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German High School Arad

Stalinists, retire DUBCEK, free us too

- Who was? - I didn't see.

- They moved too fast. - But you saw them!

That Trip We Took with Dad

That Trip We Took with Dad Based on a true story

Arad, Socialist Republic of Romania August 1968

Press!

Alignment! Present your hands and clothes for verification!

- What are you doing there? - Crepes suzette flambée!

- Why? - I'm hungry!

- There was still bread from yesterday. - Old! 15 00:06:19,643 --> 00:06:22,859 Sit down, dad! Please!

- Where the hell is that little guy? - I do not know.

Emil!

Tasty!

- I am no longer allowed to cook. - Why?

- Did you take the bags? - Yes.

- The car? - Everything is set up.

I will be up to no good on this trip!

It'll do you good, Dad.

Fresh air, beautiful places... The pressure will surely give way.

- Try to enjoy yourself. - But I'm glad!

I see everything double... Twice, the wall,

twice, the car... How could I not be happy?

I don't understand why we don't leave tomorrow as I planned.

If we arrive a day earlier, we have more vacation time.

I have something new. Do you want to listen?

Very nice! Better stop singing!

Someone poured Cãtãlin.

They blew him off the street. The security car was already there.

Which Catalin?

You'd better ask your son what his business is in this whole story!

I'm listening. Reinholtz, Emil?

On Monday we expressed our solidarity with the Czechs.

You painted on the wall "Stalinists, retire!".

- And "Dubcek, come to us too!". - "Dubcek, free us too!"

Have you gone crazy? Do you want to not be able to give your baccalaureate anymore?

- You want to end up like me?! - Nobody saw us.

- Except the guardian! - And you!

Hungarian People's Republic

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

Amazing!

What? How long do Czechs like Dubcek?

Such a thing has never been seen!

I wonder how long the Soviets will sit idly by,

while the Czechs are playing for freedom.

Just bought the Stones and the Beatles! Simply!

They have a box full of records and, next to them, Dubceck's pictures.

- Pure madness, right? - Let's go!

I want to cross the border today.

Good evening! Passports at the control.

- The reason for entering the GDR? - Vacation.

- Something to declare? - Not.

What do you have there? Show up and get out of the car.

Hop, hop!

Comrade Habicht, come a little!

Do you know the band The Beatles? comrades?

I know they're considered class enemies, but...

Shut your mouth!

They have a song about a street called Penny Lane

and there is a barber there, like with us, who cuts hair.

Or "Stawberry Fields Forever" means "everywhere only strawberries".

I imagine it's about a CAP.

Check all their luggage. 68 00:19:07,736 --> 00:19:09,950 Excuse us comrade commander.

It can be seen that we did not inform ourselves enough.

Take this as a symbol of Romanian-German friendship.

Why are we carrying eight bottles of cognac, Mihai?

It was for nurses. If Emil had kept his mouth shut...

- Which nurses? - You only cause us trouble!

It's your fault that they beat Cãtãlin!

I wouldn't have cast anyone forever!

Do you also write reports or just talk?!

- Dresden is my father's last chance. - What's going on here?

We don't go on vacation. You wouldn't know until tomorrow.

We have an appointment with Professor Thalheim.

If all goes well, you're having surgery this week.

- He's been planning for weeks. - Year to date!

Thalheim is ready to treat you. Do you know what that means?

- Is that why you cast the boy? - To have another chance.

- Answer my question! - And what to do, let you crack?

The injections are no longer effective!

In a few months, your brain will get like this!

I don't get operated! No, at this price!

- You are dying, father! - We'll be back early in the morning!

But we are here already.

If they find out that your brother arranged for me to be treated in Dresden,

and they will find out, you will be at their disposal forever!

- Tomorrow we will return! Point! - Dad, please!

- Would you like to drive again? - Oh really!

See? I still can!

Careful!

Dad, calm down!

They can't get over us. We're not in the 50s anymore!

