1 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:26,726 This is our village Schabbach, in the Hunsrück... 2 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,730 on the left bank of the Rhine, Rheinisches Schiefergebirge... 3 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,127 Germany, Europe, the world, the universe. 4 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,449 Despite the two World Wars... 5 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,291 our village still looks like it did 100 years ago. 6 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,246 The war memorial was unveiled in 1920. 7 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:42,727 I was there. There I am, that's me! 8 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,843 That's the Simon family house. The smith y is to the right. 9 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:48,804 It was built around 1700. 10 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,924 And that's Mathias, the blacksmith. He is my grandfather. 11 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:56,280 He died in the winter of 1945, just before the Americans arrived. 12 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,882 That's his wife Katharina. She is our grandmother. 13 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:01,880 That's a nice photo. 14 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,411 Oh, that's our Pauline. How young she looks there. 15 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,443 That was before the war. 16 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:10,206 What a funny hat! 17 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,971 She married Rober Kréber, a clockmaker from Simmern. 18 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:14,525 She became a businesswoman. 19 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,485 Here, she heard that her husband was missing in Russia. 20 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:20,968 Who else have we got? Lanky Eduard. 21 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,286 They sent him to Berlin because of his lung trouble. 22 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:26,050 That's where he married Lucie. 23 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:30,131 They came back to the Hunsriick at the beginning of the Hitler era. 24 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:32,049 There, he's already in uniform. 25 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:37,648 They got themselves a huge car and a villa... 26 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:38,887 built on credit. 27 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,287 But they don't have to pay the money back now... 28 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:42,811 because the war is over. 29 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:44,001 What's that? 30 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:46,207 They tore it in two. 31 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,844 The Simon family and our Maria. 32 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,844 She married Mathias' other son, Paul... 33 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,089 and they had two children, Anton and Ernst. 34 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,966 That's what Maria used to look like and that's how she looks today. 35 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,243 That's Anton, missing in Russia. 36 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:11,001 And to the left, that's Ernst. His plane was shot down over France. 37 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:13,684 There, Maria with her two sons. 38 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:19,162 That's the last photo of Paul. He cleared off in 1927. 39 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,010 We can only see him from behind. 40 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,489 Twelve years later Maria found out that he had become a rich American. 41 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:28,525 Otto Wohlleben. 42 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:30,686 He's dead now too. 43 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:32,211 He was blown up in the war... 44 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,448 by a bomb he was trying to defuse. 45 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:36,684 That's him again with Maria. 46 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:38,803 They had a child, Hermann. 47 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,361 Look how happy Otto is with Hermann in his arms. 48 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:45,004 Today, he is seven years old. 49 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,483 That's a day I'll never forget as long as I live. 50 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,401 18th March 1945... when the Yanks arrived here. 51 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,245 For us, the war was over. 52 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:04,448 BERLIN END OF APRIL 1945 53 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,845 Rudolf, it worked, your message reached me. 54 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:13,770 They found me. 55 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:18,041 Yes, look at me. It really is me, Manina, I'm here. 56 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:20,410 To think you're in Berlin. 57 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,607 Did you Want to see me so much? 58 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,645 Rudolf... in the middle of the fighting, you Want to see me. 59 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,646 I thought you Were still in Allenstein... 60 00:04:34,840 --> 00:04:37,127 but they are all retreating now. 61 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:41,245 Yesterday in East Prussia and today in the capital. 62 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,966 Well, give your Manina a smile. 63 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:51,162 It's really me. You're not laughing at all. 64 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:18,768 Nothing can happen to you here, With Walls on each side... 65 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:20,321 you're safe. 66 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:27,403 I've fixed it With Dr. Globirsch from Lietzenburger Strasse. 67 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,489 He's owed me a favour for years... 68 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,650 and I've asked him to come here. 69 00:05:32,840 --> 00:05:35,764 He'll come as soon as things calm down a bit outside. 70 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:40,443 He knows the address. He'll know What to do When he comes. 71 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:43,690 And now, wait. 72 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,086 I'll stay With you now, Rudolf. 73 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:17,004 Can you feel that? Can you feel my hand? 74 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,481 You can feel that, you must feel it. 75 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:40,771 Is that warm? 76 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,965 Do you feel it getting warm? Do you feel anything? 77 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:55,404 What can I do... 78 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:59,446 if you can't feel anything? 79 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,562 Do you hear me, Rudolf? 80 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,926 If you can hear me and see me... 81 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:23,524 then do nothing but look and listen and don't stop. 82 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:28,887 Just keep going, do you hear me? Here We go. 83 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,161 This is the all-German radio. 84 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,762 Dear soldiers, dear listeners at home... 85 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,446 dear friends beyond our frontiers. 86 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,051 For the last time... 87 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:00,006 the fanfare for the German army's request programme. 88 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:01,964 We're calling Rudolf Pollack. 89 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:03,969 He's slightly wounded... 90 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:08,449 and lying in 13 Niehburstrasse in battle-tom Berlin. 91 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:16,445 Greetings from your comrades in that ducky bunker at 11 Monsenstrasse... 92 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:20,645 and even personal greetings from our Führer. 93 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:22,285 Rudolf, he's not dead... 94 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:24,682 he's alive, don't think he isn't. 95 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:28,330 Dear Comrade Pollack. 