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HEIMAT 3 - A CHRONICLE OF ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS

A SIX-PART FILM B Y EDGAR REITZ

PART FIVE - THE HEIRS

That's the Cessna 21 0

If you used to fly the 1 7 2, you'll be amazed at what it can do

Retractable wheels, Nice

Constructed in 1 965, but only 970 flight hours

It has everything

Leather seats, ADF, GPS, King avionics, the whole lot

-How many flight hours? -Nine hundred and seventy

-And the cells? -Eighteen hundred

Does it already have ADF navigation?

Of course

-Where did you learn about that? -I want to be a pilot

-What's your name? -Matko Misic

Are you the son of Anca, who used to clean for me?

I don't know

-Where's your mother now? -Somewhere in Livno

That's where the war is

That must be somewhere between Bosnia and Croatia

-Have you heard from her? -No

You said there's still air in it, What do you mean?

Can I fly with you?

I don't own it yet, I have to do a test flight first

-Is that all right? -Yes, it's all right

-I bet I'm in Schabbach before you -Do you know my runway?

Certainly, First to get there is the winner

-Want a race? -Yes

-Let's go -All right then

Wow! lt climbs two thousand feet a minute

I can really feel the 285 horsepower

Incredible, I can see the boy on his moped below me

He's really taking it seriously

-Congratulations, You're the winner -Next time I'm going with you

I promise

Let me show you something

Here

This is how I started, I made it when I was your age

Terrific

-It's yours, A prize for winning -Thanks a lot

Ready?

Yes! Catch it, catch it

Lukas

Lukas, you're really fast, Do you want to do it again? Again?

Do it again, And then we'll go and see CIarissa

What do you say to that?

Bye-bye

Careful

-See you tonight -See you later

Will you help me?

Lukas, come with me

Lukas, what have you brought me?

Oh, how nice! A big flower

Cannas are already in bloom

I've completely lost my sense of time

The weeks fly by

-It's shop bought, isn't it? -From Wallauer's tree by the road

My mother also had a tree with apples that ripened in August

During the summer holidays, the first fresh apples came from our own tree

They were always a bit pale

Tell me, is something wrong?

I feel worse and worse

I'm here with you

Hermann, you shouldn't just think about me

You should start doing concerts again

Yes, as soon as you're out of here

When I'm alone, I keep thinking about...

...what you're missing because of me

Just accept it

I love you

Put the bed down again

Careful, Lukas, CIarissa has just had an operation

Lukas, come here, Come with me

It's nice to see you all here

-The mayor of Simmern, Mr Faust... -He's coming!

Cover your ears

Regional Prime Minister

-Hello, Mr Simon -I'm glad you've come

May I introduce my niece, Lulu Simone Simon?

-Hello -She's the site manager

-Professor Delveau from France -Nice to have you here

Hello, everybody

The Wine Queen would like to say hello, too

Regional Prime Minister...

...here's a glass of sparkling wine from Oberwesel

It's a Riesling from the romantic Middle Rhine region

-A hearty ''Cheers'' to you -Thank you very much, Cheers

The knights of old knew by heart

That wine helps to appreciate art

Wonderful

As you see...

...the major part of our museum is located inside the slate mountain

The mountain should keep its secret

The roofs of the outside structures will be covered with plants

That symbolises my understanding of man and nature

A blossoming garden on top, In front, stainless steel and glass

Horizontal surfaces are divine, vertical surfaces are human

It is a simple concept...

...showing the ties of art and nature

Thanks for presenting this project...

...which is a joint project, if I may say so

Mr Simon, Regional President, District Administrator...

...Mr Mayor, ladies and gentlemen

Dr G�tte and I are very pleased to have met you here today...

...and to share the opportunity to give the starting signal...

The starting signal! Our cue!

Thank you for everything you have initiated

We should appreciate the fact that over five decades...

...someone has collected six thousand works of art...

...not for commercial or private interests...

...but as a treasure for sharing with others

Mr Simon, in that way you are quite different to those...

...who won't even give the public a glimpse of their collections

Therefore, I believe that it is more than justified...

...that the European Union supports this project...

