"ON THE STREETS AT NIGHT" "Co-starring:" "THE LONG-DISTANCE TRUCK and THE MOTORWAY" "At night on the streets, at rest stops and service stations year in, year out thousands of men serve the build-up of their country, the restoration of trade and commerce." "Their job is often dangerous..." "One of them is long-distance truck driver Heinrich Schlüter." "A man like you and me - with all his virtues... and all his weaknesses..." "Hello Franz!" "What's that?" "Heinrich Schlüter?" "What's he doing here today?" " Is the wedding already over?" " My thoughts exactly!" " Otto!" " Hello Mr Schlüter, already on the move again?" "What's the matter, Heinrich?" "I can't lose a whole day just because of my daughter's wedding!" "If you were still working for me you'd have the day off..." "Hic!" "Cheers!" " The cold punch was good, eh?" " Excellent!" "Hey, Heinrich!" "I thought you're celebrating today?" "It's already over... the kids are already off for Lake Constance." "Grünke, Gerke, clear the driveway, what's the matter?" " Take care, Heinrich!" " Yeah, bye!" " You're still driving alone?" " I can't afford a co-driver." "I have to pay off my trailer and my home loan savings contract." "And I like being alone." "I don't need anybody." "Well, Heinrich..." "you're past 50 now!" "That's not old, Carl!" "That's no reason to be scared!" "Jeez, I wasn't being literal!" "I meant the thoughts on the streets at night..." "So you brought up someone..." "for 21 years." "And along comes some total stranger and takes her away from you." "One with glasses." "Cheers for them, cheers for them..." "Anna!" "Anna, it's four o'clock, the kids want to leave!" "But I have to make sandwiches, the cake's all gone!" "Heinrich, wait, listen..." " You talk to Hans, will you?" " Why?" " So he'll be kind to her!" " I will, sweetie!" " After all, wasn't I always kind to you too?" " Oh, Heinrich..." "Well, ladies - everything okay?" " Oh, dad!" " Yes, my Lieschen..." "Look in on mother... she can't tear herself away from her sandwiches!" "Hans, come 'ere..." "Up there, second door to the left!" "Well, Hans?" " I think the two of us understand each other, right?" " Yes of course!" " You haven't got a lot to say anymore anyway now, eh?" " No, after all..." "It all goes without saying, right?" "The two of us... right?" "...innit?" " Cheers Heinrich!" " Carl, you're already leaving?" "Have to go back to the office..." "to dispatch some trucks from Hamburg." "It was very nice, thank you, great party!" " Enjoy your trip, say hello to Lieschen!" " That's too bad..." " What?" "Say, Karl... do you know the joke about Schall?" "Tell it to your son-in-law!" " After all..." " All right, let's go..." " Eh, Hans, old boy, take care!" " Keep your chin up!" "After all, I've already known Liesl for more than 6 months." "And I've known her for the short time of 21 years, my boy." "And if she turns out like her mother - and she will, for sure!" " ...then I've known her even longer." "She's always been a bit delicate." "That's why I always treated her very delicately." "So, Hans... be a man." "But not in the wrong place." "You can count on me, father Schlüter." "In every respect." "Now hurry up, get a move on!" "The car's around the corner!" "Dad!" "Dad... 21 years..." "First nappies and cries, then the first little teeth..." "Whooping cough, measles, school..." " Then the war..." " The fear... always the fear..." "And all of a sudden she was a young girl." "Dancing class, movies, theatre in love for the first time, with Hans 21 years." "All at once the house is empty." "Well, someday the young live their own life!" "And then, Heinrich, then one gets old!" "Nonsense, Anna... you old!" "The wedding was great, you managed it really good!" " After all, it did cost quite some money..." " Carriage, music and all..." " Four bottles of champagne are left!" " And once again no fur coat..." "There you go again with that fur coat you've tried to talk me into for 25 years." "And for 25 years there's always been something else that's more important." "What would I do with a fur coat." "In the end it was always warm when you were with me!" " So let's tidy up, my old lady." " Yes, but I rather do that myself." " No, I'll help you." " No!" "Get changed and get going." " But not today!" " Especially today, Heinrich." "Being on the road will take your mind off things." "Idiot!" "Jeez..." "That's what you get..." "Damned speeding." "I don't believe it..." " Oh my god, is there anything that can be done?" " No... it's over." "Did you witness the accident?" "No, I got here myself just a moment ago." "Stand back please!" "Don't touch anything!" "Clear the roadway!" "Keep going!" "Keep going!" "Stand back, please!" "Don't touch anything!" "Attention please, traffic patrol car 3 Pforzheim." "Road traffic accident at motorway exit 11.2 km before Stuttgart." "The vehicle is a passenger car make BMW, license plate number 58-26 UE." "The driver is the wanted person Charles Fischer from Saarbrücken." "He was killed in the accident." "Send traffic patrol and ambulance." "Skid marks aren't important now, better hurry to clear the road." " Constable, can I talk to you?" " Just a moment..." " Oh, Schlüter!" " Yes Höpfe, it's me..." " Factory-new repeater pistol, Belgian make..." " Damned..." " Papers?" " Everything's here." " Money?" " Strikingly little, ...there's only 300 Swiss Francs in his wallet." " Why were you after him?" " Currency smuggling." "He probably wanted to cross the border to France behind Wissembourg." "Good thing he's had it, one bastard less." "Otherwise they would have had to lock him up, on our tax money." "The risks people take, all for that dirty money!" "Keep going!" " What did you want, Schlüter?" " I was just wondering what kind of guy that is, or rather was..." " Constable!" " Yes?" "...that guy." "80 kilo oil as always..." "Water's okay, tire pressure trailer front left." "Evening, Schlüter!" "Good evening Mr Schlüter!" " What's up with him today?" " I don't know... 16... 