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PREVIOUSLY

Listen, an appeal from the Americans, "We come as liberators."

- The SS are here, looking for Father. - Where's your husband?

- I don't know. - That's undermining military morale.

Father, they're shooting her!

Attention!

Have you seen my party membership book?

Your son had the Countess shot. He's dead.

...that our Führer, having fought to the very end

for Germany, has fallen.

- Are you a murderer too? - No one knew what would come.

So how did Mother know? Surely everyone could see!

I don't believe you!

Now, at last we Jews are free from persecution.

- I must go back. - You'll stay. There's still fighting.

We'll see each other once I've found my parents. I promise.

You have character and soul. I've always felt that.

- I'm getting married. - Who'd have a cripple like you?

Theresa. And I want the farm.

Anna, I think better times are coming. Fairer times.

Do you really believe that?

That's who sent the SS man here.

- Father! - Did you kill my wife?

The Russians are taking over Tannbach. We must leave.

Search the house!

Come out!

- Where are they taking you? - Stay on the estate.

- I can't. - Yes, you can.

GERMANY

LINE OF SEPARATION

DISPOSSESSION

JULY, 1945

Get everyone out!

Move, faster!

Hands up now, get out of here!

Out! Everyone! Go! Faster!

Go, move it! That's everyone.

You, come here!

Woman, come!

Take.

Go.

Whose farm is this?

Whose farm is this?

The farm belongs to me.

Not any longer.

That's what I'm saying.

It's all right for you, isn't it?

Do you think everyone has hidden?

I don't know. Come on, we'll ask in the pub.

What happened here?

Hello?

Oh God!

- We must tell the Commandant. - I'm sure he ordered it.

We're all being punished.

Helene?

You know her?

How come you have her?

Beat it!

- We need a cot. - A what?

A basket or something.

The Commandant wants us to patch uniforms, at once.

The Commandant can stick it! His men are raping and pillaging!

We were just in the pub. They got Cilly and Hilde.

He said he'd give us a bigger room in the washhouse

and another sewing machine,

if we'll work for him.

Mum.

Yes, that's fine. There, my little sweetheart.

If no one wants you, you just stay with us.

4 MONTHS LATER NOVEMBER, 1945

Are you comfortable? Are you feeling good?

Friedrich, the milk, please be careful.

Friedrich, please.

- Who's that? - I don't know.

- Comrade Land Administrator! - Hello.

How was your trip from Moscow?

- Good to see you. - Awful roads.

A room is being prepared for you at command headquarters.

Come here.

See you later then.

Please take the luggage inside.

Come inside.

Are you from here?

- No, from Berlin. - Berlin! Me too.

But one day there was no room left for communists.

- My father was also a communist. - Yes?

But the Gestapo got him. Sachsenhausen.

That's over once and for all, I promise you.

We'll clean up and build a new Germany.

Your desk.

Take both cases to my room, please. Thanks.

- You'll find all the paperwork here. - Fine, thanks.

We must urgently nationalise ownership and carry out land reforms.

They're almost in force in other areas.

I'll need four men to implement it.

I can't spare any men.

Soviet Military Administration assured me of its full support.

Do you expect any resistance from the people?

The people in Biberitz were excited! They lifted me up and carried me out.

Incredible.

Your room is ready. Do you still need me?

We need people to help us with the land reform.

All right!

Come over here.

- Have you made your application yet? - No.

A man like you is entitled to some land.

Aristocrats' land in farmers' hands. It's the age of new farmers.

It's high time the nobility's land got broken up. What do you say?

It's a milestone.

Everything will be arranged from above for a new life.

What do you say, Friedrich? Are you with us?

Of course!

- Excuse me, your surname? - Erler.

Comrade Erler, Konrad Werner. Friedrich, here's to a new era!

We'll build a new Germany.

How did you know we were coming?

Ah, my child.

- Is Father with you? - No.

He's not with you?

Father wrote that he's returning from France today.

From France?

The Americans handed him over to the French.

They're criminals. They make German prisoners clear mines.

Kurt, don't scare the girl!

And what about you, my angel? Have the Russians done anything to you?

And the manor? Have they confiscated it?

- They take everything anyway. - Only Nazis are being dispossessed.

Who's spreading that nonsense?

There's nothing left of our brewery.

Tassilo? They're taking Tassilo from me.

