"(soft music)" "(martial fanfare)" "Where is that thing, uh, the, uh, the, uh" " (Ms. Lohse) Which one?" " The Thing!" "The black!" "The one with addresses and phone numbers." "(Ms. Lohse) No idea." "Would you place the dog somewhere else." "No, here is' it." "And the business section, are they in here?" " If you put them in, yes." " In here?" "No." "Yesterday, I did them especially ..." "They were here." "On top." "Someone is always messing up the papers." "I don't want someone taking things away without asking me." "In 3 weeks mother has her 80th birthday." " Do you listen?" "We have to visit her." " I'm not deaf!" " And how old is your mother?" " 80!" "Friday, Saturday and Tuesday are there." "Monday of course not!" "Here." "Monday." "(March)" "And when is her birthday?" "In 3 weeks." "Do we have to go?" "Of course." "Remember, you have a family." "During the day the man goes hunting with his club, and the family has to sit in the cave and wait." "Your club." "What?" "I see." "(March)" "(March changes into in a quiet, soft music)" "(Door opens)" " Papa has gone?" " Yes." "(Whistled merrily to himself)" "(dialing Telephone)" " Morning!" " Good morning, Mr. Klein." " Good morning, Mr. Lohse." " Good morning, Mr. Moll." " Good morning, Mr. Lohse." " Good morning, Mr. Jeckel." " Good morning." " Good morning, Mr., uh..." " Good morning, Mr. Lohse." " Good morning." "Hello, Ms. Pfeiffer!" "How's it going in the shipping department?" "My God, how time flies!" "And the work is fun?" " Yes, yes." " What is actually happend with the little Mr. Thingens?" "What was his name, the pale?" "Hmmm ..." "It is on the tip of my tongue but could not get it out." " Mr. Wiese?" " No." "Is is a lot easier to remember things from the past." "I know, for example the phone number of my parents, before they moved to Wiesbaden, in 1950." "Um, I know it." "Um ..." "87 55 86 no, 83" " Good morning, Mr. Lohse." " Good morning, Mr. Schambach." "Um, and my oldest sister - 34 19 28" " Have a nice day!" " Thank you." " Good morning." " Morning, Mrs. Lamprecht." " The gentlemen from Osaka ...?" " ...will arrive tomorrow at 11." " Mail?" " On your desk." "Hello?" "This is Heinrich Lohse from the German Tubes Inc." "Yes, äh." "Now we deliver the boiler pipes, compression pipes, rain pipes, extension pipes, pipes for heater and water..." "Pardon?" "Ah." "Please?" "Oh, sorry." "I'm so ..." "Then I dialed the ... (Other phone ringing)" "Yes, I see." "Excuse me, please." "Mr. Lohse?" "There is a delivery" " waiting for you." " I'm coming." "Yes, that's the office paper." "(Fanfare)" "Let me go through only once." "I still have one package." "Because you do not have an overview." "Purchasing sheet by sheet, commercially can not be justified." "If we do large scale purchases, the price drops at 500,000 sheets by 35% and so on." "What is this?" "That are erasers." "Would you sign please?" "The General Director awaits you." " Why?" " I don't know." "Oh, and make sure that it will be cleaned up." "(Baroque music)" "My dear Mr. Lohse." "(Continue Baroque music)" "Please sit down." "Cigar?" "Oh, thank you very much." "Do you have purchased paper for our office?" "typewriter paper." "Yes." "With a saving of over 50%." "Also probably a bit in advance?" "Yes." "For approximately 40 years, at an average rate ..." "And, uh, health is everything ok?" "Oh yes, thank you." "You have married quite late" " And have a small child." " Well, small ..." " Doe it speaks already?" " My son is 16." "He speaks." " What does he say so?" " What?" "What does he say?" "Well, how ..." "How does he call you now?" " Papa." " Charming, quite charming." "You should spend more time with the boy." " Yes, yes." " Mr., uh, Lohse," "I consider as my duty to respect the private life of my closest colleagues..." "Since when?" "Dear Mr. Lohse, the German Tubes Inc owes you thanks." "I mean, it's time that we together think about, uh ..." "How would you ..., uh ... benefit from well-deserved... the fruits of your well-deserved retirement." " What are you saying?" " Thank you." "Stay at your seat, Mr. Chairman." "For 37 years I work here." "From a small, lousy dump ... we made a big one ..." "I mean, what we are today." "And it is not up to you ..." " I do not wish that you ..." " If I may say so," "Go ahead." "Moment!" "I'm listening." "Wait, I'm catching up." "The thing with the dump you have already said." "Ähhh ... yes!" "This is what I wanted to say!" "I decide when I'm sick and tired of your tubes." "I already know when!" "Now!" "(Virtuoso violin)" "(Exciting music)" "(Gradual steps Creaking floor boards)" "(Creaking floorboards still)" "My God!" "You frightened me!" "I live here." "But not now, at this time." "And I have a surprise for you." "Good day, my boy." "(Loud music from headphones)" "Where do you come from?" "Dieter!" "So, I eat now." "So!" "Excuse me." "I just have ..." "So, I want to ..." "Put away the magazine." "Dieter!" "So, I have indeed good news for you." " As of today ..." " Are you taking any Brussels sprouts?" "Thank you, yes." "I have, a surprise." "It's no fun to cook for you ." " I have a surprise." " A surprise?" "From tomorrow I am fully available for my family." "but you can still go on eating" "My company, so General Director Blume and I," "We have, eh, to, uh ..." "are, agreed to" "I mean that my labor..." "lesser in the future... rather not at all..." "to focus at the company." "and my experience more to my ... my home ... and, uhm, the well-being ..." "Thus, for the good of my family ..." "dedicates... dedicate... devote." "Now, eat so it is not getting cold." "What are you saying?" "There is a new activity, targeted more for private..." "What does that mean?" "I am retired." "Then I get the dessert." "I'd chucked it all." "(The doorbell rings)" "So from now you are always the whole morning at home?" "Yes." "And in the afternoons." "And where, what, what do you..." "how do you think you ..." "I think I put my experience into the houshold" " And the family." " Oh ..." "What is this?" "Pear Helene." "But this is an apple." "With chocolate sauce." "Then it is not a pear Helene, but apple Helene." "That does not exist." "An apple is an apple and a pear is a