...and regional authorities also help to make this model a reality

Of course, the Rhineland-Palatinate government will play its part, too

Can I ask you to leave the car alone?

As you see, we have mirrored the landscape in our ground plan...

...and we are integrating the caverns of the old slate mine in our plans

And so, we are creating a concert hall at the same time

''Full of spiritual water about this land...''

That is how H�Iderlin once described Germany

And... ''The mountains of Germany - the mountains of the Muses''

''The mountains of the Muses''?

I like that, but we haven't seen any of them in Hunsr�ck

Yes, people have been dying here for three thousand years...

...and the Muses have sat around on lots of mountains, but not here

Generations have left nothing behind

No songs, no palaces, no paintings and in particular, no thoughts

When they die, they are buried...

...and they join all the others who have worked all their lives...

...and are now silent underground

Would you like one, too?

This is Herr Hermanns...

...from the bank you all know, the Deutsche Bank

What's wrong?

This modest man hiding at the back...

Toothache

...came all the way from New York

His name is Edwards

Everyone interested in art knows his name

He examined my collection...

...so the bank, the regional government, the EU Commission...

...and all of you can know what we're talking about

You see, things can change in Schabbach...

...once the world takes notice of you

By the way, the Ernst Simon Museum won't cost the community a penny

You only have to create parking space and widen the roads

You must admit, Toni, that's the least you can do

-Pompous ass! -The application goes out on Monday

For the planning permission, the council should meet and...

We'll see about that, It's not decided yet

The Regional Prime Minister agrees...

-Do you have time? -Yes

-No problems with little Lukas? -My dad is looking after him

And now we have a chance to have a chat about it all, Matko

No reception here? I keep thinking the battery is dead

But it must be the rocks here, Nothing gets through

Wait a second

-Wretched thing -A Horch

Manufactured in 1 938

With eight cylinders and a five-Iitre in-Iine engine

-What a car! -It's not bad

How fast is it?

Do you want to earn a few marks?

Are you driving it in the rally?

Yes, a rally without Simon Lenses is like a fish without a bike

-I tell you, this year I will win -Victory for Schabbach!

Listen, ride to Pullig Car Dealers in Oberwesel...

...and ask for Mr Dietl

Have him bring a 69 fan belt...

...and a twelve-volt battery as fast as possible

It's for the rally, for Hartmut Simon, All right?

Can you remember that? Repeat it

It must be the alternator

You have to leave that to me

Of course it's the alternator

I am pleased that so many of you have come here...

...to experience our wine market and to celebrate with us

But before we begin our programme, featuring the grand parade,

our charming Wine Queen, Jessica the First, will welcome you

On behalf of the Oberwesel Tourist Board...

...and the Winegrowers' Association...

...I open the 1 997 Wine Festival...

...in the beautiful town of Oberwesel with a hearty ''Cheers''

2,000 YEARS OBERWESEL WINE

-Hello, Do you remember me? -Yes, I remember you

Hey, what are you doing here? Push off!

Keep going

Listen, miss, You can't ruin the rally for me

I just do what the boss tells me

Yes, and then he disappears

Why can't he look me in the eyes, if he doesn't trust me?

He lets his employees do the dirty work, What a coward

And on Saturday of all days, when every decent bank is closed

Your company hasn't paid its bills for over six months, Mr Simon

We're not the only ones

Everywhere - in Simmern, in Mainz, in Trier

We're all waiting for the Simon Company to become solvent again

Rumours, nothing but rumours...

...which will continue if you stop me being at the rally

He's actually started building it without planning permission

He's so sure of himself

But I swear that arrogant bloke is making a mistake

Our petition will go direct to the minister

The computer, the printer and all the programs must work today

All right

UNDER CONSTRUCTION - ERNST SIMON MUSEUM

SITE MANAGER - LULU SIMONE SIMON

Stop!

Stop!

Hello, Miss Simon, Nice to see you, This will interest you

''Danger of cave collapse when museum is built,'' No, no

Hello, The environmentalists can be rough with their arguments

I don't know what they want

People have been living here on a powder keg for fifty years...

...with the army and destructive weapons

Perhaps the new danger is tourism...

...intensive, aggressive tourism...

