"Excuse me, aren't you Mr. Barschel?" "What?" "I don't understand..." "Barschel" " Murder in Geneva" "But you are Mr. Uwe Barschel, right?" "I don't understand..." "Uwe Barschel?" "That movie is already 20 years old." "I 've set the living room scene at a train station because I had wanted to create the impression of a display window." "I don't understand any of that!" "That's obviously your problem!" "(ironically) Oh?" "Well, how many viewers did your movie have?" "Always the same questions!" "Even though you know damn well that without any proper advertising budget nobody will watch it!" "These are just lame excuses!" "Why did you come here in the first place if you don't believe anything I say?" "I will leave, I should go to sleep anyway (asshole)" "People are deceived and being lied to, right?" "For example, what kind of movie could you film about the situation in Argentina?" "The leaders of the military junta there have just been released despite the fact that they killed thousands of people  and had hundreds of pregnant women kidnapped!" "They had their newborn children taken away and had them given up for adoption by rich families had the mothers killed" "President Menem knows all that, yet he releases those people" "But not enough, he also blocks the reunion of those children with their blood relatives because he is friends with many of those adoptive parents" "Is that your new project?" "No, no, no, that's something different!" "I can only tell you that it is pure political dynamite!" "If all goes according to my plans, you'll be watching that movie in this cinema very soon" "Any news?" "..." "Landretzki?" "He shall wait!" "Landretzki's lost it once again!" "human depths..." "you don't learn about that at university... the blonde..." "(sorry, I don't understand his answer :-( )" "Welcome, I hope it'll last a few hours" "Ohhhh Ahhhh" "No, no, no, where's the supervisor?" "This can't be true!" "Well, that's just brilliant..." ""the ?" "is also relevant" "it will arrive tomorrow!"" "it's a tight schedule, we've got a meeting with Patzer about the script" "Didn't I cancel that?" "Besides, I have a meeting with Horst." "And his name is Parzer, by the way." "Won't take longer than a quarter of an hour." ""I haven't read the script myself, too bad about the topic"" ""Interesting at a first glance, but he manages to sabotage his own efforts"" "That man has missed all recent trends, and I'm not sure he'll ever catch up again." "Didn't he work for TV once?" "I've seen a production..." "So what?" "Every idiot can work in television!" "Don't bug me about Parzer, I should have cancelled that!" ""Why did you have him come here?" "Who?"" "Parzer!" "If you don't have time for him you could have sent him a rejection letter" "I know him, we used to work together I hope he's gotten off his high horse yet." "Is Landretzki in yet?" ""Yes, and he's pissed off" "So am I"" "Hello, my dear" "(bad german with polish accent) Boss, no can do no more He ruin everything!" "I coming from Poland, make sophisticated movies, here only "camera here, camera there"!" "What need cameraman for?" "Cleaning lady will do!" "Boss, you say: "Director, make more art", we all be happy!" "Cleaning lady?" "That's a very sought-after profession..." "Have a seat!" "Coffee?" ""Yes" Intercom: "Mrs. Schulte, order for the kitchen: 3 coffees!"" "I am happy that you are so dedicated, that is a rare quality, and I think you've done a great job..." ""Great job?" "Is shitty job!" "Damn, that's not for you to decide!" "..."" "You have to follow the orders of the director!" "Do you understand?" "Or you can go earn your Zloty back home!" "There's enough of your kind waiting at the border!" "If you leave your work one more time, you'll be fired!" "(Polish accent) But I am good cameraman!" "You're supposed to film a pre-prime-time serial, nothing more!" "And if that's not good enough for you then piss off!" "Yes, Boss!" "(Intercom): "Schulte, coffees cancelled!"" "Are you finally cleaning up here?" "Wittmeyer called" " I'm supposed to present my new project." "I have a good feeling" "Well, let's hope for the best!" "It's about time, as I am not your pension plan!" "Oh you!" "Could you give me your car keys?" "Are you serious?" "Come on, I would know how else to get there!" "Thanks!" "Wait, I need cigarettes, too!" "Bye!" ""Am I mentioned in here as well?" "In it there are successful people only!"" "Why?" "I've just read Eckart Schmitt's name... (laughs)" "There he is, Doctor Otto Parzer, born Aug. 8, 1940, divorced, 2 children Studied politics, German studies, History,..." "PhD in Politics, from '65 to '68 three years in China, then production of movies and documentaries, various film awards:" "Grimme-Award '72, Kassel..." "What a