"HEIMAT 3" " A CHRONICLE OF ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS" "A SIX-PART FILM B Y EDGAR REITZ" "PART THREE - THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING" "The disappearance of Ernst Simon who flew to the USSR in a private plane in the summer of 1 990 occupied the German authorities for over two years" "They discovered his whereabouts through diplomatic channels and sought his return to Germany" "His release from Russian prison is mainly due to the fact that the USSR whose laws he broke, no longer exists" "He should be arriving on this Aeroflot plane from Moscow after two years of diplomatic efforts" "This is our bag" "This is ours" "There's my accordion" "Bring that, too" "How is it to be back in Germany?" "Who cares?" "But look at these people" "It is they who deserve your attention" "They weren't just held captive in Russia for two years but for up to three generations" "First and foremost, I am interested in their well-being people of German heritage, who have been pushed around like cattle since the days of Stalin" "Every one of them fought for years to be able to live in Germany" "Years of humiliation and suffering, You should write about that" "Is this your child?" "Unfortunately not" "This is the mother, Galina, I'm afraid I never had children" "Just imagine, the child was born at Moscow Airport just before we left" "The family had really wanted it to be born in Germany" "His name is Nikita" "Niko, ln German, Niko" "Come on" "Excuse me" "Germany" "When I left for foreign lands" "I left you behind, my homeland" "I was sad and longed to return" "To the place where love awaits me" "This time of separation will be over" "The Lorelei!" "Do you know that song?" "I'm looking in vain for the reason" "That I'm so sad and distressed" "A tale known for many a season" "Will not allow me to rest" "We're going up to Hunsrück" "Hunsrück" "Pine tree" "Tell Galina to be quiet and listen, She will learn German customs from us" "Tell her she could only come because she's married to you" "My German husband" "You have a key?" "I used to have one" "We have kept an eye on your house, but we let the grass grow" "It doesn't matter, I have a bolt cutter" "You're safe here" "God, thou art eternal" "God of life and love, creator of earth and man" "We thank you for hearing our prayers" "Some of the weapons that threatened us and our children for so many decades are being flown back and dismantled" "We thank you, Lord, for enlightening the hearts of the mighty and showing them the way to peace at last..." "Have you seen it yet?" "No, Good God!" "The dollar is going, and the rouble is coming" "Don't look on the gloomy side" ""Thy kingdom come, thy will be done..." ""...on earth as it is in heaven" ""Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses..." ""...as we forgive those who trespass against us" ""Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil..."" "Look at this, The glass shattered in my hand" "Imagine that!" "Hermann..." "Can you hear that?" "Maybe an echo from the aeroplanes" "No, lt's a high-pitched tone" "What do you mean?" "That sound, I'm sure you can hear it" "Is your computer still on?" "I'm sure it's turned off" "CIarissa" "It's here in this room" "Do you know what tinnitus is?" "It's loudest when I'm near you" "I'm sorry, but you must be able to hear it" "Isn't it strange with us and our love nest up here?" "The house of the dead poetess" "Last summer, the up-draughts from the valley that no one could explain to us" "The voices of American flight controllers in the radiators" "You can't have forgotten that" "Thank goodness they have gone" "Broken windows a bubbling sound in the heating pipes and now..." "Now I'm going to take an aspirin" "Maybe the house doesn't want us, and it's rebelling" "They have a huge sports centre back there" "A basketball court, a handball court, a bike track, a volleyball court..." "Really?" "A huge supermarket and a laundry..." "All brand new, They closed them down before they even opened them" "Hi, Rudi" "Hi, Toni" "Hi, Rudi" "Hi, EIfi" "That's a B52 squadron" "I remember them and how they sounded" ""The Love Machine", but they are planes of death" "That nice dog Snoopy sitting in an aeroplane a fighter plane with bombs" "The victory they are celebrating is the atom bomb" "There is a mushroom cloud" "American troops were stationed here in Hunsrück for nearly fifty years" "Dozens of arsenals, missile bases and the enormous Hahn Military Airbase" "There was a permanent threat of war" "When the Berlin Wall fell, the troops finally withdrew  and took their deadly arsenals with them" "They not only left several buildings empty" "Several residents of Hunsrück also had an empty feeling" "In those days, tens of thousands of people with German ancestors flocked from the declining Soviet Union in search of a new homeland" ""The Russians", as they were called moved into the empty flats left by the Americans thus filling up the empty space" "Well, Nikitoshka, a new time is beginning for you and for me and for your daddy, too" "Yuri, come here, Look at