1 00:01:08,721 --> 00:01:10,641 Together with major contributions... 2 00:01:10,801 --> 00:01:12,081 by many others, present: 3 00:01:16,681 --> 00:01:22,641 A film in 13 parts with an epilogue, based on the novel by Alfred Döblin. 4 00:01:27,761 --> 00:01:31,001 An enormous amount of capital is squandered in the world. 5 00:01:31,161 --> 00:01:33,561 In America, they even let the wheat rot, 6 00:01:33,721 --> 00:01:37,521 - whole crops. Did you know that? - Sure. Everyone knows that. 7 00:01:37,761 --> 00:01:40,081 It's even crazier in Australia. 8 00:01:40,241 --> 00:01:44,361 They have prehistoric lizards, outlandishly long. 9 00:01:44,681 --> 00:01:47,601 They live in swampy, murky pools. 10 00:01:47,761 --> 00:01:50,641 No one knows what they live on. No one! 11 00:01:50,801 --> 00:01:52,121 Look at him. 12 00:01:52,521 --> 00:01:54,881 The big shot over there. He's the boss here. 13 00:01:55,041 --> 00:01:55,841 Which one? 14 00:01:56,001 --> 00:01:57,641 The well-dressed guy over there. 15 00:02:03,841 --> 00:02:06,841 His name's Pums. Weird name, isn't it? 16 00:02:09,721 --> 00:02:12,521 Who's the guy standing next to him whispering? 17 00:02:13,481 --> 00:02:14,961 That's Reinhold. 18 00:02:15,281 --> 00:02:17,161 He works closely with Pums somehow. 19 00:02:17,441 --> 00:02:19,761 But nobody knows anything for sure. 20 00:02:22,601 --> 00:02:23,601 Meck. 21 00:02:49,561 --> 00:02:54,641 Part 5: A Grim Reaper with Powers from Almighty God 22 00:02:57,001 --> 00:02:58,401 Come with me. 23 00:02:58,561 --> 00:03:01,401 He wants to meet you. Wants to say hello. 24 00:03:02,641 --> 00:03:04,041 Sure. Why not? 25 00:03:17,641 --> 00:03:19,161 Another beer, please. 26 00:03:19,361 --> 00:03:20,481 Coming up. 27 00:03:25,721 --> 00:03:28,921 Our friend Meck here has told me a lot about you. 28 00:03:29,161 --> 00:03:31,081 Has he indeed? 29 00:03:31,241 --> 00:03:34,921 Yes. He's always going on about his old friend Biberkopf. 30 00:03:36,121 --> 00:03:37,481 Tell me, 31 00:03:37,641 --> 00:03:40,401 what line of business are you in? 32 00:03:40,721 --> 00:03:43,721 I'm going into newspapers again. 33 00:03:44,401 --> 00:03:47,961 Well, nothing against newspapers, 34 00:03:48,561 --> 00:03:50,601 but maybe... 35 00:03:51,001 --> 00:03:54,441 maybe we could do some business together sometime. 36 00:03:54,841 --> 00:03:56,561 I deal mostly in fruit. 37 00:03:58,721 --> 00:04:00,321 Why not? 38 00:04:00,521 --> 00:04:02,001 It depends on the earnings. 39 00:04:02,161 --> 00:04:03,201 You're right. 40 00:04:04,321 --> 00:04:06,121 You are quite right there. 41 00:04:06,961 --> 00:04:09,201 It depends on the earnings. 42 00:04:10,001 --> 00:04:11,281 That's exactly what I say. 43 00:04:18,641 --> 00:04:22,641 Handle that guy with care. And shake well after use. 44 00:04:23,041 --> 00:04:25,841 Do you know the story of the American who gets married... 45 00:04:26,001 --> 00:04:27,721 quite unsuspectingly, 46 00:04:27,881 --> 00:04:31,121 thinking his wife's white. But it turns out she's black. 47 00:04:32,241 --> 00:04:34,481 "What?" he says. "You're black?" 48 00:04:34,641 --> 00:04:35,881 Bam! He throws her out... 49 00:04:36,121 --> 00:04:39,401 When I say I had seven beers, then I had only seven, not eight. 50 00:04:39,561 --> 00:04:40,561 Quiet! 51 00:05:00,441 --> 00:05:01,681 I should think so too! 52 00:05:05,081 --> 00:05:06,281 The guy's crazy. 53 00:05:06,441 --> 00:05:09,001 Don't get upset Max! Give us two doubles! 54 00:05:09,161 --> 00:05:10,561 Coming up... 55 00:05:21,001 --> 00:05:22,361 Here you go! 56 00:05:24,561 --> 00:05:25,681 Cheers, Meck. 57 00:05:32,441 --> 00:05:34,881 - Do you reckon he's a communist? - Who? 58 00:05:35,681 --> 00:05:37,521 The tall guy over there with the little blonde. 59 00:05:38,961 --> 00:05:41,041 Looks as if he had consumption. 60 00:05:41,321 --> 00:05:43,801 They should put him in a sanatorium, 61 00:05:43,961 --> 00:05:45,961 and not let him run around like that. 62 00:05:46,401 --> 00:05:47,961 What does he do anyway? 63 00:05:50,001 --> 00:05:51,761 The same as the rest of us. 64 00:05:51,921 --> 00:05:53,441 Fruit mainly. 65 00:05:55,481 --> 00:05:56,881 Another one in fruit. 66 00:05:59,521 --> 00:06:02,361 What sad eyes the guy has! 67 00:06:02,841 --> 00:06:05,201 He's certainly done time. 68 00:06:09,241 --> 00:06:10,281 Come here a moment! 69 00:06:10,441 --> 00:06:14,481 Go on. You never know what he may want, right? 70 00:06:15,961 --> 00:06:19,241 He's thinking that I must have done time, too. 71 00:06:20,161 --> 00:06:22,001 I'm sure that's what he's thinking. 72 00:06:35,881 --> 00:06:38,361 I just bet that you've done time. 73 00:06:39,401 --> 00:06:41,201 And I also bet... 74 00:06:41,881 --> 00:06:45,881 when you saw me, you thought that I'd done time, too. 75 00:06:46,561 --> 00:06:48,201 And you'd be right, buddy: 76 00:06:48,601 --> 00:06:50,201 four years in Tegel. 77 00:06:51,321 --> 00:06:52,841 So, now you know. 78 00:06:54,481 --> 00:06:55,881 What do you say to that? 79 00:06:59,041 --> 00:07:00,561 I'm sorry, 80 00:07:01,281 --> 00:07:02,801 I haven't done time, 81 00:07:03,881 --> 00:07:05,321 not once. 82 00:07:07,921 --> 00:07:10,001 I was politically active once... 83 00:07:10,721 --> 00:07:12,601 when I was younger. 84 00:07:13,521 --> 00:07:15,841 We wanted to blow up a gasworks, 85 00:07:16,561 --> 00:07:18,361 but someone blew the whistle on us. 86 00:07:20,121 --> 00:07:22,801 They didn't get me, though. 87 00:07:26,921 --> 00:07:28,361 And what do you do now? 88 00:07:28,521 --> 00:07:30,161 The fruit trade, for example. 89 00:07:30,761 --> 00:07:32,921 I work in fruit, and I help out. 90 00:07:33,081 --> 00:07:35,641 And when there's nothing going, I'm on welfare. 91 00:07:41,081 --> 00:07:42,521 Anything else? 92 00:07:44,201 --> 00:07:46,401 No, that's it. Thanks. 93 00:07:50,801 --> 00:07:52,161 Funny, 94 00:07:52,681 --> 00:07:56,441 almost everyone here's in the fruit trade. 95 00:07:57,201 --> 00:07:58,401 Fruit. 96 00:07:58,561 --> 00:08:01,001 And they seem to earn quite well from it. 97 00:08:01,321 --> 00:08:03,001 It's simple: 98 00:08:03,361 --> 00:08:07,161 Pums supplies us. Pums is our wholesaler. 99 00:08:08,481 --> 00:08:09,841 No... 100 00:08:11,841 --> 00:08:14,441 No. I'll stick with my newspapers. 101 00:08:16,121 --> 00:08:17,881 You know best. 102 00:08:18,321 --> 00:08:20,281 You must know what you're doing. 103 00:08:25,081 --> 00:08:27,681 Goodness me! Mr Biberkopf! 104 00:08:27,841 --> 00:08:29,641 How nice! 105 00:08:31,881 --> 00:08:33,361 I heard... 106 00:08:33,961 --> 00:08:36,761 I heard I could have my old room again, 107 00:08:37,921 --> 00:08:39,521 my working quarters. 108 00:08:39,681 --> 00:08:40,721 Meck told me. 109 00:08:40,881 --> 00:08:42,961 Yes, that's right. Quite right. 110 00:08:43,121 --> 00:08:45,521 Well, come on in. 111 00:08:49,361 --> 00:08:52,681 Nothing's changed. I haven't touched a thing. 112 00:08:52,841 --> 00:08:55,801 Everything's just as you left it. 113 00:08:55,961 --> 00:08:58,201 Only Miss Lina came and took her things, 114 00:08:58,361 --> 00:09:01,881 but otherwise everything's as it always was. 115 00:09:02,441 --> 00:09:04,281 Well, thanks very much. 116 00:09:04,681 --> 00:09:08,161 Nonsense. No need to thank me. 117 00:09:08,321 --> 00:09:10,081 Well, maybe not... 118 00:09:10,361 --> 00:09:11,681 My God! 119 00:09:12,161 --> 00:09:16,441 I've been waiting for three hours, thinking you'd come any second. 