dud!" "Commercially completely unsuccessful!" "But Wittmeyer profited from it as he used to be Parzer's producer, he got all of his business connections through him but he managed to part ways right on time."" "I wouldn't have thought that of him." "Parzer then got involved into politics, was in German Parliament for the Greens in the 80ies, for one term..." "Interesting change, too bad there's no info about character in these CVs" ""Yes, please?" "Doctor Parzer, I have an appointment with Mr. Wittmeyer"" ""Please leave your car, and come up on foot!" "Ok, coming!"" "I see." "Yes, we will redirect the order, six copies..." "Nine?" "Ok, but the price must be adequate!" ""He's late!" - "Keep calm, he's just arrived!" "Ok, let's cut this short: where is that damn script, anyway?"" ""So you don't want to help him?" "Why?" "Am I some kind of Christian Charity?"" "Doctor Parzer is here (Good luck!" ")" "(formal):" "Ah, here you are!" "Any difficulties getting here?" "(informal):" "Incredible, but true!" "Hello Heinz!" "(formal):" "Have a seat, Dr. Parzer!" "(surprised):" "Are we on business terms now, Heinz,  now that you've had success!" - "The good old days are over."" ""Too bad!" "But maybe there is an opportunity for a new collaboration!"" "(formal):"You want to do a movie abot Uwe Barschel?" "Yes, that's why I'm here unless you want to talk about our old productions, but that might bore the young man over there." "What's your name, by the way?" ""Jürgen Bernke" - "Good evening!"" "My dear Dr. Parzer, I will be blunt, and I don't have that much time," "I didn't like your script at all, I think it is a complete shit!" "I don't get it!" "Everybody I presented the script so far thought it was exceptional!" ""Half of the big players have already rejected that script" - "That's not true!"" ""We're only talking now because of our past collaborations." - "There are some interested parties..."" ""No" (laughs) - "What didn't you like in particular?"" "In my book, I'm trying to show what politics might do in our country - without any compromises!" "So what?" "Why a film about Barschel?" "Who cares about that, that theme?" ".." "Viewers at the cinema are neither interested in politics nor politicians, they only watched that Kennedy movie because of Kevin Costner" ""Landretzki has just left for good!" - "Wait a moment" " I'm coming!"" "It's an interesting topic..." "I still remember how we watched TV back then, and discussed all the facettes of that scandal." ""What was Barschel like?"" "What he was like?" "Born in May '44 in an air-raid shelter near Berlin his father, a clerk, dies at the front, his mother raised 4 kids by sewing and stitching" "Visiting childrens hospitals and protectories is clever!" "Plan that for me!" "On World Handicapped Days there have to be retarded kids at the council..." "The elderly are important as well - we should organize some outings and afternoons for the old right before the election!" "The press... ...has to be selected very carefully!" "The family stays at a refugee camp, he's a mediocre student, but diligent and eager to study" "Most of his highschool teachers were right-wing conservatives, which influenced his political beliefs" "I will acquire a German fitness badge - inform me about swimming competitions and organized hiking trips!" "Head of the local "Junge Union" at 23, Vice chairman of his state branch of the CDU at 25 a provincial deputy at 27, group chairman at 29" "At 35 Federal State Secretary, Head of Federal State at 38 an exceptionally fast rise to the top!" "His brother Eike had a career of his own, as Head of Finance for Swiss company "Wild-Leitz", a producer of weapon scopes amongst other things" "Carefully select those unemployed teens, no troublemakers!" "And for the Disco night at the music festival:" "if something goes wrong, Pfeiffer, then your ass is on the line!" "While on the rise he finished his PhD, his dissertation was about the responsibilities of the Head of State in Schleswig-Holstein" "Search for an injured dog!" "But it must not die or our plan will fail!" "That animal photo shoot has to be leaked to the public, to youth magazines, too" "The act with the dog has to be spectacular, something like a hitrun, and we nurse it to health at our home" "He marries Freya von Bismarck, who is 2 years younger, they have 4 children and live in a mansion" "From poor circumstances to the top:" "air raid shelter to state chancellery, sounds great!" "The film has to show clearly that Barschel was created by Stoltenberg and friends, which leads us to the next important person in my book" "Doctor Gerhard Stoltenberg, a vicar's son, Director with "Krupp", from 1971 Head of CDU in Schleswig-Holstein, Head of Federal State, Minister of Finance, Minister of