"I don't understand." "What?" "I guess I didn't notice you." "What?" "You locked me in?" "Not on purpose, it's my job." "Does it hurt?" "lt's all right." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Excuse me." "I heard of a Thai restaurant." "In Mühsam Street." "Do you know where it is?" "No, I'm not from here." "Petersburger Place." "Strausberger Place." "Here it is!" "Right." "Hungry?" "Morning." "Thank you." "What are you looking for?" "I've searched for your family in the archives for years." "Your mother spends the night with a foreign soldier." "A family adopts you." "There's no will." "Now your entire inheritance goes to some aunt." "Here's your ID." "Your signature, please." "It could have gone into your bank." "I prefer it this way." "Here." "There you go." "Such luck!" "Good bye." "Undress." "One moment." "Get lost, you asshole." "Get lost, you bastard." "Get lost." "Are you okay?" "Where's your car?" "I'm all right." "I'm not staying here." "You have a serious concussion." "I can't let you leave." "It's my head." "No insurance." "Impossible!" "I'm not staying." "I look like shit." "Are you okay?" "Sure?" "You were lucky." "I have to get out of here." "It's up to you." "He left when I was five." "My mother kept his mail." "Thinking he'd come back." "I hung out with the neighborgh's son." "We made a little fire." "In the backyard of our house." "The warehouse across the street... burned down completely." "TV sets, stereos." "And we didn't have insurance." "Father used to take care of that." "She never opened the mail, never paid bills." "Six months later we lost insurance." "Story of my life." "I worked in a bar." "This guy drank like a horse, but he never tipped." "Then I saw the fat wallet in his jacket." "It was so easy." "It paid for my first flight to L.A." "If you didn't steal credit cards... what would you do?" "I don't know." "Sex." "Is that all?" "This place is getting heated." "Do you have a boyfriend?" "Some work in banks, I work in hotel rooms." "And you know what?" "I enjoy it." "There's ratatouille." "Do you like it?" "Put it on." "You don't like it." "It's nice." "No, you don't like it." "I might have to take it in." "21st CENTURY" "Do you know him?" "Is he your boyfriend?" "Johann, this is Max." "Hello." "Hi." "This is Simon." "Want a beer?" "I'll leave soon." "Just one." "Wait, I'll give you the money." "No, my round." "Four?" "Four." "I'll come with you." "Who's he?" "Tell me." "I just met him." "And you?" "Is he your boyfriend?" "Are you staying?" "Not much longer." "I have to get up early." "Okay." "I'd take you part of the way." "I know." "All right then." "Wait." "Part of the way?" "Home." "Part of the way." "Toronto." "London." "Petersburg." "Rome." "Caracas." "Wait." "ADDRESSES IN berlin, 1915" "It's beautiful." "Anna." "You should come in." "Don't feel like it." "No trunks?" "Don't feel like it." "Then why did we come here?" "Chill out." "Why don't you invite some friends?" "I'm not interested in friends." "Thanks a lot." "That's not what I meant." "I can't think of anyone to invite." "The guy from 21st Century." "Max?" "He looks nice." "But he's not a friend." "You're my friend." "Are you interested in him?" "No." "What about your friends?" "I just moved here." "No party then, I guess." "Stop it, I can't swim." "Come on." "I really can't swim." "What are you doing here?" "From 21st Century." "I came to see Anna." "Had you arranged to meet?" "I wanted to talk to her." "I don't know when she'll be back." "Come in." "I don't want to intrude." "Come on." "See you later." "A date?" "Johann?" "I'm not hungry at all." "You?" "What are you doing here?" "What are you doing?" "Who let you in?" "I think I can guess." "Cool music." "Feel at home." "Looks good on you." "It's pretty wild." "Finished talking to Anna?" "Not yet." "Want to join us for dinner?" "Okay." "Anna should be back at eight." "Okay." "What did you put in?" "Paper." "No wonder it's not burning." "Where's your lover?" "Lover?" "Simon, the guy you met at the 21st Century." "What makes you think he's my lover?" "I don't know." "Hurry up." "Need a bigger knife?" "Anna, cut