pear." "If it does not please you, let it stay," " But I like it." " Then eat it." "I eat it, yes." "But not under a false name." " This is Elizabeth." " What is it?" "This is Elizabeth." "(Electrical hum)" "Do you know what I have thought?" "Well, what?" "Nowadays for a woman it is no longer so easy to lead a modern household." " Are you listening?" " Yeah." "And so I have made up, to relieve...to discharge the board ..." "Thus, Head of the, uh, the, uh," "Now I take the responsibility on the budget." "Yes, my dear." "Did you say something?" " No." " Well, good night." "So!" "Renate?" "Renate!" "(Phone rings)" "(Ms. Lohse) Lohse." "Hello, Rita!" "Uh, what happend?" "No, no, it can wait." "It ... it is alright." "But later I have to talk to you." "Yes." "No, you first have to tell." "Yes." "No, at the moment it is not so ..." "Don't get disturbed." "Finish your call." "You know .. you, uh, I ..." "Um, I wanted ..." "But it is not so ..." "It, uh, it also has time til tomorrow." "Yes, then ..." "I'll call you, uh ..." "Yes." "I'll call you again later on." "What is this?" "These are the things for the clothing donation." "My winter coat?" "Well, listen!" "You keep it since we met each other." "The coat is still perfect!" "I wanted it for Dieter to wear!" "He will be happy, when he inherits Dad's coat." " Renate!" " He will be overhappy for joy." "Why do you always throw all my things away?" "The dog would have to go out any time soon." "Darling, this is no answer to my question." "And the dog may go out, when I think it is time." "Wutz!" "Wutz, you've to come with your master now!" " (Dog growls)" " Wutz, here is your master!" " Good morning, Mr. Lohse." " Good morning." "Wutz!" "Here is the master!" " (Growls)" " Stupid Dog." "Well?" "Did he made some business?" "He had, ah so, could not see it so accurate." " I go shopping now." " No." "Give it to me." " I think it's really nice ..." " We had this discussed already." "That falls into my work area." "But you do not even know what I ..." "Your husband was 17 years Director of the Purchasing Department." "I've placed the cans over here." " What do you want?" "What cans?" " I would like ... 2 fish balls and a jucy gulasch." "You haven't placed it there." "Yes, please?" " A caraway cheese." " Otherwise, they would have to stand there." "My name is Lohse." "I do shopping here." "But I placed them next to the potato salad." " Then they got picked up." "Yes?" " A caraway cheese and tomatoes." " If they're gone..." " I would like to shop here." "who would have them picked up?" "Yes, please?" " I want to ..." " But I was here!" " Then they are somewhere else." " A caraway cheese, please." " Otherwise, they would be here." " Where?" "Yes?" "Well, where you have placed them." "A caraway cheese, please and 2 pounds of tomatoes." "I always put them here." "What is it you want?" "My name is Lohse, I would like to buy something." "Would also tell me, what it should be?" "I don't like the way you talk to me." "We will not make business." "So, we've got two options." "Either I'll read as a whole before, what is on the list, or we go through one by one." "Please?" "So then, a glass of mustard." "1.29 1.29." "Does it becomes cheaper if I take several?" "At 10 glasses you save ..." "60 cents." "That sounds better already." "And at 50?" " Mr. Lohse!" " Oh, Mrs. Mielke!" " Are you not going to office today?" " I, uh, so, uh, no." "Not directly." "My work currently focuses more on the domestic sphere." "You are retired!" "You can... could also say in that way, yes." "Could you hold me the sack?" "Yes, sure, but I must also ..." "Thank you." "So." "Then I have to ..." "I'd also have a cup of beef soup." "I can warm it up for you." " Ms. Mielke ..." " It would be quite fast." " Maybe soon." " This will be kept secret." "My sister is in such matters is always something ..." "Although ... the thing with her husband at that time was only gossip." "He died very naturally." "But you do not necessarily ..." "No, no." "So then ..." "Ha!" "That's ..." "Mr. Lohse wanted to ask you." "I said," " That thou were not there." " I have to soon ..." "What did you want to ask me Mr. Lohse?" "Oh, it has time." "I have to my life ... the supply, my life ... supplied ... first get ..." "Goodbye." "Brigitte, could you over to me?" "Renate!" "Renate?" "Stop!" "Place the back there!" "How did you get in?" "Through the front door." " What is your name?" " Kleinert." "I clean here." "As you can see, My name is Lohse." "In future we will work together..." "No, uh, discard that." "Homeworks demands an efficient organization to be effective." " Do you have it?" " Yes, Mr. Lohse." "The main principle is this:" ""Think first, then act"" "This is Ms. Kleinert, our maid." "My wife." "Mrs. Kleinert, we can do the curtains." "I don't want to be interrupted now." "I'm in a meeting with Ms. Kleinert." "It would be very friendly, if you can push in an appointment for me after that meeting." " Um ... what was the last item?" " What?" "What I have just said." " "acting." "Then acting."" " Yes." " By the way, Ms., uh ..." " Kleinert." "I will help you until your are worked-in." "I will lead by giving a a good example." "What was the principle that your activities were based on?" "Yes ..." "I would have made the beds now." "Wrong." "Your role is in the stairwell," "I will make the beds and you will join me later on." " Well then!" " Yes." "(Birds chirping)" " Where are the beds?" " That I have to air ..." "Ms., uh, Kleinert, our working plan undergoes a change." "We will go to the garden first." "In unforeseen events you must adjust to the new conditions." "Um ... best is to remove the blanket now from the thing, the, uh, climbing rose." "Yes, Mr. Lohse." "And stay calm." "We have a very important Message for you." "(Mr. Lohse) Oh?" "(sounds of harmonium)" "No, Rita, you have no clue!" "Sorry, it has rung." "I'll call you back." "Those are our beds." "I just asked Ms. Kleinert to ..." "And those are the Glöckners." "They have an important message." "We do not subscribe to magazines." " Is it about magazines?" " No." " No." " No." "Would you bring it upstairs?" "I can handle it." "(Still sounds of harmonium)" "Here you are." "Excuse