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I can't come to terms with it. I want a paternity test

and need your help.

-Ah! -Have you hurt yourself?

Pastor Wolff? Do you have a moment?

He is not at home.

- Everything went as discussed. -You shouldn't kill him!

-Are there any witnesses? -No.

I need a letter. Handwriting. You will get the template.

-They are gone. About Hungary. -I thought this was over.

[Jubelschreie]

-You are from the east. What are you doing here? -The wall is open.

[melancholy music]

Oma!

Opa!

Papa?

Oma!

Opa!

[tense music]

[Hans] So no exact numbers.

[TV report about the opening of the border] Yes. Good.

Hard to say.

20.000? 200.000?

-Will not find out. - You should stay over there.

[Hans] But it's peaceful.

-Is peaceful. - [TV report continues]

[Gaucke snores]

Comrade General?

Excuse me, Comrade General.

-The Deputy Minister ... -I have ...

I dreamed of my father.

I have n't dreamed of my father in years .

-Did I tell you about him? -No.

That was a very loving ...

loving father, generous and such.

But...

he was a major in the armed forces,

and the...

did the deportation ...

organized by over 1000 Polish Jews .

Successful.

So.

I fought this father all my life .

A life long!

And me...

loved him.

How does that work together, copper?

Tell me that

There.

Is probably due to biological factors.

Comrade General?

The Deputy Minister has announced a conference.

To evaluate what happened last night.

-They are storming our protective wall ... -The internal incidents too.

And nobody ... if it had been up to me ...

Just. Sorry but be prepared

that Schöning knows about your order to shoot tonight .

All the better.

Would be even nicer!

-Cursed crap! -I thought it was nice too.

-Shit, I have to go to work. -Today everything is different.

Crap. I wanted rolls.

-How so? They're rolls. -Yes, but I didn't want that.

Aha. What did you want then?

Yes, rolls, but not these double things.

Ah, you mean buns. Then you have to say "Schrippen".

If you 're looking for someone who's made over from the GDR,

how do you find it with you guys?

Well, there are reception centers. Marienfelde, Giessen, Passau.

Depending on where you arrive. Most of them get in touch first.

Are you looking for your wife

[in a disguised voice] I sense a tragic love story.

I think I still have coffee somewhere.

"Something new in the east"?

I inherited the records from my father.

He was a correspondent in East Berlin in the 1970s .

I would like to do a report about Dunja Hausmann.

-But the record company doesn't answer. -Is a thing.

-I know you. -Personally?

Yes, fleetingly.

-I know her briefly. -Do you know where she lives?

And. Winsstraße 38.

Man, you are worth gold! Got something good with me!

-I could help you find it. -No, I have to go.

So no more rolls? Schripp ... Schripp.

Or Schremmeln, as a rapprochement between East and West? Come over.

Well then I have to.

Can't you at least say, "I'll call you"?

Ah, it doesn't work.

-We don't have a phone in the east. -No, I don't have one.

Crap. "Schremmeln".

[Baby crying]

- [tires squeal] - [horns]

- [Roman] Tomorrow, Sonja. -Morning.

-Why aren't you at school? -No one woke me up.

-Where is Grandma? -I do not know.

[dramatic music]

Grandmother! Hey, Grandma!

Hey Hi?

Grandmother! Hey!

Oma!

[someone opens the door]

Robert?

-He's still not back? -I got Dr. Vogler called,

so that he can find out where the Stasi is holding him.

[sad music]

Let's not fool ourselves any more:

The GDR as a state was completely ignored tonight.

And there is still no signal to intervene from the Soviet Union !

They just leave us hanging!

Still, it is positive that there were no incidents.

I spoke to General Jenske from the border troops.

-It was all peaceful. -But there were also comrades

- who wanted to call to arms. -Indeed!

But I was prevented from exercising my authority!

Fortunately, Comrade General.

We all know exactly what is in store for us now.

We taught our children to do it .

We drummed it into them and drummed it into their children:

With the fall of the protective wall comes fascism, the Nazis!

They will overrun, infiltrate, hollow us out !

And you,

- Your head is in the sand here. - Comrade Gaucke.

I suggest,

to increase the Feliks Dzierzynski guard regiment to 20,000 men.

