"I thought you were Jeschke." "Why so early?" "This is for you." "I can't accept that." " Take it." "It's my birthday today." " Really?" "I'm out of here, now or never." "I'd like to do that, too." "Get out of here." "But where to?" "I'll pick up my stuff later." "Thanks." "Bye." "See you." "As soon as you put that on, you're on duty." "Ah, there he is!" "Morning!" " Morning!" " Finally, some heat!" "What's up with the black guy?" "Listen up!" "The first offer..." "Hold on, hold on!" "Here, choose two amongst yourselves." " Here, here!" "What about kids... you guys want kids?" " If the promotion works out." "When I get another stripe." "First a boy, and then a girl." "I don't know..." "Whenever I meet a woman and I tell her what I do, she runs away." "They don't run away because you're a cop." "Nena loves it." "Wrote some lyrics." "Might have something." " Sing it." " A hit would be cool, huh?" "Last summer one day, happy as a lark Out with the gang, sitting in the park" "Saw a blonde, made my heart swing, 'Neath her T-shirt, she wore nothing." "What's up, "Voice?"" " Forget it." "How'd you like my song?" "It's great." "Went up to her to have a little chat, Said:" "Hey Lady, wanna hear my rap?" "Lady on the grass, I think you're jazz." "I'm very keen to have you come with me." "She said:" "Once will suffice, No need to ask me twice." "So?" "Whaddya say?" "What should I say?" "Got nothing to say?" "Can't talk while you're singing." "You don't like it." " No, I do." "It's great." "Sing some more!" "One year later, sitting on the subway, A chick with a stroller, coming my way." "I said:" "Do I know you?" "Don't think I do." "She said:" "Don't fumble in the dark," "I'm the lady from the park." "Does my singing annoy you?" " You know what would annoy me, Rolf?" "If they'd split us up as partners." " My singing annoys you." "They've already mentioned it." "They don't like it when we get along." " Don't change the subject, damn it!" "Why can't you be honest?" "Just say: "Rolf, it's shit." Why can't you say that?" "What's with him?" " Nothing." "He's black." "Calling 72 33." "Disturbing the peace at Landhausstrae 22." "We have a resident complaining about loud music." "This is 72 33, roger." "Disturbing the peace, Landhausstrae 22." "Disturbing the peace." "What rhymes with "disturbing the peace?"" "Sexual release?" "We need four men for ajob that pays 10 marks an hour." " That's a shit rate!" "Ten marks an hour!" " Check out their shoes." "You?" " No." "You?" " No." " You?" " No!" "You?" " Yeah!" "We still need two." "You?" " No." "You?" "What kind ofjungle stompers are those?" "Slippers?" "Poor guy." "You can't walk around like that here." "Come on, knock it off." "Gotta feel sorry for him." "I'll give you some proper shoes, okay?" "I've seen his proper shoes." "They're too small, made in Poland." "They're banned here." "Don't meet safety standards." " Well?" "Go in the office." "Come on." "You heard him." "You're getting proper shoes." "You should be happy." "This is just a temporary permit." "Can't you do any better than this?" "A resident's card, a passport, something like that?" "You can't work with this!" "What do you mean?" "Last time..." " No!" "I don't have time for discussions." "I've got 20 more waiting outside." "Make an exception." " I can't, it's against regulations." "There's no work for you, got it?" "Sorry." "Too bad about the shoes you would've gotten." "Go on, now." "Good-bye!" "Why are the speakers facing outside?" "Turn them around, you'll hear better." "I'm drowning out the squealing." "Don't tell me the music's too loud." "It's Schubert!" "Nothing to call the police about." "Ma'am, where do you expect the children to play?" " THE child." "One." "It shouldn't play at all at this hour." "Don't you have any kids?" "Of course." "But they were born as adults." " Excuse me?" " What about talking to the child's mother?" " No." " Fine, first warning." " Ma'am, if we have to come back here;" "we will take Schubert, and set YOU on the window-sill." " Get it?" " So." "Everything's staying the way it is." "Good morning!" "Your tickets, please." " Morning!" "Your ticket?" "Thank you." "Thanks." "Good morning." "Your ticket, please." "Your ticket." "Your ticket...!" " Is there a problem?" "I'm coming." "Good morning." "You're lucky." "But get off at the next stop." "Your ticket's for this zone