96 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,245 Contrary to all rumours... 97 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,249 I can tell you I am alive. 98 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:34,771 Did you hear, Rudolf? 99 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:37,568 Dear Comrade Pollack. 100 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:39,889 We send our greetings... 101 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,407 and make your wish come true... 102 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,684 with Ilse Werner and her song "There'll be an Eternal Spring". 103 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:03,041 There'll be an eternal spring. 104 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,851 Full of fragrant flowers and sunshine. 105 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:11,204 When you come back to me and kiss me tenderly... 106 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,846 and always will be mine. 107 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,130 Life will be like fairy-tales. 108 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,843 With you, my Charming prince. 109 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:29,320 THE AMERICAN 110 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:43,566 SCHABBACH. MAY, 1945. 111 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:46,609 Hermann, Where are you going? 112 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:51,324 Hermann, What are you doing? Stay away from that. 113 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:58,847 Get off! 114 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,161 Did you hear me? 115 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:06,490 Mama, look What I've got. 116 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:08,405 What have you found now? 117 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:09,846 Lotti, look. 118 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,687 No! That's a finger! 119 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:18,123 You take that back at once! 120 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:33,130 The other Way round, Hermann! 121 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:38,367 - Do you Want to get us into trouble? - But, Mama, that's a German finger. 122 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:39,925 You come With me. 123 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:46,449 That's enough! Look at the state you're in. 124 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:58,529 Hermann, that's enough! 125 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,441 But, Mama, it's a German finger. 126 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:20,810 Lotti, breathe on me. 127 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,243 That smells good. 128 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:33,165 What's in their petrol... 129 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,482 that it smells so nice When they drive by? 130 00:12:35,680 --> 00:12:38,729 Marie-Goot, I'll tell you something, that's wealth. 131 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,730 Maria, news of Anton. He's alive! 132 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:51,045 I don't understand Why, but the letter is from Turkey. 133 00:12:56,360 --> 00:13:00,922 I can give you news, vouched for by my comrades... 134 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,966 that your son Anton is in safety... 135 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,570 and has reached Turkish soil. 136 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:14,606 I can't send you any more information this way, I'm afraid... 137 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:18,247 but I'm sure you'll soon be hearing from your son yourself. 138 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:20,847 Manha! 139 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:23,604 Where did you get that? 140 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:38,482 I just can't get it out of my head. 141 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,411 I no longer know What Anton looks like. 142 00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:48,402 Manha, We've all aged in the War. 143 00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:06,923 SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE 144 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:16,406 Grandpa! 145 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:21,687 A policeman! 146 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,083 Don't be scared, he wants some more snails. 147 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:39,486 You haven't seen any German airmen? 148 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:40,647 No. 149 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:19,486 I'm homesick. Do you still remember... 150 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:24,966 that spooky shrine in the hedge between Schabbach and Rhaunen? 151 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:30,889 At night you always tried to pass it quickly... 152 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:32,320 you Whistled aloud. 153 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,722 And in the hedge, the Will-d-the-Wisps hovered. 154 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,324 Your brother Anton, Who never Wanted to fly... 155 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:44,286 Who kept his feet on the ground, he Was never as scared as you. 156 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,611 You always got scared. 157 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,087 I Was With you, Ernst... 158 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:56,002 When you threw back your Messerschmidt cockpit-cover. 159 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:00,123 When you fell through the night With your parachute... 160 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:06,809 a foreign, shadowy eanh coming towards you... 161 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:08,121 And you didn't know... 162 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:15,129 if it Was a Wood, a deep ravine or Water. 163 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,521 Everything you feared most as a pilot. 164 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:26,048 Everything a pilot could crash into Was rushing towards you. 165 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:31,009 I Was With you at the moment... 166 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,128 When something tore at your harness... 167 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,210 With a jolt that went right through you. 168 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,047 And then you hung in that fir-tree... 169 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:46,808 loosing consciousness... 170 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:52,120 amid the smell of blood and resin... 171 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,929 Resin from the French tree Where you'd landed... 172 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,166 For six Weeks you've been on the run. 173 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:09,400 No power on eanh can bring the Führer back to life. 174 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:22,480 13TH MAY, 1946. A MONDAY. 175 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:40,607 You're Paul. 176 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:33,530 Come here! It's Paul Simon's car. He's come back. 177 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,281 He must have been the fine gentleman We saw. 178 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,364 Maria must be told the American is here. 179 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,530 Maria is in the forest, getting Wood. 180 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,729 Mama, We're ready. 181 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,924 Then go back to the village and wait With Granny. 182 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,166 That boy had no childhood. 183 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,883 He's just staning to be a child now the War is over. 184 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,844 Maria, I know Roben is no longer alive. 185 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:14,121 Don't be silly, it all depends on you. 186 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:21,285 Look, I never stopped believing When there Was no news from Paul. 187 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,283 But I believed. 188 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:29,289 Just as I believe now that Ernst and Anton are still alive. 189 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:35,687 Even if I have no news for ten years, I'll believe. 