Original subtitles

Fancy Santa Claus?

[Dunja] You saved my life, Hans.

We'll find out who was responsible for Robert's death .

You didn't bag it on November 9th in Raschestrasse?

They said there were no witnesses!

[Falk] You will watch him day and night !

-I found the Simkows. -This child is my daughter.

- [Major] This is Katja Wiese. -Did she take a picture?

[Telephone rings]

Stop that shit right now!

What you up to?

- [girl] Here she's finally coming. - [Lisa] She's so stupid and stubborn!

Dad, it's good that you're here. Grandma is so stupid.

Day first. How so?

We want to take photos, but they won't let us.

Photos? For a horror movie?

-Oh, papa. -Hi. I'm ronnie

Mhm.

I have a fashion studio on Friedrichstrasse.

Lisa was so nice to offer us her house as a place for photos.

We want the fashion of new beginnings

set in contrast to the world of the self-proclaimed elite.

Aha.

-What do you want to do? -Man, papa! Fashion photos, portraits!

Sexy, erotic. Ronnie is a real genius.

We all come to Paris with the photos .

-That's right, is it not? -Yes.

That sucks, right?

Come on, let's go into the woods.

There's a nice little lake there. There you get your natural romance.

Lisa, will you come please?

I don't want these people in the house or on the property.

-Do you know what situation we are in? -What can I do about it?

I have nothing to do with all of your Stasi shit !

Be careful what you say!

I don't want you to take pictures with them anyway .

What's that supposed to mean now? Ronnie is a genius!

-I can make it to London or Paris! -As what?

To the Mannequin.

Ronnie says all the big western agencies come here.

-Oh, does he say that? -Yes.

How does he want to know? You ca n't trust him! This is a weirdo!

Mannequin is not a job!

You're just afraid I'll get out of here.

Because you hid yourself here for your entire life!

-Now you are clearly going too far! -You're afraid of freedom.

You both! You learned to be cowardice!

-But I'm different! -You know all about it!

I don't think you know much about us.

And letting go is not freedom.

You can me. Both!

[exciting music]

Wow!

Gorlitz? Yes, it's loud here.

Can I have the Trabbi during my lunch break ?

I would have to go with a colleague ... Görlitz?

Tell me, Görlitz, what's going on?

Why do you just hang up when I ask you about the Trabbi?

I think that's pretty bold. No, cheeky. No, unabashed!

Just ask me about the cardboard. After everything you did to me!

Huh?

What did i do to you

-Because I'm not taking part in the bullshit? - Don't be so hypocritical!

You whistled on me at the Stasi!

Are you crazy?

The plan was surefire. Only you knew about it.

And they take me hops! What does that tell us?

That your plan was stupid, Görlitz!

-I warned you! -He was dead certain!

No, Görlitz, no! So...

Look at me. Sch!

So. You don't really think I'm going to whistle on you?

Why should I do that? I have nothing to do with the Stasi!

-We're friends too! -Human changes.

What do I know? No idea.

I never thought that Gitta would leave me.

And finally your brother arrested me !

And blood is thicker than water. You know,

I don't even have a brother.

I am all alone in these times.

Well, actually not exactly. There is still Heike.

But that is only a very weak consolation.

-You didn't know anything about it? -No!

-Swear. -Oh, come on!

-Come on ... -Yes, I swear! Indian word of honor.

I would love to believe you, but that's now

a very difficult step for me.

Tell me why are you ...

If they arrested you, why are you still on duty?

I said yes: the Stasi is an almost toothless tiger.

Aha.

I have now discovered something new, something very special!

Competition! In the west they are always there!

You can win really great things there.

I suppose they have an east bonus to support us.

-Have you already won something? -No.

But that's only a matter of time! What about your welcome money?

-How so? -We get that several times.

I've done it three times already. Thats is quite easy.

You stood in line there three times all day?

No. Even once at night.

Here, you are trying to solve this, simply with the blade.

And like new again. Voilà!

Very good. And then we go to the gambling halls with the money .

-Friends in the intoxication of the Deutsche Mark saloon. -No, stop it.

-But I'll invite you to a beer. - Another time.

I still have to do all the competitions.