only." "Thank you!" "Hello!" "Get off here!" "Hurry up, get off." " My ticket is valid." "Are you telling me how to do my job?" "Sorry, but I'll have to write you up." "Your ticket is no longer valid." "Jochen, wait!" "Are you sure about the zone?" " I can't let him slide." "Your ID!" "No, remain seated." "Just hold on." "It's too late now." "Tell the conductor to call the police." "Okay!" "We'll have to question you since you don't have a passport." "Excuse me." "Call the police." "Okay..." "Name?" "Stop, wait." "My ticket is valid, you know it is!" "You know it!" "Bastard!" "Close the door, I have his bag!" "Money?" "No money?" "Insurance card." "But no money!" "Why do you keep on about money?" "Want to see a doctor first?" "No, it can wait." "So long he's still on the run..." "He's probably long gone, the creep." "We'll get him." "He stands out with his black skin." "Soil..." "Soil!" "Okay, is this riding without a ticket, or do you want to press charges?" "Press charges, of course!" "He could've seriously injured me." "Do we have a name, something to start a search with?" "Albert Ament." "Heusteigstrae 66." "...My colleague and I boarded the number 9 line at exactly 6:30." "Then my colleague..." " Wait a minute." "Let's get it all in the statement." "His ticket was only valid for one zone." "The zone had just ended, so I told him to get off." "But he remained seated!" "Then the man did have a ticket." "Well, yeah, maybe I was mistaken." "That's no excuse for aggression." "Even a guy like him should know how to act." "How did it lead to the assault?" "I can explain that." "He suddenly tried to escape through the middle door, so I tried to block him." "And the bastard grabbed me here and smashed his head in my face." "He got me right here." "He grabbed my upper arm with such force, I pulled a muscle." "I can confirm that." "Here's another C.V. In this one, he's Liberian and had to flee." ""Dear Mr. President, I have great admiration for you..."" ""Voice," here's his picture." " He wrote to our president?" "What does he want from him?" " Have you ever written to him?" "He's German!" " Bull." ""My father fought with the German army in Cameroon between 1910 and 1918." "After the Germans left, it became too dangerous for him because he was a known German sympathizer."" "Sympathy can come in handy." " German shepherds, too!" "We have some Poles in our building with a German shepherd." "They've become" "German citizens!" "He applied at Daimler Benz!" "I wouldn't wanna get in a car assembled by one of them!" "Knock it off!" "This is about a human life." "I used to think like that in the beginning, too." "Morning." " Morning." "A little advice." "Don't let the hard luck stories get to you, or you won't accomplish anything." "You see, some of the more senior guys have had bad experiences." "Come on, Rolf." "I think a tooth's been loosened." "My jaw hurts..." "Headache..." "I'm still queasy." "Be on the lookout for a black African." "He's reportedly violent." "Over." "This is 72 33, roger." "We're on our way." "Hello." "Morning." " We're looking for a man named Albert Ament." "A black man." "Don't know." "Could we see the manager?" "He's in the cafeteria." "Straight ahead." " Thanks a lot." "Hello." "Hello." " Are you in charge here?" " Yes." "We're looking for Albert Ament." "A black man." "That's how it always goes." "You do this and you do that..." "And then the police show up." " Does he live here?" "Yes." "Let's see if he's here." "Come on." "Enjoy your meal." "My biggest problem are the refugees that don't get sent home." "It's only natural they get frustrated." "I don't think anyone can live like this very long." "If you don't have the right to work, if you don't have the right to do this or to do that like the others..." "It's a hard life, gentlemen." "He's been in Germany for 8 years." "This way." "Helicopter pilot, that's what he wants to be." " A pilot?" " He keeps saying:" ""I'll get my license at the American military base."" "The Americans are making him wait, he says." "His room's over there." "No smoking!" "I don't know if he's there." "Actually, he's been thrown out." " Thrown out?" " We had to do it." "You'd have to know the details." "Is he aggressive?" " No, he's rather peaceful." "You could discuss the Bible with him for hours." "Hang on." "Mr. Ament?" "Was there a break-in here?" " No, not