...making natural beauty here a commodity

But our museum won't do that

How stupid, ''Nature as a commodity''

And you support this nonsense, Father?

I just want you to sit down together to talk and listen to each other

Have a nice day

Toni, she's here! She's brought the application

Oh, the planning application, Many people want to see it

-A receipt, please -But we know each other

This is a formal application to the council, I need a receipt

EIfi, bring a pen, please

But the real problems are yet to come

Do you mean this?

Rubbish, The council has nothing to do with religion or environmentalists

Let me be honest with you, Ernst was too sure of himself

For years, he flew over town and looked down at us...

...as if we were a bunch of Negroes

-Here's the pen -People get angry and envious

Now he wants to impress us...

...with the Regional Prime Minister and VIPs

-Bye -Bye

''Citizens of Schabbach, don't let the Simon clan take you for a ride

''Their planned museum is an outrageous profit-making venture...

''...to feed the Simons' greed

''It will destroy our peace and quiet and God's environment''

Hilde

-I've come to see Matko -You've chosen the right day

He isn't feeling at all well

Look at the poor boy, He's got a bad toothache

-Hello, Matko, Let me have a look -A molar, Completely infected

Open your mouth

The doctor said in three more days he would have blood poisoning

-Have you tried ice? -No, we haven't

Ice is best for infections

-I think I have some -Open wide

Open your mouth, I want to see what it looks like

You wouldn't believe how he looked this morning

-Come here -All swollen

Oh, here we go again

Maybe I'll get a gold tooth

A gold tooth! Go to bed and dream about a gold tooth

Things will look different after a good night's sleep

Goodnight

It really does him good when somebody calls in to see him

Here he is with his girlfriend

And at the seaside

Those were good times

I like this one best, With Matko when he was little

Pretty

Anca was a pretty girl in those days when she cleaned my house

When was it?

Must have been in 1 983

She has more kids over there

One's her own and one's adopted...

...Ruza, a girl, in the middle of all that misery

It's strange

The people who really can't afford it have loads of kids...

...while someone like me...

Matko

So, this is where you hide

Where did you get her?

-From the runway -What?

Maybe she got hit by the Cessna's landing gear

-What do you mean? -Her leg is broken

She keeps hopping around and can't fly any more

Good bird

You'll soon be able to fly again

Here we are, That is Mr Meise's caravan

Very conspiratorial

Hello, Mr Simon, Welcome to Meise and Specht

I hope it's discreet enough here

-Yes -Come in

Look around, This is my detective's office on wheels

You should know right away that I don't have a gun

The cases we deal with are similar to yours...

...and we don't need guns for them

So, you want to know if you're a father

-I'll be quite frank -Of course

I've been around a lot and I've had Iots of love affairs with women...

...but I've never really settled down

There were some women...

...who really wanted to have a family with me

But it was my fault

I would just touch down for a moment and take off again

That was my motto

But now I can't get rid of the feeling...

...that maybe one time or another when I touched down...

...I left my traces

So, here are my flight logbooks...

...and my calendars since 1 944

They are not complete, but it's everything that I could find

-And here we have... -The times when you touched down

Yes

The ones whose names I remembered and some addresses

I would like to know if my seed took root in the garden of lust

-The difficult cases are further back -Oh, yes

Where I only remember the first name...

...or can't really recall the situation

Ah, yes

You know...

...recently I've had to put up with a lot of disappointments

I want a new direction

If, in some far-off corner of the world...

...there's a son or a daughter...

You see, I want to gain some time, And what's the best way to do that?

With offspring who continue where you left off

Exactly

-What did you say? Since 1 944? -Like a huge haystack

Yes, with or without a needle?

MAINZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Hello, Mum. Today is the big day

Sorry you can't be with us

We couldn't postpone it again because of the bureaucracy

I hope you get this tape in a few days and that you feel better

On behalf of everyone here, get well soon...

Arnold!

Come on! The bells have already started ringing

My name is Gemma Lichtblau

We met last March at MIT...

Mrs Lichtblau? Are you all right? Mrs Lichtblau?