Defense retired because of numerous scandals about secret weapons exports, e.g. to Israel amongst others" "At first he pushed Barschel, but withdrew his support later on" "In December '87 he denies any involvement in "Waterkantgate" in front of the commission" "How will Stoltenberg's character be named in the film or do you plan on keeping the real names?" "Well, we are filming a movie about real people." "Look, in '87 the CDU has been in power in Schleswig-Holstein for 37 years" "Uwe Barschel was Head of Federal State, and he was the favorite for the upcoming federal elections in autumn but his opponent, Engholm, gained more and more sympathy" "Barschel had to play it safe and had Springer Publishing House recommend him a man called Reiner Pfeiffer" "You're exactly what I was looking for" " Behnke will send you your contract!" "You know what this is about: raise my reputation and discredit Engholm" "Pfeiffer was a sleazy journalist who got fired as Chief editor from CDU-affiliated Weser-Report and convicted for diffamation in '83" "After that he worked as a speaker at funerals for some time." "For Pfeiffer that job was the opportunity of a lifetime." "Listen, Pfeiffer, if I pay for one single life-saving surgery for a dying child, I will get lots of complaining phone calls about those sick children for whose surgeries I don't pay!" "But what did Pfeiffer and Barschel do specifically?" "That's where the Kieler commission was very thorough:" "Only 16 days at the job, Pfeiffer gets his first assignment from Barschel:" "Check Engholm's tax statements and be sure to find something!" "He doesn't find much but he exaggerates to file an anonymous tax complaint" "What if Engholm were gay?" "Well, have him surveilled until he is gay!" "On 2/5 and 2/17 Engholm gets two phone calls from Pfeiffer, who calls himself "Dr. Wagner"" "Pfeiffer (as "Dr. Wagner") tells Engholm that he might have AIDS" "In April, Pfeiffer tried to leak that AIDS rumour to Bild newspaper which didn't work so he drew his attention to the independent voters community in Schleswig-Holstein" "What do those Independents hide in their closets?" "Fraud and Drunk driving?" "That's not enough!" "Pfeiffer also tried to find extremist cells in the Green party by the way of intelligence services and criminal police" "Finally, in september and early october Barschel had his assistants sign false affidavits and committed multiple acts of perjury himself." "Isn't that strange?" "With Pfeiffer's arrival he's completely changed sides." "Didn't he have some ties with the SPD?" "Yes, at least from the end of september Engholm must have known about it" "Of course, Engholm played a convincing victim." "Perhaps he had Barschel drop in it - but if so they would have dropped the bombshell way before the election!" "I rather think that Pfeiffer has recognized Barschel's megalomania and backed out." "You have to get me a bug - if it is found, Engholm will be accused." "This is our last chance!" "Barschel is rumored to have asked Pfeiffer to push a woman into the water so he could save her!" "..and he had planned an attack on himself!" "All those acts fit Barschel like a glove, he was an ice-cold power seeker!" "I never liked that guy!" "gave school and government jobs only according to the proportional representation of the ruling parties" "At a rally against the Brokdorf nuclear powerplant he used the biggest army of policemen ever to be found in the BRD was a doubter of the right to demonstrate called for a central camp for asylum seekers always tried to present himself in a positive way, but he was cold as ice" "did anything to achieve his goal to become Chancellor he showed no mercy - for himself and others only surrounded himself with yeahsayers like Herwig Ahrendsen" "Barschel worshipped Karl Dönitz, that old Nazi." "He even went to his funeral" "He was willing to take high risks which caused a lot of accidents" "He survived 5 car crashes, and a plane crash on May 31st 1987, in which 2 pilots and 2 security workers, in short everybody else on the plane but him died!" "Wasn't the plane crash caused by a manipulated beacon?" "Who knows?" "But it's a fact that he had to spend 2 months in hospital till August '87 while Pfeiffer both continued his smear campaign and prepared to jump ship" "And another 2 months later the man who just defied death in a plane crash commits suicide?" "Oh stop it, all those speculations coming from everywhere..." "...I can't hear it anymore!" "Where in this is a movie?" "The man killed himself, basta!" "The entire script only shows Mr. Parzer's moral pointing finger, just like before!" "If there were a conspiracy the entire system would have crumbled a long time ago" "I am not an idiot, I have proof, and I'll show you!" "Why