All language subtitles for The Glass Cell (Die gläserne Zelle) 1978

The Glass Cell

Have you signed the supporting documents?
Mr. Braun? Yes or no?

Yes I signed it but I haven't
read them all.

Every child knows that you sign nothing
that you haven't read.

It was not the task of my client checking
order confirmations and invoices.

I am an architect and not a builder.

As an builder, my client would never
have made a career.

His thoughtlessness in dealing with
documents and supporting documents

would have ruined him early.

Knowing the psyche of their
clients is good,

but here it is not a matter of negligence
but deliberate fraud.

An architect is not required to know
the exact prices for all materials.

Mr. Lasky! Was the builder.

Why do they not ask Mr. Lasky,
where the missing money went?

The prices on the receipt
could have been raised

by Mr. Lasky, after I had signed it.

High Court, the receipt are on file.

Do I have to put up with such insolence?

Mr. Brown, did you know that
the material was inferior?

Yes, I even noted on several occasions,

but Mr. Lasky said that everything
was all right.

He has claimed that Building Authority
had just asked this material.

You know the affidavit of the city engineer
that demands and pays only the best.

You, Mr. Brown, as an architect, should
have fulfilled their obligations careful.

It couldn't collapse the stairs shortly
after moving into the school building.

Nobody would ever died.

A dead child and 14 injured just
because you used inferior material.

For no other reason than
to make personal profit.

Where is the money?
Where are the DM 350,000?

Lasky has it.

End your accusations.

If this happens on a construction site,
it can happen only with the knowledge

of the architect.
Final question, where is the money?

We had a joint account my husband and me.

We never had for each other secrets.

All I can say again and again that
my husband is innocent.

Liesa.

Hi David.

Howdy Timmie.

For your father, greetings from me.

Do you want to come in?

I can't. Got date at court.
Bye for now.

Uncle David never has time.

You shouldn't say "Uncle David"
he is not your uncle.

Then I say only David.

It would be better if you wouldn't
talk about him for awhile.

Why not?

Because your father might be hurt.

Don't forget that your father was
nearly 5 years away.

He missed you very much
and is now looking forward to you.

You must be very nice to him.

Sorry no parking spot.

Come on in.

You want to take off your coat?

The furniture in our house I sold,
they would not fit in here.

This one not of course.

We have no garden but I have
only 5 minutes to work.

I can't clean up your desk.

Look, I've painted yesterday.

You need to see the rest of the rooms.

Soon you have to play something for me.

He will soon appear in public
for the first time.

On 23 the Conservatory alumni
give a Christmas concert.

Timmie will occur as
a soloist this evening.

You don't talk at all.

Do you like it?

May I take a bath before dinner?

Do anything you want.

I'm home again

G. Flaubert
A Sentimental Education

For Lisa by David

Aren't you hungry?

I'm so not used to a feast.

I wanted to do something
special for tonight. Excuse me.

No, this tasted indeed excellent.

Do you know that?

Tchaikovsky, Capriccio Italian
Have you never heard?

Yes.

I would like to buy the disk tomorrow,
you are coming?

Gladly.

You also?

I'm sorry, I can't, basically, I wouldn't
be allowed to take time today.

Everyone wants buy books, the shop,
just before Christmas...

I can't leave alone the girls.

You have to feed the family now.

You'll find work fast, I think.

I don't know, a jailbird, like me.

David still tries finding evidence
of your innocence.

I have been waiting 5 years.

Nevertheless, you should be
grateful to him.

Yes, I know he's the best lawyer
I could wish for.

But sometimes I wondered what he does.

Especially at night when at 10 clock,
the light is turned off...

and then you lie there and can't sleep ...

I've often thought you resigned to my fate.

But Phillip, David has it
all these years ...

I know, I know, you thought of me
and talked about me.

Every Sunday,
when you were eating together.

We didn't eat out every Sunday.

When I saw him, I have told you
what we talked about.

Even what you ate.

You never wrote me what you ate.

I don't think you would have liked it.

I've often wished to share it with you.

I never wanted you to know how it is there.

How it was there, Phillip.

It is repulsive.

Sometimes, I have not even
dared to look at your picture.

Maybe you've always lied to me,
to make it easier for me.

Perhaps David invented all new
material relief only to comfort me.

But he has always told me
that you are innocent.

But he has not proved it.

If it is true,
then Uncle David prove it.

Timmie Braun.
To you!

For me?

Hello?

Who was that?

Lasky.

What did he want?

