"This feature film is based on a true story of former members of Scientology." "However, it does not make the claim to mirror the events authentically in every respect." "Especially the names of the persons acting in this movie and their occupational and personal actions as well as their living conditions are fictional." ""All life is directed by one command and one command only" " SURVIVE!"" " L. Ron Hubbard" "Well my little sweet one, how are you?" "Summoning now for the proceedings on the custody of the child Sarah Clasen." "Well then..." "Until Nothing is Left" "Now let's give little Sarah to her father!" "So what's your name?" "Sarah." "Sarah... and do you know why you're here, Sarah?" "Frank does not want me to live with my mother." "And why does your father not want that?" "Because he is antagonistic." "Antagonistic?" "She means that her father is against her religion." "Since when is Scientology a religion, my dear fellow lawyer?" "I am captain woodleg, terror of the seven seas!" "[Hamburg, fall 1987]" "You just wait!" "I've got ya!" "Frank?" "I almost gotcha!" "Frank?" "Can you come in please?" "Dr. Ruppert is here now." "What am I supposed to do there?" "That's your business." "You are the father of our granddaughter, now come please." "Alright." "Come on Bloody Mary!" "Mr Ruppert, would you please explain to my daughter and her life companion what we have talked about?" " Yes, gladly." "Well, Clasen has employed me to work out an inheritance agreement." "The goal is to ensure the continuance of the shipping company and to convert the GmBH  Co." "KG [Limited] into a foundation." "But, Ms. Clasen, this means that... you..." "I have to waive my inheritance, I already got that." "What's the point of that?" "Just listen to what Mr. Ruppert has to say!" "I imagine you're afraid we're gonna ruin your wonderful company." "It is about sustaining it for you!" "You, meaning you and Sarah, are beneficiaries of this foundation." "You are receiving a monthly appanage, Sarah's future has been taken care of." "And Frank?" "You may do with your money as you please." "Great." "Why did he have to be here with us then?" "Your father is asking Mr. Reiners to sign a waiver, a pure formality." "In a manner of speaking an insurance in case you and if he does not sign it?" "He is going to sign it." "Otherwise he must finally start to worry about how he is going to take care of you and Sarah on his own." "Please Mr. Clasen, we should be reasonable." "I am reasonable." "Frank, we're leaving." "Please Ms. Clasen, I think you got the wrong end of the stick!" "Your father has come up with a really generous arrangement beneficial to all parties!" "Well then, ciao!" "Your father is going to kick us out of the flat." "I'm not interested in his fucking company." "Well why didn't you sign then?" "You know exactly why he does that." "Because he despises you." "He thinks you're a failure." "I'm not allowing him this triumph." "I don't care." "Yes, but I do." "Let's get married." "Are you nuts?" " I'm serious!" "I'm not gonna marry you." "Is that your final word?" "Yes dammit." "Drive, the light's green!" "What are you doing?" "Marry me, Gine, or I'm never ever going to get back into this car!" "Frank, get in..." "Stop!" "I beg you!" "Please!" "What are you doing?" "Your father just made a marriage proposal to me." "What is a marriage proposal?" "Well that was quick!" "Did my father send you?" "No!" "I have..." "Congratulations!" "Thanks." " I just wanted to ask whether you could help me." "Help you?" "Your mother-in-law told me you were studying architecture?" "I bought an old house, I fear it's quite a hovel, maybe you can have a look at it..." "Oh no. that's surely my father's idea..." "Why?" "Architects are ten a penny." "Why Frank of all people?" "Your husband was just to my liking, that's all." "Or don't you have confidence in him?" "Well have a think about it!" "And have a nice celebration!" "What was that supposed to be?" "The man's right, you don't have enough confidence in me!" "And?" "Do you like it?" "By all means, it could turn out quite nicely." "Then make it so!" "Me?" " Of course you." "Really..." "I'm sorry..." "In three weeks I've got my diploma examination and then there's Sarah..." "I mean my wife is in the bookstore during the day well I don't know..." "Your father-in-law believes you're using the little one as pretext to duck out of your studies." "So does he?" " I don't think he's right." "Next week my wife and myself are having a little inauguration dinner." "Would be great if you and your wife could come, too." "We'll talk about everything then." "Here?" "Well, looks interesting." "My father is behind it for sure." "Our Christian is at a boarding school." "How old is your daughter?" "Five." "Sweet." "Our Christian is eight." "Eight?" "And he's already at a boarding school?" "Why does that surprise you?" "Isn't he a bit young for boarding school?" "Gine, everybody has to decide for himself..." "I think if you bring a child into the world you should also raise it." "How do you know so well what's good for children?" "I just know the best thing you can give children is love and protection." "That's not mutually exclusive." "Don't you think that love can overwhelm, that you are giving it impressions that may hinder its further development?" "For example?" "Can you communicate with your parents?" "Most people can't communicate with their parents because there's always something between children and parents." "And that's why you're suggesting now you should seperate children from their parents, or how should I take that?" "There are many explanations on why people cannot communicate with each other." "Most of the time it's for different reasons than the ones we presume." "Why don't you tell him about your academy?" "Oh yes, it's fantastic!" "You really have to look at it!" "What are you doing there?" "We're working with a special training method." "You learn to concentrate on the matter at hand." "You can free yourselves of all superfluous weight." "You can suddenly cope with tasks you reckoned were unsolvable before." "I was skeptical, too, in the beginning, Ms. Clasen." "But