Original subtitles

You're life-threatening, Miss Monika.

Is it bad?

Yes.

This was my favorite sweater.

Shall I call a doctor?

No, thanks.

That's the first time someone has wanted to stab me.

Thank you for the new experience.

Miss Monika.

I WANT TO DREAM IN YOUR ARMS

Oh, no!

I put the timer on for "two runny eggs,"

-I don't... -Helga.

It's all going to be okay!

If you say so.

♪ Your mouth laughs Like the sunshine in May ♪

♪ Your light shines for me Like the sunshine in May... ♪

Evi says that she's seen Daddy.

Nonsense.

But you say yourself that he's still alive.

Yes. And that one day,

he'll be freed from prison and come home to us.

Adenauer's brought the last war prisoners home...

How was your date?

Did you behave?

No.

What do you mean, "no"?

I got up to nonsense.

-Nonsense! -[bangs the table]

Get out!

-Can't we... -You, too.

Not one more word about it. Understood?

I must have been mistaken, Mama.

Concentrate instead on your professor

whilst he's still lukewarm.

[Eva] Looks like Daddy.

Daddy?

Is it you?

Sorry, for a moment, I...

Do you work in the dance school?

It's my mother's.

Not quite.

Pardon?

It's my family's dance school.

At least, it was until 1936.

You're mistaken.

It was founded in 1906

by my father's father Heinrich Schollack.

My name is Simon Crohn.

If you want to know the truth,

come to Karsunke Boarding House, Room 5.

[soft dance music playing]

[Caterina] What about all these mistakes?

Won't you correct them?

So, Monika?

Here we see all the dance floor embarrassments

that we should avoid at all costs.

We see, gentlemen,

how you should never hold your lady.

First of all,

we have the neck claw.

You don't know

whether he wants to strangle her or steal her necklace.

And here,

the back diver.

The hand is disappearing into the lady's dress.

And my favorite,

the worst of all,

the deep feeler.

So, gentlemen, from now on,

behave respectably.

[music continues playing]

Mummy!

Does the name "Crohn" mean anything to you?

No.

Never heard of it.

[grunts]

[phone dialing]

[phone ringing]

[Caterina] Galant School of Dance, Schollack here.

Yes! Joachim Franck here, with even longer tradition.

Oh, Mr. Franck!

You probably want to talk to Monika, but she's teaching.

I can...

No. I want to speak to you.

Oh, yes?

[Joachim] It's about this...

story at the wedding.

I'm listening.

Well...

it's actually

within the realm of possibility that

there was, in fact, a misunderstanding.

[Fassbender] Did you speak to Mrs. Hauer's husband?

[Eva] No. He's a goalkeeper, he's away at a tournament.

But I left a message.

I want to ask you something, Professor.

Is there any point in me still hoping

that you'll invite me out sometime?

For a coffee, or an ice cream.

Perhaps Malaga flavor?

I've thought about what you said.

Perhaps I am looking for my father in you.

I was six the last time I saw him,

but Daddy was always...

So strong.

And...

clever.

I miss him!

I miss having a strong man.

And I know that you are one.

[sobbing]

I'm going to the theater on Sunday.

Pygmalion is on.

Pygmalion?

Aren't those little savages?

That's Pygmies.

Right.

[both chuckling]

Would you like to come?

Yes.

I'd love to.

Okay.

[sighs]

There was a man here today who looked like a returnee.

Did he know anything about daddy?

I don't think so.

He said such strange things.

Like most who return from camp. Pay no attention to it.

Nikki, we have to ask the Red Cross to trace him,

even if mama doesn't want to.

What don't I want to?

I've got news!

He's invited me out.

To a Greek tragedy.

Oh, Evikid!

You'll get through it. I'm so proud of you already.

And you, too, Monika.

There's light at the end of your endless tunnel.

Franck Junior called.

He was very accommodating.

He admitted a small misunderstanding between you.

He's certainly very chic to look at.

And Mrs. Director Monika Franck

sounds tip-top with a cherry on top.

Thank you.

He said "misunderstanding"?

Yes.

So that's the little squabble between you all cleared up.

Nikki, eat something.

