"Kuhle Wampe or:" "Who Owns the World?" "Manuscript:" "Bert Brecht" " Ernst Ottwalt" "Music:" "Hanns Eisler" "Direction:" "S. Th." "Dudow" "Production Management:" "Georg M. Höllering" " Robert Scharfenberg" "Camera:" "Günter Krampf" "Audio Records:" "Tobis Melofilm System Tobis-Klangfilm" "Sound Editor:" "Kroschke" " Michelis" "Sound Cut:" "Peter Meyrowitz" "Architect:" "Robert Scharfen Berg C.P. Haacker" "Musical Direction:" "Josef Schmid" "Orchestra:" "Lewis Ruth" "Leading Actor:" "Hertha Thiele" "Martha Wolter Lili Schönborn" "Ernst Busch Adolf Fischer" "Max Sablotzki Alfred Schäfer" "Ballads:" "Helene Weigel Ernst Busch" "Distribution and Hiring:" "Praesenz Film G.m.b.H Berlin" "One unemployed worker less" "'20 instead of 26 Weeks' (Vossische Zeitung, 2 October 1931)" "'Westfalia South splits off' (Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, 5 March)" "'Spy war of the Iron Front ... against the officials' (Voelkischer Beobachter)" "'Against the Boetz-Pension' (Lokal-Anzeiger. 24 October 1930)" "'Japan accepts' (Germania, 1 March)" "'Unity London-Paris' (Vorwaerts, Berliner Volksblatt, 24 January 1931)" "'One Billion and 800 Million' (Die Rote Fahne, 5 June 1931) '... urtius on his foreign policy' (Berliner Tageblatt und Handelszeitung, 11 February 1931)" "'2.5 million without work, the result of Mr Schacht's policies' '3/4 million unemployed!" "'" "'Four million!" "Increase of unemployed under pressure of young'" "'Unemployment increases!" "2,700,000 seeking jobs in June' '4.1 million unemployed." "Rapid increase in unemployment in August'" "'Almost 4.5 million unemployed / Increase of 180,000 in second half of December'" "'Almost 5 million unemployed / On 15 November 4,844,000 / Increase since 1 November is 220,000'" "'Over 5 million unemployed  part-time workers'" "'Unemployment increases again' '315,000 unemployed in Berlin 100,000 unemployed without support'" "Workers will not be hired" "The boy won't get support at all any more." "You don't care about anything any more, do you?" "Hello!" "The welfare office is going to pay the back rent for the Schulzes next door." "They won't pay a penny for us." "You never know." "At the welfare office they take it as it comes." "'The early bird gets the worm.' If you don't try anything, how can you be surprised things go to pot." "And the boy doesn't even bother to greet the building manager." "Greeting won't help when you haven't paid the rent in six months." "He can damn well say hello." "Unemployed and impolite to boot -- no one can afford that." "That's not the way to get a job." "Not that way, not impolite." "Not when polite either!" "There are no jobs." "You can be poor, you can have bad luck." "But there are also people who don't have bad luck seven months in a row." "You think the boy is especially lazy?" "Yes, that's what I think." "And you?" "How far did you get?" "You've got no more than the dole in your pocket, too." "You don't have to waste your time at the unemployment office the whole day and then come home with your lip." "Hard-working people get on." "Good God." "What will the neighbors think?" "Every day the same fight." "Coming!" "Don't blame the morn that brings hardship and work." "It's wonderful to care for those one loves." "What have you done now?" "Jumped from the window." "And he put the wristwatch on the table first." "Of course, it would have been ruined, from the fourth floor." "Which window was it?" "That one!" "Nah, not that one." "There." "One unemployed worker less." "Such a young man." "And the father doesn't know a thing yet." "They've got seven million unemployed in America too." "Well, before they used to drive to work in a car and now they're demonstrating because of unemployment." "But on foot!" "Motive for the deed?" "Unknown!" "Such a young man." "He had his best years still to come." "The best years of a young man" "In the matter of the building owner ... ..." "Gustav Stephan, plaintiff, against, one, Franz Boenike, two his wife Greta, nee Mohr, accused, due to non-payment of rent, the court has decided   accused are sentenced to abandon apartment to the plaintiff." "Although