"The train is leaving!" "HALF A LIFE" "You have reached Peter and Marianne Grabowski" "Please leave a message." "Thank you." "Marianne, I just wanted to say that!" "discovered something." "This gives us completely new opportunities." "I'll tell you at home." "See you tomorrow, sir." "Have a nice evening." "You too." "Thank you." "Marianne?" "Good evening." "I thought you were coming home later today." "What..." "Where is the furniture?" "Where is Manuela's stuff?" " I have had it taken away." "Where to?" "It's six years now that she is dead." "Next Monday, it will be six years." "Where to?" "Where to?" "That's not possible!" "We are closing." "Hello?" "What do you want?" "Stop immediately!" "Wait a minute!" "Come back, or I'll call the police!" "What are you doing here?" "Where are the things which were brought in today?" "What?" "Some of your people came to fetch my daughter's furniture." "It was a mistake." " What?" "A misunderstanding." "I really don't know where they put it." "That's the boss' job." "If you want to have something back, come again tomorrow." "Peter!" "Dinner's ready!" "Peter?" "Come on, the meal is getting cold." "Come here, look at this." "I wanted to show you this yesterday." "Actually, they are doing DNA-analysis." " What?" "They take tiny particles of skin, hair, saliva or sperm, making a sort of genetic fingerprint." "You see, it's a sort of code" "which is unmistakeable." "Max secured all traces they found at the scene of the crime and traces from Manuela." "He had it all stored." "It should be possible to do an analysis." "But the investigations have been abandoned." "This is something like a visiting card, left by the culprit." "We just could not read it until now." "They have to start again right from the beginning." "Max can surely do that." "After all those years we have suddenly a realistic possibility of finding the culprit." "Hi, Peter!" "Max!" "Look, Peter, you know, how difficult is was tor me to abandon the investigations in Manuela's case." "You know how I fought with the prosecutor to keep going." "You should finally understand..." "But we do have completely new possibilities now." "Antipasti." " Thank you." "Enjoy your meal!" "Do you want to try?" " No, thank you." "You are missing something." "Could you ask the doctor..." "What's her name?" "Lorenz." "Do you think you could persuade her to make a DNA-analysis for us?" "Not officially." "That's not the problem." "So, what's the problem?" " How does this help us?" "Maybe we get a sort of a code." "But this does not get us any further." "Sexual offenders are often recidivists, their whole life long." "Maybe he will be nabbed, when he strikes again..." "And then we could compare the code." "How probable is this?" " No idea." "You tell me." "O.k. I'll speak with her." "We have nothing to lose." "And you are sure that it was her?" "Of course, she looked at me and recognized me immediately." "You served your sentence and you haven't done anything wrong since." "She can't do anything against you." "It happened more than 5 years ago" "Nine." " You see." "Legally, she can't do anything." " I am just scared." "I am scared that it will happen again somewhere on the street." "And the woman will start shouting about everything that happened that time." "You understand?" "And I can't do anything." "But it's not likely that it will happen again." "And..." "You did not tell Beate anything about your past, did you?" "Of course I did." "You know that you can come at any time and speak with me." "I have to go now." "I have an appointment at the court." "If you like, we can talk on the way." "I like that, the red one." "Or do you think it is too strong?" "It goes very well with the service you chose." "Come on, tell us your opinion!" "Yes." "The price is..." " You won't have to pay for it." "We put it on the list." " Thank you." "When will the wedding take place?" "The 19th." "Then I would recommend putting out the list tomorrow." "We should have it for at least two weeks." "They are beautiful, the things we have chosen." "Especially the coffee service." "It is simple and elegant." "What do you think?" "Is everything o.k.?" "I'd like to speak with you." "You look so serious." "Is it about the wedding?" "Let's speak at home, o.k.?" "You don't want to marry me any more." "Am I right?" "And?" "Let's go into the living room..." " Now I want to know what's the matter." "You know that I was in prison tor attempted rape." "Yes." "And?" "If you get married, you should tell your partner everything." "You should have no secrets any more." "We spoke about it... about that woman" "About what happened." "What really