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[theme music playing]

We'd like all competitors

in Berlin's first rock 'n' roll championship

on the dance floor!

[rock 'n' roll music playing]

I'm here.

[crowd cheering]

A warm welcome to you, our audience.

Join me in welcoming

our expert jury!

Freddy, let's do the flip right at the start.

I'm a bit shaky today.

You'll catch me.

Rock the house and rip it up!

[rock 'n' roll music playing]

[Freddy] "He's standing in the middle of the stage,

"a lock of jet-black hair falling...

FOUR MONTHS PREVIOUSLY

"... his body swings rhythmically,

"moving like a striptease dancer."

[man] Young man, we're not interested in what you're reading.

Yeah, I get it.

"He roars into the mic.

"A guitar whips a rhythm into the sound system amp.

"In the concert hall, 5,000 youngsters can't stay seated.

"Guys jump up and tear off their shirts.

"Young women are bright-eyed, faces flushed."

Just like you!

MRS. CATERINA SCHOLLACK

"In two hours, it reaches...

"... the tumult reaches its climax."

Heard of Elvis?

Of course I have.

See you later, alligator.

Exit to Kurfurstendamm

[announcer] Keep clear!

["Most Of All" playing]

♪ Most of all ♪

New dress, Miss Andrea?

Very appealing.

Miss Elke, what happened to your head?

Did an H-bomb explode?

Is that nail polish?

I never want to see that again.

Nail polish is for those who have come of age.

Foxtrot!

♪ Most of all ♪

♪ I want your sweet caress ♪

♪ Truly I must confess ♪

Gentlemen, approach the ladies.

Please!

One, two,

three, four!

♪ When I sleep at night ♪

THE GALLANT SCHOOL OF DANCE

[foxtrot music playing]

[phone ringing]

[woman] Gallant School of Dance here.

A beginners' course?

So, swing into it, really float.

Shall we have a go?

[woman] I'm afraid we're already quite booked up.

What's your name?

Monika!

At first, I thought a sad dancing bear had gotten lost.

Weren't you going to come on Friday?

Nika!

My little one! How are you?

Your hands are really cold.

Why did you bring such a big suitcase for just a few days?

I... I...

I'll make you some tea.

So you won't have a cold on Saturday.

I don't want sniffing on the best day of my life,

unless it's happy sniffing!

What's in this?

She looks unhappy.

I just hope the Institute makes a decent housewife out of her

so I can marry her off.

Monika has her own charm.

Like her mother.

Tell me, what's up?

Helga!

You're a genius.

Yes.

I cheated a bit with the peplum frill.

You must be so happy now!

Yes. Of course.

I'll never be a bride.

Sure you will.

I'm fourth last among my friends, too.

The Institute...

Director Thayen, she threw me out.

Why is that?

I can't make dumplings and boil laundry.

I always forget to take it all out

or to quench it.

I'm so glad that the people from Kleinmachnow canceled.

It's just us,

and we don't have to put up with those dreadful Bolsheviks.

Mama, Monika has to tell you something.

Good evening!

Nikki! You're already here!

Good evening, Evi.

Hello, sister!

How are you?

Can you finally cook dumplings?

Why are you so late?

I'm sorry, Mama.

Today another one attempted.

She somehow smuggled a knife in.

It was a real mess. I had to help clean up.

Poor woman.

She's sure to be guilty of something.

No, Mama. She's mentally ill.

That's a newfangled invention, too.

-Eva? -Yes, excuse me.

And has your professor agreed to come to the wedding?

He hasn't said anything yet.

Your boss?

Yes.

He may be a loony doctor,

but he almost looks like Paul Hubschmid.

Have another slice.

Haven't you always said he's too old?

He's a perfect match.

You've lost weight again, Helga.

You have to offer men something up here.

But not too much,

or you'll look like one of those pumped up sex bombs.

Yes.

That's very dangerous because bombs explode.

See?

[laughing]

How time flies!

One already married off, and you'll be next, little Eva, yes.

Can't you just keep on being my little girls?

Oh, Mama.

What's that?

Monika?

Results: unsatisfactory unsatisfactory

Failed every subject.

Only a "very good" in physical fitness.

Shame, Monika!

Shame!

Mama, don't get so wound up.

What's this "breach of conduct"?

That was the last straw?

I left the building without permission during sewing class.