[Fassbender] And some patients received a blow to the head in childhood.

Sometimes an infection or high fever is all it takes

to damage the nerve pathways

enough to misdirect stimulation.

I...

I had a bad fall as a child from my father's bicycle.

I had a concussion.

Do you act on your illness?

You could be prosecuted.

What precisely do we do now?

We'll return the stimulation pathways in your brain

to normal.

With a rubber band?

It's a little everyday first aid.

As soon as you notice your thoughts

going in an abnormal direction...

Give me your hand.

You inflict pain.

Like that.

♪ When I was Just a little girl ♪

♪ I asked my mother, "What will I be? ♪

♪ "Will I be pretty, will I be rich?" ♪

♪ Here's what She said to me... ♪

[Assmann] Keep the left hand nice and flat.

The left hand, gentlemen.

Keep it nice and open.

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

One, two, three, one...

You're getting better.

How's Wolfgang?

Fine.

Surely you've already gotten the hang of one another.

You only ever talk about one thing.

Yes.

Your future.

What's this story about Eva and daddy?

It's nothing.

Evi had a hallucination.

If it really had been daddy, he'd come home, wouldn't he?

A delivery of flowers for Miss Schollack.

"Reich Press Ball, 1937."

[Caterina] Monika!

There's been a delivery for you!

Monika!

Yes, Mommy?

And there's a card with it.

He wants to take you out for the day on Sunday.

He wants to be seen out with you by day.

It's practically a proposal.

But, Mommy, I feel so unclean.

So have a bath.

Although, it's only Wednesday.

[screaming] Leave me alone! I'm expecting a baby!

No! No!

Mrs. Langer! Mrs. Langer!

You're safe.

You know that.

You know that.

Come with me.

Look out of the window. See?

It's summer. The sky is blue.

The sun is shining.

-Yes. -[knocking]

Hello!

[knocking continues]

Hang on!

Is she here?

Hello.

I'm sorry, hello.

My wife, Christa Hauer.

Is she here?

Yes, she's here. That's right.

What's wrong with her? Can I see her?

I'm sorry, visiting hours are from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.

But I want to see my wife, I...

That's not possible, I'm sorry.

I want to...

[panting]

She thinks that our government is poisoning us

with the water.

So there are days when she drinks nothing, not a drop.

How long has she had these delusions?

For a while.

About three years.

Is she being treated?

No.

Can you help her?

We've seen good results with electro convulsive therapy.

Electric shocks? You give electric shocks here?

It's the most effective remedy for healing mental illnesses.

[electric buzzing]

["Cheek to Cheek" playing]

♪ Heaven, I'm in Heaven ♪

♪ And my heart beats So that I can hardly speak ♪

♪ And I seem to find The happiness I seek... ♪

No!

Drat!

Thank you.

Thanks. I can manage.

Where are you headed?

Just around the corner, home.

Can I give you a hand?

No, I couldn't let you.

Let me give you this.

Kurt Reinhard.

A director?

Yes.

Of TV adverts. For Teutonia.

He said I'd be perfect for an advert.

But you're not an actress.

No, but I'm not supposed to act,

just to be myself.

A housewife.

And what is the advert for?

Prontofix.

What is that?

I don't know.

He said the pay is good

and that the whole world will see me on TV.

See you advertise a slimming product?

Out of the question.

The meat turned out well.

Thank you.

So, this is the plan.

Wannsee, sailing.

Then...

sunset.

Silence.

Do you know what I often did as a child?

I tried to write down the sound.

The sound of a stone falling into the water.

"Klun-ging!"

Right?

"Pa-plutsh!"

That one was Saxon.

Monika, what do you, as a girl,

dream of?

Schollack's on the home straight.

Joachim! Good evening.

I didn't know that this sort of place was your style.

Usually you prefer to hole up in some damp jazz cellar.

Like a little bug.

Good evening, Sonja.

You've not lost any of your charm.

How's your great novel coming on?

The bookseller keeps telling me to wait.

I think you're fantastic, Mrs. Lundi!

And you are?

I...

I'm just...

Just Monika.

Who'd have thought?

Have a cozy evening, you two!

Thank you.

