"THE ARCHITECT" "Maria?" "Maria?" "Maria?" "Yes?" "It's Hannah." "Who?" "Hannah." "I just found your mother." "She's dead." "Georg?" "Don't you want to get in?" "Where have you been?" "I was waiting for you." " At the quarry." "Did you bring my suit?" "My main consideration in all the projects I've done was to reveal the construction." "So I've always made an effort to keep every detail simple and exact." "My father-in-Iaw once said," ""Architecture is the only profession that allows you to walk through your ideas."" "You think something up, and later you can walk through it." "That's when you definitely know whether these ideas worked or not." "I don't build anymore." "I only teach." "Ah." " Yes." "Why did you become an architect?" "For the same reasons as you, I suppose." "Which are?" "Which are?" "Why did I become an architect?" "well, I have no idea." "How should I know?" "But you said you became an architect for the same reasons as me." "No, I said, "I suppose."" "Oh, I didn't hear that." "I'm sorry." " Ah ..." "well done." "I'm impressed." "It's disgusting, all that crap." "AII that posturing makes me sick!" "You owe that posturing a Iot." "You think you could build a museum without it?" "What's the matter with you?" " Leave me alone!" "It was nice of you to mention my father in your speech." "Georg?" "hello?" "No, he's not here." "How many days ago?" "Where did all this water come from?" " It's ground water." "What about the soil analysis?" " Yes, I know." "What do you mean, "I know"?" "So you know the ground water levels are rising!" "Wait a second." "Yes?" "hello." "well, what's so important?" " A vicarjust called." "could I have a coffee, please?" "He asked if you have any special requests for your mother's funeral." "And what did you tell him?" " It was so embarrassing" "I didn't even know she was dead!" " Thanks." "Why didn't you tell me?" "The funeral is tomorrow." "We have to go." "I'II tell the kids." " No." "We won't go, Eva." "I will decide if I go to a funeral or not." "She's your mother!" " So what?" "You never cared until now." "We're going." "I'II call the children." " No, you won't!" "Can you pay for my coffee too?" "Does anyone want an egg?" " Yeah." "Jan, why weren't you at the award ceremony?" "Busy." "Do you not care at all?" " I'm tired, Mum." "Being tired is a question of discipline." "If you want to become an architect ..." " Eva, drop it." "Yes, drop it ..." "like always." "hello?" "I can't right now." "I can't, okay?" "Okay." "Was that Dorothea?" "Doreen!" "Mum, her name is Doreen." "Stop it!" " Ah!" "Ow!" " Stop it!" "I need to pee." "I hate the countryside." " I said I need to pee." "Do you want an egg as well?" " No." "Ah, fuck!" "Come on!" "Oh, fuck it!" "I remember it being bigger." "Yes, because you were still little." "You can bring your bags inside." " What did he say?" "Turn on the light!" "My condolences." " Thank you." " hello, we spoke yesterday." " hello." "Good morning, OIIa." "hello." "Good morning." "I remember how small you used to be." "Dear family members and mourners, we have gathered here to bid farewell to Maria Winter, to pray for her and to perform the sacred rites." "This we do in the conviction that death is not the end, but rather the passage to eternal life." "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit." "Amen." "hall Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee." "blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb," "Jesus, who rose from the dead." "holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us now and at the hour of our death." "Lord, grant her eternal peace." " Let perpetual light shine upon her." "hall Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee." "blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb ..." ""In a cool and shady dale, a mill wheel slowly turns." "My sweetheart has gone away, the one who once lived there." "My sweetheart has gone away, the one who once lived there." "I am swathed in love's embrace." "my sweet, beloved maid." "My heart it burns for you," "I wish you would be mine." "If I couId win your favour," "I would be truly lost." "I would rather meet my maker," "I'd wish that I were dead ..."" "That was very nice." " "He who loves is true ..."" "You can sit down now." "You have to say something." " What?" " Say something." "Okay ..." "well, you all knew my mother." "She was a very resolute woman." "I remember that on Sundays she always ..." "We usually had roast chicken, and she would always ... put the chicken's heart on my plate and say, "You have to eat that, because it strengthens your character."" "So I would always eat it." "It always tasted quite tough, and kind of gristIy." "And years later I realised that it