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Two, one, zero, red alert - Vienna in danger!

- I�ll get a drink, you too? - No thanks.

What�s that?

It�s for sleeping.

I�m going to Germany tomorrow morning.

When will you be back?

The day after tomorrow, baby.

Sometimes I have to sell my skin.

What are those tubes and needles in your dressing room?

How do you know?

Just saw them.

Do you spy on me?

So soon?

Definitely not.

Do I have a reason?

It�s a kind of ... doping.

A cleansing of blood.

They take it, add oxygene, and put it back.

Then my body�s 15 years younger.

And healthier.

Really?

Money can buy anything.

I couldn�t last a tour otherwise.

Crazy, what you do to your body.

Don�t start like that.

I don�t take that well.

And that from somebody who smokes and drinks during pregnancy.

Finally honest words.

A macho like you can�t be tolerated soberly.

You�re so pathetic.

You don�t even know what a macho is.

Go to your mother and cry there.

Not necessary.

My mother thinks all my girls are sluts.

Pardon?

Forget it.

Stupid asshole!

I want an apology!

Sorry, I didn�t mean it.

I don�t believe you.

I wanted to hurt you. That was stupid. Sorry.

Never say that again. Or I�m gone.

I promise.

Everything will be different with the child.

I�ll stop drinking ...

also the other stuff ...

It�s cold Let�s get out of here.

Your lipstick is smeared.

You bought it. And I watched.

Too much red on your lips.

You said: "Don�t pick me up!"

But I saw the truth.

Eyes tell more than words.

You need me, huh?

Everybody knows we�re together.

I hear them. They�re coming to get you.

They won�t find you. You�re here with me.

After five years abroad and with no knowledge of German pop ...

I heard Falco�s "Jeannie" on the radio ...

and got appropriately enraged.

That could have been it.

Then I heard it was number one everywhere ...

I heard it sold 20.000 copies just yesterday.

Facts and numbers make "Jeannie" a news issue.

In the last months the number of missing persons rose dramatically.

Local police report another tragic case.

It�s about a 19 year old girl, last seen two weeks ago.

Police can�t exclude the possibility of a crime.

Three Austrain Catholic organizations talk about an irresponsible game with crime and violence.

They�d like Austrian radio to follow the German broadcast ban.

I knew the candle eaters would react like that.

Incredible how easy to manipulate the media.

You�re right.

Eight German women�s associations protested against the song.

They say it�s a war song playing down violence against women.

They complain that the song ...

endorses sexual assault and murder.

Worst thing is we�re still number one in Germany.

Right.

In a few weeks we�ll announce ...

there will be a sequel to "Jeannie" on the next album.

It�s agreed upon with the Bollands.

Next we�ll put "Amadeus" on the US market, then it�ll be Christmas ...

Hans will go on holiday ...

in January everybody will have calmed down.

Yes ... unfortunately.

That�s business.

Hans, the Carribean�s a dream ...

the islands and stuff.

Look ... MTV America, baby.

Who�s on the air? Your man.

What do you prefer to watch? This? Or this?

Inhale. Deeply.

My daughter. Carolina Tanja.

Your dad loves you.

I�ll always look after you.

I love you, sweet little flea.

Today she�s one week old.

Are they at home?

I�ll fetch them tomorrow.

Were you present at birth?

Sure.

It was hard.

But when I think how cute Carolina is...

how she looked at her dad, the sweet girl.

Let�s drink to that.

To Carolina.

You�re number one, Hans.

Number one in the US charts.

The first German language number one in US rock history!

Champaign!

We only have sparkling wine.

Three bottles!

Incredible!

Elton John�s "Nikita" is on 9.

Prince�s "Kiss" at 5.

John Mellencamp�s "Heart" is on 2.

And number one is "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco.

Dude, you made it.

- I always believed in you. - Thank you.

You were number one in England and the US.

Aren�t you happy?

That�s the biggest thing to achive as a rock musician.

They�ll judge me on that basis forever.

Maybe I cannot repeat that.

Stop that.

Be happy and celebrate.

One thing I know.

They will only love me again when I�m dead.

Excuse me.

Hans! A toast!

I�ll be back.