17... 18... 19..." "One, two... 20,000 marks...!" "Good heavens..." "Now I can really do it!" "Now I can buy the fur coat for Anna she wanted for such a long time." "Anna Schlüter, née Walter - in a fur like a lady." "And Lieschen?" "Lieschen gets a wristwatch." "A golden wristwatch." "Ok then... over there!" "Other side!" "Thank you!" "Eight just drove by me." "Only a motor car with a single gentleman stopped." "Of course I never let myself be picked up by motor cars - especially at night." "The gentlemen always expect God-knows-what." "But the blokes on the trucks, they're dumb, right?" "No but they're decent." "Most often at least." "In case you're cold there's a blanket in the back." " Thank you!" "Do you often... hitchhike?" "Yes, I have to, unfortunately..." "I live in Frankfurt, with my brother, and my mother lives in Stuttgart." " You do go through Frankfurt?" " To Frankfurt." " Thank goodness!" "The train's so frightfully expensive." "I have no job, I'm a salesperson." " My brother's a musician." " Good heavens, what next?" " Cigarette?" " Don't bother, I have my own... here!" "Thanks!" "I usually don't pick up anybody, especially at night." "Of course, you never know." " No women either?" " Oh dear, women..." " ...women least of all." " So why did you pick me up?" "Maybe I felt sorry for you in this bad weather." " Of course." "Aside from that, I was just thinking of something exceptionally wonderful." "Why don't you try to sleep now." "At three in the morning I have only little desire for conversation." "And the road's wet, if you don't mind." "Please leave it on..." "it's so nice while falling asleep!" "Police?" "Now that's... really something!" " Sorry Schlüter, criminal investigation department." " What do you want?" "Your papers please!" "Or do you know the driver?" "Yes, Commissioner, he's a regular customer... in a good sense." "And who's the lady?" "The lady... that's my daughter." "Just like in the black market days, a vehicle spot check behind every tree!" "Just one question." "Earlier, when you arrived at the accident scene, did you notice anything special, Mr Schlüter?" "No, not that I remember!" "Let me see... there was the crashed car, there was the dead man, in the briefcase a revolver..." "And else?" "Nothing special?" "Special?" "No." "Also no second person?" "As I said..." "The other one escaped." "Good night, have a safe trip!" "Why did you tell them I'm your daughter?" "Because..." "Because I don't want that guy to get a wrong impression about me." "By the way, I really do have a daughter." "That's the only reason I picked you up." "She's just as pretty as you, don't flatter yourself!" " She's also your age." " My age?" "But you're at most..." "now how old could you be?" "Have a guess!" "Well... 40." "Me?" "..." "Yeah." "And then some." " 43 at most." " Oh come on." " I'm much older." " Even older?" "I don't believe that." "You look like someone who still has a lot ahead of himself." "Now come off it, Miss..." ""a lot ahead"..." "I have it all behind me, hopefully!" "Rubbish, 43...!" " Do you want to make me nervous?" " But..." " See!" "Better eat... here, have a cheese sandwich!" "In two hours we'll be in Frankfurt, then it'll be daylight, then you can take a look at me in the cold light of day once more!" "Alright..." "How long will you stay in Frankfurt?" "36 hours, as always, if you really want to know." " Will we meet in these 36 hours?" " That would be quite a coincidence." "But in case you're on family tour from Stuttgart to Frankfurt again..." "Yeah, and the weather's so bad again..." "Next time I'll even pick you up when the sun shines." "Do you often drive that route?" "Every Monday and Thursday, at the same time." " ...if you don't mind!" " Well then looking forward to seeing you again soon!" " What is it?" " Oh, by the way 44 at most, Mr Schlüter, in the cold light of day." "New morning paper!" "Mr Willbrandt?" "Where's Kurt?" " When did Franz come home?" " Just before four." "Mr Willbrandt probably stayed over there again." "Morning... is Mr Willbrandt still here?" " I don't know who that is." " The pianist." "I don't know that one either." "I only know Mr Klatte, who pays." "And he'll not be here before 12." "That is... someone's lying in the office... though he looks like a guest to me, he's so drunk...!" "Kurt..." "Kurt!" "Inge...?" "Inge!" "You smoked that stuff again." "I knew you weren't here, darling..." "I had pains in my shoulder again." "I flew again!" "There were colors...!" "You promised me you wouldn't touch any marihuana again." "You two even told me you no longer had any." "I still had a few... privately." "Did you bring any with you?" "They only had 200 this time." "But..." "But I'll tell Klatte you no longer can get any." "Give me the key!" " Come!" " Sshhhhh...!" "Listen!" "You can't stay here." "Inge...!" "Inge..." "Not now..." "Please don't!" "Come..." " Better?" " Mm-hmm but tired." "Why don't you sleep." "Can't you knock at the door?" "Don't make a fuss." "You call that 'keeping an eye on someone'?" "Look at him!" "You know him when he doesn't have that stuff... that's too much for me." " Did you get some?" " Yes, it's in Klatte's shutter cabinet." "It's getting more difficult..." "The man in Stuttgart said they must have taken notice of the drug dealing." " Here..." "Kurt will account for it later." " Bon." "I think today I also found the driver for that other job." " Tell me..." "He goes Munich-Frankfurt and back twice a week!" " Nice trailer truck." " Sixwheeler?" " I think so." "That'd be 18 tons loading space..." "that'll work." "And he's on good terms with the police." "The cops all know him!" "Great!" "Did you also turn him on a little?" "Get out!" "Manners..." "like in the army!" "Sleep well, ladies and gentlemen!" "Sometimes I can't bear him anymore." "Try to sleep." "Inge...!" "If this works out..." "just this one time then I'm out, out of here!" "With you!" "What kind of guy