Dr Busch! Mrs Lichtblau has collapsed

Mrs Lichtblau

I need to check her blood pressure

Clarissa, it's me, your mother

It's wonderful here

I got sick after all

Chemotherapy is a terrible thing, but today was the last treatment

Daddy

So...

...now you can fly again

It looks like she doesn't want to fly yet

Maybe it's too soon

FIying is like that, Sometimes you don't feel like it

You would rather hide away in some hole...

...or stay at home

She isn't ready

Sometimes I wish I had a son

A boy like you, who's interested in flying

Come, I'll show you my collection

This is the key, Matko...

...to this super special lock from America

No gangster will ever open it...

...not even with a welding torch or with dynamite

A serious offender invented it in Sing Sing

Those people know their business

-Open, sesame! -Wow

Inside is my secret treasure chest, Come on, quickly

I can't show you everything...

...but I'll show you my favourite picture

Wow

Mr Edwards spent three weeks in here examining my entire collection

Picture by picture

He even slept in here

This is The Gypsy Boy ...

...by Otto M�ller

He must have been your age when he painted it

Now he's a really old man, That is, if he's still alive

But in this picture...

...he will never get any older

He won't die either

Because it's such a beautiful picture, you know?

Beautiful

You're back?

You don't want to fly any more?

You did your best

We'll try again tomorrow

I wash my hands of it!

...seventeen sorb trees...

...twenty-one sycamores, thirty aspens...

...an extremely rare elm

AItogether, 22 7 specimens

fifty-six lime trees in bloom...

Come on, Lulu, we can't let this ignorant mob get us down

Are these the copies?

Trees are God's creations, too

Listen, I have three photocopies here

This is an offer from the city of Recklinghausen...

...to integrate my museum in the Ruhr Festival

This other one is an offer from the health resort Schlangenbad

They are broke, and they want to use my collection to recover

But the most interesting is an offer my architect received from France

Instead of building it on my land in Goldbach...

...we could build it in a nature reserve in Provence

Of course, generously supported by the French Minister for Culture

Here you are, You can see for yourselves

The original offers can be reviewed at my place

-He's bluffing, He's bluffing -Ernst, is this a threat?

No, I just want you to consider this at your council meeting

Think - in ten, twenty or a hundred years' time...

...we will have all rotted away

A museum catalogue in Recklinghausen or Arles will say...

...''We owe this collection to the fact that a town in Hunsr�ck...

''...where the donator was born, rejected the museum''

I swear, your great-grandchildren will be ashamed

Ernst, act this way and you have no chance

You may speak your mind, but not like that!

Everything's been said, The rest is your business

Come on, Lulu

It's funny that we newcomers have to defend country life

What man-made structure Iasts the longest?

What outlives us all?

Not buildings

Foundations, perhaps? Castles, temples, graves?

-Certainly not museums -Totally wrong

Pathways endure the longest

What we see from up here...

...the railway lines, roads...

They follow the footprints of thousands of generations...

...wandering over the land, back and forth for all eternity

You're right

No matter where you fly, people on foot were already there

You'll never catch up with them

It's nice, isn't it?

How beautifully your hair is growing

THE SIMON CLAN DID THEIR BEST

NOW SCHABBACH MUST DO THE REST

It should be over soon, It's been an hour

They are starting? OK, let's go over, Right, then...

Let's go

Today is decision day for Schabbach

It is difficult for outsiders to understand...

...that a rural community would forgo an attraction...

...that falls into their lap free of charge

Yet one must realise that Simon is a prominent name in this region

The Simon clan has influenced life...

...in this community for three generations...

...sometimes negatively, as shown by the hopeless struggle...

...of the Simon Lens Company to survive

It almost seems Iike the people here...

...are trying to shake off the influence of a powerful family

What's the story?

-Have they decided? -Will the museum be built?

-What have the council decided? -What's the latest?

-Will it be built? -Will it be built at last?

Rejected

That's Schabbach for you

The Lord God can use the space for a beer garden now

Ernst... Ernst...

Stop! I want to come, too

No, Matko, Not this time

I'm flying to France to look for a new house

I'll be gone for three days, maybe even longer

So, not today

Next time, definitely

Come on, I've got to go

-Is the meeting over? -Yes, Rejected

What about Lukas?