You must see homemaking isn't for Monika.

Nothing's for her.

Nothing.

You're no use for anything.

She can dance.

You...

You could let her teach.

You'll save money on a dance teacher.

Yes...

Mama, I can dance.

One day you'll be the reason why

I go up to the attic to hang myself.

Don't forget to take a chair up, Mama.

Now I'll send you to Dubendorf.

Uncle Heiner will cure your nonsense!

No, Mama, I'll make up for it.

Yes?

How?

No one will take you like this.

[woman] "Thank you for the interesting offer."

We'll meet tonight at the Kempinski.

Kindly come and say goodbye to our partners.

Good bye.

Why didn't you tell them

I'll manage the factory in Rangoon?

They haven't signed yet.

Give me a reason.

Your section has fallen short for months.

It's the new milling machines.

The workers have to get used to them.

Junckers is using them, too.

His department is up by 4%, okay?

A parcel from the US for Joachim Franck.

It's him with the glass.

Who's sending you things from the United States?

I ordered something.

I hope it's guts.

[Helga] You have to understand her, too.

They're all watching Mrs. Schollack.

Can she marry off her daughters?

If Mama sends me to Dubendorf,

I'll never see you again.

That's not true, Nikki.

No one comes back from a village.

You'll forget me.

I'll spend my whole life stinking

of cow sheds and pigs and...

Uncle Heiner is the biggest pig.

He does it with his cows.

Evi, don't talk such nonsense.

Just get to bed.

Nika, Mama will change her mind about Dubendorf.

Make love, but how?

Make love, but how?

"An explanatory manual that won't disappoint."

Mama's torn some pages out.

I'm not a teenager any more.

Have you already...

No. Wolfgang doesn't even kiss me on the lips.

I do!

"Should one carry on the marriage in separate bedrooms?

"No, it can lead the way to a degree of intimacy

"and unbounded closeness

"between the married couple.

"Whether it's a tender approach,

"sincere understanding or wild attack,

"the night becomes a feast,

"when the woman puts on her negligee

"and the man puts on his pajamas."

Like an ape, breathing hard,

he rolls onto the delicate butterfly.

[giggling]

Nika!

Come here!

[soft music playing]

[clock ticking]

["Venus" playing]

♪ Hey Venus ♪

♪ Oh Venus ♪

What a thing to do!

♪ Venus if you will ♪

♪ Please send a little girl For me to thrill ♪

Are you blind?

Sorry.

Big party here tomorrow, eh?

Man and woman joined in matrimony until death do them apart.

Yes, my sister's getting married.

Mr. Franck!

No tie, no hat. And, of course, late.

I really doubt I can make anything of you.

I humbly beg your forgiveness.

♪ And take the brightest Stars up in the skies ♪

♪ And place them In her eyes for me ♪

♪ Venus ♪

♪ Goddess of love That you are ♪

♪ Surely the things I ask ♪

♪ Can't be too great a task ♪

Wolfgang?

Thank you.

Hang on, I'll help you.

That'd be great.

You need three hands, eh?

Exactly!

Helga!

Could you come here, please?

Helga!

I don't understand

where you're going to keep your supplies.

You need a pantry, a cold pantry.

Here.

It can't get any colder than this.

It's all so cramped here.

Well, yes.

You can't compare this flat to a West Prussian estate.

But...

[indistinct chatter]

Helga, you should know I agree with my son's choice.

Thank you.

But I'd like to clear up a few basic things.

My son is inclined to strictness.

That's how he was raised.

He won't tolerate disorder or sloppiness

in punctuality or preparation of meals.

Helga, the boxes of clothes are in the way.

I'm coming, Wolfgang.

It's possible that it won't be as romantic

as you perhaps imagine.

I'm not a teenager.

And if any marital problems arise,

don't come to me.

Understood?

Wolfie?

Wolfie?

You need a pantry cupboard.

Madam,

thank you for the pleasant distraction.

One moment, Mr. Franck.

My daughter Helga is getting married on Saturday.

The announcement was in the news, if I'm not mistaken.

I'd like you to be my daughter, Monika's, dinner partner.

That klutz on the ladder?

It will be your practical exam.

I'm a theorist to the core.

Theoretically, I could tell your father

that your etiquette course

has been completed with success.

Theoretically.