The world revolves around me. I�m an egoiste,

the guy closest to me is myself.

Tell me - are you really that stupid?

Watch your mouth!

It freaks me out when my girl doesn�t know David Bowie and thinks "Solid Gold" is a jewellery store.

That�s not important.

Everybody is asking, where I got such a birdbrain.

- I just asked a question. - Hit me again and I�ll hit back.

You can�t tell me anything, I decide how to live my life.

If you live with me, you have to live accordingly.

Stop shouting, you�ll wake the girl.

Then I�ll put her to sleep again.

Just shut up.

Crazy asshole! I�m not done yet.

Coward!

Hit a woman?

You�re a white trash pig!

Let�s see what your mother has to say about that.

Drinking damaged your brain.

The coke, too.

Don�t you hear our daughter crying?

My dear, your mother�s shouting, but daddy will take care of you.

I�m here. I love you.

- What are you up to? - Give me the child!

Give me the child. Our lawyers will sort out the rest.

You make a fool of yourself.

You�re crazy.

Kiss my ass!

Get lost!

Never come back! Never!

Don�t think you will ever enter here again!

That�s that.

What if I hadn�t been at the train station?

Where would you go with her?

To your parents in Graz, of course.

Not that hard to guess.

I would have gone.

10 minutes later I�d been gone.

I would have banged at the door in Graz.

You�re a crazy guy.

It�s 7 p.m local time, West Village, business as usual.

The city�s noisy, the air is bad.

The music�s black.

What do you say?

Great house, huh?

Maybe this is a mistake ...

but the best things about the American flag are those red and white stripes.

I don�t want to live here.

We don�t have to rush it,

but to have success in America, you�ll have to be here.

You have to adapt to the culture, meet the right people at parties ...

You�ll have to be more reliable.

Yes, but if I�m not comfortable here...

Am I supposed to raise my daughter in LA?

With all that crime, the earthquakes and fires?

You�re exaggerating.

- Many people with children live here. - No, no, no.

I won�t do that to my princess.

My family comes first.

You know what that means?

At the bottom of my heart I swim against the waves.

Don�t worry.

Let�s have a drink.

What is it, Jackie? I�m working.

So?

It�s 4 a.m.

Come to bed.

I�m an artist.

A blade runner, gambling with life.

I don�t work 9 to 5.

If you want that, get an office worker.

I�ll go to the studio today.

The song is dedicated to you.

It�s called "Emotional", it�s about ...

Come.

You�re Falco. You call the shots.

Your family needs a father, not a human wreck.

Turn off the lights.

I won�t be able to sleep, baby.

Yes, you will.

Sometimes I wish I were normal again.

And that writing�s easier again.

It will be, Hans.

We�re high up, like never before.

We�ll play the new album live.

With samples and two hot background singers.

Let�s talk about it tomorrow.

No. Why?

We�ll tour Japan and the US, you�re the band leader.

Awesome! Japan!

You�ll rehearse the songs, I�ll come in at the end.

- Okay, Hans. - Great, dude.

Don�t you have a video shoot tomorrow?

Thank you for calling, guys.

On behalf of Hans, too.

I�m sorry.

You�re welcome, Mrs. H�lzel.

He�s okay again.

He won�t go home though.

He has family trouble.

Jacqueline moved out again.

My god.

Stop it! Get up!

We go home.

Mum.

- Why are you here? - Get up, the cab is waiting!

Come on.

- Come. - Come on, Hans!

I know that the woman who can tolerate me, hasn�t been born yet.

But I beg you: Come into the world!

You know I got a lion�s heart.

I decided to dedicate the album to Carolina.

I�ll put it on the cover.

I can�t do without you two.

The big apartment is so cold and empty.

Heard that before.

Can�t remember how many times.

Jackie, I�m a man of extremes,

I know I�m a jerk to many people.

I do everything excessively.

But we�re family, baby.

Over there�s our child.

Should she grow up without a father ... in Graz?

Even if she�s got a loving father?

You weren�t loved enough in your life.

You lack something there.

You can�t deal with love.

When you�re hurt you don�t seek a human embrace,

you lock yourself into yourself and heal yourself with booze and drugs.

