All language subtitles for Sofies verden 1999

Do you actually know
the size of space?

- It's indefinite.
- I wonder what they think of us?

- Who?
- The birds.

Instinct, Jorunn.
Only man can think.

Must be fun being a bird. Cruising
around, looking at us from above.

Think of all the things
we'll never comprehend.

Soon we'll be able to buy a disk,
which can be attached to our brain.

- And then you'll know twice as much.
- You really believe that?

The brain is like a computer.

- Take care. I'll come over tonight.
- Remember to bring some candles.

Who are you?

Come on then.

Ma y that love reach you tonight.

Which warms my heart
with every beat.

Show me your soul
through signs in the glass.

Take me to the place of senses.

Reveal yourself, reveal yourself . . .

- It's you who move the glass!
- Be open to the unknown !

- You must believe in the occult.
- And you must belive in reality.

Push the button, Sofie.
Switch it on .

Hush . . . ! Look!

- Do you believe in . . .
- Ghosts?

Sofie? Sofie, I found . . .

Hi, Mom .

Did you hurt yourself?

- At last I found the book!
- Good. What did you find?

The '3 2 edition. The first Latin
thesaurus. The one I inherited .

Mom?
Can birds reason, do you think?

Well . . . Yes, ma ybe.

Otherwise it's . . .
What does it sa y here?

- What does it sa y here, Sofie?
- 'Terrible'.

''It's terribly hot here.''

''Kharg is just a harbour
in a sea of sand. Miss you badly.''

''I'll call you.
Big hug from I var.''

Kharg, Kharg . . .

Kharg ! There he is, Sofie.
He's really there. Imagine . . . !

Daddy alwa ys writes to you .
He never writes to me.

- He writes to both of us.
- But he signs it 'I var'.

But that's his name, Sofie.

- Mom, who are you?
- I don't know. I'm me.

But who are you?
Or who am I?

I'm your mother,
and you are Sofie.

I've got it now.
The song I've been looking for.

Switch off the hotplate, before
you leave. And remember the key.

Bye, bye!

I dreamed that Jacobsen would
kill me for not writing my paper.

- Was it due today?
- Haven't you done your homework?

- What am I to do?
- I don't know. Camilla?

Synta x.

It's about real synta x, you know.

Let me just once read some papers
that bear witness to the fact -

- that we were in this class-room
at the same time. Georg !

Don't you have a paper to hand in?

- Jakobsen will fry you !
- Where were we? Right!

In our own gala xy, where else?

In our own solar system,
to be more precise.

- I thought it was familiar.
- Hello, Johnsen .

- Can't you greet your dad properly?
- Hello, Kurt.

- I'm on my way.
- Dr. Livingstone, I presume?

I need the car! I've got a tanning
booth at Liz' at a quarter past!

You need the car?
But I haven't finished wa xing it.

Jorunn !
Dinner's in the microwave!

- Go easy on the clutch, please.
- Where's reverse? Move over!

Don't change gears like that!

''Where does the world come from?''

''Who are you?''
''Where does the world come from?''

Who are you?
Where does the world come from?

Whatever became of the flatiron?

Mom? Can Jorunn come over
for Mystery tonight?

- Who are you?
- Your mom . Britt Elisabeth Amundsen .

- I have a meeting in the Latin group.
- Where does the world come from?

- What kind of question is that?
- I was just wondering.

From exploding gasses and rock?
But why?

- I was just wondering.
- Well, look it up in an encyclopoedia .

Do you think he did it?

Ma ybe.

Must or will read.
And the imperfect tense . . .?

Come again, will you?

And yours, miss.
It was brief, wasn't it?

Very, very brief.
Not to say totally absent!

In Sofie's case it's another story.

- What? Did you see the light?
- I haven't handed in my paper.

- It's not . . .
- Bring your exercise book.

Ma y I have your attention, please.

Sofie Amundsen . ''The Mythical
Picture of the Universe'' . Please . . .

For thousands of years, all over
the world, man has created myths -

- to provide an answer
for things they did not understand.