I'm still waiting for your answer, Professor.

I was a bit surprised at the invitation.

I've no connection to your family.

I think it would do you good to get out of here

and be with normal people.

Not that my family are completely normal,

but there will be plenty of food

and dancing.

Do you know when I last danced?

When?

In 1938.

Mrs. Meugel.

Come in.

Please don't be afraid.

It's only a little discomfort with a great, healing effect.

This machine will chase out your demons.

Please sit down.

Lie down on the bed.

This is for your own safety.

That's right.

This will be a little bit cold, but just relax

and don't be afraid.

Now.

There!

Suck your tummy in.

More!

More!

More! Even more!

Now breathe out slowly.

No! No!

Wait, I'll get a safety pin.

This goes over here, and that goes there.

The shoes are too tight.

They're not.

How will you dance?

I'll get my violet silk pumps.

Mama, they don't match.

You're right, they don't match.

Everything will be fine.

[bells tolling]

Heiner Schollack.

The Dubendorf relatives.

Gerd's cousin.

Dead Gerd.

Delighted.

All the best, boy.

Everything matches wonderfully.

If only...

your Daddy could see you.

Stop, Mama, or I'll cry, too.

True.

Then we'll have to redo all the makeup.

Helga, you look like a...

A real bride!

I want lace like that, too.

What's this jacket?

We need it, Mama.

It's almost quarter to, we have to go.

You're beautiful.

Hurry, go!

-Can you get the veil? -Yes.

-Will you take it? -Yes, yes.

["Here Comes the Bride" playing]

[applause]

Hip hip hooray!

Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!

Well, now...

Monika, watch out.

Pretty jacket.

Mr. Franck.

You missed the nicest bit.

Forgive me, madam, there was a car problem.

Come.

May I introduce your dinner partner?

Joachim Franck.

A smile's in order.

We'll get through this together.

Yes.

Ladies and gents, places please for a wedding photo.

A little more to the left.

Come over here, there's space.

Yes.

You, crouch down a little, miss.

You, stand up tall, sir.

Good morning.

Who belongs to whom?

You there, without a tie.

Now's not the time to smoke, boy.

It's a wedding photo.

The savages in Australia

believe that being photographed steals their souls.

The soul stays on the film forever.

And...

Smile, please!

Ladies and gents, follow Mrs. Schollack's example.

Nikki, do you see that man there?

-Who? -There, behind the fence.

He looks like Daddy.

Stop thinking about the lost war.

Thank you! Smile!

And one last picture!

Everybody, smile again, please!

Chewing gum!

[all] Chewing gum!

[festive music playing]

Yes, that's her.

Do you have the money?

Next week.

-There was some in here. -Excuse me!

Give me a break, Freddy.

Times are bad.

Give.

So, you should start with parlor music.

But no singing,

from 8 pm, play dance music.

But in no way...

In no way what?

You're not to play any Negro music.

No way, Mrs. Schollack.

We wouldn't dare.

Could you please look after your dinner partner?

Off we go, men!

Let's get the place swinging.

["Red Roses For A Blue Lady" playing]

♪ I want some red ♪

To the bride and groom.

Cheers!

♪ For a blue lady ♪

♪ Mister florist Take my order please ♪

♪ We had a silly quarrel ♪

♪ The other day ♪

♪ I hope these pretty flowers ♪

♪ Chase her blues away ♪

[girls squealing]

♪ For a blue lady ♪

[applause]

[laughing]

Do you like the cinema, Miss Monika?

Yes, I...

I prefer films set far away, in far-off lands.

And with Sonja Lundi.

But I prefer walking in the countryside.

I love to...

Do you like music?

Yes, what I hear on the radio.

I don't know...

Do you like the countryside?

I just said that I like walking in the countryside...

I got these questions from your mother.

Now it's my turn to say something personal.

Have you seen Rebel Without a Cause?

Natalie Wood.

She's the ideal woman for me.

Dark, enigmatic, fragile.

An antelope.

The type that's nearly impossible to find here in Germany.

Yes.

As rare as a James Dean.

Tell me, why did you even come?

Just to be rude to me?

So your mother will put a good word in with my old man.

He takes me for a mannerless good-for-nothing.

And now, the ladies' choice.

And you?

Pardon?

What do you take yourself for?

I mean, I find it hard to see myself as something else,

something other than what people, than what most people see.

