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[Falk] We might do business with a good price .

Vera Kupfer, Nicole Henning and Sven Fischer suspect me.

You lose You can still eat as much chalk there.

My son has been looking for his daughter for almost 10 years .

And now he can't prove it's his daughter.

The pediatrician at the time has lived abroad for a long time.

Dr. Maiwald does not appear on any official form.

It was a coincidence that my informant heard of her crossing the border.

After all that has happened you should know

Who you are dealing with when fighting for your daughter.

[Katja] Martin, now say something.

You're scaring me.

I once said to my father: if I find out

Whoever took Anna away from us, I'll kill him.

The wall falls and you go to jail?

Do you want it?

-Who cares what I want? -But what about Anna?

You're about to get it back.

And.

Maybe I'll get it back.

Maybe.

After almost ten years.

And that's because of my brother. Because of my own brother.

You don't know what he was doing that night.

-What else is he supposed to have been doing there? -Ask him.

Ask Schmolke, ask Dr. Maiwald,

but only when the matter with Anna has been settled. You're welcome.

Don't break this now.

I love you.

Did I tell you that before?

[Telephone rings]

I'll come back to that.

Meadow. Lisa, yes.

How is it?

And.

-That sounds great. -Give me papa.

Yes, wait, I'll get it. Martin?

Is Lisa, she just arrived in Paris.

Well, little one?

Ah shit.

It'll come again.

Are you bothering your heart again ?

Don't worry about my heart.

I can take you to a specialist completely anonymously .

Don't worry, I'll stay with you for a while.

No problem. Is your heart. Why did you want to speak to me?

I can possibly offer you material

-that goes far beyond the previous one. -And that would be?

Magnetic tape recordings with highly explosive information

about West German politicians and our agent network in the West.

-Are we talking about money? -Also.

Especially about protection from prosecution by the new rulers.

If the GDR collapses and reunification occurs.

-You don't believe in socialism? -I believe in that in my hands.

I want protection from prosecution

and I want this protection to also apply to my father.

What could you reproach your father for?

We both know how winning justice works, right?

I don't know if I can guarantee this protection.

Of course you can. Do you remember your picture with the dog and the tail?

I think I'm talking to the dog here.

And when you have the magnetic tapes,

you are a very big dog and the FRG a very small tail.

[tense music]

[Laugh]

[unintelligible conversation]

[Marlene] So what, really.

Good morning, you two. I am glad that you are here.

-Morning. -Thanks for the Coffee.

-Maybe something to eat with it? -Oh, what do you have there?

Better not, I'm not getting anything down right now.

-How did you find us? -Well, listen, I'm a cop.

But now is no time for stories.

What's happening? Are you on the run

Ha! That could suit them. No, I'm going to battle.

-And you will help me. - Against whom?

Martin, I told you about the competition.

But what you did not appreciate.

It came as I predicted: I won!

-Congratulation. -What did you win?

A car! A great car, open roof, convertible, almost 110 hp,

Alloy wheels, music system at its best. Do you see, martin? Do you see?

Told you so.

And that is now downstairs in the no-parking zone?

No. I won the car, but I don't get it.

I do not understand. But I don't have a head for it either.

Are you my friend now, yes or no? So yes.

I won the car in the west.

Now they say I can not allow him to live in the GDR.

Those in the west only give it to me if it's already approved.

They are scammers! But not with me.

-Now you want to steal the car? -Very funny.

No, I need a Wessi to sell the car to,

and who then allows it for me in the west.

I've already found out everything. And that's where you come in, Katja.

You are the only West German I know

that you can trust. Can you trust her?

I ca n't afford a new car.

You shouldn't do that either.

You buy it from me for a Mark West

then you let it with you and give it back to me.

It's a pretty big favor that Katja should do you there.

Do you find? So when you consider all the things I've done for you

the favor I ask of you is shrinking considerably.

Quite a mess at your place , right?

Yeah ... what's that got to do with the car?

You said Julia's accident file was under lock and key .

-Would you get hold of her now? -No idea maybe.

What do you want with that? It's been so long

- Take a look. -That's against the rules.

Do I have to see what I can do there.

-Katja, are you coming with me now? -Um where to?

Get the car. Come on, we'll do this in a moment.

Why did my brother let you go

when he caught you with the stolen VP stuff?

-What shoud that? This goes too far. -This is important for me.

As important as the car for you.

That's a secret. Plus, these are now two favors for one.

No And I promise you nothing will happen to you.

-But I need to know. -How come?

It's about his daughter.

And what does that have to do with my arrest?

Well then you have to move on with your cardboard.

Of course it's a shame. Where spring will soon be coming.

[Gaucke] Information about foreign politicians is a matter for the HVA.

-You know that. -I can't imagine

that you knew nothing about what was going on around the magnetic tapes.

The essence of espionage is secrecy.

The essence of espionage is espionage.

You know how it is. Then then ...

The one who was still there when you were arrested , was this the one?

And.