And there are mythical explanations
for many philosophical questions -

- and why the world is the way it is.
And not least:

Where does the world come from?

Before Christianity came to Norwa y,
people believed that Thor, the god -

- travelled across . . . the sky
in a chariot pulled by two goats.

And when wielding his hammer he
brought forth lightning and thunder.

In many respects Thor was
the Batman of the Viking Age.

The word 'thunder' means
'thor + bang', often followed by rain.

Rain, which is essential for farmers.
Thor's fight with the trolls -

- is the mythical explanation
of changes in nature.

In times of drought, people
needed to know why it did not rain.

Could the trolls
have stolen Thor's hammer?

Thus mythology gave man an answer
to things he didn't understand.

Good paper.

- Hey, you ! What have you got there?
- Nothing .

- Secret letters, ma ybe?
- Only from a friend .

- About time, too. You' re almost 14.
- 1 5, Mom. I'll soon be 15 . . .

1 5 it is, yes.
Imagine you'll turn 1 5!

- How will you celebrate the day?
- I don't know.

We can have a garden-party.
A long table, and . . .

''Dear Hilde! Congratulations
on your 15th birthda y.''

''As you can see, I have sent you
a present you can grow with.''

''Forgive me
for sending the card to Sofie.''

''This was the most convenient wa y.
Kind regards from Daddy.''

Hilde Moller Knag . . .? Yes,
Hilde Moller Knag without a hyphen.

I see.
Thank you .

- Knag?
- Sofie!

Did you hear me? Get that dog out
of here! You know I'm scared of dogs.

- Where does it come from?
- A dog?

Well, be careful then !

It hasn't got a collar on .
It must be a stray dog .

Hey, who are you?

Come here. Come!

Come on now.

- It's outside now, Mom .
- Are you sure?

- How did it get in here?
- I don't know.

- It disappeared through the window.
- From the 2nd floor? I dislike dogs.

Ever since I was little, I have . . .

Hello, big dog.
Easy now . . .

Once I var and I were attacked
by a big labrador.

- What are you doing?
- There's a smell of burning . Toast?

False alarm .
That friend of yours, what's he like?

- I don't even know myself.
- You are Sofie Amundsen .

- But who is Sofie Amundsen?
- It's you.

- Isn's that I var's . . . Daddy's?
- Yes. It's so comfy to wear.

And it smells a bit of him, I think.

Hey . . . !

Am I on? Is the tape running?
One, two . . .

Yes, Sofie.
A warm welcome to Athens.

Can you see the temple down there?
That's where the market place was.

The Acropolis. Athens isn't just the
cradle of Europe, also of philosophy.

Right here Plato may have stood
with his pupil Plato. Imagine . . .

''Where did the world come from?''
Plato asked.

Imagine, Sofie.
2400 years ago -

- they may have been
standing here, debating :

Where does the world come from?

Turn off the VCR, Sofie.
Mom is on her way.

Hello?
Sofie? Hello?

That was strange.

Was that you, Shere Kahn?
You frightened me. Come here, cat.

That was close!

Sofie, go on a journey with me.

A journey in time!

Athens, 399 B.C.
The trial against Socrates.

Here he comes, Socrates.

Lots of people are on their way, and
the charges will soon be read . Come.

Socrates has been accused of
sacrilege and of seducing the youth .

Sofie? Socrates will
stand up for himself now.

He is annoying people in Athens,
because he for years -

- has asked critical questions.

He has a number of followers,
and some believe it has gone too far.

This is ancient Greek.
I don't catch it all .

Yes, Socrates has been talking
to make people think for themselves.

If they can be lured to realise
the consequences of their claims -

- they'll be forced
to see through themselves.

He's not the nervous type.

What a man !

- Hey, you ! Hello!
- What? Oh yes, Sofie.

Plato . . .
It's Plato, standing over there.

Sofie?
Can you see the shadow?

Plato believes that all phenomena
in nature are but shadow pictures -

- of eternal shapes or ideas.

