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Is your father home?

He's sleeping. -Fuck!

What happened? -Oh God!

You have to help me! Please, help me!

Baby!

Baby!

Baby!

Baby!

Slowly now.

Keep going.

Do you see anything?

No, keep going.

Stop.

What is it?

Hello?

Pull me up. Up!

Oh shit!

What? -Our appointment was today!

What appointment? -Didn't you listen to my message?

No.

Yesterday.

No new messages.

I left a message.

I'm sure of it.

I can't really remember yesterday.

Scherbe?

Did you start using again?

No.

Don't worry. The police have it under control.

Then why do they need you? -I unlock doors for them.

So they don't get lost.

I'm the building manager.

What's that? -Floorplans for the house.

Hands off.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

I heard it crying.

What do you mean?

In the cellar, from out of the shaft.

Look, if the baby had fallen into that shaft,

it would've come out in the cellar, right?

It wasn't there. -But he was searching frantically.

Maybe he thinks it fell in there, but it's just with neighbors.

You should've woken me.

Yes? -Sorry to bother you.

We're looking for our baby.

Have you...

I'll take you to the elevator.

Ready for your new school? -I guess.

Shut it!

Can you help us?

Our baby is missing.

So what?

It's not my problem.

What can I do about it?

Get back here!

Everything okay?

Come right home after school.

Get lost.

Here! -He's not here.

How do you know?

I know his voice.

After knocking on so many strangers' doors?

What? What?

Excuse me, we're looking for our baby. Have you seen it?

Yesterday. I nursed him, remember?

Do you have any more for me?

I ran out of money.

What did you give her?

I swear, Cleo... -What did you give her?

I swear, the whole time I was with him,

I wasn't high.

Here. It just suddenly appeared in my hand.

It's not my fault! -You...

No, I didn't touch it! Please!

Why weren't you more careful?

Cleo, it just appeared in my hand!

Where are you?

Come on, you filthy animal.

Oh, great.

What's going on here?

I'm the new building manager.

Daphne, come here.

Did you do that?

There's a dangerous dog on the loose.

A dangerous dog? -An attack dog.

A man who gets things done. We haven't seen that in a while.

I'm just doing my duty.

Stay.

Your duty?

You already believe it's your duty to clean up filth?

I'm so sick of seeing good men belittled.

I'm Björn.

Jaschek.

I could sense there was more to you.

Welcome to the 88th floor.

Come in, I insist. -Thanks, but...

A welcome drink. -No, I...

Come on. To becoming good neighbors!

Wait up.

Wait.

I go to your school too. Started today.

I noticed. So?

Did you hear about the baby that disappeared in the building?

Is that why you look so crushed?

You'd better grow a thick skin, and fast.

Do you know a Dennis?

Who's that?

You like the place?

We joined our apartments together.

We've worked hard for what we've built here.

We had to push the filth back, apartment by apartment.

You know how we did it?

We drew strength from our sense of solidarity.

I understand.

A family should live under one roof. -Definitely.

Who was that boy?

It's good that you fixed the heating.

Not because of the cold. We don't mind that.

But because of order.

You know what I mean?

A heater has to heat. -Exactly.

And a building manager has to keep things in order.

Helgi! This is our new building manager.

Nice to meet you. Jaschek.

Hello.

My wife.

No, no, no, you'll stay for lunch.

Time to eat!

This here is Hagen.

My eldest. -Hello.

Hello.

Grandpa, this is the building manager.

And these are our two little ones.

And this is Maria.

Hello.

Hi.

Every little creature has its food Every little flower drinks from You

Today You remembered us too For that, dear God, we thank You

Amen. -Amen.

Everything okay?

I was just thinking of my son.

What about him?

He's... having a hard time.

And now the missing baby and the police...

I heard about that. -He's taking it pretty hard.

You have more important things to do than play dog-catcher.

We'll take care of the mutt.

The 88th floor has your back.