the accused has been unemployed a long period, the Boenike couple could have paid the overdue rent with a bit of good will." "Their current difficulties must be seen as their own fault." "In the name of the people." "Court 234 Division:" "Rental Issues" "Welfare Office Room 15" "Braun, Bailiff, 5-7 p.m." "Fritz, telephone!" "It's come the eviction now." "The bailiff was just there." "The furniture is out on the street." "Yes, and now what?" "Yes, and now what?" "Then you'll just have to come out to my place at Kuhle Wampe." "Is that possible?" "Naturally." "I'll bring a car for the furniture." "About one hour by bus from metropolitan Berlin, set among the grass and woods on the inviting shores of the Mueggel Lake, not far from the Mueggel hills, is the tent colony..." "Kuhle Wampe, Germany's oldest weekend colony." "It was established in 1913 with ten or twenty tents." "After the War it expanded to such an extent that it now comprises ninety-three tents in which three  hundred persons are housed." "The pedantic cleanliness within the colony and in its surroundings is remarkable." "The  colony 'Kuhle Wampe Club Supporters' is a member of the Central Organization of   Beach Clubs, Inc." "The Club's relationship with the authorities is currently a good one." "Kuhle Wampe Club Supporters" "You just heard the "Schwarzenberg March," written in 1814, in our program of "Army Marches Old and New" ..." "Now you will hear the march "Deutsche Kaiserklaenge"" "Here rests our last hope for work: "Kuhle Wampe"" "Attention, Berlin!" "You just heard the march "Deutsche   Kaiserklaenge." That completes today's morning program  from the Berlin Broadcast Hour." "The play of the sexes renews itself Each spring." "That's when the lovers Come together." "The gently caressing hand Of her lover brings a tingle to the girl's breast." "Her fleeting glance seduces him." "The countryside in spring Appears to the lovers in a new light." "The air is already warm." "The days are getting long and the fields Stay light a long time." "Boundless is the growth of trees and grasses In spring." "Incessantly fruitful Is the forest, are the meadows, the fields." "And the earth gives birth to the new Heedless of caution." "I am a courtesan but not a spy, a courtesan who was paid well for her love, who demanded and got five thousand, even thirty thousand as the just price for her favors." "That was the refrain of Mata Hari's defense..." "Among her favorites were  also, as it was put, the one-time   police president of Berlin, Jagow   the Prince of Braunschweig   Mr von Jagow got to know Mata Hari when  she performed at the Winter Garden." "He visited her backstage to see how the nude dance ..." "Mata Hari... and whether everything   was legal." "She was called the Queen of Dance  but known as the Queen of Sensual Pleasures ..." "The rich connoisseurs admired her as a delicacy of the rarest kind   The effect of her dances came especially from the veils and nudity, from the snake-like and lustful movements, in short, the ..." "... symbolism of love or-gies, as seen indeed  in the expressive dances of the most primitive  and oriental peoples express  Only her small breasts were covered by small, chiseled copper plaques." "The upper arms and ankles were decorated with bracelets set with gleaming jewels." "Otherwise she was naked, from her fingertips to her toes   The dance revealed her flexible and firm structure in its an- androgynous agility." "Between the arching lines reaching from her open under  arm below her raised hands   to the depression at her waist   The legs were an ideal shape and were raised like two fine columns of a pagoda." "The knee caps were like two round lily buds." "Everything had a delicate am-amber color." "Everywhere gold and pink lights played." "Born on the column's capital of long, softly arched thighs the ivory-colored stomach..." "Hi!" "Were you there?" "It's too dirty there." "I'm not going to ruin my life." "If anything happens ..." "... I'll beat you to a pulp." "Don't lie, something is the matter with you." "Don't make trouble here at work, otherwise I'll be fired tomorrow." "I can't stand