- Tassilo! - Stop! Do you want to get shot too?

The Führer warned us for years

about the subhumans from the east, and now they're here.

Do you know who that is?

Aristocrat relatives?

No, I don't know.

Without nobility and industrialists, Hitler wouldn't have got so far.

Is this a list of all residents in the area?

They're not official figures, they're estimates by the Americans.

Then we'll summon everyone here.

I'll clear this away, then you can sleep here.

I'll sleep in the washhouse.

My God, our Caroline!

- Did it have to come to that? - It will get far worse.

We must leave as soon as possible.

As I've just seen, Ivan is deporting everything indiscriminately.

- Machines, people. - I thought you were staying here.

We're going via Munich.

To Rome.

And from there,

like the Steinhoffs,

straight to Buenos Aires with you.

We're not leaving you in the lurch.

Tired.

Your papers.

- Vitya, you're a monkey! - Guys, look at her.

- Look, what a sight! - Turn around at once! Quick!

- Stop here. - Spot check!

What's in the pram?

Let's see what she has here.

- Baby. - Baby?

Let's check. Oh! A wonderful little child.

Who's the father?

The child smells good, you hear? Smells really delicious.

Leave it with us. What's up with you? Where are you taking it?

Come on!

Go on!

All right. Leave her. Let's go.

Commander's orders...

Let's go.

What a stubborn cow.

This is from the Commandant. He'd like an overcoat.

What's he paying for it?

You can keep what's left.

How generous!

Eva, can you see to Helene, please?

Mum, I applied for a piece of land for Lothar, you and me.

We needn't go to America or Paris or anywhere. We can stay here.

Out of the way.

Don't you believe me? 5 hectares of our own land.

And a house just for us. We won't get another chance like it.

Isn't that Anna's land? Striesow's land is being shared out too.

- Isn't it? - Yes.

Does Anna know you've submitted an application?

It's becoming fair for everyone at last.

Fair for everyone! You're a dreamer like your father.

I loved him so much. He wanted to save the world, and they killed him.

No, Mum. This is real.

Your belief, your dreams, passion, I know all that. That's all real.

But with all these big ideas, in the end, you're the loser.

Look around you, boy, open your eyes!

Arbitrary violence, wherever you look. Rape and murder, is that fair?

We'll wait for Lothar, and once I have enough money, we're leaving, OK?

No. I'm staying here.

And I want a piece of land. For Lothar, for us, and for Anna.

- Good evening. - Evening.

And we're all eating here together?

This is Liesbeth Erler from Berlin, and her son Friedrich.

Philippe Mauriac from Rouen. These are my grandparents from Zwickau.

Anna on the left, Hedwig on the right beside me.

Merciful God, lead home everyone who is still on the road,

and satisfy all who are hungry. Amen.

- Enjoy your meal. - Thanks. You too.

- Where did you get the ham? - From the other side.

From the American zone. You have to be resourceful, right?

Is the engraved silver still here?

The silver we gave your parents as a wedding present.

It's probably in the Urals by now, just like everything else.

Jews and Bolsheviks, they are the downfall of the world.

The Bolsheviks didn't start the war.

The Jews certainly didn't.

Not only are farmhands allowed at the table now, they also contradict you.

I'm not a farmhand. Everyone is their own master now!

- Friedrich. - And everyone gets their own land.

Where would that come from if it's not stolen, young man?

From the people who've occupied it for centuries, and exploited others.

My Father didn't exploit anyone. Neither did my mother.

What smells so good in here?

Potatoes and meat. They have good things!

This is a feast, right?

They even have wine.

To the motherland! To Stalin!

Come on, Kolya, we'd better go.

Cheers.

Hedwig, come on.

We're in great danger here. Just quietly pack your things.

Warm clothing, solid shoes, and all the valuables you can bring.

And don't tell anyone about our plan. You hear? No one!

Uncle Ludwig, Aunt Luise and the children fled too.

The Achenbachs didn't make it.

Anna, you can't wait here for your father. What if he doesn't come?

He will! He'll come. And I'm staying here. Good night.

Do you think Father won't come? Do you believe that?

Can you pass me the box, please?

This one?

They'd have told us if he'd died.

Your father was 5 years old here.

He always wanted me to read him old fairytales before he went to sleep.

The ones in the library.

He knew that, with me, he could stay awake the longest.

