Original subtitles

There is a land where families are happy,

where mothers and fathers love each other

and children are cherished,

a land where there is no injustice,

no prejudice and no persecution.

But we don't live there. We live in Bingley,

where the struggle for freedom has still to be won.

All over the world, workers are rising up against oppression.

In America, they're fighting for civil rights.

In Paris, the students have taken to the barricades.

Hell, no, we won't go! Hell, no, we won't go!

So, what are you doing to change the world?

As Karl Marx said, "From each according to his ability,

"to each according to his needs. "

- In England, however... - Stick to the subject, Mary.

My family... I have one older sister, Alex.

Her teacher, Mr Murray, says she's an avant-garde artist.

And w-w-what do you c-c-call this, Alex?

Frog.

In my opinion, she's a prostitute.

I have one uncle who also lives with us.

Uncle Phillip.

He has problems with his nerves

because he can't live up to his father's expectations.

Grandpa Joseph was a hero in the Spanish Civil War.

The point, as Karl Marx said, is not to interpret history, but to change it.

But the most important member of my family is my father, FR Ratcliffe.

- Morning Star? - No, thanks.

A man of conviction.

These are my relatives.

But the important thing to remember is there is only one family that really counts

and that is the great family of International Communism, which has room for everyone.

Except for Alex.

- You didn't mention your mother. - No?

Oh, no, I forgot her.

Oh!

Phillip, can you get that?

Phillip?

Hello?

Is that you, Mr Murray?

No, no, n-n-no.

Well, I think it is you, Mr Murray.

Alex?

Just choose one, Phillip.

- Wait there. - Ask Mr Murray to stop ringing.

- Why? - Well, for one, he's a lot older than you.

Also, he's your teacher. Also, he's married.

OK.

Thank you.

Alex, promise me there isn't a boy in this house.

I promise there isn't a boy IN this house.

Janice, could I have a word with you after break, please?

All right, Frank?

Yes!

# Comrades, come rally

# And the last fight let us face

# The Internationale

# Unites the human race

# So comrades... #

I'm home.

You're early. What are you after, love?

Oh, just something.

Oh, Frank, listen.

- # Today I may not have a thing at all # - Friday night at the Palais.

Our song.

# Except for just a dream or two

# But I've got lots of plans for tomorrow

# And all my tomorrows... #

There it is!

Frank.

Comrade.

Oh, happy anniversary, darling.

I hope this wasn't expensive.

Go on.

What is it? Do you like it?

It's called a Teasmade. Makes the tea for you in the morning

even if it is a capitalist tool of consumer oppression.

Tea in bed, not a bad idea.

Yeah, it's... it's lovely.

Frank, this is my present to you.

I commissioned Alex to paint a family portrait.

A painting.

- Let's see that, then. - Is there a title, love?

The Persistence Of Misery In A Desert Without Fish.

Well, that's... that's very...

Why am I on fire?

Now, I've got a surprise for all of you.

I've got a new job.

Hooray!

I applied ages ago, but I didn't dream...

It's teaching English literature.

But, Doe... Doe, how would you feel about moving?

Where?

East.

Bradford?

All right, we'll have a family vote.

You always win the bloody family votes.

OK, we know what you think, Alex.

- Mary? - I say yes.

- Phillip? - I...

I'm a don't know.

Dorothy?

It's down to you, love.

Our family living in a communist country with people just like us

helping to build a better society.

It's what your father fought for, Doe.

A new start.

We're gonna be so happy.

All right, Frank. I say yes.

I love you, compadre.

East Germany, here we come.

Goodbye, Frank. Keep the red flag flying.

- Bye. - Bye.

Here we go...

into history.

Bye, Harry. Goodbye, Harry.

His name's not Harry, for Pete's sake!

Don't go!

Oh!

What was that?

Just Mr Murray.

# Get away

# We'll leave the city folk

# They'll have to stay

# Don't have to pack a thing

# Just get away

# Gotta go #

Here we go.

Halt.

- Ausweis! Papiere! - Guten Morgen, Kameraden.

Er... Wir sind die Ratcliffes. Wir sind gl�cklich...

...with you.

Teenagers, eh?

- You are English? - Yes, yes, we're moving here.

I've a job as an English teacher. There's a letter.

English? Why are you driving a Russian car?

Oh, well, we're communists, you see.

We want to live like you.

Bloody hell!

Please.

You know, it's actually quite roomy.

Thank you, Dorothy Ratcliffe.

Thank you.

So, they have arrived, the English neighbours.

Out. Now.

What? My crapper is kaput.

You want me to piss on the floor?

Come on.

- Guten Tag, we're the Ratcliffes. - Das melde ich.

Verpiss dich!

Hello?

Hello?

# My Bonnie lies over the ocean

# My Bonnie lies over the sea

# My Bonnie lies over the ocean

# Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me #

Ahem!