[soft jazzy music playing]

You actually know Lundi!

Nice to hear your voice.

What sort of a novel is it?

I fancied myself a writer.

Shall we dance?

[slow foxtrot music playing]

Is that a foxtrot?

A slow foxtrot.

I knew it was something with foxes.

Though foxes can't dance.

Take your filthy hands off!

Won't you come to bed soon, darling?

I have to find legal precedents by Monday.

For the senior public prosecutor.

Verdicts on murders or manslaughters.

All of these are wives who killed their husbands.

And why do women kill their husbands?

Greed.

Yes. Usually for money.

In that case, you're safe.

What's that supposed to mean?

Nothing.

Only that,

as long as you're still not a civil servant and--

You knew I would earn very little at first.

Yes, I only meant--

You knew my family isn't rich.

Yes...

Not anymore.

And now you're throwing it in my face in this mean way?

Wolfgang,

what's wrong with you?

That's all I needed today,

reproaches from you!

[door closes]

[soft piano music playing]

[tires screeching]

♪ Come, Mister tally man Tally me banana... ♪

Shall I give you a lift to the city?

♪ Come, Mister tally man Tally me banana ♪

♪ Daylight come And me wan' go home ♪

How did you meet Joachim?

I hardly know him.

And how do you know him?

I was engaged to his brother.

Harald.

He fell in the war.

I'm sorry.

If it wasn't for the war,

I'd be a factory owner's wife now.

Do you want to be one, too?

No.

Jo's a different man to Harald.

Three years ago,

he began writing for the Tagesspiegel newspaper.

Then his old man pulled some strings

and Jo stopped being given work.

Are you cold?

You'd be better off finding someone else.

Take a look at the Americans.

They're all right.

[upbeat radio music starts]

Yes!

Only the music is terrible!

Does a woman even need a man?

Well,

to change a tire

or carry a washing machine up to the third floor,

they're quite practical.

Keep looking...

[gasps]

You're still up?

And I'm starving.

We went to dinner at the Kempinski.

And how the waiters pushed my chair in

and pulled it out.

All because of the professor.

But I didn't want to eat much.

Mama always says chewing women are unattractive.

Eva...

I found a photograph.

Right at the bottom of mommy's wardrobe.

Nikki!

You snooped. That's not right!

What's that dead chic scarf you're wearing?

-Evi! -It's chic!

Who gave it to you?

It was a present from "the" Lundi.

You're lying!

I swear on the holy Sunday roast,

-I met her this evening and-- -[exclaims]

She drove me home!

[squealing]

No kidding?

Look.

That's from "the" Lundi.

Yes.

I'm sorry.

[gasping]

[grunting]

[panting]

♪ In Hamburg The nights are long ♪

♪ So many lovely hours long ♪

♪ I want to spend them Being happy with you... ♪

Monika!

Say, I hear that Franck Junior is courting you, right?

At last you have something you can impress your mother with.

But you don't seem very happy.

Mr. Assmann,

do you know anything about this dance school

belonging to the Crohn family?

How do you know?

Monika,

if you rake up the past,

you'll only bring dirt to light.

Turn around.

Three over there. Nazi widows.

The man in the middle wearing glasses, Nazi.

And so on.

And you were in the SS.

Yes. Do you know why?

I believed in it.

Goodbye, Mr Assmann.

Bye!

But that means our mommy lied to us the whole time,

and daddy, too!

So much for Grandpa Schollack laying the foundations.

Monika!

I've known you since birth.

Now, you listen to me.

Leave the past behind and look to the future.

Like we all do. Right?

So... I have a little surprise for you.

♪ If your heart Hasn't reached its desire ♪

♪ My Monikid ♪

♪ Don't be scared ♪

♪ In Berlin The nights are long ♪

KARSUNKE BOARDING HOUSE

[knocking]

Hang on!

Miss Schollack.

Hello.

[slow piano music playing]

[inaudible]

[Rudi] She won't listen to me.

These shocks you're giving,

they're not good for her, they're damaging her.

Mr. Hauer, we do this every day.

We wouldn't do it if it were dangerous.

[sniffling]

Pull yourself together now, Mr. Hauer.

Men don't cry.