her hair" "It's fantastic, Come and feel it" "You speak German, too?" "Let's go and get the fridge" "You have a nice flat" "Yuri, your fridge, Look" "And this is the transformer for it" "We'll store it in the vicarage until you have found a flat" "For me?" "Thank you, Thank you very much" "Look, Yuri" "I've found a flat for us" "Don't worry, Your mummy will be here soon" "I would love to keep you here but you belong to your people" "They must become German" "Conquering the "Golden West" a fridge, a TV nice clothes, travelling freedom" "Don't stare at me with those Russian eyes" "I've just got used to you all, and now you are moving on" "Now this house has lost its sunshine, You understand, Galina?" "And the cradle, if you leave it here..." "I mean, I won't like the room you stayed in any more" "Give me a hand" "Ernst, thank you so much, Thank you for everything" "Goodbye" "I was glad to help, All the best" "Schabbach isn't as far away as Kazakhstan" "By plane, it takes a minute" "Yes" "You're a very good person" ""Tobi Neubauer" ""8 Liberation Street" ""80 48 Dresden" ""Dear Ernst... if I..." ""...reach me in future... "" "After you" "Excuse me, can you help me?" "I'm looking for Liberation Street" "Oh, I see, You're looking for an address" "The way you were driving about I thought you were a West German estate agent" "THE WALL IS IN OUR HEADS" "Hello?" "Tobi?" "PILOT SIMON IN RUSSIA" "The man with the aeroplane" "You're Ernst, yes?" "Tobi told me about you" "He's not here?" "He's by the River EIbe" "Not far from the road, near Laubegast if you want to go there now" "But why don't you come in first?" "You must be Anna" "Yes, This is for your plane" "It's for your aeroplane" "I don't have it any more" "We were at the anti-right wing march yesterday, Everybody had candles" "And Anna was there, too" "Anti-right wing" "It can't be" "Tobi" "You're really famous now, I read about you in Stern" "Forget about that" "So, how far did you get?" "As far as Minsk" "Then my premonition was right" "I had a real chance" "So, did you buy any pictures?" "Actually, I didn't" "At least it happened on the way there" "If they had caught you smuggling on the way back you would be in Siberia without a return ticket" "So what did it cost to get out?" "Tobi, it has nothing to do with money" "I worried all that time in vain and waited for eighteen months until I got this job" "What is that?" ""Land Art," a mobile installation" "We'll hang it over the EIbe shipping route" "All ships passing from the Czech Republic to Hamburg and the passenger ships heading for Saxony's hills will see" ""Land Art"" "What's it got to do with art?" "Ernst, if some middle class type were to ask that, then OK" "But you?" "You understand the symbolism, don't you?" "Yes, it weighs ten tonnes, You can't take it with you" "Maybe that's what bothers you" "It's too obvious" "A poor man's Calder and Christo" "The message you left me mentioned the future" "I just came to tell you that my offer still stands" "Harry, who is up there on the platform is the artist" "He still has lots of projects he wants to carry out a water wheel, fifty metres in diameter a celestial ladder, a hundred metres high a horse that hovers twenty-five metres above the water" "When he talks about his visions, everybody says, "That won't work"" "He needs me" "He depends on me" "Hello there" "My name is Simon, This is Mr Pfeiler, my engineer, Let's have a look" "Sometimes, everything changes" "When the Wall fell, it wasn't just a revolution in the East" "Things started changing in Hunsrück, too" "The former Hahn Airbase was now a very desirable property" "An area of seven thousand hectares with countless empty buildings and a runway in perfect condition" "It had the infrastructure of a large airport" "That was bound to stir up emotions" "Was this the beginning of a decline, or the emergence of a new era?" "For me, that was the question of the time" "Possibly a canteen, How big is it?" "At least three hundred square metres" "Three hundred, Fine, thank you" "Wonderful" "Here's the ballroom" "Bands performed here, and they had tap dances here, too" "I see" "Wonderful" "Strange acoustics, Mr Simon" "Fine, We'll use the room for manufacturing" "It's great with no windows, That way no one can spy on us" "You're right" "What about the offices?" "No problem, The walls are flexible, You can push them aside" "There's the same amount of space here and a big kitchen at the back" "What do you say, Mr Pfeiffer?" "Could this be our new empire?" "It's just right, Mr Simon" "DOCTOR ON DUTY" "Is the doctor in?" "For my child" "please make sure he takes his medication regularly and on time" "And he must rest" "OK" "Doctor, the Russian woman..." "Her child seems to be quite ill" "Hartmut" "You know what creditworthiness is?" "What are you trying to teach me now?" "I'm forty-two, At my age, you were in charge of the company" "I can do it, too" "Look at me when I talk to you" "You have always had everything - vitamins, healthy air every kind of toy vintage cars, your sailboat" "You have always had a good life, from your earliest