it actually works." "Oh, you're doing it too?" "Just drop in!" "We'll be doing the test with you, it won't cost you." "That's the only way we can assess whether the technology is going to lead you to success as well." "I would really be delighted!" "I can gain experience on Ruppert's construction site, Gine." "And he pays well, too!" "I earn more there, than by driving taxi." "Why are you so much against it?" "Your exam is in three weeks." "I don't know how you plan to cope with everything." "Hey, why are you driving this way?" "That's a detour." "They were from Scientology?" "I thought as much!" "I had heard alot about Scientology." "That they..." "That they were ripping off people there." "That they were only interested in money." "Make money." "Make more money." "Make even more money." "And still you went there." "I don't know how to explain it." "I thought I could somehow handle it." "Handle it?" "Well..." "Control it." "Control the situation." "Yes, but you couldn't." "No." "Will you play with me?" "Sarah, I must work." "Ask Moritz whether he will come down." "I did already but he has piano lessons." "Please, it's so boring alone." "Ok, but only ten minutes, right?" "Come here." "It's no use anyway." "[Examination:" "Structural Analysis" " Hamburg University of Technology]" "Hello!" "Hello, can I help you?" "Err.." "I just wanted to take this test." "I don't think that's down my alley." "How do you know already?" "Well, these questions here: "Do you think you have many good friends?"" "That's a simple question." "Well yes, I do." "Why do you hesitate then?" "Tick off "yes"." "Do you sometimes give away things that strictly speaking don't belong to you?" "I'll leave you now." "We'll see each other at the evaluation." "Do you mean whether I sometimes steal things?" "Just answer the question." "If you don't understand something then just think about it again." "This is a scientific test, Frank." "It will provide information about you and your personality, I can't help you there." "Do you bite your fingernails or chew the end of your pencil?" "No." "Would it take a definite effort on your part to consider the subject of suicide?" "You are too indulgent, Frank." "You're being pushed around." "We struck a nerve there, didn't we?" "Thanks." "How would you describe your marriage?" "Who is carrying most of the burden?" "You feel you're mainly carrying the burden, right?" "Yeah..." "Look." "This area of the graph indicates interpersonal relationships." "You must do something about it urgently." "Do you sometimes doubt your wife really loves you?" "I... don't know, well..." "But you love her." "Yes." "You accuse others of determining your life, but the error is solely on your side." "You're unhappy with yourself and you're shifting the blame on others only." "Why shouldn't I be happy with myself?" "Are you happy with yourself?" "Well, who is happy with himself all the time?" "Frank." "You are at risk to destroy your family and yourself." "You must handle this urgently." "With us you can do something against it." "We can help you." "In Scientology there's a course where the test evaluators are educated." "It is trained hundreds of times right down to the last detail." "And Mr. Reiners fell for it." "Well "fell for it"... it was my ruin point." "His what?" "His malfunction." "His weak spot." " I understand." "You don't have to defend yourself here." "Flunk." "And start." "I'm sorry, that's too dopey for me." "Frank." "You cannot leave without checkout." "Sorry." "I won't make it, I'm sorry." "Laughing is defense, Frank." "And as long as you're laughing you cannot be in the presence." "Will you sit down, please?" "May I?" "That's it." "Thank you." "Brilliant." "How do you feel?" "Sort of... relaxed." "I'm sorry." "I was with my learning group." "That's alright." " Is she sleeping?" "She's upstairs in Gine's room." "Hello Frank." "Do you want to come in for a minute?" "I didn't realize we were on first name terms already." "Well of course." "After all, the two of you have married." "And then..." "I am really happy that you're dropping off Sarah from time to time." "You're welcome." "I made mistakes Frank, I know." "That's alright." "Everybody makes mistakes." "I'm fetching mum, ok?" "I'm back in a minute." "[arguing]" "Why didn't you tell me before?" "I did." "Whatever, it's pointless." "You really are the biggest asshole!" "Good bye." "Good evening." "Where are the eyes?" " There." "And why are the eyes still open?" "Be nice and leave them shut!" "Sleep well." "Who cheated there?" "Are you my little cheat?" "Now close your eyes!" "Leave them shut!" "I'm next to the door." "So how did you do that?" "You just have to be persistent." "And that's coming from you!" "Who was the man?" "You don't know him." "What did he want from you?" "I got annoyed at him." "Come on Gine, that just sucks." "Tell me what's the matter!" "Dude." "If you keep going on like this I'll be gone." "What are you thinking?" "Should I just accept all of your little secrets or what?" "You're telling me." "You of all people." "Here." "Why didn't you tell me they haven't admitted you to the diploma?" "I'll make it." "I'll make it next semester." "Oh Frank." "Just be there." "Now open your eyes." "Please take these cans into your hands." "Thank you." "And now?" "Concentrate on the indicator." "Ouch, what was that for?" "Concentrate on the dial please." "Now think about the moment I pinched you." "Every negative experience in your life leaves a charge in your memory banks." "It burdens you draws capacity you could use much better otherwise." "Through auditing we track down these negative influences and erase them." "You're getting yourself back, Frank." "You yourself brought your wife to Scientology, is that correct?" "Yes." "I'm still very grateful for that, Frank." "Can you explain that to me?" "Your honor, my principal has repeatedly stated that at that time he had no notion of how inhuman and dangerous Scientology really is." "Ms. Friedrichs, your client wants to have his ex-wife's custody of the common daughter revoked with the reason she was a member of the Scientology cult." "But your principal