Here, you can have my trabbi. See you at five!

Maybe you wash it beforehand?

Mhm.

- [Martin] Hello! -I'm here!

-Can I? -Yes.

On?

Who is that?

I don't know, suddenly I was in the playground.

[mysterious music]

I think what you're up to is right.

[exciting music]

[Katja] Maybe they're still skating.

[soulful music]

[Katja] Do you see her?

Mhm. Da.

[soulful music]

[screams]

[Maria] Elli!

-Everything OK? -Yes.

Elli! What are you doing

- [Rainer] Thank you. -Oh, mouse. Did you hurt yourself?

Did you save my life

-No. It wasn't quite that dramatic. -But you bled for me.

-No one has bled for me yet. -You don't have to be proud of that.

I've told you 100 times to be more careful.

Careful is boring. That's right, is it not?

Well, sometimes being careful is just plain smart.

-Wise is boring too. - [Rainer] So!

First a little sip on the shock, huh?

-May I help you. -Thank you.

-There. -Thank you.

-Yes, thanks again. -Many Thanks. Cheers.

I have to digest that you are from East Berlin first.

We do too. We made our way through Hungary from the field.

Now you come over and save my little one. Crazy, right?

Well, we're visiting.

Yes ... I am visiting. Katja is from here.

Oh really?

It's romantic.

Yes, now we have to.

Are you afraid they'll close the cage before you get home?

What? That would be to be expected of the knockers.

But you won't get away with me that easily .

There’s some food due, of the finest quality. How's it going?

Not resist talking! What do you mean, Elli?

-Oh yes! Then I'll show you my room. - [Katja] Next Saturday?

- [Rainer] That would be good! - [Maria] At seven? Ulmenallee 26.

I am not going there!

To enforce a paternity test, you need solid evidence!

We could talk about Anna and the birth without any obligation !

-Maybe we will learn something new. -These are Stasi methods!

-The people trust us! -Now make a point!

This is normal research!

Do you want Anna to know who you are? Yes or no?

So, then the end justifies the means for you.

But you can also say further:

Wash my fur, but don't get me wet.

Why are you so after it?

I want you to be fine. And Anna too.

-You don't know her at all! -Yes, that's right.

Martin, if you pinch now

you will blame yourself for this all your life.

And it is cowardly too.

[sad music]

[Schöning] I know for a lot of us it's renaming

Difficult to cope with in the "Office for National Security" .

I myself have the Ministry of State Security

Served proudly for most of my life .

My father, you all know that, has his young life

indulged in the fight against Franco's fascists for the Spanish Republic.

That shaped my life.

I became a chekist and, like all of us, took an oath.

And this oath is valid, comrades!

We will continue to serve this country with all our strength!

No matter what name! And also under the new government.

[sad music]

If we reject the security partnership with the security forces,

this increases the risk of violence. Do we want that?

I no longer work with the pigs !

They made my life hell!

They blackmailed me, humiliated me! Security organs.

If I hear that , I might throw up.

That is a very remarkable statement from you .

What the fuck, frank?

The country is bleeding out, humanly and economically!

If we don't get this under control, the GDR will soon no longer exist!

That is why we should use the call "For our country" ...

Well, are we all sitting together again and talking?

That's right.

Always talk nicely.

Don't you even notice how you're being fooled?

The Stasi just changes its name, a few people are exchanged,

and otherwise everything just goes on like this.

-Robert was killed ... -You don’t even know that!

-All signs speak against it. -Yes, I know that!

And I give a shit about the signs.

Robert was never depressed, I know that!

But you,

you just tick that off

paints posters, demonstrates,

and nothing changes, nothing!

Here.

May I help you. I got a letter from the police

that they no longer investigate Robert's death.

Just because. Without explanation.

Mess. But that's exactly what we can do

discuss in a security partnership at eye level.

But for that we first have to sweep our own door,

otherwise the other side will not take us seriously.

How do you mean that again?

We are not credible when we protect prominent members

although they worked with the Stasi for years .

-Such a crap! That's not my point! -But me!

-That's been bothering me for a long time! -What does this have to do with Robert's death?

Maybe more than you would like.