Get away from here.

While you still can.

There's no point any more.

Anna, I didn't mean to hurt you.

But your grandfather provoked me.

I've been summoned to the Land Administrator.

They'll dispossess me, won't they?

What do you know about it? Are they really doing it?

They can't do anything to me, they only dispossess war criminals.

Do they?

- I couldn't bear it if they did. - It's just property.

It's not just property. You don't understand!

I can get my own bit of land. I'll build a house on it for us.

I'd do anything for you.

I love you.

And you?

Do you love me too?

Yes.

So, my darling.

Next.

So you came into some pigs again!

Emergency slaughter. Risk of disease.

The vet needed a few litres of diesel.

- But leave some for me! - Business is good, Cilly.

I know what you're going through.

But times are changing. You'll see.

- And we'll be in control. - Will Gustl get the farm?

Well, that's how it was. But Heini...

has blossomed so much that I can't fail to show him

my greatest respect. A bit more for you too!

Enjoy it.

Hubert?

- Does your wife know you're coming? - No.

Your daughter is marrying the Schober boy right now.

Theresa and Gustl? That's a nice surprise.

No, it's Heini.

Have you heard anything about Erwin?

If the Russians have him, it'll take a while, Rosa.

Schober's Heini.

What was she thinking?

Play a waltz for the happy couple!

We agreed he wouldn't do that!

I just hope he can feel more in his third leg.

Or I'll have to make the grandchildren myself.

You're a mean bastard, Franz.

May I ask the bride's mother?

He who pays the piper calls the tune.

That's how the world works.

Hubert, where have you been?

Come on.

Cilly.

Bring a beer for the father of the bride.

Why have you come today of all days, Father?

Hello, Hubert.

You're mad coming in here!

Did anyone see you?

Why don't you love me any more?

Just because he has more money?

Who says I don't love you any more?

But what can you offer our child?

Love.

But that won't fill our bellies.

What's going on here?

- That's my child. - Yours? Don't make me laugh!

Everyone knows it's mine.

You fucking French.

Why don't you go home? The war's over.

No!

Philippe, stop it.

Not like that, Heini. Get up.

Shall I show you how to make someone shut up?

You will now learn

how useful a bit of buckshot can be for a good reputation.

Go on!

Take the gun.

Now you just bend your finger,

and then you're the only father of the bastard.

You can manage that!

Get out of here.

Next time you won't get away.

You'll never be a man.

From the road down to the willows.

The soil is good.

What will the field cost?

I told you, I'll give it to you.

Schober farmers have never given anything away.

The old one didn't, but I'm the farmer now.

THE LAND OF THE NOBILITY IN FARMERS' HANDS

Working hard for your new masters?

Lothar!

Let me see you. How are you?

Did you find your parents?

Come here.

I was so homesick.

I'll never go away from you again.

- Will you help me? - Yes.

We have to do that whole wall as well.

Here.

"Exterminate the weeds."

Saying "weeds" like that, it sounds like the Brownshirts.

But if the bigwigs are finally brought to justice,

that's fine by me. The landlords' age is over.

Do you think they'll make no exceptions?

For you, I just hope they do, Anna.

We must wait and see.

Schober, Franz.

- Don't we get our ID back? - Please move on.

The Neumeister family.

Anna von Striesow. Striesow Estate.

Straate.

Windisch, von Gahlen, Straate, Schober, Neumeister,

von Striesow, Rothert, and von Amberg.

In accordance with the provisions of the Land Reform of September 10th,

all your real estate is now subject to comprehensive land reform.

You're not the only ones.

This also affects the feudal and landed aristocracy's estates

in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

What does that mean?

Every property over 100 hectares is expropriated without compensation.

That's an outrage!

You have no right!

Not only do we have the right, we represent the law here.

We guarantee the food supply. Without us, everything will collapse!

By order of the Soviet Military Administration,

proven war criminals and their families are to be forcibly resettled.

This is utterly arbitrary!

We're not war criminals.

And I'm not leaving! This is my home! You can't do this.

We have clear orders to arrest anyone who resists.

That's degrading!

You have 24 hours to pack

and make your way to the village square.

Leave your houses unlocked, bring keys and documents with you.

Where will you take us? With the whole family?

You are strictly forbidden from returning to your properties.

You cannot come within 50 km.