do you assume that it was suicide?" "In any case he couldn't have done it alone - that fact alone would be enough for a thriller!" ""Yes, the facts left all of us speculating!" "Whatever!"" "All that has already been said in Heinrich Breloer's TV movie, and it's not enough for cinema." ""What do viewers want in your opinion?" "Thrilling and interesting stories!"" "The viewers want to connect emotionally with the figures on screen, they want to share the joys and sorrows" "Do you really think that all the public wants is love and corniness?" "Love stories are forceably included in way too many movies nowadays, and how often do these poor plots suck?" "And how often, in your opinion, would these plots suck if the love elements weren't included?" "It's either love or murder - excuse me, I have to make a phone call... (This one has murder and death) "Indeed!"" "Mittermeyer speaking..." "How far have you got?" "..." "In one hour?" "Alright, in one hour it is!" "His death is the only interesting part - too bad that your book ends with his death..." "If there were a murder there might be a book - but there was no murder!" "I am not so sure about that, and I've done my homework!" ""There are many inconsistencies I haven't included up to now" "But that's sheer speculation by journalists." "He committed suicide!"" "There wouldn't be a Barschel case without journalists!" "and the suicide theory is very weak - I need a flip chart, Mr. Behrnke, do you have one?" ""I can't show it to you in any other way" "Jürgen, go fetch that toy for the world's best director..."" ""By the way, how are your children and your wife?" "We got divorced, but you know that - look at your computer!"" ""Say, you don't give a fuck about that Barschel case, right?" "I'm sorry about your wife, I must have forgotten, sorry!"" "Don't be so touchy!" "I've already stated that I'm interested, let's focus on the case." ""and behave like grown-ups!" "Yes, please do so!"" "Ok, here's what we know for sure..." "On Sept. 25th Barschel resigns, on Oct. 2nd he hands his official duties over to Henning Schwarz, and on Oct. 6th Uwe and Freya Barschel go on holiday... ..Oct. 7th:" "Federal Minister of Finance Asmussen declared that Barschel had asked him about an anonymous tax claim against Engholm as early as january which contradicts Barschels affidavit from Sept. 18, ending his political career and ruining his life-long goal of becoming Chancellor" ""Perhaps that is exactly what happened!" "But the traces and pieces of evidence leave enough room for speculation"" ""E.g. why did he enter the bathtub fully clothed" "Because he knew he'd be photographed - out of shame!"" "His attorney Professor Samson said: "He called me from Gran Canaria in Kiel to tell me he'd be making his statement in front of the commission on Oct.12 and he wanted to meet me the night before in Kiel." After that he made another phone call - who did he talk to?" "According to his notes, it was with Robert Roloff, an informant, who wanted to help him against Pfeiffer" "Barschel had planned on meeting Roloff in Madrid but then decided to meet in Genf at the Infopoint" "Barschel tells his wife goodbye on Oct. 10, 7:30" "His plane leaves at 10.30, and he almost misses it - it is unclear why..." ""Perhaps he bought some pills" "Or he met someone"" "He arrives in Genf at 15.10h. Frank Garbely, a journalist with "Weltwoche", has pictures taken of him at the airport" "Excuse me, aren't you Mr. Barschel?" "But you are Mr. Uwe Barschel?" "Uwe Barschel?" "From this point on there are 2 versions of the story:" "Either Robert Roloff doesn't exist and Barschel goes directly to the Hotel, not the Hilton where he had made reservations but the Beau Rivage to commit suicide or we believe his notes and he meets with Roloff" "But Roloff has nothing much to offer, Barschel realizes that his political career is over... ..he then goes to to Beau Rivage and writes his notes to lay a false trail" "Drove a few times round the airpoint, then met with R.R." "Tonight I'll get a photo from Roloff at the Hilton showing Pfeiffer and his instigator" "Quick magazine claims they have found Pietro Gattuso, the taxi driver who took Barschel to the city:" "(bad italian accent) I took Barschel directly to the hotel." "You can't even go around the  because you aren't allowed to pass the Swiss-French border by taxi at one of two crossings on the way!" "But let's stick with Barschels Roloff-theory: what could a photo of Pfeiffer and his instigators prove?" "According to his assistants he never took notes" "Perhaps he started taking them because it was so important" "Around that time Herbert Amry, Ambassador of Austria in Athens, and Heribert Abfalterer, industrial magnate, both died of heart failure after