"South supermarket." "Unteres Luch supermarket." "Spatzennest supermarket." "North supermarket." "Unteres Luch supermarket." "THE ARCHITECTS" "Damn it!" "The laundry stopped pressing them." "How will I Iook in that?" "Like a white scarecrow!" "I'II wear it like it is in the outpatient clinic tomorrow." "That's pretty." "Who is it?" "Most likely the insurance woman." "Max!" "Wanda!" "hello!" "You get prettier every day!" "You're making fun of me." "No." "I'II never get over letting you out of my net." "Give me your coat." "I came to take daniel to VeseIy's birthday party." "I was afraid of that." "Do you still live in your office?" "I built a house." "But my office is still my refuge." "I go stir crazy here." "We used to go out every night when we had a damp apartment." "But now it's too cozy to go out." "What for?" "There are no movies." "No theaters." "No bars." "We can't get a phone." "You have a car." "If you can call a Trabant a car." "It belongs to my folks." "Nobody visits us anymore." "Move back into town." "I'II help arrange it." "The air is clearer in the country." "And Johanna got over her bronchitis." "Yes, but Wanda is bored to death." "She shouIdn't have quit medical school." "She didn't have any choice." "Hans, no other architect has designed as many sites as you in this town." "We wish you and your pugnacity many inspiring, happy returns, Hans." "We wish to keep earning praise thanks to you." "Let's raise our glasses to your future and ours." "I feel like I'm at my own funeral." "Such an embarrassing eulogy should be reserved for the dead." "Credit where credit's due." "I suppose." "How about you?" "What is your claim to fame?" "I'm going to throw in the towel, Professor." "I'm 38 and haven't built one house." "I guess it's my fault." "It must be." "Your mournful face digs graves rather than foundations." "Are you Ioafing?" "No, not exactly." "Wait." "Günter!" "Come here a second." "Get ready." "Have you met each other?" "FIeetingIy." "Günter, this my star protégé daniel Brenner." "He graduated 1 3 years ago, and has no building to show for it." "How do you explain that?" "You haven't built anything?" "Nothing worth mentioning." "Five bus stops." "Two bottIe-return sheds." "Three transformer stations." "We all began modestly." "What had you done at his age, 38?" "Let me see." "The days of the first prefab trials." "That was a three-ring circus." "You had a job, a good salary and an Order of the fatherland." "Me?" "A medal when I was 38?" "That was my idea." "And here is a man who could have made it as big as you." "Why is everyone a late bloomer today?" "Have you won any competitions?" "One first and two second prizes." "Great." "But nothing came of them?" "Nothing." "glad to meet you at long last." "You've worked for us for 1 0 years and never graced my office." "That doesn't reflect poorly on you." "It's my fault." "hello." "Over here." "By the way, you could have come of your own accord." "You have to pound on doors." "That's what makes a good architect." "My empirical finding." "Let's get to the point." "The German Youth council has submitted a project." "A multipurpose complex in a new development." "We are forming a special collective, a task force of young architects." "They will deliver a comprehensive blueprint." "It is a major undertaking." "An 85-miIIion-mark investment." "We thought a Iong time about who to put in charge of this collective." "I won't beat around the bush." "daniel, are you up to it?" "Think it over for a few days." "It may turn out to be an obstacle course." "I've had years to think it over." "I'm your man." "A man of resolve." "That's the spirit." "On one condition." "I get to pick my staff, not only in our firm." "From anywhere in the country." "I'm giving you a free hand in assembling your team." "But no wouId-be defectors." "I understand." "Mama, Mama!" "Johanna!" "Papa has something to show you." "I have to go shopping right now." "We'II build a movie theater, a cafe, a post office, and a restaurant." "Watch out, we're in the pool!" "Wanda, you'II run shoppers over." "Ouch!" "Want ice cream?" "One chocolate, one strawberry." "Are you off your rocker?" "You'II see when it's built." "Or something like it." "Guess who's in charge?" "Not you, by any chance?" "Me!" "Oh, daniel!" "I'm the project manager." "Make a wish." "I want a Vietnamese restaurant!" "I want a funny-shaped dairy bar." "I'II make it triangular." "Or like a pentagon." "A septagon, an octagon, a quadricentagon." "Curvy and swervy." "Construction begins in two years." "Let's postpone our move." "I'II die here of stimulus deprivation." "Two years." "please!" "I won't make it otherwise." "If my dream comes true, you'II want to stay to enjoy it." "Get to work, then." "Tomorrow I start rounding up my team." "Renate, Martin, Jürgen." "Remember Bodo?" "He wanted to save a church." "What ever became of him?" "After his jail term?" "I don't know." "He was a whiz!" "What do you see?" "The march of time." "hello, Bodo!" "What can I do for you?" "Say hello." "It's me, daniel Brenner from Weimar." "Don't you recognize me?" "Not anymore." "I was never an architect." "Never." "My male colleagues convinced me that single moms can't be architects." "I banished myself." "Join me in berlin." "Are you proposing?" "No." "I'm asking for a hand." "It was nice seeing you, but I won't go back." "Mike is living in the west." "He's been there since 1 983." "That's right, he left in 1 983." "He went to cologne." "Cut it out!" "Can I count you in?" "Okay, I'm in." "I Iove hopeless causes." "You shouldn't have mounted defective pIasterboard." "I'm paid piecework." "The rain will leak through." "We'II patch it up." "Great." "Who's there?" "daniel!" "You must be the recent graduates." "welcome." "Don't be intimidated by me or by the juniors with seniority." "And five advanced students." "Seven is a lucky number." "If you mean the seven samurais, I only see three heroes." "Then you don't count women?" "I have no qualms about your architectural skills." "But you know as well as I do that young career women face a certain dilemma." "Between work ethic and family planning." "I have the answer." "electronically tested." "Your youth collective looks good." "If your bid doesn't win, you're out." "Have a nice day." "We're banking on you." "Not only for this project." "It's the launch of a career." "Our party invites you to become a comrade." "Is that a prerequisite?" "Not for this project." "Think it over." "It's not mandatory." "Nobody wants to draft you." "Good." "I'm not joining." "How about a playground on the roof of the store?" "Good idea, but it won't win approval." "If that's our attitude, why bother at all?" "We have to keep our feet on the ground." "We can only do the feasible." "feasible!" "That's a fighting word!" "If we quit now, we're doomed to failure." "He's right." "Let's start by brainstorming." "If that's possible." "I'II tell you one thing." "If we're unyieIding now, and then give in, we'II be up shit's creek again." "First things first." "You see, they don't have to stop us." "We censor ourselves." "Yes." "Oh, man, stop it." "daniel is right." "He didn't suggest yielding." "But later we might have to." "Stop!" "We have 85 million to build amenities for an entire new development." "And we're debating a moot question!" "It's not moot!" "We aren't developing the site with haIf-baked accommodations." "We're configuring a cIose-knit city." "Not a batch of toIIhouse cookies." "That's the point." "We're designing pleasant spaces rather than elaborate facades." "mails, squares and streets custom-made to human proportions." "Where people meet instead of getting lost." "Where people feel they belong to their city and their country." "Their mother country!" "I'm sick of that patriotism crap." "Are you a one-man opinion poll?" "Swap the supermarket for a Mom and Pop grocery!" "We'II build both." "Numerous alternatives." "Something for everyone." "Petit bourgeois taste always prevails." "That's why we must create diversity from the start." "only people who have a choice have..." "A sense of patriotism." "That's the ticket!" "Mama, I straightened the kitchen." "Where's my restaurant?" "Coming to bed?" "Later." "Good night." "Morning." "Morning." "It's too regimented." "It's all too functional." "Nothing's out of the ordinary." "I don't see your problem." "This design is a good basis." "It affirms natural pathways." "A covered walk to the local train." "That's a great idea." "One thing is missing." "Imagination!" "The freedom to think differently." "I think it is extremely different." "Who is going to supply the materials?" "As long as I'm a part of the project, I'II stop you from creating chaos." "Too bad the housing is already there." "A little lower." "That's better." "clear the table." "Merging the movies and culture center would save something." "At the expense of diversity." "A movie theater is a must." "We have to save elsewhere." "could we build the department store with natural ventilation?" "That would save something." "It would be stifling." "We had no air conditioning in 1 880." "But we had back windows and courtyards." "No false ceilings for ventilators." "Lower stories." "We would save millions." "Very good." "Air conditioning is detrimental to my health." "Come have a look." "He's stealing our thunder." "Jonas." "We'II never get the contract." "Why not?" "Our concept defies all previous