I don't know, I don't want
to do anything with him.

Dear Mr. Brown when we need them
hereby notified that the position,

for which they have presented to us,
is not the right one for you,

we would like to ask them not to put
this decision in any

relation to their
professional Qualification.

Yours faithfully.

You were not very talkative
on the phone, old friend.

I have nothing more to tell to you
leave me alone, Lasky.

Don't act like this.

I do understand so that you
are troubled by the 5 years,

but past is past.
Don't run so fast.

Your lawyer still wants to persuade you
that I should

have had to sit out these 5 years?

Do you really believe
that he is your friend?

I am your friend.

Please stop.

David Reinalt and your wife,
I could tell a couple of stories.

Do you think it is okay if a lawyer has

sexual intercourse with the wife
of his client who is in jail?

Did you meet Lasky?

No why?

He knows you're out.

So what?

It wouldn't surprise me if he tries
to get in touch with you.

Why should he?

I know?
But I wanted to warn you.

I can't imagine that you have
great interest to meet him.

No, certainly not.

Uncle David. They start right away.

We're too late.

Geez.

What's up?

Oh, nothing.

Come mammi, we need to go.

Yes.

Bye bye.

Don't sit there so discouraged, even if
you are rejected 100 times.

You shouldn't give up.

Couldn't you get credentials
from your old company?

And where were you in the meantime,
Mr. Brown?

Well, in jail.

If you're sitting all day morosely
and pity yourself,

it's no fun to come home.

Lisa.

If I should find a job,
would you continue to work?

I guess so.

Not because we need the money
because I do it gladly.

Do you work to get out of my way?

Mammi come now.

Yes.

Dear Phillip,

I've just brought Timmie to bed
and gave him your regards.

He was very happy about the toy box,
you've tinkered him.

Like every night I read to him.

Do you know the tale of the princess,

which must be separated
from their loved one,

in order to prove that she loves him?

Timmie did not yet properly understood.

When I was with you today,
I couldn't tell you what moves me.

In this horrible visitor cell
I always think I cry,

even if it is not so.

My thoughts are confused,

I'm talking inconsequential and
am longing to comfort you and me,

just to give you a hug and kiss.

Hello.

Howdy.

I am completely done.

Do you still have toothache?

Toothache?

Yes.

Today I was in the store,
I wanted to see you.

Oh, so you were in the store
and you asked me.

The dentist was a pretext. I went to David.

To David?

Yes, actually we wanted to surprise you,

but whatever, you know it now.

David wants to give
a birthday party for me,

he wants to invite all our friends.

Why do not we celebrate here?

Because David has a lot more space
than we have here,

he expects more than 50 people.

I have previously written
the last invitations with him.

He does it mainly for you.

You should meet people again.

Look, these two colors result in gray,
did you know?

No.

What do you give her?

New ceramic colors, which she liked.

You see, she's coming.

Only flowers for mammi.

Give them water.

Yes?

Of Course.

But it would have been nice if you had
previously come home.

Don't worry, the people here know
nothing about your past.

Mr. Paul and his wife.

Now we have a drink, come on.

Scotch?

What about the job?

Nothing new.

This Goller, of whom I have told you
is still out of town.

I'm sure you can employ
in his building AG.

Ladies and gentlemen, the birthday girl.

Thank you.

To your health.

Congratulations.

Thank You.

I am completely done, we are not
finished with the stocktaking today.

Did you bring Timmie to bed?

Hi Lisa.

Good to see you, Sabine.

You look fantastic, come on.

I have news.

So?

This time it'll work,
I've withheld you until now

because I've already made too many hopes
, but this time I'm sure.

I have new witnesses against Lasky.

Among others, a bank clerk from
Gießen that has Lasky

recognized on a photo.

He can swear that Lasky has opened
an account under a false name,

and transferred himself company funds.

Does Lasky know that you are
investigating against him?

He knows very well that he
has problems soon.

He's trying to make trouble.

I have even been threatened.

You've got nothing to drink,
wait I'll get you a glass.

Signore Scusi, you know no one here, too?

I am a business friend of Dr. Weichsel,
he brought me.

I ought to be in Rome, but
Alitalia is on strike again.

Every strike is a scandal.

A worker should know that his company
always pays him the highest pay,

he should have so much confidence...

Confidence...means to be stupid.

Do you feel sick?

You feel incredibly strong?

Was it really necessary to screw the feast?

It's good that I have gone.

I think no one has missed me.

No wonder, how you did occur.

