All language subtitles for Die.Patriotin.1979-eng

Gabi Teichert, a history teacher
in Hessen and a patriot.

It means she's interested
in all Germany's dead.

THE PATRIOT

THE KNEE

A knee walks the earth.

Nothing more than a knee.

It is not a tree, it is not a tent,
nothing else.

Once a man was shot down in war.
Only his knee

remained untouched, like a holy relic.
Ever since:

A knee walks the earth, alone.
It is a knee,

nothing else. It is not a tree,
it is not a tent. It's just a knee.

Some say a knee can't speak

and express its views.
But I'm proof of the opposite.

I'm the knee left over
from Corporal Wieland's leg or body

or person I previously belonged to

until 29th January 1943
when he fell north of Stalingrad.

I was left over.
I'd like to set things straight

and also speak for Corporal Wieland,
because no one's simply dead

when he dies.

You can't just write us off:
the desires, the legs,

the many joints, ribs,
the skin that freezes.

And if only I remain,

the knee, then I have to speak.
I must speak, speak, speak.

Even if my life's unusual,
as part of an entire man,

who's part of a people,
that's part of history,

of animals, nature,
trees, gardens, etc., etc... .

Get used to me speaking.
It's my right.

I demand nothing, neither that you
believe me nor that I make sense.

But I must speak. "One doesn't
demand a right. One fights for it."

It's said I'm interested in history.
Quite right.

I can't forget the story
that I'd be part of

if Corporal Wieland
were still part of something bigger.

Part of our beautiful Germany.

And not in his bunker.

As a German knee, I'm interested

mostly in German history: emperors,
peasants, flowers, trees, farms,

meadows, plants...

I must clear up a principle error:
that we dead ones

are somehow dead.
That's the truth.

We're full of protest and energy.
Who wants to die?

We march through history
and examine it.

How can I escape history
which will kill us all?

Gabi Teichert was sure the material
for history lessons at advanced level

was deficient.

It's hard to present
a patriotic version of German history.

This is the high-rise
of the entrepreneur Selmi.

One night it burns down.

The fire hoses
can't reach the top floors.

North Frankfurt at 10 pm.

A puddle has a history of 3 days.

Bomb-disposal Men in the Cellar.

Like so and so.

And that means?
- That means screw it clockwise.

He could have said sooner.
What a fuss!

Three qualified experts
in a factory cellar. April 1945.

Two bomb-disposal men, one officer.

They could defuse any unexploded bomb.

...it's left-threaded.
- Forget it.

The threads are reversed...

Listen. It's like this.
To the right, it's closed.

To the left, it's open.

Standard left-threads?
- No!

"As long as the German Empire stands,
things turn right!"

Whether it's American or English,
they turn it like that.

The same for every bomb?
- All except the delayed-action fuse.

It has an additional part.
If you unscrew it, you trip the fuse

and it explodes.
So you have to know how it's made.

It's the same,
but you shouldn't turn it.

Oh dear, they're coming from
the north. They're English.

That would be lucky. 36% miss...
- How can you tell, sitting here?

From the sound.
- How? But who cares...

I say they're coming from the north.
- Let them come. North or south...

All the same to me.
There they are, that's it...

It's best when they're here,
lying on the ground. Then it's easy.

Why? - We just take
the pliers and unscrew them.

But you know which model it is?
- It's easy to see!

Documentary!

A man with a cigarette
at 800 metres, at night-time.

I can't know his story.

Staging!

These bombers aren't authentic.
So I don't know

if this one's dropping the bombs.
I just know he's up there.

Down below.

One woman, two children, 1944.

Autumn 1943.

Gravedigger Bischof seeks shelter
in a freshly-dug grave.

There'll be much work to do.
He prepares by taking a snooze.

These bomber pilots
are back from their mission.

They haven't experienced Germany.
They've simply been razing

the country for 18 hours.

Now they're off
to their quarters for some sleep.

Total 950 Kaput Krauts

The Party Convention

One last comment
on the solidifying of coal...

If Gabi Teichert is to teach history,

then she wants to actually
participate in decisions made,

such as those here at this event.

She must try to influence
the delegates.

...than power from gas
and probably atomic energy.

One must bear these higher costs,

if your first priority
is going to be coal power.

One must bear them.
Then we can talk about

the price or offsetting taxes.
That's a second issue

and regional points of view
play a role...

May I return for a moment
to the heart of the problem?

The material available
for teaching history in high schools

isn't worth using.

Not because German history
wasn't moving,

but because it was so moving

that it's impossible to teach
in a positive way.

...what I have to teach,

then you'd try change history too.

Harder than you have so far.