I probably sound strange.

Do you know The Man Without Qualities?

There are certainly some men without prominent characteristics,

who appear uncertain and undecided,

who hide behind cynicism.

The Man Without Qualities is a novel by Robert Musil.

And...

Your sister's a real bombshell.

[instrumental music playing]

Want to dance?

All the way up to heaven, at least.

[applause]

It's midnight.

No Negro music.

["Rock Around The Clock" playing]

One, two, three, four.

♪ One, two, three o'clock Four o'clock, rock ♪

What's that?

♪ Five, six, seven o'clock Eight o'clock, rock ♪

♪ Nine, ten, eleven o'clock Twelve o'clock, rock ♪

♪ We're gonna rock Around the clock tonight ♪

♪ When the clock strikes two Three and four ♪

♪ When the dance slows down, we're gonna yell for more ♪

♪ We're gonna rock Around the clock tonight ♪

♪ We're gonna rock rock Rock till the broad daylight ♪

♪ We're gonna rock Around the clock tonight ♪

No, no sparklers.

It's too reminiscent of anti-aircraft fire.

What's that?

♪ Rock around The clock tonight ♪

♪ We're gonna rock rock Rock till the broad daylight ♪

♪ We're gonna rock Around the clock tonight ♪

Everybody!

Bill Haley is white, madam.

Prussia's Glory, gentlemen.

Very well, madam.

The cake.

[cheering and applause]

Come on, come on! You have to cut it.

How beautiful!

[applause]

Bye! Goodbye!

Good luck!

We should all follow to see Wolfgang

hang the bed sheet out the window.

Why?

They do that down south.

In Bavaria.

If there's no blood on the sheet, the bride is stoned.

I never want to go to Bavaria.

Please protect me from this libertine, Professor.

Why do you think you're safe with me?

Professor!

Won't you marry me, Eva, at least for half an hour?

-No. -Pity!

Mr. Franck!

Well, really. He's had a few glasses too many.

Mr. Franck, you're ruining

eight weeks of etiquette courses

in mere seconds.

Mama!

Shall I make Mr. Franck some coffee?

Coffee.

Good idea, Monika, take him upstairs.

And be womanly for once.

Mr. Franck, come along.

Come.

[bumping] Oh!

Sorry!

Sorry.

Forgive me. Can you forgive me?

Yes, it's okay.

I'm going into the bedroom now.

Follow me in five minutes, okay?

[knock on door]

You look like a prisoner.

Because of the stripes.

[laughing]

[snoring]

Coffee?

Sounds like a sensible idea.

How did I earn this?

I learned it at the Institute.

The Home Economics Institute.

"Woman adorns man's hard daily life where she can."

That's very true. We men suffer a lot.

That's very tasteful.

Heinrich Strelitz did it.

I thought he only painted Goring and Goebbels.

Unicum iter ad supremum.

It's the family motto.

"There's only one way. Up."

The Rocket Guild has the same motto.

[both laughing]

In this light, you actually look quite okay, Miss Erica.

Monika.

Yeah. Whatever.

I feel sorry for you.

I... You?

Yes.

Because it's all the same to you.

You're a grown man and still...

I don't want to.

No woman does, and they all do it.

You know what?

Your father was right.

You have no manners.

You're good for nothing.

All you do is scorn...

That's not true!

I'm good for something.

I am worth something.

[sinister music playing]

♪ Who should cry ♪

♪ When two people part ♪

♪ When on the next corner ♪

♪ There waits another heart ♪

♪ You say "Goodbye" ♪

♪ But secretly, you think ♪

♪ Finally, oh, finally I'm free again ♪

Well, as far as I'm concerned,

I could use her.

Yes, but not today now, Heiner.

[suspenseful music playing]

[tires screeching]

Where's Mr. Franck?

Did you annoy him?

There's a stain.

On the ceiling.

It looks really strange.

Like the Nile, in Egypt.

It's perfectly normal inhibition.

We have to get used to being allowed to do it.

I need a cup of coffee.

Very well, just a moment.

[door closes]

A cookbook.

Healthy Home Cooking.

What's this?

It's an egg boiler,

it boils your eggs as hard as you want them.

That's fantastic. What an achievement.

Are you sad you didn't go on honeymoon?

I mean, you'd have had more time for one another

and time for certain things.