190 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,531 It's all We Women can do. 191 00:25:56,440 --> 00:26:00,206 Iwonder if Lotti's Yank has brought her some real coffee. 192 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,483 Wouldn't it be nice to come home to a cup of real coffee? 193 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:09,171 Lotti is doing very nicely With the Americans. 194 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:12,250 They let her Wind them round her little finger. 195 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:16,331 Just wait till she brings you home a little black bundle. 196 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,650 Guess What I've got? 197 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:27,844 Real coffee! 198 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,808 Take your paws off my laundry! 199 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:20,169 He's here in Schabbach. 200 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:26,405 - Horst, What are you saying? - Mama, the American is here! 201 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,165 Come up at once. 202 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:40,201 Do you still know the poem you had to learn by head... 203 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:41,845 back before the War... 204 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:47,730 When Simon Electric Detroit Was going to come the first time? 205 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:53,280 You still know it, don't you? Listen. 206 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,368 You don't know me... 207 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:04,531 You don't know me, I'm only Wee, but all the same, /know your name. 208 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,442 Well, Horst, how does it go on? 209 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,085 Your mother wrote that especially for you. 210 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:19,609 I'm only Wee doesn't fit now. I'm not small any more. 211 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:23,282 Horst, don't be so rebellious. 212 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:27,241 We can easily rewrite it for your present age. 213 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:38,325 You don't know me, but I know you. 214 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,687 No, that doesn't rhyme. 215 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,806 You went from here... 216 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,727 a long time ago. 217 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:01,127 Ago... 218 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:03,925 know... 219 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:08,051 Wee. 220 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,651 That's not bad at all. Wee. 221 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,003 What do you think, Eduard? 222 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:22,527 - Well, say something. - Don't shout like that. 223 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:25,483 Has he really come? 224 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,445 I'd like to see my brother. 225 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:31,402 But you're not mobile, yet. 226 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,888 No, no, Horst and I... 227 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:38,766 We'll go to Schabbach and invite him to our house. 228 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:41,808 I've still got a Whole film in it. 229 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,170 I've been waiting for this since 1938. 230 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:47,567 I've had it since before the War. 231 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:52,927 To think that the Holy Mother Maria... 232 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:57,489 in this dreadful time, gives us this. 233 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:00,365 Good thing I hid the lkoflex. 234 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,288 Oh, that's a stroke of luck. 235 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:07,610 Paul Will be so pleased if I take photos. 236 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:22,801 Since the War ended... 237 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,290 since I've known What the Yanks are like... 238 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,486 they're better than us in everything. 239 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:38,007 It Wasn't only their wealth that defeated us. 240 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:44,087 No, it's something quite different. 241 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:49,042 That they can go Where they like... 242 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,449 and aren't stuck here in the Hunsrück. 243 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,331 That's the big World, Eduard... 244 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:00,842 that's living. 245 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:09,407 Do you know that We fit into America two thousand times? 246 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:13,047 - No, I don't believe that. - Well, it's true, though. 247 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:15,847 Come, Horst, lefs get changed. 248 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:59,966 Drive straight ahead! Not so fast! Watch out! 249 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:09,730 We can go right. 250 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,088 Where is Simon Electric Detroit? 251 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,442 Drive up to the Simons', they've gone there. 252 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:28,766 We're coming, too. 253 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,571 This is Lucie, Eduard's wife. 254 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,402 How nice of you to introduce us, Mother. 255 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:06,203 I'm sorry but Eduard can't travel. 256 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,565 Paul, the boy has got lung trouble again. 257 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:15,726 Paul, your brother Eduard, I mean my husband and I... 258 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:19,925 We own the Wonderful big villa that's the headquaners now. 259 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,801 We'd be awfully glad, since Eduard can't travel... 260 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:32,050 Well, We'd be glad if you... may I call you Paul? 261 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:43,969 You'd do better to tidy the place. 262 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:08,646 You know, Paul... 263 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:14,242 in 1934 you didn't mean very much to us... 264 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,968 if I may express it like that. 265 00:34:17,720 --> 00:34:21,327 We had Rosenberg, Frick and Ley... 266 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:24,126 for four hours in our house. 267 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,086 We all had no idea What murderers they Were... 268 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:32,045 What criminals sat on our chairs. 269 00:34:32,240 --> 00:34:33,685 Isn't that true? 270 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,488 We had absolutely no idea... 271 00:34:36,720 --> 00:34:39,610 What beasts We Were shaking hands With. 272 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,049 Right, Mother? We didn't know, did We? 273 00:34:42,240 --> 00:34:45,289 Lucie, Paul doesn't understand any of that. 274 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:46,561 He Was in America. 275 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,525 Come, Paul, sit down. Move up, Hermann. 276 00:34:49,720 --> 00:34:51,324 I do understand, Mother. 277 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,410 The Nazi leaders, the Nuremberg trial. 278 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,402 You see, he understands that. 279 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,211 Our Sergeant says, too... 280 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,880 it Was in all the American papers... 281 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:10,289 Who they Were, Rosenberg, Frick and Ley. 282 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:14,210 They Were the very highest of us. 283 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:18,480 They Were like gods, they Were. 284 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:26,611 Now I thank the Lord God in Heaven that he saved us from them. 285 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,846 Imagine, Paul, if they'd taken to coming and going in my house. 286 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,646 I'd never get a Wink of sleep nowadays. 