architectural patterns." "But it's worth trying." "The Academy's kit modelers will climb their mesh-core walls." "Don't be silly." "shall we give up?" "Okay." "Don't you want to dance?" "What are you celebrating?" "An architectural revolution in East Germany." "The Great demolition Race." "GDR." "congratulations on the first prize." "And on moving into such a pleasant setting." "If it weren't for daniel I'd still be in a hole in the sticks." "I know the feeling." "Aren't you thrilled by his success?" "Of course." "But as a failure daniel needed his family." "Now you guys are his family." "I can't believe that." "I have more than work on my mind." "My husband, for instance." "Going home?" "It's late." "Stay, we'II catch a cab." "You know they're scarce." "Be reasonable." "She has to get up at 6." "I can't get away right now." "Of course not." "See you later." "95% of our components are prefabricated." "You take pride in that?" "It allows us to impose more ideas for the smallest possible sum." "Good morning." "Good morning." "Top management assigned me to your office." "Where can I set up shop?" "We didn't ask for help." "welcome aboard." "familiarize yourself with our project." "I already did." "Great." "Since you have more experience, please do the scheduling." "Sure, but not today." "I'm booked solid." "Security, union, party meetings." "The call of duty." "I'II start tomorrow." "And here I have my initiation fee." "See you later." "chocolate truffles." "He isn't tight." "Who is he?" "Naumann, the firm's perfumed nightmare." "Kicked upstairs as a reward for ineptness." "He's with the secret police." "Nonsense." "It's an open secret." "That's his problem." "We have nothing to hide." "Brenner." "EndIer." "You handle the project budget?" "I'm sure we'II manage to get along." "people don't get along with me." "There's always a first time." "My job is keeping government funds from financing arrogance." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "It's been ages!" "claude, old pal!" "Do you remember?" "It's great to see you again." "Life seems to be treating you well." "Very well." "This is CIaude, a Swiss classmate." "clemens often talks about you." "I went to school five years here." "It's in my blood." "It's an infectious disease." "Can you lend me a Karo?" "I quit smoking." "What are you working on?" "We're refurbishing housing projects for migrant workers." "There are no laurels in that." "But we Weimar-trained architects are bleeding hearts." "You and I will never build a bank." "We'II stick to theaters, cafes and stores." "You could use some too." "Sure could." "especially here in the outskirts." "Remember the crazy ideas we had?" "Of course." "And?" "Have you put any into practice?" "How about you?" "Not yet." "But I'm about to begin." "Like this?" "A little bit farther." "Enough." "Leave it like that." "Go in front of the post office." "The post office, Martin." "Here?" "Were you thinking of inside?" "Wait a second." "What's the matter?" "Why do I have to watch that?" "Why do I have to endure this?" "Isn't anything better on?" "daniel, you don't get it." "It's stupefying." "My life here is stupefying." "We don't even have friends." "We do too." "They're your friends, not mine." "Your colleagues, not ours." "Everything is yours." "You also have wonderful colleagues." "My wonderful colleagues all quit." "Three massages earn them more than I make all day long." "They left me all the stress." "Think I enjoy performing poorly at work?" "If we pull together, we can..." "I don't want to quit." "tell me what's wrong." "I'm a nobody." "I'm just an everyday housewife." "I don't do anything edifying." "We can go out more." "To the movies and the theater." "It will take some juggling, but we'II manage." "Something always gets in the way." "There's always an obstacle." "Choosing the right dress." "Stop making fun of me, you damned macho!" "You don't care how I feel." "You don't even notice how I slave so you can do your work in peace." "I was just kidding." "It's a cheap trick to mock your cleaning lady." "Do you mock me in front of your buddies?" "Or Renate?" "She has a child but is still creative." "That's none of our business." "The hell it isn't." "But you don't follow me." "You used to understand me when you were also miserable." "please!" "Leave me alone!" "From now on, I'm only looking out for myself." "myself." "Go back to bed." "What's the big idea?" "I have 1 0 years more experience than you." "This haIf-baked project is unviable for now." "Nobody asked your opinion." "I do my part where people need me." ""people"?" "Management, party." "We'II see if your party backs such stupidity!" "Too cold." "Miss, it's unbelievable." "Enjoy your meal." "Enjoy." "Hey, it even tastes good." "delicious." "Where does Mama go every evening?" "You know..." "I'm so terribly busy at the moment that Mama didn't want to keep sitting around idle." "That makes her sick." "So she's going out more." "To visit friends, and to see movies and shows." "She even went to the opera." "Is she feeling better?" "Yes." "I'm telling you the truth." "You're beautiful." "Have you been waiting?" "How did you Iike the play?" "Wanda." "daniel, I..." "daniel." "What is it?" "A stream crossed the lot until recently." "We want to restore it artificially, from the supermarket to the school." "The Soviet soldier will be here." "Lying up to the chest in water." "The family in Stress statue here." "The Construction Worker monument at the bus station entrance." "well?" "Terrific." "He looks at me, points to panels I had painted, but he didn't even notice what color I had used." "I've been trying to reach you." "I'II be right with you." "Tomorrow we'II discuss Naumann's schedule." "It's an iII-founded scheme." "It's final, I'm afraid." "I Iike your creative ideas, but we have to reconsider." "Taking account of our limited resources." "We want to make the best of it." "So do we." "Who is handling the budget?" "EndIer." "He's a tough man, but a good one." "recalculate, fast but sure." "You have detractors." "I'II check tomorrow but postpone a decision." "You have two weeks." "AmaIgamate the supermarket, restaurant, bakery and cafe?" "Yes." "That's prohibited." "Prohibited?" "The general rules for construction of standard facilities are binding." "But three standard facilities cost more than our design." "And they are a bore." "Do you feel good living in a ticky-tacky country?" "Where a grocery in DoberIug-Kirchhain is a twin of one in Leipzig." "feeling bad is costly." "Change your tune." "You are not a policymaker." "And I don't audit esthetic values." "The building sector can't waste funds industry needs to invest." "We're pinching pennies." "We're in a miscalculation rut." "Save your accusations." "Let's stick to facts and figures." "Your grocery-cum-cafe project causes additional design costs totaling 200,000 marks." "You still want me to accept your rooftop excesses?" "How much will they cost?" "200,000 marks extra?" "300,000." "You want facts?" "Let's tell it like it is." "The standard facilities you prefer were designed 1 0 years ago." "Hasn't anything changed?" "The roof garden is good insulation and enhances the microclimate." "We're talking economy, not ecology." "We save on maintenance." "Your cardboard roof decays." "I'm saving on construction." "We save plenty on access roads and equipment." "We build to size." "According to need." "If our client wants a store of 849.765 square meters we can do it." "We build no more, build no less." "Saving land for other projects." "That's irrelevant." "Okay, we'II keep the land out of it." "Sorry." "So long." "I'II take it into consideration." "Welcome, Papa!" "We went to bed." "You need to know something." "I'm filing for divorce." "I don't want to discuss it now." "Who is it?" "Nobody else is involved." "It's my very own choice." "Who is it?" "I want to know his name." "Listen to what I'm saying, daniel." "We've drifted apart." "claude?" "Be honest at Ieast." "Is it CIaude?" "Have you been seeing him?" "Have you..." "Have you slept with him?" "Yes, daniel, but that's not..." "You want to emigrate to switzerland?" "Yes, daniel." "What about Johanna?" "She's coming with us." "What?" "Johanna is coming with us." ""Us"?" ""Us" already?" "I Ioved CIaude from the start." "I tried to resist the urge." "But it's time to decide for me and for Johanna." "He can't do that." "Can I talk to him?" "It's not up to him." "It's my choice." "You can't take Johanna away from me." "You can't take everything I care about." "You have your job." "That satisfies you." "You'II find a new family." "I knew it." "daniel, no." "daniel, no." "Wanda." "please don't." "Why not?" "I Iove you." "I Iove CIaude." "Forgive me." "Johanna." "Did you see what Teddy drew you?" "Yes, that was nice of him." "Get dressed." "You'II catch cold." "Oh, all right." "Get going." "Bye." "A three-way kiss." "Come here, Papa." "We are pleased to announce that our Youth League project entails architectural solutions including true innovations and incorporates local guidelines." "This new, customized approach was overwhelmingly approved at the Iast construction summit." "But it faces energetic objections in our ministry and our industry." "We have entrusted young colleagues with this project." "They will surely demonstrate that they are worthy of this trust by staying in the realm of possibilities." "By foregoing utopian schemes." "Thank