You've no idea about men.

Helga's invited us to Sunday lunch.

I said you'd bring Mr. Franck with you.

I'm talking to you, miss!

Is...

Is everything all right for you all?

Does anyone need anything?

The meat was too dry

and nobody dares say anything, it's true!

Helga, darling, it tasted great!

One A, tip-top with stars!

Wolfgang?

You have the best wife in the world.

Surely!

To Helga!

-To you! -To your health!

And I think

that's why you might allow her her little wish.

You talked to your mother?

About this...

Promofit?

Prontofix.

I don't want my wife displaying herself on this box.

You may as well dance naked somewhere!

You should feel flattered

that your wife has been chosen

as the ideal image of the German housewife.

I mean, take Monika.

They would never even asked her.

Mommy!

-It's true. -Please!

I mean, Monika

is even messing up the chance of her life.

Even though it's been handed to her on a plate.

But nobody asked me.

No, Mama, you just talk anyway.

A golden plate.

Or a silver one, or whatever it's called...

It's no matter to me.

Just so you know,

I spoke to Simon Crohn.

Who is that?

The Crohn family owned the dance school.

Pardon?

The school

always belonged to the Schollack family.

In 1906, Grandfather...

In 1936,

after you won the European Championship,

the Reich Commissioner of Sport took it from the Crohns

and gave it to you!

Fairy tales!

Mrs. Crohn hung herself in misery,

the rest of the family was sent to Dachau camp in '39.

It's a concentration camp. You know what that means?

Stop it!

What are you saying?

Enough!

Only Simon Crohn survived!

Professor, you know about hysterical women, do something!

Our dance school was built on the corpses of that family!

Monika!

Enough! This is all made up!

Perhaps that's why daddy didn't come back.

This returnee could have said anything.

[Wolfgang] What does he want, Monika, huh?

Why did he come to Berlin?

He said, he was trying to make a new living.

To do that, he needs--

Money, girl, money!

That's all.

And why doesn't he sue for reparation?

Because he's a swindler

with a pitiful story.

Your sister is crying in the bedroom.

All because of you.

Why did you do that?

I think it's the truth.

So many people tell stories, Monika.

Everyone was a victim and wants money.

I worked so hard!

I wanted it perfect, and you just ruined everything.

Helga,

I won't say anything else.

I promise you. Not another word.

Please.

As far as I'm concerned...

As far as I'm concerned, you may star in the advert

for Fixopret.

Fixo-pront.

Prontofix.

I thought it was Pontifax?

Heavens! What is it, anyway?

A thresher pooker.

[chuckling]

Pressure...

[laughing]

A pressure cooker!

Mommy!

Bye!

Bye, boys, see you later.

Well.

You wanted to take me--

I never said that!

Dancing...

at that place.

Mutter Brause.

If my offer still stands after all these years.

[drum roll]

Careful!

[exclaiming and laughing]

There we go!

Is it closed today?

It's full, you can see that!

Hey, tell Donatzke to hurry up!

Hey! Hands off!

Oh, yuck! Someone stinks!

Turn the lights on!

I want to get out!

Don't worry. The fuse has blown, is all.

A few seconds more.

[clapping in unison]

[music starts playing]

Yes! Come on!

["Long Tall Sally" playing]

Well, how about us two?

Well, suit yourself!

I'll give it a try.

You know we have a meeting early tomorrow.

[speaking in Burmese]

Perhaps you'd better stay away.

I'll greet General Le Chin tomorrow in Burmese.

Nonsense.

[speaking slowly in Burmese]

We have interpreters for that.

It means,

"Father,

when I grow up,

I want to be like you."

[retching]

-Sister Eva. -Good evening, Mr. Hauer.

You still haven't understood the visiting hours, then?

How is she?

She sleeps a lot.

-I'm sorry I was so impolite. -No...

No, no, you were right.

Of course men can cry, as long as it's not for long.

You should hear us weep in the changing room.

Men are allowed.

Don't let us get you down.

Of course not.

Can you give her this from me?

I'll do it tomorrow, okay?

Thanks.

-Do we have the same way? -Yes.

May I accompany you?

Thank you.

