lrene is not my friend, lrene is my sister.

And l am Martina Risst. - Martina Risst?

Dear, little Martina. - So, l have to go.

Never! - l cannot stay!

Run! Run away, if you can. - You wont let me go?

Never! Never again! l will write to lrene. l will tell her everything.

She is going to understand.

No! No, lrene must never know, that we...

lf you want me to stay.

May l?

A rare visit. - Well, l had no choice?

lf you want to meet your friends nowadays,

you have to go visit them at work.

Well, you have to take care of life and death.

We take care of music beats. A matter of vibrations..

Have you seen the professor?

Yes. He has one operation behind him and another hard one to start.

lnbetween l watched him smoking. Smoke from the new Dunhill.

Smoke is not harmful. Maybe everything we do goes up in smoke.

Yes, Rauscher saud so too.

He is worried about you, lrene.

At least it seemed so to me.

What is it?

You receive a stupid letter an suddenly everything changes.

Yes, the heart. But you are a modern woman.

lf it comes hard to hard, each of us is just a Gretchen

or a Kathchen von Heilbronn. Disgusting.

ln life you pay for everything, but...

You started it because of hygienic reasons, and then...

And suddenly it is love. - lt seems so.

l think, it is the correct diagnosis.

You shrinks all get stuck once.

Would you believe that. - Thank you.

l admit l have made terrible mistakes.

You can't put a boy a man who likes you,

put in a corner like an umbrella.

and use it only if you need it.

But that is no reason to write such a letter.

Not a word is true, it's so obvious.

You know, lrene, if l were your colleague, the ''butcher'',

the professor, then of course l would recomand an operation.

lf something is wrong in the state of Denmark, cut it out.

Do you know, what you have to do now?

Go and see Tennisson, talk to him. He is a marvellous boy.

Me go to see Volker? No!

Now? - Absolutely okay.

l am not as stupid, as other people look.

Oontinue, l'll be right back.

Wait, cover first. - Very good, Fraulein assistent.

lrene, you? - Yes,me.

Are you alone, or should l , better stay outside?

Oome!

Wont you sit down?

l always thought, between us, everything would be clear and fair, Volker.

Yes, of course, lrene.

Then l do have a right for a debate?

To come here was not easy for me.

You can believe me that.

But l think, the most stupid thing among grown ups

are misunderstandings.

l tried to explain everything in my letter, darling? Forgive me!

lt is true, your letter was very kind.

lt is strange that, in such cases men always find the right words.

But what is the conclusion, Volker?

You leave me like a worthless affair?

l cannot understand that.

After all, l mean, l want us to stay friends, lrene.

Oh, friends. Friendship, that's easy to say,

but there is nothing behind it. That is not what our relationship was about.

You either love or you dont love,volker.

l do love. - A dancer, you wrote.

But this cannot be, that is impossible.

After all,what was going on between us.

You must admit, lrene, you made it hard for me to believe in your love.

l know, l have made mistakes.

That is the most terrible thing, that l realize them only now.

All of a sudden, just when you...

lt has been such a mess during the last weeks.

You know, and then l found my little sister again.

Back then, on the courtfloor, you remember?

lch didn't want to talk too much about it to you.

Maybe that was wrong. She went through hell,

my little Martina.

A march through hell. And a girl under twenty, sentenced for...

You can guess what for. she escaped from welfare custody,

and she kept fleeing from herself.

l had to try to help her, to find her way again.

But l guess l was not patient enough.

Probably because you came into my life.

and what happened then was, that l lost patience with you.

Maybe it would have been better, if you had told me everything.

Oh, Volker!

l didn't know myself, how to handle it.

How should l know how to tell you.

Martina is... Martina is really such a lovable person.

My God, if l think of the little child she used to be. And now?

All buried under rubble.

And l can't handle, to clean all that up.

l was afraid,that you wuold not understand,

if l told you about it.

You might have said contemptuously:

''Your sister? Well, just another Fraulein!''

As far as l know myself l am sure l would not have said that.

Oh, l do believe that, Volker. But the fact is it was stupidity after stupidity.

l felt so involved in Martina's destiny and yet, l could not keep her from runnung away.

Besides all psychology.

lf you are involved yourself the best education maybe useless.

Oh Volker, l feel totally confused.

What's the use if l told you, that l suffer from a neurotc complex?

A real fear-complex.

where is the solution? She must have gone through terrible things.

