"Eight Hours Don't Make A Day" "A Family Series" "My beautiful dress!" "The beautiful prosecco!" "That's no way to behave, Aunt!" "Worse Luck!" "That's all I can say!" "When I was young..." "That must have been a while ago..." "You were saying?" "Time flies... and 1,2,3 we fly along." "Is this a brawl, or is it my birthday?" "Excuse me." "That was a slip of the hand." "Shut up, Harald." "A stitch in time saves nine." "Yes, and you too, Klara!" "Let her have a good cry..." "What's up, Jochen?" "Do I get another glass?" "Or do I have to slap somebody to earn it?" "She just laughed that's all." "The child can laugh, can't she?" "But not about grown ups!" "Then what about?" "Cheers, Grandma." "To your future." "Thanks." "She's my child as much as yours." "Stop fighting!" "As you wish..." "Stop crying, come on." "You're so sweet, Uncle Manfred, much nicer than Daddy." "You shouldn't say that." "Never." "Because...that makes your Daddy sad, OK?" "Play some music, Grandma!" "Klara wants to dance!" "Yes!" "At least one of you is still alive!" "Jochen, where is the record you gave me as a present?" "Put it on quick!" "(Sings) Because today is my lucky day!" "Though you don't know much about joy..." "I only got the dress back from the dry cleaners yesterday!" "8,40 can you imagine?" "And it's already dirty again" "What's this I hear?" "My baby daughter's got her party dress all dirty?" "But mom, that was Jochen!" "You are a little messy!" "Faugh!" "As punishment you can dance with him, the one whose wife left him." "And Jochen: you get the prettiest girl tonight." "Come here." "Come to me, little one, dance with your Grandma!" "In 1 or 2 weeks my car will be ready." "Really?" "Sure!" "And you'll be my first passenger." "You're so sweet, Uncle Manfred." "Well, I want to make a speech!" "You know, speeches are for the dead." "I'll get the wig!" "But grandma, he wants to say something nice!" "Everybody likes to hear something nice." "Well..." "I wanted to...my dearest... ..on your 60th birthday, to tell you that you..." "I've forgotten." "That was a nice speech." "You know I could imagine so much you might have wanted to say..." "Many thanks, really, thanks." "A toast!" "Yes, I got it!" "I'll get a bottle from the kitchen right away." "So, how is the little one?" "Yes, how is the little one?" "Good." "Both of them." "...they're both OK." "Grandma knows exactly what you meant to say." "You believe that." "How can someone fail so completely?" "I told you she knows exactly." "Much as I'd like to, but when did she get this wig?" "It was our birthday present." "Well, I don't know..." "I like Grandmas wig a lot, too." "You see?" "You have no sense of style, any of you." "Grandma, stop drinking!" "Aunt Klara says, the wig is jolly enough." "Jochen!" "Are you called Jochen?" "No, why?" "'Cause Grandma said Jochen." "You called for Jochen, didn't you?" "Yes, I called for Jochen." "See?" "She called Jochen, not Manfred, so, please." "Excuse me." "What's up?" "There's no prosecco left." "Could you go into town and get two bottles?" "If Harald lends me his car...?" "Excuse me, could I borrow your car?" "We're out of prosecco, and Dad's car is at the garage." "No, sorry, the car is very sensitive." "You won't lend your car, even though we're out of booze?" "Monika, please!" " Oh, you're so mean!" "I am sure Harald has his reasons, Monika." "Harald is a reasonable person." "Please, mind your own business, Aunt Klara." "Our Jochen drives very well, really!" "Everybody does, Dad, everybody." "But everybody drives differently." "See, your car is driven by you, Kaethe and Jochen." "And me!" "And Grandma, yes." "So, now, what was I saying?" "That only people who need to drive should drive." "That's right." "You confuse me!" "Harald is right not to let just anybody drive." "Who pays for the repairs?" "Nobody." "Nobody pays the repairs." "Where is Jochen?" "He left." "Did you..." "Yes I did." "Right." "She really did." "Women rule the world." "Hey!" "Pardon?" "I said, "Hey"." "You beat up the whole machine." "Well, I heard you say "hey"." "Excuse me, but you said "Pardon"..." "I said "Pardon"?" "Why would I say "Pardon"?" "Because I said "Hey"." "Hey." "Right?" "Right, you said "Hey", but why?" "Well, because you were beatin' up the machine." "I don't beat up the machine, I just want what I'm owed." "Pickles worth 2,00." "Being pregnant is no excuse for beating the machine." "Pregnant." "Did I hear you right?" "You said pregnant?" "Pregnant." "After all." "What kind of woman beats up a vending machine in the middle of the night for a glass of pickles, if not a pregnant woman?" "I am not pregnant or hysterical." "I'm not even married." "No?" "No!" "And I'm not planning to be." "And it's none of your business!" "Pregnant!" "Well, since you're not pregnant you might as well come to my" "Grandma's birthday party." "To your Grandma's?" "It's her birthday." "Damn, he's serious." "You really are serious, aren't you?" "OK." "I'll come with you." "Then let's find out why the pickles are stuck." "You have to be a man for that:" "reasonable and clear-headed. (Singing) Who's paying for this?" "Who ordered this anyway?" "...Who has so much money...?" "Who has that much jingle jangle..."" "Aren't you, wait, yes, Gabi, how nice of you to come to my party!" "And you remembered the pickles!" "How thoughtful!" "No problem, Many happy returns." "Thanks, Gabi." "Please, take a seat." "That's my mother." "My Dad." "Aunt Klara," "And Grandma again." "You've met her already." "And my