120 00:09:16,721 --> 00:09:20,801 What? Three hours? I'm sorry about that. 121 00:09:20,961 --> 00:09:22,721 Forget it! You don't have to be sorry. 122 00:09:22,961 --> 00:09:26,081 You couldn't know I was waiting here for you. 123 00:09:26,281 --> 00:09:27,401 What a fool I am! 124 00:09:27,561 --> 00:09:28,601 Don't say that! 125 00:09:29,041 --> 00:09:31,081 You're not a fool. 126 00:09:33,561 --> 00:09:36,121 But the fact that you pay my rent every month... 127 00:09:36,281 --> 00:09:38,321 That's not necessary. Do you understand? 128 00:09:44,801 --> 00:09:46,281 It really wasn't necessary. 129 00:09:46,441 --> 00:09:50,281 Nonsense! The room's so cheap I don't even notice it. 130 00:09:50,921 --> 00:09:54,041 And I've been so happy in this room with you. 131 00:09:54,281 --> 00:09:55,281 Sure, 132 00:09:57,161 --> 00:09:59,521 but in this abode, 133 00:10:01,961 --> 00:10:04,601 I also lived with Ida. 134 00:10:05,881 --> 00:10:07,841 And it's here... 135 00:10:08,881 --> 00:10:10,281 that I struck Ida... 136 00:10:10,601 --> 00:10:12,161 and killed her. 137 00:10:13,841 --> 00:10:16,081 And afterwards, Lina was here. 138 00:10:17,281 --> 00:10:19,601 I lived with Lina here, too. 139 00:10:19,761 --> 00:10:21,641 With Lina, and... 140 00:10:44,161 --> 00:10:47,641 Come here, Franz. Come to me. Let's do it again, here! 141 00:10:47,801 --> 00:10:49,401 Just one more time. Come on! 142 00:10:49,561 --> 00:10:51,241 - No! - Please! 143 00:10:55,721 --> 00:10:58,321 - No. - Why not? 144 00:10:58,481 --> 00:11:02,321 Not like in the past. Just for fun, 145 00:11:03,681 --> 00:11:06,161 because I can't forget you. 146 00:11:07,201 --> 00:11:10,521 It doesn't have to be as it was in the past. 147 00:11:11,081 --> 00:11:14,401 I've known for a long time that you don't want to anymore: 148 00:11:14,561 --> 00:11:18,401 that you don't want to be a pimp anymore. That doesn't matter. 149 00:11:18,761 --> 00:11:22,761 But this... is completely different. 150 00:11:30,241 --> 00:11:31,681 Okay, then. 151 00:11:46,601 --> 00:11:49,201 Labor government in Oslo falls! 152 00:11:49,641 --> 00:11:52,161 Six-day cycle race in Stuttgart ends! 153 00:11:52,881 --> 00:11:55,441 - Six-day race in Stuttgart ends! - Hands up! 154 00:11:56,761 --> 00:12:00,041 My God! Did you scare me! Are you two out for a walk? 155 00:12:00,201 --> 00:12:02,881 Just strolling around. 156 00:12:03,321 --> 00:12:06,681 Fränze wanted to do some window-shopping. 157 00:12:07,081 --> 00:12:08,281 You know her. 158 00:12:08,681 --> 00:12:11,521 You saw her that first evening when you came back. 159 00:12:11,681 --> 00:12:13,641 Hello. 160 00:12:14,601 --> 00:12:16,161 If you can afford things, 161 00:12:16,321 --> 00:12:18,761 - you can go window-shopping. - That's right. 162 00:12:19,281 --> 00:12:20,921 If you go window-shopping, 163 00:12:21,081 --> 00:12:24,161 but can't afford anything, it's depressing. 164 00:12:26,881 --> 00:12:29,921 - Pretty cold today. - Yes. It's pretty cold today. 165 00:12:32,921 --> 00:12:34,801 Are you dropping by this evening? 166 00:12:35,081 --> 00:12:37,361 - Yes. - Great! 167 00:12:37,961 --> 00:12:40,841 We can have a drink together. That's great! 168 00:12:42,281 --> 00:12:43,481 Come on, now! 169 00:12:45,801 --> 00:12:48,121 - See you this evening, then. - See you this evening. 170 00:12:48,601 --> 00:12:49,601 Bye! 171 00:12:49,641 --> 00:12:50,921 Bye. 172 00:12:52,321 --> 00:12:55,121 Labor government in Oslo falls! 173 00:12:55,641 --> 00:12:58,121 Labor government in Oslo falls! 174 00:12:58,801 --> 00:13:01,521 Six-day cycle race in Stuttgart ends! 175 00:13:02,001 --> 00:13:03,721 Labor government in Oslo falls! 176 00:13:12,481 --> 00:13:13,521 It's you. 177 00:13:17,481 --> 00:13:20,321 Do you have you have a second? 178 00:13:20,481 --> 00:13:21,521 No. 179 00:13:22,081 --> 00:13:24,361 You'll have to wait. My bladder's full. 180 00:13:24,521 --> 00:13:27,401 And when I start to pee, it never stops. 181 00:13:28,121 --> 00:13:31,121 Take your time. I can wait. 182 00:13:35,201 --> 00:13:36,841 Women... 183 00:13:38,441 --> 00:13:42,081 These idiotic, crazy women. 184 00:13:43,961 --> 00:13:47,521 Nothing but trouble, always the same old shit. 185 00:13:48,801 --> 00:13:52,521 Always the same old bullshit with women. 186 00:13:52,681 --> 00:13:54,041 Boy, oh, boy! 187 00:13:56,081 --> 00:13:58,481 You sure take the broads seriously. 188 00:13:58,641 --> 00:14:00,441 I'd never have thought it of you. 189 00:14:00,601 --> 00:14:05,201 What do you mean "seriously"? You know Fränze, 190 00:14:05,481 --> 00:14:08,041 who's always trailing around with me? 191 00:14:08,201 --> 00:14:09,921 You've seen her, haven't you? 192 00:14:10,081 --> 00:14:13,401 - Sure. The girl you're always with. - Exactly. 193 00:14:13,561 --> 00:14:17,761 She's married to a drayman who works for a brewery or something. 194 00:14:17,921 --> 00:14:21,121 Well, Fränze ran out on him, you see? 195 00:14:21,761 --> 00:14:23,921 She left him for me. 196 00:14:24,841 --> 00:14:27,041 What more do you want? 197 00:14:27,241 --> 00:14:31,041 What more can a woman do than leave another guy for you? 198 00:14:31,681 --> 00:14:35,081 My God, that's just it: I don't want her anymore. 199 00:14:35,241 --> 00:14:38,161 I can't stand the sight of her anymore. 200 00:14:38,481 --> 00:14:40,561 Then let her go. 201 00:14:40,881 --> 00:14:43,081 That's what's so difficult. 202 00:14:43,241 --> 00:14:45,961 Women don't get the message, not even if it's in writing. 203 00:14:46,121 --> 00:14:48,481 Have you given it to her in writing? 204 00:14:48,721 --> 00:14:51,121 I've said it a hundred times. 205 00:14:51,601 --> 00:14:53,401 But she says she doesn't understand. 206 00:14:53,561 --> 00:14:55,801 Says I must be crazy. She can't understand it. 207 00:14:56,041 --> 00:14:59,721 So I have to keep her... what do I know? 208 00:14:59,921 --> 00:15:02,841 until I kick the bucket or something. 209 00:15:03,001 --> 00:15:04,921 Well, maybe you do? 210 00:15:06,521 --> 00:15:07,761 You see, 211 00:15:09,161 --> 00:15:10,681 that's what she says... 212 00:15:12,441 --> 00:15:14,601 My God, don't be so stupid! 213 00:15:17,801 --> 00:15:20,041 Hold on. It's none of my business. 214 00:15:20,681 --> 00:15:22,801 You're such a sharp young guy, 215 00:15:22,961 --> 00:15:25,321 planning to blow up the gasworks and all that! 216 00:15:25,521 --> 00:15:27,241 But in a situation like this, 217 00:15:27,561 --> 00:15:30,121 you sit there singing the blues. 218 00:15:32,041 --> 00:15:33,601 I don't understand you. 219 00:15:37,801 --> 00:15:39,001 Take her off my hands. 220 00:15:43,041 --> 00:15:44,561 And what should I do with her? 221 00:15:50,321 --> 00:15:53,441 You can give her the boot. 222 00:15:57,041 --> 00:15:58,481 Okay, 223 00:15:59,321 --> 00:16:01,601 I'll take her off your hands. 224 00:16:02,401 --> 00:16:04,081 You can rely on me. 225 00:16:04,241 --> 00:16:07,681 But you'll end up in diapers again if you're not careful. 226 00:16:07,921 --> 00:16:09,121 Thanks, Franz. 227 00:16:09,441 --> 00:16:13,521 I knew I could count on you. 228 00:16:18,921 --> 00:16:22,001 You'll have to try her out first, of course, 229 00:16:22,921 --> 00:16:25,161 but I reckon she'll be right up your alley. 230 00:16:25,561 --> 00:16:27,481 She's really okay. 231 00:16:28,001 --> 00:16:30,841 Tomorrow at noon, I'll send her over to your place. 232 00:16:31,001 --> 00:16:34,281 I'll give her something to deliver to you. 233 00:16:34,441 --> 00:16:36,961 Then you can slip it to her. 234 00:16:38,921 --> 00:16:40,761 You can handle it. 235 00:16:41,081 --> 00:16:44,121 It's no problem with broads. You'll manage. 236 00:16:44,681 --> 00:16:47,481 And then, when she wants to go home, 237 00:16:47,641 --> 00:16:48,881 I won't be there. 238 00:16:49,041 --> 00:16:52,321 She doesn't have a key anymore, so she'll go looking for me, 239 00:16:52,841 --> 00:16:55,801 but she won't find me anywhere. 240 00:16:56,041 --> 00:16:58,081 Besides, she'll have a bad conscience. 241 00:16:58,241 --> 00:16:59,721 So what will she do? 242 00:17:00,601 --> 00:17:02,401 She'll go back to you. 243 00:17:02,561 --> 00:17:05,281 And I'm rid of her. It's as simple as that. 244 00:17:05,521 --> 00:17:09,441 ...whether all the relay runners are ready, 245 00:17:09,601 --> 00:17:14,521 and the track referees are in position. The tension's rising... 246 00:17:14,681 --> 00:17:15,681 Come in! 247 00:17:17,081 --> 00:17:20,441 That lady's here again, Mr Biberkopf, who came at lunchtime. 248 00:17:20,721 --> 00:17:23,481 She says she has to talk to you again. 249 00:17:23,641 --> 00:17:26,001 She's all upset. Shall I? 250 00:17:26,161 --> 00:17:29,401 Yes, let her in, Mrs Bast. It must be Fränze. 251 00:17:29,961 --> 00:17:31,401 Isn't that funny? 252 00:17:31,641 --> 00:17:34,041 Her name's Fränze and mine's Franz. 253 00:17:34,241 --> 00:17:36,041 I'm sure you'll like her. 254 00:17:36,681 --> 00:17:37,881 Go on, then! Let her in! 255 00:17:38,041 --> 00:17:40,441 As you wish, Mr Biberkopf. 256 00:17:40,601 --> 00:17:44,041 Come in, Miss. Mr Biberkopf will see you now. 257 00:17:49,361 --> 00:17:52,721 The man's too good-hearted. I've always said so. 258 00:17:55,961 --> 00:17:57,241 Franz! 259 00:17:58,441 --> 00:18:02,201 Hey, Fränze. Why are you crying? What's happened? 260 00:18:04,681 --> 00:18:06,401 Mrs Bast! 261 00:18:09,961 --> 00:18:12,361 After I left you here, I go home, 262 00:18:13,281 --> 00:18:16,601 but I realize I don't have a key. So I ring the bell, 263 00:18:16,761 --> 00:18:19,521 and who doesn't open? Reinhold. 264 00:18:19,681 --> 00:18:23,321 So I think: "Maybe he's out boozing. Sure he is." 265 00:18:23,481 --> 00:18:26,321 So I go to all the bars where he might be, 266 00:18:26,481 --> 00:18:29,241 all the places I've been to with him. 267 00:18:29,961 --> 00:18:33,401 Normally, he doesn't drink, only very rarely. 268 00:18:33,681 --> 00:18:35,481 But when he does drink, 269 00:18:36,161 --> 00:18:38,361 he really knocks it back, 270 00:18:38,841 --> 00:18:40,721 and I know I'll find him somewhere. 271 00:18:40,881 --> 00:18:43,761 But then I realize he's not to be found anywhere. 272 00:18:43,961 --> 00:18:46,521 So I go back home and ring and ring the bell. 273 00:18:46,681 --> 00:18:48,361 But no one opens the door. 274 00:18:48,521 --> 00:18:50,921 Then I see my suitcase in front of the door, 275 00:18:51,081 --> 00:18:53,521 so I think I'll come back to your place. 276 00:18:53,681 --> 00:18:56,041 Come on, Fränze, stop weeping! 277 00:18:56,441 --> 00:18:58,961 It upsets me when a girl cries like that. 278 00:19:00,241 --> 00:19:01,561 Fränze, stop it. 279 00:19:03,401 --> 00:19:06,481 You... didn't tell him... 280 00:19:06,641 --> 00:19:10,241 about what happened at lunchtime, did you? 281 00:19:10,761 --> 00:19:13,801 My God, Fränze. How can you think I'd do such a thing? 282 00:19:14,241 --> 00:19:16,441 You should be ashamed. 283 00:19:16,801 --> 00:19:18,201 First, I haven't seen Reinhold, 284 00:19:18,361 --> 00:19:21,561 and second, I'd never let on about something like that. 285 00:19:21,841 --> 00:19:23,161 No way. 286 00:19:23,761 --> 00:19:24,921 Never! 287 00:19:25,481 --> 00:19:28,481 You're right, Franz. I should be ashamed of myself. 288 00:19:28,641 --> 00:19:30,601 You'd never do a thing like that. 289 00:19:30,761 --> 00:19:32,321 Forgive me, please. 290 00:19:33,561 --> 00:19:34,961 All's forgiven. 291 00:19:35,441 --> 00:19:36,441 Thanks. 292 00:19:37,321 --> 00:19:39,441 But what am I going to do now? 293 00:19:39,601 --> 00:19:42,441 What on earth am I going to do? 294 00:19:42,761 --> 00:19:44,881 What should you do now, Fränze? 295 00:19:45,041 --> 00:19:49,241 The logical, most sensible thing: that's what you should do. 296 00:19:49,401 --> 00:19:51,881 Yes, but what is the most sensible thing? 297 00:19:52,041 --> 00:19:53,561 What is it, Franz? 298 00:19:53,721 --> 00:19:57,041 My God, the most sensible thing is for you to stay here with me. 299 00:19:57,241 --> 00:20:00,001 Do you want to run around at night in the cold? 300 00:20:00,161 --> 00:20:02,201 You'll catch your death of cold... 301 00:20:03,081 --> 00:20:07,161 My God, it's so nice with you. 302 00:20:07,321 --> 00:20:08,681 You see. 303 00:20:09,401 --> 00:20:11,681 And we go so well together... 304 00:20:13,481 --> 00:20:14,681 this way... 305 00:20:15,401 --> 00:20:16,841 and that way, too. 306 00:20:17,281 --> 00:20:20,041 Yes, we go well together, Franz. 307 00:20:21,041 --> 00:20:24,761 Especially since your name's Fränze and mine's Franz. 308 00:20:36,521 --> 00:20:39,121 I'll tell you what I'll say to him. 309 00:20:39,481 --> 00:20:42,841 "Reinhold," I'll say, "don't worry about me. 310 00:20:43,001 --> 00:20:45,361 I don't need you anymore. I've got someone else. 311 00:20:45,521 --> 00:20:47,641 It's none of your business who he is," 312 00:20:47,801 --> 00:20:50,761 I'll tell him. "None of your business at all. 313 00:20:51,841 --> 00:20:55,361 I like him much more than you, much, much more." 314 00:20:57,081 --> 00:21:00,961 He's been so strange to me the whole time. 315 00:21:01,361 --> 00:21:04,001 Fränze had a pliant heart, 316 00:21:04,161 --> 00:21:07,121 although she was completely unaware of this until now. 317 00:21:07,361 --> 00:21:11,481 Franz observed with pleasure how she settled in with him. 318 00:21:11,761 --> 00:21:13,681 He was familiar with the routine: 319 00:21:13,841 --> 00:21:16,961 initially, women were always busy with underwear... 320 00:21:17,121 --> 00:21:18,241 and darning socks. 321 00:21:18,401 --> 00:21:22,481 But Fränze polished his boots every morning, too. 322 00:21:30,881 --> 00:21:32,241 Thank you. 323 00:21:35,001 --> 00:21:38,641 This is Franz, my best friend, 324 00:21:39,281 --> 00:21:41,321 the guy I told you so much about. 325 00:21:42,641 --> 00:21:44,641 Window-shopping again? 326 00:21:45,681 --> 00:21:47,721 Not today, really. 327 00:21:48,161 --> 00:21:51,601 We're just taking a stroll with no real purpose. 328 00:21:54,481 --> 00:21:56,241 Cilly, 329 00:21:56,401 --> 00:21:58,281 go look at the display! 330 00:21:58,441 --> 00:22:01,001 There's modern furniture. You're interested in that. 331 00:22:01,161 --> 00:22:05,081 I don't feel like looking at furniture today, Reinhold. 332 00:22:05,241 --> 00:22:06,841 Cilly, please. 333 00:22:07,481 --> 00:22:11,361 Why should I, if I don't feel like looking at furniture? 334 00:22:11,521 --> 00:22:14,161 Cilly, please go look at the window display! 335 00:22:22,881 --> 00:22:24,241 Women! 336 00:22:24,481 --> 00:22:27,521 They just won't do what you tell them! 337 00:22:27,721 --> 00:22:29,761 Usually, she loves the displays. 338 00:22:29,921 --> 00:22:33,401 She gets on my nerves, always wanting to look at the displays. 339 00:22:38,041 --> 00:22:41,401 She looks great, your new girlfriend, 340 00:22:42,441 --> 00:22:44,361 almost like a movie star. 341 00:22:45,361 --> 00:22:48,201 Cilly's her name? 342 00:22:48,881 --> 00:22:51,241 Yeah, Cilly... or so she says. 343 00:22:51,401 --> 00:22:53,641 But who would be called Cilly? 344 00:22:54,241 --> 00:22:55,321 Who cares? 345 00:22:55,481 --> 00:22:57,601 I've been wanting to ask you something. 346 00:22:57,761 --> 00:23:00,001 You've given Fränze the boot, haven't you? 347 00:23:00,601 --> 00:23:02,121 No. Why should I? 348 00:23:02,361 --> 00:23:05,161 Fränze's a cute little thing. 349 00:23:05,321 --> 00:23:07,161 She's a hot number in bed. 350 00:23:07,321 --> 00:23:09,921 She can cook, and she does the laundry. 351 00:23:10,641 --> 00:23:13,401 But you promised to get rid of her quickly. 352 00:23:13,601 --> 00:23:15,961 It's too soon, Reinhold. 353 00:23:16,121 --> 00:23:19,121 I didn't want a new woman until the spring. 354 00:23:19,521 --> 00:23:21,521 When it comes to summer clothes, 355 00:23:21,681 --> 00:23:24,961 I noticed Fränze doesn't have any. 356 00:23:25,321 --> 00:23:27,641 And I can't buy her any either. 357 00:23:28,201 --> 00:23:30,641 So in the summer she'll have to go. 358 00:23:31,441 --> 00:23:35,001 Do you know what I say, Franz? 359 00:23:35,441 --> 00:23:40,241 Fränze looks pretty shabby as it is. 360 00:23:40,801 --> 00:23:43,881 She doesn't wear real winter clothes either: 361 00:23:44,041 --> 00:23:46,401 more like things for between seasons, 362 00:23:46,561 --> 00:23:49,441 all wrong for the temperatures we have now. 363 00:23:49,601 --> 00:23:52,281 You can never predict the weather, Reinhold. 364 00:23:52,441 --> 00:23:53,961 You never know how it will be. 365 00:23:54,121 --> 00:23:57,401 I think there's going to be a severe frost, Franz. 366 00:23:57,601 --> 00:24:00,841 That's what I think: a really severe frost. 367 00:24:01,001 --> 00:24:03,561 And look, 368 00:24:04,001 --> 00:24:08,641 Cilly's got a rabbit fur. 369 00:24:10,001 --> 00:24:11,161 Just look! 370 00:24:14,041 --> 00:24:16,801 So that's what you're getting at. 371 00:24:18,361 --> 00:24:20,001 I see. 372 00:24:21,161 --> 00:24:24,521 But what should I do with a rabbit pulled out of a hat? 373 00:24:24,841 --> 00:24:28,041 I've already got one at home. What should I do with two? 374 00:24:28,201 --> 00:24:31,721 Business isn't exactly booming. How do I manage without stealing? 375 00:24:31,921 --> 00:24:33,681 Did I say anything about two? 376 00:24:33,841 --> 00:24:38,281 Would I expect a guy to take on two? You're not a Turk. 377 00:24:38,441 --> 00:24:39,961 That's what I'm saying. 378 00:24:40,121 --> 00:24:42,681 I agree. When did I say you should have two? 379 00:24:42,841 --> 00:24:44,401 Why not make it three? 380 00:24:44,681 --> 00:24:46,961 Chuck her out. 381 00:24:47,441 --> 00:24:49,201 Or don't you have anyone for her? 382 00:24:49,681 --> 00:24:53,521 Don't you know some guy who'll take Fränze? 383 00:24:56,961 --> 00:24:59,081 Who then? 384 00:25:00,921 --> 00:25:03,881 Someone else can take... 385 00:25:04,441 --> 00:25:06,801 Fränze off your hands. 386 00:25:08,001 --> 00:25:09,641 My God! 387 00:25:09,801 --> 00:25:13,281 You're really slick, my boy. I have to hand it to you. 388 00:25:13,521 --> 00:25:16,841 We could open a chain business. Really inflationary. 389 00:25:18,001 --> 00:25:19,361 Why not? 390 00:25:20,121 --> 00:25:23,801 There are too many broads around anyway. 391 00:25:24,161 --> 00:25:27,321 Yeah. Far too many. 392 00:25:36,761 --> 00:25:40,521 You have some weird friends. Really weird. 393 00:25:40,681 --> 00:25:42,721 Wouldn't you like to have a woman again? 394 00:25:42,881 --> 00:25:44,041 What? 395 00:25:44,201 --> 00:25:48,361 You leave the merchandise unattended just to ask me if I'd like a woman? 396 00:25:49,641 --> 00:25:51,321 I don't know, Franz. 397 00:25:51,841 --> 00:25:54,721 Lotte's been dead, 398 00:25:54,881 --> 00:25:57,961 let me see... one... 399 00:25:58,121 --> 00:26:00,361 It was six years ago, 400 00:26:00,521 --> 00:26:02,601 Lotte's been dead for six years. 401 00:26:02,801 --> 00:26:05,641 And for six years I've been living alone. 402 00:26:05,801 --> 00:26:08,921 - And how is it? - How is it? How is it? 403 00:26:09,481 --> 00:26:11,881 I take care of myself. 404 00:26:12,441 --> 00:26:14,561 I clean the apartment and try to get by. 405 00:26:14,721 --> 00:26:17,561 Okay, so you try to get by. And I ask you: 406 00:26:17,721 --> 00:26:20,241 what does your apartment look like? 407 00:26:20,401 --> 00:26:22,601 I can't always keep things tip-top, 408 00:26:22,761 --> 00:26:24,881 and I don't always feel like it. 409 00:26:25,041 --> 00:26:26,641 As far as cooking goes, 410 00:26:26,801 --> 00:26:29,161 I'd rather eat out than cook for myself. 411 00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:31,881 But that's much more expensive. 412 00:26:32,041 --> 00:26:34,241 Sure it's more expensive, but that's life. 413 00:26:34,481 --> 00:26:36,641 No, Eddie, it doesn't have to be. 414 00:26:36,801 --> 00:26:40,201 If you had a woman, she'd keep things neat and tidy for you. 415 00:26:40,361 --> 00:26:42,521 She'd do the laundry. She'd cook for you. 416 00:26:42,841 --> 00:26:45,561 Sure, there are things to be said for it. 417 00:26:45,721 --> 00:26:49,721 But when it comes to fights and trouble, 418 00:26:50,001 --> 00:26:53,241 you ask yourself whether you're really better off. 419 00:26:53,401 --> 00:26:56,401 Who says there has to be trouble and strife? 420 00:26:56,561 --> 00:26:57,921 Who says so? 421 00:26:58,081 --> 00:27:00,321 It could just be that a woman looks after... 422 00:27:00,481 --> 00:27:02,321 everything that needs looking after, 423 00:27:02,481 --> 00:27:05,481 cooks and cleans what has to be cooked and cleaned, 424 00:27:05,641 --> 00:27:09,641 doesn't quarrel, and brings a little life into the home. 425 00:27:09,801 --> 00:27:11,681 Couldn't that be? 426 00:27:11,841 --> 00:27:13,961 Can't you imagine something like that? 427 00:27:15,481 --> 00:27:16,481 A Bundschuh. 428 00:27:16,641 --> 00:27:18,801 Well, can't you imagine it? 429 00:27:18,961 --> 00:27:22,281 Well, if you look at it like that, 430 00:27:23,561 --> 00:27:25,761 and if there were a guarantee... 431 00:27:25,921 --> 00:27:28,801 that there'd be no quarrelling and fighting... 432 00:27:29,241 --> 00:27:31,321 I've had all that, you know. 433 00:27:31,481 --> 00:27:33,961 I've really had my share of it. 434 00:27:35,161 --> 00:27:36,961 Why are you asking me all this? 435 00:27:37,121 --> 00:27:39,281 Because I've got one for you. 436 00:27:39,441 --> 00:27:43,561 - What does that mean? - It means I've got one for you. 437 00:27:43,921 --> 00:27:45,161 Thank you. 438 00:27:45,321 --> 00:27:47,361 You're welcome, Miss. 439 00:27:48,161 --> 00:27:49,641 Hello, gentlemen! 440 00:27:55,881 --> 00:27:56,921 Thanks. 441 00:27:57,081 --> 00:27:58,161 There. 442 00:28:19,401 --> 00:28:21,761 Did you make this coffee? 443 00:28:21,921 --> 00:28:24,521 Yes, of course I made the coffee. 444 00:28:38,201 --> 00:28:40,721 This isn't coffee, Fränze. 445 00:28:40,881 --> 00:28:42,561 It's dishwater. 446 00:28:46,161 --> 00:28:47,161 Pardon me? 447 00:28:47,241 --> 00:28:49,681 I said this isn't coffee. 448 00:28:50,081 --> 00:28:52,561 It's dishwater! 449 00:28:54,641 --> 00:28:55,641 No, no. 450 00:28:55,721 --> 00:28:58,121 It isn't dishwater. It's coffee! 451 00:29:07,281 --> 00:29:10,441 When I say it's dishwater, Fränze, 452 00:29:11,081 --> 00:29:13,441 then it's dishwater, 453 00:29:13,601 --> 00:29:16,281 and not coffee. Do you understand? 454 00:29:22,721 --> 00:29:27,201 And I say it's coffee, not dishwater! 455 00:29:28,161 --> 00:29:31,681 The one time we have a guest, Fränze, 456 00:29:32,241 --> 00:29:34,481 you put dishwater on the table. 457 00:29:35,081 --> 00:29:38,041 Like I said, Franz, it's not dishwater. 458 00:29:38,201 --> 00:29:41,001 It's especially good coffee, especially strong. 459 00:29:41,161 --> 00:29:43,921 Franz, really! I don't think it's dishwater. 460 00:29:44,081 --> 00:29:45,681 On the contrary, it's... 461 00:29:45,841 --> 00:29:48,401 very good coffee. Really, Franz. 462 00:29:48,801 --> 00:29:52,161 There, you heard it yourself: it is coffee, 463 00:29:52,321 --> 00:29:54,521 very good coffee, in fact, not dishwater! 464 00:29:54,721 --> 00:29:57,721 Okay, okay. Have it your way! 465 00:29:57,881 --> 00:29:59,921 If he thinks your coffee is coffee, 466 00:30:00,081 --> 00:30:03,041 and not what it really is, namely dishwater, 467 00:30:03,201 --> 00:30:05,201 then make coffee for him! 468 00:30:05,361 --> 00:30:08,481 If he thinks your dishwater is coffee, make it for him! 469 00:30:08,641 --> 00:30:10,961 Come on! How can anyone get so upset... 470 00:30:11,121 --> 00:30:12,721 about coffee, whether it's? 471 00:30:12,881 --> 00:30:15,721 It's not a matter of whether it's coffee or not. 472 00:30:15,881 --> 00:30:18,241 The thing is we never have guests, 473 00:30:18,401 --> 00:30:20,601 and today, when we do have a guest for once, 474 00:30:20,761 --> 00:30:22,201 she puts that on the table! 475 00:30:22,361 --> 00:30:24,561 She dares to serve something like that! 476 00:30:24,721 --> 00:30:25,841 Oh, come on, Franz. 477 00:30:26,001 --> 00:30:28,201 The coffee tastes good to me. Really Franz. 478 00:30:28,361 --> 00:30:31,921 Okay. Go ahead! Take her with you! 479 00:30:32,081 --> 00:30:34,561 I really don't have to put up with this! 480 00:30:34,721 --> 00:30:37,561 Then beat it if you don't want to put up with it! 481 00:30:37,721 --> 00:30:41,001 Pack your stuff and get out of here! 482 00:30:41,961 --> 00:30:44,121 Very well, Mr Biberkopf. 483 00:30:44,281 --> 00:30:46,601 I don't need telling twice. 484 00:30:46,761 --> 00:30:48,601 Do you understand? 485 00:30:48,921 --> 00:30:51,561 You'll only say a thing like that once to me. 486 00:30:51,761 --> 00:30:54,961 I hope so. I hope I have to say it only once! 487 00:30:56,201 --> 00:30:58,281 Pack your junk and beat it! 488 00:30:58,521 --> 00:31:00,561 Come on! Pack it up and beat it! 489 00:31:00,841 --> 00:31:02,201 With Eddie for all I care. 490 00:31:02,361 --> 00:31:05,361 Make him coffee, or do whatever you like with him! 491 00:31:05,761 --> 00:31:09,681 I'll be glad when I don't have to eat any more of your stuff. 492 00:31:10,241 --> 00:31:11,721 No, Franz, really! 493 00:31:12,081 --> 00:31:13,881 Kiss my ass! 494 00:31:14,041 --> 00:31:16,961 Miss, be reasonable yourself, at least. 495 00:31:17,121 --> 00:31:19,601 How can anyone fight like this over coffee? 496 00:31:19,761 --> 00:31:21,681 You heard what he said. 497 00:31:21,841 --> 00:31:25,321 He told me to beat it. That's what he said. 498 00:31:25,481 --> 00:31:28,601 Okay, if that's how you want it, with pleasure! 499 00:31:28,761 --> 00:31:31,801 He's a bastard anyway, a dirty, stinking bastard. 500 00:31:31,961 --> 00:31:33,441 Hey! Those are my cups. 501 00:31:33,601 --> 00:31:35,441 They're my cups you're smashing. 502 00:31:35,601 --> 00:31:37,361 You know I don't have many cups. 503 00:31:37,521 --> 00:31:40,681 I'll buy you a cup, Franz, and have it sent round. 504 00:31:40,841 --> 00:31:43,001 Please do! Buy me one and have it sent round! 505 00:31:43,161 --> 00:31:45,441 Miss, why are you doing this? 506 00:31:45,601 --> 00:31:47,201 I can't stand it anymore. 507 00:31:47,361 --> 00:31:49,721 I can't stand being treated like this. 508 00:31:49,881 --> 00:31:52,361 You're quite right, Miss Fränze. 509 00:31:52,761 --> 00:31:54,481 You're quite right. But... 510 00:31:54,641 --> 00:31:57,841 a person can lose his nerves... 511 00:31:58,001 --> 00:31:59,601 Things can go too far, though, 512 00:31:59,761 --> 00:32:02,041 and this time it's gone too far. Much too far. 513 00:32:02,201 --> 00:32:04,561 Here! This is yours, too, isn't it? 514 00:32:04,721 --> 00:32:05,841 Thank you. 515 00:32:06,841 --> 00:32:10,641 And here, this picture belongs to you. And this tome, too. 516 00:32:10,801 --> 00:32:13,881 Go on, pack up your junk! 517 00:32:14,041 --> 00:32:17,081 It gets on my nerves: you and your garbage! 518 00:32:17,241 --> 00:32:19,321 Franz! Really, I don't understand you. 519 00:32:19,481 --> 00:32:21,921 I don't give a shit if you understand me or not. 520 00:32:22,081 --> 00:32:23,361 Wait, Miss Fränze! 521 00:32:23,521 --> 00:32:26,001 - I'll take your suitcase. - Thanks. 522 00:32:28,241 --> 00:32:31,681 You're a pig, a filthy, 523 00:32:31,881 --> 00:32:34,601 disgusting... A disgusting... 524 00:32:35,241 --> 00:32:38,281 Learn how to talk properly before you mess with me! 525 00:32:38,441 --> 00:32:40,681 Learn how to talk first, you stupid bitch. 526 00:32:41,601 --> 00:32:44,281 That's enough! We're going. 527 00:32:53,281 --> 00:32:54,801 You filthy pig! 528 00:33:25,681 --> 00:33:27,881 You can come in, Mrs Bast. 529 00:33:28,041 --> 00:33:29,961 Mr Biberkopf! What have you done now? 530 00:33:30,121 --> 00:33:32,441 Such a nice girl, Fränze was, so hard-working. 531 00:33:32,601 --> 00:33:34,841 She darned your socks, sewed on your buttons, 532 00:33:35,001 --> 00:33:38,721 mended your underpants. She went to a lot of trouble for you. 533 00:33:38,881 --> 00:33:43,321 You're quite right, Mrs Bast. Fränze's a good girl, 534 00:33:43,681 --> 00:33:45,681 really a good girl. 535 00:33:46,121 --> 00:33:48,121 I liked her a lot. 536 00:33:48,681 --> 00:33:50,841 I really liked her a lot. 537 00:33:52,321 --> 00:33:55,481 Take a seat, Mrs Bast. Drink a cup of coffee with me! 538 00:33:55,761 --> 00:33:57,481 I'd love to. 539 00:34:06,401 --> 00:34:07,561 Thank you. 540 00:34:12,521 --> 00:34:14,281 The coffee tastes good, doesn't it? 541 00:34:14,441 --> 00:34:17,561 Of course the coffee tastes good. I made it myself. 542 00:34:17,721 --> 00:34:21,561 Do you think I couldn't taste that? I know your coffee, Mrs Bast. 543 00:34:21,801 --> 00:34:23,641 I don't understand a thing. 544 00:34:23,801 --> 00:34:26,041 The whole quarrel was about the coffee. 545 00:34:26,201 --> 00:34:28,601 I was thinking out there: "What does he want?" 546 00:34:28,761 --> 00:34:31,921 "The coffee's the same as I've been making for years." 547 00:34:32,081 --> 00:34:34,121 Something must have happened. 548 00:34:36,521 --> 00:34:37,521 Yes, 549 00:34:40,481 --> 00:34:42,281 that's the way I see it too: 550 00:34:45,801 --> 00:34:48,401 something must have happened. 551 00:34:48,561 --> 00:34:52,401 And she was so nice, a really nice girl, 552 00:34:52,561 --> 00:34:54,761 and really hard-working. 553 00:34:56,881 --> 00:35:00,081 I think... I think the doorbell rang. 554 00:35:02,681 --> 00:35:04,721 That'll be Fränze. 555 00:35:04,881 --> 00:35:08,841 She's come to her senses and wants to straighten things out. 556 00:35:09,001 --> 00:35:10,561 Maybe, 557 00:35:11,681 --> 00:35:14,321 but maybe not. 558 00:35:14,481 --> 00:35:16,361 You beast. 559 00:35:35,001 --> 00:35:38,761 There's a lady at the door with something to deliver. So she says. 560 00:35:39,481 --> 00:35:42,361 A lady? With something to deliver? 561 00:35:42,521 --> 00:35:45,401 Yes, a lady with something to deliver. 562 00:35:46,641 --> 00:35:49,001 Well, let her in, then. 563 00:35:49,241 --> 00:35:51,561 As you wish, Mr Biberkopf. 564 00:35:51,721 --> 00:35:53,721 Come in, Miss! 565 00:36:03,001 --> 00:36:04,601 Hello, Mr Biberkopf! 566 00:36:08,081 --> 00:36:09,721 Reinhold sent me. 567 00:36:18,641 --> 00:36:21,521 And you've brought something from Reinhold? 568 00:36:24,201 --> 00:36:25,761 How nice. 569 00:36:27,001 --> 00:36:29,321 Leave us alone for a moment, Mrs Bast. 570 00:36:29,801 --> 00:36:31,641 Just for a moment. 571 00:36:31,801 --> 00:36:36,001 Of course, Mr Biberkopf. Of course I'll leave you alone. 572 00:36:49,921 --> 00:36:51,121 Well, then... 573 00:37:05,081 --> 00:37:06,761 What's the matter, my dear? 574 00:37:08,401 --> 00:37:09,601 Something hurting you? 575 00:37:11,921 --> 00:37:13,361 Is anything wrong? 576 00:37:32,321 --> 00:37:35,201 No, it's really nothing, Mr Biberkopf. 577 00:37:36,281 --> 00:37:40,401 I'm supposed to give you his fur collar. 578 00:37:47,281 --> 00:37:49,201 Pretty classy! 579 00:37:50,241 --> 00:37:53,401 Where does the guy find all these fine things? 580 00:37:54,721 --> 00:37:57,161 Last time it was just a pair of boots. 581 00:37:57,321 --> 00:38:01,041 Boots last time, and this time, a fur collar. 582 00:38:02,361 --> 00:38:06,161 I guess Reinhold's a real buddy of yours? 583 00:38:06,321 --> 00:38:07,641 My God! 584 00:38:07,801 --> 00:38:11,201 Now and then he sends me food, and clothes... 585 00:38:11,601 --> 00:38:13,361 that he doesn't need anymore. 586 00:38:14,041 --> 00:38:18,041 Like I said, last time he sent me a pair of boots. 587 00:38:19,121 --> 00:38:22,161 Wait a minute. You must take a look at them! 588 00:38:29,641 --> 00:38:32,561 Here, look, Miss Cilly! 589 00:38:32,761 --> 00:38:34,961 These are what he sent me. 590 00:38:35,121 --> 00:38:36,881 What do you say to them? 591 00:38:37,041 --> 00:38:38,681 Real galoshes, eh? 592 00:38:38,841 --> 00:38:40,481 You could get three guys in them. 593 00:38:40,641 --> 00:38:42,561 Three guys, I tell you! 594 00:38:42,761 --> 00:38:44,441 Come here, a moment! 595 00:38:44,601 --> 00:38:46,041 Come here! 596 00:38:47,521 --> 00:38:49,761 Stick your foot in it! 597 00:38:55,761 --> 00:38:57,441 There, you see, Miss Cilly. 598 00:38:57,601 --> 00:38:58,721 It's simple. 599 00:38:58,881 --> 00:39:01,801 You just stick your feet in boots like these... 600 00:39:02,801 --> 00:39:04,161 Off you go! 601 00:39:09,201 --> 00:39:11,641 Quack, quack, quack! 602 00:39:13,841 --> 00:39:16,961 No, stay like that! It looks so nice. Don't turn around! 603 00:39:18,561 --> 00:39:20,921 Like a slippery washhouse floor. 604 00:39:21,081 --> 00:39:23,881 Glide around, Cilly! I think I'll join you in them. 605 00:39:24,161 --> 00:39:27,681 I said there was room for three in them. 606 00:39:33,281 --> 00:39:34,401 Yes! 607 00:40:09,401 --> 00:40:10,641 You... 608 00:40:10,961 --> 00:40:13,441 Reinhold's waiting for me, but... 609 00:40:14,441 --> 00:40:18,161 Don't tell him anything. Please! 610 00:40:18,321 --> 00:40:20,681 How could I, baby? 611 00:40:20,881 --> 00:40:23,121 I wouldn't do a thing like that. 612 00:40:23,481 --> 00:40:26,521 You wouldn't do it. You wouldn't do it. 613 00:40:51,721 --> 00:40:53,961 There is a Grim Reaper whose name is Death, 614 00:40:54,121 --> 00:40:56,081 with powers from Almighty God. 615 00:40:56,241 --> 00:40:57,361 Hello? 616 00:41:00,121 --> 00:41:00,761 Who's there? 617 00:41:00,921 --> 00:41:03,321 He whets his knife today, sharp for the foray. 618 00:41:03,481 --> 00:41:06,401 Soon he will shear a path, and we must bear his wrath. 619 00:41:06,681 --> 00:41:08,241 Good evening, Reinhold! 620 00:41:08,761 --> 00:41:11,161 I didn't expect to see you today. 621 00:41:14,681 --> 00:41:17,401 - How are things? - How should things be? 622 00:41:22,081 --> 00:41:23,841 Any plans for tonight? 623 00:41:24,841 --> 00:41:27,241 It's less than a month. Time for a change again? 624 00:41:27,401 --> 00:41:29,201 No, no. Nothing like that. 625 00:41:30,521 --> 00:41:35,121 Well, actually Cilly's waiting for me at home, but... 626 00:41:35,281 --> 00:41:38,841 - she's used to my being late. - Good, then come with me! 627 00:41:39,321 --> 00:41:40,681 Where are you going? 628 00:41:41,361 --> 00:41:44,761 - Bingeing at Walter's place? - No, I'm not going on a binge. 629 00:41:44,921 --> 00:41:46,561 What! Not going on a binge? 630 00:41:47,161 --> 00:41:49,481 Let it be a surprise! 631 00:41:52,121 --> 00:41:54,201 No one would deny that milk... 632 00:41:54,361 --> 00:41:55,761 is a valuable nutrient... 633 00:41:55,921 --> 00:41:58,401 for children, especially for infants and babies. 634 00:41:58,561 --> 00:42:01,121 It's also recommended for fortifying the sick, 635 00:42:01,281 --> 00:42:04,761 especially in combination with other nutrients. 636 00:42:04,921 --> 00:42:07,921 Another medically recognized form of nourishment, 637 00:42:08,081 --> 00:42:11,481 unfortunately not much appreciated, is mutton. 638 00:42:12,281 --> 00:42:13,961 So there's nothing against milk, 639 00:42:14,361 --> 00:42:18,361 but the propaganda shouldn't be crude and misleading. 640 00:42:18,521 --> 00:42:20,201 I'll stick to beer. 641 00:42:20,361 --> 00:42:23,521 There's nothing you can say against a well-matured beer. 642 00:42:23,761 --> 00:42:25,681 Do you want to know where we're going? 643 00:42:25,841 --> 00:42:29,521 Not necessarily, but if you want to tell me... 644 00:42:29,681 --> 00:42:31,401 To the Salvation Army. 645 00:42:31,681 --> 00:42:32,681 What? 646 00:42:32,761 --> 00:42:36,601 That's right, to the Salvation Army on Dresdner Strasse. 647 00:42:37,561 --> 00:42:42,401 Lord, we thank Thee that we may gather here in Thy name... 648 00:42:43,001 --> 00:42:45,681 On Landsbergerstrasse, in Friedrich Hahn, 649 00:42:45,841 --> 00:42:49,201 the former department store, they held a clearance sale. 650 00:42:49,481 --> 00:42:52,041 It's gone the way of all flesh. 651 00:42:52,201 --> 00:42:55,401 The streetcar and the 19 bus stop there: Turmstrasse. 652 00:42:55,561 --> 00:42:58,441 The building that housed Jürgens's stationery store... 653 00:42:58,601 --> 00:43:00,881 was demolished and a construction fence erected. 654 00:43:01,041 --> 00:43:03,521 There, an old man sits with a doctor's scale. 655 00:43:03,681 --> 00:43:06,401 "Check your weight for 5 pfennigs." 656 00:43:06,681 --> 00:43:11,161 Brothers and sisters, swarming across the Alex, treat yourselves to a glimpse... 657 00:43:11,321 --> 00:43:13,921 of this dump through the opening, 658 00:43:14,081 --> 00:43:17,521 where Jürgens once flourished, and the Hahn store still stands, 659 00:43:17,681 --> 00:43:20,761 empty, cleared out, gutted, 660 00:43:20,921 --> 00:43:23,681 with only red shreds sticking to the windows. 661 00:43:23,841 --> 00:43:25,681 Before us lies a garbage heap. 662 00:43:25,841 --> 00:43:29,241 "For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." 663 00:43:29,521 --> 00:43:31,521 We have built a splendid house, 664 00:43:31,801 --> 00:43:34,641 but no one goes in or out here anymore. 665 00:43:34,801 --> 00:43:38,801 Rome, Babylon, Niniveh, Hannibal, Caesar: 666 00:43:38,961 --> 00:43:41,481 all have fallen. Think on this! 667 00:43:42,201 --> 00:43:43,841 What are they doing now? 668 00:43:45,561 --> 00:43:49,001 They've been called to the sinners' bench. 669 00:43:51,281 --> 00:43:52,641 To the sinners' bench, 670 00:43:53,681 --> 00:43:54,961 do you understand? 671 00:43:56,481 --> 00:44:00,241 First of all, I may observe, these cities are being excavated again. 672 00:44:00,481 --> 00:44:02,961 Secondly, the cities have fulfilled their purpose, 673 00:44:03,121 --> 00:44:05,081 and one can build new cities. 674 00:44:05,241 --> 00:44:08,721 You don't lose any tears over old pants when they're worn out. 675 00:44:08,881 --> 00:44:12,441 You buy new ones. That's what makes the world go round. 676 00:44:21,921 --> 00:44:23,401 Reinhold! 677 00:44:31,641 --> 00:44:33,121 My God. 678 00:44:34,001 --> 00:44:35,641 What's up? 679 00:44:36,721 --> 00:44:38,881 Why did you run out like that? 680 00:44:42,921 --> 00:44:45,401 You have to be careful with those guys. 681 00:44:45,561 --> 00:44:47,401 They keep working on you until... 682 00:44:47,561 --> 00:44:51,561 they wear down your resistance and you'll say yes to everything. 683 00:44:52,161 --> 00:44:53,801 Hold on a minute! 684 00:44:53,961 --> 00:44:57,041 Not with me. They'd have to get up earlier to fool me. 685 00:45:00,801 --> 00:45:03,121 I want to give up the broads, Franz. 686 00:45:05,921 --> 00:45:07,641 - I've had enough. - What a pity! 687 00:45:08,081 --> 00:45:10,601 I was looking forward to the next one. 688 00:45:12,241 --> 00:45:14,641 Do you think I like having to come to you... 689 00:45:14,801 --> 00:45:17,761 to ask you to take this blonde, Trude, off my hands? 690 00:45:18,121 --> 00:45:20,281 No, that way... 691 00:45:20,441 --> 00:45:23,721 It's no big deal for me, Reinhold. Why should it be? 692 00:45:23,881 --> 00:45:25,801 You can rely on me. 693 00:45:25,961 --> 00:45:28,201 You can send ten more broads, for all I care. 694 00:45:28,361 --> 00:45:30,881 We'll find a place for all of them, Reinhold. 695 00:45:33,441 --> 00:45:36,241 Leave me in peace with the broads, Franz. 696 00:45:36,641 --> 00:45:39,361 I want nothing to do with them! 697 00:45:39,561 --> 00:45:41,241 Then it's quite simple: 698 00:45:41,401 --> 00:45:44,241 just keep away from them. We'll take care of them. 699 00:45:44,401 --> 00:45:46,241 I'll take the current one. 700 00:45:46,401 --> 00:45:48,201 But then steer clear of them. 701 00:45:50,241 --> 00:45:53,761 Two times two is four, if you know your arithmetic. Do you get it? 702 00:45:54,201 --> 00:45:56,561 There's nothing to gape about. 703 00:45:57,041 --> 00:45:59,881 Boy, you sure can gawk! 704 00:46:00,841 --> 00:46:03,761 If you like, you can keep the last one. 705 00:46:04,521 --> 00:46:05,801 Well, 706 00:46:06,161 --> 00:46:07,641 what do you say? 707 00:46:10,881 --> 00:46:14,321 I've been here twice to the Salvation Army. 708 00:46:16,081 --> 00:46:18,201 I even spoke to one of them, 709 00:46:18,481 --> 00:46:20,801 give my pledge, 710 00:46:21,401 --> 00:46:22,961 stick to my bargain. 711 00:46:23,641 --> 00:46:25,201 Then I go back on it. 712 00:46:25,361 --> 00:46:26,961 What about it? 713 00:46:28,761 --> 00:46:31,161 You know how quickly I get sick of the broads. 714 00:46:31,641 --> 00:46:33,241 You see for yourself. 715 00:46:34,841 --> 00:46:36,961 After four weeks, it's all over. 716 00:46:38,401 --> 00:46:39,721 I don't like them anymore. 717 00:46:40,361 --> 00:46:42,081 But at first, I'm crazy for one. 718 00:46:42,241 --> 00:46:44,841 You should see me: completely crazy. 719 00:46:45,001 --> 00:46:47,361 You could lock me in a padded cell. 720 00:46:47,801 --> 00:46:49,121 Then afterwards: 721 00:46:53,601 --> 00:46:54,881 nothing. 722 00:46:55,161 --> 00:46:56,521 Out she has to go. 723 00:46:57,521 --> 00:46:59,241 I can't stand the sight of her. 724 00:46:59,721 --> 00:47:02,761 I'd throw money after her just not to have to see her. 725 00:47:03,841 --> 00:47:05,281 My God. 726 00:47:06,601 --> 00:47:09,281 Maybe you really are crazy. 727 00:47:11,521 --> 00:47:14,041 So, I went to the Salvation Army, 728 00:47:14,601 --> 00:47:17,721 and talked to a guy. I told them all about it, 729 00:47:17,961 --> 00:47:19,161 and... 730 00:47:20,481 --> 00:47:22,921 then I prayed with one of them. 731 00:47:24,401 --> 00:47:25,601 What? 732 00:47:26,601 --> 00:47:28,361 You prayed? 733 00:47:31,521 --> 00:47:34,481 When you feel like that and don't know what to do! 734 00:47:34,641 --> 00:47:36,361 And it helped... 735 00:47:36,761 --> 00:47:38,841 for six weeks... eight maybe. 736 00:47:40,081 --> 00:47:42,481 You think about other things and... 737 00:47:43,081 --> 00:47:44,561 pull yourself together. 738 00:47:45,481 --> 00:47:47,681 It helps. It helps. 739 00:47:48,601 --> 00:47:50,121 Reinhold, maybe... 740 00:47:50,281 --> 00:47:52,601 maybe you should go to the Charité hospital. 741 00:47:52,841 --> 00:47:56,401 Or, maybe, you shouldn't have bolted out of the hall just now. 742 00:47:56,801 --> 00:47:59,681 You could have sat on the bench up front. 743 00:47:59,921 --> 00:48:01,601 Don't feel ashamed because of me. 744 00:48:01,761 --> 00:48:03,081 I've had enough of it! 745 00:48:03,961 --> 00:48:05,481 It's no use! 746 00:48:05,921 --> 00:48:07,401 It's a load of nonsense! 747 00:48:08,561 --> 00:48:11,081 How will it help me, crawling up there and praying? 748 00:48:12,081 --> 00:48:13,441 I don't believe in it. 749 00:48:14,161 --> 00:48:16,281 I can understand that. 750 00:48:16,561 --> 00:48:18,881 If you don't believe, it won't help. 751 00:48:19,841 --> 00:48:22,561 I don't know how I can help you either, Reinhold. 752 00:48:22,801 --> 00:48:25,081 I'll have to think it over. 753 00:48:25,681 --> 00:48:29,121 Maybe you need something that'll turn you off women for good. 754 00:48:29,281 --> 00:48:30,601 Something like that. 755 00:48:31,961 --> 00:48:34,881 God, I could puke at the thought of that blonde, Trude. 756 00:48:38,001 --> 00:48:39,481 But tomorrow... 757 00:48:40,801 --> 00:48:44,201 or the day after, you should see me, 758 00:48:44,721 --> 00:48:46,401 when Guste or... 759 00:48:46,841 --> 00:48:51,041 Nelly or whatever her name is... 760 00:48:51,201 --> 00:48:52,801 when she gets going! 761 00:48:53,001 --> 00:48:55,641 Then you should see old Reinhold with his red ears: 762 00:48:56,601 --> 00:48:58,721 when he's got to have her! 763 00:48:58,961 --> 00:49:03,201 Even if it means spending all your money on her, you've got to have her. 764 00:49:03,361 --> 00:49:07,601 There is a Grim Reaper whose name is Death, with powers from Almighty God. 765 00:49:08,161 --> 00:49:10,281 Soon he will begin to reap. 766 00:49:56,761 --> 00:49:59,361 Guess who I ran into? 767 00:49:59,521 --> 00:50:01,401 It doesn't interest me. 768 00:50:04,121 --> 00:50:06,001 I ran into Reinhold. 769 00:50:07,841 --> 00:50:10,641 Reinhold? 770 00:50:13,561 --> 00:50:15,401 What did he have to say? 771 00:50:15,961 --> 00:50:17,121 Lots of things, 772 00:50:17,801 --> 00:50:19,361 lots, lots. 773 00:50:27,441 --> 00:50:28,441 Did he now? 774 00:50:29,521 --> 00:50:32,201 And you listen to everything he has to say... 775 00:50:32,881 --> 00:50:35,041 and believe it all, do you? 776 00:50:36,401 --> 00:50:37,601 Don't be like that, Cilly! 777 00:50:37,761 --> 00:50:39,641 Then I'm leaving, right away! 778 00:50:39,801 --> 00:50:41,841 First I wait three full hours for you, 779 00:50:42,001 --> 00:50:44,081 then you come with your tomfoolery. 780 00:50:44,241 --> 00:50:47,921 My God! I just want you to tell me something. 781 00:50:51,161 --> 00:50:52,561 What's the matter? 782 00:50:53,241 --> 00:50:55,201 I don't understand a thing. 783 00:50:56,761 --> 00:50:58,641 It's all very simple. 784 00:50:58,881 --> 00:51:01,041 Just tell me something about Reinhold. 785 00:51:09,561 --> 00:51:11,121 All right, 786 00:51:11,481 --> 00:51:13,281 if that's what you want, 787 00:51:15,921 --> 00:51:18,681 I'll tell you about him. 788 00:51:20,921 --> 00:51:23,521 That guy Reinhold... 789 00:51:24,601 --> 00:51:28,921 is neither a lover nor a pimp. 790 00:51:31,441 --> 00:51:33,761 He's not a man at all. 791 00:51:33,961 --> 00:51:35,721 He's just a bum! 792 00:51:36,841 --> 00:51:39,521 Out on the street, he's like a sparrow, 793 00:51:39,681 --> 00:51:42,721 pecking around and picking up the girls. 794 00:51:43,121 --> 00:51:46,401 There are dozens who could tell you a tale or two about him. 795 00:51:47,201 --> 00:51:51,841 Don't think I was his first one, nor his eighth for that matter. 796 00:51:52,721 --> 00:51:54,361 Maybe the hundredth. 797 00:51:54,521 --> 00:51:57,841 He doesn't know himself how many he's had. 798 00:51:58,441 --> 00:52:00,121 And how he's had them. 799 00:52:01,641 --> 00:52:03,841 You wouldn't know it from looking at him, 800 00:52:04,161 --> 00:52:06,521 when he sits there brooding, 801 00:52:07,401 --> 00:52:09,521 not touching a drop of alcohol. 802 00:52:10,801 --> 00:52:14,121 Then suddenly he snaps at you. 803 00:52:14,641 --> 00:52:16,881 Yeah, he told me all that. 804 00:52:17,041 --> 00:52:19,281 At first you wonder what the guy wants. 805 00:52:20,161 --> 00:52:22,801 Then suddenly he starts to talk... 806 00:52:22,961 --> 00:52:25,801 and he talks and talks. 807 00:52:26,881 --> 00:52:28,281 And he can dance! 808 00:52:28,441 --> 00:52:30,681 What? He can dance? 809 00:52:30,921 --> 00:52:31,561 Why not? 810 00:52:31,881 --> 00:52:35,241 Where do you think I met him? On the dance floor on Chausseestrasse. 811 00:52:35,401 --> 00:52:37,841 Well, I'd never have thought he could dance, 812 00:52:38,001 --> 00:52:40,241 that Reinhold can dance. 813 00:52:40,521 --> 00:52:43,441 He gets you, Franz, no matter where you are. 814 00:52:43,921 --> 00:52:46,361 Even if a girl's married, 815 00:52:46,521 --> 00:52:50,321 he doesn't give up. He gets her. 816 00:52:52,761 --> 00:52:56,281 "Swear me no loyalty, no oath to be true. 817 00:52:56,441 --> 00:53:00,401 We all wish for novelty, to find something new. 818 00:53:01,241 --> 00:53:04,201 For hearts ablaze will find no rest, 819 00:53:04,361 --> 00:53:06,801 Seek stimulation: there lies the quest. 820 00:53:06,961 --> 00:53:11,601 Don't swear fidelity, nor to be true. For I want distraction, just like you." 821 00:53:11,881 --> 00:53:14,641 You laugh about it. Then you're just the same? 822 00:53:14,801 --> 00:53:16,841 No, Cilly, no, no. 823 00:53:17,001 --> 00:53:19,201 You know, it's just that he's so funny, 824 00:53:19,361 --> 00:53:21,161 and then he yammers to me that... 825 00:53:21,321 --> 00:53:23,281 he can't give up the women. 826 00:53:23,441 --> 00:53:26,241 Now he's got a blonde called Trude. 827 00:53:26,681 --> 00:53:28,121 Maybe... 828 00:53:28,841 --> 00:53:31,961 What do you think? Should I take her off his hands? 829 00:53:37,481 --> 00:53:38,961 Quiet! 830 00:53:39,561 --> 00:53:41,201 What are you screaming for? 831 00:53:42,401 --> 00:53:44,921 They must have dipped you in chocolate! 832 00:53:47,041 --> 00:53:49,321 What's all this about Trude? 833 00:53:50,121 --> 00:53:54,121 Say that again about Trude! 834 00:54:10,441 --> 00:54:13,041 I told you before not to scream like that. 835 00:54:13,201 --> 00:54:14,481 I haven't even bitten you. 836 00:54:17,681 --> 00:54:20,761 No, Franz, you haven't bitten me, 837 00:54:21,681 --> 00:54:26,161 but how naive can you get? Damn naive! 838 00:54:26,841 --> 00:54:28,961 Okay, so I'm naive. 839 00:54:30,521 --> 00:54:33,041 But if Reinhold's my friend, 840 00:54:33,201 --> 00:54:35,441 and he's in a fix, 841 00:54:35,681 --> 00:54:39,441 and even runs to the Salvation Army on Dresdner Strasse to pray... 842 00:54:39,761 --> 00:54:42,801 I have to stand by him as a friend, 843 00:54:43,161 --> 00:54:44,481 don't I? 844 00:54:45,481 --> 00:54:48,761 You think I shouldn't take Trude... 845 00:54:48,921 --> 00:54:50,561 off his hands? 846 00:54:50,721 --> 00:54:51,801 And what about me? 847 00:54:51,961 --> 00:54:54,001 "With you, with you, 848 00:54:54,281 --> 00:54:56,121 with you, I'd like to go fishing. 849 00:54:56,281 --> 00:54:59,921 With you, with you, with you, I'd like to go fishing." 850 00:55:03,761 --> 00:55:05,561 My God, Cilly, 851 00:55:06,121 --> 00:55:08,201 then we'll have to talk about it. 852 00:55:09,401 --> 00:55:12,361 We could have a drink and figure out how to go about it. 853 00:55:13,641 --> 00:55:15,481 Leave me in peace. 854 00:55:16,081 --> 00:55:18,201 Just look at the boots, 855 00:55:18,481 --> 00:55:20,121 like galoshes. 856 00:55:20,841 --> 00:55:23,081 They were from him, too. 857 00:55:24,961 --> 00:55:26,241 You know, 858 00:55:26,841 --> 00:55:29,841 you brought me the fur collar. Remember? 859 00:55:30,401 --> 00:55:32,201 Well, the one before you... 860 00:55:32,361 --> 00:55:36,121 brought me the galoshes. That's how it is. 861 00:55:36,401 --> 00:55:39,641 That's how he is. But he's my friend, and I wanted to help him. 862 00:55:41,721 --> 00:55:43,961 I don't want to fool you. 863 00:55:56,361 --> 00:55:59,121 What a low-down bastard. 864 00:56:01,561 --> 00:56:04,681 What a miserable bastard you are. 865 00:56:06,841 --> 00:56:10,201 If Reinhold's scum, 866 00:56:11,601 --> 00:56:13,881 you're even worse. 867 00:56:14,761 --> 00:56:16,641 You're worse than the worst pimp. 868 00:56:18,081 --> 00:56:19,441 No, Cilly. 869 00:56:20,881 --> 00:56:22,121 No, I'm not. 870 00:56:27,361 --> 00:56:29,041 If I were a man... 871 00:56:29,201 --> 00:56:31,281 Well, it's a good thing you're not. 872 00:56:31,481 --> 00:56:34,401 Don't get upset about nothing, Cilly. 873 00:56:35,481 --> 00:56:38,561 I've told you everything there is to know. 874 00:56:41,081 --> 00:56:43,241 And when I look at you... 875 00:56:43,721 --> 00:56:45,161 In the meantime, 876 00:56:46,441 --> 00:56:48,641 I've thought everything over. 877 00:56:49,161 --> 00:56:51,881 I won't take Trude off his hands, 878 00:56:52,241 --> 00:56:53,761 and you... 879 00:56:54,361 --> 00:56:55,961 You're staying here. 880 00:57:01,841 --> 00:57:03,801 I'm not putting up with it anymore. 881 00:57:04,241 --> 00:57:06,041 He destroys people. 882 00:57:06,441 --> 00:57:08,521 I just won't go along with it anymore. 883 00:57:08,681 --> 00:57:10,801 Something's got to happen. 884 00:57:11,281 --> 00:57:12,281 You know what? 885 00:57:12,401 --> 00:57:15,881 Tomorrow morning, after Reinhold's left home, 886 00:57:16,081 --> 00:57:19,121 we'll go to Trude and talk with her. 887 00:57:19,481 --> 00:57:23,321 We'll talk with her, and I'll stand by her. 888 00:57:24,201 --> 00:57:26,161 She can count on me. 889 00:57:30,801 --> 00:57:33,441 End of part 5