me." "My wife is a little suspicious." "This is not meant personally." "May I offer you something?" "According to the calculations of the internationally recognized Professor Pirkheimer" "Venus, the Moon Tetra his left orbit and now racing toward the Earth." "Its impact is imminent." "This means the end of our planet." "You know, that is a bad timing." "I thought you had ..." "Only those people who are clean inside and outside, have nothing to fear." "This handmade brush from pure natural bristle" "I could handout to you for just 28.50 Mark." "That is very amiable, but I think ..." "For 32 DM, we recommend this bathing salt." " No, no." " Even without cash." "If you want to sign here please?" "No, no ..." "You will receive our delivery every month" " To account for 2% discount." " Or the fees will be withdrawn from your bank account with 5% discount." "If you do not immediately decide, it does not matter." "We would then always come over every Thursday." "Oh?" "Where do I sign?" "The delivery for Lohse." "This is getting bit much to me now." " But it is your order." " What?" "Oh, yes." "(Mr. Lohse) you can put it right here." " Here?" " Yes, please." " Bye, boss." " Goodbye." "What was that message about?" "That was a message from Professor Pirkheimer because of the impending collision." "It is possible the end, to the imminent end of our civilization." "Hopefully, you've nothing signed?" "I, um, no." "This will be charged from the bank account." "What is debited?" "Um ..." "Brushes." "Root brushes and, uh, natural bath additive." "A ton of bathing salt?" "No." "That's mustard. 150 glasses." "Mustard!" "Well, thank God!" "The world is at the end, but we have mustard, root brushes and bathing salt." "What happend?" "Your father wants to give something." "What?" "Oh, yes." "This is my ..." "that was my best coat." "That mantle I used to date your mother." "Put it on." "(Romantic violin music)" "Perfect." "The button can be sewed." "Posh!" "Turn around." "Fits like a glove." "If my father would had given me such a coat!" "Are you happy?" "Please, Say!" "And the color suits you so well!" "That you can wear it at grandma's birthday." " Say something!" " Great ..." " Look, a squirrel." " Look, a squirrel!" "A squirrel!" "I open up my marital problems and what does my friend say?" "Look, a squirrel!" "For 17 years I have been comfortably married." "(chatting sound)" "I had the houshold, then there was Dieter, and Heinrich was in his company throughout the day in good hands." "That has never been disturbed so far." " But you were complaining - complaining?" "That he never had time." "I did not know how it is like if he has the time." "Then look for a job." "Couples are only happy, if one never has time." "I cooked something hot for us." "What's that?" "Meatballs from a can." "Königsberg was the capital of ..." "I know." " How is your school?" " Fine." "A short while ago you were born." "and now we sit together at dinner." "At your age I was very interested in sports." " For the top athletes." " Hm hm." "Sit up straight, boy." "Who is ..." "whom you admire?" " Whom do you find great?" " Michael Jackson." "Michael Jackson." "He was boxing champion light heavyweight." "But then he was beaten by Eddie Alersmeier in 1952." "For those facts I have a good memory." "What would a boxer do once retiered." "The day after tomorrow Michael Jackson will give a concert." "Is this the idea!" "You, uh, the young lady, that were there the other day, um ... is it yours, is the, um ..." "is she in your class?" "Hm-hm." "And, uh, if you ..." "So when you're together, how, uh, is it so, when you are um ..." "Look, your mother and I ... we are not by nature, such old, come up the world at that age." "Um ... the important thing is that you, um ..." "Especially when you're young because the body is, uh ..." "This is quite natural, um ..." "Thus, the physical, I mean." "Men are ... and women also ..." "Think about it!" "Especially because I thing good of you." "Do we understand each other?" "Hm-hm." "Nice we have talked about everything." "Women also have their advantages." "Back there my mother went to school." "Here my brother-in-law lived before." "There though the backyard." "27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 1st, 2nd" "Where is the 3?" "(Voices approaching)" "Where is the 3?" "Wo ist der 3?" "(All the ladies talking at once)" "Please go to the living room." "I'll make the tea." "Oh, Mr. Lohse!" "Nice, that we also meet each other." "I'm just trying to get an overview." "over the existing paper material." "Heinrich!" "Why can't you do that another day?" "No, with a timely notice I would have reserved the use of the living room." "(Ms. Lohse) Take a seat." "Let us not be disturbed." "If something gets mixed up, could I start over again?" " It's chewing gum." " This was the FRANKFURTER!" "What a strong man you have, Mrs. Lohse!" "You don't feel well, Brigitte?" "Heinrich, wont you walk the dog?" "No." "That was not the topic." "Mrs. Bredenbek, I must ask you to stand up." "You are sitting on the cultural part of the WORLD." "(Clank)" "No, this is not cultural part." "But I had it put down here somewhere." "Please look for among yourselves." "Maybe someone is sitting on it." " Please keep ..." " I must insist!" "Could you help me, Heinrich?" "I knew it!" "Never mind!" "I have plenty of time!" "Why didn't you throw away these newspapers?" "I did not know that you and your culture club ..." "No one will look ever into it again." "How should I get the houshold going ..." "Let me see you, if I take the papers ..." "I want to know who, when, where drinks coffee!" "What kind of impression will it give!" "Also, you're also interested, that order ..." "What actually gotten into you?" "This is Püppi." "(voices)" "Waiter?" "The do not like us here." "Waiter, could we bring YOU something?" "Waiter?" "Madam, Sir, have you made a choice?" "Yes, for quite some time." "We would like calf's liver for two." " This is not recommended." " Oh, and what else?" "Homemade chicken soup, but I would not advise that also." "And fish?" " Then I'll take the hunter's spear." " As you wish." " Do you have Pear Helene?" " Heinrich!" "This is our