himself was in there for five years." "I want to understand that." "Am I asking too much?" "Can you think back to a time when you were a little boy?" "Yes." "Good." "What are you seeing?" "What do you smell?" "It's smelling like... exhaust fumes." "Cars... car exhausts." "Thank you." "Please go back to the beginning of the event." "I'm at a playground." "With my mother." "There are two policemen, too." "They are talking to her." "Can you hear what they're talking about?" "Not, but..." "My father had an accident... at the construction site." "He's dead." "Thank you." "Please go back to the beginning of the event." "My chest hurts." "Good." "Go back to the beginning of the event, when the pain starts." "The police car is moving off." "I'm running after it, but..." "I can't reach it." "It's gone." "I'm turning around." "There's a girl." "On the carrousel." "She..." "I..." "I'm going to her and push the carrousel." "The girl... is laughing." "And the needle is floating." "Fantastic." "Few have such a win on their first try." "How do you feel?" "Good." "Ciao!" "Frank?" "Can I talk to you?" "I'm in a hurry, I have to collect my daughter." "It doesn't take long, just five minutes." "Ok." "Sit down." " Thanks, but I..." "Helen told me about your great progress here." "Indeed?" "We're all very interested in you continuing on the bridge." "The quickest way to clear is when you're doing processing." "Because this month we can offer all of our courses up to clear  for 23.000DM to our especially capable students." "Ron wants us to spread the technology here in Germany even more rapidly." "You should take this one-time-only opportunity." "But I don't have that much." "I know, that's a lot of money." "But consider it as an investment into your future." "It will pay off quickly, as you will perform better." "Well, I drive taxi and I've got a family." "I don't know how it's supposed to work." "Maybe someone from your family can borrow you the money." "Perhaps your wife." "She must be interested in you progressing." "No, I don't want that." "Have you actually told her about Scientology, and about the technology?" "No, not yet." "Why not?" "I don't know whether she'd understand." "You think she'll stop you." "No, I'm just feeling she that it's not for her." "Why are you so sure about that?" "Well, I know her." "Talk to her." "Tell her of your wins you're having here." "If both of you were studying here, it's going to be even cheaper." "Yes, thank you." "I really have to go now, thanks." "Gert, I need your help again." "You sent us this Frank Reiners, the husband of Clasen's daughter, right?" "We're running in danger of him backing out." "We're removing the plaster and ripping out the old wiring." "I see." "Frank is going to assist us." "He's an architect, isn't that great?" "You're working at the org, too, aren't you?" "Well, I want to go up the bridge fast." "By day he's working for me." "He's earning his money for auditing here." "You should do that too if you want to become clear quickly." "Some down payment..." "Thank you." "Come, I want to talk to you about the plans." "What are you doing Frank!" "You better not open your eyes!" "Where did you get that from?" " Ruppert borrowed it to me." "You know what we're doing now?" "We're collecting Sarah and drive to the sea." "Ruppert gave me his key to his weekend home." "You'ry smelly!" "Well I carried bricks for ten hours straight." "Does that turn you on?" "I was at your parents' house." "What?" "Yes, your father apologized to me." "Just a moment please, what are you doing at my parents home?" "I'm dropping off Sarah at your mother's from time to time." "Without telling me anything?" "And Sarah?" "She wanted it, too." "She likes it with your parents." "It was our little secret." "Gine, wait!" "Just wait a minute!" "You're a huge asshole!" "Fair enough." "But then please tell me why you're taking the money your father is transferring to you each month." "And why you're living in a flat he owns." "Which side are you on actually?" "Did my father turn you around?" "He won't succeed with that." "But he still controls you, Gine." "Your little rebellions, those are just mock battles." "At the core you're just like him." "I'm supposed to fulfill your expectations..." "But you don't give a flying fuck about what I want." "You don't even know yourself what you want." "Yes Gine, I do." "I want you." "And I want Sarah." "And if need be, I'll fight for it over and over again." "You and fighting... don't make me laugh!" "Look at me." "Look at me!" "That was nice." "Yup." "I hope Sarah did not wake up." "Then she knows here parents love each other." "You're so different, totally changed." "Well.. how am I then?" "Strong." "You're strong Frank." "I'm with Scientology, Gine." "With those lunatics?" "You've got something there..." "Increase the gradient." "Start." "Do you think you're beautiful?" "You're ugly." "Despicable." "You disgust me." "Do you think I'm beautiful?" "You're a rotten, arrogant asshole, you know?" "Where do you take that from?" "Tell me!" "Because you're a failure as a matter of fact!" "You fail at your studies." "Living off the money of your wife." "What are you proud of then?" "So tell me!" "Thank you." "That was great!" "For me the most important quote in Scientology is:" "True is what's true for you." "I've seen what the technology has done with you." "You were suddenly so self-confident, so strong." "You know, back then I didn't notice I was totally aberrated." ""Was"?" "Please." " Sorry..." "What is that, "aberrated"?" "Aberrations are neuroses, compulsions, suppressions." "My principal wants to say that she still was under the weight of expectation from her parents." "Only through Scientology was she able to fully free herself from it." "Our marriage was broken before I came to Scientology, and I am at fault." "Maybe you didn't notice, Frank." "But only Scientology, and the technology have opened me for you again." "I still love you, you know that." "Have you ever lied to your child?" "No." " Thanks." "Have you ever lied to your husband?" "No." "I'll repeat the question." "Have you ever lied to your husband?" "No." "Did you