in this place." "Two weeks ago, we changed the locks." "Naturally, he forced the door open." "That's one possibility." "Maybe he found ajob." "Lately he wouldn't go out until late, if at all." "But the rules clearly state that they have to vacate their rooms from time to time, for cleaning." "He says he's a Catholic, but I think he's in a sect." "Besides, there was that incident with the electric hot plate." "They were cooking soup right here in the room." "So I threw him out." "He came back." "He didn't know where else to go." "So we changed the locks." "I'm laughing, but it's actually tragic." "What does he live on?" "Meat!" "Justjoking." "His rent is paid by a Catholic charity." "How much can you do?" "It's frightening to thinkjust how low a person can sink." "Just look!" "Just look how many of them are in the restaurant business, or garbage men." "Used to be at least the driver was German." "What did he do?" "And the Lord continued:" ""If you are merely friendly to your brothers, what are you doing that's special?"" "Dear... parishioners... a millimeter can represent an infinity." "A gentle word can save a life." "Most things depend on the little things in life." "Those few words, those small gestures, those small..." " Let's stop here and have lunch." "Listen, Thomas," "Preaching is an art." "And this art requires that you breathe freely." "You constrict your voice too much." ""God!" He has to be present." "On a pillar of air." ""God!"" "Aren't you hungry?" "Mercedesstrae 67..." "Turn "the Voice" off, before we get another one of those Schubert calls." "Or a runaway Dachshund." "Can I really do that?" "Heinz?" " What would you do in his place?" "Whose place?" " The black guy's." "Imagine yourself in his place." "I can't imagine it." "Why?" "Why?" "!" "Turn it off, will you?" "Because I want to catch him." "Christ." "What would you do?" " I'd go to the public pool." "That's you, Rolf." "But what about him?" "I'd wait until dark, and then I'd take off for..." "With what?" "Don't look at me like that." "He has no money!" " Nothing ever happens to guys like him." " Yes, it does." "She'd probably pick him up." "Great machine." "Costs a fortune." " You really think she'd pick him up?" "The white woman in the black Targa," "She makes me so... ga ga." "Stupid." "Too stupid." "But it'd be something." "Just imagine it." "What if he killed her?" "He's not the type." "He wouldn't do that." "He should run away." "He gives me the creeps with his dirt and stuff." "White woman in the black Targa, On the banks of the Neckar," "So unsuspecting, Didn't feel a thing." "Think about it." " About what?" "We keep forgetting we have guns." "Would you shoot?" "Would you?" " I don't know." "They're little enough to still like us." " Look what I got!" "We don't have any more stickers, but look what we do have." "Watch this." "Blue lights!" "Elvis!" "Hello." "An all-nighter?" "Yes!" "..." "No." "No." "A coffee, please." "No breakfast?" "Coffee." "Would you mind sitting in the back?" "Otherwise, Elvis won't shut up." "Dogs are the better people." "You know how it is." "Here's your coffee." "Hope you find it tasty." "Give us another round?" "A smoke?" "Thank you." "Hello." "Hello?" "..." "Anybody there?" "Bye!" "Got a light?" "Nice car you've got there." "But I still wouldn't want to trade jobs." "Not only because the pay's lousy." "Nah, I'm telling you..." "Catching criminals, letting them go..." "But it's not your fault." "It's not you who makes the laws." "Hello." " Elvis!" "Oh, keep barking." "He won't stay long." " Did you notice a man this morning?" "A black man?" "A nigger?" "Did you see one?" " Oh, God forbid." "Didn't we pay attention, Elvis?" "Elvis, did you see anything?" "Thank you." "Excuse me." "Got a light?" " No." "What are you doing?" "Nothing!" "How much will you give me?" " What for?" "To take you to The Hague." "The Hague?" " Yeah, The Hague." "Amsterdam." "You want to get away from here, that's why you're creeping around the trucks." "Okay... how much?" "Who told you to come here?" "Nobody!" "..." "How much?" "400 marks." "Not a cent less." "I don't have it." "How much?" "How much do you have?" "I don't know." "I don't have 400." " That's too bad." "How long will you be here?" "Two hours." "Hello!" "Go away!" "Here's a real flower for you." "It's very pretty." "Thank you." " You're welcome." "Simone!" "Don't