happened." "I am not talking about that first incident." "But?" "Three years later..." "I was already out of prison..." "Yes?" "So, what happened?" "It happened again." "I did not intend it." "She was in a disco." "She was dancing and..." "Did she also report you to the police?" "Suddenly, she was dead." "Pardon?" "I murdered her." "I did not want to do it." "I did not intend to do it." "You don't like it?" "Oh yes, I do." "It's good." "I just don't have much appetite." "Beate..." "You..." "Speak to me." "Speak to me, please!" " No!" "Later." "O.K.?" "We'll manage." "Certainly." "I am sorry, {can't do this." "Throw the key in the fetter box." "Max is on the phone." "He says it's urgent." "Good." "I have found only scattered fragments of cells." "What?" "Fragments?" "With the technical means of today, I would need about 50,000 sperms." "I don't have them." "What does this mean?" "It means that we have to be patient." "We have to wait for better methods of analysis." "Then, what I have will be sufficient." "How long can this take?" "No idea." "Years maybe." "I'll stay on the case." "Did I say something wrong?" " No, no." "It is just..." "Thank you." "I will give you a call." "She seems to be very young and without experience." "Doctor Lorenz is highly qualified." "She is just trying to be realistic." "I am not, you mean." " You are partial." "Yes, that's right." "I thought you were too." "I thought you were on my side." "I can understand your disappointment." "It is easy for you." "You abandon the case and go home." "But when I come home, she is still not there." "She is still dead." "Peter, I have to go." "Work is waiting." "Yes, yes." "Good bye." "Mr. Lenz..." "Yes, Mrs. Molnar..." "ls everything O.K.?" " Yes, yes." "Would you wait a moment?" "I have something tor the baby." "Do you?" "I don't know if you'll like it." "I bought it years ago for my nephew." "Beautiful." "It does not turn properly, but apart from that..." "Hm?" "Thank you!" "It's a pleasure!" "Enjoy it!" "Thank you!" "Hallo, Marianne." "We'll see each other tomorrow at 7, won't we?" "Yes, of course." "Whose turn is it to make a cake?" " Rita's." "'Till tomorrow." "Bye." "Sorry!" "Ulrich..." "I didn't hear you come in?" "Hi." "Everything O.K.?" "How are you?" " Fine." "Hungry?" " Oh yes." "We could go into the city, to have a bite to eat." "And afterward, we could go dancing." "I thought we had an antenatal class." "Called off" "Did the midwife cancel it?" "No, I canceled it." "It would only have been a summing up of everything we have done." "And you want to go dancing instead?" "Yes, that's right." "Go dancing..." "Are you against it?" "Sabine..." "You are nine months pregnant." "You are pregnant." "Heavily pregnant." "You can't simply..." " Go dancing?" "A pregnancy isn't an illness." " Of course not." "But I think that the antenatal classes are important." "Yes, I know" "I just thought I'd like to have some tun before all the stress begins." "Don't worry." "I'll give birth to your precious child correctly." "Don't talk nonsense!" "Sorry." "Why do you do that?" "Sir?" "I can do that." " No." "Just let me do it." " No!" "Thank you." "Mr. Lenz!" "Your wife..." " What's going on?" "She has been brought to the hospital." " When?" "About an hour ago." "West Clinic." " Thank you!" "Where is the delivery room?" "On the first ?" "oor." " Thank you!" "When you are ready, I'll be in the nurses' room." "Yes, I am coming." "Mr. Lenz!" "Excuse me." "Has the baby already been born?" " Yes." "Come in 3 kg 20?" "That's not bad." "Isn't it?" "Especially, if you consider that the baby is two weeks early." "To create a central register for genetic fingerprints." "According to the project, a saliva test will be taken from all convicted sexual offenders and given to an international..." "What will be her name?" "Mr. Lenz!" "Sit down!" " Sorry." "What will you call the baby?" "We have not decided yet." " Not yet?" "So..." "It's O.K. Thank you!" "To the little baby!" "To the baby's health!" "Mr. Grabowski." "Good evening." "Good evening!" "My name is Lorenz, we have met." "I work at the institute tor forensic medicine." "Max introduced us." "Of course." "Sorry." "I did not recognize you without the white coat." "No problem." "You are looking for our newly retired person?" "I could not come earlier." "You didn't miss anything, except some embarrassing speeches." "That's our police president." "Would you like to drink something?" "I can recommend the Zweigelt wine." "No, better not." "Did you hear about the initiative at Europol?" "What do you mean?" "No." "This brings entirely new possibilities." "In your case too." "The police will take a