The... Erweiterte Oberschule Heinrich Heine... of Asche...

welcomes you, Mr Ratcliffe... Ratcliffe...

and your family to the German Democratic Republic...

- where... Ja. - Ja.

Very good to meet you, Rector.

- This is my son Otto. - Guten Tag.

Komm, mach was zu trinken.

And this is Fr�ulein Unger.

She... she... she...

I'm from the League of Friends, and I will be helping you to settle in.

Right, that's... Isn't that lovely?

It's lovely.

You know, we have marvellous organisations for you young people.

For you, Mary, we have the Young Pioneers.

- Is there a uniform? - Yes!

For you, Alex, we have the Free German Youth.

Well, that sounds nice, doesn't it, love?

...ein ganz gro�es Krankenhaus... ein Hospital, f�r die Kranken...

und au�erdem haben wir einen ganz gro�en Betrieb, einen chemischen Betrieb.

It's wonderful, this place.

Love it, there's so much energy.

Yes. Yes.

We should talk about finding work for your brother-in-law.

- Really? - Yes.

Well, that... I think he needs that.

And your wife also. What is her work?

- Dorothy? - Yes.

Well, I suppose she's just a housewife.

Sprich nie wieder so mit mir! Wenn ich dir etwas sage,

hast du meine Autorit�t vor fremden Leuten niemals in Frage zu stellen.

Ist das klar?

Tut mir leid.

Komm, mein Sch�tzchen. Komm mein S��er, komm.

Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba. Komm her.

Frank, what if it all turns out to be a terrible mistake?

A mistake?

Oh, Doe, I'm just so happy here.

I know the apartment isn't, well, ideal.

We mustn't be selfish.

What? What did I do?

Look.

Let's just all have a great day.

To the Bingley Communist Party.

Greetings, comrades, from the border town of Asche.

FR has asked me to let you know how we are all getting on.

FR says teaching in the DDR is much better than in England.

The only things that grow well in rows are vegetables.

Let's get these in a circle.

That's it. We're setting sail!

Who knows what lands lie ahead?

All of his students really want to learn.

Unlike Alex.

Who is the greatest artist in the world?

Andy Warhol.

That is incorrect.

We will have to start at the beginning with you.

Draw it.

Here, nobody is telling her she's great,

which has been quite a shock to her.

One day, she will see that her decadent ways

have no place in the modern DDR.

Here we pursue excellence, not boys.

Everyone works in the DDR, even Uncle Phillip.

He doesn't have so much time for lying in bed all day

and having nervous breakdowns.

He works as a cleaner, and it's doing him good

even though it makes him smell of disinfectant.

Speaking of which, mum has been busy with the housework.

Guten Tag, Frau Gloch.

I'm just admiring your beautiful flowers.

- Please. - She hasn't learned much German yet.

She has promised to try,

as that will help her integrate into Asche society.

Auf die Pl�tze, fertig, los!

As for me, I'm fully integrated.

I've joined a number of school clubs, and I'm doing very well on the running team.

They don't seem to mind that I can run faster than all of them.

I really feel as though I fit in here.

But I've kept our best news till last.

We have renounced our British citizenship.

OK.

FR and I are keen to show that we have fully rejected capitalist values.

We are East Germans now.

Wish us luck.

Yours, MK Ratcliffe.

You know, you remind me so much of myself when I was a little girl.

Really?

I was a serious student too.

I wanted to change the world, you know?

May I confide in you, Mary?

Your grandfather, he fought the Fascists, yes?

Yes.

And that is my secret job also.

I help defend the DDR against the Fascists.

Only now, we don't use guns.

We use our eyes and ears.

And that way we find our enemies out.

- Would you like to join this fight? - What must I do?

First, you have to find yourself a subject

and then if there's anything interesting about them, you must tell me.

- Who must my subject be? - That is for you to decide.

The enemy could be anywhere.

Excuse me, this is not working. Das funktioniert nicht.

Das funktioniert... nicht.

Please, can you show me the way out?

Oh...

Komm her, du kleine Ratte.

Komm, komm.

- Do you think you can get rid of them? - Mm-hm.

Thank you.

Eight marks.

Oh, OK.

Each rat.

All right.

And D-marks, not Ostmarks, huh?

That's fine.

I'm Dorothy, Dorothy Ratcliffe.

Anna Kopleck.

I have a roll of wallpaper with flowers.

Very English.

Oh... Oh, thank you, that's... that's so kind.

- 15 marks. - Right.

How... How are you going to catch them?

Catch them?

It will be humane, won't it? I wouldn't want...

I have not seen rats that fat and big since '43.

How do... how do you do?

I'm Phillip.

Hello, I'm a photographer.

Sitzt, passt und hat Luft.

Right. Well, who's for cake?