Yes. Something's wrong with that, I'll tell you.

When I brought my Trabbi to Sielski's workshop,

the guy suddenly stood in front of me.

Just bought the whole store.

Thank you, Gorlitz.

-Really, thanks. -That's fine.

We're friends after all.

So, Peter. And now let's take care of your car.

-Are you coming with me? -No, do it.

[exciting music]

[Görlitz] It even has a padded dashboard.

The magnetic tapes, if there are any

would be a first class life insurance.

And if I knew about it

I would take it and not share it with you.

You may not be able to get the tapes.

I may be able to get them and copy them.

- We'd both like it. -Oh.

My heart is getting very warm

how touchingly you take care of my well-being.

I told you you can count on me.

Do you realize who you are getting involved with?

The HVA is the only department that still works halfway.

Do you dare to get involved with them?

Absolutely. I also have my contacts in the HVA.

Well then.

Show what you can do, copper.

If it goes wrong, I don't know anything.

I'm just telling them you stole me.

If you betray me ...

I put people on your neck

you can burn yourself a pipe there.

-Why should I betray you? -Why does the bear shit in the forest?

You can go.

[Vera] Where did you get that from?

-That does not matter. -Man, where did you get that from?

I can not say that.

But the photo was taken the day before Robert's death.

The guy who pulls him into the car bought Sielski's workshop.

Why does he leave the Stasi shortly after Robert's death ?

And how does he get so much money?

[she plays "In the café high above the city"]

[sad music]

My lunch break will be over soon, I have to bring the file back.

It says here that a doctor was with Juliet.

She resuscitated them when the ambulance came.

- There is no name of the doctor here. -Then it wasn't that important.

-Do you remember what it was called? -No.

Yes. Something about summer.

-Martin, I have to go now. -About Maiwald?

-Dr. Maiwald? She lived around the corner. -Yes that could be right.

If she was there so quickly, she saw something.

No, otherwise it would be there.

I did it as precisely as possible back then.

Until the case was taken out of my hand.

Believe me. She didn't see anything.

Still, her name should be on the file.

Did the colleagues who took over the case remove it?

There was no need to do this. She didn't see anything.

Bye.

[exciting music]

-Where is the boss? -That's over in the office.

[Knock] Yes?

Major Rothals?

Ex-major. What can I do for you?

What a surprise that you have taken over the workshop.

My ex-husband has been a customer here for years.

-You are ... -Exactly.

Your ex-boss's wicked ex-wife.

-You must be doing really well. -I can't complain, yes.

I am here to speak to you about Pastor Wolff.

They forcibly dragged him into a car shortly before he died .

You and your manager wanted to make him IM.

But he didn't want that. Shortly afterwards he was dead.

And before you think about how to lie to me ...

[Radio music]

[he turns off the radio] What do you want?

I know that Robert Wolff did not leave life voluntarily.

When I see how comfortable you retired

you must have gotten a whole lot of hush money.

- nonsense. I just ... -Just just lucky, yeah.

A lot of people have that right now. Just luck.

Or just bad luck?

Look, you should go to my office right now ...

When I go public with it

your little private happiness is over very quickly.

I have very good contacts with the western press.

With this I am pillorying you for the murder of Robert Wolff.

You are crazy.

Or you can tell me how Robert actually died.

Then I wo n't make it public.

Maybe you are not at all

but your supervisor at the time, Falk Kupfer, was responsible.

Are you going.

I won't leave you alone until I know how Wolff died.

I will come back tomorrow.

With photographers and reporters from the western press.

[exciting music]

Major Rothals. I have to go down. Immediately.

[dramatic music]

[Martin] Back when Anna was swapped after giving birth ...

Falk was there that night. In the hospital.

Did you know about

-Where from ... -Did you know about it?

-Since when? -After Juliet's death.

You lied to me all these years.

I wanted you to find your daughter.

And prevent you from hitting Falk in the skull.

Martin. You would never have seen Anna again

if I hadn't made a deal with Falk .

Does Falk also have something to do with Juliet's death?

-How do you come up with it now? -Just answer me my question!

And don't lie to me. Never again.

Be glad I'm even talking to you anymore.

I dont know!

But I can't imagine it!

Falk would never go that far.

Do you remember Dr. Maiwald that we were looking for back then,

so that she can tell us about Anna's disappearance?

And.

This woman was at the scene of the accident trying to save Julia.

But her name was removed from the accident record.

-Do you know anything about this? -No.

I want you to see this Dr. Maiwald for me.

What do you expect from it?

I finally want to know what really happened.

And if I shouldn't break Falk's head in,

you help me

[exciting music]

-What's going on here? -I can't tell you that.

-He shot himself. -Who?

Well, the red neck.

I said that right away: Something's wrong with that.

Simply buy the workshop from the Sielski .

Where did he get so much money from? So what's going on?

I'm just saying my opinion.

[mysterious music]

Morning.

You don't look good.

-I know. -What are you doing on New Year's Eve?