sister Monika, her daughter Sylvia." "And this is my brother-in-law Harald." "And that's Manfred... my best friend." "Good afternoon." "And where is the prosecco, Jochen?" "The prosecco?" "Ah, the prosecco!" "I'm dreadfully sorry, but I dropped the bottle" "Dropped it?" "Yes, dropped it." "It dropped and it shattered." "Excuse me, do you think pickles are a particularly creative present?" "Particularly creative?" "I don't know, I..." "Klara!" "Mama?" "I asked Gabi for pickles for my birthday." "They're what I wanted." "Excuse me." "Do you think I could borrow Harold's car?" "I told Gabi the car was mine." "I'll ask him." "Hey, do you think Jochen could borrow the car overnight?" "He told Gabi it's his." "If someone takes an inch do you always give them a whole mile?" "Don't be so fussy!" "May I have the pleasure of the next dance, Miss Gabi?" "Gladly." "Well, Jochen..." "You want the car overnight?" "I just want to drive Gabi home." "Then park it in front of my house and put the keys in the post box." "Thanks." "You're welcome." "What's up?" "What are you whispering about all the time?" "Nothing, Grandma, I just asked Harald for his car so I can drive Gabi home." "I see." "You told her it's yours." "How stupid." "You didn't have to do that." "So, I can't remain among such disrespectful people any longer." "Manfred, bring me to the nearest taxi stand." "Why, certainly!" "But Klara, do you really want to go so soon?" "I have to, unfortunately, I have to." "So, kids, now we can drink beer and schnapps." "The prosecco was only something for Aunt Klara anyway." "Excuse me, Miss Gabi..." "Jochen asked me for my car so he could drive you home." "You live a little outside the centre, if I got Jochen right." "It's my privilege to help you out, Miss Gabi." "Very much." "How charming." "Absolutely charming." "Thank you very much." "Well," "I..." "lied to you because..." "Yes, I believe so." "That was not very nice." "Well, you know..." "Don't make it better than it is..." "Everybody lies a little bit." "Sure, but... with you..." "It wasn't necessary." "Was it?" "Who knows, maybe it was?" "No..." "It wouldn't have been necessary." "I'm not an angel or anything, you know." "Yes, of course you are!" "For me you are." "What's your real name?" "Marion." "Not bad." "Marion is about the nicest girl's name there is." "Well, I said not bad." "I didn't believe it anyway." "What?" "The story with the car." "Why?" "Because it doesn't suit you." "Far too snobbish for you, you know?" "A car that would fit you, should be... ..endearing,... well-behaved,... friendly." "I have a boyfriend." "That doesn't matter I am too,..." "What did you say?" "You have a boyfriend." "Of course I have to break up with him now, but..." "But?" "Tomorrow." "You'll tell him tomorrow." "You know..." "What?" "He's a nice guy..." "You can get to know him later." "Never." "I never want to meet him." "I'm sure he's a stupid dog." "No, Jochen, he's a nice guy, really." "Tomorrow." "Do as you wish." "Thanks." "Hey you." "I like you." "I like you too." "Eight o'clock at Marion's." "Tomorrow." "OK." "Something up?" "Something on your mind?" "You got a stomach ache?" "No Franz, clearly there's something else behind it." "Something very different." "He's got a new one?" "Yes, tell us!" "Blond or black haired?" "Come on, tell us." "Had her already?" "I love you, so I fuck you, while standing or while lying,..." "And if we are two angels once," "I'll fuck you while we're flying." "Shut up, bloody Italian..." "Knock it off!" "So tell us." "Is she one of the quiet ones?" "Does she moan?" "Still waters run deep." "So they say." "Did you fuck her?" "Did you see that look?" "Am I stupid?" "He's trapped." "Completely" "He's really trapped." "Happens to everybody." "The later the better." "At some point, you can't ever get out again." "That's the deal." "Then you are hanging inside." "Check out that look." "It's all over." "Maybe he's happy." "You're only happy to begin with." "Then the Mark is only worth 50 Pfennig." "But everyone has to find out for themselves." "No advice will help." "He was still OK on Saturday." "Love at first sight." "It exists." "Happened to you Rolf, didn't it?" "Leave me alone." "What happened to that story?" "I broke it off, she was only after my millions." "That is no woman, that is machine." "Easy, easy." "It'll work in a second." "But with women you take things more gently, don't you?" "Whole day and whole night, very slowly." "Patient." "You should've been patient." "It reacts like a human." "No human." "I human." "Sure, but if you chase her like that she'll be done for." "Like you would be." "OK." "Go on." "Ciao, uncle." "How'd it go with the chick yesterday?" "Why?" "Or is it serious?" "Kiss my ass." "By the way, I heard you're too slow." "What are we?" "We're too slow?" "Why don't you do this shit here for once?" "I didn't say you are too slow, I said I heard you are too slow." "Here comes the foreman." "Good morning, gentlemen." "Nice weekend?" "We keep hearing rumours about us being too slow?" "We're behind schedule." "The valves should have been installed by now." "We have to deliver the first two tools by Friday next week." "We'll never manage that." "You have 17 weeks left." "That's just how it is." "You know as well as us that the job was cutting it fine." "I know that." "That's what the efficiency bonus is for." "Right!" "1,400 in 6 months." "Pretty bad payment for our bones." "Come off it, Jochen!" "You know exactly how hard I fought to get it up to the