you, Comrade WisschaIa." "We welcome rejuvenation if it doesn't outmode our legacy." "I'm in favor of youthful initiative." "I Iearned from Prof. VeseIy's classes a few decades ago." "So we speak the same language." "But the construction business is not what it used to be." "The situation forces us to keep our budgets tight." "Your good sense will spare us fruitless debate." "We have to set your limits." "Experience refutes your ideas." "A store without air conditioning is absurd." "Let's not waste time on details." "Your boss championed several ideas." "Here is what we have decided." "Apartments in KastanienaIIee will concentrate housing as planned." "We'II try to find other locations for the facilities you want." "The gallery and bowling alley are out for the time being." "The Vietnamese restaurant idea is excellent but not presently feasible." "Residents propose a sports bar and beer and snack stands." "Now, about the movie theater..." "Isn't anyone taking notes?" "The cinema will be designed as a multipurpose facility." "removable seats and a platform so local organizations can hold meetings there." "Then we can delete the multipurpose clubhouse." "Now for the works of buiIt-in art." "Your originality is praiseworthy." "But your landscaping cannot be accepted as it is." "What is a "family in Stress?" Who is it supposed to portray?" "Didn't you instruct the sculptors?" "Comrade Brenner, you're on a dead-end street." "family And socialism would be more like it." "That is conceivable." "A depiction of stress is no field for dedicated socialist artists." "The same goes for Construction Worker." "A man in a ditch will go unnoticed." "Why do you look down on the folks who realize your plans?" "Why scourge your own flesh?" "Don't you have any pride?" "You're projecting a negative image, depicting primitive labor." "We expect a monument worthy of our housing policy." "I won't waste words on the Soviet soldier in the mud." "It's no memorial." "It's lying." "literally and figuratively." "The German-Soviet friendship will be honored at a worthy site." "Foreign statesmen want to lay wreaths in glamorous surroundings." "Your stream is impossible!" "Why should we bust our butts if all they want is hotdog stands?" "It makes me sick!" "They're treating us like interns." "They shuffle buildings in our avenue as if they were matchboxes." "How dare they mess everything up?" "daniel." "Say something." "What?" "Sorry, I wasn't listening." "Don't act as if you don't care." "You're the one who guaranteed support in high places." "Leaving?" "Yes." "And I'II tell you why." "I became an architect to build cities for living people." "Not cemeteries." "Let's quit before they lock us in the straitjacket of uniformity." "We must fight to be seen as a "socialist labor collective"." "But what they fear most is us working collectively." "Their trust is based solely on our unblemished political record." "Do I have to explain that to you?" "You'II have a brilliant career." "But why did I study architecture for six years if my only credentials are reciting rote-Iearned marxisms?" "I'm not chewing their cud any longer." "Living and working honestly doesn't satisfy them." "So long." "You can't do this." "I admire anyone who goes on on these terms." "But I can't do it." "What's more, I think it 's senseless." "I'm 39 and want to be treated as an adult." "Why do you want to go west?" "To meet CIaude." "He can come here." "Then I couId see my daughter." "He won't move here." "You know that." "Lots of foreigners live here with German wives." "You want the west." "I want CIaude." "If you don't believe that, believe me that I can't live here." "Now the truth is out." "You arrogant idiot!" "If you had lived my Iife for one month!" "I'm 35." "I've lived half my Iife and haven't done anything." "There's more to life than our humdrum existence." "The endless repetition day after day." "Our love died of monotony and you didn't even notice." "We had some highlights." "Thanks." "Maybe I'm... no Ionger what you want" "What?" "You just don't get it." "I'm not talking about sex." "Not about needs like food and sleep." "That's no problem here." "I have other needs." "A change of routine." "There are no surprises." "always the same groceries in the store." "Except one day there's no milk, the next day no onions." "And jumpers show up, at a higher price." "Is life a bowl of cherries in switzerland?" "Of course not." "Why do I have to stay here?" "Because I was born here?" "I need more." "To rediscover my identity." "In a job, for instance." "people to relate to, people who try to understand me." "I'm not me anywhere." "including in this bar." "It was made for other people." "I can identify with these problems." "talking about it won't help." "Doing something will." "You know a physical therapist can't alter the environment." "I've tried many times to change things." "I can't pretend not to be disillusioned." "I see things that need changing at the clinic." "But I can't change them." "Sure you can." "But there's no hope for change without getting involved." "Hope." "I'm too old to hope for change." "daniel, I know you think just like I do." "But you have your project." "That's your hope." "I dearly hope that you will succeed." "But if the project faiIs, pack your bags and go." "Come live near your daughter." "A man like you will find a job and recognition everywhere." "Know what you're giving up?" "Yes." "They won't let you out." "You won't get a divorce if I say your new flame is in the west." "You can't mean that." "Maybe I can't." "But I do." "We can't get aIabaster plaster." "This isn't the building trade office." "I'II get the plaster and you redo everything, okay?" "problems with the project?" "The usual." "In other words, big problems." "You can work for me any time you Iike." "How's Wanda?" "Fine, thanks." "And your old lady?" "Which one?" "Nice landscaping." "Got pen and paper?" "No." "Wait." "Men over 35 shouIdn't run in a public place." "That's true." "I only use my apartment on rare occasions." "You're quitting." "That's no way out!" "You can't only stick it out while it's smooth sailing." "They want to bury our ideas." "Have a seat." "Everything fit together." "Now it is all disjointed." "You haven't thought it through." "You're jumping to conclusions." "ridiculous!" "Of course it's tough going." "But you will still be able to save the lion's share of your good ideas." "Your project will show an alternative to the asinine stereotypes." "You'II make a case for flexibility." "This flimsy compromise won't state a case." "It has no leg to stand on." "Who put those ideas in your head?" "No architect worthy of the name could say that." "Construction is built on compromise." "It starts with materials." "Look." "Compared to natural materials our supplies are compromises." "We have to live with them." "And they aren't the only challenges." "building is political." "We project power." "Each building reflects status, Iike it or not." "Prosperity or austerity." "Dreams or despair." "Economics and technology." "They also display client tastes." "Architects have to fight for their rights." "But they also have to compromise." "Any who deny ever having made a compromise are outright liars or total ignoramuses." "Certain situations..." "Don't trust anyone who claims to be uncompromising." "If you don't give in, you can't win and may not even want to." "It is the only way to resolve conflicts of interest." "Okay." "You're hard to convince, my boy." "We have to yield on some things." "They include the store and some of the new sites." "We'II remain firm on the movies." "I'II persuade them to accept Vietnam." "We can't save everything." "But good tactics can accomplish a Iot." "It's our project." "We're in a strong position." "However, as far as buiIt-in art goes we're going to have to..." "Adapt." "Compromise!" "Say it." "call it that if you wish." "The requirements are clear." "Why the trickery?" "It isn't trickery." "We're designers, not draftsmen." "You're a pain in the ass!" "Can't we talk calmly?" "The big wigs are assholes." "So are you." "Who asked you?" "Let's choose words judiciousIy." "They dislike "family in Stress"." "We'II change the name." "That's hardly a concession." "But for the Soviet soldier they want a glamorous, glorious setting." "And a new design." "Upright and victorious." "Taking them out of the line of fire can save the other proposals." "Or should we quit?" "help us." "Hurry up." "Finish your meal." "And clean up your mess." "Have you been here long?" "Think I'm eavesdropping?" "hello." "hello." "What's the backpack supposed to achieve?" "I always bring a souvenir." "You weren't away." "No bribing her." "Did you talk to Johanna?" "I keep promises." "What about vows?" "Johanna, Papa's here." "We want to talk with you." "I don't remember anything." "A tiny tidbit for my monster mouth." "I get stomach cramps when I starve for three minutes." "You know I haven't been here for several weeks." "You must have noticed." "Not only because of business trips." "Look at us when we talk to you." "You don't have to look at us." "We love you above all." "Papa and Mama love each other too." "But we have a few problems." "We've decided to separate." "For the time being." "You ate it all up, you shrimp!" "Sometimes adults just can't get along." "We aren't mad." "Nothing has changed." "daniel." "You're getting divorced!" "Johanna." "It