[Eva clears throat]

Christa and I...

We were expecting a baby in July of '53.

During the uprisings.

I told her to stay home. I wanted her off the streets.

But of course she was worried,

and she followed me.

She saw how our own soldiers shot at us.

It shocked her so much

that she lost the child.

I'm sorry.

It all started after that.

Of course it's not Simon Crohn.

I know that everyone in that family was unlucky.

No one comes back, Fritz.

No.

The matter's settled. It...

It was a very difficult time.

I wonder how this person knows about it.

Someone must've told him.

Madam Schollack.

It was a pleasure once more.

Always a pleasure, Assmann.

[soft instrumental music playing]

[footsteps approaching]

This is the icing on the cake.

My own daughter, stealing from me.

I'm only giving someone what he's owed.

At the very least.

What rubbish.

Simon Crohn?

Do you still not understand this man is a swindler?

[knocking at door]

You'll have the money tomorrow, Mrs. Wilms, I promise.

It's Monika.

Monika Schollack.

[Simon] Miss Schollack.

I thought you were going to let me down.

Come in.

Mr. Crohn, I'm so sorry.

[fast footsteps approaching]

-What's your name? -Simon Crohn.

Show me your papers.

I have none. They were stolen.

[Simon yells]

Temporary identity card

issued to

Gottfried Bebel.

Yes, I thought so.

You lied to me?

You have no idea, girl.

I can understand your old man.

[policeman] So, Mr. Bebel, you're coming with us to the station.

Mama, what did he say to you?

[sombre music playing]

[Director] Stay upright.

[whimsical music playing]

And stir, stir! Stir!

Stir harder. A bit more strained.

-You're not clearing debris! -No.

More drama.

-We don't need salt. -No salt.

Now the children.

Mommy, Mommy, why do you look so tired?

[girl] And why don't you laugh any more?

Children, it's because I have so much cooking to do.

Thank you! Very good. Children, you're done.

Wonderful. Now, the pot.

I need more light here.

The pot valve facing forwards.

-Ready? Camera? -Rolling.

Four. One.

Action!

-But... -[Director] Not so high!

-Like this? -[Director] Great.

-But since using Prontofix-- -A little more friendly.

Of course. But since using Prontofix--

I want enthusiasm.

I want to feel Prontofix enthusiasm.

Huge grin!

But since using Prontofix, my life is so much easier.

Thank you.

[sombre music playing]

[electric buzzing]

[electric buzzing]

Mr. Bebel, how do you know my husband?

I have to leave Berlin, thanks to you.

Wait!

We were together in Kemerovo,

at the quarry.

[Eva] Tell us, did you see Lundi?

[Monika] She's prettier in real life.

Or Pulver? Or Hubschmid?

No, we were in a studio.

No one else was there.

Come on.

Mama, we've had two more cancellations again.

[footsteps approaching]

Mama.

-It's the courses we offer. -Yes.

We have to offer cha-cha-cha and rock 'n' roll classes.

Mama.

Yes.

And perhaps also gonorrhea and syphilis?

Rumba!

It's nothing more than a courtship dance, Monika.

And this cha-cha-cha

has only one aim,

soliciting sexual intercourse.

With this step alone, the man goes between the woman's legs.

The hips rub rhythmically together.

You like that, Monika, don't you?

But the icing on the cake...

The icing on the cake is this rock 'n' roll!

The woman jumps, with legs open onto the man's lap.

-Mama... -No, no, no!

Not in my dance school!

Gallant always remained clean.

I always remained decent and fitting and faithful...

-I was always-- -What are you talking about?

Mama, what's happened?

[gasps]

[pants]

Your daddy is alive.

[soft piano music playing]

He was released from prisoner's camp three years ago.

We already applied for a search.

Mama.

Why didn't Daddy come back?

Gerd's probably been in East Berlin for two years.

Oh.

Can you explain it to me, Fritz?

You, as a man.

[scoffs]

-Another woman? -Yes.

Perhaps revenge?

Because of the two of us back then.

Then you could finally acknowledge me.

Caterina,

I really want us to marry,

to live together.

I want us to be a family, in public.

Fritz, our relationship is purely business.

And it'll stay that way.