On three.

One, two, three.

...what many have begun to call the Prague Spring may be under threat.

Russian forces on the Czechoslovak border have increased significantly

despite the Czechoslovakian Prime Minister Dubcek's protests...

She's doing it again.

- It's my radio! - Degenerate!

- Dwarf! - Girls, please.

Lapdog. Go find your own thing.

I've got my own thing.

- What's that? - Nothing.

Oh, let me see.

Nein, nein, das ist private.

Are the Soviets going to invade Czechoslovakia, FR?

No, of course not.

Imperialists invade countries, Mary.

Like America in Vietnam.

Oh.

I'll get your briefcase.

...Czechoslovak leaders are stressing their determination...

You know, if we move the TV aerial, we can watch Bilko.

Can we?

No, we don't watch American TV.

And we don't listen to American forces radio.

What are you reading?

Problem page.

"Dear Joan, no matter what I do for my husband,

"no matter what I say, no matter what I cook for him,

"it's never enough, he still doesn't notice me.

"What can I do? Yours, Desperate, from Bingley. "

# There is someone

# Walking behind you

# Turn around

# Look at me

# There is someone

# Watching your footsteps

# Turn around

# Look at me

# There is someone

# Who really needs you

# Here's my heart

# In my hand

# Turn around, turn around

# Look at me, look at me

# Understand

# Understand #

You are not supposed to be in this place.

It's a free country.

So... what?

You come here to smoke or what?

I'm not allowed to have this book, you understand?

Relax.

Who cares?

- So, what's in this place? - It is not...

Sorry.

Don't go falling in love with me.

OK.

Otto?

- It is Otto, isn't it? - Frau Ratcliffe?

I'm sorry. I was just out walking and I...

I think I'm lost.

Is everything all right, Otto?

I was going to wait for the sunset.

They're very beautiful here...

because of the chemical works.

Oh.

Won't that be a long wait?

Well, I didn't mean to disturb you.

I'll just...

No. I'm glad you're here.

You can tell him.

- Tell who? - My father.

Tell him what he has made me to do. Auf Wiedersehen, Frau Ratcliffe.

Tell him it was quickly done.

Oh, no!

Ah... Ah...

Otto!

Ah...

You don't want to be a soldier?

I want to be a trumpet player, like your Roy Castle.

I don't believe in violence.

Then you have to tell your father how you feel.

I have. He does believe in violence.

He kept this in his desk all these years.

He told me it was loaded and not to touch it.

He is a liar.

A liar and a secret smoker.

Listen to me, Otto.

I'm sure there's a solution.

I have a solution.

You're not going to kill yourself.

- You're just a child. - I can't join the army!

Do you know what they do to you if you're not strong enough?

They'll think I am homosexual.

I am not homosexual, I am artistic.

Yes. Of course you are.

Come on.

Come on, now. Let me drive you home.

Please, Frau Ratcliffe, I cannot go home. I don't want to see my father.

Otto, you have to listen to me.

I know things seem bad now, but the point is you're not alone.

Lots of people are unhappy, you know, and... I'm unhappy. So...

Why are you unhappy?

Well...

my children don't really need me.

I don't think I'm the mother they wanted.

I don't blame them. I've done nothing with my life.

I've always had these people around me who've done these incredible...

...these things.

My father was a famous revolutionary and Frank is just so inspiring.

But me?

Just... nothing.

I'm just...

...the housewife.

And I know my husband thinks I'm just...

I'm not interesting enough for him.

And that's why it's all just...

...funktioniert nicht.

But... but the point is you just have to keep going.

Westen.

Oh, that's the West?

Ja. If I was there...

Well, when you're older, you can go to the West.

No?

Nobody is allowed to go to the West.

Not at all?

What... never?

Never. That is what the fence is for.

Well, that's...

...that's ridiculous.

It's not right.

Somebody should do something.

Halt!

Halt, please!

Frau Ratcliffe!

#... �ber Deutschland scheint

# �ber Deutschland scheint #

Mein Gott!

This is my father's car.

I'm sorry.

Thank you.

# Auferstanden aus Ruinen

# Und der Zukunft zugewandt

# La� uns dir zum Guten dienen

# Deutschland, einig Vaterland #

...am Zaun. ... schneller...

Oh, Dorothy, at last.

I invited a few friends for drinks.

Oh, er, right, well, I'll just...

Oh, gosh.

Oh, no.

Oh!

Oh, sorry. Sorry.

Entschuldigung.

Have you fire, please?

Er...

I'll be running for Ulbricht.

It was going to be a surprise,

but Herr Ulbricht is coming to Asche, yes.

The leader of our country himself.

He likes to visit the small towns.

Well, it's something to celebrate, yes?

Oh, Dorothy, Ulbricht's coming here.

What? Now?

No, in a month or so.