meeting with mysterious informants" "What's all this got to do with Barschel?" "There's numerous suspicious deaths every day - what's your point, exactly?" "But Heinz, this is no Hollywood script, where everything is layed out clearly from the beginning, this is real, and the truth can't be said in just 1 or 2 sentences" "That may be right, and everyone knows that you've a lot of insider information on the case but what is the connection to Barschels death?" "It might be possible that someone wanted to have Barschel killed but he commits suicide before he gets assassined, and the contract killer hides evidence to get his pay" "But let's stick to the facts for now:" "Barschel arrives at the hotel at 16.30." "He makes a few phone calls, and according to the people he called he sounds fairly optimistic." "I've met Roloff, tonight I'll get a photo." "It was all a frame-up to bring me down" "If we assume it was suicide, then why would he act optimistically?" "So that his family wouldn't worry about him?" "I'd rather expect him to give his relatives orders, judging by his character" "Perhaps that was what that trip to Geneva was good for" "Barschel made calls to his wife at 17:41,18:01 to his sister, Folke Junkers, and at 18:18. 18:28 and 19:08 to his brother" ""Eike Barschel denied that third phone call" "Perhaps he needed a person he could trust"" "At the time of those calls reporters Knauer and Anders from Stern were on their way to Geneva" "I arrived at the hotel around 17.00h, had a coffee at the hotel bar, then went back home" "As I live close to the Beau Rivage I went over there several times till the reporters of Stern arrived around 23.00h" "I haven't seen Barschel even once throughout the entire time" "A prostitute claimed to have seen Barschel at the foyer of the Beau Rivage around 17.30" ""She reportedly saw him talking friendly with two men and described one of them as looking like an arab" "That woman only wanted to make some quick bucks with her mysterious men"" "At 18.30 he orders a bottle of red wine from servant Pierre Vergori which cannot be retrieved afterwards" "The 2 reporters from Stern try to call him several times at his room, but he doesn't answer" "At 23.00h the reporters knock at his door and listen carefully" "Hello!" "Is there anybody?" "On sunday, Oct.11th, the reporters have breakfast at 7.00h" "They try to call Barschel at his room several times between 9.30 and 11.50 but he didn't answer" "At noon, Knauer goes up to the 3rd floor" "(bad french accent):" "Yes, I am sure that the guest from room 317 had put up the green sign asking to clean his room at 11.00 but at 11.30 the red sign was up" "Barschel couldn't have done that as he was dead already by 11.00" ""At 12.42..." "Hello?" ".."" "At 13.30 the water in the tub was still lukewarm so I assumed that he had just died a very short time ago" "I contacted the reception immediately, they informed the police, then I called my editor" "At the primary autopsy in Geneva they only discoverd 2 haematomas, one to the forehead and one at the back, but a much larger one at the back of the head was only found at a second postmortem in Hamburg" "During the autopsy we found 8 drugs, let me read you my notes:" "Barschel might have taken small amounts of Diazepam and Nordiazepam before his flight," "Cyclobarbital, a strong narcotic was found in a highly toxic dosage he may have taken or been given a lethal dose" "We also found high doses of Pyrithyldion, a Hypnoticum banned from the BRD since 1982, in his stomach and urine" "In 1987 it was only available in the DDR and Denmark" "Diphenhydramin, an antiemetic, and perazin, a tranquilizer, were often used as knock-out cocktails" ""No blisters or packages were recovered from the hotel room" "He could have thrown them away before"" "Barschel has died almost exactly like recommended by the German society for humane assisted suicide - hotel room, drugs, bath tub, but... they don't recommend any neuroleptika like perazin which was found on Barschel, as they rarely induce death, and if so then only with extreme pain" "How could he take all those drugs and then clean his glass himself?" "He might have dissolved the drugs in fluid or taken liquid drugs as there were no pills or packages recovered" "But how and where from?" "Barschel couldn't have taken the deadly Cyclobarbital first and then have removed all traces after ingesting all those pharmaceuticals he must have been in some sort of somnolent comatose state, there's no other way!" "Alain di Natale, the night clerk, later stated to the press:" "There was this guest who arrived one day before Barschel and was given a room at the 2nd floor  but the day after he lived at the 3rd floor where Barschel was!" "Yet still it was no