We'll make up for it in autumn.

And perhaps it's better to wait until Wolfgang is finally called to the bar.

Do you doubt it?

I mean, that's why you married him.

I fell in love, Mama.

Yes,

with a future public prosecutor.

Where's Nikki, actually?

She's ill.

What's wrong?

She's refusing to get out of bed.

If you ask me, she's making it up.

Nika?

What's wrong?

What's up?

It hurts so much.

What? What hurts?

No wonder!

The pin is open.

It's sticking in your skin. Come on, sit up.

Come on, we'll get it out now.

Hang on.

Careful.

All done! See?

It's only a little pinprick, it'll be fine.

[crying]

Nika?

He held me down.

I didn't want to.

I didn't want to.

Who?

Who, Nika? Who was it?

[Mama] Joachim Franck.

She wanted to make him coffee upstairs.

Oh, God!

We have to get a doctor to confirm it.

What?

Dr. Brandstetter. He'll examine you.

No, Mama, please.

Monika, pull yourself together, please.

What happened to you

has happened to thousands of women.

You'll survive.

But this little son of a factory owner,

Joachim Franck,

I'm really going to get an explanation out of him.

I tell you!

Nika.

[Otto] The Burmese are where we want them.

They've agreed to 15%.

They'll surely go up to 20.

Mr. Franck?

Mrs. Schollack.

I must speak with you.

[theme music playing]

Mrs. Schollack.

Joachim, short question, short answer.

Did you force Miss Schollack to have intercourse?

Force never came into it.

What do you mean?

Mrs. Schollack,

your daughter downright offered.

She was immoral.

[Otto] You heard it.

Now she's probably ashamed, so she's twisting the facts.

[Otto] She's putting on an act.

I'm sorry, madam, it's his word against hers.

And your charge is probably invalid.

Agreed?

I'll see you out.

-Home Economics Institute. -It's Catarina Schollack.

I'd like to speak to the Director, Mrs. Thayen.

[ambient noises]

[thunder rumbling]

[rain pattering]

[captivating instrumental music playing]

[Thayen] Then she tore off her smock and danced obscenely.

-Thank you. -Thanks.

I'm telling you, did you see? She took her clothes off!

[car door slams]

I'm ashamed of you.

You danced.

Naked!

In front of young men.

But Mama, I didn't see them.

Director Thayen said

she was only just able to prevent

a charge of immoral behavior.

But...

Then in addition, you seduced Joachim Franck.

Like a prostitute.

You believe that?

Yes.

Why didn't you go to Dr. Brandstetter, then?

Because you're depraved and immoral.

[sobbing]

No other person in the world

thinks as badly of me as you do!

Because I know you better than anyone!

[somber music playing]

[dramatic music playing]

Cherries go on now or later? Where does it say?

[knock on door]

-Helga! -Oh, no!

Helga, are you home?

Helga, are you there? Helga!

One second! I'm here! Evi?

Why don't you answer your phone?

It's not connected. Wolfgang...

Nikki's run away.

What do you mean, run away?

Run away! With a suitcase.

I'm scared she'll jump in the Spree.

She wouldn't do that to Mama.

We get one girl a month fished out of the water.

Come on!

[pop music playing on radio]

[ambient noises]

Albert Camus The Stranger

Can't you tell I'm here?

You know we can't exchange three words without fighting.

Why don't you find a wife?

Why one when I can have them all?

The Schollack girl didn't seem to want you.

Why don't you send me to Burma?

At least offer me the post of deputy director.

Director or deputy, they'd look at you and think of me.

What more do you want?

I've met all your conditions.

I did the bullshit etiquette course.

I control myself more than the Pope in a brothel.

I'm not a bad engineer!

Of course, I'm not as brilliant as my brother.

Leave Harald out of it!

You have no interest in the factory at all.

I want to get away from you.

Agreed?

What was that

foreign bank transfer

to a garage in Menlo Park?

Where is that?

California.

What did you buy for $350?

A rear-view mirror.

The one from James Dean's Porsche.

The car from the accident.

And you expect me to entrust you

with a position in Burma?

A big kid!

The Burmese are a primitive race, but they're not daft.

You collect shrunken heads.

Those are research objects.

They're relevant to mankind.

James Dean's death is, too.

Nika! Nika!

Nikki?