But if you touch that, she behaves like she was dead.

But l have to help her! l am the only person left to her!

l have to find out first, what happened, Volker.

And l will find out, l'm sure.

l have to find Martina, and l want you to help me, Volker.

Otherwise l am at a loss.

Please, Volker, you cannot leave me alone now?

l can not loose the only two people that l love.

l love you, i just didn't know before.

Shouldn't we better end this talk, lrene?

Let us not behave cowardly, Volker

lf you do not love me anymore, l have to find Martina alone.

Then l have to stay alone. But l dont believe in the dancer.

lt was stupid of me to write about her.

l love Martina.

Martina?

lrene! lrene! lrene!

Be reasonable, lrene!

Aha, our runaway!

l wanted to return until the release.

Oome here!

Where have you been hanging around?

l wasn't hanging around.

lt is no use. They catch you, anyway.

l see, you show insight. a little late, unfortunately.

lt would be a shame, Ernestine.

Well, then we can call off the search.

l shall see, that you dont get an additional sentence,

because you returned yourself.

Thank you.

No more stupidities, child, it does not pay out.

You may go! - Yes.

May l ask, that l dont want anybody to know about me coming back,including Fraulein Risst ?

lncluding Fraulein Doctor Risst?

No one outside.

Okay.

Well.

and the welfare did not say anything either?

No, they are not giving any information.

Volker, l dont mean to be indiscreet,

but what did she write to you before she left?

Wait, you may read it, here.

lt lay on the desk. Just a few words.

Dont look for me, you wont find me anyway?

She was right.

l searched the whole town for the past week.

But l found nothing, nothing, not even... Well...

Now l know ''your'' Berlin like my hometown.

But what else can we do?

Well, police. - No, l dont want that.

For several reasons, Volker.

After all the overtones she made?

l am afraid, she could be harmed. No police.

Fraulein, the bill! - Just a moment!

No, no, l take care of this.

Anyway, l am glad, that you came.

lt was nice to have met you again, lrene. Are you okay?

Yes, thank you. - Two coffee, please.

Good bye.

l find me a job in a bar.

Yes, fourty pfennigs per cup.

What are you going to do now, Tini?

l dont care, l dont know yet.

Want to come with me?

You and me we could have a good time?

No, no.

You can get your papers, in the office.

Long live freedom!

Bye! - Have fun!

Bye girls! and be back soon!

No way!

All l can tell is, what l say to everybody leaving this place.

Live your life in a way, that l never see you here again!

Regine. Well, how did you like it? - Oh God, it was acceptable.

So, Lotte, is your brother waiting outside?

Think so. - Take care.

Ernestine. They were asking for you a lot.

But since you didn't want it, l did not say a word.

But l trust you,

that you will go and see Fraulein Doctor Risst.

lt's very hard, to live your live alone, when one is so young.

You should not refuse this help.

And if ''searose'' is slowed down? What then? Then you'll be lost.

Excuse me,... - Yes please?

l'm looking for Donnie. Oould you tell me, where l can find him?

Sorry, l dont know.

Donnie? You should ask...

Excuse me please, could you tell me, where l can find Donnie?

Donnie? Yes, he was here yesterday. with Auntie, l think.

Thank you.

Stop crying! You know, it makes me nervous!

Nonsense. Just for bed? No, honey, that is not enough for me.

l need a Lady, for social events.

She did something foolish again?

l met some business-friends yesterday,Top-guys,

and what does the dumb chicken do?

She gets drunk and l lost all chances.

l knew it, No education.lmpossible.

Dont do that,Fraulein!

Go on!

Hi, Auntie, how are you? - Who do you want to see?

You know that. - Donnie wont see anyone!

He is very busy.

No behaviour! She wont accept any rules!

Tini,is it you?

Tini! lch did not recognize you. l'm so glad! Tini!

Go, Auntie, get lost.

Escaped from corrective training?

No, released today.

A new style.

Oant you see, l am busy.

Hurry up, or you want me to help?

Sit down.

Now tell what happened.

Out!

Not even suitable for business.

coming straight to Donnie.

Where else should l go?

You could use me before.

The old Railroadstation-Romance is over.

Times have changed.

Distiguished appearance, serious customers, faultless goods.

Antiques? - Something like that.

Throw the other chicken out immediately. lt's about time.

You can have her room. Big party tonight,

you can proof that you are still the same old Tini.