specialty." "We serve natural mark of pears with vanilla sauce." "Pear Helene is a cooked pear with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce." "Ours comes with vanilla sauce and is always recommended." "Your pear is all but no pear Helene." " How about the apple pie." " No, thank you." "So, one hunter's spear." "If I hear Pear Helene again," "I throw myself down and bite into the carpet!" "Oh!" "I have imagined your retirement differently." "This is my first retirement!" "I still practice!" "I just thought ..." "My God!" "why are men insensitive!" "Everyone can hear what you say." "Unfortunately, I don't understand you at all." " hunter's spear for one." " Thank you very much." "You should start eating right now, it is not very hot." " And mine?" " You did not order anything." " Then I'll take the chicken soup." " Chicken soup." "Give it here, I'll do it." "Maybe you can let me do a least something on my own!" "Please, please!" "I said nothing." "Order yourself a hunter's spear." "This is mine." "It is on my side of the table." "Have you ever seen it, how it looks, when you do so?" "What do I do?" " When I do that?" " Always." "Here, you have done it 3 times already." "Then it is a lovley tick." "You know, what are you doing?" " What?" " That." "May I clear up?" "No, we're not yet done." " Should I vanish into thin air?" " It would be quite fabulous," "If his Lordship, Director Lohse would have left the Director at the company" " and comes here just as Mr. Lohse." " Just Mr. Lohse? "Just"?" "I'm Heinrich Lohse, happily married, ha-ha!" "with one child and fixed income." "What do you mean by "just"?" "I wish only that we do not sit in your company but you at our home quiet and peacefully." " Old and fat!" " That would not be the worst." "I will put in more effort." "Excuse me, my name is Drögel." "I was inadvertently witness of your conversation." " I am in a hurry." " I like the way you ..." "It is rare that ladies, tells a men directly sometimes to ..." "Excuse me, but ..." "We are a well-known Confectionery company the company Riegel and Klotz, formerly Seidemann, Bielefeld." "Well, um, yes, yes." "We are looking for ladies who feel joy in their work." "May I offer you my card?" "Excuse me." "I had it in my hand the whole time already." "Thank you very much." "I would be happy to hear from you." "One chicken soup." "(Door opens and falls back into the lock)" " Heinrich?" " No fear." "Everything alright." "I do not make beds, Don't buy a anything and only go up the stairs and perhaps back down." " If I may!" " Come here." "Sorry, Heinrich." "So it was not meant in that way." "I know, this is all not easy for you too." "I should have given you more help." " What happend?" " You could be here with us with your family and have your own domain." " Aha!" " Only for you." "Where you never ..." "where no one bothers you, also times where you can be loud." "Loud?" "Where you can be as you want." "If we keep a little order ..." "That could be but very ..." "That could be quite comfortable." "For DIY or something." "And here, this we take away." "Then you have room for models." " Hm .." " Models ... or something." "Are there in every cellar men in retirement?" "Here you also have light ..." "and water ..." "Well, what do you mean?" "Could I still stay on the surface?" "(Ms. Lohse) The Mielke-sisters will come soon." "They'll pick me up." "(falsetto voice) Oh, Mrs. Lohse!" "I did not know, that your husband is home!" "Would you like to say hello?" "Nope." "I stay here lying very quiet and peacefully." "Coffee in a thermos flask, Sausage sandwiches in the fridge." "Are you listening?" "I got your point!" "(The doorbell rings)" "(Door opens)" " Good day, Ms. Mielke." " Good day, Mrs. Lohse!" "(The ladies are all talking at once)" "(A blackbird singing)" "Ach, Frau Lohse!" "I didn't know, that your husband is home!" "(falsetto voice) Day, Mrs. Mielke!" "(Cough, then normal voice) Nice of you again ..." " Are you sick?" " My husband has just a bit stretched out." "Have time off times." "Very reasonable." "Not quite true, Mrs. Mielke." "I am retired." "Mr. Lohse is retired!" "We really did not know." " Why don't you come with us?" " Yes, why not?" "No, no ..." "We need more men for our cultural events." "This is really very kind," "But my wife said, I should once ..." "My husband does not like poetry readings." " That's really something new!" " We have discussed, that you wanted to stay home." "Well, he still could!" "Mr. Lohse!" "Well, I'll quickly wear something." "(string music, cough)" "(Inaudible)" "(Again, hawking and coughing)" "Ladies and gentlemen." "For the second time in this year we come together for an event of our cultural group." "(Clears his throat)" "This afternoon is devoted to contemporary literature." "We are very lucky that the most important representative, living representative, the most important, most lived," "So, still living representative of modern poetry agreed, here with us to read from his work." "A man who has made literary history a name, the worldwide known:" " Lothar Frohlein." " Frohwein." "Frohwein." "(Silence, only Frohwein's Leather jacket rustles)" "(Silence, only the leather jacket can be heard)" "(Expectant silence)" "I shall begin to read 22 poems from the series "farewell"." " Then ..." " A little louder, please!" "Eight ballads from my early period, followed by the sonnets collection "The 12 months"." "Afterwards Chapter 3 from the novel "Pedokles"" "and finally a tragedy in three acts with the title:" ""Goethe in Halberstadt." "Then we will have the opportunity to talk." "Melosine ... (Hiccup)" "(Hiccups)" "(Hiccup)" "Is that part of your lecture?" "A piece of sugar would always help me." " He should hold his breath." " What do you think?" "We have to scare him." "Or ask something, that distracts him." "Shh!" "(Still hiccups)" "Excuse me, may I interrupt you." "Heinrich!" "(Hiccup)" "What did you eat yesterday evening?" "Um ... turnips" "Steamed turnips fish sticks and ..." "Tartar sauce." "Melosine..." "Krawehl, krawehl!" "Taubtrüber Ginst at Musenhain!" "Trübtauber Hain on Musenginst!" "Krawehl, krawehl!" "(Hiccup)" "(Romantic Piano)" "(Music overlays various