Oh.

- Oh. - Oh, Doe.

Oh, dear.

You're making it worse.

Leave it.

Your father?

Oh, it's Dorothy's, actually.

Joseph Prior.

He was a wonderful man.

Saved an entire village in the Spanish Civil War.

Oh, he's a bit of a hero of mine.

I just wish he could see me now.

- You have a lovely home. - Thank you.

Hier gibt's nichts zu gucken.

- Frank. - I know what you're gonna say.

But she must have done something, Doe.

People don't get arrested unless they've actually done something.

You have to understand.

There's a lot of people out there who want to wreck

what this country's trying to build.

Oh.

Sag's du doch.

- We like your music. - What music?

Sag du's.

Cliff Richard. You know Cliff Richard?

Knob off!

What's all the excitement?

Stasi. The rector's son Otto has defected.

...impetuous one!

Drive my dead thoughts over the universe

Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth

And by the incantation of this verse...

That bureaucrat Vort has censored my notes on Shelley.

I know everyone is upset about the boy defecting

but if I'm not to be trusted in my own classroom...

That is regrettable, Frank,

but we have something so special here.

We have to protect our children as best we can.

What, from Shelley?

From the West. From Fascism.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Ingrid?

It's just...

Otto. I've known him since he was a little boy.

And where is he now? Who is going to look after him?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

No. No, that's fine.

Really.

This is my music.

Art is a revolution.

Nein!

You all right?

She's just a teenager.

You can't really mean you'd arrest her?

Here, sedition is a crime.

We have the welfare of the other students to think of.

Like all young people they are vulnerable to decadent Western influence.

And the music was brought into the country illegally.

I'll vouch for her personally.

I promise you, this will never happen again.

There must be something I can do.

Something to prove my loyalty.

Perhaps you would wait outside, Frau Ratcliffe?

I'd prefer to be here. Thank you.

I think you should wait outside, Doe.

Frank, I... I have to talk to you.

What is it?

I don't know how it happened, but it did.

That boy, Otto, that poor boy. Frank...

I know, I know, I feel dreadful about him too.

Everyone's so upset. Ingrid was in tears.

Ingrid?

Fr�ulein Unger.

She says the poor Rector's a mess.

You know, they think there's a chance it might've been a suicide attempt.

Why do they think that?

He drove straight through a minefield.

Oh!

You have to buy the whole packet, huh?

- Guten... Tag. - Guten Tag.

Guten Tag.

- Where are you coming from? - Work.

- Work? Where are you going? - Home.

- What is in your bag? - My camera.

- Passport, please. - Passport? We burnt them.

Get in the car.

- My bike. - In the car, please.

On the floor.

I'm from Yorkshire.

Phillip! Phillip!

Dorothy, I'm home.

...Milliarden angegeben.

Doe?

...das Vertrauen des B�rgers in die Wirtschaft in diesem Land hier...

Doe?

Phillip?

Doe.

It's all right, love.

They are questioning everyone about poor Otto's defection.

You mustn't worry.

They're probably on their way home now.

Yes.

Very kind of you to pick up Mary.

That's what friends are for.

We are still friends?

Of course.

Excuse me, but will this take very long?

- You took these photographs at work? - Yes. I'm a photographer.

- But your work is as a cleaner. - Yes.

So, you are not a photographer?

I... No.

What is this?

That's a dead bird.

That's a claw.

Why do you photograph ugly things?

He doesn't.

You don't, Phillip.

They're artistic, expressive, very expressive.

- Where were you yesterday morning? - I...

- Answer the question! - That's enough!

- Come along, Phillip. - Sit down, you're not free to...

I said that's enough!

My brother is an artist of considerable talent.

And I...

I'm British and a housewife.

And we've helped you with your questions and now we're going home for our tea.

Don't forget your artwork, love.

Sorry.

Doe, you called my photographs art.

Yes.

Did you really mean it?

Of course.

...bleibt Rotkraut und Brautkleid bleibt Brautkleid...

...bleibt Brautkleid und Blaukraut bleibt Blaukraut.

# Dahm dahm, dahm do dahm, ooby do

# Dahm dahm, dahm do dahm, ooby do

# Dahm dahm, dahm ooh dahm Mm dooby do

# Come softly, darling

# Come softly, darling

# Come softly, darling

# Come softly, darling

# Come softly, darling

# Come to me, stay

# You're my obsession

# Forever and a day

# I want, want you to know

# I love, I love you so

# Please hold, hold me so tight

# All through, all through the night

# Speak softly, darling

# Hear what I say

# I love you always

# Always, always

# I've waited, waited so long... #

Otto says hello.

Don't look at me.

Otto got a message to me.

He said he's so happy, he's jumping with beans.

I don't know anyone called Otto.

He told me your secret.

- What secret? - Um...

Your husband does not love you.