saliva test from every convicted sexual offender." "They will extract the DNA and register it in a central data base." "So?" "With every new case, if you find traces they are analyzed and compared to the data in the data base." "Yes, but in my case there are no more useable traces." "You told me that there exist only cell fragments" "Our methods of analysis have got better." "I am happy that you could come!" "Sorry, but we have not seen each other..." "For how long?" "For half a year." "So:" "Congratulations on your retirement!" "Retirement..." "Although now, I don't know whom to call about my parking tickets." "Don't worry, we know all the important people." "Although it depends on how you bribe me." "Look." "All newspaper articles about you, since we have known each other." "Thank you." "Come on!" "Did you already speak about your proposal?" "We were just thinking about it." "There is a certain risk." "Three cognacs, please." "Anna has to use all the existing trace material." "If it does not work out, that was it, once and for all." "How high is the risk?" "Difficult to say." "The quality of the material which is the decisive factor is revealed only during the analysis." "That means, everything or nothing." "Exactly" "Why do I have to decide?" "Because it is no longer an official case." "Even Max won't have an official position for much longer." "I'll call you." " O.K." "Cheers!" " Here's to you!" "So, Max... let's try." "O.K." "Good." "Didn't see that one." "Really?" "Sounds as if we should have a look." "Really?" "Oh, my God!" "I understand." "Hello!" " Hello!" "Could you look in on Kiki?" "She has just woken up." "Wonderful, thank you!" "Yes." "And then?" "I can't imagine this." "Hi, Kiki!" "What's the matter?" "What's the matter with you?" "Where is the problem?" "This won't do." "You'll get a nappy and a bottle." "From that moment on, everybody thought that he was in love with her." "What's the matter?" "Nothing." "She had to play along, otherwise everything would have been discovered." "That would have been embarrassing." "Susi worked herself up, in the end, she did not know any more if she was in love with him or not." "That's bad, isn't it?" "Come here." "Could you just take Kiki for a moment?" " Sure." "Thank you." "Excuse me." "You live here, don't you?" "Yes." "We are looking for a certain" "Mesic Dragan." "According to the registration office he is living here." "Do you know him?" "No." "There are so many foreigners Different ones all the time." "Yes, I understand." "And you?" "Can't you help us?" "Thanks!" "Good bye!" " Bye!" "Is it about the Yugoslavs again?" "I don't understand why you bring this up all the time." "All the time." "I told you that I don't like it." "You don't need to." "For me, it's normal if you are a family." "I don't care about what is normal, you understand?" "Leave me alone with it." "I could take your name." "I don't want to marry!" "It is enough that you loaded me with that child." "Indeed." "Did I really load you with the child?" "I didn't understand, yesterday evening." "What?" "The thing with the analysis..." "That it won't be possible any more." "Yesterday, they used more or less all the traces left for the analysis." "They don't have any more." "And as the test failed there will be no more possibility to determine the murderer's DNA." "Why did this happen?" "Whose fault is it?" "I don't know!" "Don't you think that it would be a good moment to stop?" "I promised her..." "When I had to identify her in pathology" "I promised to her I would find him." "Max?" "Do you have a minute?" "Look at the strangle marks." "They are the same as with Manuela." "The place where they found her is not the scene of the crime." "There are a lot of resemblances." "Maybe you can contact the colleagues working on the case." "They will certainly have more details which they are hiding from the press." "I can do this for you, Peter." "But at first glance the resemblances are not very specific." "Do you think so?" " Yes." "80% of sex crimes have some kind of similarity." "Don't speak with me about it as if I had no idea." "I have to ask you, to bring me the files back." "Manuela's files." "What?" "When I leave the office, I should hand over all the files." "Of course." "If we arrested him today, this afternoon, what would it change?" "Suppose, we arrest him." "He confesses, faces the charges, and is convicted." "What would it change for you?" "You are asking me?" "A policeman?" "I am not asking you as a policeman." "Are you looking for something special?" "I am just looking." "We also have that in large." "How do you like it?" "Yes, who is it?" "Mrs. Molnar, it's