...that the final product of history
is really that

which later becomes
the raw material for history lessons.

Do you think
the delegates will see your point?

You don't believe we can
influence the delegates, but I do.

If I can change history,
so can they.

And if you can just see

that all your talk
and the final product of history

defines the raw material
for history lessons.

I expect you all
to spread this view and help me.

That's why I'm here.
This is a source.

I'm a history teacher.
I want to change history here.

What do you think?
In my opinion,

the material for advanced history
lessons isn't positive enough

because our German history
isn't positive enough either.

I'd like to gather other material,

so I can use it in class.

You want to get this material here
at the party convention? - Yes.

Have you obtained any yet?
- No.

I won't get the material here.
- I see...

First we have to change history here.
So I need other material.

I'd like to change history
together with you and him.

Right here and now?

...and today once again,
we've run out of time.

That's why I'm proposing a motion

to limit each speaker to 5 minutes.
It's fairer to those speaking later.

Are there any objections?

No discussion.
Then we must vote.

Mr B�hm will speak from western
Westphalia, followed by Mr Wenner.

I can't talk now. Sorry.

The average is 250 syllables.

But you must be able to write
360 to 400 syllables per minute.

I can write around 400.

Are there many deviations from
the script? - What do you mean?

With Helmut Schmidt? Yes, a lot.
- Party colleagues!

I had no idea I'd go first,
but the first must begin things.

I could listen to Helmut Schmidt
for hours.

We all know that
because of the time limit...

...to prepare a new social reform,
really prepare it,

takes more than slogans,
more than computers, more than...

let's say... strategic planning.

No! It takes hard talk,

issues have to be addressed
and then worked on.

The SPD must champion this concept

as well as a fundamental orientation
for "Sozialpolitik",

as well as
concrete and programmatic statements

for those it affects
up to the 1980 Bundestag elections

and the 9th Legislature.

On October 13th the Party's
executive committee finished...

...with this, our manifesto,

are our ideas different now

about the significance
of the role of democracy,

than they used be,
according to the manifesto?

Let us remain true

to the historical duty
of Social Democracy.

The legacy,
which we've held in loyal hands,

endures not through theories,
but through being united

in service to our people.
I thank you for your patience.

But now... let me ask:

Do we support
history lessons and history books?

History books are ultimately
the final product of history.

As for textbooks, I think,
we have a very good institute

which does a lot: the
Brunswick School Book Institute.

But western Westphalia
was for atomic energy

but against the newest reactors.
...problem of those reactors...

Yes, but can't you
reverse the decision to allow it?

Western Westphalia
has strengthened

our position on the coal-burning
power plants, for a start.

I support it all the way.

But why must I also side
with atomic energy,

with such a weakly-formed plan
and so few controls?

I'm really divided.
I'd vote "yes" straight away,

if the proposal
were simply on coal-burning plants.

I'd vote "yes" hands down.
But never for atomic energy.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR COUNTRY - SPD

Many thanks. Those against?

Abstentions?

The first holds the majority.
It is so decided.

We now come to number 7...

Atomic power plants.

How's our proposal doing?
We just hope it passes.

It's bill two-six.

Hopefully it'll make it.
That's the debate on the floor.

...we've talked about how
the executive bill is a compromise,

if it actually goes through.

If this bill passes,
it will end the confrontation.

It's a simple question
of national responsibility for energy.

It has to be clearly said,
so what's decided on energy policy

can actually be implemented.

The selection of bills goes like this:

You take a key bill,
or the executive makes one,

which covers the topic.

Then those bills which coincide
with the key bill

are dropped along with those
which oppose it.

Then the vote's held.
Let's say bill 100.

That means bills 103 to 110,
and 120 to 121 are dropped.

Please hold up your cards.

This is the Guillotine Phase
in the voting.

Gabi Teichert notes:

"For 1,000 years, governments have
been structured so I can only vote

for what I want,
by accepting what I don't want.

The word is "key bill".

Camera!
- Four!

So is the SPD debate on atomic energy
over or just beginning?

No, if a party discusses an issue
for one and a half years

and a party convention votes,

then the majority decision carries,
as it always does.

And all the party members
accept the vote

and agree to implement it.

After the war he led a normal life
as party secretary and delegate.

I mean that the raw material for...

You worked on the compromise bill
but didn't sign it. Why?

The executive asked me to work
on it. Everyone should do his part.

What didn't please me
was a loophole:

in some cases,
new plants can be built

without complying
with the first section of the bill.

...to clarify the petition a little?
- Yes, that's why I'm here.

With a clear vote,
we'd have had a chance.