will be all right." "You know we love you." "Wait, I'II throw you down something." "4% more of this high-grade wallpaper has gone on the market." "Party leaders praised the castle restoration." "They cancelled our glass roof." "I'II visit the factory myself." "Our report on the grand opening." "It's on." "Come here." "Our government is dedicated to providing homes for all workers and preserving German cultural heritage." "We trust our architects to reshape our new socialist homeland." "wonderful." "especially his tie." "We architects are in demand." "I'm dreaming." "Our dreams are future realities." "Granted, a few bottlenecks persist." "But successes abound." "You're late." "We are beautifying our republic." "Barbara handed in her resignation." "Democratic builders do not make any compromises." "She's pregnant." "We will not capitulate." "Can I do anything?" "He's feeling down at the moment." "Let's get out of here." "Okay." "We can make haiIproof glass." "But why should we?" "Why not?" "It involves revamping assembly lines." "It's uneconomical for a few skylights." "We can't raise prices." "I'II find you enough buyers." "Our idea will catch on." "Nurse?" "No." "daniel!" "Yes." "It's nice of you to visit me." "You even brought flowers." "Wait, Iet me guess." "Bet they're chrysanthemums." "What color?" "yellow." "My favorite color." "There should be a vase down there." "What's wrong with your eyes?" "I denied the problem for too long." "Cataracts have pecked out my eyes." "If I'm real lucky, I'II be able to distinguish light and dark." "I can't manage if you quit too." "Sure you will." "Can you open the window?" "I'm through with balance sheets and real estate reserves." "Life has more to offer." "Touching, feeling, tasting." "Seeing with one's ears." "people have many senses." "I'd give you an eye." "No, daniel." "There are enough one-eyed architects." "I have seen clearer since I closed my eyes." "One-eyed architects only see what they want to see." "Why are you going to Prague?" "claude is there." "So what?" "I want to see him." "I can get a babysitter for Johanna." "That takes the cake!" "You never have time for her." "Are you trying hard to be so cold?" "What do you expect?" "Johanna looks for you every day." "I let you see her." "Do you know how it hurts to turn your child off and on?" "tell me about it." "You need to know one thing." "You're fighting the divorce." "That's what I want to see CIaude about." "Underneath an August sky" "Hung an opossum, feet held hi." "Look, you spelled "high" wrong." "He bummed around upside down Avoiding strife on the tree of life." "claude says switzerland is nearby." "It's not that far." "Keep going." "He smiled so gay the livelong day." "'Tis so sweet with sky at your feet." "He didn't know that Planet Earth Right-side up lacks all mirth." "Is switzerland in the west?" "The south." "Don't stop reading." "Then you can visit us often." "He couldn't walk upright or straight Loafing was work in lazy gait." "He spent retirement in a zoo." "Always happy, never blue." "You admit to having an extramarital relationship with a single man for the past six months." "Can you specify the nature of this liaison?" "It is a love affair based on mutual respect." "would you Iike to tell us about the man you are involved with?" "No, I wouldn't." "This is a very simple case of divorce." "And custody." "You're alienating father and child." "That seems to be no issue for you." "Mr. Brenner." "Do you know your wife's new partner?" "No." "I don't know him." "TO THE BORDER" "I'II call you when I get there." "This is the decision after our conversation with Comrade Adam, our construction counciIman." "Other city fathers participated." "From this moment on all designing for Housing Zone 3 amenities is suspended." "The City Council herewith commission a new architectural design." "It must conform to conventional systems." "Prefabricated modular construction." "I can't believe it." "And you agreed?" "Yes." "After lengthy deliberation and with very sound reasons." "Your project stirred up an anthill." "You surely noticed that." "Factories are hard-put to fulfill their plans." "Your peculiar specifications jeopardize current production." "New molds for the prefab panels cannot be manufactured in time." "The steel mill is perturbed." "The glass factory is in trouble." "I'm in touch with higher authorities." "The factories have appealed to superior bodies." "They are alarmed." "We have good arguments." "Your project isn't my only worry." "Your 85 million is a drop in my bucket." "I manage 1 0 projects like yours and hundreds of smaller ones." "It is my duty and my personal ambition to safeguard each and every project." "I won't allow one to impair another." "Are you able to follow my thinking?" "That was quite easy to follow." "daniel, we got it." "The haiIproof glass." "Guess who got it for us." "Who?" "Naumann of all people!" "He obtained the glass and a permit." "Enough for a dome over berlin!" "Our nation's capital." "We can pack up and go home." "The project is cancelled." "On what grounds?" "I couldn't follow them but it's final." "Goodbye." "I can't stand it." "I can't stand the sight of it." "I hate it!" "Get out of my sight!" "Max." "How's it going?" "Fine." "Come back in half an hour." "See you later." "Does your offer still hold?" "It sure does." "Wow!" "Our masterpieces will eclipse their palatial capitol building." "Our creative designs will outclass their HO general stores." "If you Iike, you can wait in the kitchen." "No thanks." "Like that music?" "Yes." "I wrote the German Youth League." "It won't help." "But at Ieast I may learn where we stumbled." "Let's go away and forget it all." "We still have each other." "Thanks." "milk chocolate!" "You cheered up." "Our new homeland ls more than big cities And small towns." "Our new homeland is also The trees and the forests." "Our new homeland ls the grass in the meadows." "The wheat in the fields." "And the birds up in the sky." "The deer and the squirrels." "And the fish in our waters." "Our new homeland." "And we love land and sea." "It's all free." "FREE GERMAN YOUTH" "We expect no guarantee that drawings will become buildings." "Construction is more than design." "But such arbitrary toying with intellectual property is uneconomical and inhuman." "I am not appealing to you to reinstate our cherished project." "I am simply asking you not to repeat the disparagement of young architects." "congratulations." "I underestimated your drive." "The project is reinstated." "That wasn't my intention." "But it happened." "It wasn't easy." "The producers were hard to convince." "But I can't." "But I can't do it anymore." "It's too late to back out!" "You won a major victory." "If you reject the spoils, you make fools of everyone." "Do you know what you want?" "What strings are attached?" "There are new requirements." "We'II get to that." "Aren't constraints frustrating?" "No, WiIIi!" "Let me go!" "I am honored to announce the names of our "socialist labor activists"." "Manfred Randow, our chief economist." "daniel Brenner, Project 3 collective leader." "Gerd Naumann, Project 3 architect." "Thank you." "It's my pleasure." "As usual." "Our work is cut out." "will we cope?" "I reckon." "Your success is this year's highlight for me." "The failures are swept under the table." "SeIf-criticism becomes you." "This may not be the best time to tell you this." "I want you to head the department." "Don't answer me yet." "Think it over." "congratulations." "Thanks." "You now have experience." "You can change things if you try." "Use all the tricks in the book." "Forget the righteousness." "The end justifies the means." " Wrong." "You don't understand." "Try firing up Max instead." "You are the one I'm banking on." "congratulations." "Don't let Naumann's award get your goat." "I'm demoted to statics." "Statics?" "They make me sick." "They lied and deluded me, stabbed me in the back." "And I was oblivious." "The die is not cast." "I'II put my foot down." "Too late." "Today I applied for emigration." "congratulations." "It's a great day." "I had my doubts at first." "But you rose to the occasion." "You became flexible." "We need spirit and common sense." "I don't want to talk about it." "Not even with you." "Excuse me." "We're a minority and still need church support." "But people are getting bolder." "One day we'II start marching." "You're out of touch!" "Can't you face reality?" "Nobody here will dare to march or picket." "They're either cowards or contented." "We aren't." "Cut it out!" "I can't take any more of that." "What are you going to do now?" "Whatever I want." "Drink yourself to death, then!" "A joyous occasion brings us together in our new neighborhood today." "After 1 8 months of plotting and planning today we break ground for our social center." "This was an ambitious project." "But it was accomplished in record time nevertheless." "We owe this monumental feat to a group of young architects." "They applied their zeal and their talent in the service of our progressive social policy." "Brenner." "Johanna!" "Where are you?" "In West berlin?" "You can come see me here." "Oh, you're on a school trip." "What I'm wearing?" "Why?" "black pants and a blue sweater." "An hour from now." "I Iove you too." "What are you wearing?" "You're a big girl now." "Of course I'II recognize you." "Yes." "I'II be right with you." "South supermarket." "Unteres