But many people
settle for false ideas.

They are like cave-dwellers.

They see the shadows on the walls,
but don't know what cast the shadow.

They dare not leave the cave.
They'll never see the sun or truth .

This is Plato's famous cave allegory.

Npw the jury will pass sentence
upon Socrates.

Sofie, this is terrible.

They will sentence him to death,
because he helped them gain insight.

Alberto Knox in ancient Athens.

The poisoned cup, Sofie.
Socrates is given the cup of poison .

The greatest thinker in history.

Escaping death is not difficult.

Any soldier knows that.
You just have to flee.

Escaping evil is harder.

For it runs faster than us.

We shall all die.

Now I will leave you,
sentenced to death.

But truth has sentenced you
for evil and injustice.

''Sofie Amundsen, personal letter.''

Mom, no!

What is this?

The sailing holiday can now be
combined with four days in Athens.

And you need fours days here
in the cradle of Europe -

- for here you can really learn a lot.

Is it so exciting that you must
stay awake all night?

The city on the hill. It's hot
here, and everything is so cheap.

What's that supposed to mean?

We must rid ourselves
of the false shadow pictures.

- False shadow pictures?
- Yes. On TV.

We must seek true insight, Mom .

- True insight?
- What did we say instead?

Alimera efaristo!

Dear Sofie,
would you like to know more?

As your tutor I ask you to put
a lump of sugar iin a piink envelope.

Then giive iit to my messenger. He'll
be at the gate tomorrow morning.

Yours truly, Alberto Knox.

They should've been there in week
19. At the end of the last quarter.

- Hello, Johnsen .
- It's too early for Christmas cards.

Hello, Sofie.
Excuse me one moment.

It's doesn't look
like Gudbrandsdal at all.

- That's a typical west coast house.
- Where were we? Hello?

He hung up.

Hello Sofie.
Where is my daughter today?

- She'll have to manage on her own.
- Why is she alwa ys so extreme?

- Ma ybe she' trying to find herself?
- Find herself. Probably.

- The meaning of life.
- Looking for anything in particular?

- Oh, are you writing a love letter?
- Your car has a puncture.

Get off! Awa y!

- Hello, Sofie.
- Are you writing a love letter . . .?

- Not for you, that's for sure.
- It didn't have a flat tire.

- Any more books on rural painting?
- Yes.

Cool paper.
On myths and such . . .

- What are you up to?
- I'm studying philosophy.

Hey, you .

Hilde Moller Knag?

- Hvae you been at your boyfriend's?
- No!

I couldn't sleep,
so I went to a cottage by a brook.

- It's been deserted for years.
- I saw a girl just like myself.

I could stick my hand
through the mirror.

- I know that at your age . . .
- The mirror girl looked at me.

I felt as if I got an electric shock.

- I'll answer it!
- Well, I must sa y . . . !

- Hello, Sofie speaking .
- It's me.

Is it really you?

We must work together.
He's in charge now.

- He?
- The major.

I can't say more right now.

I think the philosophers will open
our eyes. Meet me in Maria Church -

- tomorrow at 4. Come alone.

Alberto?

Did you like it.
It's one of my best tricks.

Now the Middle Ages
will commence!

Let's sa y
that Jesus was born at midnight.

One o'clock, the year 100 A. D. , two
o'clock, 200 A. D. , three o'clock . . .

- 300 A. D.
- Yes.

The Middle Ages begin in 400 A. D.
and last for a thousand years.

Sofie, knowledge is power.

But just before four o'clock,
Rome was divided into two.

Who is the major?

- A quarter to five.
- Who is he?

- I've been given an assignment.
- By the major?

You know her? She was born, when
I was born, and we are quite alike.

- Be patient.
- She appeared in the mirror?

The mirror?
At Majorstua?

My hand went right through . There
was a sound and an electric shock.

I didn't know.
Watch out for that mirror.

- Can you let me work in peace?
- Who are you talking to?

I'm talking to the major.
Sofie?