I gave a demonstration to Colonel Schlagstich and Major General Döhring.

-I cut you off! -We are not alone.

We are not alone at all!

And if here ...

a couple of washcloths ...

want to pinch your tail, then this is wrong!

I mean you, Hans.

I mean you. And I mean you too.

-You are no longer in control of your senses! -But on the contrary!

Apparently I'm the only one here who still believes in our cause!

Yes man, what are you going to do?

Hm? Shoot the people off the wall?

Yes. That is terrible.

Our task, dear comrades, has never been as difficult as it is today.

And this task will require sacrifices.

How the fight against fascism has always claimed its victims.

Well, I think that's enough.

Comrade, I am hereby degrading you to the rank of sergeant.

You are also on leave until further notice!

Are you going!

-You can't do this by yourself ... -Yes, believe me.

You cannot do this alone ...

be responsible.

Comrades, you are all my friends.

Günther, listen ...

Hans, I'll report to the minister !

[Schöning] Follow your friend's advice.

I'll tell him about it, and that will have consequences!

You are all traitors!

You are treason!

-Stop! -Let me!

Gaucke! Comrade Gaucke!

Gaucke, come to your senses!

-Not now! -Please, it's urgent.

Comrade copper. It's about your wife.

We have waited 30 years for this day!

We rattled the bars of the cage with a wall sickness.

We don't, no? Yeah good. Watch out:

We grew up dreaming

to become free once to experience the world.

-This dream can now ... -No argument, please!

-It's a feast day for all of us. -Yes / Yes.

[Dunja] But we must n't let up now !

You are the heroes of the political revolution.

-Moment! -You are the heroes ...

We mustn't be blinded by the beautiful glow ...

How is my wife

-We stabilized it. -Was it a heart attack?

She has severe cardiac arrhythmias that we have to watch out for.

And she was very hypothermic.

Her things were wet as if she had fallen into the water.

[melancholy music]

- [Marlene] I'll get up in a moment. -Pscht.

Do not talk.

That's OK. I'll be right back.

Everything will be fine.

How many copies do we need?

5000. Also to the RIAS and to the New Germany.

-I'll call Dr. Vogler on. -Moment! I need the signatures!

- Submission to the magistrate. -This is the fourth now.

Yeah, I'll write a fifth, too, until the committees approve.

You didn't see how the Stasi beat the people down.

Do you want to let them get away like this?

Here!

-Here are the chops. -Chops?

-And what do we do about it? -Macaroni.

-With tomato sauce. -Where are the macaroni?

-And where is the tomato sauce? - She does it herself.

-Made from canned tomatoes and onions. -No, rice.

Brush the macaroni. We have rice.

There are no tomatoes anyway, but there are peas here.

Green peas.

-These aren't schnitzel. -Where are the stirring things?

Ah.

And then...

don't forget the salt, will you?

Tell me, do you think I'm cooking rice for the first time in my life?

- [ Bell ] -Sonja, will you open up?

Good evening, Sonja.

-How are you? -What do you want?

-I need to talk to your father. -He doesn't want to talk to you anymore!

I know, but it has to be today.

-Please, Sonja. -All right then.

Thank you.

Hello Roman.

Where's Falk?

In the kitchen.

Good evening.

[Martin] Vera. Good evening.

Can i speak to you It is important.

You look good.

-What did you do to him? -With whom?

Robert disappeared since yesterday morning .

-What do you mean disappeared? -You arrested him, didn't you?

At least tell me where he is!

We last saw each other when we got divorced.

But you still blame me for

what happens to you.

Maybe he has someone else, having fun in the West, no idea! Vera.

My word on it, none of us arrested him.

Your group is no longer of interest to us at all.

I also have completely different problems at the moment .

Mother is in the hospital. She had a breakdown.

I'm sorry.

-I'll take you out. -Thanks, I'll find the way out on my own.

I think about Julia all the time .

How happy she would be now.

And? What did Vera want?

Her pastor left her. I should be to blame.

Uh ... I think they're through now.

[Hans] Looks good, doesn't it?

Waiter? There's rice in my salt!

[Martin] "Dear Sir or Madam, I'm looking for my relatives,

the Rainer and Maria Simkow family and their daughter Elena Simkow,

the one from East Berlin in August 1989

via a possible escape route through Hungary and Austria

must have reached West Germany .