Go away!

You have to go! -Why?

We're not allowed to be friends.

What happened? -I burned myself on the stove.

A baby disappeared in the house last night.

Nobody knows what happened to it.

But I keep hearing it. Again and again.

You have to help me.

Here.

We're on the third floor, right?

That's the elevator. That's the hallway.

And this is us.

We're not on the map.

How is that possible?

Hear that?

Will you help me?

We're not allowed to be friends.

Who said anything about friends?

We're partners.

Partners?

Yes.

And we have a job, an adventure.

Deal. Partners.

Deal.

Where are you going? -To get my tool! Come on!

Hey, guys. -What do you want?

Listen, about the transaction... -What?

Can you help me? -No, man.

Shit.

Here, I didn't touch it!

Please, my baby!

I don't know you.

I can't remember...

He's... He's in the shaft.

Fuck off. And never come back, man.

The highest, most perfect music form:

The fugue.

The result of a centuries-long evolution of the polyphonic,

imitative style.

Stand.

Bach was the master of the fugue.

Do you hear it?

Isn't it gorgeous?

Yes.

The fugue subject is first performed by a single voice.

The dux: the Führer .

The dux.

Then a second voice:

the Comes , which answers.

The Gefahrte.

Take off your clothes.

Where is your mother? -She's sleeping.

We mustn't disturb her.

She's pretty, right?

Yes.

Does your mom come home late, too?

No.

What's that?

My tool.

Loan.

I have to go.

Why?

My dad needs me in the shop.

Or he'll come looking for me.

Same time tomorrow?

You think we'll get a medal for finding the baby?

Maybe.

This way.

Are you sure that works?

Sounds work differently in here than they do outside.

Baby, where are you?

Baby, where are you?

How is that possible? How is that possible?

Told you.

Told you.

Hello, echo!

Hello, echo!

You have to listen to what's behind the walls.

I hear something.

Here!

Where'd that gate come from?

It must be new.

Let's get out of here.

It's back there somewhere. -Let's go.

Wait here.

Where are you going?

Don't leave me alone!

Juri!

I told you to stay in the apartment.

Yeah, but...

How was school?

Good.

I need lunch money.

I see.

How much?

50? -What?

It's for the whole month.

Here.

Where are you going?

I have to study.

Okay.

I'd like copies of these made.

Forget it.

Why?

You need authorization.

Okay. Thanks.

Maybe I could make an exception for you.

But it won't be cheap.

I have 50 euros.

That it?

We should go.

There's nothing here.

Come back. Stay here!

I can still hear it, but it's getting fainter.

There!

Cleo!

In there. Hear that?

Where...

Where is it coming from?

It's coming from the air shafts! -In the attic!

They all meet in one outlet!

VENTILATION SYSTEM

He's in there!

Please, our baby is in there! -Shit!

What? -My keys.

It's here!

Dennis?

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean for it to happen.

Please don't!

Don't hurt my baby! -It'll be over soon.

Don't hurt my baby!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Go away!

Come...

...here.

You know

that I won't

hurt you.

Place your hands

against the vent.

Dad!

Do you know how long I've been waiting for you?

What happened? Juri!

I know where the baby is! -What?

There's a dog!

There was a gate here.

There it is.

But...

It was here, I'm sure of it!

Juri...

It was soft, like a sponge!

Here?

Yes.

There's nothing there. -But I heard it, right here!

There are no babies in walls! -But...

Walls aren't soft and then hard, got it? Look at me!

The baby is gone. Okay?

Your mother is dead.

We have to...

deal with that.

She'd have said it more gently, but she's gone.

We have to deal with it in the real world.

Now give me the keys.

Go on home.

Houses like these are full of service shafts.

I bet no one knows how they're connected anymore.

That homeless guy...

He...

You talked to him, right?

Yeah?

What did he want?

Sorry to bother you.

Juri?

Babelfisch Translations Annie Grossjohann