murder!" "It could have been assisted suicide - maybe a helper gave him the drugs and removed the packages" "Barschel would have contacted such a person before but in Geneva he only had contact with his brother!" "Well, ok, so it was his brother then!" "But why did the police react so strange?" "Later, they pressured and pressured that night clerk until he recanted his original statement" "Why did they such a bad job at documenting the crime scene that everybody is talking about a cover-up?" "What did the police have to fear?" ""That's the wrong question - better ask who interfered with the police!" "But you're just speculating!" "You and your conspiracy theories!"" "So which details support your murder theory?" "1: why could no packages of those deadly drugs be recovered?" "2:" "Who drank the whiskey from the minibar flask which was later found empty in the trash can?" "3: and who cleaned it with water?" "All of that could have been done by a suicide assistant!" "Make sure he arrives on time and follows the details on a note which will be found on the bed" ""And that guy also drank the bottle of red wine as Barschel had no alcohol in his blood?"" "Why did he order the wine if he didn't plan on drinking it?" "Perhaps he had changed his mind after placing the order or he feared complications with his drugs or he was expecting his brother who is a wine drinker - or his brother was there" "But why would whoever drank the wine remove the bottle which was nowhere to be found?" "(Phone) "Wittmeyer!" "..." "You're finished?" "Well, we aren't, we have to reschedule..." "...tomorrow, 10am ...Ok, fine"" "His bed was definitely not used, and what about his filofax?" "Parts of the pages for Jan 17-19, June 6-8 and Dec 19-21 have been removed" "Why were his shoes dirty?" "Why were there stains on the bath mat and a towel?" "Why were hairs and a ripped out button lying on the floor?" "And what about that noise at 4am?" "(now also with bad accent) Me and my colleague Ramouche heard a loud noise that night at 4am, dull thuds for 10, maybe 20 seconds  we thought it was coming from the hallway and went upstairs but we didn't see anything" "The assisted suicide theory might answer a few of those questions!" "Maybe, but there were others who were interested in making Barschel disappear..." "An informant told me that Barschel had ties with Adnan Kashoggi and Moll had close relations with the BND and the Ministery of Defense" "It is safe to assume that the BND did weapons trades with Israel and South Africa by ways of the administration in Kiel" "Barschel had contacts in the DDR." "He went there twice a year and was spied upon by the Stasi" "We thought that he was a right-wing conservative with a weakness for alcohol and women" "When he got elected Head of Federal State he started being very condescending towards us" "He also knew Roland Uhlich who was a weapons dealer for Schalk-Golodkowski." "Aug 20-24, '79 in Dresden, Cottbus, Leipzig Magdeburg in '81, Rostock in '82, June 1-4 '82 in Magdeburg..." ""Let's assume that Roloff exists..." "'83"... blah bah..." "Where would he get Barschels number on Gran Canaria from?"" ""Maybe not only Kiel but also the Stasi had that phone number..." "Oh god, they listed every damn road trip!"" "We had taped his phone calls for quite some time but he also had ties with us and the Israelis." "You know that he had the phone number of the Israeli embassy in Bonn with him in Geneva?" "Must have been an inofficial contact as he had written down that number backwards!" ""Why would that presumed witness for the defence work for the Stasi?" "That's simple..."" "because there was an existing Stasi officer called Herbert Roloff, but those similar names might be a coincidence..." "Either Barschel made him up or somebody was luring him into a trap!" "There could have been another decoy: on Friday Oct. 9, private investigator Werner Mauss lands in Geneva..." "Mauss arrives at Frankfurt at 12.05 where he picks up his wife and an unknown person he arrives at Geneva at 13.32, the unknown person stays behind when Mauss and his wife leave for Zurich at 13.54.." "...only to go back to Geneva at 21.08." "Normally he stays at the Beau Rivage... ..but now that Barschel is there he stays at the "Le Richmonde" which is located right beside the Beau Rivage" "On Sunday, Oct.11th, he leaves for Frankfurt at 12.51, just after Barschel had been found dead..." "and then comes back to Geneva at 17.14 where he leaves at 17.42 and lands at Dusseldorf at 18.49" "The Geneva police later denied any arrival of Mauss!" "Mauss was protected by his friend Louis de Martin, a section head of the Geneva police" "Any investigations in that direction were stopped even though there is a photo proof that shows that Pfeiffer