childhood" "Right?" "That's not the point" "Yes, it is, You have never known poverty" "Even the word is unfamiliar to you" "But I don't blame you" "You're a child born in good times" "It's what every father wants for his children" "But that's the very reason I don't trust you" "I'm no longer a child, So stop using that word" "The market has changed" "We're stuck with dozens of unused patents" "It's capital that has to be used" "And with the airbase available, we can expand free of charge" "Production space, great transport connections, a large workforce" "We won't get another chance like this" "Father" "You have to be creative these days" ""Creative," What an awful word" "The most unimaginative fools are creative" "The stupidest idiots are creative" "They are creative in the morning, at noon, in the evening" "They are especially creative at night" "Let me tell you this, Hartmut" "He who marries the zeitgeist will be widowed at an early age" "I need money because I want to start my own business" "What money?" "You and I can't agree, so I want my share of the firm" "I own twenty-five per cent, but I have no say" "I want to escape from your clutches" "Well, that's nice!" "My own son uses my own money to become my competitor" "It's out of the question!" "Do you really want a legal battle between father and son?" "You're just like my brother Ernst - a gambler" "Lift it up a bit" "He'll get better here, I'm sure of that" "Hello, Uncle Ernst" "Hartmut, what a surprise" "Hello there... you old gambler" "You talk just like your old man" "I told him that I've resigned, I'm starting my own business" "Oh boy, there will be trouble" "Is that why you're here?" "You were away for a long time" "No one else in the family has visited you..." "That's enough nonsense, Hartmut, Just tell me what you want" "I need start-up capital" "Start-up capital?" "So you thought of me?" "No money, but a guarantee would be helpful" "I want to show my old man that he has limitations" "He does have limitations" "Good luck" "A guarantee?" "CIarissa, they're here" "Hello there" "This is CIarissa" "Hi" "Hello" "We've been expecting you" "Damn!" "That superstitious rubbish is no help at all" "RADIO-AESTHETIC TESTING" "MEASUREMENT OF RADIATION IN LIVING AREAS AND BEDROOMS" "Bernd" "Yes..." "Why don't you ask me what I'm doing?" "All right, what are you doing?" "I've just made it to Level Five for the first time" "My eight-year-old always does it" "I thought you were calculating something" "I got back from the USA at 8:1 6am, Frankfurt Airport" "I haven't seen my wife or daughter for seven weeks" "I haven't been on holiday for years, I've forgotten what holidays are" "What do you do?" "Everything" "What about you?" "Let me guess, You're... an artist" "An architect?" "A designer?" "I'm a musician" "So you're not going to the Leipzig Trade Fair?" "No" "Picture the scene" "There's a dynamic, middle-sized company in Württemberg" "It produces radiators for heating" "A top-quality product, well-made, a brand name" "We also sell radiators" "DIY superstores in the former East Germany" "Our radiators are rubbish" "Even the East Germans are not deceived by a cheap price" "So I go to that Swabian factory and buy a year's worth of radiators" "The owner is delighted, He expands production and employs more people" "The next year we get him to lower the price" "We order twice as many because there's a redevelopment boom in the East" "The manufacturer moans about our price policy but he accepts the deal, because he has to amortise his investment" "But our order forces him to invest more" "We give him a loan, He is unable to deliver on time" "We give him another loan, and he hires more people" "He gets a community service award" "He is praised as courageous, but he's dependent on us" "Do you understand?" "The Swabian isn't able to meet payments although the firm is doing better than ever" "That's when we act" "We deliver him from his agony and buy his factory for peanuts" "Recently, a man in this position committed suicide with his wife and kids in Göppingen" "What's your role in this?" "I'm the "business terminator"" "That is my job" "If I took a week's holiday, I would be replaced by a younger man" "The American system" "We usually don't keep the companies we snatch" "We close them down and sell their know-how to the Far East" "I liked the radiator manufacturer" "I was with his family last year at Christmas in the mountains in Swabia" "Six hours of freedom in fresh snow" "I've often imagined driving to Düsseldorf one day going to the eleventh floor dropping my trousers and taking a crap at my boss's door" "A huge crap" "Then..." "I would elegantly take my leave" "And I would enjoy sweet freedom once again" "So you're a musician?" "I'm also full of unfulfilled dreams" "It was nice to speak my mind" "LEIPZIG CENTRAL STATION" "Mr Simon?" "Hey, you nearly ran straight past me" "Udo, how nice of you to pick me up" "Welcome to the Trade Fair city" "When I saw the attics here, I thought, "What a view" ""I would envy someone living there"" "So I had an idea, and it grew and