Our colleagues from the coal regions
have seen once again

that this marks an escalation
of what's been the case all along:

those supplying power
are trying to rely on atomic energy

and not coal.
That's the issue.

We of western Westphalia,
the dominant majority,

think that this bill must be seen
in relation to the coal bill.

We have to use the same tactics

and force the energy suppliers

to really use coal for power,

by ensuring that this bill

goes further than the first bill,

then that first bill, which western
Westphalia worked on, was in vain.

That's why
I'm very disappointed with the vote.

Fellow colleagues, a party faction
cannot be made of two factions.

The majority cannot talk first
only to be followed by the minority.

There can only be one party faction!

Everyone has a right
to his personal opinion.

But that's his personal opinion

and not some kind of faction
within the faction.

That must be made perfectly clear.

Fellow colleagues...

In such situations
there exists a danger

that the very foundations
of collective government will shake,

or even crumble
as Herbert Wehner made clear.

Fellow colleagues, let's guard
against such excesses and slogans...

...that we're increasingly
entering a society

and entering a party situation,
in which we can no longer...

Man's wishes take many forms.

A temple of the future. 16 BC.

"There once was a stubborn child,
disliked by God and his mother.

Soon he lay on his deathbed.

Yet every night after he was buried,

his hand reached out from the grave.

A senseless death. 1813.
Two days after the surrender.

Memorial Sunday

The mountains will rise up one day.

They are just sleeping a short while.

Today Gabi Teichert
is correcting essays.

That means she crosses out errors.
It's her job...

even if the errors are the best parts.

My name is Steinerbach.
I'm head of the toy department.

This is the Dress-Partner doll...

She's called that because children

can dress her in their old clothes.

And that's her major attraction.

Our best offer is
this Walking-Talking-Singing doll.

Quite something for 49 Marks.

And if I tell you
it sold 2 years ago for 59 Marks,

you can see it's a real bargain.

Yes, she walks alone.

She has a slight pull to the left,
that's why I...

Come on!

Yes, come to me!

That's how to do it.

On this floor you'll find most of...

the housewares department.

Except for lamps
and electrical appliances.

Here you'll find furniture,
bedding, curtains...

THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI

Mortgages taken out today
run until 1998.

A researcher for peace.

Buried beneath the city
lie undetonated bombs

from World War II and valuables
from Emperor Augustus or the Celts.

Previously they were just
cups, pots, utensils.

Now they're treasures.

The Ancient History Museum

is under-staffed.
So everywhere

a bulldozer digs out some earth,
citizens,

called "grave-robbers" dig and
salvage the treasures of history.

How deep can you dig?

Zero metres is the rule.
- Zero metres? That's nothing.

Digging is always a legal grey area.
- I've done it for ten years.

But never caught?
- Reported but never caught.

Know what happens if you're caught?
- What?

A 10,000 or 15,000 Mark fine.

And a record.
- Do I lose my job?

I'd imagine so.

Are you still on for Friday?
- You bet!

You bet.

I can never relax these days.

Bad sleeping habits.

Most people go to sleep,
then fall into a deep sleep.

But I have deep sleep
during the day

and still have to
keep my eyes wide open.

From now on we must concentrate
on limiting the topic "history".

Personally I think that's very wise.

What you're saying
is that students should be exposed

to everything that ever happened
since it directly affects him.

There are hopes...
- But it does!

No, I'd like to say...
- It does!

Sorry, but history lessons
aren't about proving that everything

is related to the subject or student,
but that there are things

that have nothing to do
with his experience. He should see

that change occurs,

only slowly and with great effort.

To trace a line, to put it bluntly,
from Bismarck to Hitler...

I'll skip the other names for now...
is the accepted version of history.

History's written in a certain way
for an historical reason.

Historical truth

is what runs through
daily life and consciousness.

We could even learn
from the Soviets

because their history is rewritten
in accordance

with their politics.
At least it's consistent.

So, Ms Teichert,
I'm really surprised.

You've been chewing my ear off
as well as my colleagues',

but you've not said a word here.

One morning Gabi Teichert
has a new idea.

She pursues it immediately.

A phrase which is perhaps useful

and can apply here
is "The lmprisonment of the Foot".

That's what we do to our feet
when we put shoes on.

If this is the cerebral area

in which the motor cells are located,
here are the cells commanding organs.

The hand is about this big,

then here's the torso,

and here is the foot,
which in relation

is only about so big.

That shows how many
finer functions the hand has

and how underrated
the foot has been.

What time is it?

You're up early.

New material for lessons
comes at the strangest times.

This here has to do with history
as history of human bodies.

They will be destroyed or not.

