"This film was shot in 1966 and banned after the screening of the rough cut." "This version was completed in 1990." "BORN IN 45" "Come here." "No." "Oh, come here." "What's wrong?" "I have to leave." "You still have time." "Okay, go." "Hurry up, it's late." " Anything else?" " What else would there be?" " So, tomorrow is still on." " Sure." "Why not?" "MoguI!" "MoguI!" " mogul!" " What?" " Come down." " Now?" " Yes." " Let me have breakfast first." "Come on." "Eat with me!" "Okay." " Hello, come in." " Morning, Al." "I'll be right there." "I'll make coffee." " Alfred, where is that thing?" " Right where it always is." " It's not." " Are you lying down?" " No." " Down, against the wall." "You have to lie on your stomach." " How many did I do last time?" " Five." "Wasn't it only four?" "Then do five today." "Alright, I'm going to start." "Three." "See, you're doing fine." "Five." "I don't know what you mean." "You're really good." "Come." "The sausage is wonderful." "You know, it was really only four." "How many doesn't matter." "Main thing's the training." "The skin." "Ladies and Gentlemen, in our series "For Agriculture" we present a lecture by Dr. Robert Kellner on "How to Use Your Protein Feed"." "Always talk." "Never any music, so early." " What?" " Just music." "Talk, talk." "Leave it, Alfred." "My beloved is fair Though he has black hair." "A face so bright is rare" "The air that surrounds him I treasure." "The stone on which he stands Is my pleasure." "My beloved is fair Though he has black hair." "That's pretty, isn't it?" "My beloved is dear to me My heart is so happy" "I love the meadow On which rests his shadow." "He's captured my heart And the day will come" "When we'll never be apart." "My Beloved is fair Though he has black hair." "Li got off late this morning." "Really?" "I don't know." "I was sleeping." "You were sleeping?" "What's supposed to have happened?" "You're driving each other crazy." "Your Al has nothing else on his mind?" "Good heavens!" "He wants to go back in time." "You're taking the matter too seriously." "You're playing the meek lamb." "Stop it." "It's easy for you to talk." "It's true." "Your Al will pick up his old age pension in jeans." "Come, we have to go." "Isn't this great weather!" "Such great weather!" "You know what I always say about weather like this." "Time goes by much too fast." "Really." " Mogul, are you smoking?" " No." " I have something for you." " Let's have it." "Orient." "Thanks." "Sorry, what were you just saying?" "About time or something?" "It's funny when the weather is so nice and you're almost 70." "You aren't really aware that you've already lived 70 years." "Is that really so easy to forget?" "You're right, of course." "You're aware of things." "Well, what's the matter?" "What's with Lisa?" "What about it?" "It's over with us." " It isn't working out anymore." "Really." " What isn't working out?" "Everything." " And why?" " Why, why?" "We don't get along anymore." "Our interests are too different." "Suddenly she's so..." "So old." "Not old, but different." "I'll show you something." "The court summons came." "Li got my petition for divorce." "Want to hear what's in it?" ""Regarding divorce proceedings:" "I Alfred, etc." "Lisa, born..." "Reasons:" "In the two years of our married life we've developed an insurmountable aversion towards each other." "Serious differences of agreement have arisen." "This has led to serious emotional anguish." "It has not been possible to bridge the gap between the viewpoints." "Wait a minute." " What viewpoints?" " Everything." "In general." "And you put all that down yourself?" "Well, it's your business." "I have to go now." " How are you, Grandpa?" " What about you two?" " It's like I said." " Come on, what's going on?" "It's on for tomorrow morning." "Then you'll have to pay." "I'll see about that." "Is Mom at home?" "You bet you'll have to pay." "Hopefully you'll wise up." "Why aren't you working today?" "I've taken some time off." "Four days." "Because of tomorrow." " What about Mama?" " I know you're going to regret it." "You wish." "But it's settled, we both agree." "When it's come that far agreements don't count." "I know that kind of girl." "What do you know about Lisa?" "She's different." "Why break up then?" "You smart aleck." "Why?" "No matter what you say, she's great." "So great that you run off on her." "Oh, stop it!" "What do you know about it?" "It's our business." "Anyone can rake grass." "Get lost!" "Let me see." "Well, how do I look?" "Give me back my cap!" "Give me back my cap!" "Hlello, AAl." "Hlello." "Oh brother." " You haven't been here in a while." " So?" "Forget it." "Will we be seeing you around here more often?" "This place looks like hell." "You've turned it into a storeroom." "Well, I'm in charge now." "When things need to be done on the motorcycles." " Napoleon still on construction?" " He only comes on Saturdays." "Have you seen his new bike?" " No." " Real high-powered." "He can easily do 80 m. p. h. on it." " Where do the others hang out?" " Mostly the club." "The single ones." " The gramophone still around?" " It's over there." "Look, shopkeeper." "You