wasn't the heart, but the parson's nose, the chicken's arse." "I once asked her why she used to do that, and she started laughing." "So I asked my father why he hadn't told me that it wasn't the heart, but the parson's nose ..." "And he said that ... he didn't want to spoil her fun." "My father died soon after, and ..." "To think that as a kid you had to comb the carpet tasseIs ..." "Let it be." "She'd always shout:" ""Georg!" "Comb the tassels!"" "And he'd have to kneel down and comb the carpet tasseIs." "Stop it, Eva." "Don't tell your stories as if they were mine." " I remember how she hit you on the back to make you sit up straight." "She did that because my father had backache from his carpentry, and she wanted to avoid me having backache when I took over the firm." "And now shut up, please!" "But I just wanted ..." " Drop it!" "Can I have a piece of bread?" "Reh, leave the big bit for Georg." "I'm a bit late, huh?" "Okay, take care." " Thanks, will do." "Are you going home now?" "tell your husband that I'd Iike to talk to him." " Okay, I will." "Goodbye." "alex, give me the keys." "I'm going home." "hello." "I'm Georg's wife, Eva Winter." "Hannah." "hello." " hello." "Is this your son?" " Yes ..." "alex." "I have two children." "Yes, I saw them." "Goodbye." "You have to pay inside." " alright." "A bar of chocolate, please." "There you go." "Thank you." " Thanks." " Goodbye." " Goodbye." "Oh, it's you ..." "hello." " hello." "I didn't even see you coming." "What?" "Have I changed that much?" "No." "I'm having the tyres changed, then we're leaving." "Thanks for calling me." "What did my mother say at the end?" "She was afraid of being cremated." "Because she'd seen a TV report where people woke up in the fire." "Did you see each other much?" "Yes, quite a Iot." "But she was a bit strange towards the end." "She didn't let me tidy up anymore for fear of me stealing from her." "I filled 20 rubbish bags yesterday." "Yes, I saw them." "But she let alex do what he wanted." "He looks just like you." "The station was evacuated and the trains ..." "When were we here last?" "When you first started school." "His mother never forgave him for leaving and marrying me." "That's why he usually visited her alone." "The police said that snowpIoughs have been operating all day." "Georg is so absent." " He's been absent ever since I was born." "You get more handsome by the day." " Stop it, Mum!" "Stop what?" " Stop doting on me!" "Damn, Mum ..." "Give it to me." "Listen, I ..." "I picked up the car and had some winter tyres fitted." "We'II be leaving early tomorrow." "Want a piece?" " No." "Are you sure?" " I said no." "Then drink some water to digest it." "I knew it, Mum." "Want some?" " No." "What'II happen to the house?" "No idea." "I'II have to think about it." "What's the temperature?" " Minus one." "Did you know that woman just now?" "Which woman?" " The one who came in later." "No idea." "We chatted." "She was very nice." "Oh, fuck!" "Fucking hell!" "Did you put the soap there?" " No, I didn't." "Why did you put the soap there?" " I didn't!" " Fucking house!" "You drank too much." " Leave me alone!" "Damn, all these lies!" "What's so great about Georg?" "Why do you admire him so much?" "tell me!" "Did you hurt yourself?" "Of course I did!" "What a stupid question!" "Doreen moved out." "When?" " She wanted me to apologize, but I didn't feel like it." "Who cares?" "Do you want to kick my heels?" "What, now?" "Yes." "Why are you looking at me like that?" "Sorry." "Why don't you get dressed?" "It's cold." "No, my fungus infection needs air." "Jan?" "Can I ask you something?" " Sure." "You have to give me an honest answer." "Promise?" "I promise." "Do you think I'm any good?" "When is the audition?" " In 2 weeks." "I just can't express what I want to express." "I'm too slow." "Do you think I'm any good?" "play something." "If I get into the conservatory, I'II come home only at Christmas and you'II all have to be nice to me." "There'II be another reason why she falls the exam again." "well, as long as she tries ..." "She has talent, but she's not ambitious." "I'm absolutely sure ..." "You're always absolutely sure, even when you're wrong." "That's your problem." "Eva ..." "Come on." "The whole cupboard is full of glass jars." "Yes, she could never throw things away." "She even used to reheat mouIdy food." "Is that why we stopped visiting?" "Do you want this?" "Oh, boy ..." "Thanks." "THE SHEAF" " SONGBOOK" "Your dad looks quite brawny." "Yes, he was." "But he was very taciturn." "We hardly ever spoke." "Thanks." "And after he died ... my mother stopped talking to me." "And when I visited her, I couId only stand it for 2 days." "She never understood why." "She never