- Not! It can't be! - What else happened?

The passports.

Comrades, are the tanks on their way to Czechoslovakia?

- Follow us please! - A moment! Why?

- Comrade, what happened? - You will be informed inside.

- German, Russian, Czech, Hungarian. - We all speak German.

Then take your bags and follow me.

One moment, comrades. You are good to explain

me and my boys what's happening?

We can't answer any questions for now.

- Are you from Romania? - From Arad, from western Romania.

- And you, comrade? - From here in the area.

I don't think you know the place. Elsterwerda.

The miniature park! We wanted to spend our vacation there.

- Why you arrest us? - We don't arrest anyone.

You take our passports and bring us here.

- It's for your safety. - We feel safe so far.

Please, dad!

How long must we stay here for our safety?

We can't tell you anything at this time.

Lieutenant Rämrich, don't scare them even more!

See what's going on in the kitchen.

You will sleep here until the situation is defused.

In the back, there are still free mattresses.

Blankets found there. You will be invited to the table.

Soviet tanks in Czechoslovakia are not a "situation".

So I made things clear.

Excuse me, comrade...

- I don't understand anything. - He asks if he can make a phone call.

For now, there is no way

but, in an hour, you'll all be called to the table!

We are tourists. What did we do wrong?

Silence, now!

- Comrade, what is your name? - Reinholtz, Mihai.

Listen to your fellow citizens' requests,

and we'll take care of that.

I expect your list on my desk in half an hour.

Excuse me. Where is captain heinrichs office?

There.

Come on, come in!

Give it here!

- Toothpaste, charcoal... - Take a seat.

- What is "algocalmin"? - Pain tablets.

I have some in my car, I'm a doctor.

Good to know!

I'll see what I can do.

- Is there anything else? - Comrades... dad is sick. 145 00:30:34,751 --> 00:30:39,125 I had scheduled an operation the day after tomorrow, at a clinic in Dresden.

It is very important that tomorrow...

- I thought you liked brandy. - We are on duty.

We'll see what we can do.

- How do you know German so well? - We are Swabians of Banat.

The young man seems to be in a special situation.

We do this... You keep an eye on your fellow citizens.

You are a doctor, you made this orderly list.

You ask your compatriots about their health. Nothing complicated.

And we will see what we can do for you and your father.

- Agree? - Yes.

You may leave the brandy here.

- We don't have time for discussions. - Let's talk quietly!

I repeat that it is for your own safety.

- It's a misunderstanding. - Take the suitcase and come with me.

I don't even think!

- Get your hands off my suitcase! - Blaschke! Gunther!

You can't take my passport and car, you can't detain me by force! 163 00:32:11,147 --> 00:32:15,162 I'm a citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany, you can't treat me like that!

Can you have the decency to speak to me when I speak to you?

Prague citizens are asked to remain calm

and not to resist.

The troops must not have the impression of a counter-revolution.

I would like to talk about the operation one more time.

- In Dresden they have an equipment... - We won't get out of here in time.

I'm still trying to find Thalheim.

Bloody Russian criminals!

- The Russians only bring trouble. - Even the Germans don't care anymore!

- Sit down! - I'm pregnant!

Do you treat your pregnant wives like that?

If you are pregnant, you must eat.

Good evening! Dr. Reinholtz. If there are problems, I'm a doctor.

- Captain Heinrichs knows. - Really?

I'm pregnant, I'm in pain. My place is at the hospital.

if you allow me I can consult her.

Why?

If you have pain, you must go to the hospital.

Yeah...

Welcome!

- Please come out... - Günther, stay here.

Back. Report at the end.

Bare your belly.

- Which week are you in? - Tenth or... eleventh.

Dress appropriately.

I'll give her an injection.

Complications can be fatal for mother and fetus.

Please report to captain.

- Thank you. - You are brave to lie.

I don't let them treat me like that.

They have no right to detain us here.

- You're not from the East. - No, from Munich.