Yes, Mr Supervisor.
- You can drop the title,

and listen instead. We've had
complaints. - About what?

You've cancelled classes.
You use superfluous material.

Ms Teichert, you can't go on
like some wild mouse!

The government deals with thousands
of teachers. It could get out of hand.

It's been that way since 1634.

You lecture about the human body and
your lesson plan's at the year 800.

Why do we publish plans?

I'm making an effort!
- Obviously at the wrong things!

I'll do better.
- You're rebellious.

At house's foundation,
Gabi Teichert's making an effort.

I work with my eyes.

I'm interested in perceptions.

By day I work for State Security
and Political Criminal Cases.

Right now I'm observing...

My job leaves me unfulfilled.

I don't get enough sleep.

That's why I never feel
on top of it at work or in my hobbies.

I'm dissatisfied.

Hello, can I help you?

Quiet. I'm working.
- I'm down here now.

What?

A peeping Tom has to relax.

If you're relaxed, you can see better.
Take this here...

Lack of sleep.
- No! - I work too much...

Allow me a professional observation?
- Sure.

Seen correctly,
your day and night activities

are contemporary research.

I'd say reality research.
- I'm a historical researcher.

Our fields are related.
A researcher like you must relax.

Hah! I'm never relaxed.

Your mistake is
that you're straining your eyes.

By day when you snoop around,
and by night with your perversions.

That ruins the eyes.

And if I just can't relax?
I simply can't do it.

Do this...

as if you were taking pictures
with a camera.

It releases the energy.

Not with me.
- You have to practice.

A Love Story

in Relation to History

Rome, August 1939

Fred Tacke and wife, Hildegard,
n�e Gartmann. Their first trip.

The servant will get your suitcase.

September 1st.
He must report to his regiment.

Four leaves,
one lasting three days.

7 cancelled leaves because of
offensives like on Charkov.

In 1953 Tacke returns home
from a Russian POWcamp.

And the couple are supposed
to resume their love story

of August 1939.

Jenny the Elephant, who worked

for the soldiers in Flanders,

plays acrobat in the evening.

Make way over there.

1979. A television set
for the raffle in the Officers' Club.

Give him a drink.

I always wanted a set like this.
- He gets one too, right?

I always wanted such a tiny TV!
- Thanks. - Cheers.

Thanks a lot.
We could do with a boss like you.

I'd get you a uniform
and a haircut as well.

A song for Mr Simon! - Come on!
- A song! Quick! - A song!

Don't worry about me, darling,

I'll remain faithful as you know.

As it was,
so it is today and tomorrow,

I'm yours forever,
after all I'm your "Frau"

Then you return one fine day,

And the world's changed for us.

Even though it may be
difficult for you today...

My heart says to you,
you're definitely coming home,

to rest in my arms.

2 weeks ago we had a lengthy meeting

in which I clarified
the government's position,

or so I thought.
Yet today I walked

through the teacher's room
and unfortunately

saw posters like this:

"Things can't go on as they are.

Songs and essays from East Germany."
Without my authorization.

Look here:

"Russell Tribunal on Vietnam.

Organization for the Preparation
of the 3rd Russell Tribunal."

Look! I don't see my signature
or school stamp anywhere.

The point is

that certain things
be made available and public.

I think
the posters serve that function.

My dear colleague, this poster,
which is far from the worst,

and please excuse my language,
makes an ass of

one of our national parties!

And, moreover, insidiously uses
our colours as a background.

JOB BLACKLISTING

And I repeat that I know for a fact

the word "job blacklisting" doesn't
exist, even if it were practiced.

How can you say that?
I remember your words 2 years ago.

I appeal to your sense of reality.

That sense of reality
is proved by the fact

I notice what's happening around me.
That was different 2 year ago.

I hope you've noticed it.

You know how it affects students.
It destroys your lessons and efforts.

No, it provokes political discussion
which we want and they want.

I can't believe a few harmless posters

could create such uproar here.

The real issue
is freedom of information.

Harmless? Harmless?
- It's just indoctrination.

Come on! Show that...
- In triplicate! It's manipulation!

There were three copies hung here.
- Oh come on!

If you attack this poster
without taking any notice

of its purpose, you yourself
are practising manipulation.

That's what this poster
is all about.

Are you even aware
of Mr Russell's achievements?

And now you're trying
to involve him in your attack?

Show me the indoctrination
in this poster.

The indoctrination is the fact

that three of them
were hanging together

and the system of law and order

had no chance to defend itself.

But you're doing it!
- The head teachers are speaking!

If this emperor were still ruling,

Hessen's history at least,
so says Gabi Teichert,

would have been different.