Lenz." "Did you forget your key?" "I just wanted to ask if I could leave something with you." "A Christmas present for Kiki." "No problem." " Thanks." "Hi." "Daddy!" "Hi." "What are you doing outside?" "What do you have here?" "Mr. Lenz Ulrich?" "Yes, that's me." "Where is Mum?" "She'll be back in a moment, she said." "Is this for me?" "No." "Why not?" "Go inside." "For whom is it?" "Daddy brought it for me, didn't he?" "Yes." "Be nice, go into the room." "Thanks." "Daddy has to speak with this man." "Thanks." " Welcome." "A Christmas present tor the little girl?" "Yes." "You wanted to talk to me?" "Yes." "I have a summons to appear before the medical officer." "The medical officer?" "He will make a saliva test." "When?" "No idea." "It's not written in the letter?" "Oh yes, so it is." "Next week." "So..." "Merry Christmas!" "Kiki, when did Mum leave?" "Don't know." "There was still daylight." "I switched the light on, all on my own." "Wonderful." "What did you bring with you for Grandma Molnar?" "I am speaking on telephone now, O.K.?" "And then maybe we can go somewhere." "Are we going to Mum?" "Daddy, I can't go on any more." "Sorry, my dear." "It's not very far any more." "Somehow I hoped that they would forget me." "Yes, but what is the problem?" "I already told you on the telephone that I don't understand why it is upsetting you so." "Do you want to have a juice?" " Yes, please." "Sit down." "Would you just look at some pictures?" "I'll speak with this man, o.k.?" "She's cute." "How old is she?" "Nearly five." "When she was born, they decided to make DNA-tests." "Then, nothing happened for five years, and now..." "What do they want from me?" "I have a family." "I have a job." "I have a life." "What happens, if I just don't turn up?" "I understand that you want it to be over." "You have served your sentence." "You have a right for it to be over." "But this data base has been created because most of sexual offenders are recidivists." "It was not made for persons like you who did not do wrong any more." "But even if you don't like it, even if they treat you maybe condescendingly you should cooperate." "Wonderful." "You have nothing to fear." "You would just arouse suspicions." "They can also force you to appear." "L-m" " I-m" "Where have you been?" "I asked you where you have been?" " At work." "Where else?" "Till 4 o'clock in the morning?" "Yes, Lore is going to get married next Saturday." "So we had a little party." "And why were you gone when I came home?" "Rudi asked me to come in earlier." "Just this once." "You know, new menus, new prices." "You know that Kiki was alone for one hour!" "Don't shout like that, she'll wake up!" "Why don't you bring her to Mrs. Molnar?" "I was ringing at her door for minutes on end." "She did not open." "I am coming, my dear!" "Wonderful!" "The train is leaving!" "Yes." "Hello!" "Lenz Ulrich?" " Yes." "Please, follow me." "Your identity card, please." "Thank you." "Will you come, please?" "No need to take it off, we will be finished in a moment." "Open your mouth, Mr. Lenz." "That's it." "Thank you, Mr. Lenz." "Good bye." " Good bye." "Grabowski." "Max!" "I don't want to disturb him." "He just lay down." "No, his job was not so important for him in the last years." "But since his retirement... he is very often rather tired..." "Oh, Max!" "You probably would not recognize him any more." "Oh yes." "He would certainly appreciate it." "Christmas?" "Yes." "For Manu, it was something very special." "She used to come every year, even when she was grown up." "She refused to help us to decorate the tree." "She wanted to have a surprise." "But since she is dead, we never had a tree any more." "Do you want me to tell you a secret?" "I love him even more than before." "Maybe, it's because he does not give the appearance of being strong any more, so invincible." "Yes, I know I should tell him." "But..." "I am afraid that it would offend him." "Good, Max. lam sure, he will be very glad if you come." "And me too, of course." "Yes." "See you then." "Bye, Max." "No." "Why not?" "I want to see your face." "Like it is now." "Do you remember my journey to Italy?" "The one with Georg." "We crossed the Apennines." "I brought her the metal tortoise." "Manuela was seven at that time." "Or eight." "At any rate, it was the week when she had her final ballet performance." "And I have sworn that I would be there." "And when Georg invited me to the journey," "I immediately agreed, knowing that I could not keep my promise." "She only looked at me." "She did not say a word." "She disappeared quickly into her room." "No, leave it like this." "What a surprise!" " Good