grew and - hey presto - I was an estate agent" "An expert in attics and interiors" "I call it "Restoration East"" "Business is going so well, I can't find enough staff" "The whole town centre has attic flats - my achievement" "The attic above Auerbach's Cellar - you know your Goethe" "Mädler Passage, Speck Courtyard - nice attic flats now" "Heavens above!" "Jana, get out of the flowerbed, What will people think?" "Don't be like that" "Hello" "You're here!" "Welcome, It's so nice that you are in Leipzig" "Doesn't Udo look smart?" "You see, we keep up with the times" "The whole place will be rebuilt" "The flats are getting a new floor plan" "A conservatory, a living room, a dining room and a hallway all with parquet flooring" "The bathrooms will have Carrara marble and a jacuzzi and the fixtures will be gilded or brushed stainless steel" "What?" "Brushed stainless steel" "I see" "And there are luxurious brand-name fitted kitchens with granite counters and 1 70-Iitre fridges" "Hey, lads, keep the noise down" "And a freezer and a dishwasher" "Before the Berlin Wall fell, there were four families living here" "They shared the kitchen and toilet, You can imagine what it was like" "This is it our catalogue" "Have a look, You won't find anything this inexpensive in Leipzig" "And it will solve your tax problems in one go" "Instead of giving the taxman your money invest in property in the beautiful town of Leipzig" "Fifty per cent tax depreciation" "You only have to pay eight per cent property tax" "You can't save that much on taxes in the West" "You can't" "You understand more about capitalism than I do" "If you don't turn on the gas..." "First of all - hello" "I didn't turn it off, Talk to the property manager" "Does the attic remind you of anything?" "Look at this view" "It may not be the Rhine, but it's fantastic" "For a south-facing terrace like this, people will pay anything" "It's the kind of flat you fall in love with" "I'm sorry, Udo" "Brigitte, listen, Something strange has happened" "I know, I can hardly believe it myself" "Since we have had the child here, my entire perception has changed" "Yes... yes..." "I never felt I was missing anything without a child" "But now..." "Remember when you were pregnant?" "You said a similar thing yourself" "Yes, exactly" "Yes..." "I know" "It was crazy" "Brigitte, I have to go now, Bye" "We've got something to celebrate, Ernst has signed it" "Oh, what's wrong?" "The guarantee" "Oh, little one, come here" "Come here, little one" "Galina, I think he needs you" "He's hungry" "Yes, yes, baby, You want to eat" "Hartmut..." "If we..." ""Ginkgo biloba, dry extract" ""Prescribed dosage, precise and exact" ""Two hundred pills To cure sounds in the ear" ""An overdose can cause The following side-effects" ""Anxiety" ""Excitement" ""Perspiration" ""Light-headedness" ""Twitching, cramps" ""Confusion" ""Shock" ""Loss of mental capacities" ""The use-by date Is printed on the packaging"" "Comma..." ""Ginkgo biloba Is printed on the packaging"" "Comma..." ""Cardiac arrest Is printed on the packaging"" "There's your tone" "Lulu!" "We wanted to see if you were home" "What a surprise" "You've finally come to see us" "Hello..." "So you came all the way from Cologne by bike?" "Not quite" "Last night, we camped in the Eifel area" "Can we sleep here?" "Yes, of course" "Why not?" "CIarissa" "Welcome, I'm happy to be able to welcome you here at last" "This is it" "Your love nest" "It's very big" "We could see it from a distance" "Do come in" "So... what's it like living with my daddy?" "Things are going well, We're having a creative year" "Hermann is composing, I'm preparing a solo presentation" "And I look after the goat" "You have a goat?" "Bianca" "It was a long struggle for us to get our freedom" "We had to turn down some great offers and learn to say no" "But why else do we have this beautiful house?" "We really enjoy being home at last" "So what do your friends do?" "How I hate questions like that" "I'm sorry" "Shouldn't I show an interest?" "What's wrong with that?" "Everything is wrong with it, I know how you judge people" "Normally..." "Listen to me" "Normally, people are happy to be asked about themselves" "But not you, Lulu, You expect me to know the answers" "All right, Lutz is a medical student in his sixth year, specialising in paediatrics - a paediatrician" "His gross income is 2,400 marks a month" "At Cologne University Hospital" "And Roland..." "Roland studies architecture like me, in his third year" "His income is zero" "My income is the same, Father supports me" "His student grant - 8 70 marks" "Satisfied?" "Enough information?" "Here" "A little refreshment for the cyclists" "How about you, Lulu?" "You two should let bygones be bygones" "Hermann is so happy you've come, and I love unexpected guests" "You can stay longer, if you like" "Do you know about the big celebrations tonight?" "Yes, the "Rhine in flames," Why do you think we're here?" "How long are you going to be travelling?" "We aren't sure" "A week..." "I don't know if you know this, but Lulu was brought up by her mother" "We hardly