That's it! Leave!

- Anna, there's a solution. - You just want a piece of my land.

- No, I'll get some of your land back. - You're working with them.

Anna, wait. Wait!

It's unfair. It's theft.

But I'd be an idiot not to do it.

Lothar, my mother and I lost everything in this damn war.

And me?

My mother is dead. My father's in a camp, if he's alive at all.

Now they're forcing me out of my house and want to deport me.

Did you know about this, Friedrich?

They're deporting the damned aristocracy, not you.

But I'm an aristocrat too. I'm a weed to them.

"The supremacy of the landowners, as militarism's economic backbone,

must be broken." That's what this damn pamphlet says.

- So that socialism works. - Do you believe that?

Or are you just repeating phrases by Pieck and Grotewohl?

No. I really believe it.

So the inequality and unfairness finally comes to an end.

You want that too.

Why should I continue living this pitiful life here?

Let's create something new together.

It's not possible.

- But I can help you. - How can you help me?

They'll catch me.

I'll go with my grandparents.

They're Nazis.

I can't stay here, Mother.

But I will come back.

Hello.

So many have died.

And we have to stay on.

I can't stay. They'll catch me.

Maybe you can.

No one needs to know.

We can't leave without cash.

Maybe we should have fought harder for the final victory.

Serves us right.

- God is punishing us for it now. - No.

For my stupidity and lack of foresight.

Why didn't we bribe the Commandant?

But with that Prussian communist administrator, nothing works now!

Will they deport us to Russia?

We'll see about that.

You must go away. Believe me.

I'm begging you.

I won't leave you alone.

You must.

Whatever happens, I love you.

- Can I ask you something? - Go ahead.

Why can't the big landowners at least keep part of their estates?

The same size as the others. That would be fair, wouldn't it?

We tried that.

But a few months later it was like it was before.

Wolves and sheep can't live side by side.

Do you really think the new farmers are better people?

One day.

If everyone only has what they need.

The communists have fought for that for decades.

Chin up, Friedrich.

You can't find a new order, a new society, without hurting anyone.

We must hide Anna. Where is she?

She's gone.

With her grandparents?

But Lothar, he's back.

So, did you find your parents?

At the gate it says, "Work Makes You Free."

The name "Auschwitz" sounds like "sweat".

There on the road, go left, then 4 km straight on,

and you'll get to Dornbach. There's a guest house there.

We can't leave you behind, my child.

- Come on. - Take care.

Yes.

Come in.

- Did anyone see you? - They all think I fled.

The Russians won't look for you here. They avoid this house.

Do they really send the dispossessed to camps?

When they're drinking at Cilly's, they talk about Buchenwald.

That's where they send the reactionary forces.

They call it Special Camp 2 now.

How can I ever carry on living here?

Let's just wait until tomorrow, then take it from there.

Good night.

I wonder where Johanna is.

Johanna, it's me, Liesbeth.

Wagons roll!

Get up.

Come on.

Von Amberg, Wolfgang,

von Amberg, Hans.

- Quicker, you dogs! - Come here!

Neumeister, Anne-Marie.

Quickly!

Where's Heini?

Wake up! Faster!

Can't you do anything, Franz? You always know somebody.

Stop whimpering, Kathi. We're too proud for that.

Come on, put the cases in the car.

Is that everyone?

Just like the Nazis.

They're Nazis

and they deserve this.

Come on, next!

After you.

Move it, you fascists.

Where's Heini?

- Do we have the fascists loaded yet? - Get in, you piece of shit.

Schober, Franz.

Schober, Theresa.

Schober, Katharina.

Schober, Heinrich.

Schober, Heinrich?

Go on, go on.

Rothert, von Straate, von Striesow.

Rothert, von Straate, von Striesow.

Rothert, von Straate, von Striesow, Schober, Heinrich missing.

Ladies and gentlemen, let's begin. Please sit down.

Today we'll draw lots for 5-hectare plots

with superior soil near command headquarters.

Those are the von Striesow, Straate, Rothert and Schober farms.

I would like to remind you explicitly

that the plots of land may not be divided, mortgaged, leased or sold.

The land belongs to you, and you alone.

Because only with your farmer's hard work and competence

can we get German farming, which Hitler ruined,

back on its feet again.

Today, you are witnesses of this new revolutionary transformation

and at the same time, a building block for the new socialist order.