Can you see anything over there?

Monika?

Over there!

Monika!

Monika!

Nikki!

Monika!

Monika! Monika, I'm coming to you!

I'm coming to you. Wait.

Come on.

Monika!

Oh, God!

[door opens]

You're hurting me.

Monika will work in the dance school from tomorrow.

As what? A hostess?

She's taking over your beginners' course.

I won't let the fox guard the hen-house.

Otherwise I'll tell her all about her "spotless" mother.

[somber music playing]

Oh, no!

I'm so sorry, Wolfgang.

That's inedible.

I know. I'm sorry.

Monika ran away from home.

She was unhappy and Mother--

That's no longer your concern.

I'm your family now.

Yes.

I'll make you a sandwich. Beer?

There.

Shall we get comfortable in the other room later?

It's the juror's get-together tonight.

I have to turn up. I'll be home late.

Oh, right. Okay, then.

[instrumental music playing]

[muffled giggling]

Hello.

This is your first dance school...

[muffled giggling]

Your first dance course and...

today we're dancing a slow waltz.

I'll demonstrate for you.

Left, side, together.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

One, two, three, step, side.

Good.

Yes.

Men simply do the reverse, right?

Did you understand?

No, miss. Please show us again,

and do women and men at the same time.

[giggling]

Quiet!

What is this?

Stand straight!

Anyone making a sound will demonstrate for us,

Swan Lake.

In a tutu. Quiet.

Please come with me.

First ground rule,

never demonstrate alone.

Dance with the biggest loudmouth boy.

Send the prettiest girl out,

because her hands are dirty or something.

You have to humiliate. Understood?

I don't know if I can.

They'll eat you alive otherwise.

They're driven by their juices.

[indistinct murmuring]

You can only defeat them with biology.

So, eliminate the strongest of the pack straight away.

Then the rest will come naturally.

But I don't want to humiliate anyone.

Come, on you go.

-[girl] What now? -[boy chuckling]

So, now we'll start dancing.

Men approach the women.

Miss, isn't it better with music?

[all laughing]

Of course.

One, two, three, one, two, three.

One, two, three.

Miss, this isn't a foxtrot.

[giggling]

The Little Spermatozoa's Wondrous Journey.

[piano music playing]

Do you know The Man Without Qualities?

Are you one of those perverts?

What's wrong?

I've had it all removed.

I'm as sterile as a fresh bomb crater.

Stop.

Stop!

I keep thinking of someone.

[gasping]

Get out.

What?

Get out!

What's going on?

You can't leave me in the middle of nowhere!

Hey!

[sings along the radio] ♪ I wanna be loved by you ♪

♪ Just you ♪

♪ And nobody else but you ♪

♪ I wanna be loved by you ♪

♪ Ba deedily deedily Deedily dum ♪

♪ Boo boo bee doo! ♪

You're doing nothing wrong, Helga.

If I could do it with anyone, it's you.

Can't you just tell me what I should do?

You're very patient.

You imagined this differently.

Shall I caress you?

I could caress you to satisfy you.

No. No, that won't do. That won't do at all.

Why are you doing that?

Animal-like isn't classy.

But it's totally natural.

I'm getting nowhere with Fassbender.

Even Hedwig Schiffke from school is engaged now.

He's too old for you.

"There's only one way. Up."

This is my chance, Nikki,

to get out of here.

Be honest, Mama acts so refined,

but she's never read a book in her life.

-You neither. -Wrong!

Bits of Knowledge From the World. Volume Two. P to Z.

I'm always interested in education.

I'll be a professor's wife.

Not dumb little Evi, who does and is nothing.

A professor's wife, in a 12-roomed villa in Dahlem.

Go to the cinema.

There's a new Sonja Lundi film out,

I Want to Dream in Your Arms.

Professor Fassbender doesn't like the cinema.

"The world of film only confuses perception of reality.

"Fantasy worlds make women hysterical."

And men? Doesn't it harm them?

All that stands between us is his wife.

All these years and he's still attached to her!

It's abnormal.

But you?

You're the same with Daddy.

No, it's not the same.

Daddy didn't leave me. He's missing.

I think you could remarry.

Evi, a decent woman only has one husband in life.

But you're not a zebra finch.

Assmann would take you at once.

Assmann!

Assmann is a rogue!

Has your natural sign appeared?