You are at your old address Hans-Beimar-Str. 86 in 1017 Berlin

can no longer be found. "

[Cheers and whistles on TV]

[Man on TV] On this square in front of the Schöneberg town hall

have been for over 40 years

Berliners come together ...

Now what belongs together is growing together .

Do you think the?

Willy Brandt said in an interview today.

Yes, yes, I know.

[Helmut Kohl] Today ...

is a great day ...

in the history of this city.

And today is a great day ...

-Oh, you have to go again? -Catch some fresh air.

[tense music]

[Singing on TV] ♪ Unity and Justice and Freedom ♪

♪ For the German fatherland ♪

♪ Let us all strive for that ♪

♪ Brotherly with heart and hand ♪

♪ Unity and Justice and Freedom ♪

♪ Are the pledge of happiness ♪

♪ Blossom in the splendor of this happiness ♪

♪Blühe, deutsches Vaterland♪

♪ Blossom in the splendor of this happiness ♪

♪Blühe, deutsches Vaterland♪

Extinguished.

[sad music]

[exciting music]

[exciting music]

[exciting music]

[exciting music]

[Telephone rings]

Yes? Who's there?

Frank. No, Vogler says they didn't arrest Robert.

Mmm. We're almost there.

Gut.

Do you have a mark?

-I beg your pardon? -Do you have a mark?

-Um, no, I ... -Shit.

-Oh, is Comrade General there? -That's in the conference room.

- [knock] -Yes?

Comrade General.

Comrade Colonel.

-How is your mother? -Oh thank you. It's still critical.

Well, that's a blow. Especially for my father.

He's not the youngest anymore. Generation Gaucke, so to speak.

Yes, or like me.

I can hardly stay in my chair either.

Sometimes my father has real dropouts.

Why are you here?

Do you already have a successor for Gaucke in mind?

The minister decides.

Comrade Mielke is no longer a minister.

He's still our boss.

There is no doubt about anyone anymore.

The party has filed for bankruptcy in the past few weeks .

The opposition will help shape our country in the future.

And with it our future too.

I mean, we have to rethink our concepts of the enemy.

We need to enter into dialogue with our former opponents.

Speaking of former opponents.

"Robert Wolff" tells you something, doesn't it?

There are requests from the Democratic Forum

from the lawyer Vogler, whether we have this somewhere.

-Do you know what? -No. Nothing at all.

Your wife is in a relationship with him.

-We are divorced. -Yes / Yes.

I don't even want to rehash those old stories .

I just hope this clears up.

[Piano music from the apartment]

[she rings]

"What is saving the world?"

-Is it still forbidden? -I beg your pardon?

Ms. Hausmann, I am your biggest fan!

Stay on the carpet.

May I ask you a few questions?

I see.

-Journalist, and? -And.

Katja Wiese, freelance journalist.

Apparently you have not received my many letters .

I addressed them to the record company.

Don't bother. I have no time.

-I got your address from Martin. -Martin?

Yes. I am not a geek.

I would like to write about your work on the Democratic Forum.

I am incredibly serious. Can not you see that?

But.

Frau Hausmann, please give me a chance.

15 minutes.

[Hans] Don't believe Falk! That's just lip service.

I believe in the criticism of our employees,

but the boss decides.

Mielke can be kept for less than two weeks!

Nobody knows where the journey is going. You are not a clairvoyant either.

These relaxations, only exceeded by this unfortunate opening of the border ...

If Moscow steps in now,

the course may become more radical than ever.

Is that why you want to use Falk?

No, we have to show strength, otherwise they'll sweep us all away!

My father was also a journalist. When I was 19

he took me to your concert at the Blauer Hahn in Dresden.

The audience simply pushed the informers out of the hall!

-It is a long time ago. -'75 it was.

Why did you switch to the easy subject later ?

It was kind of a confusion. I was corrupted by fame.

And singing in the Friedrichstadtpalast was something.

"A kettle of color".

Of course, too, millions saw me there.

There were 20 or 30 people in my programs.

-And two of them from the Stasi. -Oh, the Stasi.

You are grossly exaggerated.

I mean there was censorship, yeah, sure.

But no ... no persecution in that sense.