You know what Sofie means?
It means wisdom.

My job is to make you clever.
Do you think I'll manage?

Hildegard von Bingen .
1098- 1 1 7 9.

- Hildegard grew up in a convent.
- Is she connected to Hilde?

From when she was little, Hildegard
felt that God was speaking to her.

And she was seen
as God's chosen one.

Popes and emperors
sought her advice.

She was also a great composer
of Gregorian music.

In the 13th century lived a man
called Thomas Aquinas.

He tried to combine Christianity
with philosophy.

Aquinas thought God showed himself
in the Bible and through reason.

About 150 years later
the plague broke out in Europe.

The Black Death .

Sofie?
Where were you?

In the Middle Ages.

You were in the Middle Ages?

Does anybody here know
what period we're talking about?

Jorgen?
When was it?

- Jorunn?
- The Middle Ages?

When was it?

Georg . . .?

Around the time of the Vikings,
I think.

- Four to fourteen.
- Pardon?

- 400- 1400.
- I see.

- What do you connect with the time?
- Thomas Aquinas.

- And Hildegard von Bingen .
- I see.

Hildegard von Bingen . . .?

Good heavens!
What do you associate with her?

Music.
She founded Gregorian music.

She thought we contain something
divine that music brings forth .

And other art forms as well .

I dare say!

Well. Let's see . . .

- Divine?
- Yes.

I've been thinking
about your birthda y.

Ma ybe we should celebrate it
on Midsummer Eve?

We could throw a philosophical
garden party with your new friend .

Yes . . . Mom?
Do you know what Sofie means?

Sofie means . . .

- No.
- It means wisdom.

- Bona noctem.
- Bona noctem, my friend.

Good morning, Sof . . .

I can't do anything right!

- The toast was perfect.
- It doesn't matter.

- I'm not very hungry.
- The eggs were completely . . .

- Would you like a rub-down?
- Would you?

And I wanted to surprise you !

You know what? That awful dog
was here again. Barking .

- As if it wanted to foreshadow . . .
- Foreshadow?

Who owns it? Sofie?
Do you know the owner of the dog?

- What is it with that dog?
- I'll take it to its home.

- Hello?
- Welcome to my simple home, Sofie.

What?

Oh, I so hate this!
Do you hear me?

Living on remains, running around
on four legs, not talking to anybody.

Just a lump of sugar now and then .

- Hello, by the way.
- Hello.

Don't worry, Sofie. As long as the
philosophy course lasts, you're safe.

- Safe?
- The major . . .

- You never know what he'll do.
- The major?

He is our creator.

What is happening?

This must be the Renaissance.
The major's Renaissance.

The major's Renaissance . . .?

- Hello, Alberto!
- Hello, Pierre!

- How are you doing?
- Fine! This is Sofie!

See you later.

Do you know him?

No.

The history of Europe can be
compared to the life of a person .

Antiquity is the childhood.

Medieval times are the long school
da ys. Renaissance is 1 5 years . . .

Europe embarks upon its life.

The age of experiments
and the big questions.

Is the major behind all this?

- The Renaissance!
- The Renaissance . . .

Stop!
Stop the thief!

Stop him !

- Shakespeare. Do you know him?
- Yes, he was a playwright.

They are rehearsing Hamlet.

William Shakespeare! He wrote Hamlet,
Romeo and Juliet. Macbeth -

- Kong Lear, Twelfth Night . . .

No, no, stop!

It's mine! You can't take it.
It's a clarinet. Do you understand?

After you.
You play first.

There he is!
Stop the thief!

Where did he go?

- Who?
- The thief, who took my wallet.

- He is Polish .
- Do you speak Polish as well?

Yes. No. He's Copernicus. He claims
the Earth revolves around the sun .

- But it does, doesn't it?
- Oh yes!

But before the Renaissance people
thought the Earth was the centre.

Now the Church has decided that
the Earth be the centre forever.

- Why is that?
- The Church must never fail.

The Church fears that the discoveries
will change the conception of God .