287 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:48,850 To think you're standing here before me in person. 288 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:02,365 He's sitting. 289 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:07,565 He's not standing, Lucie, he's sitting. 290 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:21,281 My brother Eduard, Who always went looking for gold... 291 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,361 What did he do during that time? 292 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:31,969 It must be said, Eduard Was too good, he had no taste at all for all that. 293 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:33,926 No, he didn't. 294 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:37,569 And I'll say one thing... 295 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:40,764 although things went the Way they did. 296 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,681 We have no enemies today... 297 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:47,531 Eduard and I. 298 00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:59,120 Maria, is that him? He hasn't changed a bit. 299 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:02,370 Paul, remember me? 300 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:06,442 You've got a black chauffeur and you still remember me. 301 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:11,167 Marlies is really a little sweethean. 302 00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:14,929 Anton's daughter, your grand-daughter. 303 00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:17,765 Your grand-daughter. 304 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:20,968 Yes, Marlies. 305 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:22,969 Can We take a look, Maria? 306 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:25,286 I think it is Paul. 307 00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:31,161 - Who are you? - Klärchen Sisse, I'm from Herne. 308 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,803 Ernst gave me your address. Are you his mother? 309 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,970 - But he's missing in France. - Yes, but he is on his Way back. 310 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:44,209 - He's coming back? - Yes... l mean no. 311 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:47,483 Well... l came here to wait for him. 312 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:50,923 Just slow down a moment. 313 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:01,363 My son Ernst has sent you. 314 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:08,651 - And there's no mistake? - No, he gave me your address. 315 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:14,131 The Simon family in Schabbach, Bernkastel District, house 49. 316 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,807 And best Wishes to his mother. 317 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:25,969 And his grandmother and grandfather. 318 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,766 And to his brother Anton, if he's back yet. 319 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,525 Our Ernst, Grandma. 320 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,566 Paul, Ernst is alive. 321 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:42,126 - That's your son. - Anton's brother. 322 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,847 Ernst must get his discharge papers from Hamburg... 323 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:49,681 then go to Schleswig-Holstein. 324 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:51,450 Then he'll come home. 325 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,969 He said I'd be in good hands With you. 326 00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,562 How am I to manage this? 327 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,122 Where do I put this young Woman up? 328 00:39:05,240 --> 00:39:06,890 It's typical of Ernst. 329 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:14,769 Lotti, Manha, I'm sorry, but you'll have to share a room now. 330 00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:21,326 Manha, come here. 331 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:26,284 Take the girl upstairs. 332 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:30,444 I'm Worn out. 333 00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:33,484 Ernst said you'd look after me. 334 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:40,361 Yes, you are being looked after. 335 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:50,370 - I'm Lotti. - I'm Manha. 336 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,447 Was Ernst in the War, too? 337 00:39:57,120 --> 00:40:00,442 I never thought the boys Would be in the War. 338 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,688 - And Where is Anton? - We must wait, Paul. 339 00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:10,324 As We've Waited all these years for you. 340 00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:16,321 Have you got chocolate for me? 341 00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:20,771 Of course I have some chocolate for you. 342 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,483 Then there Was suddenly the smell of real coffee. 343 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:44,002 We needed it for Hamburg, for the discharge papers... 344 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:45,565 so he had lots of it. 345 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:48,730 - Isn't that dangerous? - I'll say it is! 346 00:40:49,720 --> 00:40:52,087 Then everything went dark in the train. 347 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:56,766 And I heard him telling about all his aerial battles... 348 00:40:56,960 --> 00:41:00,601 how he Was shot down and how he made his Way through France... 349 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:03,081 and I got shivers up my spine. 350 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:08,323 May I take another slice? 351 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:17,562 And I Was dozing off, I heard him telling people Where he Was from... 352 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:21,401 and that his family Were farmers living in the Hunsrück. 353 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:23,489 Schabbach, Bernkastel District. 354 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:26,328 I'll never forget that. 355 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:30,127 - Did Ernst really send you here? - Of course! What an idea! 356 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:32,846 Where Would I have got the address othenNise? 357 00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:39,248 - Do you bake the bread yourself? - Yes, in our oven. 358 00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:42,802 You're in good hands here. 359 00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:49,647 That Was our house, Rothenbühl, number seven. 360 00:41:50,240 --> 00:41:54,450 That's What it Was like aftenNards, on 12th January 1945. 361 00:41:55,720 --> 00:41:59,281 These Were our neighbours Who rescued the injured... 362 00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:01,725 but my mother Was dead. 363 00:42:02,240 --> 00:42:03,401 Is that you? 364 00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:08,001 No, I Wasn't there. I Was away on War service. 365 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:12,525 That's my mother. 366 00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:14,324 I feel a bit better now. 367 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:15,931 There We Were in Cologne. 368 00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:18,844 And Where is Ernst? 369 00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:23,570 If that man Would move his bicycle, you could see him. 370 00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:25,046 He's behind him. 371 00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:28,727 But they are black-marketeers. 372 00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:31,529 Is Ernst doing that in Cologne? 373 00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:36,365 He got me some silk stockings from that man there... 374 00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:38,608 because I needed them. 375 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:47,441 - That Was in Cologne, too. - Lt looks like Bochum. 376 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:51,887 - Just like Hamburg. - Those are relatives of ours. 377 00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:56,610 That's Hans Söhnker, the film star, but he's not related to us. 378 00:42:58,240 --> 00:42:59,765 A handsome man. 379 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:08,087 My father. 380 00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:14,803 He's in Russia, a prisoner-of-War. 381 00:43:15,720 --> 00:43:19,725 Here We're in Duisburg, the big station. 382 00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:21,524 We Waited six hours there. 