current level." "I talked with the bureaucrats, there's no room for negotiation." "Production needs the tools in time, because bulk production starts." "The other groups work under the same pressure!" "I cannot spare a single man from there." "That's the status." "What was that about being slow?" "I checked your working hours." "And you had too many." "That's it." "But if you step up a gear, you'll make it." "Slowly..." "Hello, I tell you..." "why don't you come here?" "I told you, you're not allowed to play on the grass." "Didn't you notice the signs over there?" "I don't want to see you here one more time..." "Unbelievable." "That is unbelievable." "Keep off the grass!" "Did you see that?" "He won't let them play football." "Silly old bugger." "So you don't want to get involved?" "No." "So you think park wardens like that should get away with whatever they like" "Yes." "Please come with me, will you?" "I told you before:" "Keep off the green!" "Didn't you see the signs?" "Hello, warden!" "What?" "Warden!" "Please come here." "So you obviously didn't get the new order?" "Which new order?" "What do you want from me?" "Keep off the grass." "That applies to you too." "Well, that's what I expected." "Well." "Here you are." "Civic department for recreation." "You still want to tell me that you don't know that since the 1st... all ball-suitable lawns are reserved for ball games?" "For post-Olympic performance training." "And this is a ball-suitable lawn, isn't it?" "So what?" "Ball-suitable?" "Ball-suitable." "Well, the lawn is indeed ball-suitable." "See Mr. Bailiff?" "Another one that didn't get the memo." "Indeed." "If he's not lying." "Anyway, now you know!" "What was your name again?" "Gargler." "Well, Mr. Kargler." "Gargler!" "Well, as you can see, Mr. Bailiff, the inspection was worth the trouble." "You could also... you could also do a little..." "Sport...." "Gragler" "Gargler!" "Thank you." "You can go now." "Thanks." "Thank you." "Well... why not?" "Well?" "You are one of a kind!" "What sort of pass was that?" "My pension card." "And what book is that?" "Nothing." "May I?" "Lady Chatterley's Lover." "You call that nothing?" "You are one of a kind!" "If your wife only knew about it." "I'm a widower." "Well that's nice, really, I like that." "Please excuse me." "You want to go?" "What a shame!" "We haven't even started yet." "You know what, invite me for coffee and a schnapps." "I love schnapps with coffee." "You only met him yesterday, Marion." "I feel certain this time, Irmgard." "He's the one." "And noone else." "What's he do?" "What do you mean?" "What does he do?" "What does he do, what does he do..." "What's his job, for Christ's sake?" "So you want to know his profession!" "Yes, I want to know his profession." "Well, well, don't know." "Well, you love someone but you don't know his profession." "Gee, that's going to be fun." "Right." "A lot of fun." "And what will you do with Peter?" "Yes, with Peter." "Yes, with Peter." "I'm going to tell him." "You can't simply tell him!" ""Telling", Marion..." "You have to break it gently to him!" "One has to be careful." "It's best to leave a backdoor open..." "Stop it." "I'll tell him, simply tell him." "I don't like those..those dirty tricks." ""Dirty tricks"." "How mean, you're so mean." "I don't like dirty tricks." "Not even with men." "Look, Peter will have a good income" "Peter has a job where he doesn't get his hands dirty..." "And Peter doesn't waste his wage on drinks or beat you up." "Peter is.." "Peter is Peter and Jochen is Jochen." "Jochen." "What a name!" "Excuse me miss, are you free?" "How can I help you?" "Well I have a problem." "My wife.." "...forbade me... .. for 25 years now she wouldn't allow me to breed chickens." "Chickens are stupid she says, but in fact chickens are very smart, and she is stupid." "Was stupid." "But now the Lord has taken her." "Finally." "Two days ago." "Two days ago." "Yes, at 10:40." "Excuse me." "Of course." "Hello?" "Yes?" "Ah, it's you, Peter." "Yes?" "So." "And now I want to breed chickens." "..to breed lots and lots of chickens." "We'll take care of it first thing in the morning!" "Thank you!" "Of course I need chickens, a cock and a barn." "Let's hang out tonight." "Thanks a lot." "See, now that this affair with my wife is past," "I don't want to become too involved right now, but... ..next spring?" "Sure, why not?" "For now I need chickens, a cock and a barn." "Particularly the wood for the barn, since I will build it myself." "Kretschmar is alright." "What?" "He's a bad foreman." "Kretschmer has to make sure we're on schedule." "As I said: bloody foreman." "Too slow!" "Are you having a laugh?" "Kretschmer isn't the one who makes the schedule, Ruediger." "He just has to make sure that we keep to it." "I think he's alright, too." "Really, so what should we do?" "Work ourselves to death? If we don't get 4 done they have to live with 2." "I'm not going to kill myself for some bureaucrat's figures" "Is that understood?" "Yesterday I suddenly noticed that I like him a lot, you know?" "Don't look so sad." "Please." "I still like you." "Sometimes these things happen." "No." "Let go." "What does one say in such a situation?" "We'll stay good friends, won't we?" "Yes, let's stay good friends!" "If two people liked each other, there was a reason for that." "Come on." "Cheers." "Cheers." "I don't like cognac." "What are you doing?" "I'm drawing." "You're drawing, you're drawing..." "So what are you drawing?" "A tool." "There are loads of