is this..." "...your driver?" "An elderly man, mid-50s." "I told him you're my brother." "You..." "Come little sister!" "Heinrich!" "Huh?" "What you got there?" "What's that, tell me?" "Attention please!" "[ House of Furs ]" "Heinrich!" "Heinrich, you've lost your mind." "Try it on, if it fits!" "Me, and a fur coat?" " Take a look into the mirror!" " I have a fur coat, Heinrich..." "Alright... well?" "It's funny, Heinrich..." "Now that I have it now that I have it after all these years..." " I don't know..." " But I know... wifey..." "Wife... you look great, Anna!" "But it must have cost a fortune, Heinrich...!" " But it wasn't that much..." " ...a fortune!" "No!" "It's just paw!" "Persian paw." "Paw...?" "Say... where did you get all that money?" " Heinrich, you didn't do anything foolish?" " What, me foolish?" "For once it was me who's been lucky, and not just the others!" "On the pools..." "I won on the football pools!" "1950 marks, bang!" " at one stroke." "Pool betting, you?" "When you always rail against the pools!" "I just wanted to see what they're always so crazy about." "And once I start betting, I tell ya, the walls shake!" "But I didn't see anything in the list of winners...?" "Of course you couldn't, as it was on the Hessian radio umm, I meant of course the Hessian pools... darling!" "In Frankfurt... and under a different name." "Heinrich, you're having me on." "What do you mean, having you on?" "I can see it in your face." "Oh, mummy..." "Mummy, what's the matter?" "You didn't win on the pools, you saved for years, for me..." " No... no..." " ...and a fur coat, yes!" "Everything you earned on the side, all expenses, you scrimped and saved, so to speak..." "Now stop it for a moment, it's not quite like that." "Okay, the pools, you're right, that's not exactly true." "You literally saved up the money for your meals, your Coca Cola..." "But who drinks Coca Cola!" "?" " You're starving, just to get me a fur coat!" " No!" "When I tell Mrs Pfitzner about it...!" "Are you finished?" "May I also say something?" "It's not so much the fur coat, that doesn't mean that much it's the sacrifice." " The sacrifice!" " Anna!" "Anna, if I tell you!" "Too bad it's still so warm so one can't wear it yet!" "Noisy bunch!" "I don't believe it!" "You...?" " You're up already?" " I couldn't sleep not only because of the racket." "Anna, come here..." "Sit down." "There's something I finally have to tell you." "What is it?" "What's the matter?" "Why do you pull a long face?" "Heinrich, such a fine piece, is this really right for us?" "Anna Schlüter with a Persian lamb coat." "Ah, Mrs Pfitzner, the old bag!" "You told her another of my heroic deeds, with exaggerations, right?" "No-one said a thing, they all just kept looking at the coat." "And suddenly I felt so immature, you know, so pompous." "And then they started to calculate and it seemed to me..." " ...as if I had to defend you." " Now give me a break, "defend me"." "Look, Heinrich, one can perhaps dream of such a thing." "But to have it... really have it..." "Oh no." "Not us." "I'll put it in mothballs for now." "It'll stay warm for quite some time anyway... thank God." "Oh well..." "Let's see if he's inside." "Until tomorrow, then." "And make sure Kurt doesn't smoke again." " Okay..." " Or better give me the stuff." " I'll wait here til everything's okay." " Well then..." " Good hunting!" " Pardon?" " Don't overexert yourself." " Thank you!" " Well then, good day!" "Goodbye... many thanks!" " Hello?" "!" " A very good evening, Mr Schlüter!" "Evening!" "You don't mind?" "You invited me, right?" "Well, if that was an invitation..." " A little bit more luggage, eh?" " Sure..." "laundry for my brother." "Mother darned it, but he mustn't know." "Because he's not on good terms with her." "I see... therefore the family commuter traffic." "The things you do for the family..." "A madman!" "You look so different today!" " Why different?" " I can't explain... just different!" "I may have tried to make myself look a bit more pretty." "For you." "The other day I looked terrible in that weather." " Is the heat on?" " Why heat?" "Because it's so warm in here." "It's really a bit warm in here..." "I thought you'd be more pleased about us meeting again." " Did you?" " Mm-hmm!" "As for me, I was very pleased." "Because the other day you made a big impression on me." " Oh, did I?" " Yes, the way you are..." "You're so well-balanced." " What am I?" " You're so well-balanced!" "I read that somewhere." "Most of today's men aren't really men." "At least, I never meet anyone I like." "But with you, one could really get scared." "You're just the type..." "I mean, also scared of oneself." "And at a table next to me sat, lost in reveries, a young man, who felt the same, so namelessly alone..." "We shared our loneliness and drank in togetherness, hand in hand and woe on woe, black coffee." "Hokum." "Miss!" "Alright, little miss you must get off now." "We're in Frankfurt." "Too bad... ah, I'm all stiff." "Alright..." " Thank you very much again, Mr Schlüter." " My pleasure." "Don't mention it." "In the afternoon I'm sometimes at the Cafe Hauptwache, at about four." "Today I will definitely be there." "Why do you tell this to me of all people?" "So we won't meet there accidentally, in case you're about to go for a coffee." "Good bye, Mr Schlüter." "Attention please, 12 tons express goods to Hamburg, tomorrow at noon No 307, Schulze and Steffen." "Done for today?" "14 tons express goods to Munich!" "Takers for Munich who can load instantly please report at the counter!" "I repeat:" "14 tons express goods to Munich, takers for Munich who can load instantly please report at the counter!" " Good morning Mr Schlüter, already back?" " Yes, Mr Postman..." "Heinrich...?" "Did anything happen?" " What could have happened..." "Hello Anna." " Hello!" " I did an extra tour..." " What, you did an extra tour?" " From Lieschen?" " Yes, the kids won't be here for another two