He's asleep

Any idea what he's up to?

No

The law of inheritance follows a direct line

But since Ernst doesn't have any kids...

...his parents, Paul and Maria...

...inherit fifty per cent each

But since they're dead, Paul's share goes via Anton...

...to his offspring, to us five siblings

Maria's fifty per cent is divided...

...so that twenty-five per cent goes to Hermann...

...and the five of us get five per cent each via Anton

All in all, Hartmut, Gisela, myself...

...Marlies and Helga inherit fifteen per cent each

And Hermann and Lulu, and so on...

...inherit twenty-five per cent of Ernst's fortune

It's quite simple, isn't it?

-Do you know who that is? -No

''D'' - that's D�sseldorf

Go in and straight up the stairs

The boss is not here

Mrs Weihrich, these are certified accountants and their assistants

So that you know - they are here at my request and have a job to do

You don't have an appointment, I can't allow it

Paragraph 1 4 of the loan contract allows Food and Non-Food Company...

...to have the books examined by certified accountants at any time

The contract mentions no appointments

You're aware that the entire loan must be paid back by next month

We must make sure that capital doesn't disappear

Do you think we are thieves? You should watch your tongue!

You do your job and I'll do mine

PIease get to work

I've been watching you since you started coming here

We really want immaterial goods...

...patents, licences, contracts, usufructuary rights and so on

If you gave us the documents, we wouldn't have to look for them

Hello, Mrs Weihrich... yes, Hartmut, it's for you

Yes?

What? B�ckle?

What, in my office? I'm on my way

Smoking is not permitted here

First you mess around with my wife, then you ruin me!

Get out of here

-Are you out of your mind? -Get out of here!

Get out of my life!

You have fifteen million marks, my boy

Five million would be my salvation, so I could pay the bill of exchange

Help me, You're my child

Hartmut

I'm sorry

I would help if there were some way to get at his money

What a lie

You and the old man had it all worked out...

...so I would be skipped over in the line of succession

Who cares if I'm ruined?

Everything for your child

Why is he ''my child''?

He's our child

Why didn't you marry my dad? You both thought I was useless

AIthough he was cremated three years ago...

...he's still haunting me

Ernst's trick was to have the state and sponsors pay for the building

He didn't want to sell paintings to pay for the construction

Right

If we don't build the museum now, we'll be losing twenty million marks

That's a good argument

What Ernst wanted could be realised in the French nature reserve...

...with the help of the architect Delveau

But it wouldn't have the personal connection we have with Schabbach

We're in trouble, We need your help

When it comes to money, you have your piggy bank

It's true

Listen, I don't have any time for stupid jokes

Mara and I have considered every possibility

There's no other solution, We have to sell the paintings

I need my share of Ernst's estate within three weeks

At least an assurance

You must understand

It's my last hope... the company's last hope

I would say that's your problem

We have just found some good reasons...

...to build the museum and to keep the paintings

Take back what you said about him being a piggy bank, Dieter

-He's a child, an innocent child! -Start whining if you like

I'm not finished with you

Yes?

Hermann, it's for you

It has nothing to do with you

Mara, Hartmut, go back in the house, I'll be back soon

Whenever I see you, something goes wrong for me

My name's Simon, You called?

You're busy...

...and you want to know what a complete stranger has to say

Isn't that right?

''My dear boy

''Give this letter to my friend, Maria Prodic...

''...at Stumm's FIower Shop in Simmern

''You'll get fourteen red carnations

''Lay them on Ernst Simon's grave for me, Leave her this letter

''You don't need to pay, Your mother''

FIowers on Ernst's grave, That's very nice, So?

Take a good look at that boy

The one with the moped waiting for the ferry

His name is Mate...

...but your brother affectionately called him Matko

His mother's been living in Bosnia for years

Don't ask me why she's living in a terrible place like that

So, that's the result of my investigation

But a strange inner voice told me to keep an eye on the boy...

...because your brother was very close to him

I know the boy, too, What about him?

You see, the lady at the flower shop, Maria Prodic...