Luch supermarket." "Spatzennest supermarket." "North supermarket." "Unteres Luch supermarket." "THE ARCHITECTS" "Damn it!" "The laundry stopped pressing them." "How will I Iook in that?" "Like a white scarecrow!" "I'II wear it like it is in the outpatient clinic tomorrow." "That's pretty." "Who is it?" "Most likely the insurance woman." "Max!" "Wanda!" "hello!" "You get prettier every day!" "You're making fun of me." "No." "I'II never get over letting you out of my net." "Give me your coat." "I came to take daniel to VeseIy's birthday party." "I was afraid of that." "Do you still live in your office?" "I built a house." "But my office is still my refuge." "I go stir crazy here." "We used to go out every night when we had a damp apartment." "But now it's too cozy to go out." "What for?" "There are no movies." "No theaters." "No bars." "We can't get a phone." "You have a car." "If you can call a Trabant a car." "It belongs to my folks." "Nobody visits us anymore." "Move back into town." "I'II help arrange it." "The air is clearer in the country." "And Johanna got over her bronchitis." "Yes, but Wanda is bored to death." "She shouIdn't have quit medical school." "She didn't have any choice." "Hans, no other architect has designed as many sites as you in this town." "We wish you and your pugnacity many inspiring, happy returns, Hans." "We wish to keep earning praise thanks to you." "Let's raise our glasses to your future and ours." "I feel like I'm at my own funeral." "Such an embarrassing eulogy should be reserved for the dead." "Credit where credit's due." "I suppose." "How about you?" "What is your claim to fame?" "I'm going to throw in the towel, Professor." "I'm 38 and haven't built one house." "I guess it's my fault." "It must be." "Your mournful face digs graves rather than foundations." "Are you Ioafing?" "No, not exactly." "Wait." "Günter!" "Come here a second." "Get ready." "Have you met each other?" "FIeetingIy." "Günter, this my star protégé daniel Brenner." "He graduated 1 3 years ago, and has no building to show for it." "How do you explain that?" "You haven't built anything?" "Nothing worth mentioning." "Five bus stops." "Two bottIe-return sheds." "Three transformer stations." "We all began modestly." "What had you done at his age, 38?" "Let me see." "The days of the first prefab trials." "That was a three-ring circus." "You had a job, a good salary and an Order of the fatherland." "Me?" "A medal when I was 38?" "That was my idea." "And here is a man who could have made it as big as you." "Why is everyone a late bloomer today?" "Have you won any competitions?" "One first and two second prizes." "Great." "But nothing came of them?" "Nothing." "glad to meet you at long last." "You've worked for us for 1 0 years and never graced my office." "That doesn't reflect poorly on you." "It's my fault." "hello." "Over here." "By the way, you could have come of your own accord." "You have to pound on doors." "That's what makes a good architect." "My empirical finding." "Let's get to the point." "The German Youth council has submitted a project." "A multipurpose complex in a new development." "We are forming a special collective, a task force of young architects." "They will deliver a comprehensive blueprint." "It is a major undertaking." "An 85-miIIion-mark investment." "We thought a Iong time about who to put in charge of this collective." "I won't beat around the bush." "daniel, are you up to it?" "Think it over for a few days." "It may turn out to be an obstacle course." "I've had years to think it over." "I'm your man." "A man of resolve." "That's the spirit." "On one condition." "I get to pick my staff, not only in our firm." "From anywhere in the country." "I'm giving you a free hand in assembling your team." "But no wouId-be defectors." "I understand." "Mama, Mama!" "Johanna!" "Papa has something to show you." "I have to go shopping right now." "We'II build a movie theater, a cafe, a post office, and a restaurant." "Watch out, we're in the pool!" "Wanda, you'II run shoppers over." "Ouch!" "Want ice cream?" "One chocolate, one strawberry." "Are you off your rocker?" "You'II see when it's built." "Or something like it." "Guess who's in charge?" "Not you, by any chance?" "Me!" "Oh, daniel!" "I'm the project manager." "Make a wish." "I want a Vietnamese restaurant!" "I want a funny-shaped dairy bar." "I'II make it triangular." "Or like a pentagon." "A septagon, an octagon, a quadricentagon." "Curvy and swervy." "Construction begins in two years." "Let's postpone our move." "I'II die here of stimulus deprivation." "Two years." "please!" "I won't make it otherwise." "If my dream comes true, you'II want to stay to enjoy it." "Get to work, then." "Tomorrow I start rounding up my team." "Renate, Martin, Jürgen." "Remember Bodo?" "He wanted to save a church." "What ever became of him?" "After his jail term?" "I don't know." "He was a whiz!" "What do you see?" "The march of time." "hello, Bodo!" "What can I do for you?" "Say hello." "It's me, daniel Brenner from Weimar." "Don't you recognize me?" "Not anymore." "I was never an architect." "Never." "My male colleagues convinced me that single moms can't be architects." "I banished myself." "Join me in berlin." "Are you proposing?" "No." "I'm asking for a hand." "It was nice seeing you, but I won't go back." "Mike is living in the west." "He's been there since 1 983." "That's right, he left in 1 983." "He went to cologne." "Cut it out!" "Can I count you in?" "Okay, I'm in." "I Iove hopeless causes." "You shouldn't have mounted defective pIasterboard." "I'm paid piecework." "The rain will leak through." "We'II patch it up." "Great." "Who's there?" "daniel!" "You must be the recent graduates." "welcome." "Don't be intimidated by me or by the juniors with seniority." "And five advanced students." "Seven is a lucky number." "If you mean the seven samurais, I only see three heroes." "Then you don't count women?" "I have no qualms about your architectural skills." "But you know as well as I do that young career women face a certain dilemma." "Between work ethic and family planning." "I have the answer." "electronically tested." "Your youth collective looks good." "If your bid doesn't win, you're out." "Have a nice day." "We're banking on you." "Not only for this project." "It's the launch of a career." "Our party invites you to become a comrade." "Is that a prerequisite?" "Not for this project." "Think it over." "It's not mandatory." "Nobody wants to draft you." "Good." "I'm not joining." "How about a playground on the roof of the store?" "Good idea, but it won't win approval." "If that's our attitude, why bother at all?" "We have to keep our feet on the ground." "We can only do the feasible." "feasible!" "That's a fighting word!" "If we quit now, we're doomed to failure." "He's right." "Let's start by brainstorming." "If that's possible." "I'II tell you one thing." "If we're unyieIding now, and then give in, we'II be up shit's creek again." "First things first." "You see, they don't have to stop us." "We censor ourselves." "Yes." "Oh, man, stop it." "daniel is right." "He didn't suggest yielding." "But later we might have to." "Stop!" "We have 85 million to build amenities for an entire new development." "And we're debating a moot question!" "It's not moot!" "We aren't developing the site with haIf-baked accommodations." "We're configuring a cIose-knit city." "Not a batch of toIIhouse cookies." "That's the point." "We're designing pleasant spaces rather than elaborate facades." "mails, squares and streets custom-made to human proportions." "Where people meet instead of getting lost." "Where people feel they belong to their city and their country." "Their mother country!" "I'm sick of that patriotism crap." "Are you a one-man opinion poll?" "Swap the supermarket for a Mom and Pop grocery!" "We'II build both." "Numerous alternatives." "Something for everyone." "Petit bourgeois taste always prevails." "That's why we must create diversity from the start." "only people who have a choice have..." "A sense of patriotism." "That's the ticket!" "Mama, I straightened the kitchen." "Where's my restaurant?" "Coming to bed?" "Later." "Good night." "Morning." "Morning." "It's too regimented." "It's all too functional." "Nothing's out of the ordinary." "I don't see your problem." "This design is a good basis." "It affirms natural pathways." "A covered walk to the local train." "That's a great idea." "One thing is missing." "Imagination!" "The freedom to think differently." "I think it is extremely different." "Who is going to supply the materials?" "As long as I'm a part of the project, I'II stop you from creating chaos." "Too bad the housing is already there." "A little lower." "That's better." "clear the table." "Merging the movies and culture center would save something." "At the expense of diversity." "A movie theater is a must." "We have to save elsewhere." "could we build the department store with natural ventilation?" "That would save something." "It would be stifling." "We had no air conditioning in 1 880." "But we had back windows and courtyards." "No false ceilings for ventilators." "Lower stories." "We would save millions." "Very good." "Air conditioning is detrimental to my health." "Come have a look." "He's stealing our thunder." "Jonas." "We'II never get the contract." "Why not?" "Our concept defies all previous architectural patterns." "But