the cards." "Thank you." "Now take a card." "Give it to me." "Ace of spades." "Your go, Johann." "Don't look at it." "Okay." "King of diamonds." "Now I'll take one." "Jack of diamonds." "Johann of diamonds." "Exactly." "How did you do that?" "Come on, tell us." "No." "You marked the cards." "Do I look like a trickster?" "Have another drink." "Anna, watch he doesn't seduce me." "Very good." "Are you sleeping?" "Are you awake?" "What is it?" "I can't sleep." "I was almost gone." "I'm sorry." "What is it?" "Chill out." "Keep you legs underwater." "Now I'll slowly let go." "O man, Johann." "Beautiful." "That's 1327 marks, please." "May I see your ID?" "I didn't bring my wallet." "I see." "May I ask your date of birth?" "1948." "transaction:" "WAIT FOR ANSWER" "My card." "Of course." "You bought three?" "Four." "They'll greet me at the hotel." "You work too much." "Says who?" "Johann." "You two seem to get along well." "Got to go." "Really, I've had enough." "You're quite a character." "Don't over do it." "Can do." "Am I a burden to you?" "I don't want to be a burden." "O no!" "Now the mainfaucet!" "That's the washing machine." "Come here, come here!" "And now it's time for a shower." "I have to go." "I'm the DJ tonight." "At 21st Century." "It's getting too hot here." "Four weeks in one city is enough." "They have to forget my face." "We'll keep in touch, right?" "Right?" "What are you thinking?" "I wonder if it makes a difference... whether you go through a time like this or not." "Yes." "The Arabs don't consider time to be a measurable flow." "Not chronological like the course of a river." "For them time is like the tides of the ocean." "Their language knows no future tense, only present." "Go on." "I think the Arabs are right." "Cold?" "Many people die with tons of money and no heir." "Illegitimate children." "Broken homes." "Klose is your surname." "Paul Klose, your grandfather, will be the uncle of the deceased." "And your family tree is complete." "Richard Klose was your father." "He disappeared 30 years ago." "It leaves you as the sole heir." "And if not?" "The tax authorities are breathing down my neck." "Then it goes to the state?" "How much is it?" "430 000 marks." "You won't be a millionaire, but it's enough to live." "It won't hurt anyone." "No." "And you could stay." "No." "No?" "You shouldn't get into trouble." "It's safe, trust me." "No." "Man, you're stub born!" "And you're not?" "You could come with me." "I won't leave this place." "What are you afraid of?" "No!" "I've made up my mind." "Okay." "Let's leave it at that." "Okay." "I'm sorry." "Out!" "What?" "Get out!" "What's going on?" "You're getting on my nerves." "What did I do wrong?" "I'm fed up with this." "Max, I mean it." "Why don't you calm down?" "Mad." "Get lost!" "Get lost!" "Just get out of here." "I want you to leave, Max." "So?" "What do you want?" "Have a drink." "And now?" "." "I'm sorry, I..." "No, stay." "When you're young, nothing's in your way." "All doors are open and you're always first." "You're just lucky." "Age doesn't creep up on you from the inside..." "Slowly..." "No." "It suddenly hits you." "From one day to the next." "How did you get in?" "You left the key in the lock." "Man!" "We'll search for your father in the papers." "If he's still abroad and not in Berlin... it's unlikely he'll respond." "So he's excluded from the inheritance." "What next?" "Your birth certificate needs your grandfather's name." "That makes you the sole heir." "Where did our little snail go?" "Stop it." "Come on." "Stop it, please." "I have to sort out a few things first." "What do you two want from me?" "I want nothing from you." "You can read that?" "I need the volume for 1875." "No problem." "Please, sit down." "Thank you." "I'll be in the garden if you need me." "Coffee here or in the garden?" "I'm almost done." "In the garden." "It's still warm." "Made from our own apples." "Milk?" "Yes, please." "I have to tell you something." "What is it?" "The money's gone." "Can you hear that?" "It's your blood." "Life goes by so fast." "You know what?" "I'm really lucky." "Why?" "I nearly missed it."