If the printing campaign had not been revealed ,

- Robert might still be alive. -That's rubbish!

As long as we tolerate traitors, we are not safe!

Now make a point!

Nothing weakens us more than when we distrust each other.

The people you mean, I belong to them too,

- said everything. -Did you really tell us everything, Vera?

-Or you, Dunja? - [Nicole] Luschi, that sucks!

We're not here with the Stasi.

Can you guys stop warming up your old shit?

We're all here because we want to change something. That's all.

I understand that you want to protect your flame, Sven.

But I'm still not sure Dunja

if I really know how much you betrayed the Stasi.

-You are such an asshole! -You should be quiet!

[Dunja] Is good!

I told you everything.

And if you want to spray poison, you have to do that.

I am not crawling in front of you!

I paid for my mistakes Heavy.

And probably more than anyone else here.

My daughter is dead

Frank, what do you actually want?

That Dunja and I will be excluded from the group?

We vote. If you still want that , you can now raise your hand.

Good. Then that would be clarified.

[melancholy music]

-Well, what is the class enemy writing? - [Hans] Hm?

We have no more enemies, papa. That's what Steven said at school.

Well then, tell Steven: It would be nice.

Eat it. We have to go right away.

Falk, have you heard from Roman? Where does he live now?

At friends. We spoke on the phone a few days ago.

His enthusiasm for the West has cooled down quite a bit.

-I'm very proud of him. -Yes, he has a backbone.

Runs in the family.

[Music]

That's impossible.

[Sonja] Hm?

What ... what is it?

Grandpa, who is this woman?

- [Sonja] "Dunja Hausmann". - [Falk] Nobody, my angel.

-Go brush your teeth. -What is an icon?

Someone that others look up to, and sometimes wrongly.

Come on, let's go brush our teeth now.

What does it say?

It says here who Dunja Hausmann told the ministry about

and what consequences this had for the individual.

Right up to the suicide of this editor.

It was only a matter of time before it all came to light.

Yes, here are facts

which can only come from Dunja Hausmann's IM files.

Falk.

Do you have anything to do with it?

I know that you trust me to do anything bad

but at least trust my intelligence.

That's bad press for us.

We're the bad guys with stories like this

who beat people up with their mean methods .

Don't you get it

This is the worst Western propaganda wrapped in a Trojan horse.

Falk.

Don't push it too far.

Do you want to threaten me Maybe with the cassette again?

If it has to be.

Falk, you're finished when the minister finds out

that you swapped your brother's child after it was born.

The Minister!

What do you think will happen when Martin finds out about it?

You'd have to tell him you lied to him all along .

And I did that for the family, as I have told you several times.

A househusband with us! Well, mother would have thanked you!

[Telephone rings]

Turn off the shit!

[Phone keeps ringing]

Is that true? Is that really true?

I didn't write that! How am I supposed to know?

Don't ask so innocently! This is your article!

-Or who took that picture? -I didn't approve this!

That must have been my editorial team!

Who else was interested in Dunja?

And there it says "KW"! That's you, Katja Wiese! Do you think I'm stupid

Do you know how many journalists there are in Germany?

It doesn't even have to stand for a name.

You don't think I'm going to put Dunja in the pan like that!

You are a journalist, you want to be successful.

And I know this much about the West: if you want success, you have to be ruthless!

I want to know if Dunja really did that!

I dont know! I didn't write that.

Martin! You ca n't just go now !

-Talk to me, Dunja! -What else is there to talk about?

So all this mess is true?

You didn't just leak harmless stuff,

To help your daughter in jail like you always told us

-Do I know your darkest shit? -My shit is private!

Because of you, Heiner crashed into a tree!

Because you gave them the relationship with Hilde!

That was my friend! We were at his funeral!

That was an accident. Everyone said that.

Yes. But the article says something else.

But I didn't mean that.

-I didn't mean that. -I know. I even believe you.

I know how they got you down.

But nobody made you tell them so much.

You lied to us all.

Now you can't say: I did n't mean that .

Yesterday at the latest you should have cleared the table.

Then it would all have been over.

Yes, but with dignity. With dignity!

How do you want to sing now? How do you want to appear in front of the people?