Only through you and with you will we succeed

in ending reactionism, fascism and militarism.

That's right. The time has come.

Let's start drawing lots.

Everyone gets a lot.

Good morning.

Sorry to interrupt you.

Your map isn't up to date.

Heinrich Schober. Hello, everyone.

The Schober farm already voluntarily carried out its land reform.

I gave some of the fields to the new farmers in need,

Wagner, Hochreiter and Wachtveitl.

- Quiet please. - Here are the deeds.

And how many hectares do you still have? Let me guess, 99?

85.

Ladies and gentlemen, quiet please.

Have you completed the de-nazification programme

in the Soviet Occupation Zone?

As a disabled person, I'm exempt.

If you're linked to the Nazi Party in any way, we'll get you,

despite the disability and 85 hectares.

Take the Schober farm out.

Stop!

Stop.

Here.

Get out. Yes, you. Get out.

- Get out, I said. - Are they going to shoot you?

Come on, move it.

You, and you too.

Let's go. I'm starving.

Close the tailgate.

Wagons roll!

- Another schnapps, gentlemen? - Well? Not satisfied?

- Yes. - But?

It worked. I managed to swap.

Here's to the Striesow land and the farmers we'll find.

- Cheers. - Cheers.

They're looking for you everywhere. Come.

Friedrich got 5 hectares, but swapped with Martin immediately.

He was determined to get 5 hectares of your land.

So is everything lost?

Everything, except Friedrich's 5 hectares.

Wait. Wait. That's the little hill.

Just a moment. Damn, it's so hard to read.

- It all looks the same. - Look. It says 139.

Erler, 136.

This is ours.

This is ours!

My half. Your half.

My half. Your half. Here's the border. You can never cross it.

Liberty, equality, fraternity.

So, hectare by hectare, you were giving away my land!

Why didn't you say anything? You just let me get on that truck!

Because you're such a miser you'd rather have gone to Siberia.

Because I wanted to see you shit your pants for once.

And because it's my land now.

Well done.

Father, Mum! Get Rosa! It's starting.

Striesow!

Striesow!

Where is she?

Anna von Striesow?

I don't know.

Don't know?

Tell me where she is!

Tell me!

Stop that immediately.

Get out!

What are you looking at?

Everything's fine.

It may not be a boy, but at least everything's there.

- Watch out! - Wait!

Careful!

No!

No!

Stop. Stop at once.

Stop!

Clear that away.

How can you allow this?

What do you think you're doing?

Workers and farmers don't need manors. We need building materials.

- Your sons need a house too. - This is madness!

Is that your great future?

Knocking down intact houses so that

you can build a few shacks in the fields?

Stack the planks.

- Mum. - Take a good, close look, Friedrich.

Father?

- Yes? - Good morning.

This is the Hellingers' baby. Hilde couldn't take care of her.

Yes, I know.

What was the dear Lord thinking?

You're with People's Solidarity, they always want mothers for orphans.

Maybe you can find somewhere for her.

I can't look after all the orphans this war has left behind.

I'm going to America.

It's not all the orphans.

You were handed one.

By a murderer.

Or by God.

I'll look for someone.

Thanks.

Goodbye.

You have a visitor.

Did you really think I'd leave and just put up with it?

You lying to me and taking my land from me?

Anna, I didn't lie to you. I've always said what I want.

But it's my land.

I'd have searched everywhere for you. Even South America.

Anna, I can't offer you much, but it's 5 hectares of your land.

Lothar and I will build you the most beautiful house.

And a stable. Whatever you want.

Anna, will you marry me?

Will you?

- Good evening. - You're still up?

Yes.

- Can I speak to you for a moment? - Go ahead.

- Finish the lists, Herrmann. - At once, Comrade Werner.

- What is it, Friedrich? - It's about Anna von Striesow.

She's back then?

And you'd like me to make an exception for her.

Innocent people should get the chance to help with reconstruction, right?

Class rivalries are class rivalries.

Each case should be seen individually. I can vouch for her.

Regrettably, we can't make exceptions.

I'll take care of it.

Then please excuse the late interruption.

Who does he think he is?

From tomorrow, you're assigned to land surveying.

That's an order, Comrade Herrmann.

Yes, Comrade Werner.

You're hiding the Striesow girl here.