Who occurs?

You act just childish.

And you don't act like a married woman.

Don't scream like that.

I didn't care enough of you?

Or what do you mean, a married woman?

You know very well.

Yes I have known.

But since you're back, I know nothing.

I want to know only one thing,

you had an affair with him
as I was in jail?

Yes or no?

I have noticed it.

Maybe it makes you calmer when I tell you

that in fact something happened between us.

Three weeks.

Or, to be precise, two weeks and four days.

When?

Three years ago.

Immediately after your revision process
has been rejected.

I was very unhappy at the time.

But to sleep with David did not help me.

I didn't want to see him after that.

Can't you try to understand me?

Do you still love him?

Am I not here with you?

Don't dodge.

I think...

If I were not here?

I asked you a question.

Well, if you, for example,
had died in the cell,

then maybe I would now at David.

Timmie likes him.

Yes of course.

Where are you going?

For a walk.

My Beloved,

David has instructed me to tell you
that an application

has been rejected on resumption
of your trial.

It is easier for me to write this,

than to tell you in the horrible
visitors cell.

Do you think Phillip that fate
has imposed us on this terrible

examination to put us to a test?

Please forgive me if my words
seem mysterious.

I am often in this mood, even tonight.

One can understand all this,
our dreadful life as a test,

which few being imposed.

Until now we have kept us wonderful,
regarding our love

We will continue to do so until
everything is over.

Let's not complain about what is today,

we look forward to what lies ahead.

Keep seated.

I have just phoned again, it's all right.

The employment is yours if
you are still interested.

Sure I am, Mr. Goller, thank you.

Please send Dr. Kohn.

My friend David Reinalt told me everything.

If he says you're okay,
then you're it for me too.

He told me ... said that you are not
to blame for the disaster

but a certain Lasky, which
no one could prove anything until now.

Do you Smoke?

It was nice of you, that you
have procured Phillip work.

Do you want to help your mother
washing dishes?

He follows you every word.

I am glad that you invited me tonight.

I mean ...

Ice?

I mean ... after you know now,

what happened between me
and Lisa at the time.

Let's forget about it?

Yes, let's forget it.

But there's something else.
Lasky called me.

He must have told you something
that is not true.

So?

That should have taken four years.

But that's not true.

Lasky just want you to stir up against me,
he hates me.

He would gladly make a huge scandal
and drag my name through the mud.

Since he knows that I can be
dangerous to him.

I don't believe what Lasky says.

You bear all this with a lot of attitude.

I love Lisa.

Yes, please?

Listen.

Hello there on time, how are you?

Fine, and you?

Did you eat something,
I brought a piece of cake.

Someone miscalled.

Would you like some?

Where is the calculation for the
new customer, what was his name?

Oleg Stolz, Moltke Str. 14

Ah yes.

I prepared the papers.

Thank you.

Goodbye Mrs. Bade.

If you don't want to talk to me,

then I have to give a little effort
to get associated with you.

Get out of my way.

First I have to tell you something.

It does not interest me.

Your lawyer friend overuses my nerves,

he wants to drag me to court
for ancient things.

Probably he has his reasons.

I will prevent that.

Listen, if you want to tell me something
about him and my wife,

I have to disappoint you.

I know that the two had a relationship.

Had?

Come and listen.

Hello there on time, how are you?
Fine, and you?

Did you eat something,
I brought a piece of cake.

That's kind of you.

Ahh, do my feet hurt,
I have to take off my shoes.

Sit down.

Today I phoned Goller,
Phillip has pretty well set-in.

He relaxed a lot since he works.

A drink?
No thanks, not yet.

What are they trying to prove?

That was four days ago,
during the lunch break of your wife.

Yes and?

A drink?
No thanks, not YET.

You understand this correctly?

I think it's the best
I call you when they meet again.

You can go and ...

And?

I leave that to you.

Your papers.

Goodbye Anne.

Phillip.

Why are you not sleeping?

Timmie Hello,

it's me your mammie just called,
they must tonight for working lunches,

we want to go somewhere?

OK pizza I'll pick you up at
half past seven.

I want to visit David before, you know?

No, I need to discuss something with him.

Hi Phillip.

Hello.

You want...

Yes?

I have to give him a few books.
Come on, I only have a minute.

No no, I prefer to go it was
nothing important,

I just wanted to stop by again.

Please don't be childish.

See you later.

When is Mamie back?

You, it may be very late, sleep now.

Night.

Whenever I bring Timmie to bed,
he asks when you get back.