morning, Marianne." "Come in!" "I hope, I am not disturbing you." " Not at all." "Peter!" "Do you have a moment?" "Sorry for the mess." "Are you going away?" "To New Zealand." "We're ?" "ying to Auckland." "There is a new hiking route, all new, very beautiful." "Good morning!" "Is this senile insomnia?" "They deciphered the code." "What?" "Anna called me yesterday." "I thought all the genetic material had been used up." "Apparently, one sperm is enough now." "I'm not an expert." "So?" "Who is it?" "We don't know yet." "They have to put it into the database." "And if he is not in it?" "In the meantime, they have registered nearly everybody with a previous conviction of the same of fence with his DNA-code." "How long will it take to compare the data?" "No idea." "It's not pressing, and it's no official investigation at the moment." "You'll have to wait a little more." "If it's important, we will cancel the journey or postpone it." "In order to wait?" "I have done that for long enough!" "Wake up!" "Do wake up!" "I told you, you could sleep a little bit." "But now, you have to wake up!" "Kiki, what's the matter?" "Nemo told me, that he is tired from swimming." "So I lay him down." "I even told him a goodnight story." "And in the morning..." "You took him out of the aquarium!" "Oh, Kiki!" "In the morning, he did not want to wake up." "I put him back in the water." "But he is still sleeping." "No, he is not sleeping." "He is dead." " No, that's not true." "You killed him." " I only told him a story." "I did not kill him." "A fish cannot live without water." "If you take it out..." " But he was so tired..." "I did not mean to." "You should have thought about it before!" "Can't you bring him back to life any more?" "No, I can't." " But why not?" "If we wish it very much..." "Please, Daddy!" "Yes, O.K." "Somebody is in a hurry." "Sesame Street is starting now!" " In you go." "I got your juice ready for you, it's in the kitchen." "Thank you for looking after her." "You know that there is nothing I like more." "I'm going shopping." "Need something?" "No, thanks, I have everything I need." "Kiki seems much better now, really balanced." "You also look much better." "I have been wanting to tell you so." "Was it your job?" "Or your health?" "I have to go now." "See you later." "See you later." "Look at this one." "I'd need one that looks exactly like this." "I understand." "Resurrection of the dead." "O.K., off to bed now" "Sweet dreams." "Good night!" "Do you know what Benjamin said to me in school today?" "What?" "That I don't have a mother." "You do have a mother." "She is just living far away." "Where?" "With another man." "She prefers him to me." "And even to me?" "No." "Certainly not." "Do you know what we have to do tomorrow?" "What?" "Make a kite." "Papa?" "You won't leave me, will you?" "No, certainly not." "Look at this!" "Marianne told me where to find you." "Is that him?" "The picture is more than 20 years old." "Did he already confess?" "He has not been arrested yet." "Why not?" "Bureaucracy." "Official reopening of the proceedings." "The judge has to sign a warrant for his arrest" "I pulled some strings." "You can be there if you want to." "What?" "Kiki!" "It's gone 7.30." "Just a moment." "No, we have to go immediately." "We are late." "Should I paint a black or a green beard?" "None at all, please." "O.K." "I'll take it to school and show it to Hannah." "Do you know what we'll do tomorrow?" "We'll ?" "y the kite." "Promise?" " Promise." "You'll keep your promise!" "Certainly!" "Not today!" "Please." "Shit, the child." "He has the child with him." "What shall we do?" "Observe him." "Flying the kite tomorrow" "will not be possible." "Why not?" "Whatever happens" "I will always be there for you." "Mr. Lenz!" "Criminal investigation department!" "You are under arrest." "Please follow us." "That's it." "Was that his child?" "Looks like it." "I promised that you would keep in the background." "Stay here!" "Could you come here for a moment?" "Hello!" "Hello, Mr. Grabowski." "My name is Raich." "Could I see your power of attorney?" "My power of attorney?" "My wife told me that you are Mr. Lenz's assigned counsel." "We had some problems with journalists." "They sneaked in on some pretext." "And now that the case is beginning..." " I understand." "I am sorry." "I don't think I have my power of attorney with me." "But my admission as an attorney must be somewhere here." "What do you want?" "Mr. Grabowski," "I come on my client's instructions." "He asks you a favour." "He wants to speak with you." "I told him that this is an imposition." "Why does he want to speak with me?" "I don't know." "Do you