Also, your children think you are an idiot.

What do you want?

My name is Willi Wolpert.

I am a Stasi officer.

You were there at the Stasi office?

Otto is my friend.

He said that you would help me, I want to...

What?

My mother, she was caught in the West when the Wall went up.

I have not seen her for...

seven years, and now I learn Mama is dying.

She has a tumour.

Here.

It's so big she cannot lift her head from the...

Ahem! I have to see her before it's too late.

I... I'm sorry, I really am,

but Otto, it was just an accident.

I can't help you, I'm just a housewife.

No, no, Frau Ratcliffe.

I'm not asking for your help.

I want to... Erpressen.

My English. Erpressen...

If I would, black...

- Black? - Mail?

Yeah, yeah, blackmail, that's right. That's correct.

I don't really want to do this, but I have to.

I have a contact. Very experienced.

All I need is a lot of money.

- I need to go home and talk to my husband. - No, you can't tell your husband.

He's working for us.

I've seen his reports myself.

What are you doing?

What are all these black lines for?

Oh, nothing, they're just, er, corrections I've been making.

Don't! Just don't touch my papers, Mary.

- Do you want to practise the song, Mary? - Nein danke.

- Well, you look very smart. - Lass mich los!

She looks like a Nazi.

That's enough from you.

Pick that up, Alex. Alex!

Oh.

Oh, I didn't see you there.

Did you say you wanted to talk about something?

Er... no.

No, it's nothing.

You have the money?

You have to understand me, I... I must do this.

For Mama.

Frau Ratcliffe?

I love my husband and I love my children.

Good. That's good.

Sounds nice. Put... put the money on the bench, please.

I can't just stop loving Frank.

I know he's a good man. You don't just stop being good.

- I should never have come here. - Everywhere there are ears.

I'm going to get my family out of this place.

What? But, Frau Ratcliffe, I don't think you understand.

It's non-negotiable.

You are forgetting how the blackmail works.

- I am blackmailing you. - I'll tell you what we're going to do.

I will use my money to get my family out of here.

I've no objection to you coming with us.

A boy should see his mother. But we will do this together.

Do you understand me?

Now, are you going to introduce me to your contact?

OK.

Oh, no.

What?

That woman. She'll see us together.

- She's my neighbour. - She's my contact.

- Her? - Yes.

So, you can help me?

2,000 D-mark.

You've done this sort of thing before?

I do business with people.

I know someone who can make good papers.

When do you want to go?

Ulbricht's visit.

The borders will not be so watchful then.

Do you know what a spitzel is?

No.

It's an informer. I fought in the Resistance.

Listen to me, both of you.

Look at me.

He is looking at you.

Go on.

Either of you tell anyone about this

and I will break your legs.

You understand?

Danke sch�n.

This is a joke, huh?

No, this is a deposit.

A depo... You are not buying a television... You are not buying a...

That money is everything we have.

I don't intend to let it out of my sight until I've got the papers.

I cannot get you the papers.

My contact will not understand "deposit".

Then I will explain it to him.

What's this?

It's a Teasmade.

- It makes the tea for you. - Huh?

- Fecking West. - No, Anna, what. What are you? Look.

- Anna, you can't just... - Deposit.

So, you know him well, this... Jerzy?

I knew his father in the Resistance. We fought together.

Nobody turns around.

You saw my face?

- Yes. - Jetzt h�r auf mit dem Schei�.

Hast du was f�r uns?

You don't ask me how I get it and I don't ask you

what you want to do with it, yes?

OK. You want to get out of DDR,

you need an exit visa, passport, written permission.

It's OK.

How soon can you get the others?

What others?

Er... I need five more sets.

Is this a joke? Ist das ein bl�der Witz, oder was?

- No. - It cannot be done. No way.

I could pay.

Ten days. I need money first.

- That's a deposit. - What?

I will give you the rest of the money...

when I have the passports.

OK.

Very good.

Girls, why don't you help your mother, huh?

I don't think...

Oh, thank you, girls.

Do you play?

Well, I wouldn't say that.

Make your fucking move, I could die here!

Checkmate.

Where are you going? Sit down.

Someone has to teach you.

"Watch out, subject is coming. "

"Subject is returning. "

Good.

"Observing agent wants to impart urgent information. "

Good.

Now, tell me, Mary...

does your father ever speak about me?

No.

You're late.

I was worried.

Well, I thought you might be with your girlfriend.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about your girlfriend.

The one with the blonde hair.

She is not a girlfriend, we are...

- We are... - What?

You're what?

Don't spy on me, Alex.

...Wissenschaftler in Volksg�tern, in Versuchsanstalten...

Hello, Mary. Guten Abend.

Good evening.

I have great news, Frank.

How would you like to give the speech at the reception for the First Secretary?

Me?

For Ulbricht?