tools already." "You want to make more?" "Quite the opposite." "I thought if we could implement the bending into the 2nd appliance" "You and your appliances" " I'm fed up." "Eight hours a day is enough." "I'm fed up." "OK." "No pressure." "Nobody's forcing you." "Thanks." "Shit." "Right." "Marion's with her ex at the moment." "Who's Marion?" "My Marion." "A new one already?" "Wasn't the last one named Gabi?" "Her name was Marion, you idiot." "Her name was Gabi, you bum!" "Marion, you plonker!" "Gabi you ass!" "Marion you plum!" "Gabi, numbskull!" "Marion, bolt!" "Gabi." "Marion." "Gabi." "Marion." "Gabi." "Marion." "Gaaabi." "Ma-ri-on" "How was it?" "What?" "Well, with, you know." "Peter." "Very simple." "Peter is very understanding and dear." "And after all - it wasn't the love of my life..." "Thank God." "What do want to drink?" "A cup of coffee, please." "But we have small cans only" "OK, a small can then." "Sad?" "Well,..." "Something at work, nothing important." "What's your job anyway?" "You know, I..." "Let me guess, OK?" "OK." "Is your work useful?" "Yes." "Do you work with solid matter?" "Yes." "Could I use the fruits of your work?" "No." "No." "So it's useful, but not for me?" "No." "Do you work on your own with this material?" "No." "More than one..." "A group?" "Yes." "If I could see the product of your work," "Would I know how to use it?" "No." "Then it's something abstract." "Abstract?" "No." "So you work with others on a solid matter, which once it's processed turns into something useful, which I wouldn't recognize as anything of use." "Yes." "Do you work in a factory?" "Yes." "Then the matter you work on is steel?" "Yes, among other things." "But somebody can use it?" "Yes." "And I wouldn't even recognize what it is?" "I give up." "How can I guess something, I don't even recognize." "What is it?" "Tools." "Tools." "Well, that's mean!" "Why shouldn't I recognize a tool?" "Do you think I wouldn't know a hammer?" "We don't make hammers or crowbars." "We make tools to be built into machines, you know?" "No." "And you definitely wouldn't recognise those tools!" "What do you do?" "It's your turn to guess." "Just tell me." "I work for the city's paper, taking classified ads." "taking classified ads?" "Here you are." "Must be a lot of traffic in your office..?" "So so." "Today one came... ..an old man, 65 or so.." "who said that his wife died yesterday." "Yesterday, you know?" "He was really happy that she was gone." "He said it was because he could finally do what he wants." "Guess what that was." "Well,.." "You'll never guess it." "He wants to breed chickens." "Chickens." "He's looking for 200 chickens and a huge barn." "A whole farm." "Exactly." "He was seriously happy about her being gone." "He's gonna feed his old women to the birds, everyday a little bit." "Exactly." "He feeds the chicken with his wife." "Anything wrong?" "No, nothing." "It's just strange, you do something I won't even recognise when I see it." "Yes." "That's normal, though..." "Most people do something, something that could mean nothing to them." "I mean, they earn their money for that." "But they look like it." "I'd get sick making a product that's nothing." "Well, it is something." "Sure." "Sure it is something, but.." "But I'm sure you can imagine doing something that you really like." "Sure." "Sure." "Something." "Me too." "I take ads from those people all day, but they don't interest me." "I dream a lot, imagine a lot." "But there must be some way to earn money doing something I like." "I mean where I don't have to dream about having fun." "Understand?" "Sure, but.." "But that's how it is." "Of course." "I mean for such work that has nothing to do with me where it's only interesting for the other people that you do it for..." "For work like that one doesn't earn enough." "Of course it has to be done, but" "Sounds pretty left wing, what you're saying." "Where did you learn that?" "Sometimes I think." "Is that bad?" "No." "Not really, but you can't think all day, can you ?" "No." "Manfred!" "Yes?" "Come here!" "Take a look." "So?" "So what?" "Look!" "It's a bending unit, ok." "It's an improved bending unit." "Improved?" "Take a look." "What do you see on the blueprint?" "A bantling with some blockbolts." "Right." "Nothing else?" "Same units on the other side." "Right." "If you take a closer look, you'll see that this new bending unit does the work of four old ones." "I changed it." "Changed it." "You've changed it." "You say instead of four we only have to build one." "But...if you're right.." "Exactly!" "I've already applied for the improvement." "If it's going to be done it needs to be done now." "The others will be amazed!" "I repeat. "Young woman (27) seeks friendship with lady", is that right?" "And I collect the answers right here?" "Sure." "We can also send them home to you." "No thanks!" "I'd like to collect them myself!" "Monika!" "Yes?" "What's the hurry?" "Sorry, I didn't know you worked here." "Fancy a coffee?" "With me?" "Yes." "Irmgard?" "Yes?" "I'm going for a coffee." "Coffee..." "Pretty hysterical person, don't you think?" "Why don't you show me the ad you wanted to place?" "Come on." ""Young woman (27) seeks friendship with lady."" "There's nothing to it." "If Harald knew about it..." "There'd be hell to pay." "Why?" "Is he that cruel?" "Sometimes." "Not always." "When I took away the car keys that time, you remember the story?" "Afterwards he took it out on Sylvia." "He beat her up that night." "You know, sometimes I am so fed