From Munich? Yes.

But we are in East. Here, they can do anything.

They can, but they don't have to.

Where are you from? You have an interesting accent.

- From Arad. Romania. - Ulrike von Syberg.

- Michael. - Call me Ulli.

Von Syberg. You're the class enemy.

On the contrary, I am a follower of socialism.

I was here to buy Marx and Lenin for our study group.

- Do you read Marx and Lenin? - Yes. You do not?

We think it is amazing what you have achieved in the East.

Historically, you are much more advanced than us.

Finish it!

- Are we tankers or what? - They're tourists, dad!

Because they have your mother on their conscience.

Let the Russians and Czechs be taken to the upper rooms!

The rest, in the bedroom! Execution!

Promise me you'll bury me with my mother at home.

What are you talking about? No one will die.

Promise me I'll rest next to your mother.

I promise you, father!

- Michael! - If you want this...

The professor from Dresden?

He is one of the most famous neurosurgeons in the GDR.

He could have operated it, the only one in the whole East.

For you, in the West, the operation is standard.

Maybe we can arrange for you to have the operation in Munich.

Let's get to you... People like us will never see the West, Ulli. 224 00:38:52,923 --> 00:38:54,539 Do not say that.

I didn't know your brother plays guitar.

Viva Dubcek!

Thiene, Danneberg, come here!

Try to distract them!

With the Romanian Embassy in Berlin.

- Nazi! - Shut up!

Now, please tell me what you are doing here.

Leave me to my sons! I do something about your insubordination!

Have you learned anything since Adolf?

The Reinholtz family? 235 00:42:13,117 --> 00:42:16,851 My name is Valentin Ghenea. I am from the Romanian Embassy in Berlin.

In the name of the Socialist Republic of Romania,

I want to thank you personally, Comrade Captain Heinrichs,

for the conditions you created for our Romanian citizens.

I assure you that we punish unsocialist behavior.

I think you can leave the Romanians alone in my hands.

You can kill me, I'm not going back through the USSR.

GDR border

He will never leave us in the West. They will send us through the Soviet Union.

Why should you say something constructive?

Nothing constructive to say.

This trip will take us west. Would you dare to dream of such a thing?

I can't stand you anymore!

Tell me one thing in my life that went well.

Only one.

I fought the socialists side by side.

Mother was killed by pigs!

- And when I protested... - They called you a traitor.

You have no idea. You know nothing!

You have no idea what it's like when it cuts you!

When they destroy you step by step.

You want to operate on me to make me work again.

But I don't want any more. Understand?

I've had enough. I'm tired.

I'm tired too, dad. Terribly tiring.

I leave the house in the morning and I don't know if in the evening

I don't find you in the attic again, hanging from a beam.

- How dare you! - What are you talking about?

You just wanted to disappear. At least you have courage and admit it!

It's time for your youngest son to find out what you did in the attic for Christmas!

For two months you wore a scarf around your neck, and I had to lie to cover you up!

Is that true, dad?

Say, is it true?!

Get in the car!

- I don't understand anything. - Up in the car!

Mihai!

Welcome to FRG! You can pass.

What do you know about life?

Doctor never had to eat shit!

When it was a little more difficult for you, you became a security collaborator.

Did I teach you that? You are not my son

and I wish I had never made you!

- Michael! - Hello, Ulli!

Are you taking me with you to Munich? Please!

- Stones? - "Stormy Sundays".

He plays a Hammond organ, there are only four in the world.

- Seriously? - Yes.

I struggled for six months to get the disk.

I don't want to go back, Ulli.

It makes no sense, it's defective.

Why didn't your mother come too?

Because she no longer exists.

- I am sorry. - Give me too.

Are you telling me about her?

She was run over by a Russian officer's car.

A simple accident. They were apparently drunk.

It was in 1954. The Russians were still in the country,

to free us from capitalism.

Dad wanted our socialist brothers to apologize.