Yes, why not you?

You have experienced the failure of capitalist society.

Herr Vort invited us to celebrate.

Please join us.

Doe, we... we've been invited for drinks. Will you come?

Oh, no, you go.

Frank?

Come here. Come.

- You were not followed? - No.

- Where are the papers? - Are you sure?

- Yes, I'm sure. - I have the money.

Did you hide the car so nobody can follow?

I was in the Resistance when you were shitting your pants.

When I say I wasn't being followed I mean I wasn't being followed!

Stasi!

Hurry, behind the tree.

Hello?

Can you get more papers?

- Do you know how hard it was to get those? - Schei�e!

Who asked you to come creeping through the bushes, huh?

In that uniform.

I wasn't creeping.

I have a right to be here. This is my escape too.

Now stop it. We haven't got the papers. How do we get out now?

I don't know.

- There must be a way. - From now on, I stick to cigarettes.

Anna, where'd you get these?

How many people do you think could fit in there?

That depends.

I need all the money first.

You are in for a surprise, my friend.

A deposit!

One of your students has shown some interest in the West.

He asked me what Marmite was.

That's what I mean, there's nothing to report.

Do you really need to know this rubbish?

- Marmite? - Yes.

Oh, it's a... it's a sort of spread for sandwiches.

- We must question this student. - It's a sandwich spread, for goodness' sake.

Not only that, it's the sandwich spread of the people, the proletariat's choice.

Caviar of the masses. Karl Marx himself.

Rector, I...

I find this in my son's room.

Who is it?

That's Roy Castle.

He's a sort of jazz musician.

What does he want?

Here no one is hungry.

No one needs for anything.

We look after each other. What will he have in the West?

You are close to your family?

Ah...

Jazz dance.

Jazz dance.

Jazz dance.

That is why Marmite is important.

- Excuse me. Are you the mother of Willi? - Ja.

But...

...where's your tumour?

- You lied to me. - Yes. I didn't tell you the truth.

We have an arrangement.

People doing business together should be able to trust each other.

Maybe in England, Frau Ratcliffe...

but here it is better to trust no one.

Well, what kind of people lie about their own mothers dying?

Desperate people.

This is a terrible country.

Not like the West, huh?

You want another country, you invade it.

You don't like a man - your Kennedy,

your Martin Luther King - you kill him.

The marvellous West, huh?

At least here, we believe in something.

At least here, everyone has got work.

I just want to go home, Anna.

Phillip? Phillip, Anna's here.

Er... Er...

Can I just say...

Ohhh!

# Strange brew

# Kills what's inside of you

# She's a witch of trouble in electric blue

- # In her own mad mind she's in love with you - Do you like it?

# With you

- It's happening. - What are you doing?

You want them to find you here?

This place is supposed to be a secret.

Ah!

Thomas, what's the matter?

This is all stupid.

Like the statue.

- If you want to change the system... - This is not about changing the system.

This is about you trying to annoy your papa.

Well, I'm sorry.

But I don't think I can go out with someone who's a coward.

You stumble in here making noise.

Everyone must look at Alex. Everyone must pay attention.

Here, where the real people live,

we don't want to be looked at.

Maybe when we do something of consequence.

All right. Go and read your books.

Why don't you come and lecture me after you've actually done something.

- Tourist! - Wanker!

Halt!

Alex?

Where the hell have you been?

Alex, turn that off.

She's a degenerate, FR.

Have you been drinking?

Yeah. I've been smoking and drinking. And I've been dancing.

And guess what?

When you're out, I watch Bilko.

- Arrest me! - She's out of control.

- Piss off, Mary! - Apologise.

Frank, please.

- It isn't me that should apologise. - What are you talking about?

I'm talking about you integrating into society here.

- What? - Forget it.

- Frank! - I said what are you talking about?

- You're hurting me. - I asked you a question.

I'm talking about you having sex with that Unger woman.

What on earth are you...

I saw you kissing her.

I saw you.

Doe...

- Doe... - No.

No, no.

It's not how... She just...

We were meeting about...

I don't know who you are any more, Frank.

- You're not the man I married. - But I...

You drag this family halfway across the world

to a place where they arrest people for listening to music

and taking photographs and having geraniums...

- Don't be ridiculous. - Stop patronising me!

You're always patronising everyone.

You've always been patronising and controlling and bossy!

- Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! - I am not having an affair.

It's not about her, you stupid...

Go!

Just go.

Where are you going, FR?

Your mother doesn't want me here.

But... but I do.

I love you.

...demonstration. Now for some breaking news.

Thousands of Soviet tanks have tonight crossed

the Czechoslovakian border, provoking outrage in the international community.

The police are...

You Russian bastards!

Do you want some schnapps?

No.

Then go away.

Get her back, Frank.

She don't want me.

I'm not the man she married, apparently.