conversations)" "Before I was thinking, that we live parallel to each other." "You've already told 3 times." "I told him what I think and I thought he would have understood!" "He throws no more beds out the window, no!" "Now he is discussing with Lothar Frohlein!" " one sausage for the lady." " Thank you very much." "Perhaps there is also something else than men." "What do you mean?" "Don't let you get mad." "Let's do it, what they want." "There are such beautiful meh..." "uh, more ... options" "Compared to women men are really not interesting." "Just ignore him." "Ha!" "Did I catch you, my darling!" "Haha!" " That was quite a brilliant move." " Thank you!" "Good Day, Rita." "I thought to myself" " I know, that you're in town - it would be great if we meet somewhere." "By chance." "I also do not disturb." "So think as I would not even be there." " Do you have a wish?" " A pot of coffee." " A coffee." " Do you know who is sitting there?" "Where?" "Over there!" "The lady with the bright Hat." "This is Lisbeth!" " Lisbeth Prenzler!" " Heinrich!" "Well, chunky bit?" "Come on, put on your glasses!" "It's me!" "Heinrich Lohse!" "How are you?" "Got a little bit sized-up." "Suits you, however." " Is your husband here?" " I am not married." "We had visited you in Hamburg before!" "I live in Würzburg." "For 36 years." "No." "Your son studied in Hamburg and lived with you." " I have no son." " Of course you have, Lisbeth!" "My name is Käthe." "Oh..." "Käthe..." "You know, I'll have to leave now." "I'll call you." "So, I would not have recognized Lisbeth." "How is she?" "... good." "She lives in Würzburg now." "Where's Rita?" "She had to go." "I have to hurry too." "Probably you have something planned too." "Yes." "But if you would ask me I would go with you." "As a caring husband." "As a little mouse." "So!" "So ..." "What do you want to buy?" "Just look around a bit first." "Just look around ..." "And where do we look around first?" "That's interesting." "Look!" "These are these tube systems." "We have sold a lot to Mexico." "And to Cuba." "I did not know, that we exhibit here." "The whole system works without backwater valves." "Interesting, right?" "The rear opening should be for the overflow." "It is hard to recognize." "But, yes!" "From here you could see it." "Very interesting shopping tour." "Renate?" "When are we going home?" "For mother's birthday I need another pair of shoes." "We have just bought shoes." "The brown one with pimples." " That was six years ago." " Yes, exactly." "Why do you not try some black underwear?" " What?" " Yes?" "Want look around much longer?" "I don't push you." "Take your time." "How long ..." "How long do you think because, I mean ... until you have seen everything?" "of course relaxed." " You know .." " I don't push you, not at all." "I just wanted to know, how long it would last." " roughly." " just one moment." " What are you looking for?" " I don't know." "You don't know what you're looking for?" "So, I now have seen everything and now I know that here, that I really don't know" " What you are still here for..." " Why are you so impatient?" "Well, listen!" "In 45 minutes I have, well, let's say seen 2000 blouses, shirts and pants." "This is more than in the 59 years before." "I thought, I should prepare to stay overnight." " What's Up?" " Nothing at all." " Wanted to drive?" " No, no, you drive." "Was it nice afterall, that together we have purchased something." "Too nice." "Did you see that?" "He came from the right!" "No, I do not see anything." "I can't see anything!" "I always close my eyes, because of the traffic that makes me nervous." "But drive a little bit slower and stay on your lane." "I drive exactly 50 km/h." "See?" "I knew it!" "No, no, no!" "(Brakes squeaking)" " What happend?" " You drive!" "Then we come home safely, harmoniously and without a crisis." "(Chorus of honking)" "My name is Lohse." "My wife and I only exchange seats." "There were discrepancies because of the driving style." "(Still honking)" "I thought it would be better to let my husband drive." "In my position You would have decided the same." "We will continue quite soon." "(Engine stutters and howls)" "Here it is!" "(Reads with exaggerated accent) "The Mini Piffi 4" ""was manufactured with all new gear" ""and thoroughly tested before leaving the factory." ""The Mini Piffi 4 mixes fast and easily..."" "Isn't there a japanese explanation?" "Moment ..." "I see." "(Laughs exaggerated)" "Give it to me and sit down in the living room." "times and please do nothing." "Oh, sorry!" "I haven't seen you." "Well ..." " Please sit down!" " Mr. Lohse!" "Well, 'n sip in between?" "Here you are." "Do you clean your home?" "or does it .." "Do you have... a clean... a cleaning ... help?" "(Laughs embarrassed)" "My wife don't let me help out anymore." "But I help her after all." "You can, but I may not." "She does not like my help." "That is probably just a matter of communication." "That is probably a matter with her gender." "This is the old hatred of the sexes." "This is it." "When I get home see my husband sitting there ..." "(Rhythmic squeaking)" "A certain reluctance between women and men" " Is quite natural." " Yes it is." "Apart from reproduction." " Yes it is." " This is another issue." "My husband too has always something." "Men always have something." "He always has something." "Women and men are enemies, only at one point ..." " One should not marry." " One should rather try to balance the differences between the sexes." "Men do not even listen anymore!" "We should have talked much more together!" " Do I disturb?" " No." "Would you please come again?" "Well excuse me." "(Ms. Lohse) When I need you, you are drinking together with Ms. Kleinert!" "Tell me, before you marry her, and whether you want to live here then!" " Should be a surprise." " The thing does not work." "Why not?" "Am I the Diplom-Engineer or you?" "This is a very simple mechanism." "(Loud bang Clink and clank)" " Hello, Mrs. Kleinert!" " I'm doing the beds now." "We should let them know, whether after the wedding we" " want to live here." " Goodbye." "This is Uli." "Good morning, I have an appointment with Mr Drögel." " With