My God, have you had your period?

[Eva] See you tonight!

Thank you.

Do you feel sick?

I tell you, if something's nesting in there,

I'll give the Francks such a hard time.

I'll threaten to go public, then he'll have to marry you.

[Christa] No!

No! I have to give evidence!

Calm down.

They're poisoning us and nobody is doing anything!

Enough!

The woman was picked up on Olivaer Platz.

She undressed in front of a cafe, even underwear.

-Understand? -Calm down.

It's in the water. Poison! In the wallpaper.

They're poisoning their own people!

Everyone needs to know!

Me, me!

They've given me something!

And they poisoned all the children.

You're safe.

All the children...

Promise me!

The world has to know!

Calm down.

She's Christa Hauer from Berlin-Pankow.

She's from East Berlin.

Calm down, Mrs. Hauer.

That's right.

You'd best go over there and look for relatives.

All right.

[lively dance music playing]

Hey, girl.

You're indispensable these days.

What's driving you?

A free beer for the music.

Give that to me.

Come on.

I'm responsible for you now.

Like when Eskimos rescue someone from a hole in the ice,

it's a lifelong thing.

That's why they let some people drown.

It's too much otherwise.

I'm not an Eskimo, though.

I just opened the door too soon.

I fell in a hole in the ice once, too.

I slid under, under the ice.

Now I can't see the hole I could be pulled out of.

Help! Help!

Help!

Have you been in prison?

Do you think your little sister will go out with me?

You'll have to ask her yourself.

Two glasses of bubbly, please.

And you?

Will you come dancing with me, Monikid?

Heard of Mutter Brause?

It's not old shufflers, like here.

It really gets the blood pumping.

No, thanks.

Okay.

But believe me, you can't deny your inner rage forever.

Freddy?

Freddy?

What sort of song was it that you played at the wedding?

The fast one.

Heard of AFN?

Radio!

[soft instrumental music playing]

[switches on radio]

["That's All Right" playing]

[serene instrumental music playing]

I have to go over to Pankow tonight because of a patient.

Watch yourself with those Bolsheviks, little Evi.

Pretty girls like you are fair game to them.

Here, the "natural sign".

And that's the G3 weapon.

With 7.26 and 9-millimeter ammunition.

You can see the explosive weapons very nicely here.

Claymore mines.

Mortar shells, as big as 81 millimeters.

It's a pity that there's no sound.

Miss, go and wash your hands again.

But they're perfectly scrubbed and tiptop.

That's true.

You have really beautiful hands.

Thank you.

Okay.

Today we're doing the foxtrot again.

I'll show you the basic steps once more.

She just won't be told.

It's nice that you, at least, find it funny.

I, on the other hand, have a reputation to lose.

There aren't many taking your advanced course.

What does that have to do with you, Assmann?

I always said we have to offer something modern,

like the rumba.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

Yes, or the mambo.

Yes.

Nothing's obscene enough for you!

[dance music playing]

Why is he here?

I thought his course was finished.

Mr. Assmann, pick me to demonstrate with today.

Yes...

Not always that Hildegard.

No.

Mr. Franck.

I want to speak to Monika.

One moment.

Monika?

Hello.

I wanted to

invite you out, to go out, tonight.

Do you have time?

You've nothing planned, right?

Good.

I'll pick you up at 7:30.

[suspenseful music playing]

[phone ringing]

Helga von Boost.

Helga, I need your help.

-Who is this? -Monika.

I was teaching and Joachim turned up...

Nika, not so fast. What's up?

He wants to take me out. Mama wants me to, but...

I can't, understand?

I can't with him...

Mama said I should, and I don't know what to do.

Yes, I... I can't leave here just now.

Maybe he just wants to say sorry.

But Helga,

I can't go out with him now!

Pull yourself together,

it won't be so bad.

Sorry, I have to go. Take care.

Helga...

Pretty,

but not seductive enough.

You've got no dresses with waists at all.

This one.

This is pretty.

I've got shoes to match.

But Mama, I don't need to go now.

Nothing's happened, please!

Monika,

Joachim Franck clearly likes you, despite it all.

This is your chance in life. Probably the last.

There are women who don't marry.

Yeah? There are goats with two heads, as well.

Okay, then.

Then Dubendorf.

[tense music playing]

Thank you for bringing me home.