up." "He beat her up?" "She said, "I like mum more than you." "You're mean."" "He can be so brutal..." "He was a little drunk, and he has a low tolerance." "But a child cannot defend itself!" "One must never forget that!" "No." "No, one must not forget that." "I like him somehow." "Sometimes." "Really." "Often I sit the whole day at home scared, waiting for him to come home." "He doesn't have to beat me." "He has other means." "Sometimes I think..." "But I guess he's totally normal." "I just don't understand him, I guess." "He's just different somehow." "I'm really sorry, believe me." "I just don't understand..." "what... what's eating you?" "Let's meet more often." "Would you like to?" "You have no idea how happy you make me, Marion" "I could cry." "That was a week." "That's true!" "Have a good day." "Thanks." "Excuse me..." "Yes?" "I'm having a party." "A small one." "Care to come with your wife?" "I... the money,the extra pay..." "OK Jochen, I'd love to come!" "OK." "1560,00" "Not bad!" "Could be more!" " Killjoy." "Enough for me!" "Wait and see." "I think... it's best if we waste it on drinks!" "Please explain it again, because I don't get it." "How it works with the hours." "If it wasn't for the hours, then you wouldn't have had the idea?" "Yes, that's right." "I explained it a million times, it's like this:" "We don't have piecework, do we?" "No, we don't have piecework." "But still,.." "...we still have to meet supply." "We have to meet supply, don't we?" " We have to meet supply." "That's right." "And in order to achieve something, even without piece-work, therefore someone works out how much time we have for a piece." "Is that right?" "That's it!" "Sometimes the calculation is good, sometimes bad." "This time it was bad." "We'd have grafted like idiots!" "But we get the performance bonus." "OK." "We get the performance bonus." "OK, that's worth mentioning." "But thanks to Jochen's idea we're better off and we don't have to work that hard anymore for the same money." "For the same pay?" "Isn't that so?" "All I can say is: wait and see." "And all I can say is:" "Killjoy!" "Killjoy!" "Killjoy!" "I'm no killjoy, Peter!" "I'm older." "That's it!" "You're too old to understand." "Someone like you has to pay in the end." "Every time." "You can rely on that." "What do you mean?" "Tell us." "I told you." "Wait and see." "Wait and see, wait and see." "Smart arse." "That's all." "Production needs the tools within an impossible time frame." "In order to ensure this, they pay us abonus." "Right." "And Jochen's made it possible for us to make it in time." "Without working our guts out." "He helped us all!" "I don't know." "Hans is right." "For people like us the bill comes later." "That's how it is" "Let them come!" "Another round!" "On my tab!" "Let them come..." "Listen." "Is there anything that could go wrong?" "Wait and see." "Maybe." "Maybe, maybe." "There must be some justice!" "Justice?" "How old are you?" "28." "Maybe at that age it is allowed." "I'm quiet already." "Hell, man." "Am I nuts?" "Do you think there'll be repercussions?" "No." "No repercussions." "Dance, you?" "I don't dance with men." "In Greece it's all the same." "But this is not Greece." "This is so not Greece!" "I love you." "Good morning." "Who is it this time?" "Me." "Me?" "Who's me?" "Jochen!" "Excuse me." "What for?" "For being in your way." "Doesn't matter." "That's alright." "Morning." "A very nice good morning!" "Well, that's how it is said." "I wish you a wonderful morning." "oh la la!" "What happened to you?" "Why?" "Well, the tie...!" "It's on purpose." "Well that's mean." "Kaethe!" "Kaethe!" "What is it?" "Come here, immediately!" "I'm making sandwiches, what is it this time?" "I stand waiting at the bathroom door for ten minutes and then your husband, who hasn't waited a moment, comes and pushes in!" "You've got to talk to him about it." "Excuse me..." "I don't have to." "Yes you do!" "Turn the music down." "I said: turn down the sound!" "That was it." "Yes that was it." "Who is it this time." "Grandma?" "Let me in again, my face is covered with foam." "No." "Please!" "It's bad for the skin." "Or I'll break down the door." "Did you hear that?" "While I was turning down the music that your son plays so loud my eardrums tear, your mum slipped into the bathroom and won't let me in." "And my face is covered in foam." "Then talk to her about it!" "You always side with your mother." "As you like!" "Here you are." "Thank you." "I want to let you know, that it is time for me to move out." "It's high time!" "Good morning." "Grandma." "Jochen!" "Goal!" "Goal!" "I bet she wins." "Goal!" "Want to play one more?" "No." "That's enough." "Come on." "Shame." "See you!" "Have you got a problem?" "No." "Why?" "You're so strange." "You don't say anything." "Why?" "Do we have to chat all the time?" "No, of course not." "Come on." "Tell me what's up." "Was the little boy your son?" "Which little boy?" "Well, I mean the little boy back there." "Ah,you mean the little boy back there." "Yes I mean the little boy." "Is that your son?" "And if he was?" "What do you mean, "and if he was"?" "If he was my son?" "I don't know." "Then..." "Yes, what then?" "I don't know, I..." "Would you banish me?" ""Banish"?" "Wow, you know some words!" "Would you?" "No." "OK, he's my brother." "Honestly?" "Honestly." "Sure?" "Yes." "Why didn't you ever tell me about him?" "Because I love you." "I love you too..., but that's no reason." "Look, I have to care for Manni, also in the future." "He's