whom?" " Mr. Drögel." "Drögel..." "Drögel, Drögel, Drögel, Drögel, Drögel..." " I don't know him." " He is a Director here." "Oh, you mean Mr. Director Drögel." "Is in the fabrics hall, straight through the sliding door." "Good day, Heinrich, this is Renate!" "Rubbish, Kurt ..." "Heinrich." "Heinrich, I mean." "Where's Kurt?" "Is he at home?" "For a long time we haven't..." "How's it going?" "It is easy to loose contact..." "Tell me where ... where is Kurt?" "Yes." "Here is Heinrich." "Gerti, I'm here in a phone booth and he would have liked to talk to him." "Do you think I can quickly at yours ..." "Yes?" "Right now?" "Yes." "Well, see ... see you." "Yes." "Hello?" "Oh!" "Madam!" "This is really nice!" "My name is Lohse." "You kindly had ..." " given me your business card." " I know, I know." "I am glad that you are here." "Mr. Drögel, before you get a wrong impression ..." "We are a leader for 27 years in production and sale of chocolate bars." " Mr Drögel ..." " If I may say so," "I have taken over the company from my Uncle Erich Klotz," "My mother is a Klotz, and continue to lead the company under the name Klotz' Bars, because Klotz' Bar is a highly valued brand name." "and, um, because the name "Bar-Drögel"" " Or "Drögel-Bar" not ..." " Mr. Bar, uh, Mr. Drögel," "I had not really the intend to be employed." "But for personal reasons" "I do not want to stay at home the whole day..." "Mrs. Lohse, I know what you wanted to say." "We offer you a free lancer position as a counterweight to your domestic partner, which you probably need some space." " Not to, uh ..." " Uh, yes, yes." "But how do you know if I 'm suited for this work?" "I feel it." "Why should I know, why Renate has changed?" "How about a Zeppelin?" "We write on it "Renate, I love you."" "Renate never looks up." "Or I'll get you the chancellor for breakfast." " This is still missing!" " I could arrange that." " No." " Buy buy a new suit." " Women are in that way ..." " How's Renate?" "Good." "Uh, thank you dan, thank you." "Quite ... quite well." "But there must be something to impress her." "I tell you, Renate wants to admire you." "That's your whole problem." "Women love the extraordinary, that, what they themselves can't" "Heinrich, you're smoking too much." "Kurt stopped completely." "Oh, that is like that." "This has nothing at all, um ..." "Tell me ... do you watch TV." "If nothing is on cinema." ""The family Schnakenburg." Every week 20 millions watch it." "They are taping now the finale." "They are still looking for a villa." " like yours." " So what?" "Then Renate will see you on TV!" " Me?" " Well, your house, and we will get yourself in it." "I know them all." "Then you're on TV." "That will surprise Renate!" " How do you know that so well?" " I am advertising specialist." " I know what's going on!" " Oh!" "For me your personal opinion would be very important for the autumn seasons new chocolate bars." "My opinion?" "The opinion of a woman of education and with taste." "For example, if you would like to taste it first." "This is a coconut filling with pistachio cream as a carrier." "(Wet squeak)" "For older people we have developed a Woodruff softcreme variant." "(More squeaks)" "The flavor particles develop best by alternately sucking and chewing." " I do not know if you ..." " Yes, yes ..." " Renate?" " Wrong!" " Oh, Ms. Mielke!" " In front no one has opened." "I think it is related." "They should be in time ..." "I come in too." "But only shortly." "If my sister finds out she's killing me." "(Ms. Mielke silly giggles)" "(Mr. Lohse embarrassed giggles)" "Well ..." " Do you have a dog?" " No." "Renate, uh, my wife and I, we go the day after tomorrow celebrating the 80th birthday of my mother-in-law." "Oh?" "Yes." "Our autumn selection has 2 crocant compositions ..." "They are quite ..." "I mean, how many ... right now I do not feel very ..." "Oh!" "May I ..." "You have very beautiful hands." "Oh?" "How is your impression on the collection as a whole?" "Yes, that one, I fell less ..." "I felt better afterwards." " That was cherry nougat ..." " Yes." "But here, the brown one..." "Maron cream ..." "Yes, I got pretty ... uh ..." "I see." "And the double nut in cream coat?" "Too." "That, too." "Do you like to call me Ernst?" "What do you have against ..." "Something wrong?" "What should be wrong?" "Ah ..." "What should be wrong?" "I sit here and drink ... what's this?" "A Bitter." "A Bitter and a job I have too." "So all is good!" " When will you retire?" " Please?" "When will you retire." "I speak clearly." "One more, please." "At some point I'll close the store." "And then we will stay in Mallorca." "And there you will, for the rest of your life annoying your wife." "Good journey!" "When does it start?" "When do we leave?" "Well ..." "Whenever we are not in the mood to stay here anymore." "Who is this ghost in knitted dresses?" "This is my wife." "Charming!" "With very short hair." "And the fat one with the mustache?" "That was in Bad Harzburg." "There I was pretty ..." "I had a mustache." "Are the butter cookies already out?" "I'll do it." "They are on the table." "(ringing)" "(Mr. Lohse) Oh, Mrs. Mielke!" "That is nice!" "Do I disturb?" "Your wife wanted to go to the city." "No, I'm always happy when I am alone, and someone passes by." "I am looking for my sister." "It is usually always at home at this time and I thought, that you might ..." " Ah!" "You have got visitors?" " Yes." "Uh, no, not directly." "I only went though the old photos." "and so I have prepared 1 cup of tea made it." "2, there are 2 cups." "Yes." "One was dirty." "Then I took a new clean one." "And another glass, because the other was also ... used." " I will clean it up." " I will help you." "Don't mid." "I let it stay here." "We now come into the kitchen." "Through the hallway into the kitchen!" "At home, I must do everything alone." "Brigitte is not much help for me." "I have to tell you, unfortunately." "She is also ..." "I don't know whether you know it ... but that will remains among us my sister, has some damage." "Oh?" "I did not even ... ah ..." " May I make myself comfortable?" " Oh yes, of course." "Brigitte is in terms of men, somehow randomly, if I may say so cautiously." " Do