I can punish you for that.

Is that what you want?

Is that what you really want?

Friedrich Erler, Anna Maria Luise Viktoria Erler,

I declare you husband and wife.

Congratulations. I'm proud of you.

Many congratulations, to both of you.

I'm happy for you. All the best.

Yes, you were right.

That Nuremberg Trial is a farce. Fascist pigs.

They're all innocent.

Keitel, Rosenberg, Göring, Hess, Ribbentrop.

They were "just carrying out orders"! What's all this here?

Didn't you know?

Friedrich got married. I present to you: Anna Erler.

- Congratulations, Friedrich. - Thank you.

Mrs Erler.

Thank you.

- Don't worry, it's fine. - Yes?

Shall we go?

Friedrich?

- Yes? - I want the priest's blessing.

- Really? - Yes, please.

Fine, he won't stand in the way of our happiness now.

In good times and in bad, Mrs Erler.

For better, for worse, dear Friedrich.

Goodbye!

Goodbye, my darling.

Goodbye, my love.

Goodbye.

I thought you were asleep.

I'm going to sleep now.

This is rubbish.

How can you build a house with that?

There's more of it coming.

You can't be serious.

It's all a question of organisation.

ERLER FARM SUMMER, 1946

Nina will now present a distinctive blue skirt in a flowery damask,

very becoming with the blue blouse and its lace collar.

Bravo!

The latest fashion,

a fashionable, plaid summer dress, fresh and beautiful,

presented by Trude.

A highlight of the collection is this unusual ensemble

with the refined yoke. A round of applause!

Greta will now show us a dress in youthful yellow.

The pale cord pockets complement the pale collar wonderfully,

making this piece particularly attractive.

Anna presents an elegant full-length dress

in matt blue crepe.

Note the elegant lines, reminiscent of classical designs.

The neckline makes you dream.

Bravo.

You're back.

Look at yourself!

We're dying in the camps, and you've got nothing better to do?

What is all this? What's this house on my land?

Come, no one must see you.

What do you mean? This is my land.

Please, come inside.

And now, ladies and...

How did you know I was here?

I was on my way home.

And I saw these houses. On my land.

Won't you sit down?

It's not our land any more.

How did our plate get here?

- Father, the estate is no more. - How did this plate get here?

We were dispossessed.

What?

All big landowners were dispossessed.

- How? - I live here now.

Anna von Striesow is playing at being a farmer!

Or a prostitute.

- We're leaving at once. - Get it into your head!

- There is no home any more. - Give me a schnapps.

Or wine. Something. Anything. And pack this plate away.

Here. That's what's left.

Lothar trades it for bread, eggs, bacon, flour.

Leave the hem...

Is the blouse fixed here?

- Have you seen Anna? - No, she just walked off.

- Have you seen Anna? - The Count's back. He's looking bad.

Look!

What are the Russians doing here all of a sudden?

Who gave them the right to dispossess us?

It violates basic property law. It's theft.

- There's no legal remedy. - You shut your mouth, boy.

All this rubbish here, tear it down!

- Calm down, that's enough. - No one has the right!

No one!

I forbid you from seeing my daughter.

You can't forbid me from anything.

I yearned for this moment for 14 months.

It kept me alive.

So now you live here with...

With Friedrich.

My husband since December.

- Can I help you? - Herrmann.

- Adolf Herrmann. - How can I help you?

This is an unregistered, unauthorised event held for commercial purposes.

It's a party with friends. Anyway, it's Sunday, not a working day.

I'm under orders to apprehend the tailor Liesbeth Erler.

No one will be apprehended here.

Has he gone crazy?

Into the car with you!

- What's going on? - I have orders to bring you in. Come.

What?

Please.

Get in! Now!

Inspection! Go!

The Russians have taken Liesbeth and Lothar.

What? Walter, they can't come in here. I'll be right there.

Your father can't stay here.

Father, I beg you, you must leave.

You mustn't come within 50 km. If they catch you, they'll send you away.

They'll deport you. Do you understand?

We can't hide you here.

You can't stay here.

Firstly, it wasn't an unauthorised gathering, it was a village party.

Secondly, it wasn't commercial, since no one was paid any money.

Of course it was a commercial event.

What were you going to do with all the dresses?

Furthermore, the gathering was political in character,

because capitalist ideas were being propagated.