my responsibility." "Because I hoped, that you and I are getting serious..." "I was afraid you could run away." "Because of the responsibility, you know?" "Your mother won't recover?" "Maybe, maybe not." "You?" "Yes?" "Is that so bad?" "What?" "That I have a brother." "I can't say that until I get to know him." "Who knows?" "Manni!" "That is Jochen." "He looks much better than the last one." "Come, look at my castle." "Well?" "Yes?" "Nice." "Isn't quite finished, the moat is missing.." "and a couple of other things." "Want to sleep with me, tonight?" "Once it needs must anyway, doesn't it?" "Thank god, don't you think?" "He's sleeping." "It's about time..." "Manni is a light sleeper." "I have to go to the toilet." "Should I?" "I..." "No." "I can't sleep!" "Come on!" "Want to stay with you!" "No!" "OK, good night." "Good night!" "He won't disturb us anymore..." "Come here..." "Manni!" "Ciao, maybe another time!" "Shhh!" "Be careful, dumbass!" "What?" "My goodness, what's up?" "What ain't?" "You're asleep." "Excuse me." "Been fucking too hard?" "No." "Not hard enough?" "So she didn't let you!" "She didn't let him!" "Ah!" "I understand!" "Monsieur is in love." "Correction!" "He didn't want to!" "Because he loves her!" "Bad rumors, very bad ones!" "What's up?" "Tell us!" "Well, they want to..." "Everybody gather round!" "Come on!" "OK." "Colleagues!" "Oh dear!" "If Kretschmar is saying colleagues, it makes me queasy." "Rightly so." "Understandably." "Tell us, what's up?" "OK." "I have to tell you anyway." "Well." "The efficiency bonus." "It's been cancelled with immediate effect." "But why?" "Why?" "Jochen's improvement made it possible to finish the project in time without any special effort." "That's all." "You can't cancel it!" "I was banking on that money." "You cannot muck us about!" "Stop screaming!" "I'll scream as long as I like." "They can't take away what they promised!" "They can." "And you know it!" "I warned you, Ruediger." "Warned us?" "Your warning wasn't worth a shit!" "Listen to me!" "It's your fault!" "You had to keep pushing!" "Why couldn't you mind your own business?" "You asshole!" "I was depending on that money!" "I'm such an idiot!" "I tell you, it's a great invention!" "The whole company profits from it!" "Sure he'll be a foreman soon..." "Do you really love him, Marion?" "You know, he's just a worker, isn't he?" "So what?" "Are you so much better?" "Tell me if you are so much better" "What does that mean, "so much better"?" "At least I don't dirty my hands at work." "And the millions with dirty hands are subhuman?" "I didn't say anything derogative, absolutely not." "Of course they aren't subhumans!" "they are different." "They live differently." "They dirty their hands, don't they?" "You are so stupid!" "Don't you work for other people?" "Are you doing your own work...?" "Me?" "Of course I do my own work." "Whose would it be otherwise?" "You're beyond help." "No!" "I'm beyond help!" "I am far too normal for that!" "just wanted to tell you..." "Are you going to the stadion, Juergen?" "No!" "Who are they playing against?" "VFL Bochum." "Not very exciting anyway." "I understand.." "Was it the motor or something else?" "Only the carburettor, nothing serious." "If it had been the engine, oh dear!" "Thank god!" "You were lucky again!" "You can say that again!" "How much is a new engine?" "1,200 or so." "Not bad." "Isn't there any chance we can talk about a problem like this?" "Mum isn't back yet." "Let me in anyway?" "I don't know." "OK, come in." "Are you mad about something?" "No." "Why?" "Cause you look like it." "I have a little trouble." "Trouble?" "Something bad?" "Well, pretty bad." "Tell me." "Really want to hear it?" "Look, in our factory there are always 7 men working in a group producing something." "And what's that?" "Parts that are later installed in machines." "Got it?" "Yes." "Good." "And..." "To keep us from dawdling, taking breaks" "..and smoking cigarettes... ..somebody calculates, how long it should take to build one piece." "So sometimes that's a week, sometimes 3 days, and sometimes 3 months." "For the last project the calculation was very tight." "But they told us that if we still managed it then they'd give us 1,400." "Still we wouldn't have made it in time." "Is that bad?" "Well, bad.." "It wasn't good, that's for sure!" "Listen." "In order to get it done in time,.." "well, I used my head and.." "I had an idea." "An idea?" "I changed something." "And suddenly work was easier and done faster." "That's cool!" "Everybody must have been very happy!" "Sure." "At first, but... today, you know... today the foreman came and told us... since work is so easy now, we won't get our bonus." "You mean the 1,400 Marks?" "Exactly." "Exactly, the 1,400 Marks." "And it's my fault." "That's pretty mean, isn't it?" "You invent something good, and then they punish you." "You've got some rights after all, we are not totally defenceless..." "But where?" "Where do you see rights or protection?" "You have a workers' council," "Go on." "That council is on your side, isn't it?" "Depends." "As much as they can be." "Well you go there, and tell them how it is." "They promised a fixed bonus for a fixed amount of work within a fixed timeframe" "You achieve the goal in time,but the bonus is cut,that's not fair." "You know what that is?" "That's immoral." "Exactly!" "You tell them it's immoral!" "Immoral." "Pretty strong term, isn't it?" "But it fits!" "So I go to the workers' council." "The council is going to confirm