Mr. Assmann.

[exhales]

["Memories are Made of This" by Dean Martin playing]

♪ Take one fresh And tender kiss ♪

♪ Add one stolen Night of bliss... ♪

[Monika] One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

Very good.

♪ Memories are made Of this... ♪

How on earth did you hurt yourself so much?

In this one place?

Monikid!

I need you. On Sunday, I take you with me to Mutter Brause.

One mother is enough.

Have pity, I'm lonely. Inge broke up with me.

Ran screaming from my garret room.

I've never had that before from dropping my trousers.

♪ Then add the wedding bells ♪

♪ One house Where lovers dwell ♪

♪ Three little kids For the flavor, ♪

♪ Stir carefully Through the days ♪

♪ See how the flavor stays... ♪

Miss Eva.

In two weekends, I'm going to a conference in Zurich.

You can come with me.

♪ With His blessings From above ♪

♪ Serve it generously With love ♪

♪ One man, one wife, On love through life... ♪

Well played.

What are you doing here? Something wrong with my wife?

I just happened to be nearby, I was...

-visiting family. -Good.

-Give me 20 minutes? -Of course.

I'll be ready, 20 minutes.

Who did you come to visit?

No one.

You don't have relatives here?

No.

Well, actually, I do.

It doesn't matter.

No, I see that it does matter.

My...

Father lives here.

[sighs]

He just didn't come back to us.

[crying]

[sniffling]

Come on.

Actually, it's quite simple.

If you've found your father, go there, ask him.

He'll tell you.

[sighs]

Yeah.

Quite simple.

Maybe not quite so simple.

[exhales]

Did you know that football was invented in China?

In the third century B.C.

No.

[chuckles]

I read some things.

I bought a special lexicon.

Bits of Knowledge From the World. A to O.

I had P to Z already, but...

Football isn't in it.

Because it's "F".

[chuckles]

Oh, God, you think I'm very stupid, don't you?

No, no.

My mother only let us go as far as middle school.

"Education for women is like telescopes for moles,"

she always says.

Is goalkeeper actually a real profession?

Yes. For me, it is.

But I'm a trained joiner.

Joiner.

[captivating instrumental music playing]

GALLANT TEA DANCE NOW WITH A NEW JUKEBOX

Hey.

Never mind. Most places play music from a can.

What will you do now?

Look for a rich widow.

Freddy, I've found something.

The winner gets 50 marks.

"First Berlin Rock 'n' Roll Championship."

[chuckles]

With you, or what?

We can give it a try.

-I give it some thought. -Don't take long.

Never.

Eva.

[Freddy barks]

Goodbye.

-Now the coin? -Yes.

And then the green button.

Mm-hmm.

[clicking and whirring]

["Be Bop a Lula" starts playing]

[Caterina] "Be bop a lula!"

No civilized person speaks like that.

How do you turn it off?

[Monika] Er, Mama...

["Be Bop a Lula" continues playing]

[chuckle]

[Otto] Let's raise our glasses

and drink to the health of our employee, Junkers,

who is taking over as manager of our factory in Rangoon.

-To your health! -Cheers!

["Be Bop a Lula" continues playing]

[Freddy whistles]

Hey! Hey, hey!

No music?

Second question.

What can you do? Anything?

[whimsical music starts playing]

[sighs]

Monikid!

Miss?

One, two...

-One, two, three, four. -[chuckles]

[Monika exclaims]

Come on, let yourself fall.

[laughs]

-Now you're going to fly. -Fly?

-Yeah. -[exclaims]

[sighs]

Not bad, Madam.

It could really be something.

Yes.

[upbeat drum music playing]

Dance, baby.

["Tutti Frutti" starts playing]

[cheering and whooping]

Good evening, Monika.

Good evening, Mr. Franck.

-May I? -Gladly.

You're the last person I expected to see here.

Same here.

How are you?

Fine. And you?

Wonderful.

I speak fluent Burmese now.

When are you going to Burma?

I'll get myself a Burmese cat so I have someone to talk to.

I can't hear you!

["Blue Suede Shoes" starts playing]

Excuse me.

What's this awful place?

Won't you at least dance with me?