- Let alone at the round table? -At the round table ...

So many people at the round table have a mess!

There sits the ex-wife of my command officer!

- She's sitting at the round table! -We all know that!

Do you want to take Vera into kin now?

Do you want everyone to tear each other apart?

And what should I do now?

Is it about the thing or about a strong performance?

If this is your business, back off.

Do you want to drag everyone else into the mud?

Then you break everything.

[German rock music]

Get lost!

-It was you, wasn't it? -Do you have any information?

No.

-How, no? -I can not do this anymore.

You're doing the right thing, believe me.

Without people like you, this country would be in chaos.

- Don't do that. I'm getting out. -Ah yes?

-And how are you going to do that? -By cleaning up the table.

Think about how your group deals with traitors.

You'll feel like Dunja Hausmann.

Even worse. You were always the clean man.

There.

That's just the way it is. But I ca n't harm my people any more.

When you get out, everything comes on the table.

Also the dirty photos we found on you.

A leading head of the citizens' movement,

who is attracted to underage, virgin skin.

That would be very damaging to the citizens' movement.

And your ex-wife will forbid you to have contact with your children.

-You can't want that. - [Luchnik is crying]

Everything is fine.

Hm?

[dramatic music]

At the last session I started a discussion about Dunja Hausmann.

The group was deeply insecure.

It is completely isolated by the article .

I am sure that with this I can further divide the group .

Very good. Wonderful! Just make sure

that the members mistrust each other more and more.

Perhaps you should also try Nicole Henning.

Her son Thomas betrayed the printing campaign two years ago .

Well, Mr. Luchnik,

I told you back then, during the interrogation:

Your "friends" are just not worth it.

-Who do we take next? - [incomprehensible answer]

That'll kill her.

OK. Come on. Continue. [the men laugh]

Quince?

I was worried. I could not reach you.

-How do they know all this, Hans? -I have no Idea.

They must have copied your documents .

-That is actually not common. -Was your fine son again, huh?

Or you?

Maybe you didn't want to grant me my happiness.

If that is it, Hans, then you have achieved your goal.

Sven is gone.

I'm available again, so to speak.

Don't you want to do it with a real Stasi lamp?

-Won't you just wanna go for it? -Dunya ... stop it!

Take it!

[dramatic music]

[Katja] Nobody at your newspaper knows how you got the information?

And especially my photo!

Oh come on, you don't believe that yourself.

Who checked the facts with you ?

Because it's important, damn it! Crap.

[Telephone rings]

And?

Who is it?

Why do you want to know?

[exciting music]

Why are you telling me this?

Who are you anyway?

Yes. I'll be there.

Dear colleagues, there is nothing I can do about it.

The three were assigned to us in the course of the dismissals at AfNS.

And we were still lucky. These are professionals!

They were in the carpentry shop.

Planed Mielke's butt, huh?

I don't work with informers!

That is an order from the very top.

We have ... We have to take on employees from state bodies. Point!

So now please go back to your work.

I'm fed up with orders from people

who only got their job because they crawled up their bums

whose head is in an even bigger butt.

We all do a good job.

None of us went west when the wall fell!

Because we still believe in this country and this company!

But we are not a catch basin for former Stasi employees.

- [man] Bravo! - [Martin] That's how I see it!

Yes what is it now? Strike?

-Yes, let's vote! -Let's vote!

Finally fuck off, you Stasi rats!

[Man] Look here! What do you allow yourself?

[unintelligible conversation]

[tense music]

No, stop it.

Quince.

Not.

Go home.

What am I supposed to do there?

[tense music]

- [knock] -Yes?

Hans?

I wanted to go for a walk. Are you coming with me?

Yes. I ... no, no, no, no, no.

I have ... I have ... I still have ...

-A lot to do, I have to ... -Don't worry so much.

We've been through completely different times.

Marlene. I don't want this country to go away.

No matter how many mistakes have been made.

[Argument next door] Do you hear that?

We are so close to it.

The first round table is in a week .

And we tear ourselves apart.

Why is Frank heating it up like that? We are only harming ourselves.

-That about Dunja was bad enough. -He's a fanatic.