Often it's difficult for me not to cry,
but I'm brave, don't worry.

You know, I can see
from my desk in the garden.

Today it snowed for the first time.

If it were not so quiet here and
I could at least hear your voice.

Dr. Reinelt, Hello,
this is Dr. David Reinelt. Hello?

Are we going to my place or yours?

I'm going home.

Please not.

I want a little drink with you.

Where have you been?

Drink something.

You drink a lot lately.

So what?

How was your meal?

Good.

Working lunch to one clock at night.

Why not?

So you stay with this version.

Well, I was with David,
at least I was in good company.

I was at least with nobody in bed.

You're drunk, no wonder you're aggressive.

Why you took the effort to lie to me?

Because you don't want to understand
that I need David,

because I'm used to discuss
everything with him.

The whole five years I was alone.

I see that.

And I'm still alone.

You look now exactly like
sometimes in jail,

someone who is dead inside,
unnaturally quiet.

With David it is much simpler,
much easier than with you lately.

He can save his sociable opportunities.

As for example look for your job.

He only made to calm his conscience.

Close the door please or
do you want that Timmie

overhears our lovely conversation?

I can't deny that the prison
has changed me.

Maybe you don't like me anymore.
But I trusted you.

You have no idea how I am,
you have no idea how feels a woman....

Listen to thresh phrases, yes I understand
that you think you're happy with him.

I understand what friendship means.

But unfortunately I don't
understand that my wife

must go to bed with this good friend .

This is over.

Why can't you understand
that you are my wife.

Were you always virtuous in jail?

In jail there are no women.

But men, I mean, you never thought about?

Yes, I've thought it.

And?

But I have never had any
contact with anyone,

because there was you.

Listen Lisa, you're making things worse.

Whom do you want? David or me?

I told you, I need him to discourse.

And to go to bed with him.
That is part of it?

This really is not the most important.

You don't want to abandon him?

I don't know.

Yes or no.

I can't.

Now I can no longer talk about it,
do you understand?

You can go now Mrs. Bade.

I only write your letter.

See you tomorrow.

What, what happened? Lasky was here.

I really wanted to have a word with you
about Lisa

but now is probably not the right moment.

You saved my life.

I saved your life?

That was Lasky, I just wanted to change,
he rings the door,

he stands there trying to bribe me.

I should adjust my investigations
against him and be silent.

Naturally, I refused and
wanted to throw him out,

then he became brutal.

Here.

Look.

Here he was choking me.

I can't see anything,
it was really that bad?

Ah yes. I fought for my life.

Here ... so he tried to kill me.

Hold it.

For God's sake.

Look at that.

This one Lisa painted.

Hi. You know what happened today?

No what?

They gave me a raise.

Congratulations.

Want something to drink?

I bought a couple of trout
to celebrate that.

I've seen in the window and
could not resist.

Stop.

No.

But.

Timmie.

Up.

Timmie Braun.

Moment.

For you mammie.

Hello?

Your turn.

Yes, I hear.

Yes.

Yes I have one.

Yes good.

Who was it?

What's going on mammie?

David is dead.

Dead?

Car accident?

Murdered.

Two hours ago.

He had a date for Chinese food
with the Friedrichs,

they wanted to pick him up
but no one has opened

and the neighbor said she had heard
a strange noise against six...

and the landlord opened the door
and found brutally murdered David.

Shalt you come?

No.

Whom are you calling?

Police.

Lisa Brown, I just talked to you?

I just wanted to say that
I know that David,

I mean Dr. Reinelt, he had
an enemy, Robert Lasky.

David knew that Robert Lasky
was a criminal.

He lives here in Frankfurt under
a false name: Oleg Stolz.

David told me.

Of Course.

The police are still in David's apartment?

Phillip.

Yes.

You're not even shocked.

Of course, I am shocked,
but what should I do?

The whole not affect you at all.

Timmie.

Come on come on.

Lisa?

Open the door.

Inspector Österreicher, my wife.

Excuse me, Mrs. Brown that I so late ....

You often met Dr. Reinalt
without your husband?

I can imagine what Lasky told you
so you keep it short.

Is that true?

Some, but I do not think that
the description of

my relationship with Dr. Reinelt
will help you.

And your husband agreed?

Not exactly.

You loved Dr. Reinalt?

You can call it that.

You also said your husband?

Roughly.

Timmie.

Do you already know who killed Uncle David?

No, not yet, go to your room.

Do you have a certain suspicion?