weeks." "An uncle of Hans invited them to the estate he's manager at; nice, isn't it?" "You think that's nice?" "I don't find it nice at all." "I'll fix you breakfast, alright?" "Nevermind..." "I better hit the sack." "Have to be off again tonight." "You're already off again tonight?" "Heinrich, how much pork jelly?" "Heinrich, how much pork jelly?" "How much pork jelly, Heinrich?" "Why pork jelly, I don't like pork jelly!" "Ham went up again!" "Now what's that...!" "Always pork jelly!" "I don't believe it!" "Caterwauling!" "Any trouble in Frankfurt, father?" "I bought something for our Lieschen, and now she doesn't come." "What, a golden watch?" "But the girl doesn't need a golden watch, Heinrich!" "You bring it back immediately, hear?" "What's got into you?" "The thing about the fur coat was reckless enough, and now maybe getting into debt, really no, Heinrich." "By the way, I was thinking about how we could make a little extra money." " We let Lieschens room." " What's that...?" " And for that money..." " What do you want?" "Did I hear right?" "A stranger in our house?" "Someone who leaves in the morning and only comes back in the night." "Nobody gets into Lieschen's room, understood?" "After all I still want to get something out of our life too." "I'm not that old." "There are people who think I'm in my early fourties." "Heinrich, something's wrong with you." "Have a cup of coffee!" "To slave away for strangers - that's all that I needed!" "I can do without that - and you even more so, thank God." "Gosh darn it!" "All right, I'm already quiet!" "If you don't want..." "Now there's finally some money in your pocket and you can't do anything with it." "Now what is it... waiter!" "Mr waiter!" "The bill, please!" " I want to pay..." " But you just ordered another beer!" "Put it on the bill, I have to go." "Four beers... 2.40 please!" "...Haven't you got anything smaller?" " Unfortunately, I've got only large notes. - "Unfortunately"?" " Yes, "unfortunately"." " 97..." " Keep the change." " Thank you!" "What did I say?" "You just can't always avoid coincidences." " Are you about to go shopping?" " Shopping?" "No." " But first:" "Good day!" " Good day!" "Let's go over, I need a cup of hot coffee." " You're dressed much too lightly!" " Am I?" "Just like my Lieschen." "Whenever she wears a nice dress she absolutely refuses to put on a coat." "I only have that old raincoat, and it looks so ugly with the dress." " And what will you do in winter?" " Oh, until then..." "Come with me." "You need a coat!" " But why, you can't just..." " I can, of course I can, if I couldn't I wouldn't." "Come." "And now let's get in here." "No, Mr Schlüter, if we still buy anything it's for you!" "But why, I don't need anything, I have everything." "A tie!" "You most urgently need a new tie!" "No... how come?" "Not even as a gift, from me?" " Alright... here I'm at home." " Well then!" "Won't you come up and have a bite with us?" "I don't want to inconvenience you." "Inconvenience... my brother and me?" "I think it's really better if we both say Goodbye now very quickly!" "Then I must give you back the parcels, much as I would have liked to keep them." "Why that?" "Imagine your Lieschen would get so many gifts from some man you don't know, ...what would you think?" "Okay, you have a point there, I'll come up with you, your brother gets to know me and I'll explain it to him personally." "Maybe you can also explain it to me, for I don't understand it either." "So..." "Here you go..." " Is Kurt here?" " He's in the kitchen with Franz." "May I introduce?" "This is Mrs Jaguweit, she looks after us a little." "Pleased to meet you, my name's Schlüter." "Please, take your things off!" "Mrs Jaguweit... please tell Kurt we have a visitor." "Mr Schlüter, from the truck." " Alright... and here are the keys!" " Thanks!" "This way, please..." "I put the things into my room for now." "Let's see in what mood he's in." "Worked out in no time for Inge..." "I didn't think she had it in her." " Well then..." " No, I first want to check him out alone." " Nice of Inge to bring you along!" " Schlüter's my name..." "Kurt Willbrandt..." "So... you're Miss Inge's brother?" "Yes of course!" "Why?" "You look different than I thought you would look." "Oh, you mean family resemblance or so." "Yes." "No... no." "We're very different." "Thank God." "Did you already get to know each other?" "Evening, Kurtchen." " Evening, sis." "Now sit down, why do you stand around like this?" " I'm about to get the meatballs." " Meatballs?" "That's great!" " My favourite dish!" " Yes?" "Fine!" "Kurt, beer!" "So yep." " Shall we?" " Can't hurt!" "Very kind of you to take along Inge already two times now!" " Knight of the road!" " No no no no..." "Alright... now may I ask for some dedication!" " This smells first-class!" " Please sit down!" " Thanks!" " Hey!" " Should I get you a pillow?" " No, it's alright, thanks." "How long have you been driving trucks?" "For 28 years... the war years not counted twice." " So you got around a lot everywhere." " Yeah, I guess so..." "Between Amsterdam and Klagenfurt I pretty much know all road conditions." "And everybody knows you at the freight yards and service stations and such?" "You probably could drive without any papers, as popular as you are!" " No no no no my friend, I couldn't do that!" " No?" " Simply because of me!" " I see!" " Because of me I couldn't do that!" "I understand!" "Why should you!" "As you always have papers!" "Sure!" "Excuse me Kurt, it's time..." "That's Franz Jaguweit..." "the wayward son of the house." " Schlüter's my name." " We were together in the East." "Now we're both working in the amusement industry." " I thought you're a musician?" " If that's what you want to call it." "At the moment I play at a venue around the corner." "Broadway Bar." "More Bar than Broadway." "Quite shabby pub." "Show dances and the like." "Drop by if you want!" "It's every man for himself these days." "Too bad I