worry!" "I won't hurt her." "I just want to ask you something." "Don't be scared, he won't hurt you." " Listen to me!" "I won't hurt the little one." "Take her!" "Come on!" "Why are you standing there like that?" "Come on." "I need your help." " What?" "Let me go." "I need money." "Then I'll go." "I'll leave you alone." "Please!" " What?" "..." "Let me go!" "Sweetie... everything's okay." "Just fine." "Hmm?" "..." "What do goats eat?" "Please..." "I really need the money." "Who are you, anyway?" "I don't have any money, either!" "Look," "look at his shoes, Grandma." "I really need that money." "Well?" "But I can't give him money!" "What about Daddy's shoes?" "He has so many of them!" "Give him Daddy's shoes?" " Yes!" "And what will Mommy say?" "What do you mean?" "I'm going to come with you now, and you're going to give me money" "Oh, yeah?" "Where am I supposed to get this damned money?" "Money, money!" "From the cash machine." "Are you listening?" "Don't you have a card?" "No, I don't have a card!" "And I don't have a cell phone or a driver's license!" "But you know how to dance, right?" "What?" "That has nothing do with it." "Sweetie, I've told you not to run away." "What do you want from me?" "Excuse me." "I'm sorry." "I don't know what I should do." "I didn't mean to do that." "Come on, sit down." "You scare people like that." "Really." "My name is Gisela." "My name's Simone." "Are there real ghosts in your country?" "Yes." "Are they bad?" "Some of them are very bad." "What do they do?" "They steal everything." "Wow!" "Like you?" "Why do you need money?" "To pay someone to take me to Holland." "I see..." "What's your name, anyway?" "Me?" "..." "Albert." "Ament." "Ament..." "Albert Ament?" "No." "Frederic Otomo." "What?" "Frederic Otomo, from Cameroon." "I have a nice name, too." "Simone Wagner." "Yes, that's very pretty." "So are you really from Africa?" "Yes." "With real lions and everything?" "Yes, exactly." "And the babies, are they all white?" "No!" "Mommy said all babies are born white." "No." "So are the babies all pitch black?" "Yes!" "I knew it!" "Grandma, can I finally feed the ducks now?" "Yes, of course." "Here's the bread." "Don't fall in the water!" "Are you visiting here fromAfrica?" "Yes." "Where did you learn German?" "At school, in Douala, Cameroon." "Douala..." "Just the sound of it is pretty." "And what brought you to Germany, to Stuttgart?" "It's modern here." "The cars are good." "Everything works well." "The capital of order." "World class." "World champions, the Germans!" "Yeah." "Are you from here?" "No, I'm visiting too." "My daughter and my granddaughter." "But I'd love to go to Africa." "I find it fascinating that the Africans dance so much." "I love to dance myself." "I'm taking a course in African dancing with friends, twice a week." "It's true!" "How old do you think I am?" "55?" "What?" "It's not nice of you to age me like that!" "Oh!" "At home, that's a compliment!" "Really?" "Yes." "No..." "I'm 46, and I'm already a grandmother." "Grandma, I'm hungry!" "And I want to finally let him try on the shoes." "Okay, then." "Does your family still live inAfrica?" "Yes." "But my father is dead." "When he was alive, he was a fisherman." "His name was Sergio." "He always caught the biggest fish." "My grandmother thinks you're great, don't you, Grandma?" "Simone!" "But your mother is still alive?" "My mother?" "I don't know." "That was 20 years ago." "She wanted me to become a sailor." "But I only ever made it to stowaway." "Her name was Maria." "I hid in a cargo ship from Liberia to Bremen." "I've been here ever since." "First in Dortmund." "And for the past 8 years in Stuttgart." "That's all I am." "And now?" "I always wanted to be a pilot." "A helicopter pilot." "Grandma, tell the story of the time you scratched the car with your bike and your daddy wanted to cut off your hand." "No, not now." "And why do you want to go to..." "Where was it?" "Holland?" "He's probaly in a department store, waiting to get locked in." "I got one out of a store at night once." "What's the matter with you, Heinz?" "Come on." "I'll get him." "Well?" "Did you see him?" "This is 72 33..." "Put it down." "No blue lights." "We're required to use the siren." "If I don't, I have a good chance of getting him." "It's against regulations!" "The regulations have nothing to do with reality." "If