I�ll quit, you�ll see.

You�re insecure in every respect, you drink out of fear.

You�re afraid of people.

Of failure.

If someone gives you love, you�ll treat them like a dog.

You owe me one more chance.

One last cance.

You and me against the world.

You have judged us, you have judged me.

But our time has come, when a dream comes true.

They�re crazy about Falco here.

In the hotel a hundred cute Japanese girls wait for a photo and a signature.

At night they throw their panties at me.

Then I�ll come with you next time.

Any news at home?

Not that much. Papers say you�ll receive the "Golden Bambi" along Paul McCartney.

True. The Germans have style.

True. Congratulations.

- I gotta go, Horst is there. - Okay, take care, bye. - Bye.

Horst, my friend. I hope it�s nothing to ruin my mood.

I�m afraid it is.

American tour is cancelled.

Yes. The producer won�t take the risk.

- No chart breaker since "Amadeus", no yellow press ... - Well, the pissers will have to do without me then.

Up in smoke.

Fuck them.

What is it?

There�s a request from Brigitte Nielsen, Sylvester Stallones ex-girlfriend ...

she wants to be a singer ...

the management asks you to record a song with her.

Are you crazy?

I didn�t want to get into the charts, I wanted to get in her panties.

14 days in Saint Tropez paid off.

Asshole!

The papers write what they want to.

It�s a bad record, too.

Stupid drunk fuck!

You should know it�s nothing but PR.

I don�t know myself why I�m in the yellow press.

You think I�m stupid?

I�m not that stupid.

Pull yourself together!

Fuck you!

You can as well die!

I ... didn�t want to. I�m sorry.

Shit.

Stay.

First it was about Carolina. Everybody says she doesn�t look like me.

Then that Nielsen story from the papers.

Well, that wasn�t too smart.

I hit her in the face and she bled.

Are you crazy?

I�m terribly sorry.

Jacqueline is great in bed ...

but other wise ... she�s a bit simple.

Who am I talking to right now?

Falco or Hans?

I�d prefer Hans.

- Come on ... - He doesn�t have to play the asshole all the time.

She keeps on nagging ...

I was back from Japan and she started again.

She nags about the drugs ...

Like you, Billy.

You�re like a woman somehow.

That�s no joke, Hans.

You destroy yourself.

Look at you!

You�re always drunk ... the glassy gaze.

- Come on. - Decide who you want to be!

It will pay off to fight to be Hans again.

You talk like Jackie again.

I�ll be going, Hans.

You should, too.

Get some sleep, go to Graz tomorrow and persuade her to come back again and again.

If you�re sober, call me, we�ll do some workout.

Don�t be pissed off. You�re really like a woman ...

Billy, wait!

You won�t believe me, Jackie ...

I have dissapointed you too often...

you�re still there even if you�re long gone ...

I destroyed myself ...

an important part of me has been ripped off ...

my pain evokes my real feelings ...

I want to show you what you mean to me ...

I�m sure now ...

that I love you ...

... I want to fight for your love ...

and for my beloved daughter Carolina Tanja ...

I�m ready to give up everything for you ...

I�m nowhere, but I have arrived ...

in the centre ...

the eye of the storm ...

Mother.

Your son got married.

What is it?

No congratulations?

Why didn�t you tell anybody?

We didn�t want any fuss. It was a quiet ceremony in Vegas.

You can imagine that I would have liked to be there?

Come on ...

It was just minutes ...

It was cold. The Americans and their air conditionings ...

I�ll play my new song, mother.

You�ll like it.

You, too, my dear.

Falco�s under contract just in Austria?

Exactly.

Boring.

His times are over.

Let�s just listen.

Let�s see, Mr. Spiegel.

I just got the call, I�m sorry.

The whole tour has been cancelled due to lack of sales.

All the gigs. Germany, Austria, all of them.

It�s no use.

I know I�m seen as arrogant because I don�t care for the rules.

And I�ll fight for that reputation.

That�s what you and I live off.

That�s not the point.

Tha album didn�t fulfill expectations.

That�s the point.

It�s like "Junge R�mer" after "Einzelhaft".

It didn�t sell immediately.

Keeping that pattern the next album will be a hit.