and Mauss knew each other since 1964" "Furthermore, an employee of Mauss' told that the CIA used the Beau Rivage as suspects were easily controlled in that building" "At the very same time in Geneva there are weapons dealers Adnan Kashoggi, Mansur Bilbassi, Josef Messerer, in whose notebook Barschel was mentioned and Alex Nielich(?" "), furthermore Ahmad Khomeini, son of the Ayatollah, and his weapons dealer Rafiq Dust also secret agents Rainer L. Gobin(?" "), Dirk Stoffberg and weapons dealer John De la Roque" "So there is a conference in Geneva about the release of hostages:" "5 weeks earlier, a technician with Siemens, Alfred Schmitt, got released from Lebanon for 18 million, Mauss was the negotiator" "Now he is supposed to buy the freedom of Hoechst manager Rudolf Kordes, but Teheran doesn't want money but weapons and submarines from Rohwalzwerke Deutsche Werft AG, Kiel" "Teheran had experience in that kind of deals as they had recently got weapons from the US for payment to the rebels in Nicaragua via Swiss bank accounts" "The Shah had paid 250Mio DM as an advance for submarines but due to the revolution and the war with Iraq the Deutsche Werft AG had stopped production and kept the money" "Honestly, I don't know what to think about that any more" "The point is: the illegal export of submarines to South Africa" "Ports, dealers from the DDR were used as middle men for illegal BRD weapons exports" "Was Barschel involved due to Stoltenberg?" "Were his DDR trips disguised weapons deals?" "If so then a tie between Franz-Josef Strauss via his son Max's office and Schalk might be possible ...and that might be the reason why Schalk hasn't been prosecuted yet" "The big fish always get away." "What a surprise that Schalk-Golodkowski and Markus Wolf haven't been arrested yet!" "My point exactly!" "No matter how much reporters have found out, it still isn't enough." "You have to look behind the scenes." "Who informs whom and why - why do we have certain informations while others never see the light of day or turn up years later?" "If some individuals didn't take notes there would only be pr stunts!" ""Eg. how do we know about the history of the US?" "From westerns with John Wayne!"" ""North and South" with Patrick Swayze was also quite interesting..." "This might be the work of just a few unscrupulous men who commit crimes for profit" "Take Vanderbilt who sold defective ships to the Union which led to the deaths of ten thousands of soldiers" "I know what it comes down to for you, but there lots of books written about that!" "Please continue with your story!" "Ok, back to Gran Canaria:" "Barschel had been dropped by his own political party... he feels completely left alone and calls Bild journalist Hans-Erich Bilges" "What?" "That can't be true!" "They dropped me?" "Not if I can help it!" "And here's an important detail: he sends a telegramm to parlamentary party leader Klaus Krippen:" "Unfortunately I am almost alone in my search for justice but I will fight for the whole truth to be made public" "Barschel had become uncontrollable" "The Kieler Schiffswerft AG and the Ingenieurskontor Lübeck had sold illegal ship construction plans to South Africa in 1985" "Both state and federal government knew about it - after the scandal of '86 the General Prosecutor filed charges but not because of military treason the Finance department in Kiel only ordered a fine which hasn't even gotten fully paid after Barschels death" "in '88 they simply stopped their payments but obviously not their shipments" ""That telegram must have made quite a few people very nervous!" "Yes, that might have ended the careers of quite a lot of politicians."" "I'll ask you once again: do we have your full support?" "..." "Ok, consider Barschel dead!" "So either Roloff is Mauss or the man he took with him, then Mauss brought the killer out of the country!" "Mauss doesn't have to be involved at all, the killers could have arrived another way" "Maybe the Stern reporters couldn't reach him because he wasn't there" "He had ordered red wine because he had expected company but then got picked up instead" ""...maybe to a conversation" "Barschel wasn't crazy, he wouldn't have gone with anyone!" "Why?" ".." "..he had to clutch at straws by then!"" "Ok, coming over!" ""Hello, good evening" "Good evening"" "(Oh crap!" ")" ""Idiot!" "You're the idiot!"" "As early as Oct. 15th both Kiel and Geneva seem to have agreed on ruling it a suicide as mentioned in "Basler Zeitung"" "According to very reliable sources some very important and influential political and judicial German institutions have taken great interest in having his death ruled a suicide" "That might be why all the important puzzle pieces have been uncovered by journalists!" "The