383 00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:24,280 Who's that? 384 00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:28,525 That's my little sister, but she's dead. 385 00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:31,242 Where is our Ernst now, then? 386 00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:35,286 I don't know. Whatever happens, I'm to wait for him here. 387 00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:46,051 That's typical of our Ernst. 388 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,809 Ernst, Why don't We visit your family? We're very near. 389 00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:29,241 Oh, not today. 390 00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:33,847 Why not? 391 00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:36,482 Tomorrow We'll be Somewhere fanher away. 392 00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:38,364 They just wouldn't understand... 393 00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:41,245 if I bob up after such a long time... 394 00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:44,729 then push off again immediately. 395 00:44:57,200 --> 00:44:59,441 Or is there a Woman waiting there for you? 396 00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:03,770 I don't think so. 397 00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:21,647 I don't see how this route of yours Will get us to Wiesbaden. 398 00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:24,571 Frigga, I know every stone here, every blade of grass. 399 00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:58,845 Do you like it? 400 00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:03,203 Now recite your poem. 401 00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:09,328 You went from here a long time ago, but we're with you in joy and woe. 402 00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:11,889 But that's not true. 403 00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:16,485 What are you doing here? 404 00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:24,726 - You're Paul. - And you're Eduard. 405 00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:30,568 I saw your car outside. 406 00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:33,329 Paul, let me look at you. 407 00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:38,003 "Old boy". That's good. 408 00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:47,889 Now recite it, Horst. 409 00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:55,525 See, Katharina, now you've got all three home. It's like a miracle. 410 00:46:56,240 --> 00:46:57,651 I can't believe it. 411 00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:16,241 Horst, that's your uncle now. 412 00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:14,570 Dear people of Schabbach. 413 00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:18,123 Dear people of the Hunsrück. 414 00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:21,601 Dear family. 415 00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:27,051 The speech lam going to make today... 416 00:49:27,760 --> 00:49:30,969 is the one I Wanted to make in 1939. 417 00:49:31,160 --> 00:49:33,640 I knew the Words by head then. 418 00:49:36,240 --> 00:49:39,722 But then came the War, and I've forgotten them. 419 00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:44,448 The music that Was just played... 420 00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:49,487 is a greeting to you from the United States and abroad... 421 00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:52,411 so you also have something to laugh about. 422 00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:06,806 The grocery store cost me a few dollars. 423 00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:08,809 And I had to get an old friend... 424 00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:11,162 in the Air Force out of bed tonight... 425 00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:16,207 and he cursed and asked, "Won't tomorrow do?". 426 00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:19,925 "No, General", I said. 427 00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:24,009 That made you look up, Glasisch. 428 00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:25,406 "Tomorrow won't do..." 429 00:50:26,240 --> 00:50:30,848 "...because today is Saturday and my people can't sleep it off..." 430 00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:34,840 "...and I Want my Schabbach to be happy today." 431 00:50:44,720 --> 00:50:48,167 The older ones among you Will remember... 432 00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:55,128 that in 1923, I Was the first person, far and Wide... 433 00:50:56,160 --> 00:50:58,481 to build a radio. 434 00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:03,284 And it worked. And that Was the beginning. 435 00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:05,961 In the United States... 436 00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:10,808 like everyone else lwashed dishes for years... 437 00:51:11,720 --> 00:51:15,964 until in 1934... 438 00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:18,168 I set up my own factory. 439 00:51:19,160 --> 00:51:22,448 But don't think it Was very big. 440 00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:25,126 At first it Was tiny... 441 00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:28,608 no bigger than father's forge here in Schabbach. 442 00:51:29,840 --> 00:51:34,687 Then it kept getting bigger and bigger... 443 00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:38,850 and then I thought of you. 444 00:51:40,240 --> 00:51:42,049 And I said to myself... 445 00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:46,040 "One day, When I've made it rich..." 446 00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:50,884 "...then I'll go home and say to you all..." 447 00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:53,970 "Here I an”." 448 00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:02,562 Maria... Mother. 449 00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:09,211 We had some difficult hours back in August 1939. 450 00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:11,004 Paul has already staned. 451 00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:14,249 When I Was on the ship in Hamburg... 452 00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:17,969 and had to wait three days and four nights. 453 00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:20,603 They wouldn't let me land. 454 00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:26,082 Your Hitler didn't Want me, he Wasn't from the Hunsrück. 455 00:52:29,240 --> 00:52:33,006 Then We sailed to Le Havre... 456 00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:36,121 but the same thing happened in France. 457 00:52:37,040 --> 00:52:38,849 They wouldn't let us land, either. 458 00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:43,449 And When I went back to the United States... 459 00:52:44,080 --> 00:52:49,291 I couldn't imagine all this here any more, on the ship. 460 00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:53,125 Seven years have passed since then. 461 00:52:54,840 --> 00:53:00,290 And in those seven years I've kept on thinking... 462 00:53:01,760 --> 00:53:05,128 about standing here before you like this. 463 00:53:06,960 --> 00:53:10,009 So, people, open up the cans. 464 00:53:10,680 --> 00:53:14,844 Let everyone eat, drink and smoke. 465 00:53:15,720 --> 00:53:18,485 And maybe one of you can make some coffee. 466 00:53:59,920 --> 00:54:02,730 I'm telling you, With the Yanks... 467 00:54:02,920 --> 00:54:05,969 With the Yanks, We'll get out of this Whole mess. 468 00:54:06,960 --> 00:54:10,567 The dream of my declining years is to visit America. 469 00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:20,208 The Wild West, that's living. 470 00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:25,602 Or to New York, and spit from the top of a skyscraper. 471 00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:29,923 And look into the distance. 472 00:54:31,440 --> 00:54:33,568 Up there, one is closer to God. 473 00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:37,966 What are the names of the fony-eight states? 474 00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:40,325 Pauline, What's the matter? 475 00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:45,482 Eduard, I just thought of Robert and that he'll never come home again. 476 00:55:46,200 --> 00:55:48,680 But Pauline, you don't know that. 477 00:55:50,240 --> 00:55:52,641 As a Woman, you feel it. 478 00:55:55,360 --> 00:55:57,806 No, Eduard, he'll never come back. 479 00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:02,250 Maria, Will you dance With me? 480 00:56:03,160 --> 00:56:05,322 Shall We have a dance, too, Lucie? 481 00:56:05,960 --> 00:56:08,611 Isn't that blasphemy, so soon after the War? 482 00:56:08,800 --> 00:56:10,962 No, not today. 483 00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:07,044 You like this, don't you, Paul? 484 00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:10,969 A homecoming after 20 years, paying everything With dollars. 