it's worth trying." "The Academy's kit modelers will climb their mesh-core walls." "Don't be silly." "shall we give up?" "Okay." "Don't you want to dance?" "What are you celebrating?" "An architectural revolution in East Germany." "The Great demolition Race." "GDR." "congratulations on the first prize." "And on moving into such a pleasant setting." "If it weren't for daniel I'd still be in a hole in the sticks." "I know the feeling." "Aren't you thrilled by his success?" "Of course." "But as a failure daniel needed his family." "Now you guys are his family." "I can't believe that." "I have more than work on my mind." "My husband, for instance." "Going home?" "It's late." "Stay, we'II catch a cab." "You know they're scarce." "Be reasonable." "She has to get up at 6." "I can't get away right now." "Of course not." "See you later." "95% of our components are prefabricated." "You take pride in that?" "It allows us to impose more ideas for the smallest possible sum." "Good morning." "Good morning." "Top management assigned me to your office." "Where can I set up shop?" "We didn't ask for help." "welcome aboard." "familiarize yourself with our project." "I already did." "Great." "Since you have more experience, please do the scheduling." "Sure, but not today." "I'm booked solid." "Security, union, party meetings." "The call of duty." "I'II start tomorrow." "And here I have my initiation fee." "See you later." "chocolate truffles." "He isn't tight." "Who is he?" "Naumann, the firm's perfumed nightmare." "Kicked upstairs as a reward for ineptness." "He's with the secret police." "Nonsense." "It's an open secret." "That's his problem." "We have nothing to hide." "Brenner." "EndIer." "You handle the project budget?" "I'm sure we'II manage to get along." "people don't get along with me." "There's always a first time." "My job is keeping government funds from financing arrogance." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "It's been ages!" "claude, old pal!" "Do you remember?" "It's great to see you again." "Life seems to be treating you well." "Very well." "This is CIaude, a Swiss classmate." "clemens often talks about you." "I went to school five years here." "It's in my blood." "It's an infectious disease." "Can you lend me a Karo?" "I quit smoking." "What are you working on?" "We're refurbishing housing projects for migrant workers." "There are no laurels in that." "But we Weimar-trained architects are bleeding hearts." "You and I will never build a bank." "We'II stick to theaters, cafes and stores." "You could use some too." "Sure could." "especially here in the outskirts." "Remember the crazy ideas we had?" "Of course." "And?" "Have you put any into practice?" "How about you?" "Not yet." "But I'm about to begin." "Like this?" "A little bit farther." "Enough." "Leave it like that." "Go in front of the post office." "The post office, Martin." "Here?" "Were you thinking of inside?" "Wait a second." "What's the matter?" "Why do I have to watch that?" "Why do I have to endure this?" "Isn't anything better on?" "daniel, you don't get it." "It's stupefying." "My life here is stupefying." "We don't even have friends." "We do too." "They're your friends, not mine." "Your colleagues, not ours." "Everything is yours." "You also have wonderful colleagues." "My wonderful colleagues all quit." "Three massages earn them more than I make all day long." "They left me all the stress." "Think I enjoy performing poorly at work?" "If we pull together, we can..." "I don't want to quit." "tell me what's wrong." "I'm a nobody." "I'm just an everyday housewife." "I don't do anything edifying." "We can go out more." "To the movies and the theater." "It will take some juggling, but we'II manage." "Something always gets in the way." "There's always an obstacle." "Choosing the right dress." "Stop making fun of me, you damned macho!" "You don't care how I feel." "You don't even notice how I slave so you can do your work in peace." "I was just kidding." "It's a cheap trick to mock your cleaning lady." "Do you mock me in front of your buddies?" "Or Renate?" "She has a child but is still creative." "That's none of our business." "The hell it isn't." "But you don't follow me." "You used to understand me when you were also miserable." "please!" "Leave me alone!" "From now on, I'm only looking out for myself." "myself." "Go back to bed." "What's the big idea?" "I have 1 0 years more experience than you." "This haIf-baked project is unviable for now." "Nobody asked your opinion." "I do my part where people need me." ""people"?" "Management, party." "We'II see if your party backs such stupidity!" "Too cold." "Miss, it's unbelievable." "Enjoy your meal." "Enjoy." "Hey, it even tastes good." "delicious." "Where does Mama go every evening?" "You know..." "I'm so terribly busy at the moment that Mama didn't want to keep sitting around idle." "That makes her sick." "So she's going out more." "To visit friends, and to see movies and shows." "She even went to the opera." "Is she feeling better?" "Yes." "I'm telling you the truth." "You're beautiful." "Have you been waiting?" "How did you Iike the play?" "Wanda." "daniel, I..." "daniel." "What is it?" "A stream crossed the lot until recently." "We want to restore it artificially, from the supermarket to the school." "The Soviet soldier will be here." "Lying up to the chest in water." "The family in Stress statue here." "The Construction Worker monument at the bus station entrance." "well?" "Terrific." "He looks at me, points to panels I had painted, but he didn't even notice what color I had used." "I've been trying to reach you." "I'II be right with you." "Tomorrow we'II discuss Naumann's schedule." "It's an iII-founded scheme." "It's final, I'm afraid." "I Iike your creative ideas, but we have to reconsider." "Taking account of our limited resources." "We want to make the best of it." "So do we." "Who is handling the budget?" "EndIer." "He's a tough man, but a good one." "recalculate, fast but sure." "You have detractors." "I'II check tomorrow but postpone a decision." "You have two weeks." "AmaIgamate the supermarket, restaurant, bakery and cafe?" "Yes." "That's prohibited." "Prohibited?" "The general rules for construction of standard facilities are binding." "But three standard facilities cost more than our design." "And they are a bore." "Do you feel good living in a ticky-tacky country?" "Where a grocery in DoberIug-Kirchhain is a twin of one in Leipzig." "feeling bad is costly." "Change your tune." "You are not a policymaker." "And I don't audit esthetic values." "The building sector can't waste funds industry needs to invest." "We're pinching pennies." "We're in a miscalculation rut." "Save your accusations." "Let's stick to facts and figures." "Your grocery-cum-cafe project causes additional design costs totaling 200,000 marks." "You still want me to accept your rooftop excesses?" "How much will they cost?" "200,000 marks extra?" "300,000." "You want facts?" "Let's tell it like it is." "The standard facilities you prefer were designed 1 0 years ago." "Hasn't anything changed?" "The roof garden is good insulation and enhances the microclimate." "We're talking economy, not ecology." "We save on maintenance." "Your cardboard roof decays." "I'm saving on construction." "We save plenty on access roads and equipment." "We build to size." "According to need." "If our client wants a store of 849.765 square meters we can do it." "We build no more, build no less." "Saving land for other projects." "That's irrelevant." "Okay, we'II keep the land out of it." "Sorry." "So long." "I'II take it into consideration." "Welcome, Papa!" "We went to bed." "You need to know something." "I'm filing for divorce." "I don't want to discuss it now." "Who is it?" "Nobody else is involved." "It's my very own choice." "Who is it?" "I want to know his name." "Listen to what I'm saying, daniel." "We've drifted apart." "claude?" "Be honest at Ieast." "Is it CIaude?" "Have you been seeing him?" "Have you..." "Have you slept with him?" "Yes, daniel, but that's not..." "You want to emigrate to switzerland?" "Yes, daniel." "What about Johanna?" "She's coming with us." "What?" "Johanna is coming with us." ""Us"?" ""Us" already?" "I Ioved CIaude from the start." "I tried to resist the urge." "But it's time to decide for me and for Johanna." "He can't do that." "Can I talk to him?" "It's not up to him." "It's my choice." "You can't take Johanna away from me." "You can't take everything I care about." "You have your job." "That satisfies you." "You'II find a new family." "I knew it." "daniel, no." "Wanda." "please don't." "Why not?" "I Iove you." "I Iove CIaude." "Forgive me." "Johanna." "Did you see what Teddy drew you?" "Yes, that was nice of him." "Get dressed." "You'II catch cold." "Oh, all right." "Get going." "Bye." "A three-way kiss." "Come here, Papa." "We are pleased to announce that our Youth League project entails architectural solutions including true innovations and incorporates local guidelines." "This new, customized approach was overwhelmingly approved at the Iast construction summit." "But it faces energetic objections in our ministry and our industry." "We have entrusted young colleagues with this project." "They will surely demonstrate that they are worthy of this trust by staying in the realm of possibilities." "By foregoing utopian schemes." "Thank you, Comrade WisschaIa." "We