During the emperor's reign,

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
dug intensively into German history.

They dug and found fairytales.

Their content: how a people dealt
with their wishes over 800 years.

They dug and dug
and studied the fairytales...

One of the women who told fairytales.
"Brother and Sister."

"Little brother in the lake so deep,
how my heart weeps.

The cook already whets his knife."

All my life
I've loved reading fairytales,

not in a very orderly
or systematic way,

but simply taking each tale
point by point.

I read them aloud with my wife

and then dictate an analysis to her
which she records in shorthand.

We've done about 30

concise analyses
from a legal point of view.

I want to collect this material.

"Cat and Mouse in Partnership."
Verdict.

Story of a swindler, or better:

the cheating of the mouse
by the cat with a deadly result.

"The Wolf and the 7 Little Kids"?

That's a story of mass murder

with a curiously happy ending.

A fairytale full of legal points
is "Table Set Yourself".

It's overflowing with legalities.

What about the witch's estate
in "Hansel and Gretel"?

The witch made no will.

May the children claim
the gold, silver and jewels?

Obviously the estate's not theirs,
but belongs to the witch's family.

If she has none, it's the State's.

"The Poor Boy in the Grave"?
- No!

What a horrible title!
They're folklore or legends! - No...

Hans Heckel, former chief
of Hessen's school supervisory board.

What did your job entail
at the Culture Ministry?

Co-ordinating the sub-departments.

First there was a plan

to co-ordinate the school departments
under Hessen's Culture Ministry.

They were somewhat chaotic

when I took office.

That resulted in the co-ordination
of the entire ministry,

especially since I was on friendly
terms with Culture Minister Sch�tte.

He used me as an expert advisor

and asked me to undertake projects
when he was too busy.

When you ask about Sleeping Beauty
and the 12th fairy...

That's an area
that's legally beyond grasp,

because it concerns things

above and beyond the law.

The 12th fairy wishes

for Sleeping Beauty to prick
her finger on a spindle and die,

or at least seem to be dead. Then the
13th fairy comes and saves the day...

Fairytales usually
have happy endings...

She wishes Sleeping Beauty doesn't
die forever, but that after 100 years

she's saved by a prince
who braved the thorny forest.

You can see the 12th fairy
as a murderer in the legal sense.

Not exactly a cold-blooded killer,
but almost.

She tries to kill with evil desires,
but it doesn't work.

And the 13th?
- She undoes the evil.

In "The 7 Ravens"
the king and queen

finally have a daughter,
after seven sons and many years.

And they're so happy

that the father decides
to kill the seven sons

so his kingdom
will go to his daughter.

It's all told in the style
of Biedermeier

or late Baroque.

The parents are so insanely happy
to have their longed-for daughter

that out of pure joy
they kill their other 7 children.

And the legal interpretation?

Legally it's nothing.
The father has patria potestas,

and as king and absolute ruler
he can kill his children unpunished.

Isn't that obvious?

Up to 1914 geese in Silesia
sold for 18 pfennig.

HOMECOMING

He who laughs at fairytales
has never suffered.

Her parents were away
when Hamburg burned.

Otherwise they wouldn't be here.

He who works hard is fortunate.

The soul of a person who works hard

is like a factory, workshop, cellar

or witch's kitchen.

Execution of German terrorists,
including juveniles,

the so-called "Werewolves",
Spring 1945.

In a sandpit, under the hot sun,
the sentence will be carried out

according to martial law.

The 6th man, Captain Kurt Bruhns,

from Bad Kissingen,
ordered the execution

of 2 American POWs.

This bush stands outside Kaliningrad

in the Soviet Union,
45 km from the Polish border.

The area was once called K�nigsberg.
It doesn't concern the bush.

Out of the way!

...the leader of
the German Social Democratic Party

and support him!

I won't have you calling me
"Father, Sir".

Then I'll call you "Theo".
- I'm not your son, either.

Or your little brother.
- Sorry, then you're my procreator!

Don't be so insolent!

Watch how you speak to me!
- Shall I call you "Papa"?

Think about how you address me.

I want you to speak up to me
when we discuss things!

"Mr Prosecutor..."
Is that better?

Very good.
You just want to provoke me.

I work for your sake
and you make fun of my job.

Listen up, buddy!

Definitions are the sum of labels.

And the sum of labels
describes human relations.

If we can't find a definition
for our relationship,

we're in no relation!
Remember that!

And stop that cheeky smirking

you always give me!

Start acting like a grown-up
in your relations with me and others!

I fight with my son.
He rejects my job

and lifestyle.

In the Middle Ages
3 generations always lived together.

The first was educated,
the second worked,

and the third was looked after
and prepared for death.