haven't learned anything." "You were a soldier?" "Mm-hmm... aircraftman...!" "Unfortunately I've got a little souvenir of that great time." "Bullet wound in the shoulder." "Bullet in the shoulder?" " Can you do that... as a musician?" " Yes, most of the time..." "Almost eight!" " Then I'll be off as well..." " That's out of the question!" "Don't let it disturb you!" "There's still red fruit jelly!" " Inge's got time!" " They're closing soon..." "Too bad..." "I hope it wasn't for the last time!" "Bye bye sis!" "Everything's okay!" "Tcha..." " You think we can manage him?" " Inge will handle it, you'll see." "What's going on here?" "Christmas?" " Looks pretty damn like it!" " New clothes!" "What's that guy doing?" "What's more interesting: how did that guy get that money?" " Wait a minute!" "Forget it, he's harmless, he won't do anything to her!" "That is, if she doesn't do anything to him." " Idiot!" " Ah, come on..." "Now we forgot the main thing!" " What?" " The thing about the parcels, we wise guys!" "I'm going to explain it to him." "Now that he knows you..." "Tell me was it all right with your brother that I stayed here, I mean the two of us, alone?" "As long as it's all right with me..." "May I?" "And it is all right with me." " Good!" " Good?" " Great!" " Some music?" "If it must be..." "And when you ran away from me my heart wore a black ribbon" "I drank night and day black coffee." "I was sitting in a little bar, because I felt so terribly lonely, and drank night and day black coffee." "And at a table next to me sat, lost in reveries, a girl who felt the same, so namelessly alone..." "We shared our loneliness and drank in togetherness, hand in hand and woe on woe..." "Franz has..." "...black coffee." "Got some?" " 9 M..." " What?" " There's a lot of expenses now." "9 marks for one marihuana?" "No!" "The boss!" "...so namelessly alone!" "How's it going with that driver?" "Pietsche's on the line." "Between 13th and 19th the stuff's in the storehouse!" " Then it must happen in no time!" " We'll work it out tonight." "...and woe on woe... black coffee!" "Just a moment, I'll be right there." "No." " Isn't it wonderful?" " Yes..." "Touch the fabric!" "Go ahead, just touch it!" "How smooth..." "And the underwear..." "I never did wear anything like that." " God, what a feeling..." " I think I better go now." " Please don't!" " Yes, my dear." "Gotta get up early in the morning!" "But you gave me such an awful lot of things!" "Well..." "Goodbye...!" "All right..." "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that." "I was just so disappointed and it really wasn't just because of all the things you gave me." "At least to say goodbye?" "Heinrich Schlüter..." "No, he has business problems." "He says it's so hard to get back freight." "Sometimes he stays in Frankfurt for 5 days in a row, he never did that in the past, Mr Falk!" "I don't really understand it." "Frankfurt's got a quite good turnover!" "Perhaps they don't want him anymore because there are many who are younger?" "Nonsense." "Schlüter's still great." "And he must have earned very well, especially in recent times." "At MAN I heard that he wants to pay the last two instalments for a trailer in a few days, all at once." "Trailer?" "He didn't tell me anything about it!" "Yes?" "..." "No, you have to ask Wenninger." "Your worries are really unnecessary, Mrs Schlüter." "Mr Falk that's what I found among his things." "Heinrich...!" "Sometimes men are like children then they buy themselves a toy." "A toy for 14 marks?" "The price is still on." "Heinrich wouldn't buy such a thing." "Someone gave it to him!" "That's the reason for all this." "That's why he's so different!" "Heh..." "I don't believe it!" "Ingelein..." "Now I look like some young tango dancer, don't I?" "Well, I like it." "Only the patent-leather shoes..." "no, Heinrich, I don't like them." "But I like them all the more!" "They're always shiny, even if one does not polish them!" "Alright..." " ...reach into my jacket pocket." " Please don't always bring me presents!" " What could I possibly give you?" " You give me more than you know." "Other side!" "Heinrich!" "Now, you're really..." "That's more than reckless!" "Put it round your neck!" " There's a safety lock." " But that's real gold!" "Of course it's real gold, girl!" "You aren't just gold-plated either!" "I really don't know what to say... really!" "Better don't say anything..." "When you talk you can't kiss me." " Say, Heinrich..." " What?" "Where did you actually get all the money?" "I already wanted to ask you before, but then I always thought it's none of my business." "You always had exactly the right thought." "I know more or less what you earn and what expenses you have, and when I see how much we spend when we're together..." "Then my little great girl always gets dizzy, right?" "But Ingechild, be glad that I can!" " Did you inherit?" " Inherit?" "Yes, one also could put it like that." "That's a great idea... inherited!" "Don't be so secretive all the time!" "Alright girl, come here, seriously!" "If you promise me to keep your mouth shut..." "I swear!" "I found 20..." "I found 20,000 marks." " 20,000 Deutschmarks?" " Yes." " That much money doesn't even exist." " Found it?" " Yes." "At night on the motorway, in a..." " ...torn paper bag." " And?" " No and." "I took it with me." " That's not true." " It is true." "Took it, you?" "I would probably have done that, and most others, ...but you?" "Someone like you runs to the next policeman and turns it in." " But I didn't turn it in, gosh darn it." "I kept it!" " It really doesn't matter where you got the money..." " And I found it... between Ulm and Stuttgart, on the night when you were standing at the detour!" "Good thing I was standing there!" "Where did you get yourself that daddy?" " Come, Heinrich, let's go." " Why?" "It's great here!" "I find this place scrumtrulescent!" "We didn't have any time for each other all day, and always among people!" "I