think about something there?" "Let's see..." "I'll give you the question again and will guide you from there." "Have you ever lied to your husband?" "Have you concealed anything from him you should have told him?" "Yes." "There was something." "A year ago I met a man in our bookstore..." "Look at the wall." "Look at the wall." "Thank you." "Go to the wall." "Good." "Thank you." "Touch the wall." "Go to that wall." "After the reading we went out for a drink." "When I drove home..." "Well... then in the car he kissed me." "Good." "Did you have sexual contacts with him?" "He caressed me then." "Yes?" " Yeah." "He caressed me tenderly, pulled away my bra and and then he caressed me in the lower regions..." "Describe where he stroked you." "Very low." "Can you tell me with what he touched you?" "We slept with each other." "Good." "Did you justify this somehow?" "No, I still wanted to have an experience, to feel that live is not over yet with me having the child..." "Thank you." "Is there an earlier event where you were sexually unfaithful?" "No." "And the needle floats!" "How do you feel?" "I love you." "I love you, I love you, I love you." "What's the matter, what happened?" "It was just incredible!" "You should write down your wins so that everyone can share in them!" "Yes I'd be happy to!" "Maybe right now?" "Helen wants to talk to Frank again." "But we actually have to go to Gine's parents and collect our daughter!" "Just go!" "I'll call to tell them we're coming later." "No problem!" "Your statistics are bad, Frank." "We're already at level four and you're still marking your time." "Well you know about the costs of auditing." "We've decided that Gine will go up the bridge first." "Is she getting support from her parents?" "Yes, but it's not enough for both of us." "There's a second way." "Come!" "Sit down!" "You could work for us." "Really?" "What you earn we'll credit to your auditing account." "And you could do professional auditing for it." "Well, what could I do?" "We'd need an estates manager." "Someone taking care of technics meaning that everything will run smoothly here." "Well, if that's possible..." "It's possible, Frank." "I have a great surprise for you!" "[1 year later]" "Do you want to hear it?" "Gine is clear!" "I want to thank everybody who helped me." "I'm having fantastical wins and I've gotten rid of my fixations." "I now have the ability to do new things." "Of course my special thanks go to..." "L. Ron Hubbard!" "And now we're coming to the actual highlight of this evening:" "Beathe and Gert are back from Clearwater, where they - as first members of our Org - have graduated from the 5th OT level!" "Dear friends!" "We brought you a message from Flag!" "Produce more!" "Improve your statistics!" "Work still more in accordance to policy!" "This is the only way we can reach our big goal:" "Clear  Germany!" "Hello Frank." "Haven't you finished yet?" "I'm alone here." "Come, I'll help you." "What's the architecture doing?" "Well..." "I don't get any time for studying, there's much to do." "Do I hear dissatisfaction?" "If I may give you some advice:" "The technology that you can study here will bring you much further than any study of architecture." "What is the fifth OT level actually?" "I'm sorry my friend." "I can't tell that to a preclear." "I see." "Hello Helen." "You look fabulous." "Thank you." "So do you." "Frank, would you please help Angela at the booth outside?" "But I have to go, fetch Sarah." "Then please go now, I'll finish for you." "Thank you." "Well you're nice to him!" "How is he doing anyways?" "Since Gine is in the org he mainly cares for his little one." "His statistics have totally collapsed." "Be careful with him." "He's only making trouble." "That's an overt product, Helen." "What's an overt product?" "It's a Scientological expression for a badly made product." "A lemon car, if you want." "I deny that I've ever said that." "Do you also deny that you're an operating thetan?" "I wouldn't know why this would be of concern here." "Operating thetans are rulers over matter, energy, space and time." "Come on, Mr. Ruppert, beam yourself away from here, just for demonstration purposes." "You won't get rid of me quite that easily." "Could we please stick to the facts at hand?" "Well, you were an ethics officer in the Scientology organisation until recently, correct?" "And what do I have to picture about this?" "My assignment was to bring Scientologists who had bad statistics well, who did not function correctly back on ethics." "So some kind of controller?" "Stasi-officer would be the right word." "And Herr Reiners he was such an ethics case?" "Indirectly yes." "But it was about Gine actually." "About Ms. Clasen." "About the parents of Ms. Clasen actually." "They started to cause trouble." "Come in!" "I have to speak to you for a minute." "I don't have any time, I have to fetch Sarah." "Sarah is asleep." "It's now 12:15 am." "Do you think that's a good time to rip a 6-year-old girl from her dreams?" "Come now, please." "I'll make you a cup of tea." "Is it true that you are with Scientology?" "I have no idea why that should be your concern." "I got a call from our bank which is also the bank of your wife." "She obviously tried to take out a loan of 60.000 D-Mark." "This way I learned that the money, that I paid off on her inheritance is already spent." "We're talking about over 100.000DM in one and a half years!" "Why don't you ask your daughter?" "I'm getting Sarah now." "You got her into this club." "How foolish can somone be?" "Let go of me right now!" "Sleep well my dear." "Until tomorrow." "Hello!" "Be quiet, Sarah is sleeping!" "I have fantastical news, Frank." "Helen and Kaiser want to send me to an auditor course in Copenhagen." "They urgently need auditors for "Clear Germany"!" "And now imagine:" "I will be educated to an auditor of level four!" "So what do you say to that?" "And how do you fancy that?" "Am I to take care of Sarah on my own or what?" "It's a crash course!" "A unique opportunity!" "Normally, it takes a year." "But we're going to do it in three months." "But I won't manage on my own, even for three months." "There's