...gave me this letter

And I paid for the flowers, you see

After that, I cautiously followed the boy

So far it's simple, isn't it?

But now comes the tricky question, Mr Simon

Why fourteen carnations?

Why not ten?

Or twelve?

Or twenty?

Why not a normal number? Why fourteen?

Can you tell me what you want without beating around the bush?

I know, people like us are always quick to come to conclusions

It's our job to stick our noses in other people's business

But I look for people's heirs on behalf of the deceased

-What? On behalf of Ernst? -Posthumously, to be precise

While your family are concerned with the deceased's estate...

...you should realise that there are others...

The fairest of maidens reposing

So wondrously up there

Her golden treasure disclosing

She combs her golden hair

The boy turned fourteen today, One carnation for every year

You're not suggesting that the boy...

...is my brother's son?

You finally understand me, It's one of life's many stories

You see what I mean?

You're an inheritance investigator?

Forgive me...

...for forgetting to introduce myself

Meise and Specht, Detective Agency, Frankfurt am Main

Tell me, what does an investigator like you earn?

As your brother is no longer alive, I can't charge my normal fee

But if I can prove that the boy is his rightful son and only heir...

-Come on, tell me how much -Well, around fifteen per cent

Depending on the inheritance

Yes, that's all

Hello, may I introduce myself?

Meise, of Meise and Specht, Frankfurt am Main

-That doesn't ring a bell -You must be Auntie Hilde

-Am I right? -Well, yes

Then you should be the first to know that Matko is a very lucky devil

-How's that? -I'll explain it to you

-Come inside, You can tell me there -Good

Oh, it's Anca

-She looks pretty there -I suppose

-Could I borrow it? -If you must

-But I would like to have it back -Of course

The chair you're about to sit on, Mr Meise...

...is where Ernst always used to sit

-On that very chair -Oh, really?

Now if I had been Mr Simon...

...I would have fallen in love with Anca

I would definitely have fallen in love with her

And then I'd be the father of that nice boy

Oh, I don't understand

Yes, without a doubt

And I would look after you just like your dead father is doing

I've so much anger in me, Hermann, it's like a wound

I could strangle him

-What? Hartmut? -He has disgraced us with bankruptcy

A bankruptcy in the family! Father would turn in his grave

Oh, Gisela, the days of Simon Lenses were over

Don't give me that rubbish, He proved himself to be incompetent

If a person like him goes broke, then he deserves to

For that reason alone, we should support the museum

It would be terrible if Hartmut wasted Uncle Ernst's life's work, too

In any case, none of us realised who Ernst really was

Right

But it's impossible that a kid Iike Matko from Vivoc or wherever...

...had anything to do with him

Ernst flew to lots of places

But not Bosnian mountain villages, The kid was born there

Damn it! Listen to me, Hermann

I was on the phone all afternoon, I asked the authorities

That's just what I was afraid of

We're starting to hate him, That worries me

He can't understand it, anyway

I offered to buy the car for 1 2,500 marks, but he won't sell

He's really desperate

And he wants to make us flog off an exceptional art collection...

...so he can maintain a lifestyle with exorbitant vintage cars

-It's a joke -Right

Hermann

We will build that museum

You bet

Just a moment

-Bye, Hermann -Bye, Take care

Hey, Hermann, Let's not call it ''The Ernst Simon Museum''

Let's call it ''The Simon Museum''

Then we'll all be seen in a favourable light

And then we'll be rid of the disgrace

Right, Gisela?

We'll bring that Meise into line, too, I promise

I know the probate judge, a reasonable man

He won't pay any attention to a snoop like that, Don't worry

Bye

But that's not what I'm worried about

-Good evening, good evening -Good evening

Good evening

Do you have anything non-alcoholic?

-Yes -Beer or schnapps?

- Schnapps? -Yes, first a beer

-Good evening -Good evening

Do you know that man at the bar?

No

Lena, when everything goes down the drain, the rats move in

-We've met before -No, that was a different place

Anyway, it was nice of you to help me

What do you think? Can we fit your moped in the boot?

-No, it's too dirty -We can put a blanket underneath

Wait a second, We'll manage it

You'll see

No problem

You see?

Everything will be all right

Impressive, isn't it?

Matko, the two of us belong together

And we won't let anybody tell us what to do

Right...

Do you understand?

We're related

As thick as thieves

Are you ready?

Do you know why a person has ears?

To hear with, for example, when the car misfires

No, to see with

Without ears, his cap would slip over his eyes, like this

This is brilliant

If we'd had an accident and were both dead...

...Iots of people would be glad

Bad luck for them, eh?

Matko

I'm broke

-Does it show? -I might become a millionaire

My car's being sold at auction tomorrow

-How much for? -Who cares? lt's still mine today

Tomorrow I'm done for

Tomorrow doesn't matter

-Say it again -Tomorrow doesn't matter

-Again -Tomorrow doesn't matter

Tomorrow doesn't matter

I remember how they took away Maria's last cow

That's all in the past, It will never happen again

Today is the end of an era

Hartmut

I thought you would come around to say farewell

What did you expect?

For me to stand at the door, waving goodbye when you go?

You look terrible

Come on, Get in

Where are we going?

As the temporary proprietor, I will have the entire grounds fenced in...

...as is suitable for this property

Here, here, here, there and over there

That means you want to seal off my office?

Yes, I do

Do you have the key?

No, Dr Kuhn, We still haven't found the key to the cave

We had experts here to drill open the lock with a powerful drill...

...but they only wore down their bits

They refused to blow it open...

...because no one knew how much the dynamite would damage the pictures

I know

Then you know the door is made of titanium alloyed with steel

The locks are invincible...

...because they have an electronic code that no one knows

Yes

Dr Kuhn, why did you ask me, then?

-Hello, Mrs Sulzbacher -Hello

-Do you remember me? -No

-I'm Dieter Simon -I haven't seen you for ages

-This is Dr Kuhn -Hello

Mrs Sulzbacher, we need absolute proof

They have to do a blood test

It will be good for everyone to pursue this further

I could order the test to be carried out

But I must ask you, do you want the boy...

...to be taken by the police and forcibly tested?

No

The whole town would start gossiping, It's better if we do it

Doesn't the boy have to see a doctor anyway? For a check-up?

Maybe for toothache, but otherwise...

We could make up an excuse

Do you think he would go with you?

Now he's gone

-Matko, Matko, Matko... -Get off me

Milk face! Spoilt brat!

Stupid little kid!

Hey, stop that! That's enough! Get back!

Come on, Matko, You, move out of the way

Out you come

Lukas, this way, Come on

You deepest red

Until death

My love shall be with you

Shall never be without it

Until death

You glowing red

It shall be with you

Time stands still here

I don't know if it's Sunday...

...or spring or winter

That's what it is like to get better

You can't watch it

I think it's up there. Quiet! Don't wake the old bag

Quiet. I heard something

Do you have the stones?

We'll get him

-Hey, Matko, we're going to bash you -We're going to get you, Matko

You millionaire bastard!

What was that?

Matko! Matko!

No

Oh, no

Open, sesame!

I have stood behind that counter for forty-eight years...

...watching how attitudes of people here have changed

Hitler - for him, then suddenly against

The Yanks - against them, then suddenly for them...

...then suddenly against them again

The Russians - against them...

...then suddenly for them

I'm fed up with it!

-We just go with the times -What else?

Simon Museum - for, then against, then for

Listen, Toni, Schabbach should be ashamed

-Don't be a moraliser, Rudi, Right? -Exactly

For example, the death of Ernst

He would still be alive...

...if you hadn't kissed Eva's arse by rejecting the building permit

She hasn't shown her face here since, And she knows why

Lena, since then, we have thought about it

-The vote would go differently now -Absolutely

If only it wasn't too late

Guard post to police headquarters - suspicious person observed

Stop!

He's trying to get away

Stop moving

Get the key out

-We know you have it -Here it is

I'll call Dr Kuhn, I bet he'll be surprised

Now, get lost

The little bastard thought he could trick us

But you made a big mistake

Mr Millionaire

-What nationality is he? -Maybe we should check

We should watch him

Or send him back to where he came from

That lot just scrounge from us

Matko, what are you doing here?

Wait a minute, I'm Ernst's brother

-Do you remember? -I don't want to inherit anything

Have you run away?

I'm not going back to Schabbach ever again

I know what you mean

When I was your age...

...I wanted to leave Schabbach and not come back

You can come to my house, Nothing will happen to you there

Honest

What about my moped?

We'll leave it here

If somebody's looking for you, they'll get the wrong idea

Come on, get in

I'll be right back

Terrific

It has twelve cylinders

Who is this, then?

Mr Simon, I never thought you would bring the boy with you

What a coincidence, Hello, Matko, Look, I'm back

You've forgotten me, right? I'm glad to see you

Especially with Mr Simon

Have you made friends with your famous uncle?

-How did you know we would be here? -Actually, I didn't know

But now I've finally run into a member of your large family...

...I have to tell you what I've found out

I picked up something in the Balkans

So, Matko, do you think I found your mother or not? Guess

-I don't know -Then look

That isn't my mother

Listen, Matko, my son

Don't say things like that, You are my child

-I gave birth to you -I don't want to

Consider how much time has passed

Five years at his age is a very long time, And then the war

My mother, she's... Well, she's different

Matko, she was different, You were nine at the time, right?

Everything will work out

Anca has given me power of attorney, and I'll do whatever is necessary

After all, I'm defending the rights of the weak

Don't play the Good Samaritan, It makes me sick

Raising people's hopes!

I want to tell you one thing

In case you haven't noticed, I'm not on your side

We don't want to bother you any longer

Come on, Matko, We're leaving

You've grown so much,

PIease, Matko, this is for you, this is for me,

I say Ernst Simon is your father

Anca is absolutely certain, What more do you want?

The boy will stay with me for now, He trusts me

I don't want to let him down

Do you understand what I'm saying? Or should I explain it again?

I understand you very well, Mr Simon

I don't know what you're hoping to gain by this, Mr Simon

But I don't think you're totally kosher

Matko, I'll see you,

So, come on

You'll see, lt's better this way

At last, you and Hermann can be together... alone

Lukas and I must work out where our home is

-Lukas, will you visit me? -Yes

I love you so much

Hermann and you... You're right for each other

I think so, I've always wanted to tell you that

Come on, Let's go

Don't worry, I'll do it

Come on, Matko

Let's do it

We're having the standard tests done...

...including DNA, SLS and PCR

That way we'll achieve 99,99 per cent accuracy...

...as the mother is also here

-Right, Doctor? -Yes

If this test is positive, you and especially the boy...

...will have all of Hunsr�ck against you

Everybody will hate him

Was it very bad?

Mr Meise, I pray to God we are spared that trouble

I've submitted an application for the boy's certificate of inheritance

My company has the complete power of attorney for the mother

Where has he gone?

You really believe he's at our house waiting for you?

That's what we arranged anyway, I hope you don't mind

No, of course not

So much greed... all of them

It will take a long time for him to find peace

The main thing is, you're back home

Come with me, please

This is Mr Pohl, our police psychologist

Meise from a detective agency in Frankfurt am Main

-Are you the mother? -Yes, she is, She speaks German

Matko

Matko, what are you doing there?

Don't talk from down here

Come on, We've been waiting for you

Matko, my son, Matko

Stay calm, lt will be all right, We'll do it together

The boy's over there on the cliff

Come on

-Come on -Hold me, please

She's scared of heights, She couldn't look out of the plane

Fine, I'll try it alone

Keep calm, Calm down

It's OK

Matko

Your mother is here

She isn't as brave as you, She won't even come this far

But she's a few metres behind, and she's worried

Come on

Give me your hand, I'll take you to her

You can calm her down

Not you, The mother has to talk to her son, lt's the only way

Come on, we can do it, We'll do it together

Anca, you have to lie down

Look, just like me

Like this

-Nothing can go wrong -It will be all right, Come on

Very good, Very good

Talk to him

Matko, my son, what are you doing?

Matko, why are you doing this to me?

It's my grave you're digging, why are you doing this?

Come back home, stop this, come home

The results of the blood test proved...

...that Matko Misic was not the son of Ernst Simon

PART FIVE - THE HEIRS