But once people know,
the Church can't do anything.

The Church bans it. It won't accept
Copernicus' theories for 300 years.

- 300 years? Let's tell him !
- That story has been written .

There he is, Leonardo da Vinci.

Art, science . . . He did it all .

Architect, mathematician, engineer.

- There's something about her face.
- Yes, it's . . .

- Mona Lisa .
- Yes!

Michelangelo,
Leonardo da Vinci's greatest rival.

How does he know
when to stop cutting?

''I stop,
when I get to the skin itself.''

''It's you, Sofie.''

Sofie, Johan Gutenberg has just
invented the art of printing .

Gutenberg, Sofie.

Before him, people wrote by hand .
He invented small types -

- that you can place anywhere.
And print.

Printing facilitated the spreading of
ideas. People began to read books.

The Church could no longer
monopolise the spreading of power.

Yes? Wine?

- Wine, yes.
- Wine?

- Coca Cola?
- What?

Coca Cola !

I think I'll have tea .

Vasco da Gama's grandson is
unloading his ship.

Go and have a look. Right now Europe
receives its first cargo of tea -

- from India .

Tea and wine. Tea and wine.

You can sit here, now.
I thought that ma ybe . . .

- Hello.
- Hello.

- Have you travelled far?
- You could say that.

I'm Giovanni .
Who are you?

- Where have you been, Sofie?
- Giovanni and I have just . . .

We must return
before they close the hole. Come!

Arrivederci, Sofia!

Nice period, the Renaissance . . .

- It was crazy.
- Isn't this yours?

You lost it, didn't you?

- Thanks, Dad.
- You said 'Dad', Hilde.

- Is it me, who is Hilde?
- Or is it Hilde, who is . . .

- . . . you?
- Does that mean we are not real?

Alberto! Answer me!

Sofie?
How old is Alberto?

- Ma ybe 50.
- 50 years old?

Dear me . . .
And I was so happy for you.

I thought you had a boyfriend now.
50 years . . .?

I told you he was just a friend.
Actually we don't exist at all .

- Did you know that?
- No.

- Are we like characters in a novel?
- Precisely.

Why don't you invite Alberto
to your party anywa y?

Sofie?

- What is it, my friend?
- What if it is true?

That we don't exist for real .
That we are characters in a novel.

Centio ergo sum.
Do you know what that means?

I feel, therefore I am .

Centio ergo sum?

You know what, Mom?
Hilde wears glasses.

Who am I?
Do we exist?

Yes . . . Or no.
That depends.

Alberto?
Are you scared, too?

Answer me, Alberto!
Are you scared, too?

Once a Russian brain surgeon -

- and a Russian kosmonaut were
having a discussion about religion .

Yes, I'm scared, too.

Anyway. The brain surgeon was
a Christian, but not the kosmonaut.

The kosmonaut was bragging :
''I've been in space several times.''

''But I have never seen God
or an angel .''

Then the brain surgeon says: ''I've
operated on many clever brains -''

''- but I have never seen
a single thought.''

Descartes lived in the 1 600's. He
also said something about thinking.

Where is it now . . .

'Anatomische Atlas' :
Descartes said :

''Cogito ergo sum.''

Cogito ergo sum?

I think, therefore I am?

- How did you know that?
- It's Latin .

Descartes . . . . Come on !

Descartes believes that body and
soul are independent of each other.

The body is hardware, the soul is
software. But a computer has no soul.

- What's your name?
- Who is Hilde Moller Knag?

Lillesand. Exactly the same age
as Sofie Amundsen.

- Who is Hilde's father?
- Hello, Sofie.

I'm major Albert Knag.

- It's the major.
- The major?

- He's talking to us! The author.
- The author?

How much time do we have?

- To the last page.
- The last page of the book.

We only live as long as he writes,
Sofie. To the last page.

Am I real?

Miss Amundsen?

The Lord is the same as God, Sofie.

George Berkeley.
Irish bishop.