see each other, so that's why I'm especially glad..." "The old goat!" "Hi there, I'm here" "Hello" "Come on, I'll show you" "Hello there" "Hello" "That's fifty marks plus travel expenses" "Now or later?" "Now, of course" "I see, Just a moment" "Don't think about doing this a second time" "It can't happen, I must look after my goat, lt's his busiest time" "Will you hold her?" "No, She has to do it voluntarily" "But has she been restless?" "Like the book says..." ""Restless, bleating, tail wagging, The vagina red and swollen"" "Well then..." "Tillmann?" "Oh, Moni..." "Thanks, I'll just do a little more" "Can I have a bite?" "What about me?" "Who will jump with me?" "Roland?" "I will" "I'm with you" "So, how was it?" "More beautiful than getting married" "It's time you two made up, You are the most mature one" "She's still afraid of having to decide between you and her mother" "That's how it is with the kids of divorced parents" "I know from little Arnold" "They are not children any more" "Maybe they are" "She has never come to see me without asking for money" "Maybe that was the only way to feel she had a father" "How's the ringing in your ear?" "Just what is wrong with us, CIarissa?" "We're at the most beautiful spot on earth, but we can't find our peace" "I struggle with my compositions as if I were completely untalented" "I construct things I philosophise, I make drawings, I develop the wildest theories with my students about the process of unification" "But to be honest CIarissa, I have no ideas" "A spotless rose is growing" "Sprung from a tender root" "Of ancient seers' foreshowing" "Of Jesse promised fruit" "Its fairest bud unfolds to light" "Amid the cold, cold winter" "And in the dark midnight" "Christmas blessings" "The same to you" "Merry Christmas" "Thank you, Merry Christmas" "Merry Christmas" "Galina..." "Thank you" "Just a moment, For your husband" "Oh, thank you, Merry Christmas" "Hartmut" "Come here" "Christmas is the time of reconciliation" "Peace" "And even if Ernst Iends you millions... peace" "We don't live forever" "Now come home with us, We have two geese in the oven" "And the pretty Russian girl is helping with the serving" "Merry Christmas" "A special offer, only 1 1 ,90 a bottle" "Fermentation in the bottle, brut de brut" "No idea how they do it for that price" "So, we have twenty bottles of this" "I think it's wonderful to see all of you seated at this table" "It's a tradition now" "This is the eleventh time that we've sat together on Christmas Eve and our number is growing, right, Mara?" "You count as two now, and I'm proud of you" "Sorry, Hartmut, but as you see I know everything" "We've always had an open house here, You all know that" "That's why I'm happy that a real angel has flown to us all the way from Kazakhstan" "Hanni, open the door and let her in" "You look like you could be in a film" "I once played a woman like this in a school play" "It was Chekhov" "Have you acted?" "Yes" "I knew it" "Then show us your talents, Hanni, give her the soup tureen" "Right then, make your entrance, Go out and come back in" "Watch this, She's going to come around the corner" "Around the corner" "Can you curtsy?" "Curtsy..." "like this" "Like this?" "It's good the tureen was empty, But you'll learn" "You're with us now" "That's enough, Father" "I won't put up with this farce" "Are we in the days of the Kaiser or Chancellor Adenauer?" "You're stuck in the past" "You're an antique, I've always wanted to say that" "I'm going to throw out everybody who ever curtsied to you so we can start a new era" "There" "Hartmut" "So, Merry Christmas!" "Come on, Galina, let's go" "You didn't deserve that" "You don't need to do this, Galina, You're too good for it" "You don't deserve to be treated like that" "I have a child and my husband and I have work" "I'm a cheerful young person, I'll do any job, you understand?" "In Germany, I do anything and I smile, You understand?" "Yes" ""SIM-ON 1 ," So it's true he has a big contract" "I didn't think he would do it" "No" "Hello, Postovich" "Can I help you?" ""Postovich"?" "In Russia, we were the fascists, Here we are the Russians" "Will we ever be Germans?" "Don't take it so seriously" "I didn't mean it that way, To us, you're Postovich" "Get used to it" "Come in, I'll give you a beer" "No, thanks, No alcohol at work" "I see, So you are a real German!" "Hello, Hartmut, How are things?" "Fine" "You have another new car, eh?" "Yes" "Mara" "Are you here, Mara?" "Can't give up riding, eh?" "Hartmut, he wouldn't hurt me, He can tell that I'm pregnant" "Right?" "We'll soon be at the tournaments again" "Want to see my new car?" "When will you ever grow up, Hartmut?" "Hi, Where's Niko?" "With his baboushka" "Why are you so sad?" "You know what I do when I don't feel happy?" "Come, Take a ride with me through Hunsrück" "You can get to know the area" "I have to work" "If I say so, then you're off work" "But my work isn't finished yet" "I must clean the windows and beat the carpets" "Did my father tell you to do that?" "No, your wife" "She's off with her horses" "I know, I love