also have something for us to eat..." "But leaving so soon... we can't do that to your brother!" " Your schnitzels!" " Hey presto!" "What did I say?" "Here's the schnitzels, come!" "And now the sensation of the Broadway Bar:" "The queen of the parodists:" "Johanna King!" "Am I disturbing the young couple?" "Kurt...!" "That wasn't funny, Mr Willbrandt." "I never made a secret about being married." "You shouldn't say such things, young man." "No reason for you to get excited, Mr Schlüter..." " ...if there are any, then rather I should." " Kurt, please!" " Three double Martell." " Three Martell." "Well?" "Did you only amuse yourselves," " ...or did you also talk business sometime?" " Kurt!" "I don't know what you're talking about!" "Three weeks... and no time for other things than..." " Come, let's dance." " Right now she's dancing." "Nice watch." "Did you find it?" "Little sister gets anergic." "It's none of my business what you do with your money or how you did get it." " What are you trying to say?" " Nothing." "Factual statement." "I'm expressing my delight." "Things in Germany are getting better again when German truck drivers can give their girls golden watches as a present." "Waiter, the bill!" "I get the impression something's going wrong here." " Looks like the girl has a crush on that guy." " Inge?" "Rubbish." "She's hooked on Kurt." "I need to know until noon tomorrow if the man's in or not." "The day after tomorrow the furs are here." "Say... what was that all about?" "He said you forgot to talk about something with me?" " He probably means..." " What?" "He's a bit worried, naturally." "Maybe he's right..." "Maybe it really can't go on like this!" "But what can ever change..." "You're married and you love your wife." "Yes." "But differently." "In a another way than you." "Another..." "Yeah, I know." "You all never want any other things from us." "Even if we'd love to give it to you that other." " Do you have rabbits at home?" " Belgians... and white Italians." "Yes... they have red eyes!" "Yes!" "Back home we had rabbits too." "Where?" "In..." "Back home where?" "Doesn't matter." "Come!" "Heinrich Schlüter, long-distance truck driver... that's you." "Yeah..." ""Knight of the road"..." "Oh, Heinrich." "Yeah, my little one..." "[ Hard sausage ] [ Cheese ]" "Why do you write this on it, Anna?" "..." "Inge!" "Isn't that how it's done?" "Mother always did this for father when he went on night shift." "Strange..." "All I know of the past are such small details." "But..." "Inge!" "Ingelein!" "Hey!" "What's the matter with you?" "Look at me!" "When there's finally someone when you know everything's right, even the things that usually aren't then he's married!" "But that's how it is..." "and you know it!" "Of course you need to have a real home again someday!" "Maybe there's a possibility... maybe!" "You just have to give me some time, I mean..." "I will... that is, I I will try to..." "I'll be back in Frankfurt the night after tomorrow!" "Maybe then I will already know more..." "In any event, I'll call you at home right away." "I've got to go now." "I'll tidy up and then I'm off too." "Bye!" "Where do you come from?" "I'm tired." "Please let me go to bed." "You two left at two o'clock, now it's five." "I want to know where you were!" "You really don't know?" "Are you saying that you actually having an affair with that guy?" "Answer me!" "You sent me to the motorway, you wanted me to... - ...to talk to him, right!" "But not to sleep with him!" "Did you talk to him?" "The job must take place the night after tomorrow, and we don't know more of him than we did three weeks ago." "I couldn't." "He loves me, and he thinks..." "Don't give me that personal crap." "Give me a break." ""He loves me"..." "that's what you think." "He loves his wife." "With you he's having fun." "You love him." "Do you think I didn't notice what's the matter with you, ...that you're running after him?" "What if it were so?" "I didn't want this... really!" "Poor creature!" "You only tell this yourself because you think he's decent." "So decent that he thinks you're decent too, for the sake of convenience." "He is decent!" "And where did he get all the money, if you don't mind me asking?" "He surely hasn't found it." "Ask him sometime!" "He'll tell you a nice fairytale." "Time for you to realise how people are and what's going on." "Not everyone is like you." "Yes." "Maybe I'm exceptionally unpleasant." "But at least I'm not deceiving myself." "And you neither." "And that makes me more decent than this petty bourgeois with his violet eyes, who tells you a pack of lies because he likes to go to bed with you." "What else do you want from me?" "Yes what do I actually want from you." "I never claimed to love you." "Perhaps I can't love at all." "But I know that I couldn't bear this damned life without you." "And that's more than love." "If such a thing as love even exists." "Anna, you must understand me!" "Until yesterday I would have thought such a thing happens to everybody, something that doesn't count, that goes by." "But it didn't go by." "And you're sure the girl's honest with you..." "Yes." " How old is she?" " 24." "But of course she appears much more mature." "That's as old as I was when Lieschen was born." "Yes." "And you really love her?" "Yes, Anna..." "Well then then I don't want to stand in your way, Heinrich." "After all, I had you for 25 years..." "And if it isn't reasonable?" "After all it's quite a thing to be told after 25 years:" ""Thank you." "I don't need you anymore." ""I've got another." "Who doesn't have grey hair." "Who's young and sprightly."" "No, Heinrich, in all friendship." "What if she breaks down, loses her nerve, wants to fight?" "Could all happen!" "You know your Anna!" "I wouldn't like to be in your shoes when you come home!" "Pour me another." "Heinrich!" "What a pity, the children just left!" "I saw them as they left - good evening, mother!" "How about you saying Anna again