He's also mad because you 're supposed to go to the round table and not him.

That is a vain sack that wants to rule over everyone.

[Sven] Without me! I will not follow suit in public!

Dunja is on the ground! What else do you want, Frank?

We have to distance ourselves more clearly!

Think with your head, not with your tail!

Ey! Stop it!

-I'll buff your face! -Sven, it doesn't work that way!

We'll finish each other off. Now that it goes one step further.

Don't you notice that? Robert once said

each of us has a body in the basement.

I don't think so, but I don't even want to look.

What are you talking about? What does this mean?

We should send someone who doesn't have a body in the basement

-so that he is not vulnerable. -And? Who is that?

You, frank. You should represent us at the round table.

[amazed murmur]

[Schmolke] Icarus. Everything is done.

The sister cooperates.

The documents show that they ...

[Falk] Not on the phone. Keep an eye on the woman.

We'll meet in half an hour.

[soulful music]

Cold today.

- It will be colder tomorrow. -Who are you?

Defense of Constitution? BND?

CIA?

Why do you want to find out the background of this article?

Because I have to prove to someone that I didn't write it.

Martin Kupfer?

Why are you interested in Falk Kupfer?

Do you know Falk Kupfer?

No. Martin doesn't talk about his brother.

Especially not about what he's doing. I found out about that from you on the phone.

The information about Dunja Hausmann

were leaked to the newspaper by the Office for National Security.

Why?

The AfNS still wants to destabilize the enemy.

To disenchant a prominent civil rights activist via the FRG press,

is pretty clever.

Unless you can trace the information back.

Does that mean the Stasi has people in the Democratic Forum?

And.

There is at least one active IM there, but we can't prove that.

But can you prove that the article came from the Stasi?

-Possible. -Publish this.

It is not our job to save a single person's reputation .

What is your job?

-You know Falk Kupfer. -No. I just said that.

Trust versus trust, Ms. Wiese.

I saw him once when I was taking pictures.

Where?

He was there,

when Pastor Wolff was pulled into a car by the Kreuzkirche .

The pastor who committed suicide. I photographed that.

-Falk copper can be clearly recognized on it. -When was it?

A day or two before the suicide.

-Do you still have the photos? -Yes. A print.

The negatives were stolen from me. Probably from the Stasi.

I propose a deal to you. Your photos against the evidence

that the Stasi is behind the article about Mrs. Hausmann.

But you do n't go public with it.

That would not be in our interest

and would have unpleasant consequences for you.

[brisk dance music] Oh! Sorry, sorry.

Man, what are you looking so baffled? You did a great job.

-We are rid of the informers. -Thank you.

But now you have to celebrate, otherwise it wasn't worth it.

-Good, Maik. -Take care.

Until tomorrow. Bye.

I can prove I didn't write the article.

Um ...

And?

The Office for National Security is behind it.

More precisely, your brother.

-How do you know ... -I'm good at what I do.

And I took risks because of you.

You know your brother. The other is Konstantin Welsch,

a freelance journalist with good contacts to the Stasi.

He received material from Falk

with whom he wrote the article about Dunja.

Some Stasi people are still fighting the civil rights activists.

Your brother is one of them.

He also has an informant on the Democratic Forum.

-How do you know all that? -I can not tell you that.

I have to keep this a secret.

And you too, if you do n't want to put me in danger.

Believe me, I'm on your side

Shit, Martin, I love you!

And just for the record:

I'm not mad that you lied to me about your family.

I have to go. See you later.

Well, that worked out fine, Ms. Wiese.

How do you know?

I have a couple of new colleagues who used to be with the Stasi.

And I heard them talk on lunch break.

That you should just ... have an IM.

Who is that?

No idea. I couldn't really ask.

I hate flowers.

[exciting music]

-Is that all? -That is a beginning.

[exciting music]

[exciting music]

[TV announcer] In a human chain over 1400 km long

all over the GDR demanded several hundred thousand,

promote the democratic renewal of the country.

The Action Reconciliation, the New Forum and other civil rights groups

had called for the action

as a sign of hope and determination.

Mr. Kupfer, do you have a moment for us?

Who are you? CIA, BND?