horses, too" "But this car isn't bad, is it?" "It has 250hp" "What's "hp"?" "Horsepower" "It's a real experience, Come on, give it a try" "Get in, Just a little drive, You won't regret it" "Come on" "Just sit down" "Feels good, eh?" "Yes" "It's Californian buffalo leather, Straight from the Wild West" "Shall we go fast?" "No, I have to work" "Here, I'll help you take off your rubber boots" "They are very dirty" "Well, that's simple" "And take the apron off, too" "What is the car called?" "Porsche Carrera 964, Special edition" "Right, now hold on tight and you'll see that Hunsrück is a beautiful area" "Endless fields, hills and forests and a sky that is always changing" "Hunsrück is the heart of all Germany, yes?" "Exactly, That's Hunsrück" "I have reason to celebrate, The bank approved the entire loan" "My company is really taking off now" "I can give Ernst back his guarantee, and I'm going to employ eighty people" "We have to understand the signs of the times" "Neither of us must bow down to the old man any more" "Not you and not me" "Isn't that nice?" "Nice" "You're laughing" "You know, Galina, nothing would stop me if I were you" "Shall I help you to get out of this mess?" "Get rid of everything that's holding you back - your whole family" "They're like a lead weight" "If I were you, I would drive away in the fast lane" "Galina, with your charisma, you can do whatever you want" "What is it?" "What's wrong?" "I'm thinking of Yuri" "Your husband?" "He is in pain day and night" "That's what is on your mind?" "Yes" "They operated on his knee five times in Kazakhstan" "On the plantation there was an accident" "Look... here, here and here" "Oh, shit" "That's what I feel, too" "Have him show me his knee" "Wait a minute" "I'm Hartmut" "Yuri" "Well... your wife told me about it" "May I have a look?" "Here, as well" "That looks terrible" "Yuri was the director of the entire plantation with eight hundred staff" "We have to do something" "Look, a friend of mine is a specialist, I'll give him a call" "Hello, ls that the surgery ward?" "This is Mr Simon, I'd like to talk to Professor Petri, ls he there?" "Gerhard, it's me, Hartmut" "Fine, thanks, And yourself?" "That's what I always say" "Anyway, I have a man from Kazakhstan with a bad knee" "It's terrible..." "Looks really gruesome" "No idea, sloppy Russian doctors, They cut it open several times" "Could you take a look at it?" "Yes?" "This week?" "Great" "Yes, I owe you one, Let's do it" "How about a round of golf?" "OK, great" "Thanks a lot, OK, bye" "It worked, Did you hear?" "So, it's Professor Gerhard Petri, Mainz University Hospital" "Just call, make an appointment and give him regards from Hartmut Simon" "So, all the best..." "Bye" "Who's he doing this for?" "For you?" "We're in Germany, and I want you to get well again" "What's this?" "For you... a little surprise, Smell it" "It stinks, Where is it from?" "It doesn't matter" "Do you know who you're talking to?" "Smell it" "I already have" "Why are you so angry?" "Everyone is so good to you..." "You're acting like a slut" "Go wash yourself" "Go wash yourself" "Professor Petri" "This is the most modern one available, lt's an artificial knee" "It replaces the worn-out knee parts" "You can hold it and move it around to see how it works" "please help us" "He has no joy, not with me, nor with my child..." "please" "We'll operate on him so he can walk again without pain" "old hiker" "To what do I owe this honour?" "Now you're doing business with Hartmut..." "After all, you are my brother" "I see" "Anton, that can't be the reason" "No" "I wanted to invite you to a little family celebration" "A nice meal, some good wine, a friendly chat" "Hermann, the kids..." "What are you celebrating?" "Maybe you've already heard" "We have a new little grandchild... the first boy" "Take a look at the future" "He even resembles you" "That puts you back on top, doesn't it?" "Immortality through reproduction, Be fruitful and multiply" "Well done" "Ernst..." "You live here all alone with no family, That's no way to live" "We were kids once" "And suddenly, you remember your brother, Something's up" "Let's bury the hatchet, We're not getting any younger" "Each of us has to deal with that in our own way, You're doing well" "Isn't that enough?" "I can't imagine that you lack something I could give you" "Ernst, possessions aren't everything" "You of all people say that?" "He puts his herd out to pasture" "A good shepherd" "And he gathers his lambs" "In his arms" "In his arms" "Matthias Paul Anton I baptise you in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen" "He should have said in the name of the grandfather, the great-grandfather..." "Rudi!" "It's true" "Don't say such things" "Peace be with you" "Mr Böckle" "What a surprise" "To what do I owe this honour?" "Mr Simon..." "I wouldn't miss it when one of my most important business partners becomes a father" "Congratulations" "Thanks" "Here" "For my wife?" "No, only for you" "Mr Böckle, it's only you who remembered, Let's drink to that" "Here he is..." "Matthias Paul Anton" "Hermann, CIarissa, I