still my mother." "By the way, your parents stirred trouble tonight." "The bank called to tell you wanted to take out a loan." "What do you mean by "loan"?" "I'm entitled to it." "The second instalment from my inheritance contract is due in two months." "What are we going to live off?" "And you ask me?" "There's nothing coming from you..." "Bloody hell, that's because I'm working in the org all days." "I haven't seen one penny from that." "They tell me all of it went into my courses." "And I can forget my architecture studies one way or the other." "Do you know what you just said there?" "That you're doubting the honesty of the org." "That's a capital sin, Frank." "Already listening to you is a capital sin." "I just said that I don't know how we should pay all of this!" "Ron says:" "Money is only a consideration." "You and me... we can help the people to become really free!" "That's much more important than all riches!" "Daddy!" "I'm looking after Sarah." "Leave her!" "Daddy!" "I will go." "Ron says noone can become happy without a goal." "My goal is to do the OT levels and to never again leave the bridge to total freedom." "Is that still your goal?" "Come here." "Frank!" "Is that still your goal?" "Yes." "I'll put you to bed, okay?" "Is it here?" "Wait here, I'll take her upstairs." "Is nana there?" "No Sarah, we no longer go to nana, she doesn't want us anymore." "Why not?" "There are children that are like you." "It will help you on." "Didn't you tell that you're not here anymore tonight?" "You will have to do that yourself." "Gine, Sarah is six!" "She doesn't understand why you're suddenly gone." "Sorry!" "Where have you been?" "I still took Sarah to the day-care centre." "You're going with her?" "Chris is doing courses for class five auditor." "Bye!" " Let's go!" "Bye..." "Hello." " Good day." "My name is Clasen." "I would like to talk to my daughter, Regine Clasen." "I'm sorry." "Gine is not here at the moment." "But maybe I can help you in some other way?" "Frank!" "Klaus?" "This is Angela." "We've got a 2D-problem." "Can you come down please?" "Frank!" "Why aren't you bringing Sarah to us anymore?" "She's going to kindergarten." "To kindergarten?" "But why?" "Frank, we're very worried." "We just learned that our lawyer Dr. Ruppert, the one who made the contract of inheritance with you and Gine that he's a Scientologist, too!" "They only want your money here!" "Please come with me for a minute." "Since when did these problems with Gine's parents exist?" "They've always been there." "Gine didn't tell us about it." "She probably didn't think it was important." "She's not been talking to them for years." "Her mother only watched over Sarah sometimes, when we were at the Org, or Gine at the shop." "Did you have contact with them?" "Only when I collected Sarah from there." "Now." "You'll write down everything you know about the relationship between Gine and her parents." "What happened when she was raised, whether there were violations..." "Violations?" "Whether she was mistreated, beaten, just write down everything you can think of." "But what do you need that for?" "Frank." "Gine's parents are enemies of Scientology." "They will take action against us if we don't do something about it." "I've finished." "Is that all?" "You didn't write anything about Gine." "What do you want to know about her?" "It's not about what we want to know, it's about you!" "You're downstat, Frank." "Your low statistics attest to your low ethics condition." "You can feel it yourself, can't you?" "Do you know what Ron wrote about the third party?" "No." "According to the law of the third party there's always someone who is the cause of troubles." "Meaning someone who wants that things aren't going smoothly with you." "You think it's Gine?" "Gine, her parents, Sarah...." "Find out who it is!" "But you didn't start to doubt your organisation at that time?" "No, because..." "Well it happened to just turn out the way the ethics officer predicted." "I actually only believed even more strongly in the technology." "Hello." "I would like to fetch Sarah." "Grandpa!" "Hello my little angel!" "What is this place?" "It's Sarah's day-care centre." "Where's Gine?" "I don't know." "You don't expect us to stand idly by while you're ruining yours and Sarah's life?" "I rang the bell." "A chit of a girl opened the door to me." "Maybe 16 years old." "Already the smell coming from the apartment was breathtaking." "I then asked for the head of that facility, but obviously she was the only one present at that point of time." "Yes, please?" "That's only Dr. Clasen's purely subjective perception!" "Well, the facility was closed down after all, wasn't it?" "Because Mr. Clasen has all the best connections to the Hamburg citizenry at his disposal." "Today, a care facility for children, run by the so-called "Scientology church", was closed down." "The officials bore witness to a horrific scene." "Dirt everywhere, trash, not much furniture, almost no sitting accomodations." "The children were sleeping on dirty matresses," "A 17 year old girl and a boy of 18 years were providing care." "Both of them were not educated as child care workers, as the speaker of the youth welfare office was emphasising." "Dirt and trash everywhere." "And most shocking was that there were practically no toys for the children in the facility." "So much to the subjective perceptions of Mr. Clasen." "And why no toys?" "Because children are no children according to Scientology doctrine, but the body machines of fully grown thetans." "And what is this, a "thetan"?" "Thetans are almighty, immortal spiritual beings from another galaxy." "About 79 million years old?" "An evil thetan named "Xenu" seized them and imprisoned them here on earth." "The noble L. Ron, a thetan called "Hubbard"... succeeded in breaking the spell." "And now he liberates, with his technology, step for step the nice thetans from the influence of Xenu and his minions." "Is that true?" "That's an adulteration of our teachings, I refuse to comment on that." "Well I'm wondering about one think, Mr. Reiners..." "You knew the conditions at this facility." " Yes." "Why didn't you