1 685- 1 7 53.
He was here, Sofie!

Did he mean that the table
isn't real, and that we aren't real?

The world is your perception of it.
Things only exist if they are sensed .

''The power of the Lord .''

Is the major some sort of God
for us then?

- Yes, in a wa y.
- And what about Hilde?

She's an angel that God speaks to.
And God, he's the major.

Maybe he isn't after all .

Descartes believes we all have
an idea of a perfect being .

And no human is perfect. So this idea
must come from outside somewhere.

As the major isn't perfect, he must
have another God above him . . .

The major isn't God !

Hurrah for you on your birthday.
We wish to congratulate you.

15 years, eh?
It's hard to believe!

Do you doubt the truth of it?

Doubt?
No, of course not. No.

Some philosophers
doubt everything .

Everything?

- Dad created Sofie for you only!
- 'Sofie's world .'

- He's writing a book for me alone.
- We'll get the ending on his return.

No, I can't see anything .
Sofie? Do you know why we exist?

W are birthda y entertainment for the
major and his daughter in Lillesand .

Congratulations!

- That's why we have to leave.
- Sofie . . .

The major plans all our doings
and sayings. We can only give up.

- When do we get to the ending?
- How far did we get in the book?

To Berkeley, who believed more in
the spirit than in material things.

You have to go on, Alberto.

We must fool the major.

No, no, that won't do.

As long as you tell stories,
we'll exist. Isn't that true?

Some decades after Berkeley's death,
the French revolution came about.

1 789. The people rebelled against
the king and the aristocracy.

They fought for freedom .
Freedom from oppression.

- Is this the French revolution?
- Yes. The people rebel !

Some have privileges
that others have paid for.

People are treated
according to different laws.

- Who is he? Do you know him?
- No.

They want an end
to lawlessness and oppression .

They want an end to despotism.

- What does that mean?
- 'Liberty, equality, fraternity.'

- But that is not philosophy?
- Everything is philosophy.

''The fruits of the Earth belong to
all . The Earth belongs to nobody.''

- Who said that?
- Rousseau .

He said that we're all born
with rights that are above the law.

- Human rights?
- People agree with the philosophers.

The course of history changes -

- because some people think.

- Is that Rousseau?
- No. He's quoting Rousseau .

It's Robespierre, the leader
of the revolutionary government.

- Many philosophers are misused.
- What's happening here?

Instead of fighting democratically,
some use violence and terror.

Robespierre sa ys that the enemies
of the people deserve to die.

- Who are the enemies of the people?
- Watch Olympe de Gouges . . .

She's seen as an enemy of the people,
because she criticizes violence.

She and others are executed, because
they're a 'threat' to revolution.

What a fate to suffer, Sofie!

In 1 79 1 Olympe de Gouges writes
about women's rights.

She believes that the right to power
lies with the people -

- and that the people consists of men
and women alike. A brave woman .

The first woman to publicly demand
equal rights with men.

She says that if a woman has
the right to go to the guillotine -

- she should also have the right
to speak in public.

She never made it to the rostrum.

June '4 5.

Took effect on Oct. 24. the same
year. On United Nations' Day.

'Liberty, equality, fraternity' was
meant to wield the French together.

Toda y it's meant to wield together
the world through UN.

The French revolution was dominated
by powerful men who . . .

- And women . . .
- I beg your pardon?

And women .

We must realise that when it comes
to the French revolution -

- men were the prominent ones.

- Olympe de Gouges.
- Olympe de . . .

- Olympe de Gouges.
- Olympe de Gouges . . .

- She was beheaded .
- Will you take over the class?

- 1 79 1 .
- 1 7 9 1?

- I 1 7 9 1.
- I majored in history, remember.

I don't know if it matters anymore.

I'm your teacher, Sofie.
You are 15 years old.

He's asking you to shut up. It won't
do that you know more than him.

- Right, Jacobsen?
- Who gave you permission to speak?

To think freely
and express your opinion .

- That was a major issue then.
- This is enough !