welcome rejuvenation if it doesn't outmode our legacy." "I'm in favor of youthful initiative." "I Iearned from Prof. VeseIy's classes a few decades ago." "So we speak the same language." "But the construction business is not what it used to be." "The situation forces us to keep our budgets tight." "Your good sense will spare us fruitless debate." "We have to set your limits." "Experience refutes your ideas." "A store without air conditioning is absurd." "Let's not waste time on details." "Your boss championed several ideas." "Here is what we have decided." "Apartments in KastanienaIIee will concentrate housing as planned." "We'II try to find other locations for the facilities you want." "The gallery and bowling alley are out for the time being." "The Vietnamese restaurant idea is excellent but not presently feasible." "Residents propose a sports bar and beer and snack stands." "Now, about the movie theater..." "Isn't anyone taking notes?" "The cinema will be designed as a multipurpose facility." "removable seats and a platform so local organizations can hold meetings there." "Then we can delete the multipurpose clubhouse." "Now for the works of buiIt-in art." "Your originality is praiseworthy." "But your landscaping cannot be accepted as it is." "What is a "family in Stress?" Who is it supposed to portray?" "Didn't you instruct the sculptors?" "Comrade Brenner, you're on a dead-end street." "family And socialism would be more like it." "That is conceivable." "A depiction of stress is no field for dedicated socialist artists." "The same goes for Construction Worker." "A man in a ditch will go unnoticed." "Why do you look down on the folks who realize your plans?" "Why scourge your own flesh?" "Don't you have any pride?" "You're projecting a negative image, depicting primitive labor." "We expect a monument worthy of our housing policy." "I won't waste words on the Soviet soldier in the mud." "It's no memorial." "It's lying." "literally and figuratively." "The German-Soviet friendship will be honored at a worthy site." "Foreign statesmen want to lay wreaths in glamorous surroundings." "Your stream is impossible!" "Why should we bust our butts if all they want is hotdog stands?" "It makes me sick!" "They're treating us like interns." "They shuffle buildings in our avenue as if they were matchboxes." "How dare they mess everything up?" "daniel." "Say something." "What?" "Sorry, I wasn't listening." "Don't act as if you don't care." "You're the one who guaranteed support in high places." "Leaving?" "Yes." "And I'II tell you why." "I became an architect to build cities for living people." "Not cemeteries." "Let's quit before they lock us in the straitjacket of uniformity." "We must fight to be seen as a "socialist labor collective"." "But what they fear most is us working collectively." "Their trust is based solely on our unblemished political record." "Do I have to explain that to you?" "You'II have a brilliant career." "But why did I study architecture for six years if my only credentials are reciting rote-Iearned marxisms?" "I'm not chewing their cud any longer." "Living and working honestly doesn't satisfy them." "So long." "You can't do this." "I admire anyone who goes on on these terms." "But I can't do it." "What's more, I think it 's senseless." "I'm 39 and want to be treated as an adult." "Why do you want to go west?" "To meet CIaude." "He can come here." "Then I couId see my daughter." "He won't move here." "You know that." "Lots of foreigners live here with German wives." "You want the west." "I want CIaude." "If you don't believe that, believe me that I can't live here." "Now the truth is out." "You arrogant idiot!" "If you had lived my Iife for one month!" "I'm 35." "I've lived half my Iife and haven't done anything." "There's more to life than our humdrum existence." "The endless repetition day after day." "Our love died of monotony and you didn't even notice." "We had some highlights." "Thanks." "Maybe I'm... no Ionger what you want" "What?" "You just don't get it." "I'm not talking about sex." "Not about needs like food and sleep." "That's no problem here." "I have other needs." "A change of routine." "There are no surprises." "always the same groceries in the store." "Except one day there's no milk, the next day no onions." "And jumpers show up, at a higher price." "Is life a bowl of cherries in switzerland?" "Of course not." "Why do I have to stay here?" "Because I was born here?" "I need more." "To rediscover my identity." "In a job, for instance." "people to relate to, people who try to understand me." "I'm not me anywhere." "including in this bar." "It was made for other people." "I can identify with these problems." "talking about it won't help." "Doing something will." "You know a physical therapist can't alter the environment." "I've tried many times to change things." "I can't pretend not to be disillusioned." "I see things that need changing at the clinic." "But I can't change them." "Sure you can." "But there's no hope for change without getting involved." "Hope." "I'm too old to hope for change." "daniel, I know you think just like I do." "But you have your project." "That's your hope." "I dearly hope that you will succeed." "But if the project faiIs, pack your bags and go." "Come live near your daughter." "A man like you will find a job and recognition everywhere." "Know what you're giving up?" "Yes." "They won't let you out." "You won't get a divorce if I say your new flame is in the west." "You can't mean that." "Maybe I can't." "But I do." "We can't get aIabaster plaster." "This isn't the building trade office." "I'II get the plaster and you redo everything, okay?" "problems with the project?" "The usual." "In other words, big problems." "You can work for me any time you Iike." "How's Wanda?" "Fine, thanks." "And your old lady?" "Which one?" "Nice landscaping." "Got pen and paper?" "No." "Wait." "Men over 35 shouIdn't run in a public place." "That's true." "I only use my apartment on rare occasions." "You're quitting." "That's no way out!" "You can't only stick it out while it's smooth sailing." "They want to bury our ideas." "Have a seat." "Everything fit together." "Now it is all disjointed." "You haven't thought it through." "You're jumping to conclusions." "ridiculous!" "Of course it's tough going." "But you will still be able to save the lion's share of your good ideas." "Your project will show an alternative to the asinine stereotypes." "You'II make a case for flexibility." "This flimsy compromise won't state a case." "It has no leg to stand on." "Who put those ideas in your head?" "No architect worthy of the name could say that." "Construction is built on compromise." "It starts with materials." "Look." "Compared to natural materials our supplies are compromises." "We have to live with them." "And they aren't the only challenges." "building is political." "We project power." "Each building reflects status, Iike it or not." "Prosperity or austerity." "Dreams or despair." "Economics and technology." "They also display client tastes." "Architects have to fight for their rights." "But they also have to compromise." "Any who deny ever having made a compromise are outright liars or total ignoramuses." "Certain situations..." "Don't trust anyone who claims to be uncompromising." "If you don't give in, you can't win and may not even want to." "It is the only way to resolve conflicts of interest." "Okay." "You're hard to convince, my boy." "We have to yield on some things." "They include the store and some of the new sites." "We'II remain firm on the movies." "I'II persuade them to accept Vietnam." "We can't save everything." "But good tactics can accomplish a Iot." "It's our project." "We're in a strong position." "However, as far as buiIt-in art goes we're going to have to..." "Adapt." "Compromise!" "Say it." "call it that if you wish." "The requirements are clear." "Why the trickery?" "It isn't trickery." "We're designers, not draftsmen." "You're a pain in the ass!" "Can't we talk calmly?" "The big wigs are assholes." "So are you." "Who asked you?" "Let's choose words judiciousIy." "They dislike "family in Stress"." "We'II change the name." "That's hardly a concession." "But for the Soviet soldier they want a glamorous, glorious setting." "And a new design." "Upright and victorious." "Taking them out of the line of fire can save the other proposals." "Or should we quit?" "help us." "Hurry up." "Finish your meal." "And clean up your mess." "Have you been here long?" "Think I'm eavesdropping?" "hello." "hello." "What's the backpack supposed to achieve?" "I always bring a souvenir." "You weren't away." "No bribing her." "Did you talk to Johanna?" "I keep promises." "What about vows?" "Johanna, Papa's here." "We want to talk with you." "I don't remember anything." "A tiny tidbit for my monster mouth." "I get stomach cramps when I starve for three minutes." "You know I haven't been here for several weeks." "You must have noticed." "Not only because of business trips." "Look at us when we talk to you." "You don't have to look at us." "We love you above all." "Papa and Mama love each other too." "But we have a few problems." "We've decided to separate." "For the time being." "You ate it all up, you shrimp!" "Sometimes adults just can't get along." "We aren't mad." "Nothing has changed." "daniel." "You're getting divorced!" "Johanna." "It will be all right." "You know