"This here is for the Inland Revenue." "This will pay for the damaged roof." "These are for the renovation costs." "And this is left for a holiday, though I won't get far on that." "So I must raise at least 15,000 Marks." "But who will give me that?" "A WOMAN OF MEANS, BORN 1908" "I had this room redecorated in April." "It's the smallest room in the whole flat, but I find it makes a cosy bedroom." "To create more space, I chopped off part of the bed, bought some lovely new curtains for here, where l took out the door and now simply draw the curtains." "Then I fixed up the cupboard, finished it with vinyl silk and gold-bronze lacquer." "The decorator is due early tomorrow." "He'll hang the new curtains, the heavy curtains." "He'll be just about done when the carpet-cleaning firm arrives with my lovely carpets, of which some were cleaned, others beaten." "And before then of course, I have to polish all the floors." "We'll be hanging new curtains in the other room too." "Then I'll measure up right away." " I suggest the colour gold." "And the same white net curtains, but also with braiding." "Alright." " And a lovely lambrequin." " Shall we make a pelmet?" "A pelmet too, and again, draped into folds at each side." "Very well." "So, gentlemen, please come in." "We'll have the carpet in here and the armchair too, for the moment." "We can't get through the other door." "And as we, or rather, my husband, already had a great deal," "I received the value in real carpets, a grand piano, silver, lovely curtains fashioned by Rudolph Hertzog." "All of it in luxury goods, beautiful Baroque chandeliers." "Yes, and then... we lived in that house for 15 years, until it was bombed out in 1945." "Then I moved to Berlin." "We hadn't a flat at first, because we'd been bombed out and evacuated, and then came back to Berlin and found a very lovely 12-room flat in Schlueter Street." "Car insurance, road tax," "500, 600." "1100, 1300, together that makes 12,300." "And then I had to furnish it." "We hadn't any window panes, so we put up cardboard instead." "We really hadn't a thing, that was in November." "We had a borrowed typewriter and our bedroom suite, we'd rescued that." "We lived in it too." "The typewriter was in an empty room." "The lovely." "Empire davenport and the Baroque commode" "I acquired in Lichterfelde for 50 Marks, incredibly." "The davenport was almost firewood!" "Are you sitting comfortably, Mr. Guhl?" " Perfectly, thank you." "May I serve you more coffee?" " No, thank you." "It's my tenth cup!" "Bowling was grand, although the alley was bad." "I usually play quite well, but that evening, I didn't quite." "Drank quite a bit, you know?" " Yes." "A few beers, I shouldn't really..." "Then we left soon after, because a drunken fool arrived and behaved improperly." "So then we went home." "Madam, we've been chatting for ages." "What is this really about?" "Well, Mr. Guhl, I'm having financial difficulties." "I've laid out my lovely china there." "Do take a look at it, perhaps you'll find something." "Perhaps you'll even take the lot?" "I need at least 15,000." "Money runs through my fingers like sand." "Madam," "I have no use for such things." "Where should I put it all?" "I have only large objects, large houses and large rooms." "The repairs, renovating this flat." "I've never managed money well, yet I'd so like to take a trip." "I have a proposal to simplify things." "I'll make you an interest-free loan for an indefinite period." "Oh, Mr. Guhl!" "That would be nice!" "Shall I go to America, the Bahamas?" "I'll go to the Lesser Antilles, to Mama and Papa." "They have a nice plane, a sporty one, we can fly over to Curaçao." "I mean, to Caracas." "Or should I stay in Europe?" "In which case, I'd go to Paris." "Paris." "Or I'll simply get into my banger and drive to Braunlage." "Subtitles Jill Denton" "Film und Video Untertitelung Gerhard Lehmann AG"