you understand what I mean?" " Absolutely." "You should have already noticed it." "No, nothing." "I have nothing." "Really." "I think I had noticed anything." "Men are blind." "What are you doing?" "Mr. Lohse, you want to steal my shoe!" "God, how sweet!" "(scream)" "Brigitte!" "Brigitte!" "Where is this measly rat?" "Where is that head cheese hiding?" " Do you mean your sister ..." " Ha!" "We have a visitor." "Renate?" "(Police siren in the background)" "(Music gets dangerous)" "(Police siren now very close)" ""I deny to broke-in in home Mozartstraße 4" ""and asure, not to know any of the participants"" "Um ..." "Yes." "Oh, May I use the phone?" "You're welcome." "Heinrich?" "(Phone rings)" "Lohse." "Here is Heinrich." "Where have you been?" "If someone asks questions here ..." " (Dog howls) - then it is me!" "Do you have an explanation for these pensioners orgy?" "You, uh, no." "They got me involved." "Yes." "This was her shoe and I had her purse in my hand and then she screamed." "It rings, come in Getrud and Brigitte Mielke, too beat themselfes in our living room!" "That can't ..." "No, it was not like that!" "At first we were only two." "that I don't know, I left quickly." "Please be so kind and pick me up." "Please?" "I'm here with business friends." "Address?" "Günzelstraße 6." "Günzelstraße 6." "What?" "Oh, at, uh ..." " What is your name?" " Meisenbach." "Um, with consul Meisenbach." "Don't ring." "I stay outside." "And do not stop right in front of the door." "So please, what should we do?" "I, um, I will forbid all female neighbors," " to visit me." " I am serious!" "Now it's raining and I have no umbrella!" "Moment." "(Romantic Music) oh, Heinrich!" "You've your own business now with your candy factory." "And I already have an idea." "It will become very different." "(Voices)" "Kurt?" "Yes, my boy?" "Well you look good!" "So I am the former Tutor of the Schnakenburgs?" " I think so." " But I shouldn't I say something?" "No, you got hit and just carried out of the house." "So, please, keep silence!" "And at 5:00, 5:30 are all gone, right?" "Of course!" "Otherwise it would not be a surprise for Renate." "So, Mr. Lohse is expecting that at 5:00, 5:30 the shack is free." " We record the 28th - and the 29th" "But we will need Father and mother Schnakenburg." " Get them here asap." " Do we continue?" "As agreed, one day of shooting, Wrap at 5:30." " Who were negotiating that?" " No one informs me anymore." "Today we finish at 7:00 and tomorrow we start from 9:00" " No, no, no!" " Explain it to Mr. Lohse." "(Voices)" "Heinrich, I have great news." "Continue filming and do the full final tomorrow." "The Schnakenburg-Final in your home." "And that is on your credit Renate could be proud of you." " Sorry, Mrs. Lohse." " Yes, it is a pity." "I'm looking for candy bars." "My husband had difficulties tonight but then we got it straight." "I see." "I know now where is my place." "Renate, I love you." "You have your Bars, Mr. Drögel," "I need my home." "My ... my nest." "I see." "(Emotional Music)" "(Music stops)" "(ominous sounds)" "Heinrich!" " You can not go through." " Where is my husband?" " Heinrich!" "What happened?" " Renate!" "My God!" "He probably should stay down!" " Now, the surprise ..." " Do not speak." " I am the tutor ..." " It's all right, Heinrich." " I'm here." " Oh, my God!" " Kurt!" " Hello, Renate!" "If so great!" "Is not it?" "That's ..." "Well?" "What in heaven's happened here?" "Schna-schnakenburgs End in the house of Lohse." "At Easter in the TV1." "That your man has organized." "Everyone leaves the location, who has no business here!" " Is it a new scene?" " What do you want?" "Nothing!" "I'm just Ms. Lohse and I have lived here before!" "I can not work like that." "KURT!" "You ... somehow I got the feeling that Renate" " Don't feel very pleased." " Yes!" "She is not enthusiastic." "Women can express it very well." "Oh?" "(Voices)" "Heinrich, can I speak to you again?" " Moment, moment!" " I would like to" " Immediately speak to my husband!" " Certainly." "Have you noticed that this the only place in our home," " that is left to us?" " Oh." "Do I have a misconception," " of a retirement?" " (Toilet flushing)" "Please tell me now, if this is the room we will live in the future!" " Renate..." " It has its good side, too!" "We are once again come closer!" "I want to know it now!" "Then I will prepare for it!" "I surely could in our home once my own idea ..." "Now listen carefully!" "You will put all this bunch of people onto fresh air or you can make your retirement, wherever you want!" "But not with me!" "And for her birthday tomorrow I'll go alone!" "Who has birthday tomorrow?" "My mother!" "(Shattering glass)" "Mr. Lohse is there." "My wife just said, do your shoting somewhere else." " Quiet please!" " Sound!" " On!" " Camera!" " On!" " Go!" " 28.4, die 2nd" " Action!" " Done." " Thanks, that's all for today." "Renate?" "Renate!" "(Sad music)" "Wutzack, do something." "(Bark)" "Couldn't you rest in your own place?" "like other dogs do?" "(Whimpers)" " Papa?" " Yes." "This is Emiko." "Your father should take the thin mantle." "You should take the thin mantle." "Oh, Mrs. Kleinert, you will bring everything in order again?" " Start upstairs." " Yes." "Ask your mother, when does the train leaves." " When does the train leaves?" " 9:18 at 9:18" " Thank you." " Thank you." " Please." " Please." "I'm your aunt." "Because I am the sister of your mother." "Hm hm." "That's why your grandmother is my mother." "And my mother in law and the mother of your mother." "Hm-hm." "So she is mother-in-law of your father." "That's why your father is my brother-in-law." " Your brother in law." " No, dear." " That would be Renate's brother." " Your uncle is right." "Hellmuth knows these things always so well." "No we just complement each other very good." "I'm always happy when Hedwig knows something better." "You are a good one." "Hum!" "Do you know the story of the district nurse and the cow?" "Tell your father, we don't want to listen to that story" "Tell your father, we do not want to listen to that story." "Yes, yes." "Maybe ..." "that is, perhaps, perhaps this is not ..." "Um, yes." "Are not you