Boxers especially suffer from his disease, who often receive blows to the head.

And in the name of socialism.

I find it very hard to believe in ideologies, Ulli.

It's a terrible story.

But she shows us that we must fight for a better world

and that no man should rise above another.

There is no equality, Ulli. That's human nature.

I believe that man is able to change.

No. They do it only in books.

You are so...different.

Didn't they teach you at driving school to check the gas gauge?

- Why didn't you look? - I am sick and half blind.

You are sick and blind when it suits you!

München!

Germania!

- Hi! - Hi!

- Good morning! I shower first. - Good morning!

- Good morning! - Good morning!

- You don't live alone. - That's right, we're more.

At the moment, Erika with Mauso and Hans-Uwe.

- Finally! - Hi!

I was very worried about you, Ulrike.

You got me wet.

Because of the invasion of Czechoslovakia, they put us in a camp.

Only yesterday they let us go. He is Michael. From Romania.

Everyone is welcome in our shared home, at any time.

- Hans-Uwe. - Mihai.

- We need everyone, Michael. - My name is Mihai.

We share according to fair principles.

Shopping, cooking, cleaning. Everything is planned.

By the way, I stood in for you last week, Ulrike.

- I don't want to... - Mihai... You are a guest.

At 18:00 we have a meeting. We start with the material for Saturday.

- Saturday? - Yes. In the Golden Hall, at 4:00 p.m.

Demonstration of solidarity for the Czechs.

- The Christian Union called us. - I do not believe!

In fact, their hearts leap with joy that the Russians have invaded.

Now they can spit on our red flags.

- Check the text on the manifests? - Yes.

- After breakfast. - Looking for Ulrike von Syberg.

Why, if I may ask?

Ulrike, are you coming?

I am. How can I help you?

Do you have a Romanian in your home?

Mihai!

Good morning! Did something happen?

How do you leave them alone on a multi-lane highway

your father and brother, who has been on leave for six months?

Ulrike, can we talk for a bit?

You didn't break the law, but the highway is a dangerous place.

It's Mihai's family, amazing people.

The father was among the first socialists, he fought on the barricades.

- Don't leave them alone anymore. - Yes, comrade policeman.

For so much, you don't have to make us comrades right away.

It's your home, but take care of the house of money.

That's all. Goodbye!

- All the best! - Thank you.

- Romanian comrades, good luck! - Thank you. Goodbye!

- Mr. Reinholtz, come in. - We don't want to disturb.

Do not disturb at all. Come on!

Don't want to take a seat?

- Emil! - Hi!

Is that Marx and Lenin?

Do you think I could do the surgery here?

I think anything is possible here. You only have to want it.

Yes. Then, I'd like to do it.

What do you want to do?

The operation. If you think it's possible.

Once more, to be sure I understood correctly.

If the tests are good, can you operate on him on Tuesday?

It's fantastic!

Of course. I am passing it on to my father from you.

Sigur se va revanºa...

Exact. We come the day after tomorrow.

- Are you having another seizure? - No...

- Do you want to go home? - No.

I just want to sit there and watch.

Hug up, let me take a picture.

One two three... The movie is over.

Why are you so kind to us, Miss Countess von Syberg?

I'm just Ulli. I don't like "von" particles.

With us, everyone smokes.

- Miss Ulli, I'm William. - I like it very much.

- Are you a real countess? - Yes.

My parents valued this bourgeois stuff,

but I have often wondered

how it would have been if I was born in a different family.

Dad, I want us all to stay here.

Emil should finish school here, I'm sorry... I don't know...

You two are not coming back, that's for sure.

- But you? - I'm staying until after the operation.

Then I'll be back.

And if the surgery works as well as you all say,

I will repair cars again.

Time to get active again.

Dad, it's going to make your life hell if we stay here.

Come quickly!

They've already done everything they can do to me.

God! For three days already.

It's incredible, isn't it?

- Hello! can i listen - Sure, come in.