we come up empty handed, you can forget about our promotions." "Go to the train station." "I'll drive around." "Hello, Mrs. Schelling!" "Hi, Simone." "Morning." "Good morning." "Did you see anyone?" "No, I didn't." "Thanks a lot." "Mommy, are you home?" "Nothing." "What are you doing?" "He's in one of these buildings." "Heinz, we have to continue our beat." "We'll wait here until we get a call, okay?" "Okay." "Look what Grandma brought me from Berlin." "Try them all on." "He doesn't need them all." "Did you find any that fit?" "The brown ones are too small." "But we haven't even asked your father." "How can we if he's not here?" "Do you like it here?" "Yes." "I've never seen the inside of a German home." "They fit." "Grandma!" "I'll take you with me, to my friends." "And then we'll all go toAfrica." "Won't you take off your coat?" "I have to go." "Will you give me the money?" "Will you?" "I have to go before it's too late." "Why did you stop dancing?" "Aren't you hungry, Simone?" "I'll make you something to eat." "Alright, let's go to the bank." "Simone, put your coat on." "Why can't she stay here?" "I can't leave her alone in the apartment." "I'll wait here." "I'm not leaving my grandchild alone with you." "They're looking for me." "Do you really think I'd hurt a child?" "I'll give you what I can." "But then if you don't leave, I'll scratch your eyes out." "Or if you hurt her, or me." "I won't be long." "There you are." "Have a nice vacation." "Hey, can't you find your way home?" "No." "Good morning!" "Morning, Mrs. Schelling." "Office party." "Oh?" "My husband's in Heidelberg." "Is he?" "My mother is watching Simone." "Do you know what you get when you order a "cold pussy?" No!" "Coke with red wine!" "Go check out your mother's party upstairs." "Why?" "She has a visitor." "Visitor?" "Go look." "I don't want to spoil the surprise." "Hello." "Hello, Mommy!" "Hi!" "Mom?" "Where's Grandma?" "She's not here." "What are you doing in my apartment?" "Ow, that hurts!" "Sit down." "Shit." "Are you crazy?" "You left Simone alone here with a total stranger?" "Don't get upset, I know..." ""Don't get upset?" I don't believe it!" "We have enough problems with the landlord." "He's always calling the cops." "Your friend had the music up full blast!" "I don't believe it." "You're giving him money?" "Mom, are you giving him money?" "It's my money." "Fine, we have plenty." "I'm afraid." "Get rid of him, now!" "People can help each other!" "Why not ask what's going on?" " You old hippie!" "Bye." "Hello." "There was an incident on the tram." "It couldn't have been that bad." "I'll come with you if you want." "I'll talk to the police." "You know... they'll never understand." "I'm not going to jail again." "Come on." "You can get out that way." "I'm bad luck." "Why do you say that?" "I don't know." "I'll call you when I get to Holland." "Wait for me at that bench on the river." "I'll just let them know upstairs." "Thanks for helping me." "Mother!" "Heinz!" "Unbelievable!" "This is 72 33." "We may have spotted black suspect, we're in pursuit." "I don't believe it." "He's still here!" "This is 721." "Message concerning black suspect." "The suspect's been spotted on the Gaisburger Bridge, over." "Morning." "Hello." "Hello?" "ID, please?" "Where are your papers?" "We're bringing him in to be identified." "He's remaining calm for the moment." "We'll probably need a van to bring him in." "Morning." "Good morning." "Is that him?" "Not sure yet." "He's not reacting." "We're pretty sure." "Does he need an invitation in his tribal language?" "Do you speak German?" "You have to come to the station on an assault charge." "Don't make trouble!" "There was an altercation this morning." "The man pressed charges." "Is he deaf?" "He has a beard." "The APB didn't mention a beard." "They all look the same." "How many more are coming?" "Get in the van, or we'll force you!" "Stay calm." "We have your bag." "Hey pal, drop the animal rights activism, will you?" "Calm down!" "It's five against one." "What are you doing?" "Shit!" "Look out, he has a knife!" "On August 9, 1989, 2 police officers and Frederic Otomo died on Gaisburger Bridge." "3 other officers were injured." "This film is based on facts that are known about Frederic Otomo's life." "Where he was between the time of the ticket control at 6:14 am and his arrest at 9:08 am is unknown."