we love you." "Wait, I'II throw you down something." "4% more of this high-grade wallpaper has gone on the market." "Party leaders praised the castle restoration." "They cancelled our glass roof." "I'II visit the factory myself." "Our report on the grand opening." "It's on." "Come here." "Our government is dedicated to providing homes for all workers and preserving German cultural heritage." "We trust our architects to reshape our new socialist homeland." "wonderful." "especially his tie." "We architects are in demand." "I'm dreaming." "Our dreams are future realities." "Granted, a few bottlenecks persist." "But successes abound." "You're late." "We are beautifying our republic." "Barbara handed in her resignation." "Democratic builders do not make any compromises." "She's pregnant." "We will not capitulate." "Can I do anything?" "He's feeling down at the moment." "Let's get out of here." "Okay." "We can make haiIproof glass." "But why should we?" "Why not?" "It involves revamping assembly lines." "It's uneconomical for a few skylights." "We can't raise prices." "I'II find you enough buyers." "Our idea will catch on." "Nurse?" "No." "daniel!" "Yes." "It's nice of you to visit me." "You even brought flowers." "Wait, Iet me guess." "Bet they're chrysanthemums." "What color?" "yellow." "My favorite color." "There should be a vase down there." "What's wrong with your eyes?" "I denied the problem for too long." "Cataracts have pecked out my eyes." "If I'm real lucky, I'II be able to distinguish light and dark." "I can't manage if you quit too." "Sure you will." "Can you open the window?" "I'm through with balance sheets and real estate reserves." "Life has more to offer." "Touching, feeling, tasting." "Seeing with one's ears." "people have many senses." "I'd give you an eye." "No, daniel." "There are enough one-eyed architects." "I have seen clearer since I closed my eyes." "One-eyed architects only see what they want to see." "Why are you going to Prague?" "claude is there." "So what?" "I want to see him." "I can get a babysitter for Johanna." "That takes the cake!" "You never have time for her." "Are you trying hard to be so cold?" "What do you expect?" "Johanna looks for you every day." "I let you see her." "Do you know how it hurts to turn your child off and on?" "tell me about it." "You need to know one thing." "You're fighting the divorce." "That's what I want to see CIaude about." "Underneath an August sky" "Hung an opossum, feet held hi." "Look, you spelled "high" wrong." "He bummed around upside down Avoiding strife on the tree of life." "claude says switzerland is nearby." "It's not that far." "Keep going." "He smiled so gay the livelong day." "'Tis so sweet with sky at your feet." "He didn't know that Planet Earth Right-side up lacks all mirth." "Is switzerland in the west?" "The south." "Don't stop reading." "Then you can visit us often." "He couldn't walk upright or straight Loafing was work in lazy gait." "He spent retirement in a zoo." "Always happy, never blue." "You admit to having an extramarital relationship with a single man for the past six months." "Can you specify the nature of this liaison?" "It is a love affair based on mutual respect." "would you Iike to tell us about the man you are involved with?" "No, I wouldn't." "This is a very simple case of divorce." "And custody." "You're alienating father and child." "That seems to be no issue for you." "Mr. Brenner." "Do you know your wife's new partner?" "No." "I don't know him." "TO THE BORDER" "I'II call you when I get there." "This is the decision after our conversation with Comrade Adam, our construction counciIman." "Other city fathers participated." "From this moment on all designing for Housing Zone 3 amenities is suspended." "The City Council herewith commission a new architectural design." "It must conform to conventional systems." "Prefabricated modular construction." "I can't believe it." "And you agreed?" "Yes." "After lengthy deliberation and with very sound reasons." "Your project stirred up an anthill." "You surely noticed that." "Factories are hard-put to fulfill their plans." "Your peculiar specifications jeopardize current production." "New molds for the prefab panels cannot be manufactured in time." "The steel mill is perturbed." "The glass factory is in trouble." "I'm in touch with higher authorities." "The factories have appealed to superior bodies." "They are alarmed." "We have good arguments." "Your project isn't my only worry." "Your 85 million is a drop in my bucket." "I manage 1 0 projects like yours and hundreds of smaller ones." "It is my duty and my personal ambition to safeguard each and every project." "I won't allow one to impair another." "Are you able to follow my thinking?" "That was quite easy to follow." "daniel, we got it." "The haiIproof glass." "Guess who got it for us." "Who?" "Naumann of all people!" "He obtained the glass and a permit." "Enough for a dome over berlin!" "Our nation's capital." "We can pack up and go home." "The project is cancelled." "On what grounds?" "I couldn't follow them but it's final." "Goodbye." "I can't stand it." "I can't stand the sight of it." "I hate it!" "Get out of my sight!" "Max." "How's it going?" "Fine." "Come back in half an hour." "See you later." "Does your offer still hold?" "It sure does." "Wow!" "Our masterpieces will eclipse their palatial capitol building." "Our creative designs will outclass their HO general stores." "If you Iike, you can wait in the kitchen." "No thanks." "Like that music?" "Yes." "I wrote the German Youth League." "It won't help." "But at Ieast I may learn where we stumbled." "Let's go away and forget it all." "We still have each other." "Thanks." "milk chocolate!" "You cheered up." "Our new homeland ls more than big cities And small towns." "Our new homeland is also The trees and the forests." "Our new homeland ls the grass in the meadows." "The wheat in the fields." "And the birds up in the sky." "The deer and the squirrels." "And the fish in our waters." "Our new homeland." "And we love land and sea." "It's all free." "FREE GERMAN YOUTH" "We expect no guarantee that drawings will become buildings." "Construction is more than design." "But such arbitrary toying with intellectual property is uneconomical and inhuman." "I am not appealing to you to reinstate our cherished project." "I am simply asking you not to repeat the disparagement of young architects." "congratulations." "I underestimated your drive." "The project is reinstated." "That wasn't my intention." "But it happened." "It wasn't easy." "The producers were hard to convince." "But I can't." "But I can't do it anymore." "It's too late to back out!" "You won a major victory." "If you reject the spoils, you make fools of everyone." "Do you know what you want?" "What strings are attached?" "There are new requirements." "We'II get to that." "Aren't constraints frustrating?" "No, WiIIi!" "Let me go!" "I am honored to announce the names of our "socialist labor activists"." "Manfred Randow, our chief economist." "daniel Brenner, Project 3 collective leader." "Gerd Naumann, Project 3 architect." "Thank you." "It's my pleasure." "As usual." "Our work is cut out." "will we cope?" "I reckon." "Your success is this year's highlight for me." "The failures are swept under the table." "SeIf-criticism becomes you." "This may not be the best time to tell you this." "I want you to head the department." "Don't answer me yet." "Think it over." "congratulations." "Thanks." "You now have experience." "You can change things if you try." "Use all the tricks in the book." "Forget the righteousness." "The end justifies the means." " Wrong." "You don't understand." "Try firing up Max instead." "You are the one I'm banking on." "congratulations." "Don't let Naumann's award get your goat." "I'm demoted to statics." "Statics?" "They make me sick." "They lied and deluded me, stabbed me in the back." "And I was oblivious." "The die is not cast." "I'II put my foot down." "Too late." "Today I applied for emigration." "congratulations." "It's a great day." "I had my doubts at first." "But you rose to the occasion." "You became flexible." "We need spirit and common sense." "I don't want to talk about it." "Not even with you." "Excuse me." "We're a minority and still need church support." "But people are getting bolder." "One day we'II start marching." "You're out of touch!" "Can't you face reality?" "Nobody here will dare to march or picket." "They're either cowards or contented." "We aren't." "Cut it out!" "I can't take any more of that." "What are you going to do now?" "Whatever I want." "Drink yourself to death, then!" "A joyous occasion brings us together in our new neighborhood today." "After 1 8 months of plotting and planning today we break ground for our social center." "This was an ambitious project." "But it was accomplished in record time nevertheless." "We owe this monumental feat to a group of young architects." "They applied their zeal and their talent in the service of our progressive social policy." "Brenner." "Johanna!" "Where are you?" "In West berlin?" "You can come see me here." "Oh, you're on a school trip." "What I'm wearing?" "Why?" "black pants and a blue sweater." "An hour from now." "I Iove you too." "What are you wearing?" "You're a big girl now." "Of course I'II recognize you." "Yes." "I'II be right with you." 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