You got something to wear? - Of course, lavish.

But for tonightjust lovely-vice innocence.

Short skirt, precocious fifteen years old.

l'll arrange that.

Harsh or sweet? - Sweet.

Listen , Tini. - yes?

You dont have to show all talents to the guy on first view.

Slowly, very slowly.

Anything else?

that's enough.

There he is, let him in.

l believe, l am expected. - Herr Kuchenreuther, but of course.

Oh, it's you! - Get lost!

Please come closer.

Oould l maybe stay out here or in the Bar over there...

No, he is already expecting you. He told a lot about you.

Please ,come?

Well you found the way to me after all?

She is my niece Tini. A cute little thing.

You like it, l know. - Yes.

Young flesh in satin is always nice.

Oome.

Oigarette? - Thanks, l dont smoke.

Oigar? - No, really.

But Herr Kuchenreuther.

Tough as shoe-leather, you have to pump up the volume.

lt's a deal, Kuchenreuther.

The lithograph, who works with us is a first class man.

Let's talk business later.

Tonight we want to have fun.

Thank you, Fraulein, l dont drink.

Hey, a man of your class.

Yes, one has to stick to ones principles.

We dont have any.

Me neither.

Which turns out fatal, most of the time.

Something hot for me.

lf something goes wrong l'll be damned like all others. Worse.

Join us, uncle.

Oan't help it just have to?

l did not want to come in here. l just wanted to say,

it is not possible, l can't do it. - Why not?

We deliver the printing plates, the important thing is the right paper

with the real watermark.

We are no jumping jacks, Kuchenreuther.

We've got the paper, original paper. What else do you want?

Show strength, uncle. We want to have a nice and cosy evening.

lt doesn't bite.

Hey, what is it? Uncle.

Here you are. Real or not?

Yes, it is real. Even the real watermark.

See.

But l cannot do it.

l thought about it, l can not take the risk l just can't.

lf you think, you can make a fool out of us, then...

Donnie! Donnie! - What is it?

What's the matter, folks? Power cut-off.

Lights went out everywhere. - You're so smart, auntie.

He must not leave. He mustn't. Take care of that.

Go to work.

l have to go now. - No way.

Make a noise. - Yes, Donnie.

Moment.

Donnie, i can't do it.

Any scruple? l haven't forgotten,

that you killed someone, not me.

lf you give up, it's your neck.

But your lordship please, just one more drink.

l really must go now.

Nobody must, Kuchenreuther. - What's going on here?

ls it so hard to comprehend?

The printing will proceed they are already at your shop.

You stay here till they return with the key.

Dont you like the girl?

Out!

Think about it, it's your choice!

l cry for help, l cry for help!

Donnie, stop! - Help!

What happened?

Ran into the car, we couldn't help it.

lt's true, l am a witness.

Does anybody know the casualty? - No.

Did not have any papers.

Useless, she is dead.

Something for the professor. l call him right away.

Please remember, lrene, the most beautiful thing about''Don Giovanni''

is it's overture.

That's what happens if you take a wallflower out to the opera

without warning, gentlemen. l have no practice in such things.

That's why we are here.

lt's about time, you think of something else.

You work to much. - l'll be ready in a minute.

Now you can witness another example of the way women

handle time.

That must be the deputy, please, dont answer it.

Rauscher.

Yes?

Yes, of course, l'm coming.

a young girl has been hospitalized. lts about life and death.

Maybe l can help. Another time.

To bad.

l dont accept that. Art has no telephon.

Shall we?

l forgot my bag.

lt's quiet a mess.

Oompletely shocked. lmprove circulation.

Oh.

Oonnect me with Fraulein Risst.

Took a little longer, Doctor,here l am.

Eight and a half, that should do.

Gloves?

You obviously studied women very well.

Always.

We left ten minutes ago.

l just wanted to say, that l am already gone.

Risst!

Yes, Professor?

Who?

Your little friend on christmas eve. l forgot the name.

Martina? l'll be right there!

Please, dont be angry, my sister! l have to go to the hospital!

lt was very nice of you.

The overture is already over.

Where is Martina? - Oalm down.

She is still in surgery, it is very complicated.

l have to go in, professor.

Which is against the principle, as you should know.

Professor, Martina is my sister.

So. Okay,but you have to promise me, that you can handle this.

l dont want to watch,l just want to be with her.

Then get dressed and enter.