My son
won't care for me in my old age.

I blame the influence of his teacher,
Ms Teichert.

CRUSADE 1204

Gabi Teichert is self-assured.

But she has no idea
how to cram German history

into 45 minute periods.

I'm Prosecutor M�rke!
- Let go! Introduce yourself properly.

I'm father of Hanno M�rke,
one of your students.

I implore you to convince Hanno

that he's to inherit everything
I amass in my lifetime.

You mean money or furniture?
- No!

Knowledge and experience.
- You have a strange idea of my job.

Ms Teichert,
don't underestimate me.

I consider you a suspicious person!

No one talks to me like that,
Mr Prosecutor.

See the parent committee!

And now go knock yourself out,
you lout!

Dust!

Fire Chief Sch�necke,
injured on a raid on Opladen.

With the first alarm,
the fire trucks leave the city

and turn back during the raid.

"In principle,
we hose down everything."

TO THE LORD MAYOR

TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATION

"If it's true,"says Sch�necke,

"that fire-fighting experience
mirrors the nature of hostile attacks,

then a fireman's training
must be changed radically.

That starts with the restructuring
of society and its people,

beginning with the 6 year-old kids,

whose ABCs are worthless
against bombs."

Ms Teichert, I've been asked
to speak for the whole class.

Enrollment for this history course
has dropped from 30

to seven.
That should raise some questions.

You're hitting us with either
too much or too little.

Anyway, your grading's too tough.
You should make more effort.

Don't pester me.
I've got stomach problems.

I'm over-worked.

"One Saturday, before Christmas..."

It doesn't matter which group
I was in! I was standing there.

Here...

"The reason for police action

is the disruption of Christmas spirit

at the department store by juveniles."

Look, kids,
I'm no longer responsible...

Watch it!

Piss off!

Hey! What are you doing?

What's going on here, man?

Help! Help!

Help! Help!

Help me! Help me!

I didn't do anything!

My arm!

Pigs!

Pigs!
- Freedom of speech!

What was that all about?
- What? - What was that about?

No idea, I just got here.
Now I've got to clean up here.

It's really hard to control
a crowd of 200 or 250 people.

You can only ever
throw a few of them out,

but that'd lead to an escalation
that I can't answer for.

What'll happen next weekend?
- I can't focus on that right now.

At the moment, I'm just thinking
about our shoppers' well-being,

for whom
we're ultimately responsible.

I can't allow things
to get out of hand here.

I'm not criticising the police.

We can't just think about
the 200 youngsters

who came in.
What about the 1,000 already here?

What's your position?
- Store manager.

Why did you call the police?
- I'm in charge here.

The merchandise is waiting.

"...explosions in the distance.
She was dressing the children

when bombs struck the shelter
of Koch's Printing Works,

house numbers 26 and 69, opposite.

The door to the garden-house bursts,
a wave of dust and smoke.

She and 2 children fell to the floor.
A third ran in and fell.

'They're close, ' she thought."

"At least, Gerda's group
didn't scatter,

but sought contact..."
- Let's skip the next part,

and you read from the top, Anna:
"It wasn't the moment..."

"It wasn't the moment for
beginning to develop a strategy..."

Another Monday.
Subject material: Gerda Baethe.

In 1944 this woman is being bombed
and wants to defend herself.

But her last chance to guard herself
against the misery of 1944 was 1928.

In 1928 Gerda Baethe could have
rallied together with other women.

You can't just organize people

and then use them as puppets...

I just said that.
- Uli only said

that organization's the key.
You have to organize 20,000 people.

I can only do that if they're aware
of what they're fighting.

Look at the text:

"For the kind of strategic perspective
Gerda Baethe wished for on April 8th,

70,000 teachers would have had
to work 20 long years."

Right. That kind of organization
requires awareness.

And then things can be organized.
- Gerda has such an awareness.

But it was too late!
- It developed.

We shouldn't forget

that the RAF incinerated
60,000 people in Hamburg.

November 10th, 1944.
The 5th RAF bomber fleet

is the night's main danger.

After shooting down 5 British bombers

Dennerlein bails out of his aircraft,

but gets caught on the tail,
his plane in a dive.

Sergeant Detering,
Searchlight Battery at �lstrum,

tries to help his comrade
by giving him light.

"150 m above ground, I free myself."

If one wishes very hard,
the wish will come true.

Strategy above.

Gerda Baethe.

Strategy below.

If one wishes very hard
for something...

In the years 1138 - 1268

During the 12th century,
wishes are very simple.

Soldiers yelled at us.

We had nothing.
They wanted something.

So now I must dig.