travelled." "The only time was when she went to Madeira." "She used to talk about it sometimes." "Otherwise she always stayed home." "I can understand that." "I don't like travelling either." "But sometimes I do." "Strange ..." "Sometimes I have nightmares that I'm stuck here, because I can't afford the ticket or ... because the road is closed due to avalanches." "It used to be closed for weeks." "No one could get in or out." "You were always so stocky." "When you could only just stand you said, "I can shower myself."" "You always achieved what you set out to do." "You used to stand in front of the mirror and say, "I am good."" "I never did things like that." " Yes, you did!" "You'II make it into the conservatory, right?" "I'm so afraid, but I don't know why." "You ..." "You used to line up your books on the bedroom sill like a fortress, and then you bet me 1 million marks, you said that's what I'd have to pay if you could fly out of the window." "No!" "Look!" "What kind of tree is that?" "Where?" " That one." "A fir tree." " Look more closely." "could be a spruce as well." " Seven needles." "Wait ... ah, a pine." "And what kind?" " What kind?" " What kind of pine?" "A white pine!" " Yes, good!" "Come on, Iet's go back." " Okay." "I'm first!" "I hate it." "Why do you do it, then?" " Because I think the snow's good for me." "You look really young." "almost like you were 19." "You seem better all of a sudden." " Yes." "Okay, I'm going to see the stonemason, and then we'II leave." "Jan?" "By just looking at you, you'd never guess that you can't cope without alcohol." "I've got something to say." "I want you to take a good look at the house, because I want you to share it." "What are we supposed to do with it?" " You could restore it." "Then what?" " Then you could maybe sell it." "Who would want it?" "Watch what you're saying, okay?" "It's been in our family for generations." "It's structurally very sound." "So what's the catch?" " What do you mean?" "Do we have to stick our finger in an anthill again?" "That only happened once." "And for that I changed your nappies." "Jan, wait." "tell me, why are you always so aggressive?" "I mean, the house and all must be interesting for you." "What do you want to talk about, Georg?" "We both know you think I'm a loser ..." " That's not true." "I always said you'd make a good architect with a bit of ambition." "I always said that." " I'm not interested, though." "Yes, that's precisely the problem." "You're never interested in anything except hanging out in pubs." "AII you managed was to get expelled from school." "Georg, you always bring up the same old stories." "You wanted to force me into this fucking profession!" "You always make all the decisions!" " That's not true." "I didn't force you into this profession." "You never took the initiative." "You just waited for me to choose for you." "But I'm an architect, and that's where I have connections." "Do you need help?" "There's a saying for that." "Thanks." "well?" "So what's the saying?" ""You can ride a tiger, but make sure you don't dismount."" "I don't really get it." "Me neither." "I need a snow shovel." "That is one." "Hannah, how many of these do you sell per day?" "Ah!" "Good morning." " Morning." "Thanks for coming." "We're about to leave." "I thought we'd take away the cross now and you place a headstone instead." "Oh, Georg, didn't anyone tell you?" "tell me what?" "Your mother wanted alex to choose and pay for the cross." "Can you bring a pack of milk?" "Yes." "You still have the same old cups." "I don't like change." "How long have you worked here?" "About 10 years." "Ever since I stopped teaching." "It wasn't a wise move, but the kids got on my nerves." "Yes, I understand." "I heard your son goes for what he wants." " Yes, but then he gets bored." "Who does he get it from?" "What's wrong?" "Don't you feel well?" "What's the matter?" "Here, sit down." "Sit yourself down." "shall I get you something to drink?" "You don't need to clear the snow, the roof can take it." " Sorry?" "Naff off!" "Sorry, I don't understand." " I said bugger off!" "Jan?" "Jan, get down." "We're leaving." "Why don't you say, "could someone please clear the snow from the roof?" "."" "You're always giving orders." "You should at Ieast be up-front!" "It's not an order, it's a request." "You even tell me how to peel an apple!" " Fine then, I'II just shut up." "Reh, not that coat." "It's too thin." " Leave me alone." "Put on the other one!" "That hurts!" " Why aren't you packed yet?" " You pulled out a clump!" "Get a move on, please!" "Didn't you hear the news?" "Some roofs have collapsed!" "And that's why we're leaving." "I hope I haven't left anything behind." "Turn off that racket." "I