think I'd put in a good word for him?" "No, I don't think so." "He has immediately confessed everything." "It seems to be very important to him." "What can I tell him?" "His daughter..." "What happened to his daughter?" "I never read anything about her in the newspapers." "His daughter?" "Is she with her mother?" "Or with some relatives?" "The mother is living abroad." "In South Africa, apparently." "We could not find her." "And his parents don't want to see their granddaughter." "They refuse all contact with her." "So, she is in a home?" "Yes." "Until they find an appropriate foster family for her." "Tell your client, that I am very busy at the moment." "Why should I speak to my daughter's murderer?" "Only because he has a nice attorney?" "Don't look at me like that, I did not say anything." "By the time we have finished with the painting the case will be long finished." "You don't need to justify yourself." "I wish they had never found him." "Everything is coming up again." "And I can't do anything about it." "You need not do it, you know." "I'll wait in the car, O.K.?" "Mr. Lenz would like to speak to you in private." "But I can be there, if you like." "You don't need to be." "I thought there would be a partition and a telephone." "That is... a bit further along..." "Would you prefer..." "Thank you." "Thank you for coming." "What do you want to tell me?" "If I could bring your daughter back to life" "I would give everything." "I am so sorry." "Why?" "Pardon?" "Why did you do it?" "I was always afraid of the moment, when they would find me" "And... when it happened it was a great relief." "Because, all the time" "I could not tell anyone." "Do you understand?" "The sentence, the fact that I am here" "is justified." "But..." "When they arrested me in front of the school," "I told my daughter that I will always be there for her." "That is the punishment." "The real one." "You didn't take long." "Is everything O.K.?" "Did he ever say, why he murdered Manuela?" "Do you really want to know?" " Yes." "He panicked thinking that Manuela would report him to the police." "He got the wrong end of the stick." "Her kindness in the disco." "Her gratitude when he offered her to drive her home." "He misinterpreted everything." "Colleagues told me that he remembers every detail." "Every detail." "As if he had prepared himself for telling it." "He told them how, when he turned off into the wood." "Manuela was still laughing and joking." "He interpreted it as consent." "Then, as she began to defend herself..." " Let's go." "Of course." "Thank you." "You're welcome" "Best regards to Marianne." "I'll tell her." "Tell me, did the police ever search for his daughter's mother?" "The attorney says she is somewhere in South Africa." "No idea." "She has nothing to do with the case." "O.K..." "Bye!" "There were no bars between us." "No glass partition like in the movies." "When I asked about it, he thought I did not feel safe." "Actually, I was not sure if I would not suddenly start hitting him." "Before, I always had these fantasies" "of a rage, an incredible rage." "This was the reason why" "I got up early every morning for years." "And now..." "I did not feel it." "Do you understand?" "He was sitting directly opposite me." "His face half a meter from mine." "Come here." "Lenz?" " Yes." "A visitor for you!" "A visitor?" "What's his name?" "Don't say anything." "I don't understand a thing." "And I don't want to understand." "Why did you come here?" "Because I like you." "I am in a home now." "It was not possible without you." "My legs are giving up on me." "How is it going there?" "Yes, fine." "I miss Kiki though." "Sign here." "I asked to your attorney, if you needed anything." "He told me that you had no suit tor the trial." "I was not sure about the size." "But you can change it at any time." "Thank you." "I am so glad to be so old, that I need not understand everything." "I won't assist." "I don't want to." "Everything right from the beginning again." "I'll pick you up alter the trial." "Come with me!" "Where are we going?" "How did you find her?" "I just called his attorney." "I was told that you like going to the zoo." "And swimming?" "Is that right?" "And you don't like ice cream?" "I do!" "Who told you that?" "Of course I like ice cream!" "Do you think you would like to go with us for an ice cream, or to the cinema, once in a while?" "Would you like that?" "You can think about it and discuss it with her." "Is this for me?" "I think she likes swimming too." "Aspectacular case, a quick verdict." "A guilty verdict for Ulrich Lenz after one of the longest investigations in the history of criminal cases."