well, Renate?" " Yes, yes." "Thank you." " I always feel quite well." "If you don't feel well, I don't feel good either." "(Coughs)" "We in our marriage haven't been separated for a single day." "For 21 years." "But we like to travel." "And you feel alright, Heinrich?" "Um, I'm good, yes." "I'm all ... good." " So, the ladies and gentlemen." " I get the ice cream." "The cake, please." "(Mr. Lohse) For me is it..." "Yes." "Who's cake was it?" " We share it." " We share everything." "I may then collect the money immediately." "(Train on rails)" "This is the curve of Holzhausen." "I'll clean it." "(Dieter laughs)" "Don't laugh about other people's misfortune." "But if there is a reason for a joke," "I like to smile." "Even your Aunt Hedwig." "True Happiness comes from the heart." "We are cheerful and are happy together." "I am happy for your pretty pendant." "Yes, mother has worn it for a long time." "Too bad." "It makes you look so pale." "(Orchestral music)" "(Girls choir sings Congratulations,)" "Mrs. Jensen is 80 years today." "Long she should live" "Now and forever." "We wish you a long time" "A merry heart and satisfaction," "In the round your friends and many relatives." "Congratulations," "Mrs. Jensen is now 80 years," "Long she should live" "Now and forever." "There are 2 more verses." "I think that's enough now." "I now must eat something." "Sit still!" "Madam, They are light like a feather." "Are you sitting comfortably, mother?" "This is now the 80th The 75th but was only just recently." "No, not with your back outside." "I always say Food keeps body and throat." "Soul!" "Body and soul!" "Interestingly, that women can not conduct." "Why can I not conduct?" " I am Pastor Hummel." " Never mind, never mind!" "Here, here, here in the middle." "Or no!" "At the head end!" "Mother, we carry you, wherever you want." "Light ... as a feather." "Could we sit next to you, Mother?" "Sit where you like." "Dieter, we have seated you next to the ladies from the choir." "This is my place." "I always sit next to my husband" "(Mimicked) "I'm sitting always next to my husband! "" "(Grandma Jensen) Eat now, or I'm going to make your life miserable." "(Chuckles silly)" " Do you belong to the family?" " No." "Lucky." "What is that?" " Herbal cream soup." " Yuck!" "That is herb cream with tarragon." "Food is meant to eat." "Wo do not talk about it." "Hellmuth and I eat good, but simple." "Now the mayor is talking!" "Lütje, what is it?" "I thought after .. 'm." "after the main course, I thought." "(whispering)" "(chuckle)" "(Glass)" "Hellmuth would like to say a word." "Oh dear." "Dear Ms. Mom" "Ladies and Gentlemen, dear family!" "80 years!" "80 years experience, of which 47 years of marriage were the best." "This is new to me." "Anyway ..." "So ..." "Hedwig and I, we in our 6-years of courtship have saved up for each other and now for so many years awarded daily by our harmonic stay together, help each other and ..." "Uh, yes." "Husband and wife are ..." "Or this:" "Men and women complement each other." "If I may name it frankly." "Without Hedwig I wouldn't be that, and Hedwig ... if we have once mistakenly different opinions, we specially love us." "I think it is clear ..." " Listen!" "Hedwig!" "... What I wanted to say" "We could be proud of each other." "Our sympathy goes to all couples, to which the blessing is not granted" "Perhaps he will finally say cheers to me." "Prost!" " (All) She live long ..." " There will be no singing." "(All fall silent abruptly)" "Now my pocket fell down!" "I could not reach it." "My husband prepared for Mother's Birthday." "You and your husband, this milky bread, you are so wonderful, it chokes me in the neck!" " No, how vulgar!" " May I help you, dear?" "Perhaps they even appear again." "Mother asks when you come up for dinner again." "Renate said some very nasty about us." "When it comes to a relationship between a man and woman, we don't make jokes," "And if Renate is so naughty, she will have a problem." " Dear People ..." " We have always noticed," " That your marriage is lacking fire." " Internal fire." "Tjaha!" "That is missing." "And unfortunately, we lack even your intimate "help-each-other"." "This wonderful and yet so modest fortune." "And that cheerful," "The happy base for a harmonious coexistence." " Hedwig ..." "Listen?" "Hedwig!" " Did you hear that, mother?" "Hedwig, the mayor speaking to you!" "(Babbling) Hedwig, you are the hottest what I ever met between Heringsdorf and Borkum." "Mr. Lütje, did you just say very obscene words!" "The mayor wanted to make me happy." "I do not agree." "And we never have different opinions." "Then please follow my opinion." " Do you belong to the family?" " No." "I apologize for the shamelessness of my wife?" "(Dieter) "They talk to him, she sang to him," ""Then she felt for him." ""half she dragged him, half he sank in"" ""An were never seen again"" "What's next?" "Nothing more." "(Everyone talks)" "Between us there is something broken!" "You have taken away the innocence of our relation!" "What?" "The last part I have not understood." "Did you just now actually were talking to me?" "No, I have only talked to myself." "But now you said something." " I dont know what." " You said that you had only talked to yourself" " Yes." " Of course." "Pastor!" "Please say something." "My dear friends ..." "What a wonderful celebration!" " but no one is listening." "... and no clue of women" "How do you know whether I can conduct or not?" "I dont care if you can or not." "(Laughs exaggerated)" "Something I miss on you." "I'm not sure what." "Hedwig, you are the hottest, what I ever ..." "Shall I serve the pear Helene?" " What is that?" " Heinrich!" "This is an apple compote with whipped cream." "Two times." "(Conducts a march with chicken leg)" "Could it be that I ..." "that I myself recently" " Not always very ..." " Yes." "What if I would pay more effort..." "No, Heinrich, please!" "Don't." "There should be a manual to handle such cases." "a policy or something." "What about if we together start something?" "(Mr. Lohse) What should we start?" "(Ms. Lohse) Something reasonable." "(Mr. Lohse) Meaningful!" "It has to be meaningful!" "with best regards Andreas Z."