How would you know? You weren't even there.

You came to our rehearsal yesterday, Mr...

- Herrmann. - Mr Herrmann.

And you thought the dresses were lovely.

- Brown-nose! - What did you say?

Mr Erler is insulting me outrageously!

May I? I haven't made money illegitimately.

Commandant, you're my main customer. If you're dissatisfied...

- Yes, very good work. You can go. - No.

I'd like to know what my son stands accused of.

Your son stands accused of causing insult and grievous bodily harm.

And he made false statements about his identity.

So, once again,

Lothar's parents were taken away.

We took him in and my husband got papers on the black market.

Yes. And you continue to claim Mr Erler is your son.

I am her son.

- Without her, I'd be dead. - Sit down.

- This is my mother. That's my father. - Sit down!

- Murdered by Nazi pigs like you! - That's enough!

Sarah and Levi Kerschbaum, Nos. 22345 and 22346.

What gives you the right to apprehend Liesbeth?

- I have an official duty. - Shut your mouth!

Go now.

What can I do for you?

The border between Bavaria and Thuringia actually runs along here.

Along the stream, right through the village.

That means this part of Tannbach is in the Soviet zone,

and this is the American zone.

Are we to divide Tannbach like Berlin?

If you give us all of Tannbach, we'll give you the brickworks in Ströbitz.

The loss of territory would surely be no problem for the Soviet Union.

I see two possibilities, one bureaucratic and one unbureaucratic.

- Which do you prefer? - The unbureaucratic one.

Leave us alone.

What do you suggest?

18 houses at 100 dollars each.

That makes 1,800 dollars.

We're to buy Tannbach from you?

War feeds soldiers badly, peace feeds them even worse.

It must be a good deal for both sides.

I'm not here to do business.

Then the border runs here.

I tried. For your sake too.

I can't bear it any more. I can hardly breathe.

Where's Lenchen?

She's asleep in our room.

We should go together.

Very soon.

I have some things for Father.

Could you sew them tighter?

I'm going to bed.

Thanks.

Hello.

Hello.

Anna sent some things.

Clean clothes and something to eat.

Thanks.

I didn't think you'd really stay here.

I never managed to leave. Something always came up.

And you can't abandon your children.

But this time I'm leaving. This time I'll make it.

I lost my penknife somewhere near here as a boy.

Back then, it was the greatest pain I could imagine.

What was the greatest happiness you could imagine?

My mother tucking me up in bed.

You have another child.

A young child, don't you?

It's starting a new life somewhere else.

They're closing the border at 8am tomorrow morning.

We'll follow later.

Weren't you two listening? I'm not leaving.

This is my home.

Don't you understand?

I'll speak to him again.

If you still need help,

contact my colleague at the St Nicolas Church in Leipzig.

This is Mrs Liesbeth Erler. Sabine and Gunter Klein.

- Helene. - Good morning.

I wish you luck.

Did you really give her away?

- What kind of mother are you? - I'm not her mother.

- Does that matter? We're all she had! - Stop it!

She has a proper family now. I could never offer her that.

But Anna and I could.

That way a little.

- Lift! - Help me.

Hold tight! Now.

Hey! What's going on?

Carry it over the bridge.

That damn Land Administrator is setting the Russians on me now!

De-nazification! Is he crazy?

Father! They're moving the border.

They're dividing the village. We're in the American zone again now.

They can take their de-nazification crap

and stick it! The miserable, red bastards!

Music!

Here we go!

Stand aside!

You rejected our proposal.

So we'll solve it our way.

Move it!

See you soon.

Seriously...

I can't remember.

Father.

The Russians are sealing the border in an hour.

You must leave.

What's wrong?

What if she goes with her father?

Then you still have me.

Come on.

My God.

It's not all so bad.

You know, those war marriages, there are thousands of them.

Your papers.

I was just visiting.

And Friedrich, although he's helped, he just doesn't fit in with us.

- Everything in order, on you go. - Open up!

And yours?

Let my daughter through.

I'm staying here.

I know you don't understand, but I love him.

I love him for everything that he tries and wants.

For his better world.

Enough! This isn't a meeting place. Go away, you're done here.

You can't stay here.

Go on, you're free to go.

This is the American Military Government.

Please await further instructions

and remain calm.

Go into your homes.

Crossing the border is prohibited until further notice.