485 00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:13,569 A pretty daughter-in-law. 486 00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:16,649 A car With a chauffeur. 487 00:57:17,560 --> 00:57:19,130 And everybody applauding. 488 00:57:19,320 --> 00:57:22,130 Paul, this is better than in peace-time. 489 00:59:27,160 --> 00:59:28,889 What's the matter, Paul? 490 00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:37,211 I'm so cold. 491 00:59:39,120 --> 00:59:41,441 It's summer, Paul. 492 00:59:44,800 --> 00:59:46,165 Just feel. 493 00:59:48,680 --> 00:59:50,808 Your fingers really are cold. 494 00:59:57,800 --> 00:59:59,689 You're not to feel cold, Paul. 495 01:00:03,400 --> 01:00:05,767 But you shouldn't get any ideas either. 496 01:00:15,400 --> 01:00:17,084 Is Otto between us? 497 01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:21,364 Otto has been dead a long time. 498 01:00:22,320 --> 01:00:23,685 What is it, then? 499 01:00:25,120 --> 01:00:26,849 Twenty years, Paul. 500 01:00:28,080 --> 01:00:32,404 You can't dispel them just by being cold. 501 01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:34,847 Warm today, isn't it? Where is Jakoby's carpenter's shop? 502 01:01:35,120 --> 01:01:38,203 On the left. See the door? 503 01:01:58,800 --> 01:02:03,328 Lt. Ernst Simon, 3rd Fighter Squadron Bitburg, reponing back from action. 504 01:02:03,520 --> 01:02:06,364 My plane Was a Write-off. 505 01:02:07,200 --> 01:02:09,487 Here are the keys and the logbook. 506 01:02:11,920 --> 01:02:15,845 Simon! Man. You're trying to take the piss out of me. 507 01:02:16,520 --> 01:02:19,569 - Stand easy, man. - Colonel. 508 01:02:20,560 --> 01:02:24,201 Simon, the hunt is over. What do you Want here? 509 01:02:24,760 --> 01:02:29,243 I wanted to bring you the logbook and the keys, and repon back. 510 01:02:29,440 --> 01:02:34,606 No stories. You used to be quite smart. 511 01:02:35,440 --> 01:02:36,646 Now stop this rubbish. 512 01:02:38,800 --> 01:02:42,407 For me the War is not over until I've reponed back to you, Colonel. 513 01:02:54,200 --> 01:02:56,362 What plans have you now? 514 01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:03,205 I've got by for 18 months, from France to here. 515 01:03:04,760 --> 01:03:08,560 I've seen that all a head could desire still exists... 516 01:03:08,760 --> 01:03:10,410 only not Where it's needed. 517 01:03:10,720 --> 01:03:13,200 It's just a transpon problem. 518 01:03:13,400 --> 01:03:15,721 Colonel, I Want to fly again. 519 01:03:21,600 --> 01:03:23,762 The air is no longer ours. 520 01:03:25,160 --> 01:03:26,810 You must get used to that. 521 01:03:27,320 --> 01:03:29,800 But We can't crawl around on the ground. 522 01:03:33,960 --> 01:03:37,806 How about applying to the Tommies for Work as airmail pilots? 523 01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:39,967 Colonel... 524 01:03:40,600 --> 01:03:45,367 I thought you and I might... 525 01:03:45,560 --> 01:03:49,485 Simon, I Was a soldier, and as a result... 526 01:03:49,680 --> 01:03:52,126 I'm now a carpenteñs apprentice. 527 01:03:52,320 --> 01:03:54,129 And for the next 99 years... 528 01:03:54,360 --> 01:03:56,647 We, as Germans, won't be allowed to fly. 529 01:04:16,160 --> 01:04:19,209 Paul, Were you never homesick in America? 530 01:04:20,480 --> 01:04:24,769 Yes, Mother, often. 531 01:04:25,960 --> 01:04:27,803 What did you do... 532 01:04:28,040 --> 01:04:30,930 When you had Worries and there Was nobody to advise you? 533 01:04:31,120 --> 01:04:34,761 No father, no mother, no brother, no sister. 534 01:04:34,960 --> 01:04:37,645 I had to learn to help myself, Mother. 535 01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:42,050 In that cold country, Where they all know What they Want... 536 01:04:42,240 --> 01:04:44,083 isn't that terrible? 537 01:04:45,360 --> 01:04:47,442 But now you're home again. 538 01:04:48,880 --> 01:04:53,090 Come to the kitchen. I've made a hayseed infusion for you. 539 01:04:54,040 --> 01:04:57,726 Inhaling that always helped your father When he Was ill. 540 01:05:05,080 --> 01:05:08,607 Remember, Paul, When you Were so ill as a child? 541 01:05:09,800 --> 01:05:14,488 You had diphtheria and Whooping cough all at once, do you remember? 542 01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:20,449 As I remember, you almost died. 543 01:05:21,720 --> 01:05:23,688 That Was on my binhday. 544 01:05:23,880 --> 01:05:29,046 Yes, you Were just seven and you Were taken ill. 545 01:05:30,000 --> 01:05:33,891 Doctor Dörr sat by your bed for four hours... 546 01:05:34,080 --> 01:05:37,687 and he had the Surgical instruments all lying ready... 547 01:05:37,880 --> 01:05:43,649 because We all thought you'd choke, do you remember? 548 01:05:44,400 --> 01:05:46,289 I didn't know about all that. 549 01:05:49,360 --> 01:05:52,887 And then you suddenly said... 550 01:05:53,080 --> 01:05:57,369 "NoW I'm seven years old and I must die." 551 01:05:58,080 --> 01:06:01,801 That's When Doctor Dörr's eyes filled With tears, Paul. 552 01:06:02,640 --> 01:06:04,210 I didn't know that. 553 01:06:05,800 --> 01:06:08,485 Come down to the kitchen. 554 01:06:12,920 --> 01:06:15,491 We've got a factory, too, to make barley coffee. 555 01:06:15,680 --> 01:06:18,081 Those are hayseed from last year. 556 01:06:19,040 --> 01:06:23,090 When We brought them home, the Whole room Was full of Americans. 557 01:06:23,960 --> 01:06:27,726 That Was a hot summer When the War Was over. 558 01:06:29,360 --> 01:06:31,488 Tell us something about America, Paul. 559 01:06:34,720 --> 01:06:38,486 Is it true there is so much to eat in America, and so many cars? 560 01:06:38,840 --> 01:06:40,330 Yes, that's no problem. 561 01:06:41,640 --> 01:06:44,883 You Were always such a serious, pale child... 562 01:06:45,320 --> 01:06:47,607 and you wouldn't drink your milk. 563 01:06:48,920 --> 01:06:50,410 I'll put hot Water in it. 564 01:06:50,600 --> 01:06:53,365 It's got to be as hot as you can bear. 565 01:06:55,000 --> 01:06:59,403 Is your factory in Detroit really as big as it looks on the letter? 566 01:06:59,920 --> 01:07:03,288 And you have 800 Workers? And you're their boss? 567 01:07:05,960 --> 01:07:10,170 Breathe in through your nose and breathe out through your mouth. 568 01:07:10,920 --> 01:07:14,561 At Christmas, Paul, do you all sing Silent Night, Holy Night... 569 01:07:14,760 --> 01:07:15,761 as We do here? 570 01:07:16,560 --> 01:07:19,769 I can't understand it. It's almost unbelievable. 571 01:07:31,520 --> 01:07:34,364 Paul, have you got a Woman in America? 572 01:07:35,200 --> 01:07:38,409 I mean, one that looks after you if you're ill. 573 01:07:38,600 --> 01:07:40,762 But Paul is married. 574 01:07:41,200 --> 01:07:43,646 Marie-Goot, this doesn't concern you. 575 01:07:43,840 --> 01:07:45,444 If you say so. 576 01:07:48,480 --> 01:07:50,767 Paul, have you a Woman? 577 01:07:53,000 --> 01:07:56,482 See, Marie-Goot, Paul is a normal, healthy man. 578 01:08:00,400 --> 01:08:01,447 The chicks. 579 01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:05,651 - What's the matter With Paul? - He's ill. 580 01:08:05,840 --> 01:08:07,729 Has he tried hot potatoes? 581 01:08:07,960 --> 01:08:11,726 Glasisch, go to church, it's Sunday. 582 01:08:25,640 --> 01:08:27,529 Helga, look at these lovely eggs. 583 01:08:30,800 --> 01:08:33,246 Better times Will come... 584 01:08:33,440 --> 01:08:36,410 then the farmers Will come to us, and get nothing. 585 01:08:36,600 --> 01:08:39,365 No luck here, We'll try this Way. 586 01:08:51,040 --> 01:08:54,522 Blonde or brunette, sweet nothing here you'll get. 587 01:08:58,680 --> 01:09:02,890 Black hair or gold, I'd like you all to hold. 588 01:09:14,880 --> 01:09:16,530 Here comes Glasisch. 589 01:09:17,520 --> 01:09:20,444 He's worked thiny years in my fields... 590 01:09:20,680 --> 01:09:21,806 With the cows, too. 591 01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:25,368 He gets his food and I give him a few marks. 592 01:09:25,600 --> 01:09:27,125 He's a poor devil nowadays. 593 01:09:28,480 --> 01:09:30,960 He's got a nose like a rotten potato. 594 01:09:41,600 --> 01:09:45,002 Wiegand, your place looks like a French castle. 595 01:09:45,600 --> 01:09:46,761 Remember? 596 01:09:48,480 --> 01:09:53,361 Gobelin tapestries on the Walls, and a mirror on the floor. 597 01:09:53,560 --> 01:09:57,281 What mirror? Just think, Glasisch... 598 01:09:57,880 --> 01:10:01,930 I got this ring for two sacks of potatoes. 599 01:10:02,360 --> 01:10:05,443 Good swap. From those townspeople? 600 01:10:07,360 --> 01:10:09,886 Watch out, you idiot. You'll break it. 601 01:10:29,320 --> 01:10:33,882 Alois, won't you go to the Simons to see Paul? He is your son-in-law. 602 01:10:34,080 --> 01:10:39,325 As long as Wilfried is in theirjail I'm not going to the American. 603 01:10:39,520 --> 01:10:40,931 That's not Paul's fault. 604 01:10:41,120 --> 01:10:44,886 When a man renounces Germany, he's no son-in-law of mine. 605 01:10:47,240 --> 01:10:48,401 Yank, go home! 606 01:10:50,600 --> 01:10:51,886 No corned beef! 607 01:10:52,760 --> 01:10:54,967 No chocolate! No Women! 608 01:10:55,200 --> 01:10:58,249 No cigarettes! Go home across the Water! 609 01:11:02,520 --> 01:11:04,761 They have my Wilfried on their conscience. 610 01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:07,241 But Wiegand, that's not Paul's doing. 