You know why?

Because the man she married had all the life

sucked out of him looking after his family.

Your dad was right.

A woman stops a man from doing anything that's worthwhile.

Children.

What?

He didn't say woman.

He said children stopped a man doing anything worthwhile.

He was talking about Dorothy and me.

I know he's your hero, Frank...

but I hated him.

And for your information...

that Teasmade was a useless gift.

Dorothy don't drink tea.

And marrying her was the most worthwhile thing

you've done in your life.

What the hell would you know about worthwhile lives?

Hiding in your bedroom.

Making a fool out of yourself over that rat-catcher.

Schnapps, bitte.

What do you want now?

Ow!

OK.

You sit down here.

It is in the factory.

So are the leaflets.

We were going to drop the leaflets on the town... Oh!

...when Ulbricht came, we would drop the leaflets on the town, yes?

And the girl you saw me with?

She is from the group, you understand?

Pro-democracy. We must tell her.

I think I'd like some cocoa.

Would you like some cocoa, Alex? Some cocoa might help us get to sleep.

- There's nothing like a milky drink to... - What are you talking about?

Alex, I don't want you to wake Mary up.

For God's sake, can't you see that...

They're listening.

Shh! The bullet just grazed him, love.

It's all my fault.

- What are we gonna do? - It'll be all right.

How's it gonna be all right? You can't just wish it all right.

Because we're escaping tomorrow.

Don't worry, love, I've done it before.

Now, blow.

That's right.

We're all getting out of here.

What?

What about Dad?

I don't think so.

I've been keeping it a surprise, but I think you'll love it.

The mountains and... and lots of lakes and... and so on.

Just for a week or two. We could all do with a holiday.

Is FR coming?

No, love, your father has to stay here.

Then I'll stay too. You can go without me.

Well, I couldn't... couldn't go without you, Mary.

You know that. You're my little girl.

All right.

But I have to run my race first.

Right. Good.

Well, as soon as that's over

we'll get straight in the car and be off.

I'll pack some things for you.

Shall we pack Lenin?

Only me.

Phillip, this is Thomas.

Cup of tea?

In your apartment?

Are you crazy?

Get rid of him.

He's coming with us today.

No. No, no, no, absolutely not.

The Stasi is looking out for him.

See, he will ruin everything.

He can't come with us. No.

Calm down. You want the lifeguard to hear?

Calm down? Calm down? You are changing the plans!

You know what it means when you change the plans?

I get... I get shot! I get shot.

Frau Ratcliffe, ich werde, ich werde...

OK.

OK, that's it. Finished.

I'm going to report you now.

Setz dich, du Idiot!

All right, Willi.

All right, I'll get the boy out another way.

You won't be coming with us, Thomas,

but don't worry, we've got you a passport.

There is a problem with the passport.

But this is a woman.

Thank you, Ingrid.

I don't understand anything any more.

Perhaps I should not say this, Frank, but...

I think this is a good thing.

Dorothy, she's not the woman for you.

So quiet and always working in the house.

And you.

No. You're wrong.

You couldn't be more wrong, Ingrid.

Dorothy's a wonderful, wonderful woman.

She's given up everything for me. She's...

Excuse me.

- Fr�ulein Unger. - Mary. What can I do for you?

Mary?

What... what are you doing here?

What on earth are...

Well, we will all go to the celebration together now, yes?

Into history.

Sorry.

I wasn't spying on you.

I just wanted to look at you because...

you are beautiful.

I know that was wrong, but I wasn't spying.

I'm in love with you.

Funny man.

Mmh! Stop.

Sorry, I don't know what I...

Now we go.

Oh, ja, Phillip! Oh! Oh!

It's time, Thomas.

- What if they ask me something? - You don't talk, just smile.

Like this.

Fr�ulein?

- Get up, Thomas! - Kann ich Ihnen helfen?

Mmm...

Come on. Come on.

Halt!

- Kommen Sie mal mit, kommen Sie... - Stellen Sie sich nicht so an!

...hiermit die Jungen Pioniere.

Danke.

- Sei bereit! - Immer bereit!

Danke, danke.

Mary.

It's all right. I know what you're worrying about.

I've been a complete idiot.

But Ingrid and I are just friends.

I'm gonna sort all this out.

Our family, that's the most important thing in the world to me.

And nothing is gonna break us up. OK?

All right, pet. We'll win. We always do.

Mum! Mum.

Phillip? Phillip!

It's gone. The money we were gonna use for the escape, it's gone.

Willi must have taken it.

- Hier. Die Papiere sind in Ordnung. - Vielen Dank.

Auf Wiedersehen.

Remember, the DDR values its athletes.

Ulbricht is watching.