it any more." "If it goes on, I'm moving away from out there." "Paying alimony and single taxes, you might as well get married." "Nonsense." "I want my freedom." "Where are you going?" "I still have to wash a car tonight." "You wanted to talk with Father tonight." "But I can do it tomorrow too." "Dr med." "Dohmeyer, Gynaecology 4-6" "Free office consultation and advising for pregnant mothers, hours Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 9-10" "No waiting!" "No medical exam!" "Under state control WORRY-FREE Funeral Insurance Group Inc., Cremation." "Anna Boenike, born 28 June 1911, in Berlin; residence in Berlin, 27 Trift St, single, occupation - worker, group 52, date 11 January 1932, form no. 4879, payday" " Wednesday." "Entire burial costs 99.50 Marks" "What are you going to do with Anni?" "Marriage is out of question." "I'm not going to ruin my life." "What will happen to the girl?" "Very unfortunate." "Now you're in a spot!" "Why?" "It happens in the best of families." "Are you going to marry the girl?" "I guess I don't have much choice." "When do you want the engagement party?" "Pretty soon, I guess." "Congratulations" "Can I help you?" "No need." "Want to come in?" "What for?" "Wait a minute ..." "You don't want this whole engagement, right?" "Of course not!" "Why are you doing it then?" "I have no choice." "Nothing to eat, but he's got to have patent leather shoes." "Unbelievable." "Well, if you're celebrating this kind of engagement, how can you be surprised that people get drunk?" "Otto!" "Otto!" "Come back right away!" "Let'm alone!" "If he wants to go swimming, it's good for him!" "Otto, you're going to be the death of me yet." "Otto, you stay here and be done." "Swimming at night with a belly full of beer." "My body belongs to me." "What's up with the beer, Fritz?" "Just whistle and I'll run!" "Just whistle!" "Whistle!" "What are you up to?" "Get Mother and your things!" "We're moving away from here." "Gerda put a bee in your bonnet?" "Where can we go?" "We're not just gypsies on the road in the middle of the night." "You've gone nuts!" "You've got to be really ashamed." "She's gone nuts." "Simply ran away." "Don't worry, Fritz, we'll stay with you." "What a joke." "So, now you're going to live with me, next Sunday you'll come with me to the athletic games and you can forget Fritz." "Worker athletes against the race for records: become a worker-athlete." "Wedding!" "Here!" "Two hundred." "Reinickendorf!" "Here!" "Eighty." "Charlottenburg!" "Here!" "One hundred and twenty" "Friedrichshain!" "Here!" "One hundred and fifty" "Pankow!" "not here" "Mitte!" "Here!" "Schöneberg!" "Here!" "One hundred" "Tempelhof!" "Here!" "Eighty" "Wilmersdorf!" "Here!" "Eighty" "Prenzlauer Berg!" "Here!" "Where is Anni today?" "She's coming, had to go to the printer" "What's up with her?" "What do you mean?" "She's still living with me." "That is really inconvenient for her, she broke up with Fritz right at this time." "Sports equipment room" "I didn't even get home last night, I've got to sleep sometime." "Tomorrow I'm supposed to compete in the swimming marathon." "No. you've to finish the banner." "Look, it'll be done pretty soon." "Yeah, and when am I supposed to sleep?" "Wrestling match Major Sports Meet of the All Workers' Sports Sunday." "12 June." "Swimming, Rowing, Motorcycle, Bicycle Races Begin at 9 a.m." "Hi Gerda, so Anni's living here now?" "Yes, sure." "I've been looking her the whole week." "Where is she running around till late at night?" "She's not running around." "She's with us and works here." "She was here before, too, before you came along and took her from us." "I convinced her that she didn't have the stuff for your athletics." "In my view some women don't have what it takes." "Some do and some don't." "I think she feels fine here with us." "I can't come tomorrow." "I'm out of money." "I have only twenty pfennigs too." "Can't you give us something?" "Sure." "By the way, I was laid off yesterday." "That's bad." "Look at that!" "And if you want to talk to Anni, come on out with us tomorrow." "The competitions are in the afternoon." "There you can hear