for an evening?" " You think so?" "Well, one gradually gets to an age where one wants to be a bit younger!" "Too bad tonight of all nights the children have visitors." "I'm quite happy with it." "Else you again wouldn't have had any time for me." "You're late today!" "I still had to load, got a batch for Giercke tomorrow." "For Salzburg?" "No... up to Frankfurt." "I see..." "I've set the table outside, it's one of the last warm evenings." "You can change clothes later." " And put the lamp outside!" " Say, Anna how did you know I was coming home this evening?" "Oh, Falk called me an hour ago." "I see...!" "I just made meatballs - I hope they're done!" "Did I forget some birthday or did the kids bring those flowers?" "No, I brought them - for us!" "You know I've been thinking that at our age every day we can be together should be a holiday." "Hey, that's not bad!" "What's that?" "The rabbit hutch?" "You always wanted one of those, right?" "Say Anna, did you make debts?" "The fur coat, Heinrich, I..." "It just isn't right for us." "I thought I better buy us something that makes both of us happy." "Listen!" " What?" " With ultrashort waves!" "I traded in the old one." "Ultra?" "Yes, but there's still money left, don't think that I..." "I put 250 marks in the savings bank!" "First half of a holiday trip for the two of us..." "Now better come!" "Otherwise it'll get cold." "Thanks." " Isn't it good?" " But yes..." "It's good..." "Actually very good." "Tell me... anything happened with you?" "Huh?" "I mean, with your hair?" "Oh, a bit different..." "You haven't looked so fresh for years, Heinrich... so young!" " Even though you must be dog-tired!" " Me?" "Why... not at all!" "I just thought..." "because you're so quiet." "Anna..." "I have to tell you something." "Later, Heinrich, when I'm done with the dishes." "In the meantime make yourself a bit comfortable!" "This is Bavarian Broadcasting." "You're listening to the news." "At the sound of the gong it will be ten fifteen." "I'm ready in a moment!" "Heinrich, do you want some more coffee?" "I thought you'd fallen asleep." "Don't get up." "Alright - now I finally have time for you." "Well?" " What did you want to tell me?" " Oh, Anna..." "I wanted..." "I just wanted to tell you that I that I..." "You that I really don't deserve someone like you." "Heinrich, ah!" "... ...I can't breathe!" " Telephone?" " No, it's the door." " The paper, Mrs Jaguweit!" " Thank you, boy." "Evening...!" "You have a visitor... he's been waiting for you for already an hour." "Sorry Schlüter for dropping in on you so unexpectedly I'd like to talk with you." "If you first want to refresh yourself a little..." "What are you doing here?" "To make it short:" "I want to suggests a deal to you." " I don't make deals, I'm a transport contractor." " Exactly!" "I want you to transport something for me." "Tonight!" " Anything wrong with you, Inge?" " No." "Something with Schlüter?" "I've got eyes to see." " Yes, he wanted to call me." " Maybe he's late." " When did Kurt leave?" " In the afternoon, with Franz." "That man Klatte picked them up." "Did Franz tell you where they were going?" "He doesn't tell me anything anymore." "Maybe he feels ashamed in front of me." "I keep my mouth shut." "I've learnt it's better that way." "But sometimes..." "If Schlüter loves you just a little bit he'll get you out of here before it's too late." "No dodgy dealings with me, Mr Willbrandt, I won't do it!" "Granted... the furs illegally cross the green border from Leipzig." "Of course without accompanying documents." "So what?" "Are these conditions your or my fault?" "As soon as they're here in the West everything's legal again!" "Why must the transport happen in the dead of night?" "Oh God, you're slow on the uptake..." "to do it faster of course!" "The way the furs were finished nobody can tell where they come from anyway." " And the freight documents, huh?" " Who would inspect you?" "From Frankfurt to Karlsruhe, you, who's known to everyone!" "I wouldn't ask so many questions if I could earn 1000 marks in one night," " ...tax-free!" " Yeah, you wouldn't, but I do." "I also wouldn't puff myself up in such a way, Schlüter." " That's still Mr Schlüter to you." " Oh I'm sorry..." "Mr Schlüter." "Do you seriously expect me to believe that you earned the money you're squandering with my sister behind the steering wheel, Mr Schlüter?" "That's none of your business." "Not mine." "But maybe for the police." "Get out of here..." "out of here quickly!" "Do you want to argue with me at all costs, Mr Schlüter?" "I think we have every reason to get along with each other!" "You want no problems with the police, and I only want you to haul a few dead rabbits to Karlsruhe for me." "It should be possible to reconcile this, don't you think?" " Is it really almost eleven?" " Ten to eleven." "Why don't you phone the pension!" "Maybe he didn't come to Frankfurt after all?" " But then he would have..." " Yes, guesthouse Florida..." " Has Mr Schlüter arrived?" "He was here, but left again 5 minutes ago." "Who am I speaking with?" "Oh, you... no, he won't come back, he vacated the room." "What?" "Vacated?" " Did he tell you where he went?" " Nothing!" "He's taken all his things with him..." "that man helping him." "The one who was waiting for him." "No, no driver..." "more like a gentleman." "By the way, here's a suitcase for you to collect." "You're welcome..." "He vacated the room..." "Someone was with him..." " Willbrandt...!" " Kurt...?" "Heinrich!" "Heinrich Schlüter!" " Where to?" " Outer Mainzer Landstraße." "Right behind the railway underpass." "Edelpelz (Premium Furs) AG." "The truck's here!" "Quick, hurry up, come on!" "Go, get out!" "What are you doing here?" "Inge!" "Heinrich, quick, drive away!" "Drive away, hurry!" " Inge's here too!" "Hope she doesn't do anything stupid!" " What?" "Inge!" " You have..." " Shut up!" " I don't want him to be in this!" "Oh, suddenly you no longer want it?" "First