clean up and put the junk away." " Why?" " Because I'm moving in here." " With Li?" " Don't be so nosy." " We'll have the police on our backs." " You're asking far too many questions." "In the evening." "That's great." "I went to see Grandpa." "You can see much better here." "I'm tired." "Come here." "Come over here." "Hey, what's the matter?" "I'd like to have it that good." "Just lie down and forget it all." "Really think we should wait?" "We agreed it wasn't working out." "Didn't we?" "Say something." "Like what?" "About what they said." "If I were a lawyer..." "All this waiting." "Anyway, if we stick to it..." "Then there's nothing they can do next time we go, right?" "I still say it's no use with us." "In any case I'm moving out." "Today." " You have to take it back." " Oh God, that's crazy." "What do I need it for?" "I don't want it." "You can't make me." "And now?" "What: "And now?"" "What happens now?" "Just what I said" I'm moving out." "Anyway, I'm moving out." "I have to go." "Why don't we at least have a beer?" "Or a cup of coffee?" "Some ice cream?" "Let's have some ice cream." "Leave me alone." " Oh, no." "Here we go again." " I can't believe it." "That punk from upstairs is off work again." " And Lisa?" " What about her?" "She was all for it." "I told you she would agree." "Not even divorced yet, but she gave me back the ring." "We used to have some wild times here." "Wild times doing what?" "We played music." "Dreamed pipe dreams." "Place was always full." " Ever fished for trout?" " No." "Why?" "I did, when I was a boy." "And even when I was your age." "The brook ran through the village." "We always fished where the brook ran out of the woods." "Just imagine how it was." "It's summer, you're barefoot." "Fish flitting over the sandy bottom." "The sun leaves bright spots, like shimmering lights." "You have to see where they're hiding and then grab them quickly." "We would secretly fry them in the sandbox." "One guy had an old frying pan." "Another brought salt and flour." "Someone else, the lard." "They tasted wonderful." "Know what, Alfred?" "You should move in with your mother." "No, MoguI." "That's the last thing I'd do." "Never." "Would it bother you if Li got married again?" "Oh well, it was only a question." "I have to go." "Housing commission." "COOK WITH LOVE." "SPICE WITH BINO." "Rough on the outside, but..." "Rowdy and lots of drinking but lots of money, too." "Putting up new buildings as far as the eye can see." "At dawn, when you see it all in front of you..." "Cooling towers, oil tanks, the people tiny as ants." "steel skeletons from here to Alexanderplatz." " And you, Napoleon, in the midst of it." " I saw a movie about it, too." "You didn't see a thing." "How did your court date go?" "Strange." "They wanted to know every little thing." "More than you know yourself, right?" " So, what happened?" " Nothing happened." "I wonder what they'll think up next." " A divorce isn't so easy these days." " Right." " Yeah, you get a real sermon." " I think they were just curious." "They say there's a divorce paradise somewhere." " Find out for us." " Careful." "Your Sylvi might get ideas." " No way." " That's what you say now." " Whatever." "So how was court?" " I talked like a waterfall." "I nearly sang." "But they have their tricks." " "Young man, 6 weeks to reconsider. "" " A whole 6 weeks." " Plenty of time to make up with Li." " No, not with me, you don't." "You've changed your tune." "But back then..." "Li was the prettiest girl in our gang." "Then you caught her for yourself." "Now some time has passed and you're not interested anymore." " Admit it, Al." " He has a point, Al." " What are you talking about?" " He doesn't know what he wants." " What does Mogul say?" " He understands me." " He'll soon give you a kick in the butt." " If he's as wise as you say." "Stop being such smartasses." "Okay, okay." "Quit it." "It was only the first court date." "What about Li?" "Did she cry?" "Nobody asked your opinion." "What's your problem?" "The question is legitimate." "I meant it seriously." "So, did she cry or didn't she?" "You just wait, I'll whisper it in your ear." "Forget it." "You'll never get it." "Hlello, AAl." "Lutz said I should come by." "Well." "So this is where you're camping out." "What's with Li?" "Still at the hospital?" "It looks like you're doing okay." "We're getting older, don't you think?" "You're funny, Al." "Come, let's dance." "Bye, Al." "Bye-bye." "Why are you running off?" "It's been so long." "See, you are funny." "Suddenly you're so serious." "Well, I have my problems." "Really?" "You have problems?" "Oh, don't be like that." "You know Grandpa has a bad heart." "He only works to help me out." "I know, I know." "But he doesn't want to understand me." "He's an old man." "But he's your grandfather." "Well." "There's some pudding left." "You want some?" "In the cupboard?" "Thanks." "Eat slowly." " Li never made anything like this." " Like what?" " Pudding." " Did you ever tell her that you like it?" "No." "I think a woman should figure things like that out herself." "Your father told me." "When we were newlyweds I