My land and property are burned.

Now I dig my own grave.
The children are calling already.

I'm coming.
God, help me get to Heaven.

The horde from above.

Hans Alberti,

machine-tool maker.

In 2 weeks his workers
rebuilt a bombed-out factory,

although experts estimated
it would take 6 months.

They were Alberti, Metzner, Pf�mpfert,
Pfeiffer, Sch�fer and Peter K�hne.

In 1939 Gerda Baethe knew a man
from the Todt Organization.

He always said:
"It's all about organization."

He didn't want to build highways,
but canals instead.

Then a ship could go from the North
Sea, through the Alps to the Adriatic.

We'd planned it elaborately.

One mustn't give in to despair.

These are the tunnels
where the canals entered the Alps.

Well?

18th century or earlier?
- Mid-18th century.

It's interesting.

Two... five, six, seven...

School chief Wedel says,

"I repeatedly told Ms Teichert
she lacked a sense of order.

She then admitted

that perhaps she lacked a sense
of order, but she's not cold-hearted.

Faced with the charge
that her statement was confusing,

she repeated
that she was not cold-hearted.

She doesn't appear to be capable
of rational argument..."

I can't imagine moving troops
in that weather. It's impossible.

What would your military say?

It'd make waging war impossible.
- You divide war and weather? - Yes.

...cars separated from the streets.

I'd have the cars here
and the street there.

Theoretically! - The climate
would be where I needed it,

and I'd have the world in order.

I'd focus on a particular time
so the war's concentrated.

I could shorten it.

People get bored with war quickly.
- Stop it, Theo!

If all revolutions occurred
at the same time and place

the world would advance
to enjoy a long, beautiful,

restful and ordered time of peace.

One should also put
counterrevolutions in order, by God.

There'd be one big counterrevolution
and another step back.

Progression and regression,
war and peace. There'd be order!

One could separate space and time

and finally unravel history.
There'd be no end to it.

If I had weather in one place,
I'd have clear roads in another.

If I had the cars, the weather
and the people all separated,

I'd have a well-ordered,
rational system

which is simple and reasonable

and allows genuine progress.

Franz, if your military
cannot comprehend this,

it'll always be chaotic.
Always totally chaotic...

At absolute zero,

minus 273 degrees,
matter behaves in an orderly manner.

In this lab we study...

phenomena at around absolute zero.

You're familiar with phenomena
at room temperature.

That's about 300 degrees Kelvin

above what we call absolute zero.

So 300 degrees Kelvin

separate the world of life
from the world

where most material
is as ordered as possible.

We lack sensors for measuring
such low temperatures.

My skin, like yours,
can only feel temperature changes

around room temperature.

Absolute stasis is not the same
as what happens at absolute zero.

In principle,
stasis is impossible to achieve.

There's always movement at zero.

Everything moves,
even at absolute zero.

That's clear
because helium remains fluid...

During the Winter campaign of 1942
we tried to hack the frozen earth.

We made shallow holes
by detonating land mines.

The lifeboats for World War III

"Once there was a little man

who built his house upon the ice.

'O Lord, ' he said, 'let it stay frozen,

or I'll lose my little house. '

But the house sank

and the little man drowned."

"A question of connection..."

"Arising from cracked open coffins
it stands in a choir of angels..."

Who?
- "Arising from cracked open coffins

it stands in a choir of angels..."

"Toward the steep hill of Virtue,
the sufferer trudges on.

"Atop the mountains of Faith,
one sees Joy's banners..."

"Atop the mountains of Faith,
one sees Joy's banners..."

"From the fiery mirror of Truth,
Joy laughs at the scholars..."

New Year's Eve.
Gabi Teichert is exploring

the wording of the third stanza
of "Ode to Joy".

"...one see's Joy's banners waving."

"Arising from cracked open coffins,
Joy stands in a choir of angels..."

"Joy overflows the goblets."

"Brothers! Rise up from your seats
when the brim-filled goblet's passed,

let the foam gush up to Heaven..."

But that's so macabre.
- "Brother, rise up from your seats,

when the goblet's passed..."
What was that?

"Let the foam gush up to Heaven..."

What?
- "Joy overflows the goblets."

"Joy... Joy overflows the
goblets... Joy overflows..."

It makes me think of the saying

that you put an extra stone
on the grave

of a person with a big mouth,
so he'd be quiet, you know.

We want to work out the lyrics.
They're not here anywhere!

We read clearly in the grey sky

how thick the Winter days are.

Slow life is long.

"The closer one looks at a word,

the further it recedes from sight."

Germany

In the name of the dead
of Germany and the 6th Army,

I'd now like to express
my principle views.