The behavior of the Russians is a shame!

- I would like to buy a photo film. - Agfa, Perux or Kodak?

Unfortunately, another danger looms today:

that another country, like Romania, be occupied

or become a victim of a military action.

It seems that the Soviet Union is in quite a stir these days,

but it would be fatal to deny his role as a pioneer of the class struggle.

The behavior of the Russians towards the Czechs is beyond criticism.

Americans' crap is not questioned in the FRG,

but the actions of the Russians are immediately condemned.

One thing must be clear to us: what is happening in Prague now

it is also the right fight of the Soviet Union

against the revisionists and the old fascists,

who would like to see Hitler invade Czechoslovakia.

I think the Czechs just want to live in freedom.

They don't want to be dictated to from Moscow

what to think and say.

We are all tired of this. We want to live free, like you.

You have no idea! We are the slaves of capital.

If you have nothing, you are worth nothing in this society!

Spit on yourself if you don't have rich parents.

- What did you say your name was? - Emil.

Emil, don't be fooled!

You walked around town and saw the beautiful things they want to seduce you with.

Appearances are deceiving. The FRG is a police state.

Whoever opens his mouth is beaten on the street.

- Do you still have beer? - In the kitchen.

Where do you all work?

We are all students, except for Bruno, who is a student.

Have you ever been to East?

In this country there are still a lot of people who want Hitler back.

Historically, it is very important

to side with the good in the class struggle.

Socialism is the only way to save Germany.

- We look stupid to you, don't we? - Not.

Just... very different.

Sometimes, I get tired of so many ideological conversations.

The important thing is that we can change this world, Mihai.

We want a new world, where no one dies of hunger,

in which there is no exploitation.

We are not the hopeless idiots of history,

unable to take their fate into their own hands.

That's what they put into our heads for centuries.

So you stay here.

Join us.

Mihai!

Sing, sing!

Without you, I don't sing.

- Those with him? - The water!

Okay, Dad!

That's right, dad! Stay with us!

Please, father!

One two three four five...

One two three four five... Further!

Tea, gentlemen?

On behalf of our country, I would like to thank you

that you received our fellow citizens.

You are welcome.

We will show our gratitude at the right time.

- Better not. - Yes. Then...

My respects.

- What got into you? - Who let the guy go?

They called him from the hospital, he was standing in front of the door.

- It was from security. - He will help us with dad.

Îl duc acasã, i-am promis. Tu rãmâi aici.

This home is still Ulrike von Syberg's!

- Has the world revolution broken out? - No, mice. Not yet.

Go play

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit!

Praise be to Your name, Jesus!

In the name of the Christian Union and the German people,

who consider democracy our most sacred asset,

spun poporului ceh...

Attention, please! This conference is a lie!

The Christian Union calls us to a solidarity demonstration

and, at the same time, signs the oppressive laws.

Whoever is here today must protest

and against the terror in Vietnam and the dictatorship of the German state!

Dubcek is a communist!

Good morning, gentlemen! We are ready?

- He just needs to sign. - Good.

Close the door and send someone with coffee.

You drink coffee, don't you?

Let's see what we have here...

Have you thought about what you will do next?

Do you want to stay here? I see you are German.

The mother, Romanian, but that is not important. The German origin exists.

How old is your brother?

- How do you know? - And your friend gave a statement.

- He is 18 years old. - Does he have any relatives in the country?

We can help you help him, if you help us.

Return to Kaiserstraüe and rent a room.

From time to time, we will meet.

Tell me who comes and goes from her,

what actions are planned in her house.

- Damned beasts! - Did they hurt your brother?

I knew. As if I didn't know!

Calm down, listen to me! We will collect signatures.

We will picket the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

We will do this.

You have done enough for me and my family. It's my turn now.

Please! Perhaps you will help your brother much better from here.

Look me in the eye and tell me you want to come back!

Ulli, I don't want to go back! But I have to do it!

After a year

IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER

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