sometimes forgot to get dinner." "Especially on Sundays when the shops were closed." "Your father would remind me:" ""Tomorrow's Sunday"." ""The shops are closed"." "That was in the first year, wasn't it?" " How old was Papa then?" " A year younger than you now. 22." "Maybe so." "But that was then, this is now." "You still have me." "And you're fighting with Grandpa." "He can't forget the old days." "Neither can you." "Enough that you two suffered." "I live today." "MoguI says so, too." "Today belongs to me, understand?" "What did I do?" "I just teased him with his cap." "He's always scolding me, and Li too." " Doesn't want us to be different." " You are." "We don't understand it." "You talk about Li as if you love her." "And yet you send her away." "She doesn't deserve that." "What do you want, anyway?" "Someone else, someone better?" "Maybe it's you who should change." "You both have it much too easy." "Think of Father." "And me." "I think about you, Mom." "Just tell me if you need my help." "If you need me." "Here." " Take it." "I earn enough." " That's not the point." "You'll need it for the thing with Li." "Is it still alright for me to move in tomorrow?" "It's not for very long." "Remember the game with the string?" " What string?" " You know, the string." "Four hands." "Don't you remember?" "Yes, Napoleon tried to get his legs out." " Exactly." " They got all tangled." "Till they were really close together." "Him and Li." " We laughed ourselves silly." " Yes." "And Elvis with his big paws." "What is it?" " He didn't succeed either." " But we did, didn't we?" "And pretty fast, too." "I knew the trick." "Took two seconds." " A shame." " What's a shame?" "That we separated so quickly." "The others got all tied up." "It was logical." "Of course it was." "But the other part was, too." "What other part?" "The thing with Napoleon and Li." " They were just clumsy." " Or very clever." "After all, Li knew the trick from you." "What do you mean?" "It was more fun getting all tied up than untied." "Come on!" "They were clumsy, that's all." "That's easy to say afterwards." " Are you angry?" " Nonsense." " That was a long time ago." " Exactly." "My painting, Alfred left it here." "Say, MoguI, why did you paint the third birch tree black?" "Lisa, that's only natural." "The big third birch casts its shadow on the little one." "That's why it's darker." "So the path is defined visually." "That's how it becomes art." "The artist's skill." "IT'S STILL SUMMER" " Hello." " What are you doing here?" " Your vacation isn't over yet." " I'm bored." " How's it going with you guys?" " As you see, same as it ever was." "The place's full of lame crutches." "We have 4 on vacation, 3 are sick, 2 are doing reserve duty." " What do you say I help out?" " You?" "You're on vacation." "Vacation?" "I'm bored stiff, I have cabin fever." "It's impossible." "What would I write it down as?" "Forget the bureaucracy, boss." "Just give me a car." "Is this for real?" "Well, I could give you the gray one." "But I have to check with the union first." "Alfred, the manager wants to talk to you." " What does he want?" " I don't know." "Oh, for Pete's sake." "What the big occasion?" "There's a car waiting." "Well, how do I start so that you don't hit the ceiling again?" "I heard you're getting divorced." "Is that right?" "Yes, that's right." "Yesterday was the first date in court." "Not to be nosy, but you know we have to make it our business." "Why are you doing it?" "It's over." "It's not working out anymore." " What isn't working out anymore?" " Oh, it's no use." "Whatever I say I'll get a sermon from you." "And, besides..." "That's my business, isn't it?" "Why don't you sit down first?" "There really is a car waiting for me, so make it short." "I already know what you want to tell me." "But my case isn't at all political." "You can save your sermon." " I don't want to give you a sermon." " Yes, I understand." "It all has nothing to do with me." "That's for Lisa and me to settle." "I had my fill of preaching at court." "Now you start on me, too." "Actually, I'm not really even here." "I'm still on vacation." "I find your show of concern a bit late." "When I got married, nobody came and said: "Al, it's too soon"." "Only flowers and a pat on the back." "You're probably right." "But we thought a good worker would also make a good husband." "Besides, I'd like to have seen you... if I had told you not to do it." "I don't know." " You might have been successful." " But you're doing well." "What's lacking?" " Lacking!" " You have a motorcycle." "A flat." " That's not the problem." " You have good prospects." "You have, you have!" "That's not the issue." " It's about what I don't have." " Which is what?" " That's what I mean." " What do you mean?" ""What do you mean?"" "At first you have illusions about how it's going to be." "And then..." "You share a one-room apartment." "And each expects the other to do something new, something important." "That's how it is." "Even in love you have to have goals." "That's just theory." "We're both calm types, rational and realistic." "Maybe even more than before." "There are