Let's go.

["Blue Suede Shoes" continues playing]

Freddy.

[Freddy] Monikid, you're supposed to watch out for me.

I'm sorry.

It's nothing.

[Monika] Shouldn't I take you to hospital?

[Freddy] Just take me home.

So that was the famous Mutter Brause, wasn't it?

Inga said it was the best dance-hall in the city.

Don't know. Look at the women. Did you see their breasts?

They looked like pyramids. [chuckles]

Really, I found it so tasteless!

What next?

Shall we go for another drink?

[captivating instrumental music playing]

[screams] Joachim!

[tires screeching]

[door slams shut]

[groans]

[exhales]

You have to cool that knee.

There's water in the bucket.

[groans]

You're like a sister to me.

-Isn't that-- -An Iron Cross, yes.

[scoffs]

Guess who gave me this?

From him personally.

On his birthday.

I was 14.

He touched my cheek like this.

[laughs]

You're lying!

No.

I loved the Fuhrer.

I'm going.

You don't want to.

Do you find me unattractive?

You're no bombshell, but I like your mouth.

Why don't you try to kiss it?

Should I?

Why don't you try to yourself?

Me? But I'm... I'm...

Decent.

[laughing]

And I'm not in love with you.

You can still kiss anyway.

And do everything else.

I know.

So, if you want to kiss me, just do it.

But you have to hurry.

The offer only stands for 20 seconds. My knee hurts.

Make your mind up.

So they don't steam up.

[soft piano music playing]

[sighs]

Have you done something with your hair?

Mama, perhaps I won't be going to Switzerland with Fassbender.

What? Why not?

I've been invited to a football match.

A football match? By whom?

Oh, God!

Joachim Franck had an accident.

What?

"Sunday morning Joachim Franck, son of factory..."

It's his own fault.

How can you be so heartless?

[Doctor] You're on your way to where?

Mm-hmm.

We'll let you know, Mr. Franck. We'll be in touch.

Goodbye.

Miss? You can't just go in there.

[groans]

It's most kind of you, Miss Schollack, to...

I only want to say one thing, Mr. Franck.

I understand very well.

I understand why it's all the same to you,

why your life feels like it doesn't exist.

I know the feeling.

But just because it's like that,

you don't have to drag other people into it.

You could've killed that girl.

And me.

You didn't care about me at all, either.

You asked me once,

"You, as a girl,

what do you dream of?"

Yes.

I dream, for example, of dissolving

in a thousand rivers that dry up.

And that wet black scarves lay themselves upon me,

and still another and another and another,

until I suffocate and nobody notices.

You...

You as a "little man",

don't get anyone else messed up in your damned business.

[sniffling]

That's all I wanted to say to you.

[door opens and closes]

["Rip It Up" by Little Richard playing]

[groans]

Freddy,

you have to concentrate. We've only got a week left!

Make yourself lighter, you meatball!

Little meatball. Dumpling.

-Come on. -Ready?

[exhales]

Gerd Schollack returned in 1954 Address: Wollankstrasse 44

Job: Teacher, Junior School Nr. 5, Berlin-Friedrichshain

[sombre music playing]

[Gerd] Yes, Martin...

Your mother's right.

They drive big cars, are better dressed, eat tropical fruits.

But...

Wealth of a few costs a lot,

as weak people are exploited.

And that's why there's no future in capitalism.

[door shuts]

And that's why, we're creating a fairer world here.

Explain that to your mother.

Rina.

Please.

What are you doing here, Gerd?

I'm no longer the man you married, Rina.

Why didn't you come home?

I...

When I came back from the camp,

I saw the dance school

that doesn't belong to us.

And...

I... I couldn't continue

dancing on,

on that family's grave.

I went away again, I...

I couldn't go back.

[scoffs]

I should've talked to you all, I know, but I thought

it's easier, if I'm dead.

Easier for who?

You simply took a new life for yourself.

Without asking.

I wasn't able to do that.

I looked after our family, I looked after our daughters.

I made sure they had to eat, clothes, and kept them decent.

I built the dance school up. Alone, Gerd, alone.

Do you know what that means?

I saw Assmann there and--

Assmann?