get Sarah out of there?" "What?" "I just want to remark that my principal immediately cancelled her education in Copenhagen when she heard about the incidents concerning the day-care centre." "What's the matter?" "I've got no idea." "Why aren't you at the org?" "Because we wanted to get you!" "You should have saved your breath!" "Of course it didn't work out well with your parents, still, they were right sort of..." "It was totally filthy!" "What are you saying?" "Gine?" "Please come with us at once." "Is there a problem?" "Tell Gine we're waiting at the playground." "Come, Sarah." "Please?" " Yes." "Sarah, come please!" "Please, come." " Go on!" "You're supposed to meet Kaiser, he's waiting for you at the org." "Please." "What is that?" " Read it." ""HCO ethics orders"... what does that mean?" "Hubbard Communication Office, that's the command centre of Scientology in Clearwater, Florida." "Naturally an ethics order has got nothing to do with ethics." "Scientologists mean the removal of counter intentions." "Ergo:" "The fight against enemies." "Do I hear an objection, Mister?" "Frank Reiners and Regine Clasen are issued a separation order." "As long as Regine Clasen hasn't finished her auditors program both of them may have no contact whatsoever." "Mr. Reiners did you obey?" "No, I didn't." "But my wife did." "Gine?" "Sarah?" "Oh, Frank!" "What are you doing here?" "Gine asked me to pack her things." "And where is she now?" "I'm not supposed to tell you." "Did she say that or was it an order of the ethics department?" "Frank." "Give her time!" "She's having wonderful wins through Scientology." "And she's going to become a great class V auditor." "That's the only thing she needs to concentrate on now." "And when can I see Sarah?" "Actually, I'm not supposed to tell you." "The org is running an investigation against you." "You just have to wait and see how it turns out." "Is Helen still here?" " Hey, wait!" "Frank's here." "... seen trouble coming for Scientology and didn't prevent it on purpose?" "Have you seen trouble coming for Scientology and didn't prevent it on purpose?" "What are you doing here?" "Go to the ethics waiting room at once!" "Where's my wife?" "Where did you take her?" "I can't give you any r-factor about that." "I'm repeating the question:" "Have you seen trouble coming for Scientology and didn't prevent it on purpose?" "I don't know!" "You're refusing to get sec-checked!" "I need your help." "Report for roll call tomorrow at 8." "Go." "Get out of here." "Or I'm going to write a report." "Helen!" "Do you know of Sarah, where she is?" "Come with me." "There's a knowledge report about you, Frank." "From whom?" "Gine?" "I didn't do anything, Helen." "Yes you did." "You criticised Scientology." "Do you think they're still in Hamburg?" "I don't know." "I'm in big trouble because of the closure of the day-care centre." "I should have prevented it." "Kopenhagen sent a sea org mission to investigate this matter." "Lenny or what?" "They releaved me from my position of deputy ED and I'm no longer your ethics officer either." "Helen, please." "You know how something like that was handled." "They probably sent her to Flag." "To Florida?" " Please Frank." "You must not say to anyone I told you." "What do you want?" "Gine and Sarah are gone." "What?" "Good day." "Where is he?" "Upstairs." "In Gine's old room." "He went for a lie down." "He probably spent all night on the streets." "Hello." " Come in please." "Please tell him we're here, Ms. Peters." "No problem." "Frank!" "I want to introduce you to Ursula Friedrichs." "She's an attorney and she's litigated many lawsuits against Scientology already." "I believe noone knows Scientology better than she does." "Good day." "Are you sure your wife and daughter are at Flag?" "Yes." "I know it from the ethics officer." "I wouldn't believe one word of a Scientologist." "Have you broken with Scientology once and for all?" "Mr. Reiners!" "Well... what do you mean?" "We're going to help you." "But only if you're willing to break up contact with Scientology completely." "But how is this going to work if Gine and Sarah are still in?" "Please." "I need money for the flight to Florida!" "I'm bringing the two of them back, I promise!" "Who's telling us the money won't end up with Scientology?" "But I only want to bring back Sarah!" "I'm flying there with Ms. Friedrichs." "Is it true that you still have an employment contract with Scientology?" "Yes." "Then cancel it." "We can file a suit at the labour court for you." "There are cases where they did not pay social security contributions not to mention a proper salary, am I correct, Mr. Reiners?" "At the moment, I only want to get back my daughter." "That's what we want, too." "Then please let me fly with you!" "No." "Mr. Reiners." "Call me, if you need me." "Why shouldn't he come with you?" "That's not a good idea." "Ms. Clasen..." "Maybe he realized how inhuman the methods of this organisation really are." "But that does not mean by a long shot that he won't be vulnerable to their ideologies as he was before." "You have to picture a drug addict suddenly running out of junk." "Scientology works like a euphoriant machine that you believe you cannot live without anymore." "Hello Angela." "Is Kaiser available?" "We want you to write down all of your overts and withholds." "In fact everything you've ever said, thought or done against Scientology." "We want you to do this thoroughly." "Afterwards you'll get a new assignment." "Are you ready for it?" "Yup." "Have you ever stolen something from a Scientology organisation?" "No." "Have you ever participated in a conspiracy against Scientology?" "No." "Have you ever participated in a conspiracy against Scientology?" "No." "Have you ever participated in a conspiracy against Scientology?" "Yes." "Thank you." "What kind of conspiracy?" "My father-in-law wants to bring back my daughter and my wife from Florida." "I told them they were at Flag." "Who told you they were at Flag?" "Helen Berg." "Write a knowledge report about it." "Good." "You're doing the liability formula and then you go to Angela." "She's got work for you." "Don't you have