suicide version has been approved." "Kill him the way we planned!" "The ruling bodies had no interest in the truth!" "I've already mentioned that the investigative authorities fucked up!" "Important witnesses didn't get heard... ..some witness statements got lost" "I repeat: no photos of the hotel suite, no fingerprints, no footprints, and no urine analysis!" "Suicide!" "Leak that to the press, stop your inquiries, do you understand?" "Right now!" "The case is given to the inexperienced investigative judge Claude-Nicole Nardin, and on Oct 16th she agrees with both German and Swiss authorities that it was a suicide" "Eike Barschel accuses the CDU and Stoltenberg that they had wanted his brother politically buried" "His attorney feels threatened and steps down." "The CDU councilman Count Kerssenbrock pleads for a thorough investigation in front of the parlamentary commission and is thrown out of that body by his own party!" "Mauss doesn't even have to give a statement, and Stoltenberg gets away with political gamesmanship" "All political and judicial authorities have kept silent up to this very day!" ""That case can't be solved" "Because it must not be solved!"" "We got him." "Our part is done." "From now on it's back at your level, over." "Those three killers were professionals, known by name to insiders!" "Heinz, this is political dynamite!" "This film has to be made to put pressure on the authorities!" "Stoltenberg, Kohl, the BND will have to give statements then!" "That Stasi connection which was uncovered only in 1992 could have been planted by the BND the killers might not have been Stasi agents but BND, with backing of the government!" ""The German governemnt would never order a contract killing!" "Governments are only subordinates.."" "Listen, Parzer!" "This is where the fun ends!" "But it's money that tells people what to buy and what to desire, its only flaw is that it can't use its power directly... its middlemen, the politicians, have to be elected by the people, and they get elected because money controls the media!" "which leads me to my initial statement: whoever controls information has the power!" "Why is it rarely mentioned in political magazines that the SPD was spied on by the MAD?" "or that Manfred Wörner ordered a background check on Rau and Engholm" "Say, who is gonna be co-producer?" "You know how touchy people can get..." ""What do you think about it?" "The story is a thriller..."" ""Are the killers really known.." "Yes, I got witness statements"" ""There has to be money for this film!" "If the script gets in the wrong hands at state film funding it's all over!"" "And there's no room for product placement with that kind of story, so without TV or film funding no distributor will pick this up!" "Hmm, that won't be easy" "By the way, it sounds more like a documentary, and that's not my job." "You can't reach the public with documentaries any more!" "This has to be a movie!" ""..and all the possible lawsuits!" "You've always said that!"" "Besides, preliminary injunctions create publicity!" ""That's the way it works nowadays, right?" "I could be ruined by that kind of movie, and I'd fear for the safety of my family  if they were able to kill Barschel then they could kill all of us!" "This might not be important to you but I am happily married for 30 years now and I plan on retiring safely" "Oh yeah, just thinking of yourself!"" ""He got scared, too, wen we planned that movie about Stammheim!" "That had nothing to do with it, I just jumped off a derailed train before a crash!"" "Why do you have to hurt somebody with your movies every time?" "Don't you get it?" "The public needs to be told about the criminal activities of the state!" ""..they need to be told about the people who pull the strings!" "You have naive and idealistic view!"" ""There's no point in swimming against a stream like you do" "At least let's try it!"" "Is there a point in just filming movies filled with lies and clichés?" "Think of Orson Welles or films like "Knife in the Head" or "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum"!" "The times have changed and so have the demands!" "HDW managers claim up to today that the government had given the green light for those weapons deals." "The government denies up to today to ever have had known about those weapons trades..." "A few weeks after the meeting between Parzer and Wittmeyer, Jean Grissen, a private investigator died in Zurich under suspicious circumstances." "He had been hired by the Barschel family and was close to solving the case, according to Eike Barschel." "Wittmeyer then produced a comedy about East Germans on holiday in Spain." "It was the most successful production of the year." "Dr. Parzer eked out a living with occasional jobs."