don't like this music." "Was everything okay with the stonemason?" "No, nothing is okay." "Leave the music off!" "I can't drive with that din, damn it!" "Shit!" "Good morning." " Morning." "What are you having?" " You first." "I'II have a schnitzel, no chips, with mushrooms, slice of toast and a beer." " I can't change the side dishes." "only what's on the menu." "Why?" "Don't you have any mushrooms?" " only what's on the menu." "SchnitzeI comes with chips and a roll." "I can see that, but it's not what I want." "shall I come back when you've decided?" " No, stay here." "I'II have a schnitzel without chips, a beer, and a slice of toast." "We don't have any toast." "You can have a bread roll." "What do you mean you don't have toast, if you have bread rolls you can toast!" "Georg, please." " I don't make the rules." "A cup of tea for me, please." " And tea for me ... no, coffee." "alright, I'II just have a schnitzel without chips, and ham on toast, no salad or mayo, and a beer." "Okay, so the number 2, ham on toast without salad or mayo, and a beer." " Right." " Anything else?" "Yes." "Leave out the ham out, and bring the toast without salad or mayo." "And I'II pay for what's on the bill." "would that break any of your rules?" "And who is going to eat the ham?" "Great!" "That was the only restaurant in this dump." "Georg?" "Georg!" "There's something else I need to tell you." "Come on in." "Yes, well ..." "Maria gave something to me shortly before she died." ""I, Maria Winter, nee perl, born on 1 1 October 1923, hereby state my last will and testament:" "I appoint my grandson alexander Koppen as my sole heir." "My son Georg, alexander's biological father, will receive only the legal share of my estate." "Signed, Maria Winter."" "How old are you, if I may ask?" "19." "19?" "My God." "So young?" "And what is your profession?" "Eva, stop it." "Why?" "Was I rude to him?" "It's a perfectly normal question." "How long have you known each other?" "We've always known each other." "really?" "I can't remember you at all." "Come on, Eva." " Let me go!" "It would be wiser not to touch me right now." "Listen, I've known Hannah since she was born." "It's like that in small towns." "Then we met by chance." "It was just an affair, believe me." "You'd be a loser without me." "And now you earn more than you're worth." "Without my father you'd have nothing." " Stop it." " Why?" "Isn't it true?" "And now you're treating Jan like a loser." " You can say what you Iike, but what about you?" " Jan drinks, and you kiss Reh on the lips!" "We never managed to work it out because you think you're better than me." "We never managed because you ruined things with this affair!" "But I always stood by you." " You did what?" " I stood by you!" "You don't know what it means!" " I stuck with you and the kids for 30 years!" "I even married you!" "I'm going to the bar." "Hannah ..." "Is that short for Johanna?" "No, that's my proper name." "So you knew who I was when I came into your shop?" "Yes." "Did you know me from the past?" " No." "Are you married?" "So, this is where I Iive." "You were always the hero ..." "but you're actually just an asshole." "Thanks." "I always wondered how you could stay out naked in the snow for so long." "You always stayed out for 30 minutes." "I couId only stand it for 10 minutes." " That comes from daily practice." "And sometimes you'd shake your hair over me." "It was freshly washed and smelled really good." "And then you pressed your hand against my chest ..." "Yes ... and then you kissed me." "Yes." "Yes, that happened last time." "Yes, that was the Iast time." "Do your folks know you're sick?" "They don't, do they?" "You're a coward." "He's had 1 7 beers, so I locked him in the toilet ..." "What should I do?" " Throw him out." "Throw him out?" "How would you Iike it if I threw you out?" "A whiskey, please." "But you wouldn't throw me out." " well, at Ieast keep an eye on him." "Excuse me ..." "hello?" "Anyone here?" "Reh?" "Reh?" "You don't like it much around here, do you?" "What makes you think that?" "My grandma told me." "Oh, did she?" "She said you think we're all idiots." "I'm sure I didn't mean it that way." "Why don't you Iike the countryside?" "Because it's so quiet." "Reh?" "I'm envious of you smoking." "I'd Iike to smoke too." "Then why don't you do it?" "Reh?" "If you want me to stop, you'II have to tell me now." "I'II get it." "Excuse me." "hello?" "Eva?" "Where are you?" "I need to sit down for a minute." "Eva, tell me where you are." "You're so beautiful ..." "Eva?" "Thanks." "Reh?" "Reh!" "Reh!" "Reh, wake up!" "Reh, wake up!" "Reh, can I get out?" "THE ARCHITECT" "subtitles alexander Zuckrow" "film und Video UntertiteIung Gerhard Lehmann AG"