Yes.

What is this?

Did you leave me alone because of him?

Because I forgot myself once, over 20 years ago?

I already forgave you for that back then.

Then come home now, Gerd, please.

Come home.

There are bigger things at stake here, Rina.

Societal responsibility.

My place is here now.

In active anti-fascism.

I have to repay our debts, Rina.

That's why you're leaving your family alone.

Yes!

I killed people, Rina.

Children.

Children like our children.

[sombre music playing]

At least try to understand.

I'll go to the authorities to have you declared dead.

And don't you dare

go near your daughters.

[door slams]

[Caterina] Monika!

Mama,

I can't come with you, tell Helga I'm sorry.

I have a terrible tummy ache.

But your big sister's on television!

Yes, but adverts are repeated sometimes.

[door lock knob rattling]

[door lock knob rattling]

This is new!

[footsteps]

I feel really ill.

I can't even get up.

But Eva's already not coming.

Why not?

She decided to fly to Zurich with Fassbender after all.

Lovely!

Mm-hmm.

[sighs]

Yes.

[door closes]

[crowd cheering]

-I'm here. -Monikid,

as if I wasn't worried enough! It's starting in two minutes.

We'd like all competitors in Berlin's first

rock 'n' roll championship on the dance floor!

A warm welcome to you, our audience.

Join me in welcoming

our expert jury!

The first round decides

which are the best four couples.

Rock the house and give it up!

♪ Hey baby, jump over here ♪

♪ When you do The ooby dooby, ♪

♪ I want to be near ♪

♪ Ooby dooby, ooby dooby ♪

♪ Ooby dooby, ooby dooby ♪

♪ Dooby dooby doo Wah, doo wah, doo wah ♪

Isn't that Schollack?

["Ooby Dooby" continues playing]

I screw the Prontofix shut.

All I do is turn on the oven. Then I have enough time

to make myself beautiful for my spouse.

Mommy, Mommy, why do you always look so pretty?

Thanks to Prontofix, my husband and I

have time again for a happy family life--

I would've liked to have seen it to the end, Wolfgang.

Terrible.

I look like a matron.

[Caterina] No, you presented it superbly. I'm definitely going to buy it.

The children were dreadful.

I'd like another beer.

[announcer] Through to the final round

are No. 8,

and 4!

[Monika screams]

-What's going on? What's this? -Hey, hey, hey!

Friends, friends!

-Calm down! -Freddy!

We have to do better.

We'll do the somersault.

Listening?

-A somersault. -It's clear, dear.

-Good. -Calm down and behave.

And now,

dear audience,

it's the finals!

[crowd cheering and whooping]

["Rip It Up" by Little Richard playing]

♪ Fool about my money, Don't try to save ♪

♪ My heart says go go, Have a time ♪

♪ 'Cause it's Saturday night And I'm feeling' fine ♪

♪ I'm gonna rock it up, I'm gonna rip it up ♪

♪ I'm gonna shake it up, Gonna ball it up ♪

♪ I'm gonna rock it up, And ball tonight... ♪

[crowd cheering and whooping]

If you hadn't leered at that blond, we'd have won.

I didn't know you were so ambitious, darling.

-Sugar darling. -Freddy...

Freddy!

Congratulations.

[Freddy] Hey!

Hey, wait! Wait!

Can you take me with you? I'm in trouble.

Of course. Get in.

It was an honor to throw you in the air.

But now mischief is calling!

Save me, Monika!

[indistinct chattering and whistling]

To you, Monikid!

[TV playing light children music]

I need to tell you something.

Leitmann has informed me that Korte will replace him.

What?

But you've been his assistant for much longer.

It's a political decision.

I'm not right-wing enough.

Korte's a real Nazi.

Is it already decided?

Wolfgang!

[footsteps]

Shall I tell you something?

No wonder you don't get it.

You're letting yourself go.

You watch TV constantly.

And you drink too much.

You reek when you go to work.

[panting]

[sombre music playing]

I...

I didn't fly with him.

I didn't fly with him. I couldn't. I walked here, I...

I couldn't go back to my mother's house.

-I... -It's okay.

It's okay.

[sombre music continues]

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