How is the Pulse? - More regular.

Then we can start anesthetize .

Oount,breath calmly.

One, two, three...

Four, five...

Six...

Seven...

Ten...

23...

Dont you like the girl?

But uncle!

Why do ou want to go? Have a liquor.

Dont! Dont!

Oome on! Here, l strangled a guy.

Then l can kill the uncle.

Martina. - Yes?

Martina? Martina is dead!

Dead! Dead!

Martina did no one must know that,

Martina killed a guy.

Donnie said: You killed the man,

now you must be dead too.

l strangled him.

with my hands. The guy.

What was with the guy?

Martina, you wanted to tell me what happened.

Everything was on fire. The house.

The house, was still there. We thought, maybe there is someone in the house.

Maybe they shoot at us.

Hunger.

Maybe we'll find something to eat.

They were gone.

What they had to eat, they had taken and escaped.

Nothing.

l found something.

Bread, liquor, Oigarettes.

Must have been a canteen or something.

l was so happy.

But there! ln the corner! ln the corner!

ln the corner. That guy. - The guy?

Sitting on a stool. On a stool.

Polished his boots.

l've been waiting for you. - The way he laughed.

They will catch you, sooner or later.

Oome,sweetie. Last meal! - Last meal.

l was scared. l resist, scratch, bite, but...

He is so strong. l can not fight him.

Then... - What is it?

l grapped him, his neck. Strangled!

Listen to me, Martina, You could'nt have strangled him.

You were a little girl back then.

Think hard.

But Donnie said so. - What did Donnie say?

Donnie... There he is lying.

There he is lying!

Dead. Blood in his face.

And Donnie is shaking me.

l was afraid of him.

l was always afraid of him.

Where are your papers?

He says:Where are your papers?

We must get rid of them, he says. Burn them.

l provide new. - l provide new.

From now on you are dead! - From now on you are dead!

But why should l be dead?

You killed him!

You killed him!

l killed a man.

That's why l must be dead.

But the guy had blood on his face.

A strangled person has no blood on his face.

Something else had happened, something you might no know about.

Donnie said, l killed a man.

What did the man do, when you tried to strangle him?

He laughed.

He laughed.

you dont die from laughing. What happened then?

A shadow! Donnie, stop!

Back! lt is your choice!

You two let me out, l cry for help! Help!

Donnie!

Donnie killed him.

Donnie killed him.

We have to start.

Donnie killed him.

The Doctor makes Martina live again .

Then she must not be afraid anymore.

And then she doesn't have to run away anymore.

Not run away from Volker?

No, not run away from Volker.

She has to be fast asleep.

Prepare bloodtransfusion. Report any changes.

l hope, we are through. Have trust in your sisters youth.

Have you been listening, professor? - Yes, poor girl.

The guy almost drove her into death.

l sensed something like that. lt is a real neurotic complex.

Repression of consciousness caused by fear.

Without the relaxation during anesthetic

l could never have reached that point.

l repaired her stomache, and you the soul. a beautiful result.

l feel ashamed.

l had no patience with Martina, when she came to me.

Whom should she have trusted, but me?

The closer the relatives, the minor the trust.

That much l know about psychoanalysis.

l was jealous too.

And that is over? - Oompletely.

l have the feeling, you want to do something nice to me.

Give me a cigarette.

You can raise your wishes a little, professor.

l do. Put it in my mouth

and lighten it.

l know it's bad behaviour, but, my l repaet my question?

You dont have to repeat it. lt is over and out.

l can even smile again.

Then l could realize an old plan of mine

and put my afternoon off on wednesday.

l mean, then we both might...

As l said, it's an old plan of mine. - A nice plan.

Between us psychologists, lrene,

it is very obvious that this is a confession of love.

Not really. l have to look it up in the books first.

Look at that, gives you nightmares.

There is something behind it. But for our readers?

No, they have been scared enough.

l used to do that. - l never would have thought.

You see, we can use them. Nice things.

Would you leave these here?

And they will really be printed?

Shall we say, 100 Marks for all three?

Okay, l write it on a piece of paper, and you pick it up at the cashiers desk.

Hey, my first self earned money.

Well, did l promise too much?

You may come again.

By the way, your name is missing. What is your name, young artist?

Martina Risst.

l shall remember. - Will you come with me?

Are you going to an exhibition?

The professors called, they have their afternoon off.

Ubersetzung: Werner Bohnke