If everyone can speak, so can I.

A dead knee
sees things a bit differently.

For example, Bismarck,
who is said to have made history.

Often I'm asked
where I learned so much.

It's a mistake to think
that the printed matter in libraries

is related to history. We, the dead
and their parts, are history.

Every cell that doesn't want to die

knows everything, from the beginning
right to the very end.

Only the quarrelsome brain doesn't.

We dead cells know everything
and have reason to.

The resurrection of the dead,
and who really wants to die,

presupposes a thorough
knowledge of history.

Basically I'm a historical expert.

Other dead colleagues refer to me
as the "Father of Accuracy".

They say I'm so precise.

Maybe I can show you what I mean.
I want to be as clear as possible.

The Hessen Culture Ministry
wants to abolish history altogether.

And combine it with geography and
government to make "social studies".

RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR COUNTRY - SPD

"THE SLEEPING ARMY", A NOVEL BY

Anarchy eats away at our institutions.

The Federal Crime Office knows why.

They've stolen the "s"

from the alphabet,

now they build barricades.

She lives here.

13 years, 6 weeks until World War III
or 2 years and 11 months.

Gabi Teichert is usually confused.
It's a question of connection.

Speed is of the essence.

She's a patriot in her work.
That is, she's overburdened.

Often she can't pay attention
to her students during class.

This was once my master, Corporal
Wieland, 8 years before Stalingrad.

He wanted to live, but found himself
in the wrong history.

RECEIVER FOR SOLAR RAYS

"How a city

will look in 50 years.

(Drawn in 1932)"

WESTERN FLIGHT ROUTE

HANGING GARDENS

Note than a knee
strides forward in principle.

Over 2,000 km to Stalingrad, it bends
and stretches every half metre,

directed by an obstinate brain that's
still there and has no more to say.

Some say
I use the word "principle" too much.

Quite right. It's a habit I picked up
from Corporal Wieland's brain.

It always said "principle"
when it was under pressure.

I myself have no principles,
just a firm will to survive.

To hurry somewhere and
have experience, but not principles.

You shouldn't believe what I say.

I'm not talking as a knee.
I have no vocal organ.

I'm not the knee-cap
or the space behind it.

I'm neither the lower nor upper leg.
They died.

I'm in-between.
Try to find an enemy who will hit

the bit in-between.

What they say about witches!
And what will be said about knees?

As if knees only existed
to march into war...

In principle, knees should never
just stretch like this.

They should bend
and then stretch.

This is the goddess Lilith,
a murdered goddess. Dead like me.

That's solid material, believe me.
That's history

and nothing nice or flabby.

We formed an 8 km front
and blew the enemy to pieces.

Then they got round us
and we retreated 50 km.

If we die, I'd at least like to say

that it was effort and work.

At least...

At least for the knee.

That brings me the point:
what can you do?

The practical application,
I'm speaking as a knee.

Here's Lenin's apartment.
What can you do? A cook

is to direct the national government.
Untested. What can you do?

Attack en masse as a dead knee
Or disguise oneself?

Changing all relations.
That's a perception.

If this history didn't exist,
simply did not exist,

another definitely would.

From a dead knee's point of view,
it should be put negatively.

Not what can you do? What do I do?
Rather, what should I not do?

When my nagging brain says "Do that,"
I know what not to do.

I don't run, but I stumble etc.

I wanted to say something about the
army in '44, but forgot what it was.

I'd like to make it even clearer.

Alcuin says: "Silentium
in sacerdote pernicies est populi."

'Loqui' has a purpose,
an inherent goal.

It's the key to
'imperium regnum caelestis',

while the text 'linguae'speaks as
'clavis caelistis imperii',

the official 'linguae', or 'loqui'.
And therefore is

the country's qualified spokesman and
has greater understanding: 'erudire'.

It'll become clear later

how far 'eruditio ad regnum die'
is the real spiritual problem,

similar to the goal of action,

which is at the same time

entrance to the 'imperium caelestis'.
Therefore, 'eruditio'

really means
'fidei rationes praecepta dei scire',

and this 'sobria conversatione
ostendere ea implere'. The 'ductor'

or 'doctor gregis'
leads to 'docendo et ammonendo'...

You see, my Corporal Wieland

couldn't recite from memory
the key achievements of Charlemagne.

But l, a dead knee, can.

Every New Year's Eve, Gabi Teichert
reflects on the 365 days ahead.

The hope remains for improving
the material for advanced history

in the coming year.

"The dew has fallen for 1,000 years.

Tomorrow it will stop.

Stars disorderly enter

a new house." - Bertolt Brecht.

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