- Sofie should be allowed to finish .
- You think so, Georg? Sit down !

I must sa y I'm getting tired -

- of this constant meddling
in my teaching .

- Well, go ahead then .
- Olympe de Gouges.

She wrote the declaration
on women's rights in 1 7 9 1.

And all political activities
were banned for women .

Thank you .

''God is dead .''

That's what philosopher
Friedrich Nietzsche said.

''We have no fixed points
in a complicated society.''

Nietzsche said that you must make
a transvaluation of all values -

- so that the strong ones wouldn't
be obstructed by the weak.

And we are the weak? Who don't
even exist? Must we accept that?

We have no choice.

Rubbish !
Everybody has a choice.

The individual must act and make
his choice. Because he exists.

You must choose, Sofie.
You must make a choice.

Did you hear that?
Who was it?

The Danish philosopher, Soren
Kierkegaard . I'd forgotten him.

He won't let us go, as long as
we haven't finished the book.

We must distract him .

How?

We must find a way to trick
the major, so we can leave . . .

Yes!
Come on now!

- No, Sofie!
- We can do it. Come on.

Just do it.

But it's cold !

Sofie . . .

I mean . . .

I won't wo it.

It's a foolish idea .
Sometimes I don't understand . . .

Alberto!
We did it!

'Thesis, antithesis, synthesis.'
Hegel.

When we discuss,
we think dialectically.

That is to say we think a thought
because we thought one before that.

This is then contradicted
by a new thought -

- and hence arises a tension
between different ways of thinking.

Like when I sa y we can leave
the book, and you sa y we can't?

Yes, sort of. But the third thought
is the one that matters.

- It embraces the best of the two.
- Let's find the third thought then !

Right.

Georg?
The third thought.

''We'll use a minor character.''

''To distract the major.
I think I know who.''

''Dear Hilde.
Looking forward to seeing you .''

''Will bring the rest of the book,
when I get back.''

The rest of the book?
''I'll finish it soon.''

''Hugs, Daddy.''

''I expect to be back in the early
hours of Midsummer Eve.''

Midsummer Eve?

Hello?

Is anybody here?

Hilde Moller Knag.
Hilde Moller Knag !

Sofie.
I am Sofie!

Sofie, Hilde Moller Knag . . .

Georg?

Where do you come from,
comrade?

- My name's Micha .
- I'm Sofie. Are you from Georgia?

- No, from Smir, comrade.
- Why do you call me 'comrade'?

Because everybody is equal .

- Why do you make a revolution?
- People starve. The rich own it all .

Children die from lack of clothing .
The people is oppressed.

Comrade Lenin says: ''Bread to the
people, land to the peasants, peace.''

- ''All power to the soviets.''
- You are brave.

No, I'm not brave. I'm scared.
But we'll die, if we do not act.

Comrade!
You forgot to sa y 'comrade' .

I have to go, Sofie.

Sofie? Sofie?

There you are. I've been looking for
you . I fell asleep on the couch.

Where have you been?

- In the attic.
- What were you doing in the attic?

- Sofie?
- I was in the Russian revolution.

The Russian revolution? So you
just went on a trip to Russia?

You got some dirt on you .

It's gunpowder!

Which book is that?
'The Communist Manifesto' . . .

I wish I var would soon be back.

Bye, major. Safe journey.
Say hi to your daughter.

I will .
Take it easy.

Cheers, everybody!

Cheers, Sofie.

My dear guests.
Welcome to Sofie's 15th birthda y.

Imagine you're that big.
When I var and I met . . .

- Tempus fugiit.
- Exactly. Time flies.

We have arranged
a philosophical garden party -

- because Sofie has been very
interested in the great thinkers.

So welcome, Antonio.

- Alberto.
- Right . . . Alberto. Sorry.

He is Sofie's friend,
and he's also a philosopher.

- The pleasure is mine, ma'am.
- Call me Britt, Alberto.

You there . . . Bottoms up!

By way of thanking for the loan
of your daughter I'll make a speech .