a mop?" "No, not allowed here." "I'm sorry." "Don't worry." "I think it's great you're allowed to rehabilitate yourself, Frank." "I think everyone here is going to readmit you." "Here, that one's finished." "Yes." "Frank, it's Gine." "I'm not allowed to call you and I want you to know we're very well." "I also want to tell you I want a divorce." "We're only impeding each other." "Two horses pulling a carriage with different strength must... [unintelligible]" "I wish so much for you to continue on the bridge." "I ... asked Gert to support you..." "Frank, please." "Distrust my parents." "They're our enemies." "You know, we, who have understood that we're only at home in our respective bodies for a short period of time we're having a special relationship." "We're connected through our goals and purposes, not through our bodies." "Mr. Reiners?" "The lock's been changed." "Your father-in-law asked me to unlock your door so that you can remove your stuff." "He says you're moving out." "Yes..." "I'm sorry." "That's the way it is if the apartment belongs to your father-in-law." "Just get going, I'll close up later." "My daughter had called me and threatened me." "If I were to appear in Clearwater, she'd disappear for good." "With Sarah." "I was certain they could have only had that information from my son-in-law." "And still you went there." "Yes." "We just couldn't achieve anything there." "My daughter had reported me to the American authorities." "When she was a child..." "I had forced her into indecent acts when she was a child." "But that's common knowledge already." "Frank!" "Have you heard already?" "Kaiser is gone." "Really?" " You won't believe who's the new ED." "You're supposed to go to him upstairs right away." "Sit down." "You have noticed yourself." "In the past, many things have gone wrong." "Kaiser and Helen falsified the statistics." "That includes you too, by the way." "Have you never wondered why you were progressing so slowly on your way up the bridge to freedom?" "It was probably my fault." "Sometimes it's the enemy himself who's inciting ethics treatment against you." "What?" "Kaiser and Helen cheated on you all these years." "They pretended your statistics were theirs." "They raked in commissions that you were entitled to actually." "what kind of commissions?" "See?" "You're entitled to 10% of Gine's course fees, you recruited her after all." "And we credited them to your account for processing!" "You're going to do the purification rundown, first." "Those are vitamins." "They wash out all of the poisons that collected in your body during the course of your life." "You still have to confirm this here." "After this rundown, you're even going to survive an atomic strike." "What I always wanted to ask you:" "Where do you live anyways?" "Here and there, but most of the time at the org." "If you want to, you can live with me." "I'm living at Gert's, I asked him." "He's not opposed." "How would you describe your relationship to Mr. Reiners?" "I would say..." "We were a couple." "Only Frank wanted noone to know about it." "It was out-2D for him after all." "I'm sorry?" "Adultery." "I don't think this was such a great idea." "But Gine left you." "Not you her." "It's not about that." "I..." "I just feel it's wrong." "You mean because Ron said we should replace sexuality with production?" "I'm afraid you expect too much from me." "Then we'll just love each other in another life." "Frank!" "The time track is long!" "Do you actually believe in this rubbish?" "What?" "If we're all immortal why do we procreate then?" "Because each thetan needs its body machine?" "I consider that word inhumane already." "Good day." "Hello Frank." "Good that you have come back." "That was my son." "He's psychotic." "We had to take him from boarding school." "Not everybody is as lucky as you are, Frank." "Sarah is a great kid." "Have you heard anything about them?" "They're doing well, Frank." "Very well even." "Gine signed a contract with the sea org." "Really?" "Consider it an incentive, Frank." "Be a bit careful with Angela, she's not yet firm in the technology." "You do have a goal, Frank." "You surely don't want to risk it because of her?" "May I ask the witness a question?" "Yes, of course." "In the time that you were together with Mr. Reiners did you have the feeling he was worrying about his daughter?" "Worries?" "Why?" "She was at Flag!" "Did he try to contact her?" "No." "Why?" "Thank you." "Is that true, Mr. Reiners?" "Well, I..." "I had always hoped that once I was clear then..." "Then what?" "That she would come back to me." "But I have come back!" "What's wrong with Ruppert's son?" "Why is he not at the boarding school anymore?" "I'm not allowed to talk about it, least of all with you." "What?" "Why not?" "You're a traitor, Frank!" "Everything ok with you up there?" "Important documents were stolen from Flag." "It was you!" "You're the servant of Xenu!" "I know that!" "I never was at flag!" "Get out of there!" "Let go.. don't touch..." "Angela!" "Now help me with her!" "Hey help... stay here!" "Careful!" "Thank you." "What has happened?" "The emergency doctor says she is dehydrated." "Hardly surprising after five hours of sauna." "Why didn't you handle this yourself?" "Because I'm no physician." "Come to my office right now." "Hello Frank." "Gine!" "You're looking good!" "What are you doing here?" "We're all worrying sick about you." "What did Angela say before she collapsed?" "She fantasised that I was a traitor who stole documents from flag." "Why did you call the emergency doctor?" "Because she needed help!" "Angela herself is cause over what happened to her." "You shouldn't have interfered, Frank." "She would have kicked the bucket!" "You stood against us." "You're a traitor." "Chris." "We can investigate all of this in Copenhagen." "You cannot go to Copenhagen, I have to audit him." "We're doing roll-back immediately." "You're not qualified." "What's the meaning of this?" "You're OT?" "You're letting us go now, or I'll have to write a knowledge report about you." "I came back because I had gotten wind of his relationship to Angela." "I wanted to suggest that we should