They mustn�t shit their pants.

That�s a weird theory ...

I can�t tell them that.

You can.

You forgot they paid you 40 million for your signature?

I think ...

we should have stayed with our American label.

They built us over there.

As soon as they saw me signing somewhere else they dropped me.

It�s more complicated.

You wanted to switch.

It was your idea.

You told me we�d get more money.

And?

What�s your point?

Could it be they bribed you to persuade me to sign?

How much did you get?

Hans, I don�t take that serious ...

Why should I do such a thing? I�m your manager?

Did you forget?

Shit.

I don�t care if you like my records.

Look at you!

No wonder you produce one bomb after the other.

You would have ruined the tour with your antics anyway.

Shut the fuck up.

That�s all you can say.

Next thing you drown in self pity and blame it on the bad, bad world.

You never understood me. I know.

How could you?

Your knowledge ends at the door through which I hope you leave now.

I will.

You must know one thing:

I won�t return this time.

Never again.

We�ll talk about the child in court!

Jackie, wait! I want to ask you something.

Am I really Carolina�s father?

Tell the truth.

What do you think of me?

A whore that uses a child for a fraud?

What will Carolina think if I tell her that?

You look fine.

Billy went jogging with me, I only drank water in 4 months.

That wasn�t bad.

Where did you go?

No one missed you.

Jackie, I told you on the phone, it�s about the divorce.

There�s many reasons why we didn�t work out ...

I�m sure it was mainly me. However ...

Just a moment, Hans ...

you sound like a salesman.

I�m not sorry. I don�t regret anything.

You�re not an easy person ...

but I don�t want to miss our times together.

Not a second.

Me neither.

I�ll open an account for Carolina ...

I�ll pay you a monthly sum ...

I want to give you this, too.

What�s that?

It�s a marriage contract, my lawyer wants you to sign.

What�s written there?

What i just said ... plus a statement of confidence.

You mustn�t talk about me and our marriage.

No interviews, no public statements.

Your silence is worth 4 millions to me.

You know what? Your lawyer should transfer the money to me.

Now take it back to Vienna.

I don�t want it like that.

Danube Island Festival

I left at midnight, he stayed.

He was late two hours for sound check.

He crawled over the stage, boozed up.

He�s seriously drunk.

Maybe he took uppers,

that and the booze put him out.

Can he perform somehow?

There�s an audience of 100.000.

You�re incredible.

It�s raining cats and dogs but you�re still here.

Our foot�s on the accelerator, we got fashion covered,

We don�t miss a trend, our outfit is up to date.

Now whistle!

Our sisters bought wild west style costumes yesterday,

They say they�re comfy, also they�re beautiful.

Sorrows? We don�t have any.

What a fashionable world view!

What a wonderful life. My life, your life, our life - high life spleen.

Say, isn�t it great?

So great.

I have to know. A big part of my life is just made up.

Tell me if this is genuine at least?

If this is really Hans H�lzel�s?

I don�t know, Hans.

It can be either of you.

We know she doesn�t look like you.

Let�s do a test, I have to know.

Is daddy here?

Did we wake you?

I don�t care. Will you stay?

Speaking.

I�m not the father.

I see.

Is this the falcon�s comeback?

Behind TMA we find no one less than Falco.

He shows a massive sign of life with "Mother, the man with the coke is here".

It�s top 10 in Austria,

it will chart in Germany in weeks, days, hours, seconds ...

This is TMA feat. Falco with "Mother, the man with the coke is here".

The black gold turned white.

Just use a simple recipy ...

and coke turns into coal again.

["Koks": German for both "coal bricks" and "cocaine" (slang)] ["Kohle": German for both "coal" and "cash" (slang)]

Mother, the man with the coke is here. Yes, I know, my dear.

You got everything in Gars an artist needs.

That�s not the point, Billy.

I paid taxes in Austria for all of my life,

a fortune, which was okay,

but now it�s over.

Hans, I�m not an expert in the biz, but will you be able to record in the jungle?

Why not?

I think you�re running away.

From your critics, from the press maybe.

They treated you badly.

In this case I�d have left years ago.

You listen to the wrong people, Hans.

