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HEIMAT 3 - A CHRONICLE OF ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS

A SIX-PART FILM B Y EDGAR REITZ

PART SIX - FAREWELL TO SCHABBACH

What's going on here? Are they your kids?

SOLAR ECLIPSE GLASSES SOLD OUT

It's Gunnar, What's he doing here?

Hello, Gunnar!

Sorry, I don't think I know you

Now I've heard it all!

Look, it's me, Tillmann!

And there's Moni

-Tillmann! -Yes

-So the penny has finally dropped -What's ''Schabbach''?

www,schabbach,de

It's the address of our drama group, Tillmann is our backstage man

He manages everything, Music, stage, lighting

Without him nothing would work

We won the theatre festival in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

We've come from there

Sorry, but my mind...

...was on something else completely

What a surprise! Gunnar in Munich, at the same time as us

Are you here for the solar eclipse, too?

Not exactly, Not really

I have an urgent appointment here

Oh, you my homeland My beautiful Hunsr�ck land

So many forests

That are very familiar to me

The still mountains That I'm so fond of

Oh, my homeland How beautiful you are

Like a crescent

-It's like a sun's crescent -Like a thunderstorm is coming

Beautiful

What an amazing sight

Incredible

Unbelievable

Incredible

From the train I could see the landscape changing

The changing colours and the strange shadows darted across the fields

It's good you're here

The train was late getting into Salzburg...

...but the sky was clear blue

The cosmos is mercilessly punctual

DR NEUMAYR - OPHTHALMOLOGIST

Here we are, your eye drops

Hello, I have an appointment here

Due to the solar eclipse, I have a medical problem

I have a solar retinopathy

Do you know what that is?

If possible, I would prefer to come tomorrow

Your summons, ID and name

My name is Brehme, Gunnar Brehme

Gunnar

How do I look?

Well...

...I hope I'm not disturbing you

I was in Munich, and thought I would call in

I just wanted to say hello

How you have grown!

I hardly recognise you

-You know who I am? -Yes, of course

That's our real father

-Are you here for the eclipse? -Yes

For other reasons, too

You're all dressed up, Are you going out?

Can I go?

I want to go to the concert

You're interested in concerts?

Do you remember Hermann and CIarissa?

He set G�nderrode's poems to music, and she's singing them tonight

Gunnar, how about tomorrow?

Tomorrow? I'm leaving tomorrow

-Did he say he was coming? -No, I'm just as surprised as you

Damn, I bet he doesn't realise he should be leaving

When is he coming back?

I'll sort it out

-Gunnar, is everything OK? -Yes, thanks

We'll call to say when we'll be home, And hands off my computer

We're in the phone book

Call us beforehand and you can stay for longer, But not today

-Thanks, love -Shall we drop you off somewhere?

Bye, take care, See you later

Shit, His suitcase

What should we do with it?

Toilet bag, pyjamas...

...Harry Potter

I'll run after him

Hello! Hello!

No, I don't believe it, I left my suitcase at your place

Thanks, That's sweet of you

I suppose you deserve a reward

May I invite the young lady to a drink perhaps?

I can't drink anything alcoholic, I'm not eighteen yet

That's right

OK, then I'll order an alcoholic drink...

...and I'll give some to you, OK?

-I want a pina colada -I would like...

Gosh...

A huge menu but no small snacks

-I'm starving -What are you?

I'm hungry

I can make you something

-Can you cook? - Kaiserschmarrn

What's that?

Made from eggs, flour, milk and raisins

Sort of cut-up pancakes?

You're a sweetie

Everything is silent and empty

Nothing gives me joy

Fragrance with no fragrance

Breeze with no breeze

My heart is so heavy

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

He's playing the piano now

-Do you remember it? -Sure, it was always my favourite

He looked at the sun without any glasses

His eyes won't stop watering, It's like he's crying

Do you have a mobile phone?

A mobile phone?

If you had one, we could text each other

What's texting?

I could send you a text message

-A text message? -Yes

You write a little letter on your mobile phone and send it...