a few things that won't do you any harm." "Forward, without forgetting Where our strength is now to be!" "When starving or when eating Forward, not forgetting Our solidarity!" "Forward, without forgetting Our street and our field Forward, without forgetting Whose street is the street Whose world is the world?" "Coming out of the crowded flats The darkened streets of embattled cities You come together To struggle together." "And learn to win." "And learn to win." "You bought boats From the pennies you sacrificed And you saved the bus fare by starving." "Learn to win!" "Learn to win!" "After grueling struggle for the necessities For a few hours You come together again To struggle together." "And learn to win!" "We are the 'red megaphone'." "Megaphone of the masses we are." "We speak what oppresses you." "We speak what oppresses you We are the 'red megaphone' Megaphone of the masses we are." "Köslin Street, Wedding district, back building." "The landlord throws out an old renter." "He brings along the furniture mover:" "'Go ahead and load up junk.'" "'Wait a minute." "You must've made a mistake." "We've lost our welfare benefits, Mr Landlord.'" "'You're half a year behind in rent God knows, my patience has run out.'" "Patience, patience - that's a crazy thing." "The neighbors, proles, are building a circle." "The furniture mover asks, he discusses, until even... the last one understands." "Forward, without forgetting Where our strength is now to be!" "When starving or when eating Forward, not forgetting Our solidarity!" "First we are not all here now Second it is but one day When the work of one week's time Still is heavy in our bones." "Forward, without forgetting Where our strength is now to be!" "When starving or when eating Forward, not forgetting Our solidarity!" "First we are not all here now Second it is but one day And now those lying in the meadow Otherwise are in the streets." "Forward, without forgetting Our street and our field." "Forward, without forgetting:" "Whose street is the street Whose world is the world?" "I have that one already." "Listen, I'll read it again now: 'A real state,' says Hegel, 'and a real state government emerge only when there are already distinct classes, when wealth and poverty increase greatly and when the situation is such that a large number can no longer satisfy in the accustomed way.'" "Now hold still!" "Fritz always wanted to have his freedom." "At 13 Marks 20 a week, freedom is worth shit." "Well, then he can marry Anni." "I'm sure he'll do it." "At least she is earning money." "You may be right." "Attention!" "Doors closing!" "In Brazil, they burned 24 million pounds of coffee" "What did they do with the coffee?" "They burned it, pure and simple." "24 million pounds of coffee burned?" "That is no more than demagogy." "I read that too but I don't believe it." "Anyone with common sense knows that is simply not possible." "'Burned coffee" " Madness of the World Market.' See?" "There you have it:" "'In Santos, the world's largest coffee port, there is more coffee in the warehouses than the world ..." "um... can buy..." "All together 12 to 15 million sacks... more than an entire year's production from Brazil, so..." "And because more and more coffee is added... '... the government has the surplus burned.'" "You don't have to read that." "We know about that nonsense." "We have expensive wheat and unemployed industrial workers while Argentina has expensive industrial goods and unemployed farmers." "And it is all called the world market and is a crying shame." "24 million pounds of coffee burned." "That is really a crying shame!" "They can do that to us!" "Quite right!" "I don't understand a thing!" "Burned coffee!" "What's the purpose anyway?" "That is pure malice on the part of those people." "Malice?" "They can't be malicious if they don't ..." "So you want to defend the guys, huh?" "You think it's okay that they burn the expensive coffee?" "Permit me, the man didn't say that at all." "The man said quite clearly..." "What is it you said again, neighbor?" "You know, you should never actually boil coffee, I tell you." "Coffee should never