would like you to meet someone" "Mrs Lichtblau, Mr Böckle, Mr Simon" "Hello, Don't I know you from somewhere?" "Didn't we meet on the train?" "What a coincidence, You know each other?" "You wanted to show me the bath" "We'll go on ahead" "I'm afraid I told you a few lies" "It's my hobby to tell strangers the most incredible horror stories" "Are you angry with me?" "Anyway, it's nice to see you again at such a happy event" "Yes, it is" "Hartmut, could I talk to you a bit later?" "Yes, You're sitting back there, by the way" "Fine, I'll talk to you later" "OK, see you later" "CIarissa, listen" "I told you about my rail journey to Leipzig with the strange man" "That's him" "Mr Böckle, may I ask you to sit here?" "I'll have them bring you a place setting, See you later" "Bring that man a place setting, please" "Dear citizens of Schabbach colleagues, employees Regional President, Mayor, Toni" "I would like to announce something that I spontaneously decided this afternoon" "This child here..." "Mara, bring him up to the stage" "A fanfare for the mother" "At the age of forty-three" "That's quite an achievement, Mara, and we all admire you" "Hartmut, you must agree" "Nobody was expecting it - least of all you" "This child is the first boy among my grandchildren" "The fact that I'm delighted is something you can all understand" "But he is not only my grandchild" "He is the guarantee that Schabbach and the company will live on" "We are entering the third millennium..." "Fanfare" "Would the notary come up on stage?" "Bring the document with you" "You all know Mr Weber, the notary from Simmern" "He will read you excerpts from a document which he drew up on my behalf" "You can leave out all the official blah-blah, Mr Weber" ""I herewith transfer to my grandchild..." ""..." "Matthias Paul Anton Simon..." ""...born on 1 2th July, 1 993..." ""...in Schabbach..." and so on" "But now this is it" "Listen very carefully" ""...the largest part of my private fortune..." ""...consisting of stocks, cash and property..." ""...valued at ten million German marks..." ""...plus the capital transfer tax"" "This act..." "Sign here ...becomes legally valid at this moment" "You're astonished" "No one not even the parents or myself can contest the child's wealth" "This is now the richest baby in the Rhineland-Palatinate" "Fanfare" "When the boy turns eighteen on 1 2th July, 201 1  he can do whatever he wants with his money" "And with the interest he gets he will continue to control the Simons' firm in Schabbach" "There, there, little goose It's all better now ..." "That's cruel" "Hartmut has four siblings" "There are five other grandchildren" "What?" "So, are our children less valuable?" "I don't believe it" "Let's wait and see" "We'll see about this!" "Hanna, Katharina, come on, We're going" "You can't do this to us, Come on, Hans, Let's go" "You're right" "Did you know?" "He's always against Hartmut, Do you know why?" "I want nothing to do with all of this, Let's go, come on" "Let go of me" "Everything all right, Anton?" "I forbid anyone from interfering!" "You can go, I would like to say something" "I'll send the document by post" "Right" "I'm just as surprised as you are" "But there is something you should know" "No matter what contradictions there are in this family there is one thing I promise you..." "We're experiencing an upswing" "You're all familiar with the new manufacturing plant at Hahn" "I founded that company on my own, without the old man" "Let him do what he wants with his savings" "The main thing is that the company must continue" "As a limited partner, I'm going to take my share from him" "Even if I have to go to the German Supreme Court" "The battlefield isn't here, It's in the market" "I got contracts at the Spring Trade Fair in Leipzig worth several million" "And if you turn around now you'll see the man to whom we will be grateful - very grateful - in the future" "Mr Böckle" "Is the little one asleep?" "Don't worry about him, You have to breathe deeply" "Very deeply, Keep breathing" "I have to tell you something, Mara" "When Hartmut first brought you home with him I thought, "Good heavens" ""Is that woman with her super-expensive love of horses..." ""...supposed to become my daughter-in-Iaw?"" "I thought you were dreadful" "I am the way I am" "Then you know what I mean, I am the way I am, too" "No hospitals, Doctor, None of that fuss" "People die there" "Give me a shot like you did last time, lt really helped" "It's good you're here, Doctor" "You fell down, did you?" "I believe your daughter-in-Iaw" "You really were unconscious" "Don't joke, I'm never unconscious, Isn't that right, Hanni?" "Yes, that's right" "You can unpack the car, I'll see if they are in" "Hermann" "Lulu" "Aren't Hermann and CIarissa here?" "Moni" "We're just here because Tillmann and I are looking after the house" "Mr Simon and Mrs Lichtblau couldn't cancel the concert in Bonn" "They tried everything, but..." "There were VIPs, so they had to go" "But they are coming back tonight, aren't they?" "Not before 1 :00am" "Pity" "I wanted to celebrate with Hermann, Can