They pretend to care, but they don�t give a fuck.

And who is that?

You know that.

Look - in the Dominican Republic ...

you�re away from the world ...

away from big cities ...

You�re wrong.

I can record over there. Come on.

Reconsider, please!

I sent my mother first. She liked it, so I�m here.

- What do you say? - I like it.

- You have to like it. - I do.

I�ll change a few things, then it�s fine.

I told you on the phone ...

I think we should part ... businesswise ...

You don�t need an expensive manager right now.

Dude, tell it like it is.

My last album bombed years ago.

"Coke" was a short-lifed high, the company laughed the other demos off.

I don�t care.

Artist, producer, label, manager ...

I�m the only one left in the cab.

I can still look in the mirror.

I�m sure your time isn�t over.

Where would I be if I had listened to you?

But I didn�t.

You can�t fight fate.

Neither can you alter it.

I�d have had less fun for sure.

I only live once ...

and how I live it once is enough.

I have a wish.

Stop drinking.

And the other stuff.

Will you stay for my 40th birthday?

Those who don�t get it now, will never.

The stars are different for us.

In falling and lying it is that we�re really living.

Dammit, we�re still alive. Still.

At Christmas I�ll fly home. We can meet in Vienna.

During midterm break you can come here.

If you want to ... and your mother agrees.

It will be snowing in Austria while we�re in the pool.

That would be great. Hopefully mum agrees.

- I�ll talk to her. - Shame we hardly see each other.

We�ll phone more often, okay?

That�s something.

Do you mind me calling you "daddy"?

No, but "Hans" is more suitable.

- As you like. - You�re my daddy, I�m proud of you.

Come on.

The important thing is to know who you are and what you want.

Also that we like each other.

I love you.

Do you remember when we played chess in the old apartment

and you threw all pieces around?

Sure. Mom was angry.

But you gave me chocolate.

Mum was angry at you.

I know.

And now?

What does she say about me?

Nothing really.

Not much.

She looks for you in the papers.

Really?

Yes. I always enjoy our talks.

Daddy ... Hans ...

We will talk again soon.

Sleep well in the Carribean.

Greetings to your mother.

I will.

- Bye. - Bye.

Round yon Virgin Mother and Child,

Holy Infant so tender and mild,

Sleep in heavenly peace

Sleep in heavenly peace

I can�t remember such a peaceful, joyful Christmas Eve.

True.

It was nice.

Billy�s parents are old now.

They�re nice people.

Billy wants to sell the business?

You gotta be able to finish things to start all over.

Like in a relationship.

It�s really tough.

But it makes you strong and straight.

He�s the undercover agent,

the private clubbing patient,

on an ego rearrangment mission,

all the girls believe that.

Anything to drink, Mr. Falco?

Whiskey, dearest.

You can leave the whole bottle.

Light years of luxury, in vain,

hard pulse in the stomach stays.

He knows, she�ll do ...

... it tonight,

and then she�ll be ...

captain of the night flight.

Maria H�lzel has been living in a Viennese old age home for some years.

Billy Filanowski works as a real estate agent.

Markus Spiegel is a music business advisor.

Horst Bork is still active as a manager.

Carolina-Tanja learned a profession in Graz.

Jacqueline A. never appeared in public again.

Falco was buried in a Honorary Tomb in Vienna on February 14th 1998, 5 days before his 41st birthday.

His estate was converted into the Falco Foundation.

I can�t get enough of you, you�re in every breath I take,

everything revolves around you, why was it me?

I�m counting hours and seconds, time seems to stand still,

I tortured and twisted myself, let me go - what more do you want?

Do you want to count my days, why do you have to torture me with my desire?

Your hell burns in me, you�re the drink of survival to me,

I�m torn apart, when will you come to kiss my wounds?

Do you hear the voice saying ...

Do you hear the voice saying ...

I�m ready, it is time for our pact on eternity,

You�re close to me, I can feel you, Let me seduce you, kidnap you,

let me surrender to you one last time tonight,

Give me your hand, my life, announce the price,

I�ll give you yesterday, today, tomorrow, then the circle will close,

The point of no return, the white light closes in,

I want to surrender, do I have to die to live on?