# Keep on running

# Keep on hiding

# One fine day I'm gonna be the one

# To make you understand

# Oh yeah, I'm gonna be your man

# Keep on running

# Running from my arms

# One fine day I'm gonna be the one

# To make you understand

# Oh yeah, I'm gonna be your man

# Hey hey hey

# Everyone is talking about me

# Makes me feel so bad

# Hey hey hey #

Mum? They know.

I told them about your escape plan.

It's all right. It's all right.

I'm a Spitzel. I'm a Spitzel.

Mary, you're not a Spitzel.

You're my little girl.

It's all right, darling. It'll be all right.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

You have nothing to be sorry about.

You were doing your duty.

We've been robbed.

And you will come with me, please.

This... Ingrid, we've all had a little bit of a shock.

So, why don't I make us all a cup of tea and...

Ah, the little hausfrau, always so...

Alex, get me some rope.

I have to tell you...

I have been having sex with your brother.

Willi's stolen the money. The Stasi know about the plan.

We have to go right now.

How?

Any ideas?

I might have one.

Come on, everybody. It's in there.

- I'm not gonna go. - There's nothing to worry about, Phillip.

- I promise. - No.

I'm staying.

I like it here.

Oh, Anna. We owe you so much.

You owe me 100 D-marks for the cigarettes.

Go. Go right now.

Comrades, I was woken on my first morning

in the GDR by pneumatic drills...

- It's Dad. ... from a nearby building site.

There couldn't have been a more fitting metaphor

for a land that has built itself from the rubble of the old world, a new country.

What could be better than that?

Like a new marriage when you're both so in love and everything is perfect.

But then we spoil things.

We...

We mean to be heroes and we don't know exactly

when it starts to go wrong, but it does.

And then one day you remember who you fell in love with.

And so...

# Today I may not have a thing at all

# Except for just a dream or two

# But I've got lots of plans for tomorrow

# And all my tomorrows belong to you #

Get everything ready, I won't be long.

- Where are you going? - I'm going to get your father.

# But with you there by my side

# I'll soon be turning the tide

# Just wait

# As long as I've got arms that cling at all

- # It's you that I'll be clinging to - Oh, Frank.

# And all the dreams I've dreamed, begged or borrowed on some bright tomorrow

# Will all come true

# And all my bright tomorrows

# Belong to you #

Dorothy.

What are you doing? No, Frank. No.

My wife.

My wife, Dorothy.

Thank you very much.

Frank, please.

- Frank, there's something I need to tell you. - No, no, me first.

You were right in everything you've said. I've been so wrong and selfish.

But I love you, Dorothy, and I'm gonna change.

Now, your turn.

I've helped two boys defect, threatened Unger with a gun, and tied her up.

The Stasi are after us and we have to escape right now or we'll be arrested.

Oh.

Now what?

Thomas had instructions.

They're all in German.

Das ist gut.

Oh...

- ... war ein Fehler. - Ich k�mmer mich drum.

Keep watch behind us, see if the Stasi are following.

- You smoke? - Mm-hm.

Oh.

Marmite. Marmite. This is...

No, we're going down!

- What? Oh, no! - Dorothy!

It's too heavy.

What are we gonna do?

What are all these?

- That's right. Throw 'em all out. - That's it.

There's loads of them. Get rid of them.

Get rid of them.

- Keep throwing them. - Keep going, girls.

More! And these.

- Keep throwing, More. - More.

It's not working.

Wait. Yes, it is.

- Hooray! - It is working!

- We're going up! - Here we go!

- We're going up! - It worked. We've done it.

# Come fly with me

# We'll fly, let's fly away

# If you can use some exotic booze

# There's a bar in far Bombay

# Come fly with me, we'll fly... #

Where are we going, FR? Ask your mother.

# Come fly with me, we'll float down to Peru

Go for it, Doe! Don't laugh!

# In llama land there's a one-man band

# And he'll toot his flute for you

I hope so!

# Come fly with me, we'll take off in the blue

# Once I get you up there... # Come on!

# Where the air is rarefied

I can't breathe!

# We'll just glide

# Starry-eyed

# Once I get you up there

# I'll be holding you so near

# You may hear

# Angels sing cos we're together #

That's it.

# Weather-wise it's such a lovely day

# Just say the word and I'll beat your bird

# Down to Acapulco Bay #

Where's Acapulco Bay? Near Bolton.

# It's perfect for a flying honeymoon, they say

# Come fly with me

# We'll fly, let's fly away

# Once I get you up there

# Where the air is rarefied

# We'll just glide

# Starry-eyed

# Once I get you up there

# I'll be holding you so near

# You may hear

# Angels cheer cos we're together

# Weather-wise it's such a lovely day

# Just say that word and I'll beat your bird

# Down to Acapulco Bay

# It's perfect for a flying honeymoon, they say

# Come fly with me

# We'll fly, let's fly

# Pack up, let's fly away #

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