reasons for that." "That's exactly why you can't shake off that feeling." "The feeling that you're missing out on something big." "Can I go to my car now?" "All very well, what you're saying." "But I've been married for 30 years now." "Let's talk from man to man." "Being married means compromising." "Sometimes you have to grit your teeth, let's face it." " If I don't want to compromise?" " Then it won't work." "No." "No." "I just thought..." "Oh, nothing." "Is there anything you wanted to say?" "Hello?" "I'll be off, then." "Thought you wanted to say something." " I have nothing to say." " Fine, then." "I have a lot to do." "I'm going to hang up now, okay?" " If you say so." " Okay." "Bye, then." "Nice, isn't it?" "There used to be weekend cottages here." "Now it's a huge heap of rubble." "Half Berlin is under here." "They want to fix it up here, like over in Friedrichshain." "You know, with trees and a pond and a cafe" "Sounds good, doesn't it?" "A strange square." "Classic, in a way." "I always go for classic." "I don't know, It doesn't do much for me." "I met a girl here once." "It was raining and she was barefoot." "Carrying her heels in broad daylight." "She was really something." "I walked toward her, sopping wet, not a soul in sight." "So I said to her "Hello there, gorgeous. "" "She turned around and said "Hello" back." "I smiled at her and she smiled at me." " That's all?" " Yes." "So?" "I had a better story yesterday." "A real beauty." "She was sitting on a park bench." "She was daydreaming." "Taking a sun bath." "So I just sat down next to her." "If I had set my mind to it..." "I don't get it." "Li's much better." "How do you know?" "You didn't see the one in the park." "All the same." "Know the one about the zebra?" "Cop goes up to the zebra and says:" ""Take off the stupid pyjamas"." "I'm a more down-to-earth guy." "You and your stories." "Aren't you tired?" "No." "You always used to get tired around this time." "Oh, be honest." "You don't like my being back." "Why don't we just call it a day, Grandpa?" "Shall I turn off the light?" "MoguI!" "Alfred?" " Yes." " What's up?" "Nothing." " What are you up to?" " Getting ready to go to bed." "Why, something wrong?" " No." " Are you looking for Li?" "No." "I think she went dancing with Inge." "What are you doing tomorrow?" " I'll see Erwin at Pergamon Museum." " Shall I drive you there?" "If you like." "At 1100." "No, 3:00 is better." "And they went dancing?" "I think so." "I see." "Will you dance with me?" "Come on!" "Think I'll wait for you like always?" "That's over." "I'm not sad anymore." "I'll keep busy." "You'll be surprised." "There are enough things to hold on to." "You know what you don't want, but not what you want." "That's not how a real man acts in my book." "You've gotten me to the point I can't stand you anymore." "And yet I love you." "You think your nonchalant attitude impresses people." "But it's just an act." "You're weak." "You don't really know what to do yourself." "Well, well, Miss Know-It-All." " Besides, I just saw you dancing." " God, so I danced!" "And you?" " I danced just like everyone else." " Right." "I saw you both." "I was having a good time." "I'm having a good time these days." "Staying in the basement." "The whole gang's been over." "Like old times." "And Rita, too." "See, you're running away." "I've had some nice experiences, too." "We went for walks." "That can be better than dancing." "But you wouldn't understand that." "And then..." "You have your cars and motorcycles and I have my children." "Besides, I won't be alone for long." "You haven't made me that old." "I'm not looking for anyone, but I'll find someone soon if I want." "You see?" "We sound like an old married couple." "Don't you think?" "Stop it!" "Get away from each other!" "Come on, quit it!" "I don't believe it!" " Leave me alone!" " Come now!" "They just stand there watching instead of doing something." " Oh, really." " Quit it!" "It's true!" "Karin!" "Karin!" "Pretty, isn't it?" " Caught her dancing yesterday." " Lisa?" "She'll find someone new soon." "She has loads of opportunities." " Here we are!" " Come on, guys." "Over here." " It's great." " How did you find it?" " Don't ask." " It's like a hotel." " Careful!" " Yearh, I saw it." " What's taking so long?" " Wow, bathrooms in each one." "Let's me get by." " It's gone up pretty fast." " Amazing, don't you think?" " What's this?" " Our bathroom." " Oh Sylvi, it's so nice." " This is where the shower will be." "Still lots of work, though." "You've got a great view." "If you ask me, it's really different way up here." "Not bad, but a bit small with five kids." "I'd put the couch here, sp you can look out at night." " Then he can see the moon and stars." " No, that one will be higher." "And this is the kitchen, or what?" "Come take a look!" "I'm so happy." "Well, it doesn't have a bathroom, but..." "But it has three rooms facing front." "Tomorrow we can look at it together." " In a minute, Alfred." " Sorry." "By the way, I'm going to the hospital now." "Come." "Are you all set?" "Copyright 2000 TITELBILD, Berlin Subtitlers:" "A. Barrett and E. Battigelli"