It was a charming evening.

[Mr. Sandman playing]

♪ Mr. Sandman ♪

♪ Bring me a dream ♪

♪ Bung, bung, bung, bung ♪

♪ Make him the cutest That I've ever seen ♪

♪ Bung, bung, bung, bung ♪

♪ Give him two lips Like roses and clover ♪

♪ Bung, bung, bung, bung ♪

♪ Then tell him that his Lonesome nights are over ♪

♪ Sandman ♪

♪ I'm so alone ♪

♪ Bung, bung, bung, bung ♪

Music?

[music starts playing]

Do you like this?

♪ Why can you not be By my side? ♪

♪ Love has awakened ♪

♪ My darling ♪

♪ Good night, good night ♪

Excuse me, I'm looking for Mr. Hauer.

Leave the poor boy alone. Anyway, he's married.

No!

And you, miss, are from the West.

Wait! I'm here because of his wife.

-Christa? -Yes.

She's in Jena. She has important Party business.

No, she's...

When is her husband home?

He's at a game in Dresden.

He's a goalkeeper for ZSK Vorwarts.

Listen, his wife Christa is at our hospital in Dahlem.

I'm a nurse.

Did she have an accident?

Do you have a pen?

Do I look like Goethe?

So I can leave her husband a message.

Try next door in the bar.

Thank you very much.

Rudi's in for a shock.

What, with him loving his wife so much.

[thunderclap]

The image of a genius commander who crushed Hitler's fascism

belongs in the land of fairy tales.

Excuse me, do you have a pen?

On the contrary,

he didn't prepare the Soviet Union enough

for the foreseeable war with Germany.

And some paper?

Thank you.

Why has Comrade Ulbricht been quiet since Stalin's death?

Promoted Stalinism,

demanded a cult of Stalinism,

and now not a word of self-criticism.

Comrades, in the past few years we have all made mistakes.

Boo!

Even socialism is not error-free.

What distinguishes it from capitalism

is that socialism can learn.

He's putting it too simply, comrades.

Or?

Comrades, thank you for coming in great numbers.

Today's meeting is now closed.

I'll be happy to see you again next Thursday.

Nonetheless, be a little careful.

Mr. Schollack!

The State has eyes and ears. It's a well-intended remark.

Yes, sure.

Daddy!

Don't you recognize me?

I'm Eva, your daughter.

I don't know any Eva.

But...

You're Gerd Schollack!

Are you Gerd Schollack?

It must be a mistake.

Well now, dinner or a film? It can't be that difficult.

What do you want, Mr. Franck?

I don't know.

I know nothing anyway.

I don't feel like I belong in these times.

Really, there's only one thing I am.

Angry.

You're angry?

I want to go home.

There's a new Sonja Lundi film.

Come on. I'll sacrifice myself.

[somber music playing]

Professor Fassbender?

Mr. von Boost.

Helga, my wife.

She mustn't ever know.

Come on in.

Well...

What's wrong with your wife?

Nothing.

I mean, this is about me.

I...

I'm not normal.

You could help me get healthy.

I'm sorry, I specialize in treating women.

That wasn't always the case.

I was a public prosecution office trainee

in the trial of Professor Carl Tauber.

In Buchenwald concentration camp,

he implanted artificial hormonal glands

to heal abnormal prisoners.

Many of the men died.

You were one of his assistants.

Yes, the artificial hormonal glands were a mistake.

There are other methods that help.

Research has come further.

Yes.

But as I said,

I've changed my field of expertise.

The assistants weren't prosecuted back then.

But who knows?

Perhaps a public prosecutor might get ideas?

[dance music playing]

Mama! Mama, it's unbelievable!

We won with this waltz.

97 points.

European Masters.

Mama, I saw Daddy.

In a pub.

We finally relegated the English

to last place after 35 years.

Mama, I spoke to him, do you hear?

He said it wasn't him,

but he went really pale. I'm sure it was Daddy.

[gasps]

You're hysterical, little Eva.

I'm not hysterical.

I Want to Dream in your Arms

Starring Sonja Lundi

-Would you like cream? -Yes, please.

So, there you go!

Anything else, sir?

Excuse me.

August Svenson Your father died today.

I already like the beginning.

[somber music playing]

Monika?

Give me the...

[grunting]

[music swells]

[theme music playing]

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