611 01:11:08,440 --> 01:11:11,523 When Wifried comes home, things Will be cleared up. 612 01:11:11,720 --> 01:11:14,291 What's Wilfried going to clear up? 613 01:11:14,480 --> 01:11:17,609 For instance, the German cities all lying in ruins. 614 01:11:17,800 --> 01:11:23,045 - Wilfried is going to clear them up. - German diligence is invincible. 615 01:11:24,160 --> 01:11:26,447 Pack it in, We know those slogans. 616 01:11:29,360 --> 01:11:33,888 Marie-Goot, What are you doing? Put that outside the Window. 617 01:11:34,400 --> 01:11:37,483 She's over-roasted the barley coffee. 618 01:11:50,560 --> 01:11:53,609 Funher out or it Will blow back in. 619 01:12:00,120 --> 01:12:01,167 Herr Pieritz. 620 01:12:03,440 --> 01:12:05,329 How did you get here? 621 01:12:06,200 --> 01:12:07,645 Good day, Frau Simon... 622 01:12:09,160 --> 01:12:12,528 I thought your radio Would have the old dial... 623 01:12:13,200 --> 01:12:16,010 and I've got a new one With AFN on it... 624 01:12:16,320 --> 01:12:18,243 so as I Was in the district... 625 01:12:21,920 --> 01:12:27,450 I'm sorryjust to turn up like this, but Grandma Was so pleased. 626 01:12:29,400 --> 01:12:32,688 Hermann, come, I've got another chocolate for you. 627 01:12:35,160 --> 01:12:38,801 You know, Paul, Herr Pieritz Was here during the War. 628 01:12:39,000 --> 01:12:43,324 No, earlier, When they built the highway, With Maria's Otto. 629 01:12:43,520 --> 01:12:45,443 He's come from the East Zone. 630 01:12:46,000 --> 01:12:48,810 If you ask me, he's come to get something to eat... 631 01:12:49,000 --> 01:12:50,843 or he wouldn't have bothered. 632 01:12:52,840 --> 01:12:54,968 To think you're still alive, Herr Pieritz. 633 01:12:55,760 --> 01:13:00,641 I knew my Way around the house, as if I'd just come down the stairs. 634 01:13:12,320 --> 01:13:13,890 I'd prefer if you'd leave. 635 01:13:14,080 --> 01:13:16,845 But, Maria, you can't talk to Herr Pieritz like that. 636 01:13:17,040 --> 01:13:19,042 It's all getting too much for me, Grandma. 637 01:13:23,560 --> 01:13:25,005 Look What We've got! 638 01:13:27,080 --> 01:13:28,650 What's going on? 639 01:13:31,360 --> 01:13:33,522 A. PIERITZ. RADIO DIALS AND INSTALLATIONS. 640 01:13:40,400 --> 01:13:42,801 Do you know Where you Want to go? 641 01:13:47,440 --> 01:13:51,047 That Will son itself out, but cenainly not back to Leipzig. 642 01:13:51,440 --> 01:13:55,684 - But your family? - There's none left. 643 01:13:59,480 --> 01:14:03,690 I'd better Wear my beret, it makes things easier in the French zone. 644 01:14:04,640 --> 01:14:06,005 What's that, then? 645 01:14:07,360 --> 01:14:10,762 Frau Simon, the clever man plans ahead. 646 01:14:10,960 --> 01:14:12,485 That's for Day X. 647 01:14:12,960 --> 01:14:15,008 Then We'll really do big business. 648 01:14:16,920 --> 01:14:20,242 Oh, it's always only the others Who do big business. 649 01:14:20,440 --> 01:14:22,010 No, Frau Simon. 650 01:14:24,200 --> 01:14:28,091 This time, We'll be pan of it. 651 01:14:28,920 --> 01:14:31,321 I'm through With theoretical training. 652 01:14:32,120 --> 01:14:36,170 - What do you mean? - Everything Will sort itself out. 653 01:14:37,800 --> 01:14:39,529 Say goodbye to Maria for me. 654 01:14:48,000 --> 01:14:49,923 Come back again some time. 655 01:15:34,800 --> 01:15:38,805 The Whole time you've been here I Was determined not to ask you... 656 01:15:40,400 --> 01:15:42,243 but now I must. 657 01:15:46,160 --> 01:15:48,481 Why did you leave us, Paul? 658 01:15:52,320 --> 01:15:54,209 The children Were so lovely. 659 01:15:55,800 --> 01:15:57,165 And me... 660 01:16:03,920 --> 01:16:06,048 Didn't you like me, Paul? 661 01:16:17,560 --> 01:16:19,085 I didn't understand it. 662 01:16:20,920 --> 01:16:25,847 Itried to, but I simply didn't understand it. 663 01:16:28,520 --> 01:16:32,047 Sometimes I used to think, "He's not right in the head." 664 01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:37,490 Tell me now, Paul. 665 01:16:38,480 --> 01:16:42,166 I'm not silly. I just Want to know. 666 01:16:46,920 --> 01:16:49,321 Or did it have something to do With a Woman? 667 01:16:50,480 --> 01:16:52,130 I just Want to understand. 668 01:16:53,560 --> 01:16:57,645 How am I to explain to you? At that time, here... 669 01:17:00,480 --> 01:17:04,804 You needn't explain anything to me. Forget it, Paul. 670 01:17:05,000 --> 01:17:09,005 I don't know, Maria. I really don't know. 671 01:17:11,960 --> 01:17:16,329 Perhaps only that I'm here now and can help you all. 672 01:17:17,560 --> 01:17:19,449 We don't need any help, Paul. 673 01:17:19,960 --> 01:17:22,201 I don't understand this Germany any more. 674 01:17:30,040 --> 01:17:32,930 When I see you standing there... 675 01:17:33,120 --> 01:17:36,602 I'm sure your Workers respect you very much. 676 01:17:38,760 --> 01:17:40,603 And they need me, too. 677 01:17:53,280 --> 01:17:55,442 You can hear the tyres singing. 678 01:18:06,120 --> 01:18:08,566 It's Wonderful here in the Hunsrück. 679 01:18:08,760 --> 01:18:09,966 Checkpoint, Paul. 680 01:18:10,160 --> 01:18:12,561 - Those are French. - They won't do anything to us. 681 01:18:16,400 --> 01:18:18,164 What's he doing With that Woman? 682 01:18:18,360 --> 01:18:20,169 They check everything. 683 01:18:20,520 --> 01:18:24,525 If I hold my hearing aid out, I might understand them. 684 01:18:30,040 --> 01:18:32,088 French. Yes, they're speaking French. 685 01:18:34,680 --> 01:18:38,127 That's from my factory. Simon Electric Tone. 686 01:18:38,440 --> 01:18:40,249 With very small valves inside. 687 01:18:41,880 --> 01:18:44,008 Ours are much bigger, at least this big. 688 01:18:44,720 --> 01:18:47,405 - Say something into it. - Then you'll burst an eardrum. 689 01:18:48,440 --> 01:18:50,363 Do you understand me, Eduard? 690 01:19:17,080 --> 01:19:19,606 On this very spot Where you're standing... 691 01:19:19,800 --> 01:19:22,929 Lucie stood When We came from Berlin. 692 01:19:23,560 --> 01:19:24,766 And I sat here... 693 01:19:24,960 --> 01:19:29,045 and I couldn't tell her how poor We Were in Schabbach. 694 01:19:29,760 --> 01:19:30,966 Do you understand? 695 01:19:33,360 --> 01:19:36,125 It's a very nice place here. 696 01:19:43,240 --> 01:19:44,571 That's Boppard down there. 697 01:19:48,480 --> 01:19:53,327 I often went there on my bike to buy parts for my first radio. 698 01:19:56,040 --> 01:19:59,931 In the middle of the inflation, With Wiegand's dollars. 699 01:20:01,120 --> 01:20:04,124 And then I went along the Rhine, as far as the "German corner". 700 01:20:06,080 --> 01:20:08,321 It's as though no time had passed at all. 701 01:20:09,160 --> 01:20:12,881 Koblenz is completely destroyed, ruins everywhere you look. 702 01:20:13,120 --> 01:20:16,124 It's even Worse than Frankfun or Cologne. 703 01:20:17,160 --> 01:20:18,810 It's terrible, the War. 704 01:20:29,320 --> 01:20:31,846 Maria has become like a Stranger to me. 705 01:20:33,240 --> 01:20:35,049 Mother hasn't changed at all. 706 01:20:36,280 --> 01:20:38,169 But all the others are like strangers. 707 01:20:39,560 --> 01:20:42,040 I'd forgotten how loudly they all Speak. 708 01:20:43,400 --> 01:20:45,402 The kitchen is always crowded... 709 01:20:46,240 --> 01:20:49,005 and the house is much smaller than I remembered. 710 01:20:50,720 --> 01:20:52,643 And everyone is accepted by them... 711 01:20:54,160 --> 01:20:59,007 everyone Who comes in is accepted by them, just like me. 712 01:20:59,400 --> 01:21:03,485 I understood very Well Why you left the village, Paul. 713 01:21:03,680 --> 01:21:06,160 We had nothing. 714 01:21:06,360 --> 01:21:10,968 But now, you've got a beautiful big house. Really. 715 01:21:15,120 --> 01:21:18,249 Lucie Wanted it that Way, before the War. 716 01:21:18,880 --> 01:21:21,565 The house means everything to Lucie. 717 01:21:21,760 --> 01:21:24,366 The American headquaners Will be moved out. 718 01:21:24,560 --> 01:21:26,130 The Major promised me. 719 01:21:31,720 --> 01:21:34,769 Why don't We two take a drive along the Mosel... 720 01:21:34,960 --> 01:21:37,122 or to Wiesbaden in the American Zone... 721 01:21:37,320 --> 01:21:39,084 and spend a few dollars? 722 01:21:39,560 --> 01:21:43,201 We'll get through all the checkpoints because you're an American. 723 01:21:45,840 --> 01:21:49,083 You did the right thing, better than all of us. 724 01:21:49,280 --> 01:21:51,521 Let them say What they like at home. 725 01:21:52,520 --> 01:21:57,401 You simply cleared off. To think you did that. 726 01:22:01,720 --> 01:22:03,245 Shall We drive on a bit? 727 01:22:59,480 --> 01:23:03,371 Frigga, stop looking across at those two civilians at the bar. 728 01:23:03,640 --> 01:23:05,051 Ernst, do you know them? 729 01:23:06,200 --> 01:23:08,123 One of them is an uncle of mine. 730 01:23:10,960 --> 01:23:12,769 And the other one, the fatter one? 731 01:23:14,360 --> 01:23:16,931 I don't know him. But don't look over there. 732 01:23:38,840 --> 01:23:41,571 She's asked Where you're from. 733 01:23:52,480 --> 01:23:53,720 What do they Want from us? 734 01:23:53,920 --> 01:23:55,809 Don't let on you're from the Hunsrück. 735 01:23:57,040 --> 01:24:00,169 - You're from the Hunsrück? - I'm from Detroit. 736 01:24:01,120 --> 01:24:02,360 What are you drinking? 737 01:24:38,040 --> 01:24:40,646 Paul, I like it here. 738 01:24:41,080 --> 01:24:46,291 - It's like peace-time, in Berlin. - Were you in such bars there? 