I leave a message?" "Of course" "OK, I've been a qualified engineer for exactly four hours" "I got a good mark, and we have reserved a table at the Römerhof" "If they get home early, tell them to call in" "Qualified engineer, four hours, good mark, they can stop by" "And we want to stay the night" "For some time, I've observed your increased desire for proteins" "Ham, beef steak, raw meat" "Increased desire for you, What's the disease called?" ""Voluptio graviditi vulgaris. " It's curable" "Shame that a kid can't have two dads" "For you, our Asian plate with spring rolls and jumbo shrimp" "You were sad when Lutz and I got together?" "It's nothing new for me" "I always cling to couples" "I must have some kind of defect" "To your diplomas" "To yours" "Enjoy your meal" "Delicious proteins" "You voracious beast" "I'm going to the green garden" "Marousya, one, two, three Guelder berries, black" "My girl in the garden Picking berries in the garden" "Marousya, one, two, three Guelder berries, black" "My girl in the garden Picking berries in the garden" "Come on, time for bed, Come with me" "Marousya, one, two..." "Galina" "Say goodnight to Niko, He wants to sleep now" "Going to bed?" "Goodnight, Go with your granny" "Why are you standing about?" "You can dance well" "They repaired you well" "Let's drink to that!" "Mechanics... fantastic" "Maybe I've put on weight" "Have you been home long?" "Yes, five hours" "Really?" "Really" "Gala, look at the time" "I know" "I wanted to be here earlier, but I couldn't" "What kind of job is that?" "Night shift?" "Late shift, When the boss says so, we all have to work at night" "It's nice work, Yuri" "It's nice work for you" "Your mother was with the baby, cooking and cleaning" "I had to serve the company's guests" "What do you serve guests at night?" "Well..." "lenses" "What?" "Simon contact lenses" "Enough of that, Let's celebrate" "How was it at the hospital?" "The most important thing is sticking to the regime and the exercises" "Niko has gone off to sleep" "Breakfast, then exercises then lunch, very good food then exercises, exercises the whole day then supper, very good food" "These exercises are for me to strengthen my shin" "I asked the doctor if I could eat meat with my dinner" "He said, "Vitamins, vitamins, Vitamins morning and night"" "What your mamoushka cooks is still the best" "Say yes, or you'll go back to the clinic" "Yes" "Yuri, I can help you get a very good job" "Mr Simon said there are three possibilities" "Either manufacturing, stockroom or deliveries" "And you can choose yourself, Good?" "The boss said that yesterday" "Why are you all looking at me?" "What I say is true" "What kind of world is this where a woman gets a man a job?" "Why is he joking about it?" "Why?" "Do you have to?" "How much do we owe for the operation?" "Nothing" "Have you already paid?" "Galina?" "Mr Hartmut" "So, how is Yuri's knee?" "He's home again, He's fine, He laughs, dances and drinks" "That's great" "I have to thank you" "Nonsense" "But you don't look very happy" "Damn family clan, That's the problem, right?" "Yes, in our family it's better to be a man than a woman" "Come with me" "Do you know what I think?" "It's all down to you and no one else" "Only the strongest wolf in the pack has its say" "That's especially true in a family" "I've already taken up the fight" "I am a wolf, too" "Soon we'll be warm" "Want to hear some music?" "Yes, please, Nice music" "Can you curtsy now?" "Yes, if you're a king" "I'm really someone else" "I am just what I am" "I am just what I am, too" "For me, you're a kind of princess" "But you have to take off your apron" "Lutz" "Give me the key, You aren't driving home like that" "No" "Why not?" "I called a taxi" "I'm can drive, Give me the key" "Stop being silly" "Stop it, will you?" "I've called a taxi, all right?" "We've both had a bit to drink, so come on" "It's more comfortable" "They are for CIarissa" "Galina" "Galina" "Leave him alone, Why are you getting involved?" "Why are you getting involved?" "Why are you standing there?" "What do you want?" "Get lost!" "Listen, don't tell me what to do, Nobody tells me what to do" "Nobody!" "You understand?" "Rich swine!" "What was that?" "You should be ashamed" "At last" "And don't ever come back" "We never want to see you again" "Take me away from here, fast" "Gala!" "Are you all right?" "Yes" "Lutz?" "That was a close shave" "Lutz?" "What an idiot!" "You're out of your mind!" "Hey, you're bleeding" "Help us!" "Come on, Lutz!" "Anything?" "Nothing?" "Move away, Get away" "Hartmut" "It's you" "Lulu?" "Hello, police?" "There's been an incident" "Hartmut Simon" "Main road between Hasselbach and Hunsrückhöhen Road" "It's urgent, damn it!" "Yes" "Come on, Come on, Lutz" "The ambulance will take an hour, but I can drive him to Simmern" "Yes, do that, Do it" "Help us carry him" "Watch his head" "Out of the way" "That's from me" "I'll hurry" "Stop!" "I have to come with you, Wait for me" "When the police come we'll drive there right away" "Lulu" "PART THREE - THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING"