1 00:01:08,681 --> 00:01:10,561 Together with major contributions... 2 00:01:10,721 --> 00:01:12,081 by many others, present: 3 00:01:16,481 --> 00:01:22,601 A film in 13 parts and an epilogue, based on the novel by Alfred Döblin. 4 00:01:55,961 --> 00:01:58,601 I haven't seen you in a long time, Franz. 5 00:01:58,761 --> 00:02:00,881 Sorry, Max. I was attending a course, 6 00:02:01,041 --> 00:02:03,441 something in the nature of private lessons. 7 00:02:03,761 --> 00:02:07,041 I had a lot to learn about life and so on. 8 00:02:20,601 --> 00:02:22,601 Give me a beer, 9 00:02:22,761 --> 00:02:24,681 and maybe a small schnapps! 10 00:02:31,001 --> 00:02:35,721 "Terrible family tragedy in the Ruhr area." 11 00:02:39,041 --> 00:02:41,001 What's so funny about it? 12 00:02:41,161 --> 00:02:42,601 Listen to this, Max. 13 00:02:42,761 --> 00:02:45,601 A father throws his three kids in the water, 14 00:02:45,761 --> 00:02:47,321 all three at once. 15 00:02:47,481 --> 00:02:50,121 Boy, he must have been up to his neck in trouble! 16 00:02:50,281 --> 00:02:52,521 But he's a guy you can rely on. 17 00:02:52,681 --> 00:02:55,441 Hold on! What did he do with his wife? 18 00:02:55,601 --> 00:02:58,761 He must have done something to her, too. 19 00:02:59,361 --> 00:03:02,921 No! What do you know? She did it herself, 20 00:03:03,081 --> 00:03:06,001 beforehand, on her own. Boy! 21 00:03:06,161 --> 00:03:09,401 What a jolly family, Maxie? 22 00:03:09,561 --> 00:03:11,481 They really know how to live! 23 00:03:12,201 --> 00:03:14,681 There's no harmony in the family. 24 00:03:14,841 --> 00:03:18,601 She, in the canal, he, with a rope. She tells him to hang himself, 25 00:03:18,761 --> 00:03:20,721 and he throws the kids in the water. 26 00:03:20,881 --> 00:03:22,561 The guy must have been deaf. 27 00:03:24,681 --> 00:03:28,841 My God, Maxie, nothing could come of a marriage like that. 28 00:03:31,441 --> 00:03:35,241 I don't understand how you can laugh about it, Franz. 29 00:03:35,401 --> 00:03:37,161 It's a sad story. 30 00:03:37,321 --> 00:03:40,081 When you see something like that in a movie, you weep. 31 00:03:41,681 --> 00:03:44,561 Weep about something like that? Why? 32 00:03:45,041 --> 00:03:48,521 The wife and three children. Come on. 33 00:03:48,801 --> 00:03:51,801 I think it's amusing. I like the guy. 34 00:03:51,961 --> 00:03:54,281 It's a pity about the kids, maybe, 35 00:03:54,441 --> 00:03:58,481 but doing in the whole family in one clean sweep. 36 00:03:58,721 --> 00:04:00,081 That calls for respect. 37 00:04:00,241 --> 00:04:02,001 Let me see! 38 00:04:03,921 --> 00:04:07,561 There, you see! The guy's still alive. They've caught him. 39 00:04:07,721 --> 00:04:09,961 I wouldn't like to be in his shoes. 40 00:04:10,121 --> 00:04:13,481 Who knows? Maybe he's sitting in his cell smoking his tobacco, 41 00:04:13,641 --> 00:04:16,601 if he gets any, and thinking: "You can all kiss my ass!" 42 00:04:16,761 --> 00:04:20,121 Pangs of conscience, my boy. He's sobbing in his cell. 43 00:04:20,281 --> 00:04:23,121 That's all he can do and he can't sleep either. 44 00:04:23,281 --> 00:04:25,521 I disagree completely! 45 00:04:25,681 --> 00:04:27,881 He's sleeping like a log. 46 00:04:28,041 --> 00:04:30,841 If he's such a tough guy, he can sleep all right. 47 00:04:31,001 --> 00:04:34,481 He's eating and drinking better than he would outside. 48 00:04:34,881 --> 00:04:36,521 I guarantee it, Maxie. 49 00:04:36,681 --> 00:04:40,761 Franz, I don't know you like this. 50 00:04:40,921 --> 00:04:43,761 It's a side of you I don't know. I don't understand. 51 00:04:43,921 --> 00:04:47,041 Cut the crap, Maxie! 52 00:04:47,201 --> 00:04:49,881 Bring me some pigs' ears with peas instead! 53 00:04:50,281 --> 00:04:53,081 With the first hole in your sleeve, 54 00:04:53,241 --> 00:04:55,721 you know it's high time... 55 00:04:55,881 --> 00:04:58,481 to get a new suit. 56 00:04:58,641 --> 00:05:01,561 Go straight to the right place, 57 00:05:01,721 --> 00:05:05,441 where in well-ordered stores... 58 00:05:05,601 --> 00:05:08,721 on broad tables, you'll be shown... 59 00:05:08,881 --> 00:05:10,681 all the clothing you need. 60 00:05:11,681 --> 00:05:14,801 Say what you like, Mrs Bast, 61 00:05:15,561 --> 00:05:19,601 a man who's lost an arm, and the right one as well, 62 00:05:20,441 --> 00:05:22,081 is done for. 63 00:05:23,321 --> 00:05:26,441 There's no denying it. It's tough, 64 00:05:26,921 --> 00:05:29,441 but you don't have to keep complaining... 65 00:05:29,601 --> 00:05:31,441 and pulling such a face. 66 00:05:31,601 --> 00:05:34,121 But what am I supposed to do with one arm? 67 00:05:37,801 --> 00:05:41,681 Go on welfare, or open a little stand! 68 00:05:42,321 --> 00:05:43,961 What kind of stand? 69 00:05:44,481 --> 00:05:46,761 Try newspapers again... 70 00:05:46,921 --> 00:05:48,561 or fabrics 71 00:05:48,721 --> 00:05:52,841 or sell garters or collars outside Tietz or somewhere. 72 00:05:53,041 --> 00:05:55,761 Or how about fruit? 73 00:05:56,201 --> 00:06:01,321 Part 8: The Sun Warms the Skin, but Burns it Sometimes, Too 74 00:06:03,921 --> 00:06:06,081 I'm too old for that, Mrs Bast. 75 00:06:06,241 --> 00:06:09,401 For fruit, you have to be younger. 76 00:06:12,401 --> 00:06:15,041 For fruit, you have to be younger. 77 00:06:16,361 --> 00:06:19,961 You need a woman by your side again, Mr Biberkopf. 78 00:06:21,801 --> 00:06:24,161 You really need a woman again. 79 00:06:24,321 --> 00:06:27,041 Someone you can talk to about everything, 80 00:06:27,201 --> 00:06:29,161 who'll stand by you in adversity, 81 00:06:29,321 --> 00:06:31,641 and who'll help pull the cart, 82 00:06:31,801 --> 00:06:35,361 or sell at your stand when you're away. 83 00:06:37,361 --> 00:06:38,401 Are you expecting someone? 84 00:06:38,641 --> 00:06:40,281 Not really. 85 00:06:40,521 --> 00:06:42,401 I'll go take a look. 86 00:06:48,481 --> 00:06:51,561 ...of the ten broadcasting corporations existing today... 87 00:06:51,721 --> 00:06:54,121 only two or three work to a profit. 88 00:06:54,281 --> 00:06:58,681 All the others have difficulties breaking even... 89 00:06:59,361 --> 00:07:02,081 Someone for you. A man wants to talk to you. 90 00:07:02,241 --> 00:07:03,241 A man? 91 00:07:03,361 --> 00:07:06,041 Yes, a fairly young man. Come in! 92 00:07:06,721 --> 00:07:07,961 Well, hello, Willy. 93 00:07:08,121 --> 00:07:11,681 Hello. It wasn't easy to find you here. 94 00:07:12,321 --> 00:07:14,081 Come on! Come on now, Mrs Bast! 95 00:07:14,241 --> 00:07:16,201 Leave us alone for a few minutes. 96 00:07:16,361 --> 00:07:19,921 We have to discuss something delicate. If you please. 97 00:07:24,241 --> 00:07:25,761 To be honest, 98 00:07:26,401 --> 00:07:29,481 I didn't seriously expect you to come. 99 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:37,521 But I'm glad you did. 100 00:07:38,961 --> 00:07:40,401 Well, 101 00:07:41,481 --> 00:07:45,841 I thought when you gave me your address, 102 00:07:46,361 --> 00:07:48,841 you must have had a reason. 103 00:07:50,241 --> 00:07:53,001 So I thought I'd drop by. 104 00:07:53,481 --> 00:07:56,321 Maybe I can help you, or... 105 00:07:56,761 --> 00:07:58,521 something will come of it. 106 00:08:01,681 --> 00:08:03,401 Take a seat. 107 00:08:11,841 --> 00:08:12,841 Like some coffee? 108 00:08:12,881 --> 00:08:15,081 No, thanks. I've had some already. 109 00:08:15,481 --> 00:08:17,881 Okay, out with it. 110 00:08:18,121 --> 00:08:20,281 What's on your mind? 111 00:08:23,721 --> 00:08:26,281 It's not so easy for me. 112 00:08:32,521 --> 00:08:34,521 It often happens to me... 113 00:08:37,601 --> 00:08:40,321 that I don't know where to begin. 114 00:08:42,721 --> 00:08:44,401 Well... 115 00:08:45,121 --> 00:08:47,121 it's about the watch. 116 00:08:48,521 --> 00:08:51,041 You know, the gold watch you were wearing, 117 00:08:51,201 --> 00:08:53,321 and what you said about it. 118 00:08:57,921 --> 00:09:00,281 I thought, 119 00:09:10,521 --> 00:09:12,801 maybe I could get in on the act, 120 00:09:13,921 --> 00:09:17,641 that I could somehow get involved. I'd really like to join in. 121 00:09:18,521 --> 00:09:19,921 Do you understand? 122 00:09:21,441 --> 00:09:23,801 With one arm, you know, 123 00:09:24,801 --> 00:09:28,881 there's not much you can do. 124 00:09:29,641 --> 00:09:30,801 You know what I mean? 125 00:09:31,081 --> 00:09:34,761 No, there's not much you can do. 126 00:09:36,241 --> 00:09:39,561 But if you're smart, 127 00:09:40,761 --> 00:09:42,921 there is something you can do. 128 00:09:44,001 --> 00:09:46,881 If I were to give you something every day, 129 00:09:47,081 --> 00:09:48,721 something to sell... 130 00:09:48,881 --> 00:09:52,081 or to pass on under the table... 131 00:09:52,401 --> 00:09:54,041 You've got good friends... 132 00:09:54,201 --> 00:09:55,881 You can all keep your mouths shut. 133 00:09:56,041 --> 00:09:58,961 You could dispose of the stuff... 134 00:10:00,881 --> 00:10:03,561 and earn good money. 135 00:10:05,321 --> 00:10:08,401 That's it. That's exactly what I want to do: 136 00:10:08,561 --> 00:10:10,081 stand on my own two feet, 137 00:10:10,241 --> 00:10:12,641 and do something to earn a fast buck. 138 00:10:22,321 --> 00:10:23,961 Work's a load of baloney! 139 00:10:24,121 --> 00:10:26,001 And the newspapers: I spit on them. 140 00:10:26,161 --> 00:10:27,721 It makes me mad just looking... 141 00:10:27,881 --> 00:10:29,841 at those knuckleheads, the newsdealers. 142 00:10:30,001 --> 00:10:31,921 How a guy can be so dumb, 143 00:10:32,081 --> 00:10:35,321 busting his ass, with cars driving past next to him! 144 00:10:36,481 --> 00:10:39,041 No, forget it. 145 00:10:39,201 --> 00:10:42,041 That's over and done with! 146 00:10:42,921 --> 00:10:44,321 Tegel. 147 00:10:46,041 --> 00:10:47,961 Walking around Tegel - 148 00:10:49,201 --> 00:10:51,401 an avenue with black trees, 149 00:10:51,561 --> 00:10:54,521 the houses sway, the roofs threaten to fall on your head, 150 00:10:54,681 --> 00:10:56,521 but I've got to go straight. 151 00:10:56,881 --> 00:10:58,321 Strange. 152 00:10:58,481 --> 00:11:02,481 Franz Biberkopf has to go absolutely straight. 153 00:11:03,361 --> 00:11:05,161 What do you say to that? 154 00:11:06,881 --> 00:11:08,801 It bowls you over, doesn't it? 155 00:11:15,081 --> 00:11:16,561 My God! 156 00:11:17,001 --> 00:11:20,361 Jail must have affected my mind. 157 00:11:28,001 --> 00:11:29,881 Manoli, left turn. 158 00:11:30,241 --> 00:11:31,841 Need some money. 159 00:11:32,001 --> 00:11:35,361 Money has to be earned. A guy needs money. 160 00:11:35,801 --> 00:11:38,361 ...In view of its composition, one may hope... 161 00:11:38,521 --> 00:11:40,841 it will not implement such an antisocial measure... 162 00:11:41,001 --> 00:11:43,481 as increasing radio fees for a few million marks, 163 00:11:43,641 --> 00:11:46,801 which would cover only a fraction of Post Office funding requirements, 164 00:11:47,081 --> 00:11:51,521 and would not necessarily be of economic benefit... 165 00:12:05,001 --> 00:12:07,881 You see a woman, clothed in purple and scarlet... 166 00:12:08,041 --> 00:12:10,761 decked with gold, precious stones and pearls, 167 00:12:10,921 --> 00:12:13,121 and with a golden cup in her hand. 168 00:12:13,281 --> 00:12:14,481 She laughs, 169 00:12:14,641 --> 00:12:16,761 and on her brow is written the name, 170 00:12:16,921 --> 00:12:19,201 a mystery: "The Great Babylon", 171 00:12:19,361 --> 00:12:22,841 the mother of all whoring and all atrocities on earth. 172 00:12:23,201 --> 00:12:27,041 She has drunk the blood of all the saints. 173 00:12:27,201 --> 00:12:30,401 She is drunk from the blood of the saints. 174 00:12:30,561 --> 00:12:34,361 The whore of Babylon sits there, has drunk the blood of the saints. 175 00:12:34,521 --> 00:12:36,881 Excuse me, buddy, 176 00:12:37,441 --> 00:12:39,881 you tell me the same bullshit every day. 177 00:12:40,041 --> 00:12:42,601 - Every day the same bullshit! - Yeah. 178 00:12:42,881 --> 00:12:45,201 - What do you hope to get out of it? - Well... 179 00:12:45,921 --> 00:12:47,841 What do you hope to get out of it? 180 00:12:48,001 --> 00:12:49,001 Pleasure for you. 181 00:12:50,201 --> 00:12:53,121 True pleasure, buddy. 182 00:12:54,081 --> 00:12:56,561 The love of the great whore of Babylon, 183 00:12:56,721 --> 00:12:59,281 who has drunk the blood of all the saints. 184 00:12:59,441 --> 00:13:02,121 Can you simply spurn her? 185 00:13:44,241 --> 00:13:46,481 - Hello, Franz. - Hello, Willy. 186 00:13:47,881 --> 00:13:49,121 Did anyone see you? 187 00:13:49,281 --> 00:13:51,041 No. No one saw me. 188 00:13:51,201 --> 00:13:52,601 Then come in. 189 00:14:01,401 --> 00:14:04,761 A consignment of furs has arrived from Leipzig. 190 00:14:04,921 --> 00:14:07,201 Are you interested in something like that? 191 00:14:07,361 --> 00:14:10,441 No, Willy. Furs are too hot for me. 192 00:14:13,041 --> 00:14:15,841 I thought as much. 193 00:14:16,481 --> 00:14:18,161 Like some coffee? 194 00:14:18,841 --> 00:14:20,481 No, thanks. 195 00:14:32,521 --> 00:14:34,401 Were you drunk again yesterday? 196 00:14:34,641 --> 00:14:35,841 Maybe. 197 00:14:36,681 --> 00:14:38,961 It's highly probable, in fact. 198 00:14:39,241 --> 00:14:42,601 From a certain point, I don't know anymore. 199 00:14:44,401 --> 00:14:47,521 No, no, Willy. Forget it! Furs are too hot for me. 200 00:14:48,281 --> 00:14:51,201 If you have small things, a gold watch or something, 201 00:14:51,361 --> 00:14:52,521 then I'll be glad to take it. 202 00:14:56,361 --> 00:14:58,361 Not at the moment. 203 00:15:02,081 --> 00:15:04,281 Just the furs from Leipzig. 204 00:15:11,081 --> 00:15:13,321 What did you get up to yesterday? 205 00:15:13,961 --> 00:15:15,641 Screwing. 206 00:15:15,801 --> 00:15:20,121 Suddenly I'm in bed with a big fat blonde. 207 00:15:20,281 --> 00:15:24,601 Says her husband's away on assembly work or something. 208 00:15:26,161 --> 00:15:29,401 I don't even know how I wound up going home with her. 209 00:15:30,401 --> 00:15:33,201 I must have had my mind on something else. 210 00:15:33,481 --> 00:15:35,441 But do you know what I think? 211 00:15:35,601 --> 00:15:38,441 I think she had the clap. 212 00:15:38,841 --> 00:15:42,041 Don't worry. Just get yourself examined. 213 00:15:42,201 --> 00:15:44,801 Five shots and you can forget it. 214 00:15:44,961 --> 00:15:46,641 Unless you're afraid of injections... 215 00:15:46,801 --> 00:15:48,881 But you get used to that, too. 216 00:15:49,041 --> 00:15:52,121 Come on! Do you think the earth will stand still... 217 00:15:52,281 --> 00:15:54,121 because you've got a hole in your head? 218 00:15:54,281 --> 00:15:56,001 No, I don't think that. 219 00:15:56,161 --> 00:15:59,561 Though it would be decent of it if it did. 220 00:15:59,721 --> 00:16:01,281 - Don't you think so? - Sure, 221 00:16:01,441 --> 00:16:03,681 but what's decent, anyway? 222 00:16:04,361 --> 00:16:06,761 - You're right again, there. - Exactly. 223 00:16:30,361 --> 00:16:31,681 Someone to see you. 224 00:16:51,841 --> 00:16:53,201 Eva! 225 00:16:54,641 --> 00:16:56,721 My God, Eva! 226 00:17:00,721 --> 00:17:01,761 Hi, Herbert! 227 00:17:01,921 --> 00:17:04,241 Boy, oh, boy! You sure look the part! 228 00:17:04,401 --> 00:17:06,601 Washing your legs in champagne now, eh? 229 00:17:06,881 --> 00:17:08,321 My God, Herbert! 230 00:17:08,481 --> 00:17:10,001 The way he looks! 231 00:17:10,161 --> 00:17:11,481 Do you understand it? 232 00:17:11,641 --> 00:17:13,761 Like I said, he's washing his legs in champagne. 233 00:17:13,921 --> 00:17:16,321 Only 20 marks! Impeccable! 234 00:17:16,481 --> 00:17:19,641 Only 20 marks, I tell you! 235 00:17:21,721 --> 00:17:24,161 And for special occasions, 236 00:17:24,321 --> 00:17:26,001 I got myself an Iron Cross 237 00:17:26,161 --> 00:17:29,761 as a kind of legitimation, 238 00:17:29,921 --> 00:17:32,201 for my arm. What do you say? 239 00:17:33,361 --> 00:17:34,961 My God, Franz. 240 00:17:35,121 --> 00:17:38,081 And we sat there wondering what Franz was up to. 241 00:17:38,441 --> 00:17:40,121 We were really worried. 242 00:17:40,281 --> 00:17:41,281 Baloney, Eva! 243 00:17:41,401 --> 00:17:43,961 No need to worry about me, really. 244 00:17:44,121 --> 00:17:45,241 What do you say, Herbert? 245 00:17:45,401 --> 00:17:47,241 Well, you can never be sure. 246 00:17:47,401 --> 00:17:48,481 Anyway, take a seat! 247 00:17:48,721 --> 00:17:52,961 Come on! Sit down! Take a seat, Herbert! 248 00:17:53,121 --> 00:17:55,201 That's my favorite disc. Brand new. 249 00:17:55,361 --> 00:17:58,241 I just bought it. I could listen to it all day. 250 00:17:59,321 --> 00:18:01,761 Like some cognac? I've got whisky, too. 251 00:18:01,921 --> 00:18:04,921 A cognac, please. What about you? 252 00:18:14,721 --> 00:18:18,641 I've been waiting a long time for you to have a drink at my place. 253 00:18:19,001 --> 00:18:21,681 I've really been waiting for this moment. 254 00:18:23,641 --> 00:18:26,201 Boy, Franz. How it suits you. 255 00:18:26,361 --> 00:18:28,841 It really bowls you over. 256 00:18:29,001 --> 00:18:30,681 Let's drink to something. 257 00:18:30,841 --> 00:18:33,441 Eva, Herbert, cheers! 258 00:18:34,481 --> 00:18:36,201 - Cheers! - Cheers! 259 00:18:37,721 --> 00:18:40,641 Okay. Tell me how it was in Zoppot. 260 00:18:40,841 --> 00:18:42,081 Did it all go off well? 261 00:18:42,241 --> 00:18:45,601 Well... it was quite amusing, but... 262 00:18:46,401 --> 00:18:49,521 Eva's boyfriend had some bad luck. 263 00:18:50,081 --> 00:18:51,961 He had good luck gambling. 264 00:18:52,121 --> 00:18:55,121 Fabulous, but on the day... 265 00:18:55,281 --> 00:18:58,601 when he withdrew 10,000 marks from the bank, 266 00:18:58,761 --> 00:19:01,521 he was robbed in his hotel room... 267 00:19:01,681 --> 00:19:02,281 No! 268 00:19:02,441 --> 00:19:05,601 ...while he was downstairs dining with Eva. 269 00:19:05,761 --> 00:19:07,601 No. Can you believe it? 270 00:19:08,921 --> 00:19:10,521 That's what I say. 271 00:19:11,281 --> 00:19:15,641 The room was opened nice and neatly with a skeleton key. 272 00:19:15,841 --> 00:19:19,401 His gold watch was gone and 5,000 marks... 273 00:19:19,641 --> 00:19:23,361 he had left in the drawer of his bedside table. 274 00:19:23,521 --> 00:19:25,481 It wasn't really negligence on his part. 275 00:19:25,641 --> 00:19:27,881 Who would think of a thing like that? 276 00:19:28,041 --> 00:19:30,161 In a first-class hotel... 277 00:19:30,321 --> 00:19:33,481 That thieves could simply sneak in there. 278 00:19:33,641 --> 00:19:36,841 Then the guy flies into a rage and shouts at Eva... 279 00:19:37,001 --> 00:19:40,041 because she made him hurry down to dinner. 280 00:19:40,201 --> 00:19:42,121 He really screamed at her. 281 00:19:42,281 --> 00:19:45,841 But I told him straight. "Honeybunch," I said, 282 00:19:46,001 --> 00:19:48,761 "it's not very polite to treat me like this. 283 00:19:48,921 --> 00:19:51,401 Is it my fault?" 284 00:19:52,921 --> 00:19:56,721 He was so upset, he wanted to go home right away. 285 00:19:57,801 --> 00:20:00,601 Which, for the two of us, 286 00:20:01,401 --> 00:20:04,521 was the best thing that could happen. 287 00:20:04,881 --> 00:20:07,881 There you are, Franz. You see... 288 00:20:08,041 --> 00:20:10,921 what tragic things happen in this world. 289 00:20:11,081 --> 00:20:12,081 Yes, Herbert. 290 00:20:13,841 --> 00:20:17,801 You see what fate holds in store for us. 291 00:20:49,561 --> 00:20:52,921 I thought I was going to die laughing. 292 00:20:53,561 --> 00:20:56,561 I can think of worse ways of dying. 293 00:20:56,721 --> 00:20:58,081 Yes. Me, too. 294 00:20:58,241 --> 00:20:59,601 Me, too. 295 00:21:05,561 --> 00:21:09,441 Stop it! Stop laughing! I can't take any more. 296 00:21:09,601 --> 00:21:12,481 Tell me instead how I look as a war hero. 297 00:21:12,641 --> 00:21:15,281 A war hero in a striped suit? 298 00:21:15,761 --> 00:21:17,801 You look good to me. 299 00:21:18,241 --> 00:21:22,441 You look good to me, better than ever. 300 00:21:23,641 --> 00:21:26,881 I really like the way you look now. 301 00:21:27,041 --> 00:21:28,681 Me, too. 302 00:21:29,881 --> 00:21:33,241 Franz, who are you going out with now? 303 00:21:33,921 --> 00:21:35,361 Going out with? 304 00:21:36,441 --> 00:21:37,961 Oh, I see. 305 00:21:39,441 --> 00:21:41,161 No, no. 306 00:21:41,761 --> 00:21:44,601 Oh, you mean because of this here? 307 00:21:44,921 --> 00:21:46,881 No, this is for something else. 308 00:21:47,041 --> 00:21:49,521 I'm not going with anyone at the moment. 309 00:21:49,681 --> 00:21:51,241 I'm... 310 00:21:52,761 --> 00:21:54,241 I'm on my own. 311 00:21:54,401 --> 00:21:57,001 Thank God, Franz! 312 00:21:57,161 --> 00:21:59,921 You see, I've got one for you, the right one. 313 00:22:00,801 --> 00:22:01,961 What have you got for me? 314 00:22:02,121 --> 00:22:04,401 A girl. I've got a girl for you. 315 00:22:04,561 --> 00:22:06,601 Now that you're alone, you need a girl. 316 00:22:06,761 --> 00:22:08,561 Anyone can see that a mile away. 317 00:22:08,721 --> 00:22:10,081 So I looked for one for you. 318 00:22:10,241 --> 00:22:12,881 And as I look, sure enough I find one. 319 00:22:13,321 --> 00:22:15,041 She's at your service right now. 320 00:22:18,801 --> 00:22:21,481 How should that work out, Eva? 321 00:22:21,841 --> 00:22:24,841 I don't even know the girl. 322 00:22:25,761 --> 00:22:28,281 Maybe she won't like me... 323 00:22:28,441 --> 00:22:30,441 And with my arm... 324 00:22:30,801 --> 00:22:32,881 Maybe she'll find it repulsive. 325 00:22:33,481 --> 00:22:35,081 Baloney! 326 00:22:35,361 --> 00:22:37,841 She'll love you. That's what she'll do. 327 00:22:38,001 --> 00:22:39,201 Ask Herbert. 328 00:22:39,361 --> 00:22:42,121 Yeah. She's all right. I know her, Franz. 329 00:22:42,281 --> 00:22:45,281 And where do you know her from? 330 00:22:45,481 --> 00:22:48,681 She hasn't been in Berlin very long. She's from Bernau. 331 00:22:49,401 --> 00:22:51,601 She turned up every evening at Stettiner Station. 332 00:22:51,761 --> 00:22:54,681 That's where I met her, and I told her, 333 00:22:55,601 --> 00:22:59,841 "You'll end up going to the dogs, kid, if you don't cut it out, 334 00:23:00,081 --> 00:23:03,961 always coming over here to Berlin where you can't make a living." 335 00:23:04,241 --> 00:23:06,321 But she just laughed and said, 336 00:23:06,481 --> 00:23:10,761 "I just want to have some fun." She just wants to have some fun. 337 00:23:11,201 --> 00:23:13,601 The girl's right. 338 00:23:13,761 --> 00:23:16,601 I know Bernau. It's dead at night. 339 00:23:16,761 --> 00:23:20,441 I know, Franz. That's why I took the girl under my wing. 340 00:23:20,601 --> 00:23:23,681 She can't go to Stettiner Station anymore. 341 00:23:23,841 --> 00:23:26,241 She got caught in a raid there, you see? 342 00:23:26,481 --> 00:23:29,961 And if you're a real man with any sense, Franz, 343 00:23:30,161 --> 00:23:32,681 you can really make something out of the girl. 344 00:23:32,841 --> 00:23:35,721 I've seen her. She's got class. 345 00:23:35,881 --> 00:23:39,681 A bit young, but she's got class and strong bones. 346 00:23:41,881 --> 00:23:43,081 Come on. Let's dance. 347 00:23:43,241 --> 00:23:45,881 "Little nightingale." Come on! 348 00:24:02,361 --> 00:24:04,001 Sorry, Eva. 349 00:24:08,721 --> 00:24:10,761 It's because of my arm. 350 00:24:11,441 --> 00:24:14,921 I haven't learned to dance with one arm yet. I will, though. 351 00:24:15,081 --> 00:24:19,081 You don't have to apologize. It's my fault, too. I'm sorry. 352 00:24:20,321 --> 00:24:22,401 When do you think... 353 00:24:22,561 --> 00:24:24,241 I'll meet her? 354 00:24:24,401 --> 00:24:28,001 You've known me so long, and you still ask questions like that! 355 00:24:29,441 --> 00:24:31,281 What's that supposed to mean? 356 00:24:31,441 --> 00:24:33,201 Quite simple. 357 00:24:33,361 --> 00:24:37,081 She's down below in the street. If I open the window and wave to her, 358 00:24:37,241 --> 00:24:38,961 she'll come up. 359 00:24:39,761 --> 00:24:41,361 What? 360 00:24:42,801 --> 00:24:44,401 She's standing in the street? 361 00:24:44,561 --> 00:24:49,161 Where else? She has to see me wave. Makes sense, doesn't it? 362 00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:52,321 Yeah, I guess it makes sense. 363 00:24:52,481 --> 00:24:54,001 Okay, then, I'll wave to her. 364 00:24:54,161 --> 00:24:56,121 Wait a second! Maybe... 365 00:24:56,281 --> 00:24:58,961 What's the matter? Are you shy or what? 366 00:24:59,161 --> 00:25:01,481 I'm not shy at all. 367 00:25:01,641 --> 00:25:03,281 I haven't become shy. 368 00:25:03,441 --> 00:25:05,401 What's the matter, then? 369 00:25:05,881 --> 00:25:07,281 I was just thinking... 370 00:25:07,441 --> 00:25:09,561 Leave the thinking to me! 371 00:25:09,961 --> 00:25:13,041 You know her, Franz. When she gets something in her head... 372 00:25:13,201 --> 00:25:14,441 Yeah, I know her. 373 00:25:14,601 --> 00:25:17,201 Well, then, you shouldn't be surprised. 374 00:25:17,361 --> 00:25:20,481 Come on, darling. We're in the way here. 375 00:25:26,761 --> 00:25:28,681 Hey, what's up? 376 00:25:29,241 --> 00:25:31,481 You can't just leave me here alone. 377 00:25:31,641 --> 00:25:33,401 Do you need a nanny now? 378 00:25:33,801 --> 00:25:35,441 No, Eva, of course not. 379 00:25:35,601 --> 00:25:36,721 Well, then. 380 00:25:37,961 --> 00:25:39,201 - Leaving already? - We have to. 381 00:25:39,361 --> 00:25:41,121 But leave the door open. 382 00:25:41,281 --> 00:25:44,041 There's another visitor coming for Mr Biberkopf. 383 00:25:45,881 --> 00:25:47,561 Can I do anything else for you? 384 00:25:48,521 --> 00:25:50,561 No, no. Thanks very much. 385 00:26:36,001 --> 00:26:37,521 Hello. 386 00:26:57,121 --> 00:26:58,481 Hello. 387 00:27:04,401 --> 00:27:06,721 Should I maybe close the door? 388 00:27:07,721 --> 00:27:10,441 Yes. Please, close the door. 389 00:27:39,081 --> 00:27:40,721 It's like... 390 00:27:41,681 --> 00:27:43,121 the sun rising. 391 00:27:43,601 --> 00:27:44,601 Pardon me? 392 00:27:46,481 --> 00:27:48,001 Oh, nothing important. 393 00:27:56,921 --> 00:27:58,521 Don't do that! 394 00:28:16,601 --> 00:28:18,361 Sit on my lap. 395 00:28:22,881 --> 00:28:25,641 What's your name? 396 00:28:26,721 --> 00:28:30,161 Well, actually my name's Emilie Karsunke, 397 00:28:30,961 --> 00:28:33,521 but I prefer to be called Sonia. 398 00:28:33,721 --> 00:28:35,121 Eva called me that once... 399 00:28:35,281 --> 00:28:37,281 because my cheekbones look so Russian. 400 00:28:38,801 --> 00:28:41,081 Eva is not her real name either. 401 00:28:41,321 --> 00:28:43,961 It's Emilie just like mine. 402 00:28:44,561 --> 00:28:46,641 She told me so herself. 403 00:28:46,841 --> 00:28:49,761 One day, she just called herself Eva, 404 00:28:50,281 --> 00:28:52,361 and then Eva was her name. 405 00:28:53,841 --> 00:28:56,361 Yeah, I know the guy... 406 00:28:56,521 --> 00:28:58,681 who first called her Eva. 407 00:28:58,841 --> 00:29:00,241 What? 408 00:29:00,961 --> 00:29:03,761 Yeah, it was me. 409 00:29:04,121 --> 00:29:06,521 She belonged to me once, Eva did, 410 00:29:07,001 --> 00:29:08,761 before I met Ida. 411 00:29:08,921 --> 00:29:10,121 Well, 412 00:29:11,681 --> 00:29:13,761 now you've got me here. 413 00:29:14,921 --> 00:29:16,841 Yes. Now... 414 00:29:17,641 --> 00:29:20,401 I've got you here. 415 00:29:21,121 --> 00:29:22,681 - Only... - Yes? 416 00:29:23,401 --> 00:29:26,001 Oh, nothing. Nothing bad. 417 00:29:26,161 --> 00:29:28,161 It's just... you know, 418 00:29:28,321 --> 00:29:30,961 I can't stand these foreign names. 419 00:29:31,361 --> 00:29:33,801 And if you're from Bernau, 420 00:29:33,961 --> 00:29:36,201 you could have a different name. 421 00:29:36,721 --> 00:29:39,001 You know, I've had a lot of girls, 422 00:29:39,201 --> 00:29:41,241 as you can imagine, 423 00:29:41,401 --> 00:29:44,721 but I never had one called Marie. 424 00:29:45,321 --> 00:29:48,561 And I'd like one with that name. 425 00:29:49,801 --> 00:29:50,921 Marie? 426 00:29:51,081 --> 00:29:53,441 Yes. Marie. 427 00:29:53,641 --> 00:29:55,681 I think it's a lovely name, 428 00:29:56,721 --> 00:30:00,201 but I don't have to call you Marie. I'll just call you... 429 00:30:01,241 --> 00:30:02,401 Mieze. 430 00:30:03,601 --> 00:30:05,201 Do you like that? 431 00:30:06,761 --> 00:30:09,161 Mieze? 432 00:30:11,881 --> 00:30:13,361 Oh, yes. 433 00:30:14,361 --> 00:30:15,961 That's nice. 434 00:30:17,801 --> 00:30:19,321 Mieze. 435 00:30:23,641 --> 00:30:25,161 Mieze. 436 00:30:27,001 --> 00:30:30,001 Miez, Miez, Miez, Miez. 437 00:30:33,801 --> 00:30:35,561 Is she thinking as she sits there, 438 00:30:35,721 --> 00:30:36,721 doing nothing? 439 00:30:36,761 --> 00:30:38,321 And what is she thinking? 440 00:30:38,481 --> 00:30:40,241 When he asks, she laughs and says, 441 00:30:40,401 --> 00:30:42,041 she's not thinking of anything. 442 00:30:42,201 --> 00:30:43,921 You can't think all day long, 443 00:30:44,081 --> 00:30:45,921 as he agrees, too. 444 00:31:15,801 --> 00:31:18,761 The way you do that, rowing with one arm. 445 00:31:19,241 --> 00:31:21,041 The way you do it! 446 00:31:26,601 --> 00:31:28,641 What choice do I have? 447 00:31:29,081 --> 00:31:32,481 Sooner or later, I must learn to do everything with one arm. 448 00:31:34,841 --> 00:31:36,441 And doing it for you... 449 00:31:36,601 --> 00:31:38,921 is twice as much fun. 450 00:31:39,081 --> 00:31:40,601 Do you believe me? 451 00:32:18,561 --> 00:32:21,121 In bed, she's as soft as a feather, 452 00:32:21,281 --> 00:32:23,601 quiet, tender and as happy as at the start. 453 00:32:23,761 --> 00:32:25,521 And she's always a little serious. 454 00:32:25,681 --> 00:32:28,121 He can never quite figure her out. 455 00:33:11,921 --> 00:33:14,161 My dear, dear Franz, 456 00:33:14,481 --> 00:33:16,241 did you hurt yourself? 457 00:33:16,521 --> 00:33:18,681 My God, you're bleeding! 458 00:33:19,081 --> 00:33:21,561 A little drop of blood, Mieze, 459 00:33:23,201 --> 00:33:25,521 and it doesn't hurt at all. 460 00:33:26,321 --> 00:33:28,441 I should have been more careful. 461 00:33:28,601 --> 00:33:30,001 It was my own fault, Mieze. 462 00:33:34,241 --> 00:33:36,521 Why do you look at me so sadly? 463 00:33:46,721 --> 00:33:48,361 Mieze! 464 00:33:48,721 --> 00:33:50,641 My baby! 465 00:33:51,321 --> 00:33:54,521 What's the matter? Is something wrong? 466 00:33:55,681 --> 00:33:58,321 No, it's nothing. 467 00:33:59,521 --> 00:34:02,121 It's just that I love you so much. 468 00:34:04,081 --> 00:34:07,001 I'm absolutely crazy about you. 469 00:34:09,041 --> 00:34:12,441 The girl is so tender it's unbelievable. 470 00:34:12,601 --> 00:34:16,601 In her parlor, everything's so tidy, with flowers and ribbons, 471 00:34:16,761 --> 00:34:18,481 like a little girl's room. 472 00:37:05,081 --> 00:37:06,081 Morning, Miss! 473 00:37:06,201 --> 00:37:08,881 He's sleeping. 474 00:37:15,481 --> 00:37:18,761 When a guy's sleeping, let him sleep. 475 00:38:32,441 --> 00:38:37,721 "To my dear, dear Franz, from his silly Mieze." 476 00:38:43,721 --> 00:38:44,961 What is it? 477 00:38:46,721 --> 00:38:50,161 Oh, you're up already. There's a visitor for you. 478 00:38:50,321 --> 00:38:52,361 The young man who was here recently. 479 00:38:52,521 --> 00:38:55,321 I told him you were asleep, but maybe... 480 00:38:55,521 --> 00:38:56,961 It's okay. Let him in. 481 00:38:57,121 --> 00:38:58,601 You can come in. 482 00:38:58,921 --> 00:39:01,361 Mr Biberkopf's up already. 483 00:39:01,521 --> 00:39:03,601 He's just woken up. 484 00:39:03,761 --> 00:39:05,481 Hi, Franz. 485 00:39:06,241 --> 00:39:07,001 Hi, Willy. 486 00:39:07,161 --> 00:39:09,921 I was getting really worried. 487 00:39:10,081 --> 00:39:13,401 You wanted to drop by yesterday. I waited and waited. 488 00:39:13,561 --> 00:39:16,321 I wondered what was up. So I came here. 489 00:39:16,481 --> 00:39:18,521 It's all right, Willy. It's okay. 490 00:39:18,721 --> 00:39:19,961 Look. 491 00:39:21,361 --> 00:39:23,561 Mieze gave me this as a present, 492 00:39:23,721 --> 00:39:25,801 like it was my birthday. 493 00:39:25,961 --> 00:39:28,241 Only it's not my birthday. 494 00:39:31,121 --> 00:39:34,081 The way that girl can manage money. 495 00:39:34,361 --> 00:39:38,281 Boy, you could up and marry a girl like that. 496 00:39:38,881 --> 00:39:40,641 What do you think? 497 00:39:40,801 --> 00:39:44,801 Look! She gave me this little birdy, too. 498 00:39:48,881 --> 00:39:50,921 Why didn't you show up yesterday? 499 00:39:51,081 --> 00:39:54,121 I'm really sorry, Willy, but... 500 00:39:54,601 --> 00:39:57,201 I was out with Mieze, and I forgot all about it. 501 00:39:57,361 --> 00:39:59,721 I forgot all about it. I'm really sorry. 502 00:39:59,881 --> 00:40:02,721 It's all right, Franz. No need to apologize. 503 00:40:03,081 --> 00:40:04,681 It's just that... 504 00:40:04,841 --> 00:40:07,641 I have to know whether I can count on you. 505 00:40:07,801 --> 00:40:09,241 I just have to know. 506 00:40:09,401 --> 00:40:11,921 Sure you can count on me. 507 00:40:12,081 --> 00:40:14,081 No question about it. 508 00:40:14,241 --> 00:40:16,801 I just missed out yesterday. 509 00:40:17,201 --> 00:40:20,321 I... was with Mieze, 510 00:40:20,481 --> 00:40:23,921 and everything was so nice, and... 511 00:40:24,641 --> 00:40:27,041 Well, we were so happy. 512 00:40:27,321 --> 00:40:29,441 I'm really sorry about that, Willy. 513 00:40:30,041 --> 00:40:31,041 It's okay. 514 00:40:31,081 --> 00:40:32,481 I'll expect you this afternoon. 515 00:40:32,641 --> 00:40:35,561 You can count on me. I'll be there for sure. 516 00:40:36,801 --> 00:40:39,401 I'll be off, then. Must see what's up. 517 00:40:39,561 --> 00:40:40,881 See you this afternoon! 518 00:40:41,041 --> 00:40:42,961 Sure. Bye! 519 00:40:50,401 --> 00:40:51,641 Yes? 520 00:40:52,721 --> 00:40:56,281 A letter's come for Miss Mieze. 521 00:40:57,201 --> 00:40:58,881 A letter for Mieze? 522 00:40:59,041 --> 00:41:00,561 See for yourself. 523 00:41:02,441 --> 00:41:04,961 Shall I make some coffee? It's freshly ground. 524 00:41:05,121 --> 00:41:08,801 No thanks, Mrs Bast. It's not good for my heart. 525 00:41:41,441 --> 00:41:46,041 On Brunnenstrasse, where they're excavating below ground, 526 00:41:46,201 --> 00:41:49,321 a horse has fallen into the pit. 527 00:41:49,481 --> 00:41:52,321 Onlookers have been standing around for half an hour. 528 00:41:52,481 --> 00:41:55,281 The fire department arrives with a truck. 529 00:41:55,641 --> 00:41:59,041 They draw a belt around the horse's belly. 530 00:41:59,281 --> 00:42:03,001 It's standing on water mains and gas pipes. 531 00:42:03,161 --> 00:42:06,841 Maybe it has broken a leg. 532 00:42:07,081 --> 00:42:09,081 It's trembling and whinnying. 533 00:42:09,241 --> 00:42:11,681 All one can see from above is its head. 534 00:42:11,841 --> 00:42:14,361 They hoist it up with a winch. 535 00:42:14,521 --> 00:42:16,881 The horse threshes furiously with its legs. 536 00:42:17,321 --> 00:42:19,441 Franz Biberkopf is there. 537 00:42:19,601 --> 00:42:22,521 He jumps down into the pit to the fireman... 538 00:42:22,681 --> 00:42:25,401 and helps push the horse forward. 539 00:42:25,681 --> 00:42:28,401 Everyone is amazed at what Franz can do with one arm. 540 00:42:29,561 --> 00:42:33,881 They pat the horse. It's in a lather, but unhurt. 541 00:42:35,521 --> 00:42:39,961 A strange little wagon rolls through the city, 542 00:42:40,121 --> 00:42:42,761 a cart with a paralyzed man... 543 00:42:42,921 --> 00:42:45,641 who trundles his way forward with his arms. 544 00:42:45,801 --> 00:42:49,081 Fixed to the cart are lots of colored pennants. 545 00:42:49,241 --> 00:42:51,521 Along Schönhauser Allee the man rolls. 546 00:42:51,721 --> 00:42:55,361 He stops at every corner. People crowd around him, 547 00:42:55,521 --> 00:42:58,401 and a helper sells postcards for 10 pfennigs. 548 00:42:59,521 --> 00:43:02,401 "Globetrotter Johann Kierbach, 549 00:43:02,561 --> 00:43:07,401 born on February 20, 1874, in Mönchengladbach, 550 00:43:07,761 --> 00:43:11,601 healthy and active until the outbreak of the world war, 551 00:43:11,761 --> 00:43:14,081 when my hard-working efforts were ended... 552 00:43:14,241 --> 00:43:18,721 by a stroke that paralyzed my right side. 553 00:43:19,041 --> 00:43:21,481 But I recovered enough to be able... 554 00:43:21,641 --> 00:43:24,441 to walk alone for hours on end... 555 00:43:24,601 --> 00:43:26,881 and pursue my profession, 556 00:43:27,081 --> 00:43:31,041 which saved my family from the worst privations. 557 00:43:31,201 --> 00:43:35,841 In November 1924, the population of the Rhineland rejoiced... 558 00:43:36,001 --> 00:43:40,601 when the national railroad was freed from Belgian control. 559 00:43:41,121 --> 00:43:45,721 Many Germans got drunk for joy, 560 00:43:45,881 --> 00:43:48,441 which proved to be a disaster for me. 561 00:43:48,601 --> 00:43:51,281 On that day, I was returning home, 562 00:43:51,441 --> 00:43:54,641 when, less than 300 metres from my apartment, 563 00:43:54,801 --> 00:43:58,841 I was knocked down by a group of men leaving a bar. 564 00:43:59,001 --> 00:44:00,641 It was a terrible stroke of fate, 565 00:44:01,241 --> 00:44:05,561 for I am now crippled for life and will never walk again. 566 00:44:05,961 --> 00:44:09,121 I have no pension nor any other means of support. 567 00:44:09,281 --> 00:44:11,041 Johann Kierbach." 568 00:44:11,561 --> 00:44:15,521 And one of the boys says: "Quite right, too! 569 00:44:15,681 --> 00:44:19,641 They shouldn't spend a cent on cripples." 570 00:44:20,281 --> 00:44:22,641 But then, an old man asks, 571 00:44:22,801 --> 00:44:26,961 "Does a guy like that have to become a pimp?" 572 00:44:28,601 --> 00:44:31,921 And the boy says quite seriously, 573 00:44:33,561 --> 00:44:35,081 "Yes. 574 00:44:36,001 --> 00:44:38,481 It's nothing to laugh about. 575 00:44:40,161 --> 00:44:43,081 You should see my brother's wife, 576 00:44:43,241 --> 00:44:46,281 my sister-in-law. They're decent people, 577 00:44:47,241 --> 00:44:49,561 as good as the next. 578 00:44:49,921 --> 00:44:52,481 Do you think they were embarrassed? 579 00:44:52,641 --> 00:44:56,201 They let themselves be paid that trash, welfare money. 580 00:44:56,721 --> 00:44:59,161 He ran around looking for work... 581 00:44:59,321 --> 00:45:02,921 and she didn't know how to manage on the few cents she had, 582 00:45:03,121 --> 00:45:05,721 with two little brats at home. 583 00:45:06,681 --> 00:45:09,441 The woman couldn't go to work. 584 00:45:09,681 --> 00:45:12,481 Well, she met a guy, 585 00:45:12,641 --> 00:45:16,481 and then maybe she met another guy. 586 00:45:17,681 --> 00:45:20,561 Until he got wise - my brother. 587 00:45:21,481 --> 00:45:23,841 Well, he came to me and said... 588 00:45:24,001 --> 00:45:26,041 I should go and hear... 589 00:45:26,201 --> 00:45:29,001 what he was going to tell his wife. 590 00:45:29,161 --> 00:45:31,401 He came to the right guy, I tell you." 591 00:46:09,481 --> 00:46:11,641 Yes, I'm coming! 592 00:46:16,361 --> 00:46:19,561 My God! Okay, I'm coming! 593 00:46:22,761 --> 00:46:25,281 Oh, it's you. It sounded like the riot squad. 594 00:46:25,441 --> 00:46:28,281 Look at this! Mieze received this letter today. 595 00:46:28,441 --> 00:46:29,961 It's a love letter. 596 00:46:30,121 --> 00:46:34,641 Do you understand? My Mieze received a love letter! 597 00:46:36,321 --> 00:46:38,361 It's a love letter, Eva. 598 00:46:38,521 --> 00:46:41,601 My Mieze got a love letter from another guy. 599 00:46:41,761 --> 00:46:44,801 From another guy! A love letter! 600 00:46:44,961 --> 00:46:45,641 My Mieze! 601 00:46:45,801 --> 00:46:47,881 And you opened it? 602 00:46:48,041 --> 00:46:49,081 Yes. 603 00:46:49,241 --> 00:46:51,241 Ever heard of mail privacy? 604 00:46:51,401 --> 00:46:54,041 What do I care about goddamned mail privacy? 605 00:46:54,201 --> 00:46:56,881 When my Mieze gets a love letter from another guy, 606 00:46:57,041 --> 00:47:00,441 there's no mail privacy anymore. I draw the line there. 607 00:47:09,441 --> 00:47:12,561 Why are you looking at me like that? What's up? 608 00:47:18,321 --> 00:47:21,321 Come on, Eva! What's all this? 609 00:47:21,481 --> 00:47:24,081 Hey, Eva, behave yourself! 610 00:47:24,241 --> 00:47:26,161 What will Herbert think? 611 00:47:26,321 --> 00:47:28,441 Herbert went to Breslau two days ago... 612 00:47:28,601 --> 00:47:31,281 and won't be back until the day after tomorrow. 613 00:47:47,281 --> 00:47:50,281 What's up with you, my girl? 614 00:47:50,441 --> 00:47:53,201 Have you gone crazy or what? 615 00:47:57,281 --> 00:47:58,561 Herbert's really not here? 616 00:47:58,721 --> 00:48:01,201 You can take my word for it. 617 00:48:05,721 --> 00:48:08,601 It's a dirty thing to do - in his own apartment. 618 00:48:08,761 --> 00:48:13,521 You're so sweet. I'm crazy about you, Franz. 619 00:48:19,041 --> 00:48:21,121 My God, you'll have marks on your neck. 620 00:48:21,281 --> 00:48:23,401 Come on, Franz, come on! 621 00:48:24,001 --> 00:48:27,041 I could devour you. I want you so much. 622 00:48:27,201 --> 00:48:32,401 My God, Eva. What will Herbert say... 623 00:48:33,321 --> 00:48:37,121 when he sees the marks? They'll turn black and blue. 624 00:48:37,961 --> 00:48:40,921 Come on, Franz. I'm going to my client afterwards. 625 00:48:41,081 --> 00:48:43,681 I can say I got them from him. 626 00:48:43,921 --> 00:48:46,681 What will your client say when he sees the marks? 627 00:48:46,841 --> 00:48:51,401 And what will my aunt say? And what will my grandma say? 628 00:48:51,801 --> 00:48:54,241 My God, Franz. What's up with you? 629 00:48:54,401 --> 00:48:57,641 Nothing's up, Eva, nothing at all. 630 00:49:29,201 --> 00:49:30,401 Okay, 631 00:49:32,441 --> 00:49:34,081 I'm going now... 632 00:49:35,041 --> 00:49:36,841 to have a word with Mieze. 633 00:49:39,161 --> 00:49:41,921 You, Eva? How come? 634 00:49:42,401 --> 00:49:44,881 Quite simply because I want to. 635 00:49:45,681 --> 00:49:49,361 You stay here. I'll be right back. 636 00:49:50,681 --> 00:49:53,321 You can let me have my way for once. 637 00:49:54,801 --> 00:49:58,001 Surely I can take care of a little girl... 638 00:49:59,161 --> 00:50:01,241 who doesn't have any experience... 639 00:50:04,401 --> 00:50:06,721 like Mieze here in Berlin. 640 00:50:26,881 --> 00:50:29,521 My Mieze received a love letter. 641 00:50:41,921 --> 00:50:43,521 Mieze! 642 00:50:44,641 --> 00:50:48,481 Mieze, don't run away! 643 00:51:02,001 --> 00:51:03,601 What's up? Has something happened? 644 00:51:04,241 --> 00:51:07,281 Don't get upset, Mieze. Just come with me. 645 00:51:13,521 --> 00:51:15,081 Back to Elsässer Strasse. 646 00:51:19,601 --> 00:51:21,281 Eva, what's happened? 647 00:51:21,441 --> 00:51:24,961 Here! This letter came today, and Franz opened it. 648 00:51:29,841 --> 00:51:32,041 What's so funny? 649 00:51:34,001 --> 00:51:35,961 The way he writes... 650 00:51:37,401 --> 00:51:41,281 It's so funny! I've never read anything like it. 651 00:51:41,841 --> 00:51:44,361 Hey, sweetie! I don't think you were listening. 652 00:51:44,521 --> 00:51:48,761 The letter you're reading, which is addressed to you, 653 00:51:48,921 --> 00:51:53,001 is a love letter... and Franz opened it. 654 00:51:58,001 --> 00:51:59,801 Then it's all over. 655 00:52:01,961 --> 00:52:05,761 Am I right, Eva? It's all over now. 656 00:52:09,441 --> 00:52:11,961 And I love Franz so much... 657 00:52:12,321 --> 00:52:16,521 that it hurts. That's how much I love him. 658 00:52:16,681 --> 00:52:19,841 There's only one thing for it. You must tell him. 659 00:52:20,881 --> 00:52:23,521 - I should tell him? - Sure. If you don't tell him, 660 00:52:23,681 --> 00:52:26,641 he'll think you really do have a lover. 661 00:52:26,801 --> 00:52:30,721 But if you were to tell him, maybe he'd accept it. 662 00:52:32,081 --> 00:52:33,681 Maybe. 663 00:52:35,641 --> 00:52:37,761 That would be good, Eva. 664 00:52:38,201 --> 00:52:40,841 Did he like the canary? 665 00:52:44,001 --> 00:52:47,401 I can't tell him. I simply can't. 666 00:52:48,721 --> 00:52:51,401 I'd rather never go back home again. 667 00:52:52,361 --> 00:52:54,521 I can't tell him. 668 00:52:57,681 --> 00:53:00,201 Can't you tell him about it, Eva? 669 00:53:00,841 --> 00:53:02,881 You're so smart. 670 00:53:04,161 --> 00:53:05,761 You could break it to him. 671 00:53:05,921 --> 00:53:08,361 You can do it. He listens to you. 672 00:53:08,521 --> 00:53:10,001 Please, Eva. Give it a try. 673 00:53:10,161 --> 00:53:14,121 Okay. If you want, I'll give it a try. 674 00:53:15,841 --> 00:53:18,641 Darling, I must get out here. 675 00:53:18,801 --> 00:53:21,241 I'll do my best, but I can't promise anything. 676 00:53:21,401 --> 00:53:23,561 Do you have some money? See you later! 677 00:53:24,401 --> 00:53:26,361 The corner of Jean-Paul and Mosesstrasse, please! 678 00:53:29,201 --> 00:53:34,961 1928 is a major election year in Europe. 679 00:53:35,361 --> 00:53:38,721 In Germany, numerous parties are campaigning... 680 00:53:38,881 --> 00:53:41,161 for votes. 681 00:54:03,601 --> 00:54:04,961 Back already? 682 00:54:05,121 --> 00:54:06,681 I guess so. 683 00:54:08,121 --> 00:54:09,601 How long did I sleep? 684 00:54:09,761 --> 00:54:12,161 An hour at the most. 685 00:54:34,961 --> 00:54:37,441 Tell me what was up. 686 00:54:37,641 --> 00:54:39,521 - With Mieze? - Yes. 687 00:54:39,681 --> 00:54:42,841 Nothing special. She just laughed when she read the letter. 688 00:54:43,001 --> 00:54:45,081 She laughed her head off. 689 00:54:45,561 --> 00:54:48,201 I refuse to hear anything bad about her. 690 00:54:54,641 --> 00:54:57,081 How can she laugh about it? 691 00:54:57,241 --> 00:54:58,961 It's no laughing matter. 692 00:55:00,481 --> 00:55:02,641 I don't think the letter means anything. 693 00:55:02,801 --> 00:55:05,881 She just laughed when she read it. 694 00:55:06,201 --> 00:55:08,841 But the most important thing was... 695 00:55:09,001 --> 00:55:13,081 that she asked me if you liked the canary. 696 00:55:15,441 --> 00:55:16,841 Well... 697 00:55:17,001 --> 00:55:19,281 You listen to me. One thing I can tell you: 698 00:55:19,441 --> 00:55:22,801 she didn't bat an eye, Franz. 699 00:55:22,961 --> 00:55:26,201 I thought she was great. She's a good girl. 700 00:55:26,361 --> 00:55:28,921 What do you mean "a good girl"? 701 00:55:29,281 --> 00:55:31,761 If she lives with me... 702 00:55:32,041 --> 00:55:34,841 and has a lover who writes her letters, 703 00:55:35,001 --> 00:55:37,441 and she never told me anything about it... 704 00:55:37,881 --> 00:55:41,001 Then she's no longer my Mieze. 705 00:55:41,161 --> 00:55:43,561 Franz, don't you understand? 706 00:55:44,001 --> 00:55:46,761 A girl wants to do something for her guy, too. 707 00:55:46,921 --> 00:55:49,001 What does she have if you're... 708 00:55:49,161 --> 00:55:51,521 running around all day wheeling and dealing, 709 00:55:51,681 --> 00:55:54,521 and all she does is make coffee and clean up? 710 00:55:55,561 --> 00:55:57,521 She wants you to be pleased. 711 00:55:57,681 --> 00:55:59,401 She wants to give you something. 712 00:55:59,561 --> 00:56:03,761 She wants to have something of you. That's why she does it. 713 00:56:04,241 --> 00:56:08,201 And you swallow that? That's why she cheats on me? 714 00:56:13,361 --> 00:56:15,281 What kind of reason is that? 715 00:56:15,921 --> 00:56:19,241 There's no cheating involved. She said that right away. 716 00:56:19,401 --> 00:56:21,681 There's no question of that. 717 00:56:21,841 --> 00:56:25,561 If some guy writes her a letter, that doesn't mean a thing. 718 00:56:26,401 --> 00:56:29,561 Maybe a guy gets stuck on her. So he writes a letter. 719 00:56:30,241 --> 00:56:33,281 That's nothing new for you, surely? 720 00:56:36,121 --> 00:56:39,921 Here we go again! That's how the wind blows. 721 00:56:40,081 --> 00:56:44,481 End of part 8