Sofie and I have lately undertaken
a major philosophical investigation.

From the ancient Greek philosophers
up till the present day -

- we have discovered -

- that we all live
in the consciousness of a major.

Well, that goes without saying.

His name is Albert Knag,
and he now writes about us all -

- in a book for his daughter.

She was also 1 5 on the 15th -

- so the book is a present
from her dad to his daughter Hilde.

So our existence is only
birthday entertainment . . .

- Are you mad?
- It's a matter of life and death.

We are an invention .
We do not exist!

We are just the framework around the
major's education of his daughter.

But it doesn't mean we can't have
fun . Eat, drink and be happy!

Cheers!

- Hey stupid, will you please . . .
- Run, you idiot!

- Come, Alberto. it's now or never.
- It's the end . It's the last page.

It could be dangerous, Sofie.

- No, Sofie! It's dangerous!
- Come on, now!

Come on, Alberto!

Look!

Am I real?

- In reverse order.
- Reverse order?

Yes, we have experienced all this
before, only in reverse order.

- Sofie?
- Yes.

Where are we?

Hilde? Have you seen
the white tablecloth?

Mom . . . ! It's on
the ironing board downstairs.

I'll come down then.

Here it is.

That's the room,
I saw in the mirror. Hilde's room.

Bjerkely.
We are at Bjerkely.

Whatever happened to it?

Hilde.

Will I never get in touch with her?

The word 'never' doesn't exist
in the vocabulary of a philosopher.

Daddy!

Mom?
Dad is back now.

Albert!

- Hello, Daddy!
- Hello, Hilde!

Albert!

- I can hardly recognise you .
- You're really a poet, you .

And you've grown
into a real woman.

Your dad is back, Hilde.
Everything back to normal .

Isn't that my husband?

He is just an ordinary man .
I thought he'd be godlike.

He had enough imagination
to create us.

- What now?
- I must see the ending .

''We're just a framework around the
major's education of his daughter.''

''But it doesn't mean we can't have
fun. Eat, drink and be happy! ''

''Cheers, everybody.
And thanks for everything .''

''The end.''

The end?

Dad,
it can't just finish like this.

- Nothing of Georg and the car.
- We fled.

Unbelievable.

- You think there's life out there?
- We don't know.

The universe is so big
that we count it in light years.

One light year is almost
ten trillion kilometres.

Ten trillion kilometres?

Ten trillion kilometres?

And once,
about 1 5 billion years ago -

- all the heat in the universe was
gathered in a very small space.

And in the end . . . it exploded.

And then it became atoms,
and after that molecules.

Bye and bye it became suns,
and in the end it became planets.

Just like the one we' re sitting on.
That was 'The Big Bang' .

- The big explosion .
- Some explosion it must have been.

Yes, I guess you can sa y that.

I feel as if somebody
is present right now.

Maybe it's Sofie and Alberto?

- Do you think so?
- I can feel it.

- Impressive.
- Won't you come inside now?

- Albert?
- We'll be there in a moment.

Dad? What was it that exploded
billions of years ago?

- Where did it come from?
- That's the big question.

That's the question Sofie was asked.
Where does the world come from?

That's what Socrates said . Sometimes
the question is the important thing .

But she did find out where her world
came from. It came from me.

All the fairy tale characters around
us. Their stories have been written .

- I think they have eternal life now.
- Exactly, Alberto. We have, too!

I'm just wondering what will happen,
if we go back.

Hush !
Can you hear it?

- What?
- Music.

It's here.
It must be right above us.

We are here.

- How does it feel? To be back?
- Wonderful !

I was thinking of Hilde and her dad .
We'll live longer than them.

- They are only people, but we . . .
- Yes, what are we?

We are the ideas, Alberto.
The eternal shapes.

- We live forever.
- The ideas. Plato.

You've became
a real philosopher, Sofie!

Hi, Sofie!

Sofie.

- Hi, Sofie.
- Hi, Sofie.

Subtitles:
Allan Hilton Andersen