boil." "Once it boils, it is ruined." "And don't even think of pouring the coffee into a tin pot because the aroma just disappears." "It's all in here." "Why did they do it?" "Because they wanted to keep the price of coffee high." "You see!" "'You see!" "' We have to pay the high price!" "And why do we pay the high price?" "Because our hands are tied." "International politics!" "Quite right!" "If we had a fleet, then we'd have colonies too." "If we had colonies, then we'd have coffee too." "And if we had coffee..." "Yeah, what then, in your esteemed opinion?" "..." "Go ahead and say it." "Then prices will go down, huh?" "No, they shouldn't." "But then  we'll cut the deal!" "I keep hearing 'we'." "Who is that:" "we?" "You and me?" "And that gentleman there?" "And the lady there?" "And the funny man there?" "So, 'we' cut a deal." "Come on, man, you don't really believe that!" "24 million pounds. 36 times 24..." "carry the zero ... another zero." "Then they threw away 86 million?" "That's supposed to be a deal?" "That's no deal!" "If one pound costs 3 Marks 60..." "What, 3.60?" "Hey, you must be used to a superior brand." "Gentlemen, I say it again: so long as the people can't save their pennies, they'll never get a head." "Quite true!" "Yeah, you really look like you save your pennies." "Okay: one pound costs 3 Marks 60..." "But why 3.60?" "For 2.40 you can get very good coffee." "I even bought some for 2 Marks." "Really?" "Let's say 3 Marks." "That's not the point." "Now wait a minute!" "I say 2.50 and he says 3 Marks and there's supposed to be no difference?" "24 million times 300..." "That's nonsense, what he's figuring there." "They earn nothing on the stuff they throw away but rather on the stuff they keep and sell to us at a high price." "You've always got to have less than is needed." "Otherwise there's no deal!" "You can only make a deal when there are people who need something and don't get it." "They're on welfare but they drink coffee by the pound; you can smell it in the stairwell." "I don't know nothing, but I always said to my husband:" "'William, you know, there's something fishy there.'" "Coffee is a luxury in any case." "The common people never drank coffee before." "Before the people used to travel in carriages." "I forbid is political agitation!" "What do you mean 'agitation'?" "You're the one who's campaigning!" "Just keep your temper, young man!" "I'm not your young man!" "It's quite obvious that you never served." "And you?" "You were probably an NCO, huh?" "Kurt, belt him one!" "Give the fool an orange and send him to the orphanage!" "You!" "Close your trap or sawdust will come out!" "I warn you!" "Your insult costs 40 Marks." "Oh man, don't ruffle feathers!" "Since when do you talk to me like that?" "They didn't raise us in the same stall!" "Quite right!" "Bow-legged and can't hold a gun!" "Stupid fathead!" "Other people've got a head but you've got a pimple!" "But gentlemen, I must insist that you quiet down!" "You are not alone in the train!" "You keep talking about coffee in Brazil." "Now I ask you, gentlemen: what is it to you what happens to the coffee in Brazil?" "Quite right!" "What's more it's Sunday today." "Okay, if you're not interested in coffee, then I have another question for you: you do eat bread, right, neighbor?" "What do you say to the wheat they're using in America to fuel the boilers?" "And what about the cotton?" "Ya see, we don't even need that much coffee." "We Germans are thrifty people." "The main thing is stay free of those foreigners." "Ya know, we should be growing our own coffee in Germany." "They grow so many grapes along the Rhine, why not some coffee?" "Ya see?" "We could even buy wine in France." "And then we'd have peace in Europe, ya see?" "Yea, the two of us, we're not going to change the world either!" "Right You won't change the world." "And the lady there  will not change it either." "And the man will not either and an unpolitical person like you not by a long shot..." "And this man here   he too will not change the world." "He is satisfied the way it is now." "And who will change it?" "Those who are not satisfied!"