So far we haven't found any
useful fingerprints.

Not even on the marble head.

Please tell Mr. Braun.

What do you think about Lasky?

Not a lot.

Lasky has an alibi?

No, not a real.

Mr. Brown, you say you left at
half past five the office?

Yes.

And then you took immediately the bus?

Yes but I got out on Zimmerweg
and walked the rest on foot.

And why did they go on foot?

Because the bus was so crowded,
I think I've already told you.

And at six you have come back home?

Yes at six.

You were at home, when your husband came?

Yes.

It was six point?

No, it was ten minutes past six,

I can say for sure because
I've done immediately after

the trout in the oven and
I've seen on the clock.

So six ten.

Please tell Mr. Brown, you will
go away in the next time?

No.

OK, I must ask you not to leave the city.

Good night.
Thanks, I find my way...

Thank you, you can go.

You're in luck, gentlemen, luck.

Still, I'm sure one of you it was.

You've played better before two months.

Now concentrate Timmie.

Hi Timmy, I wanted to pick you up.

You saved my life.

I saved your life?

You know these words?

You saved my life.
I saved your life?

Here he was choking me.

I can't see anything,
it was really that bad?

Ah yes. I fought for my life.

If you continue to have luck
we may come into business.

Timmie.

How long is this going to last?

What?

You know that.

Hello.

I have just phoned the police.

And they knew something new?

No, no progress.

I will meet with Lasky.

With Lasky?

Yes, I need to talk to him.

Isn't that dangerous?
Imagine someone sees you with him.

Do not mind me.

I need to know what is going on inside him,
the police want the same.

Nice that you are punctual.
You want something to drink?

No thanks.

You should, however,
the cider is excellent here.

I didn't come here to drink.

Up to you. 200.000.-

Pardon?

200.000.-

If you want to have the tape
you have to invest so much.

Completely excluded.

This is reasonable and realistic.

Your wife is from a good house, I inquired.

So, on Wednesday in eight days.

Evening at eleven in here.

Whether they find guilty Laski soon?

Only people whose conscience ...
have a conscience betray himself.

Please bring it over to Timmie,
he should wear it tomorrow.

I think it would be good if
you talk to him.

Are you sleeping?

I've heard that they tease you
in school, because of me.

You don't have to answer if you don't want.

I want to know if this is true.

Whether what is true?

Did you hate him?

Did you kill him?

No Timmie.

I would rather have no father.

Phillip?

Come on.

Timmie has a surprise for us.

I'm coming.

Come and sit beside me.

Now we hear his first composition.

Attention, here we go.

(German folksong)

(German folksong)

Do you have the money?

No.

In half an hour, the police have the tape.

If I have the money?

Where's the tape?

Here.

Who guarantees that it is the only copy?

It will be the only copy so much
confidence you need to have.

Except for the police
interrogates me again.

Then I couldn't do anything for you.

The money is in my pocket.

(German folksong)

Do you want to go, do stay here ...

Is so beautiful here ...

People break off...

That was a long walk.

A drink?

Something finished?

Do you like it?

Yes.

I thought there it would look good.

Yes good.

Anyone called?

Mr. Friedrich.

He asked for me?

He wanted to know whether we sell
any books about Tibet.

Timmie is woken up?

No apparently he seems
to sleep much better.

Who can be so late?

Not yet.

I have been here with you all night.

I've been sitting here in the chair
and heard music.

Tschaikowski, all records we have of him.

Tchaikovsky, the whole evening
Tchaikovsky...

Good evening Mr. Baun.
I am sorry to ask you to come along.

Next please.

The man in my inn has had
a sticking plaster,

but he looks like him.

Do you recognize him?

He could have been. But I would not swear.

Thank You.

That's him.

Who exactly?

With the red scarf.

You know sometimes I think
the whole world is a big prison

and the right prisons are only increase.

Rules and regulations,

there are both indoors and outdoors.

They are nothing but results of our fear

or maybe they are just made
to keep our fears under control.

Surrender Mr. Braun.

You have lost.

Your wife admitted that you came home
around twelve.

Are you kidding me? Tschaikowski...

You have killed David Reinelt
and Lasky has known it.

He tried to blackmail you and you
have killed also him.

You probably don't talk to me?

You have asked no questions.

Any normal person would protest,
deny or admit.

But you sit there like a criminal.

Well, you are probably.

What do you want to achieve
with your silence?

After your wife has said already

that you were not at home
at time of the crime.

She can’t have said.
Because it's not true.