739 01:24:47,120 --> 01:24:49,885 - That's Where I met Lucie. - You went dancing With her. 740 01:24:54,400 --> 01:24:58,166 To think there are still such places as this, When everything is gone. 741 01:25:07,360 --> 01:25:09,647 Paul, are you staying a few more Weeks? 742 01:25:12,640 --> 01:25:15,769 You know, When I'm away from Detroit for any length of time... 743 01:25:15,960 --> 01:25:17,200 I stad to worry. 744 01:25:18,200 --> 01:25:19,440 They need me there. 745 01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:22,321 And I thought you'd stay at home With us. 746 01:25:22,760 --> 01:25:27,163 Eduard, life in America... 747 01:25:32,280 --> 01:25:34,044 So you Will stay a bit? 748 01:25:48,560 --> 01:25:50,528 Look, Frigga, I'll show you something. 749 01:25:55,120 --> 01:25:57,202 - Are they real? - Surprised, eh? 750 01:25:57,800 --> 01:25:59,643 That's my Nibelungen hoard. 751 01:26:00,800 --> 01:26:03,724 This lot took seventeen months to accumulate. 752 01:26:06,000 --> 01:26:09,846 - What Will you do With them? - That's my treasure for peace-time. 753 01:26:11,960 --> 01:26:16,090 In 99 years, I'll buy a plane and fly away. 754 01:26:18,760 --> 01:26:20,250 Are you crazy? 755 01:26:24,720 --> 01:26:27,200 Don't look across. I don't Want them to see me. 756 01:26:27,600 --> 01:26:31,400 You're funny. Everybody wants into the countryside, except you. 757 01:27:09,200 --> 01:27:13,410 Where is Beromünster? Is it in the Tirol? 758 01:27:45,560 --> 01:27:48,803 10TH MAY, 1947. A SATURDAY. 759 01:28:03,040 --> 01:28:04,929 That's my Papa. 760 01:28:11,760 --> 01:28:15,845 Martha, eat something, too. Anton won't run away. 761 01:28:16,920 --> 01:28:18,968 He'll stay here now, won't you, Anton? 762 01:28:20,040 --> 01:28:21,610 I know, Maria. 763 01:28:22,920 --> 01:28:25,890 Marlies, let Papa eat. 764 01:28:26,120 --> 01:28:30,409 Just think. Anton Walked 5,000 kilometres. 765 01:28:31,040 --> 01:28:33,805 That's as far as Paul is going on the ship. 766 01:28:35,840 --> 01:28:36,807 Another new age. 767 01:28:37,000 --> 01:28:39,082 There Was one after the Great War... 768 01:28:39,280 --> 01:28:42,762 and then after the inflation, and then 1933. 769 01:28:42,960 --> 01:28:47,204 And When they built the Hunsrück highway in 1938... 770 01:28:47,400 --> 01:28:51,246 that Was a new age, as new as the road. 771 01:28:51,440 --> 01:28:56,685 And then 1945, they called that Year Zero... 772 01:28:56,880 --> 01:29:00,089 and now they Write in the papers about Day X. 773 01:29:00,280 --> 01:29:01,566 Grandma. 774 01:29:02,280 --> 01:29:05,568 There Will be a new currency any day now. 775 01:29:06,800 --> 01:29:10,407 - I got it from a reliable source. - Did the captain tell you that? 776 01:29:13,920 --> 01:29:16,969 Every time We expect it to be better. 777 01:29:17,200 --> 01:29:19,851 There is no end to these new ages. 778 01:29:20,040 --> 01:29:25,206 Six times in my life, there's been a new age for me. 779 01:29:25,520 --> 01:29:27,409 Well, it couldn't go on like this. 780 01:29:30,960 --> 01:29:33,042 Then off it goes again, on tick. 781 01:29:42,960 --> 01:29:46,567 But the main thing is that Anton is back home. 782 01:29:48,120 --> 01:29:51,761 I'm so tired, I'm going to lie down for a While. 783 01:29:54,280 --> 01:29:58,604 Maria, When the coffee is ready, call me. 784 01:30:19,080 --> 01:30:20,923 The coffee is ready. 785 01:31:23,560 --> 01:31:28,521 You know, Joseph, in Koblenz you must see the "German corner". 786 01:31:30,880 --> 01:31:32,166 It's all destroyed. 787 01:31:32,360 --> 01:31:34,761 Then in Cologne, the Cathedral. 788 01:31:39,240 --> 01:31:42,722 And in Remagen, the bridge is destroyed, you can't cross it. 789 01:31:43,920 --> 01:31:46,685 You must go to Holland, then right. 790 01:31:54,440 --> 01:31:58,604 Joseph, can't you take me With you to America? 791 01:32:10,160 --> 01:32:13,323 Why does everything has to happen at the same time? 792 01:32:24,400 --> 01:32:27,404 Robenchen, your uncle is going back to America now. 793 01:32:28,040 --> 01:32:31,681 - We may never see him again. - Why is he leaving? 794 01:32:31,880 --> 01:32:33,405 He Was just here on a visit. 795 01:32:34,320 --> 01:32:35,810 Are you sad, Mama? 796 01:32:36,400 --> 01:32:39,290 No, I'm just thinking of Papa. 797 01:33:13,120 --> 01:33:17,364 Paul, it's not right to leave When We haven't yet buried your mother. 798 01:33:17,560 --> 01:33:19,449 I've explained. 799 01:33:19,640 --> 01:33:24,043 There isn't another ship for six Weeks and my permit has expired. 800 01:33:24,240 --> 01:33:25,526 What has expired? 801 01:33:25,720 --> 01:33:29,122 Marie-Goot, my residence permit has expired. 802 01:33:29,480 --> 01:33:31,847 Oh, I see. And you're going now? 803 01:33:32,920 --> 01:33:34,843 So you have to go. 804 01:33:35,040 --> 01:33:38,123 Leave Paul alone, Marie-Goot. He knows What he's doing. 805 01:33:40,840 --> 01:33:42,968 We'll get Grandma buried on our own. 806 01:33:54,120 --> 01:33:57,442 I can help you more from over there than if I stayed here. 807 01:33:58,400 --> 01:33:59,925 Don't say things like that. 808 01:34:01,960 --> 01:34:04,042 Better say goodbye to Anton again. 809 01:34:13,320 --> 01:34:15,049 Pauline, I Wish you all the best. 810 01:34:24,640 --> 01:34:28,531 I'll be ten days on the boat and I'll be thinking of you. 811 01:34:31,480 --> 01:34:35,644 Now you're leaving properly, not secretly like before. 812 01:34:38,080 --> 01:34:40,401 I hope things go Well for you in Detroit. 813 01:34:41,880 --> 01:34:43,370 I'll Write often. 814 01:34:48,920 --> 01:34:51,048 Robenchen, later on you'll get a big car, too. 815 01:34:51,240 --> 01:34:52,366 Wouldn't you like that? 816 01:35:14,280 --> 01:35:18,330 Where is Anton, Manha? Did he go up there? 817 01:35:18,520 --> 01:35:23,003 - No, I think he went there. - Manha, see if Anton is all right. 818 01:35:40,320 --> 01:35:44,291 You're all upset. What's the matter? 819 01:35:45,120 --> 01:35:47,646 Anton knows What he's doing. 820 01:35:48,280 --> 01:35:50,328 You must trust him a bit. 821 01:35:50,520 --> 01:35:53,205 He only came home yesterday... 822 01:35:54,040 --> 01:35:57,044 after 5,000 kilometres on foot. 823 01:35:58,480 --> 01:36:01,245 You've got to realise What he's been through. 824 01:36:01,440 --> 01:36:04,603 Manha, do me a favour and look What he's doing. 825 01:36:04,920 --> 01:36:08,447 Do it for me, or I'll have no peace. 826 01:36:56,600 --> 01:37:00,810 - I'm going to set up a factory. - What are you saying, Anton? 827 01:37:01,960 --> 01:37:03,450 You're setting up a factory? 828 01:37:07,080 --> 01:37:12,166 What With? For that you need capital. 829 01:37:12,360 --> 01:37:13,805 I've got that. 830 01:37:16,840 --> 01:37:21,084 With that thought I left the camp and it brought me all the Way home. 831 01:37:22,120 --> 01:37:26,603 Here in my head, I've my capital and the decisive idea. 832 01:37:29,440 --> 01:37:33,525 When We Were retreating near Odessa... 833 01:37:33,720 --> 01:37:37,611 just before I Was captured... 834 01:37:37,800 --> 01:37:41,805 I first hit on the idea, my invention. 835 01:37:44,720 --> 01:37:48,486 Martha, you probably don't understand much about optics. 836 01:37:49,480 --> 01:37:50,641 True. 837 01:37:51,880 --> 01:37:54,850 But What's this got to do With optics? 838 01:38:17,040 --> 01:38:19,930 Why didn't you speak to your father about it? 839 01:38:20,120 --> 01:38:21,451 It Was too soon. 840 01:38:22,800 --> 01:38:25,644 And you can take out a patent on it? 841 01:38:25,840 --> 01:38:30,562 You build a ring of patents around it to stop anyone getting at my process. 842 01:38:30,760 --> 01:38:33,206 Twenty or thiny patents are required. 843 01:38:34,080 --> 01:38:35,650 I worked it out as I tramped. 844 01:38:35,840 --> 01:38:38,366 For every idea, I set myself a destination. 845 01:38:38,560 --> 01:38:40,881 At the Turkish border, I Was on to Patent Sixteen. 846 01:38:41,080 --> 01:38:44,084 At the Golden Horn, I Was having difficulties With Nineteen. 847 01:38:44,280 --> 01:38:48,285 I went back over half a day's Walk until I had the solution. 848 01:38:52,880 --> 01:38:57,363 And, Manha, the most imponant thing I noticed When I got here... 849 01:38:57,880 --> 01:38:59,723 Hunsrück air. 850 01:38:59,920 --> 01:39:02,127 Have you ever consciously breathed it in? 851 01:39:12,120 --> 01:39:14,441 You're scaring me. 852 01:39:14,800 --> 01:39:17,565 In the next few months, more people Will think I'm crazy. 853 01:39:18,360 --> 01:39:23,366 No, everybody understands. 854 01:39:24,000 --> 01:39:27,209 You've only just come back from a prisoner-of-War camp. 855 01:39:27,400 --> 01:39:29,084 You think I'm crazy? 856 01:39:29,280 --> 01:39:32,443 Right now, the World is being divided up anew. 857 01:39:32,640 --> 01:39:35,723 Whoever has the imagination to acquire a kingdom... 858 01:39:35,921 --> 01:39:37,127 he'll get it, too. 859 01:39:38,161 --> 01:39:40,004 I can't follow this. 860 01:39:40,200 --> 01:39:42,601 What has this to do With the Hunsrück air? 861 01:39:42,800 --> 01:39:44,802 Nothing at all. 862 01:39:45,000 --> 01:39:48,243 It's free of dust, ideal for optical manufacturing. 863 01:39:48,721 --> 01:39:51,725 And What's more, it's rich in oxygen, because of the forests. 864 01:39:52,640 --> 01:39:54,369 A kingdom. 865 01:39:55,441 --> 01:39:59,605 Anton, I'm a bit frightened. 866 01:39:59,800 --> 01:40:03,566 Manha, stick With me, then the good years Will come. 867 01:40:04,240 --> 01:40:16,643