try again." "You came because I caused trouble for you." "My ex-wife wanted to become member of the sea org." "However that wasn't possible until my condition wasn't resolved." "And what is the sea org?" "The elite unit of Scientology in Los Angeles." "The European headquarters are located in Copenhagen." "She was forced to come back." "Because there was a knowledge report about my client that claimed he was a traitor." "That's why her entry into the sea org suddenly became difficult." "She had to do everything to eliminate this problem." "We can both go to Los Angeles." "You just have to put an end to these suspicions and finally go clear." "And what's with Sarah?" "She's making great progress." "She already did the purification rundown." "Now she's on upper TR5." "She's eight years old, Gine." "I must tell you something, though I'm not supposed to." "Her auditor could audit Sarah back on her time track." "We believe she was a companion of Ron in an earlier life." "[Copenhagen, European centre of Scientology]" "We've arrived, Frank." "Welcome to AOSH" "Ask for Laura, she's informed." "You're not coming with me?" "No." "You're probably going to have to stay here for a while." "But then everything is going to be fine." "Gine, what is this?" "I want to see Sarah, I don't care about this shit anymore." "Please Frank." "Do it for me." "And for Sarah." "Now wait a minute!" "Not so fast!" "You're with the sea org?" "What are you doing here?" "Why are you not at the roll call?" "I want to know where Sarah is." "In ten minutes, outside in the courtyard." "I've got a short break then!" "All in all, I was in the rehabilitation camps of the sea org for nine months." "I had to work at a construction site in Copenhagen." "The sea org had bought an old warehouse there and was renovating it." "With security checks in between, arrests, knowledge reports." "Helen!" "Frank!" "She must not talk to anyone." "What is this here?" "A slammer?" "Helen committed heavy crimes against Scientology." "She can be happy to get another chance." "You get another chance, too." "I came through for you with Laura." "Once you're through with the RPF everything is gonna be fine again." "You'll make it, Frank." "Your thetan is strong." "Don't you see what's happening here?" "That's got nothing to do with the bridge to freedom anymore!" "Ron says:" "He who wants total freedom must accept total discipline, or Scientology will not survive." "Gine." "Where's Sarah?" "You will only see her when I am sure that you're on our side." "Crap." "Bloody hell." "Thank you for coming." "You drive." "I believe you had more time for sleep than I did." "We know where your daughter is now." "Scientology is running a boarding school not far from the German border." "Ruppert's son was there as well." "Come on!" "I'll explain the way to you." "What time is it?" "Seven." "Why?" "I've got to take care of something first." "Is that Helen Berg?" "Yes." "Wait here." "Hello Helen." "I've come to get you." "That's Ms. Friedrichs over there." "She will help us." "We're in trouble, Frank." "Helen, wait." "Please don't, Frank." "Turn around." "Turn around, Helen!" "See the car?" "Go to the car." "Go there." "Now." "Go to the car!" "Get into the car." "Very good." "Go to that wall!" "Thank you." "Touch this wall!" "Look at this wall!" "Go to that wall!" "Touch this wall!" "Well, Bloody Mary?" "Look what I've got for you." "Look!" "What are you doing now?" "You can't do that!" "You can't just take the child with you!" "[Swedish:] It's allright!" "Come Sarah." "You're going back with me." "Will you go with us?" "No my dear." "I'll get you back soon, ok?" "I won't allow you to take her future away." "Your honor, I'd like to read something to you." "Ron Hubbard wrote it, the founder of the Scientology church." "I'm protesting vehemently!" "The religion of my client must not become subject matter of this legal procedure!" "If that is your intention we'll meet again before the constitutional court!" "It's absurd indeed that an organisation trampling on human rights is availing itself of the protection of basic law!" "May I read now?" "No, I only have to decide on the welfare of the child." "The child lived with its mother in Hamburg over the course of the last year." "And you, Mr. Reiners, had visitation rights, is that correct?" "Yes, but I..." "I could..." "I still didn't see her." "But why?" "It reads here: "Every fourteen days the whole weekend over."" "Sarah, your father's here!" "Will you come back to Scientology?" "Will you come?" "Grandpa and grandma are waiting downstairs." "We want to have a boat trip together." "Will you come back?" "No Sarah." "You don't love us anymore." "Go away!" "I drove there again and again." "But she didn't want to see me." "And at one point, I couldn't put up with it anymore." "Do you understand this?" "There are many things we can regulate by means of court decisions, but alas, not everything." "You're asking me to revoke your ex-wife's legal custody, disfranchising her as mother in a manner of speaking." "Only because she continues to be a member of a religious community you have renounced." "What do you think, Mr. Reiners?" "Will your daughter decide differently if I ask her in and ask her whether she wants to stay with you or her mother?" "Probably not." "Precisely." "Revocation of custody is denied, the opinion of the court will be sent to the parties in written form." "May I read now?" "If I don't have to listen, with pleasure!" "Too bad!" "The extreme impatience of people trying to get something done in a society will eventually center upon those who will not work... and, in the case of kings or tyrants, such people have very often been done away with." "Thus the precedent is very old of a society cleansing itself... by removing from its ranks the nonworkers." " L. Ron Hubbard." "The Scientology organisation has been monitored by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution since 1997." "The Interior Minister's Conference classifies the goals of the organisation as hostile towards the constitution." "Even so, Scientology was not banned in Germany - and only in few other countries."