you bring him along, and now..." "What?" "So... has the penny finally dropped?" "Did you finally get it why my babe was so kind to you?" "Too bad she conked out midway." "Yes, Heinrich..." "I'm not his sister, I'm his..." "And I only approached you because..." "but since I'm with you, Heinrich..." "From the beginning I didn't want you in this burglary..." "In this burglary..." "oh, you took me for a rascal!" "Sorry Schlüter, but the end justifies the means." "Yeah..." "Inge, say it isn't true, Inge!" "Say this isn't true!" "You..." "You're not going to touch her again!" "And you, get into the car!" "Come on, get away!" "Drop it!" "Hands up!" "Come on come on, or have you forgotten how it's done?" " Are you all out of your mind?" " How far have they got?" "Four more stacks!" "Good!" "Get inside!" "Come on come on!" "Shut the door!" "Start up!" "Good!" "And you come along with me to the car, alright?" "Stop!" "Stop her!" "Damned bitch!" "Out of here!" "Leave it, man!" "We're done here!" "Well, Schlüter, if you nicely follow our Volkswagen... and don't do any other stupid things you'll get everything back." "What else do you have there in your pocket?" "Hand it over!" "Give it to me!" "Very nice, Mr Schlüter!" "Well..." "Turn right, Mr Schlüter...!" "...to the motorway!" "Not to the left to the police headquarters!" "Always follow our car." "Faster, Schlüter, faster!" "You will go past the two gentlemen in constant speed... understood?" "Don't overtake!" "Are you crazy?" "Schlüter!" "Bad luck for crooks" "Traffic accident exposes grand fur theft" "Munich long-distance truck driver as gang leader" "While some of the other gang members already made confessions Schlüter persistently denies." "Mr Schlüter... so far you seemed to be a quite reasonable person!" "Do you really think you improve your situation by telling us a western movie?" "Perhaps you can get away with a few months for aiding and abetting." "Probation could also be possible!" "Of course only if you tell us everything truthfully!" "I told you - ouch!" " everything!" "Fine Mr Schlüter, as you like." "You apparently need a little quiet and leisure to think." "Take him away." "Thereafter Kurt Willbrandt - double-L, D-T coerced Mr Schlüter with a pistol to get into the truck." "Klatte tried to take me to the Volks- wagen, but I managed to break free and hide on the factory site until the vehicles had left." "In the porter's lodge I freed the gatekeeper Kressmann from his bonds." "He immediately called the police." "On allegation I admit that I evaded identification by leaving before the arrival of the police." "Read aloud, approved and signed..." "Here..." "Thank you." "Why didn't you tell me you have a guardian angel?" " What do I have?" " I mean Miss Hoffmann." "Hoffmann..." "I don't know any Miss Hoffmann!" "Goddammit, I'm really tired of it!" "Do you want to go to jail for two years just so that I won't know that you have a witness for your honesty?" "That much chivalry is bordering on idiocy!" "Miss Inge Hoffmann confirmed your testimony point by point!" " Oh, Inge!" " At last!" "Yes, Inge..." "I didn't know her name's Hoffmann." " Everything here?" " Yes, thanks." "I'm sorry the things Willbrandt took from you must remain here until the investigation is closed." "Please see for yourself that nothing's missing." "Yes, it's all in order." "And now look at that - what that fellow carried with him... 13,500 marks!" "He doesn't want to tell me how he got it, but I will find out." " Inspector..." " Yes?" " The money, that's..." "That's my money." " What?" " Yes, Willbrandt took that from me as well." "Yes but... you didn't put that on record!" " It was like that..." " Schlüter..." " ..." "I do think it's better we keep you here." " No, no, no." "I really found the money!" "And initially it was 19,500 marks." "Schlüter...!" "I think you watch too many movies." "Inspector, may I say something?" "Go ahead!" "It was like that:" "Well..." "Lieschen..." "Lieschen, that's my daughter had her wedding, and I set off with my truck on the same evening..." "Miss, if you're not married or otherwise related to the inmate a visitor's permit is out of the question." " I'm friends with him." " That's legally not permissible." " I mean, that doesn't officially count." " I see, that doesn't count." "The only thing you could do is to apply for private provisioning for Willbrandt." "Of course you have to pay that yourself." "Fill in the form." "Inspector, how many months does one get for this?" "In your case..." "life sentence." "On probation." "I reported the find - a little late, but nonetheless." " Of course you have to refund what's missing." " To the last penny." "Inge!" " Inge..." " Yes?" "You helped me to get out." " You didn't do anything wrong." " And I beat you." " So what?" " I never was so mixed up before." "Well, it's over now." " And besides... you were right." " No no no." "Oh yes, Heinrich." "Take care." "May I keep it?" "What will become of you now?" "Anything..." "Something always becomes of you." "Maybe I'll wait for Kurt..." "if it doesn't take too long." " Give Lieschen my regards, although we haven't met..." " Yes." "And tell your wife, it wasn't important what happened with me." "Or better don't tell her anything at all." "Come on, why do you pull a long face?" "I come to meet you in Frankfurt and you don't seem happy at all." "Yes I am, Anna, very much." "But I finally have to tell you something." "Right now." "Otherwise I again don't get to say it." " Because in Frankfurt I..." " I have to tell you something too!" "The most important thing, I completely forgot it with all the commotion." " What?" " Mm-hm!" "Our Lieschen?" "I never would have thought that mingy lad was capable of this!" "And with glasses!" "And, say... when?" " On Easter, if all goes well!" " Oh, Anna..." "And then various other things will end all by itself grandfather Schlüter!" "Sure!" "Yeah, right..." "Well, then..." "Subtitles:" "Kurosuke for KG"