...and I get it

-Then I'll buy one -Good

Now he's opening his third bottle of wine

Nadine, you have to drink a glass with your dad

You're not little any more

The boys always wanted to get me drunk, but...

The boys, you have to watch out for the boys

They're the worst

Do you have a boyfriend?

No, not really, What about you?

-Does Mum still bake cream cakes? -What sort of cakes?

Cream cakes

Mum doesn't bake

This is my room

It's nice

I have to tell you something, I'm going to prison

-Cool -No, I'm serious

Actually, I should have been there today, but a day here or there...

Say something

What do you think of your father being a complete failure?

What did you do?

Imagine you've been driving for years

No accidents, Everything's been fine

But one drink...

...they will get you then

They will boss you around

You know how it is, you drink and drive and the police stop you

It's a carnival

At first, they took my licence away and then I was on probation

There was a car coming at me in the middle of town...

...driving against the traffic and I was forced...

...to cause a severe accident, without a licence

Even though I'm a good driver they got me

And it happened in Freising at the Munich beer festival...

...which I had wanted to see for so long

That's why your dad has to do time here

Don't worry, I'll be out in a few weeks

Theoretically in six months, but I'll be out in three, you'll see

I'll be out in half the time and it wasn't a huge crime after all

Doesn't your woman say it's wrong?

Would you like to stay over?

I would love to

Thanks, Nadine

In the guest room

-You have a guest room as well? -Yes

They're from Schabbach! What are they doing here?

We wanted to show our loyalty to you

-Hi, Hermann -Toni, what a surprise

-It was great, CIarissa -Thank you

Hermann, I have some sad news for you

Rudi Molz died, They called our mobile phone

Frieda, who lives next door, Ieft a message on the voicemail

The funeral is in two days

-Was he ill? -No, not really

Often he said he felt unwell, and by the time the doctor arrived...

...he was already dead

Unfortunately, that's all we know from Tillmann's mobile phone

Hello, CIarissa, Hello, Hermann

That's hard on Lena

Hermann, could you talk to her? I know it would make her feel better

Tillmann...

...dial Lena's number

What is it?

06544 81 1 9

Is that you, Lena? It's Hermann Simon

I'm in Munich, next to the bus with your people

You know they're here

You don't want to talk now

Lena, we received the news

I understand it isn't easy to talk

I just wanted to tell you that we're all thinking of you

I am, too

Kind regards from CIarissa, She's standing next to me

Lena...

It's great how you do that, Nadine

I think we should see each other more often, you know

Not only that, but we should celebrate together

That's an idea! We'll celebrate New Year's Eve together

All of us, I'll invite you, It will be my goal

Gunnar will be out by New Year's Eve

I'll put on a huge party that everybody will talk about

Nadine, I just want you to be really proud of your dad for once

-What do you say? -Good

Of course it's good

Take care, Bye

-Are you our guest tonight? -Don't be so polite

-He's our father, after all -Yes, of course

-May I ask how you found the eclipse? -Dad!

-OK, Dad -I...

''The solar eclipse was the greatest...''

''...most epoch-making event''

That was Erich

Don't say you don't know who Erich was, That can't be true

Today's youth doesn't even know who Erich Honnecker was

That is truly the end of East Germany

-Did you enjoy it? -Yes, it was very good

-We discovered it four years ago -Three

We discovered it three years ago

-I always do that, too... -No

I can't stop thinking of Lena

Standing in her draughty hallway, unable to speak into the receiver

That's true love

The word ''Iove'' is a bit embarrassing

I never heard Gunnar say it

But when Reinhold says it, I close my eyes...

...and imagine we're in a film

In any case, Rudi and Lena made it...

...to the end without a big fuss

You see, we've got to watch out

Not everyone's made for love

You are, aren't you?

I think I heard something

Give me your key

Thank you

Hello? Are you still awake?

Of course

Nadine, I think it's the other way around

Hello?

Crocodile Theophile is a funny reptile

Crocodile...

-Gunnar! -Mum!

No, that's it!

How was the concert?

Gunnar...

Come on, leave him alone, It will get complicated otherwise

Nadine, Jennifer, time for bed, The show's over, Come on

-What's wrong? -You know

Petra, you know, we have two wonderful children

First, they brought me my case, which I had forgotten

Then Nadine made me an excellent meal

And then I gave them both a little history lesson

May I? Thank you

Mum?

I didn't put the kids to bed because it's the holidays

When I think of you...

...I wonder how someone can always behave so badly

Why? I had a magical evening with the kids

Who knows what I really feel, Petra? Who knows?

Nobody knows what I feel, but Nadine... Nadine senses it

-You said you think of me -Gunnar, please!

You said so

I often think of you, Petra

I think that...

Petra...

...I should have kept you

That would have been good...

...I would say

-Morning, sweetheart -Morning

-Good morning, Gunnar -Good morning, This is medicine

-How could I forget? Your medicine -I have everything under control

Why are you all staring at me?

I didn't sleep a wink all night

I was thinking about New Year's Eve

Let's all celebrate together, OK?

I know who will pay for it

Good old Gunnar, Sure, money was never my problem

I want it to start with a bang!

Where is the ideal place...

...to hold a millennium party?

The G�nderrode House, high above the Rhine, where it all began

Mr Simon won't mind

Morning

Petra, I can't get it to stop

Reinhold

I'm going

I have to buy some of that handmade paper...

...for my forthcoming correspondence

MILLIONS OF EUROPEANS SEE THE SOLAR ECLIPSE

Prisoner Brehme reports for the execution of his sentence

-Your ID? -Yes, ma'am

-I'm only in for six months -Go on through

-Welcome -Hello

-Your coat, please -OK

Put the bag on the table

I must search you, Turn around

It was great in East Germany when you were over the alcohol limit

Go into the room and undress, You'll get clothing from us

Yes, it was zero millilitres of alcohol

Today, some say 1 ,5 millilitres and others say 0,8 millilitres

They can't agree, How do I know when to stop?

You probably know the butcher shop in Freising

-Your shirt -There's a sharp left-hand bend

When a lorry approaches at night and blinds you...

...there's no way to avoid it and not drive into that shop

The community...

It was my misfortune that made the community aware of that danger

Now that dead-man's curve is a one-way street

And the butcher renovated his whole shop at my expense

I paid for a top quality display window...

...and the interior fittings

Actually, he should have paid me

For the advertising alone...

...TV cameramen came and documented everything

Ever since, he's had a poster of me in his shop

Gunnar has always paid for everything

But there's no mention of it in the verdict

They claim that I resisted arrest and tried to avoid a breath test

-Do I look like a troublemaker? -No

-So... -Go in

Gunnar Brehme, I will be a model prisoner

Hi there, My name is Brehme, Gunnar Brehme

Don't worry, I won't cause you any trouble

I'll be released on good behaviour for New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve is in 1 41 days...

...and I've already figured it out

If I say a friendly phrase Iike ''how are you?'' 1 41 times...

...if I'm really kind, I'm sure it will soften the heart of any warden

I call that sucking up to them and that makes me puke

Christian crap and psycho shit!

There are sheep and there are wolves, You have to realise that

Show them who is boss so they know who they're dealing with

-I have plans for New Year's Eve -I can make you an offer

Parties, fireworks, swearing, bashing people in the face

Lots of fun

On the West side...

...Iet's beat up some foreigners, Iike the ones with the headscarves

Is that why they locked you up?

-Hello -Hello

Hello

The last time

I didn't think it would be so hard on you...

...since you never returned to live here

The old stories are packed away in boxes...

...and will follow us

Will we ever unpack them?

This flat helped me say to myself, ''I have an alternative''

Our life together began as an experiment and it still is

One love and two careers

Still, haven't we done well in ten years?

It was different for our parents

In the villages, couples were harnessed to a plough...

...and they pulled it through life

That's not true, Hermann

Your father and mother weren't harnessed to a plough

They were worlds apart

I have a lonely mother who had to struggle...

...and who got all her love from her only daughter

You're right

Together we can move mountains, I felt it last night

When you sing the songs I wrote for your voice...

...I feel safe

Since my illness, I know that we're never safe

Don't worry about the storage, We'll take care of everything

-Hello, Mr Simon -Hello

-Do you have the keys? -Of course, here you are

-Is that all of them? -That's a touchy subject

My daughter might still have a few

-Hello, Mrs Lichtblau -Hello

-I'll look into it -Excuse me

-Yes -Come on through

It'll be easier to have a new lock fitted

Mother...

How did you get here?

I ran away, CIarissa

You ran away from the nursing home?

She ran away

Did you have a quarrel? Were there any problems?

Mother, you've come just as we are leaving

We're going back to the house on the Rhine

Take me with you, please

I can't bear it in Wasserburg

Somebody dies there every day

Every day they carry somebody out of the house

Every day!

What shall we do?

Mother, five minutes later and we would have been gone

I know you're really scared

You think your daughter wants to get rid of you and is ungrateful

It was your idea to return to Wasserburg

You sent for brochures and got a place in that home

You were in raptures about Iiving in a familiar place

You said you were giving me back a piece of my childhood

You made me think that was what you wanted

Don't you think you can trust me?

What's so awful about the home?

I won't leave you alone

This motorway is deadly

Thousands of lorries...

...from The Netherlands, Belgium, the Ruhr region

Behind me is the Rhine valley with its industry

In front and next to me is the holiday traffic

From the mountains to the sea, from the North Sea to ltaly

To the right is the smog from the Rhine-Main region

To the left is Saarland

The Benelux countries, Northern France, Normandy...

...England, where the rain comes from

And my soul is torn

I see the familiar Hunsr�ck mountains

Familiar names of towns...

...names of families...

...names of roads, forests...

...lonely houses, lookout points

My sense of locality speaks to me

It is like a dog who remembers with its nose

Tales which are now buried

Names of the dead

Rudi Molz...

...is a tale of the past

-Hello -Hello, Mr Simon

I took this picture just three months ago

I've been thinking about it for years, Nice, isn't it?

Very nice

-Let me help you -Thank you

Who would have guessed?

So nice, Mr Molz

Now he's dead

Those two trees stand on my old way to school

I saw them when I rode from Schabbach to Kirchberg station

There they were, on the right side of the road, in a meadow

It was exhausting for the farmer to mow round them

Two linden trees

I thought eternal love would never die as long as those trees were there

I had just turned sixteen

Another one

Did you have Mr Oertel for Latin, too?

No, but my brother did

He told me a lot about him, He knew Ovid by heart

-Philemon and Baucis, too? -Sure

That picture reminded me of them

The two old folks who turn into trees and grow together

Every time Oertel told us about them, those two trees came to mind...

...during Latin lessons

We really did struggle when we were young, didn't we, Hermann?

But young people today just want to have fun

They listen with their eyes and look with their ears

But even if you look with your ears or listen with your eyes...

...you don't see the cuckoo that they stuck...

...on Ernst's Niebelung treasure

The one they stuck on him

Come on, Rudi

I know better than you do

Why would anybody stick a cuckoo on it?

A question

Why is the entire Niebelung treasure passing us on its way to Mainz...

...and Frankfurt and then on to Kuwait and Japan?

The answer is the lnland Revenue

Yes, the lnland Revenue, in the form of six bailiffs...

...and seven art experts who examined Ernst's estate

They assessed it and confiscated it

Yes, you Simons are poor now

The poorest people in Schabbach

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

Amen

In his life, man is like grass

He blossoms like a flower in a field

When the hot desert wind passes over, it is no longer there...

...and the place where it stood has no memory of it

But the Lord's mercy is eternal for all who honour and respect Him

Dear Mrs Molz...

...,Carmen...

...relatives and members of the congregation

Everyone of us who has been to Molz's lnn...

...recognises this photo which has hung for years...

...on the wall next to the bar

I remember this picture well

It shows children and teenagers after playing ball...

...standing on the road to Oberdorf...

...staring intently at the camera

The deceased Rudi Molz explained the picture to me a few years ago

One of the children was his wife Marlene, who was called Lena...

...at the age of just seven, blonde, curly-haired and full of confidence

And the boy who stood next to her smiling proudly as if to say...

...''I'm your friend, I'll protect you''

That was little Rudi Molz

He was eleven at the time and later became her devoted husband

When I saw this picture I realised some marriages are made in heaven

What was that? An explosion?

Look at this, Over two metres and still no resistance

Get back! Get back! That's dangerous!

Here, where we are standing...

...was the big slate mine

Hermann, Ernst's Niebelung treasure must be down in that hole

You have to look into it because your daughter's working there

Lukas!

Lukas! Natasha!

Lulu!

Where are you?

Help!

Lukas! Watch out!

Lulu, help!

Lukas!

Lukas, go along there and come down!

Come down, Get into the container!

Come down from there!

Let's move. lt's breaking

No, no! lt's too dangerous!

-Lulu! -Lukas

Where's the remote control?

Here it is

Natasha!

Hold on to Lukas and sit down on the rope as if it were a swing

Hold on tight, Lukas! Hold on to the rope!

Don't worry! Look at me, Lukas! Look at me!

Natasha!

Lulu!

Leave the back of the bridge and take away the door so we can go in

OK

I'll have them bring a crane and you make sure that both containers...

...are cleaned up and put over there

OK

Hello

Could you get the pumps out of the storage container?

Set them up by the suction shafts and attach them

-Pumps in the suction shafts, Fine -OK

They are running at full power

We must be careful not to pump the water below ground-water level

It could lift the concrete basin and carry it away...

...Iike the Sch�rmann Building in Bonn was

-Hi, Mr BIeicher -We admire your work

Everything's under control

This is Mr Konrad from Hahn Holding...

...one of the main financiers with us and the state

-Good evening, Mr Konrad -Evening, Miss Simon

We have one essential question

What's happened to the art collection?

I wasn't able to find that out tonight

-I'm sorry -We understand

If we aren't certain the collection...

...is complete and undamaged...

...we have to suspend construction, as you know

We're expecting cement mixers tomorrow

The whole day is planned

I don't believe you understand, I'm speaking of loss limitation

That means an immediate suspension of work

You're awake

We lit the candle, so you would come back safe and sound

Lukas, you should never Iight a candle and then fall asleep

Look, it's a real fire

If the wind blows and the candle falls, the house could burn down

You're awake, too

Promise you'll never do it again, OK?

Natasha said if we light a candle then nothing will happen to you

-That's superstition -But you're safe and sound

It has nothing to do with the candle

Come on, get into bed

Time to sleep

I'll stay here a while

I'm glad nothing happened to you two...

...my little darlings

-Toni, what's going on there? -Hi, Lulu

It's a godsend that the cement mixers from Bendorf happened to be here

We re-routed them from the building site at six this morning

Why wasn't I told?

We arranged it with Hahn Holding, They're paying

It's damage limitation, but if you ask me, it's liability limitation!

If we find out that this mess...

...was caused by your excavations, may God have mercy

Ridiculous! That's impossible!

Sixty-four cubic metres of concrete have disappeared down that hole

Shit!

If there's a connection between that hole and the paintings...

...then the collection will encase in concrete like the Chernobyl reactor

You had better hope you're mistaken!

What you're doing is insane! Stop until I find out what's going on

Shall we wait till the whole town sinks?

What a load of shit!

Do you have cracks in your kitchen or do I?

The mine shafts were constructed as open shafts...

...with no supports

The drawing shows the course of the shaft

Testing, testing, Do you hear me?

Lulu, you're not thinking of going down there, are you?

Only I know where the collections and the containers are

We will stay in touch

Lulu, can you hear me?

Yes, Hermann, I can hear you

We will try to reach the first big cavern

Everything's covered in mud

Water is coming from the left. It's created a new path

The shaft on the right is blocked. We will try to get through the water

-Hello -Hello, Lulu is inside

It looks like she wants to... she wants to dive under the water

Let's wait for news

Water has seeped through and created a lake

There's no problem with the drainage but the ceiling is quite fragile

We will try to get to the paintings

Why weren't the paintings taken to a safe place, if they're valuable?

What do you mean by safe? They were safe for forty years

Why should we have taken them away?

It's impossible to get to the containers

The entire mountain seems to have caved in on them

We have one hope left

Heading north there is a hollow space

It could lead to the cavern. We're going to look at it

It's me, Henri, Lulu, I want you to come out at once

We have to discuss the situation, Don't put yourself in danger!

Lulu, can you hear me?

Mr Delveau wants to discuss the situation

There's nothing to discuss. I've come across wet cement

It's coming towards me and it's two metres wide

It's solidifying

I hope you realise what this means

The sarcophagus of Schabbach

The town can be proud

Over and out

''Just as a boy, I often look to the ground...

''...seeking refuge in the 'ollows' from you''

Not ''ollows,'' ''Hollows''

Hollows

Another fitting quote from '�Iderlin'

Do you know what's so wonderful about H�Iderlin?

He saw a new beginning in everything and felt enthusiastic

That's why I love his poems

Do you know what I feel?

The museum project was more than just a job to me

Not only because we met

It had to do with my family, It was something to be proud of

I've never been so attached to a project before

No H�Iderlin can help me

Do you want to marry me?

It sounds a bit Iike you want to save me

Where did you get that idea?

It just occurred to me

I'm serious

I just don't know what to say

Come on, Lukas, Let's go

-It's a long way to Cologne -Why can't I stay with Grandpa?

It isn't a long-term solution, Come on

What does that mean?

We live in Cologne, You'll see

-I don't know anybody there -That's not true

Your mum has to think everything over

How long will that take?

Lukas, I don't know

I don't know what's right at the moment, I'm at a loss

Should I look for another job? Should we move to another town?

Should we move to France?

Or should we both go on holiday, since you haven't started school yet?

I would rather stay with Grandpa

Yes, hello, Good

I wanted to ask if it is possible to order...

...imported Chinese fireworks from you?

No, money is no problem

Fifteen thousand?

Oh, fifty thousand! Yes, there's a difference

I want it to be special, Something people talk about for years

OK, and can you guarantee that it's delivered by 31 st December?

I don't want to do it myself, Send the organisers

OK, for 1 1 0,000, What, for 1 1 0,000 Western marks?

I'll get back to you...

...through Mr Hyong Fang Be

OK, I have to go, I'll call you back

Prisoner Gunnar Brehme reporting for lock-up

Off you go, Your card, Mr Brehme

Thank you

Can I use the fax machine for an hour?

That's enough! You're not at the Grand Hotel!

How can I manage my funds without one?

I'm expecting my shares to explode

Let's call it a day

But I'm not bear, I'm bull

Coitus and cash, BIokes like you don't have any other problems

What about you? What's your grand scheme?

I know how the world works

As a stock exchange pioneer, I was there from the start

Thank you

For example, Telecom shares

They entered the market at 23,50 marks

Less than fifteen euros

And today's closing price in Frankfurt? How much? 7 7,60 euros

That's five hundred per cent in less than three years

What will you do with all your dough when your time is up?

I'm going to have a party

The better the stock market, the better the party

I just can't wait

Money isn't everything in life

It's the interest that counts

-How much is that? -A hundred and fifteen marks

Hello, how was the journey?

I had completely forgotten how nice the house is

Come in

It is quite overwhelming

And this beautiful view, CIarissa

You know what...

...this is a house of happiness

Yes, Hermann...

Hermann, you'll see...

...I can be very helpful

In a house like this there's always something to do

Your laundry, the garden...

And I was well known for my varied and healthy cuisine

No spider web has ever escaped me, Isn't that right, CIarissa?

She hasn't stopped panicking

There we are

The room is a lot smaller than in Wasserburg

It doesn't matter

I'm blessed to be among the living again

Mother, I want to be alone with Hermann now

-Let's talk about everything tomorrow -I'm very happy

Go on, This room is all I need

-Good evening -Tillmann

I saw the taxi drive up...

...and I thought I should talk to you, if I'm not disturbing you

It's very important

Yes, come in, What's the matter?

-Did you check your post? -Yes, I did

There must have been a letter from Gunnar Brehme in there...

...with a question which concerns me, too

Good evening

It's about New Year's Eve

Gunnar wants to get the old gang together

A reunion after such a long time

It's a pity we've all lost track of each other

It's Gunnar's idea, lt occurred to me as well, but I never...

Or...

Didn't he talk to you about it?

A reunion?

Here at our house?

Haven't I mentioned that yet?

I'm afraid there's no way to stop it

He's setting everybody in motion

He wants to put up a marquee...

...and have a power cable laid all the way up here

Business for small electrical shops is precarious, Mr Simon...

...due to discount shops

Gunnar's offer was a real godsend

He asked me to manage all the details...

...outdoor heating, sound, Iighting, the band

I asked Gunnar if he realised what it would cost...

...and the lunatic transferred fifty thousand to my account

-Typical Gunnar -He's completely crazy

Money is no object...

...he said

When Christmas draws near and everybody gets into the spirit...

...shortly before the first snowfall...

...I will apply for a reduced sentence

I'll write to the magistrate, the public prosecutor...

...and the Minister of Justice

You have to touch people's hearts

The letters are in my head already

Put the speakers next to the steps, behind the marquee

Tillmann, is everything OK?

This is our home, welcome!

Recognise everything?

What little sweethearts, I have to talk to Moni

Sound check coming up

A daughter-in-Iaw, grandchildren and my son's a father

Hermann, I'm trembling

-Can I have your signature? -This isn't for me

Talk to the man in the yellow coat, Tillmann!

Grandma!

-Have you heard from Gunnar? -No, not a word

Moni, give me the mobile phone, We have to call Gunnar

Let me show you the sound system first

When you get hold of him, Iet me talk to him

OK, Lukas, We will do what we said

I'm celebrating New Year's Eve with Roland in Frankfurt

You know, he was your father's best friend

He's very ill now, and I would like to celebrate with him

Yes

Are you sad if I go away on the eve of a new millennium...

...or doesn't it matter?

No, I would rather play the piano with Grandpa

That's OK, then

Keep on counting in your head

One, two...

Just a minute

Yes?

Excuse me, Do you know Gunnar Brehme?

Yes, but none of us know where he is right now

Two, one...

...go!

Good evening

I told you so

-May I take your coat? -Of course

Thank you

Hold on, I need to get something

Thank you

-Can I give you this? -Sure

Galina

Mrs Simon

Hartmut!

-How nice you're here, Mara... -Hello, CIarissa

I want to tell you something

Thank you

I often imagined how we would meet again...

...and now I don't even know what to say

-Do I look pretty? -Yes, as always

What about you? I hope you've finally found yourself

-I know everything about you, Really -Really?

You live in Hamburg, work in the wine trade with your father-in-Iaw...

...you're often in the USA, aren't you?

Yes

-How do you know? -Well, I have my spies

I thought we would never see Hunsr�ck again

A common mistake

Life is a carousel, Don't you agree?

There's my husband

Your new German husband?

Congratulations

Hartmut, I'm very happy with him

-Good evening -Evening

-Christian Beisiegel -You're Christian Beisiegel?

-Yes -Hartmut Simon

We know each other, We've done business

Winkelmann Wine Distributors

That's right, Nice to meet you, I have something for you

How exciting

Let's say hi to Gunnar first

-Come on -Gunnar!

Gunnar!

Can someone tell me where Gunnar is?

Gunnar!

Gunnar!

Gunnar!

-Gunnar? -Gunnar!

Jacques and Torsten, You've really grown

-Come here -You're really something!

Tell me, are you married?

-Of course -How daring!

How late is it?

-There's no way he will make it now -We will have to tell everybody

Gunnar!

Good evening

-Yes? -I wanted to give my dad a present

A letter, Does he work here?

Maybe, I don't exactly know

-Name? -Gunnar Brehme

He's a prisoner, We don't deliver letters at this hour

But it's just a musical card

Show me

''Dear Dad

''All the best for the next hundred years''

I'm sending you a love letter

Now give it back to me

Or just burn That stupid piece of paper

I didn't want to go out with you So leave me alone

Give me the peace and quiet That I need so bad

I bought myself a few cases of this and I'm happy with the quality

What are they doing?

The Bordeaux

Two idiots!

Yes...

That was great

This is my control panel, sound, lighting

This is the user surface

This is to start the fireworks at midnight, Do you recognise it?

My first computer, a KC85/4, It's written on the back

VEB Micro-EIectronics, Wilhelm Pieck M�hlhausen

From your days as a computer hacker

The Atari 800XL is the equivalent of the C64

My mother bought it for me from a 'hard-currency shop' in 1 98 7

It's real vintage

It was worth a fortune in East Germany

I sat up every night modifying the software...

...so it wouldn't crash in 2000

Computers are supposed to crash tonight but these are strong enough

We have seventeen minutes until the new millennium

As I can see my siblings, citizens of Schabbach and my relatives...

...I would like to put an end to all the rumours

At last, I want you to meet my other family

I'm Kim

-Tamara -I'm Sandra

-Steffi -And I'm Jessica

That's how it is, You've always known, anyway

Let's start the new century being honest

All right, Udo?

It's strange looking at a house you built with your own hands

Ten marks an hour

We were kings then

Yes, the future, an expanded country

Everything's nice at the beginning

There's no future with Jana

The boys are grown up, We had a nice time

Udo, that sounds terrible

You and Jana were the best examples of loyalty...

...the only couple to survive when the Wall fell

Let me talk to you, man to man

I never knew that I could do it six times a night...

...if you know what I mean

Now, for the last four and a half months,

I've known it, since I met this beautiful woman

I've never been so happy

And you know, Nadja is only twenty-three years old

Intelligent, beautiful eyes, a mouth...

...her figure...

And no fear

This little woman isn't afraid of anything

She speaks English and Spanish and is learning Chinese

A dream girl, I'm going to be fifty in six weeks

Jana suspects something, but she doesn't say anything

Tillmann, when we leave here in the new year, something must change

It has to

I want to start all over again, Tillmann, from scratch

A divorce?

Moni would tear me apart

We have our own little happiness, And that can be fantastic

My dear friends, Iet me say a few words to you

Many of you are wondering where the initiator of this party is...

...our dear Gunnar

I'm sure he did everything possible to be with us tonight

Nevertheless, he made this wonderful reunion possible

Seeing you all again...

...makes me recall the years when we first met

For many of us, not only for our friends from East Germany...

...they were years full of hopes and dreams

But one day we realised it isn't up to us alone...

...whether we become happy

I know a thing or two about that

When I look into your eyes, I feel we have a chance

There's always another day

And happiness Maybe we've already found it

We have to begin the countdown because it's almost midnight

Ten, nine, eight...

...seven, six, five...

...four, three, two, one

Cheers

Gunnar!

Gunnar!

942

-You look different -Welcome, Tobi

The beard is gone

Remember the white horse ran past here...

...the first time we saw the house

Of course

And the campfires for St Martin's Day

Gemma, Arnold, Mother, the twins, Lukas, Lulu

Nine people are living at our house

All things considered, the family seems to be the strongest force

How am I as a grandmother?

You have to promise me one thing

Anything you like

Stay healthy

I promise

Look

Want to hear my predictions for the next century?

CIocks will gradually disappear, because no one wants to be punctual

Architects will get rid of ninety degree angles

We will learn to let buildings grow like plants

Men will become women

Women will become men

Just people...

...who have freedom of choice and who learn to do everything at once

A cure for AIDS

Will you marry Delveau?

If I was with him, I could afford everything

No money problems

Lukas would attend the best schools in France

That almost convinced me

There's something about Delveau, I like him

He's quite sexy too, But I cast it all to the wind

I'm stupid, aren't I?

Every time I almost said yes, it made me sad

You don't love him, That's enough

I'm beginning the new millennium with no job, no plans...

...no money and no security

Look what I learned, Mummy!

That's amazing

-Where are the others? -They're still asleep

PART SIX - FAREWELL TO SCHABBACH