that the company was right." "Pretty predictable." "If they do such a thing, it's legally approved." "And what do I do then?" "What do you do then?" "What do I do then?" "Then you have to take the law into your hands!" "What?" "Self-help." "Never heard of self-help?" "Of course, but..." "You have to go on strike." "If that.." "I cannot convince someone to go on strike who isn't affected!" "Why?" "Don't you stick together?" "What do you mean, stick together?" "We stick together when the chips are down!" "When the chips are down for everybody, not just for a few." "Can't do anything.." "Then the "few" have to find their own way." "Resign." "To resign would be a real drag!" "Do you have a better solution?" "Yes." "The factory's management has the formal right to proceed that way... says the factory worker's council." "No!" "What does that mean: "formal right"?" "It means they make the rules." "The worker always loses." "Man, why are you always such a smartass?" "Shut up." "Fighting helps them not us!" "And what doesn't?" "There is another chance." "We have to stick together." "Stick together!" "Wow, great idea!" "Be quiet and listen!" "Well,.." "What do we want from management?" "To pay the bonus." "Shall we try praying?" "It's not just us who wants something from them.They want something from us" "Urgently." "The tools." "You mean..." "I mean..." "We have more pull here." "II think I understand." "Are you in favour?" "Yes!" "Yes." "Yes, we can at least try it." "If you're all for it, I'm in!" "I always go with the majority." "And you?" "Me?" "If you ask me, I think it's OK." "OK." "The majority is in favour." "And I'll make a start." "Are you crazy?" "You can't..." "If nothing else can convince you, maybe that will!" "You're crazy!" "Foreman!" "Foreman!" "Yes?" "I made crap!" "So, you made crap?" "Yes." "Yes I made crap." "Pretty expensive crap!" "Yes crap is quite expensive!" "Well, crap is always expensive!" "I guess you have an excuse?" "Yes, well..." "I bend over the machine, attach the drill, and suddenly I hear a sound!" "I turn around, because you never know!" "When I turn back, well..." "The drill was wrecked already." "Thanks!" "Usually he's a reliable worker." "He's never made a mistake." "Never!" "First time he made a real mistake." "First time." "Stop parroting your foreman!" "You shouted at me." "I can't believe it." "Yes, I shouted at you." "Sorry, I'm a little on edge." "A little!" "Yes." "You can go." "We don't have to marry." "It's out of fashion nowadays anyway." "Is it?" "Absolutely out of fashion!" "Everyone lives in sin now." "It sounds incredibly romantic: to live in sin." "Incredibly!" "And all we have is my 356 Marks pension." "How romantic." "Come." "Let's sit over there." "Miss?" "Same as always, please." "For a start we need a flat." "Flat is incredibly difficult!" "But not for us, Gregor!" "Jochen's girlfriend works in a classified ads department." "Well?" "Well?" "You know sometimes, sometimes... you act a little more stupid than you actually are!" "Listen." "When the right offer comes in, she can inform us right away!" "Before it's in the newspaper!" "Got it?" "Cheers." "And the coffee?" "She's going to forget it again." "Same as ever." "To your health!" "You shall live, too, and you shall always know how!" "Ah, that's good." "It's good, isn't it?" "So the flat is settled." "All that's missing is a challenge." "It was the coffee." "You don't have to drink so fast." "Nobody's chasing you." "Should I add some schnapps?" "No, no." "It was the coffee." "OK, the challenge." "We need a challenge." "Living in sin alone isn't enough!" "Take your time!" "You too." "Good?" "Yes, now it's better." "You're tipsy!" "I don't like milk!" "Second crap today!" "Crap happens." "Especially when someone's nervous." "You said you are nervous?" "Yes, nervous." "A bit impatient, what?" ""What"?" "What?" "Enough!" "Go back to work!" "I'm not done with you yet." "Well?" "Why are you still sitting there?" "You shouted!" "Excuse me." "You..." "You shouldn't shout at people." "So I shouldn't shout" "While you make crap?" "Yes, whoever shouts is wrong." "Did you make crap, or did I?" "That's the limit!" "Just because I scream doesn't mean I'm wrong!" "Well I don't scream..." "You make crap instead!" "Alright." "Would you kindly go back to work, Mr Happy?" "If that's your wish." "See you!" "Hopefully not too soon!" "Sit down, Kretschmar." "OK." "It's no coincidence." "Twice crap on the same day in the same group." "It's possible." "What can we do about it?" "You know the men." "Maybe it's psychological." "They think you took something they were entitled to." "Nobody works well if he feels cheated." "That's blackmail." "That's underhanded blackmail!" "Crap happens, you can't help it!" "Yes we can, Kretschmar, we can." "I will hold you responsible for it." "Just you." "You'll make sure there's no more crap... or you'll get to know a new side of me." "Thanks." "We'll see..." "Miss Müller, take a dictation!" "The crap wasn't a coincidence." "Can you prove the opposite?" "You want to fight back because of the bonus, don't you?" "Would be a reason, wouldn't it?" "Reckon so." "They'll hold you responsible for it." "Possibly." "I thought about that, but.." "You mean me too?" "Don't worry about me." "Maybe you're right." "There's always someone to blame." "You're stuck in the middle." "Yes, I'm stuck in the middle." "You know if we are considerate, we'll never have any rights." "Probably." "You know we like you, and trust you" "But the