-Also-- -And fear?

No, please stop. No more photos.

[Phone rings] Sorry, phone.

Ja? Hey, Nicole.

Ah, wonderful! From the magistrate?

I told you that at some point they would buckle.

Yes, then you have to listen to me. Yeah great. Yes I am very pleased.

See you. Bye!

-Good news? -Yes.

Almost better than the fall of the wall!

-Were you over there already? -No. Can you write.

But also write why we took to the streets.

Not to go shopping in the fancy shops on Ku'damm .

We took to the streets for our freedom.

-For democracy. Say. Therefore. - So can I write it?

-You just said it! -Do I have that?

[disturbing music]

Dunja should n't write the press release .

It's just the beginning. We all have to stand behind it.

It's not clean. It has something to do with Robert's disappearance.

[Doorbell] [Nicole] Now stop it, Luchnik!

[Luchnik] On the day we were founded , Robert disappears.

-Hello Vera. - [Luchnik] And who was new?

I have to talk to you.

- [Luchnik] Once a Stasi, always a Stasi. -Do you know anything about Robert?

Yes, but not here.

I'll be right back, something about the coal.

So: she's singing again.

-I am sorry. -What about Robert?

One has ... walkers have found him.

-In a forest near Koepenick. -What is found?

-Is he in an accident? -What's going on here?

What about my brother

It all looks like he's ...

He ... he took his own life.

Tell me who are you anyway

Don't tell such shit! I tell you, get out of here!

Vera, it's up to you.

The TP found him in his coat pocket.

Falk, you're lying, aren't you?

You lie like you always lied, don't you?

Vera, I've lied to you a lot, but ...

Unfortunately this is the truth, I'm sorry.

I didn't want a stranger to ring your doorbell.

I want to tell you.

Maybe that was a mistake. sorry.

[Nicole] Vera?

That ... This is his writing.

And.

He's writing about ... about depression.

Was that really that bad with him?

This is the biggest bullshit! My brother wasn't depressed.

-We would have noticed that first! -But that has been checked.

He was also receiving treatment. At Dr. Ströfer.

- Does he tell you what? -No.

He also took medication.

How...

You didn't notice anything about it?

Where is Robert?

Where is Robert?

[sad music]

[sad music]

Hans, I now need my declaration of commitment!

And all reports!

If it comes out that I've been spitting for you , I'll be finished.

Then nobody listens to my word anymore.

I disgust myself.

You did it for your daughter.

Nobody will care.

And rightly so.

I do n't want to hear your justifications either

why you destroyed people.

The fact is, you did it.

And.

Do you work here all by yourself?

-What are you doing here? -Are they all over there?

-No, they're all sick. -I was just around the corner.

There aren't that many carpentry shops on Friednitzer Strasse.

I was with Dunja Hausmann and I can come back.

I am financially saved and I wanted to celebrate this with you.

Um ...

Katja, that ...

That with us, that is ...

That was unique.

I think that's exaggerated, but ...

You and I come from completely different worlds.

You are not interested.

That is bitter. But just say it.

You don't have to try different worlds for that.

Besides, that's bullshit. We have always belonged together.

Like you and I?

Or the Germans?

Mach's gut, Martin.

Martin. Good day.

[admiring] Hello.

-Did you think about our beer? -Yes, day and night.

Tell me, you can clear up a western bride in such a short time ?

I didn't make anything clear.

I'm happy for you! You are going the right way!

Finally you come out of your gray hole! Like all of us!

This is so amazing! That we can experience that!

Freedom! I've been over there twice!

Suddenly, in one night

the women's offer has expanded by 20 million pieces!

-And Beate? -Oh, Beate. Heike!

I've already bought her something! An electric egg boiler!

And in addition, free of charge:

an egg piercer. Yes, also electrically!

[sad music]

What did you do

I went into the water.

Hans, and suddenly ... I ...

I can't run away so cowardly.

Where everything falls apart, I ...

I have to live

We have to stick together.

And have to stand by our previous life.

We make it.

Yes. We make it.

Falk has been appointed Günther's successor.

Falk. Aha.

[exciting music]

Congratulations, comrade.

Thank you very much.

[Chorus on TV] The wall has to go! The wall has to go!

You were traveling with a journalist?

She described you well.

[Hans] Wait.

Marlene! Wait.

Don't treat me like a seriously ill person.

According to the doctor, you shouldn't be until Monday ...

-Yes / Yes. But you, lying around ... -I'll take your bag anyway.

What are you doing?

My name is angel New forum, working group on corruption.

Leave our property immediately !

-We’ll check to make sure you ’re legal ... -Kit off, damn it! Out!

Mr. Copper? Pack your bags already.

-We'll all get your bigwigs! -Now please go!

- Boys, come on! - [Marlene] Please!

Hans! Hans ... [Hans groans]

Is OK. Is good.

-Is good. -Hans?

They can't dispute our house, can they?

[Falk] Rothals Department 5, Lapke 13, 14, Kulisch 15, 16.

The minister's instruction to destroy files must be implemented immediately.

You work in three shifts, around the clock.

-We need more shredders. - Devices are still requested.

-Everything else is burned. -We already tried that.

It hardly burns.

What you can't handle goes out with trucks.

From the ramp from 11 p.m. The strictest secrecy prevails.

- Comrade Major General? - Comrade First Lieutenant?

I can not do this!

I mean, that's not possible.

That's all our work!

This is the result of decades of operational activity!

Only the subjects that we in Department 4 ...

It's very difficult for all of us, including me.

But the files will be used against us at some point.

So. To the IM in the civil rights groups.

-I don't think so! -Because it's not true.

Robert didn't kill himself!

He gave me a ...

written a suicide note.

He writes he ...

Inside he was like dead. No longer sees any sense in anything.

That it only works.

He pretended to be.

Because he wanted to be strong. For everything.

This is such a mess of shit, Vera.

I've known my brother since I can look.

We all!

Robert wasn't depressed.

I tell you, they killed him.

You also said it was his writing.

They made him write that.

-Then they hung him up. -No!

Sorry.

The Stasi is the last thing, but not so stupid

Killing a priest from the civil rights group right now .

You can't imagine that, but I can.

They want to destroy us!

They want to finish us off. Just now.

[Nicole] He could have talked to me.

He could have talked to his sister

if he had problems.

We could always talk about anything.

We could always talk about anything.

Not!

There.

You just can't see into a person .

[exciting music]

[Telephone rings]

-Yes? - [Falk] Vera, it's me.

I wanted to ask how you are.

-Thursday is the funeral. -Yes.

I just wanted to tell you I feel for you

You know Robert Wolff wasn't exactly my friend

But I think it's time to make peace now

And? How is mom Everything went well?

Yes / Yes. She is happy to be home again.

Falk, I have orders from the minister

to develop a concept for the restructuring of department 20.

Yes, yes, I know.

-Some will have to go. -Falk ...

You can't operate with IM now .

Why not?

These loyal comrades are our greatest weapon.

-Is it all wrong now? -Falk ...

[Knock] Yes?

Kulisch, come in.

I have a little problem with the nightingale process.

[Falk] In a moment, in a minute.

[dark music]

Comrade Kulisch? One word. Get on.

Did you hear The department is to be restructured.

No.

The Minister awaits my proposals

which units will be merged, which will be deleted.

I should also name employees who can be fired.

You're on my list.

But when I see

that you recognize the need for dialogue and reform,

yes, then you must remain with the Ministry.

What do you mean by that?

Have you already contacted Dunja Hausmann ?

IM nightingale?

Well, I think,

I am answerable only to Comrade Major General .

Now completely with confidence.

The reactivation of the unofficial employees

is viewed very critically at the top. Very critical!

So bring me the Hausmann files tomorrow

and then I'll cross you off the list.

[she hears a French chanson]

[Bell]

Good evening.

Yes I wanted...

excuse me.

I thought for a moment you wanted to propose to me .

I was pretty rude to you and ...

I like your article.

Come in.

Do you like chansons?

Yeah I listen to rock more like that.

Ah. I wanted to go straight to Oranienstrasse.

There are some cool bands playing there. Do you want with

Yes. Yes why not?

-I can go wherever I want now. -OK.

Yes, then I'll get dressed.

[French chanson continues]

[exciting music]

What's your last name?

Schmidt.

When did you actually take the photos ?

They're all from November 9th. What about it?

-Nothing. -OK. Let's go.