This action will have consequences for you.

What kind of action? We just want to talk to you.

Sure we are the enemy.

But maybe we will be your friend.

It's entirely up to you.

Major Rothals pushing Pastor Wolff into a car.

Shortly before his "suicide". And you stand by it.

Yes. Pastor Wolff gets into a car. So what?

A MfS car. And Wolff certainly did not get involved voluntarily.

Yes, Major Rothals spoke to Pastor Wolff.

A completely normal process. Wolff was IM.

He couldn't cope with that mentally, that's why he killed himself.

Since you've obviously had me on your screen for a long time,

you know well that there is a suicide note.

I can only be accused of failing to recognize Wolff's emotional distress.

I blame myself for that to a certain extent.

But who can look into another?

Touching. Should I show the photo to Major Rothals?

He will confirm my version.

And why was the negative stolen from an apartment in West Berlin?

That doesn't fit with the new image you want to give your agency.

-Is that all? -No.

You are responsible for Julia Hausmann's death , I know that.

It's just a cigarette.

[exciting music]

I think it's fair if you know who we are.

You remember?

Nobody knows what is still developing over there . Think about China.

And when the Russian intervenes, the box is quiet very quickly.

That can't be turned back so quickly.

Just start over somewhere? I would also be homesick.

I would never have done this without my family !

-Elena has a much better chance here. -Sometimes I get homesick too.

Then I cuddle up to mom very much.

And then I read her old children's books from the East.

Or we watch Mr. Fuchs and Mrs. Elster ,

-Is really crazy! -I do not find.

Can i have your dessert Don't you like tiramisu?

I see. But. But I ... I'm so full already!

-Do you want to? -Yes!

But miss, it's about time after that!

Brush your teeth, wash your face, pajamas and get into the trap.

Are you coming with me? I still want to show you my room.

Um ...

I wanted to smuggle Julia Hausmann into the West,

but unfortunately that went wrong.

During the interrogation, you pulled out all the stops.

And almost broke me.

Fortunately , my government got me out of there.

I give her credit for that to this day.

After my release, I wanted to fight the system here in the east.

You showed me my professional path.

There's a certain irony about that.

[Elena] In here we are invisible.

Here, you have to hold it tightly in your hand.

-You won't be seen then. - [Maria] Elena?

Sweetheart are you in the bathroom I don't even hear brushing my teeth.

Such a cheese. I'm a pirate fairy! I don't have to brush my teeth!

I know where you are hiding

And it doesn't help you at all to take Martin hostage.

- Go to the bathroom! -I am invisible!

I do not care. Then you brush invisible teeth.

Come over.

Here, you can keep this. Captain Blackwood will protect you.

Thank you.

-Will you wait here for me? -Let Martin.

- He sure wants to go to the adults. -That is okay.

You made a conquest there. So, quickly now, off to the bathroom!

I have never forgotten Julia and always watched from a distance.

Isn't it unbelievable what she has taken on?

Your brother was such a lucky guy. I couldn't believe Julia's death.

But there was no way I could question him.

But then the wall fell.

And one day Dr. Maiwald at the door of my department.

Totally worn down by guilt and the pressure

that you exercised on them all the years .

She told me everything

from swapping babies to Julia's death.

-Where was Elena born? -In the Lichtenberg hospital.

It was a very difficult birth. We thought she didn't survive.

[Rainer] Yes, that was like a miracle. That was a stressful night.

-The total chaos. -What is stress?

No, I'm sorry, it doesn't work that way.

I ... I can't try to fool you.

-Martin, stop it! -I am....

-Please stop! -Elena is ...

Elena was swapped after giving birth .

She is my daughter.

[Rainer] Was... W...

I want a paternity test to prove it.

I need your consent for this.

What is it ... What is it now?

[Rainer] You’re walking better now.

Leave my house immediately. But now. Out.

Martin, let's go better now.

Out!

Is good. We go now. We go now.

Here's the deal:

They tell us about everything that is important in the AfNS.

Strategic decisions,

Concepts for dealing with the current situation.

For this we hold back all information about you.

About the death of Pastor Wolff and Julia Hausmann

and about swapping babies.

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