management takes advantage of that." ""They won't sacrifice their foreman"." "Possibly they think that." "And if we consider you we're the idiots." "Nobody likes being the idiot." "No." "You are right, basically you are right" "But you are always right at the cost of somebody else." "Hey!" "Kretschmar is dead!" "Dead?" "Kretschmar?" "Phone call, heart attack." "Dead." "Bye." "Oh my god." "You and your crap." "It was too much for him." "Someone has to be the idiot." "He was sick anyway." "If someone is sick already..?" "Yes, find some excuses!" "Shut up already!" "Yesterday we had a long talk." "And...?" "He told me to go on." "That he understands us." "He had a good heart." "A sick good heart." "Maybe all good hearts are sick." "Now less than ever!" "Less than ever, now!" "For the foreman!" "This time you..." "made crap." "Yes." "This time I made crap." "You're not sorry?" "Sure I am." "I'm very sorry." "We have to do the whole tool again." "Right." "Yes." "That's gonna take a while." "And who likes doing things twice?" "That will take at least a week!" "You know about our deadline?" "Yes, we know about your deadline." "It is your deadline, isn't it?" "And it was my improvement!" "My improvement satisfied your masters, didn't it?" "Didn't it?" "Yes, and it still satisfies 'my masters'." "I'm glad to hear that." "Well, I..." "Yes?" "I listen." "Yes, you're listening, I know." "I could imagine that the management... might retract the performance bonus cut." "Really?" "How friendly!" "Yes." "I could imagine that." "Fine" "I'll tell the others right away." "They'll be pleased!" "Yes, tell your colleagues." "But this news will be formally affirmed, because... what has been said here." "Of course, of course you don't trust me." "Why should you?" "Right." "Precisely." "Why should I?" "There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip!" "More than you could possibly dream of." "A victory should be celebrated and the loss of a friend mourned." "How do we do that?" "By getting drunk." "So I'm doing it right." "Dead right." "Why did our foreman die?" "Wasn't he happily married?" "Even the happiest marriage can't guarantee eternal life." "No, no she can't." "His woman is really nice." "You're nice also." "She's nice, too!" "Isn't she?" "She's nice, too." "Still, I'll die some day." "But you'll be foreman!" "Stop it." "Don't put a curse on it!" "You'll be foreman, you and no other." "We want that!" "We want that!" "And we want, what we want!" "Now?" "After the crap?" "Crap?" "I keep hearing crap!" "That wasn't crap." "That was a war." "Exactly!" "War is worse than crap." "But we want you to be our foreman." "You think we're no one?" "Sure, Jochen!" "Everybody is somebody." "Right!" "But most people don't know it." "And I say, the foreman was sick!" "Too much excitement for him." "You are murderers, I say!" "Assassins." "OK, we are assassins, but you are an asshole!" "Exactly!" "I am an asshole." "I am not an asshole!" "Take that back." "I take that back." "Sorry." "He had a weak heart." "That's it." "You don't even need a weak heart - not with this life." "Nice evening together." "Wonderful, nice evening." "You are drunk!" "Wolf, Jochen is drunk!" "Who cares?" "Hello, my little." "Good evening, Mum, Dad." "Tense atmosphere?" "No worse than normal." "Grandma's moving out again." "Move out, Grandma." "Move out." "Stand on your own feet, that's best." "See?" "At least someone understands me." "You can learn a lesson from him." "Our foreman died." "Old Kretschmar." "Just gone." "Old Kretschmar?" "Why's that?" "Just gone." "His heart." "Simply gone." "Gentlemen!" "We've all got it coming." "Don't drink again!" "Let him." "Let him drink!" "It helps immensely." "Believe me." "Wolf, please." "Leave me alone." "See?" "That's what kills people." "That they can't do what they want." ""I send you as workers to my vineyard.." "Go and do as I told you, so you will get your reward." "Apostle Paulus announces in his first letter to Timotheus" "The worker deserves his pay." "In our duty to fulfil God's will the beloved deceased was a shining example." "Dutiful and hard-working, honest and diligent as he was, he managed to rise from a worker to a responsible foreman." "A pleasure to his superiors, a shining example to his subaltern." "Therefore we want to ask our Lord" "Good lord, our God, grant him eternal peace and let thy eternal light shine upon him." "Let him rest in peace." "Amen." "May God fill his soul with blessings." "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit." "With the smell of incense may the Lord give you peace." "Ashes to ashes." "The lord will resurrect you to eternal life." "You are blessed with the cross of our Lord, Jesus Christ." "With this symbol he redeemed you." "Amen." "A flat?" "Yes, I'm urgently looking for a flat." "I'm leaving home." "Why?" "I have a boyfriend." "You have a boyfriend?" "Can you help me?" "OK, I'll let you know if I hear anything." "Thank you." "You want a drink?" "No." "Beer?" "No, thanks." "Your Grandma is looking for a flat and wants me to help her." "She's really doing it!" "That's good." "It's best for Grandma." "She has a boyfriend!" "What?" "A boyfriend?" "That's what she said." "It's possible." "She's great." "That she is." "That's really great." "Were there many prior to me?" "Not so many." "And you?" "Two." "I love you." "I love you more." "How much?" "That much." "And I love you from here... to the North Pole." "Subtitles by Michelangelo Antonioni proof-translation by Eden Parke"