I do not know. I don't feel like partying.

-Do you like to talk? - Don't think so.

Come on, we have to celebrate.

A New Year's Eve will never come again. Everyone goes crazy.

Thomas is with a buddy to Hamburg.

They don't know a pig there. Is not this great?

Nicki, I'm sorry. I am...

I miss him so much.

I know. Me too.

You know what? We solder the bulb to each other.

Just the two of us. Is that a plan or not?

Shit, you are not allowed to solder.

Then we just dance. Like the monkeys.

[Pop music] [horns]

[he speaks indistinctly]

Juhu!

[Jubilee]

[Katja] Yes, to London. Where is the problem?

There is no project number yet, but the boss has approved it.

Yes i say yes

Uh ... January 9th, and then it'll take me about three days.

Beer?

Yes. Super thank you.

Are you going to London?

Yes, I have to do some research for a colleague.

Aha.

Has the lawyer contacted you yet?

Any ideas for tonight?

Just no masses that fraternize.

Of?

Yes, I have a great suggestion. We're going up on the roof at midnight

tear our clothes off and do it with fireworks.

You look really stupid.

Look at you.

Nobody doubts your suicide , Rothals.

They did not come to terms with the events . Like Comrade Kulisch.

And I take care of the workshop.

Thank you, Comrade Major General.

Good luck.

[they laugh]

Do you want?

[Rock music]

[Fireworks]

So, your wife Dr. Maiwald lived in MfS's own residential complexes.

Then she moved to Dresden. With the opening of the wall, she left the GDR.

The last thing I could find out was

that she bought a plane ticket to London.

London?

To anticipate: Falk has nothing to do with it.

His skills are not sufficient for this.

[sad music]

How can it be that in Erfurt and Leipzig

the citizens' movements get access to the Stasi headquarters,

but not we in Berlin?

Because this is where all threads come together

and the Stasi resistance is much stronger.

Modrow takes advantage of the graffiti in Treptow.

We negotiate to death and they destroy everything with which they are

-can get it. -And what are you up to?

They have to see that they can no longer fool us .

We demonstrate so long in front of the pork shop

Until they let us in and secure whatever is left.

What if we don't come in? When do they shoot?

If there are a few thousand people

-draw their tail! - [all] Exactly!

Novel. That's a surprise.

Can i talk to you father

Well, sure. Come over.

-Will we go to the garden? -Yes.

"No more torture by the Stasi". Don't believe the bullshit.

Shit dad. You tortured and tormented people.

At least admit it. Just be honest for once.

-You believed in the GDR, didn't you? -You expected that.

I mean, did you like the GDR?

Yes. But what does that have to do with what you did?

The country would not have stood a chance without our protection .

-How do you know? -Go around.

So does the end justify the means? -Yes absolutely.

That means you still keep going?

The problem is that the purpose is no longer there.

There is only us, the family.

If the GDR was so weak, how could you believe in it?

Oh, Roman ...

I believed in the idea, in socialism.

But people are just too weak for that.

Do you still believe in it? The idea?

I will always believe in the idea, but at the moment ...

But why do you keep going then?

All I can do is fight, Roman.

So I fight.

For the family.

I can't fight.

And if I could, I don't even know what for.

Come here.

[Rainer] We'd have to talk.

How is it looking? Today at eight at the ice rink?

Hello, this is Rainer, Elli's dad.

Uh, Elena's dad.

I got your lawyer's number. We'd have to ...

There he comes.

Why did you want to speak to me?

We got a test done shortly after you left.

We are not Elena's parents. So.

Crap.

I could kill you for what you do to us.

What do we do now?

I mean Elena ...

- [Maria] What did you call her? -Anna.

I've been looking for her for so long.

We searched.

Julia was killed in the process. I can not...

I would have done the same.

Still, what do we do now? We can't just tell Elena:

"So, here, April, April. Office mistake, that's it.

Got a new father. " Shit, damn it, that's how it is!

Our whole life is a single lie.

Or we won't get them out and let us sue or ...

But ...

Can't we ...

somehow maybe ...

find a way together?

For Anna. Elena, I mean.

It's so easy to say.

-How is that supposed to work? -I do not know.

I just know that ...

[sad music]

Elena has her home with us.

I know. I know that.

I would have loved to give that to her.

Thank you for contacting me. I...

[sad music]

Everything OK?

And.

-I know you from somewhere, don't I? -No, it can't be.

Come on.

Please wait.

I'm Dunja Hausmann, the singer from the GDR.

I betrayed ... friends and acquaintances to the Stasi.

And one of them took his own life.

Yes, do you want to kill yourself now too?

You're not helping anyone.

-How do you know? -Because it would be cowardly.

I sat in Bautzen for five years because my best friend betrayed me to the Stasi.

But I wouldn't want him dead.

Come on.

[Dog crochets]

[a door is opened]

No flowers?

Forgot i'm coming back today?

I met the Simkows today .

They had a test done themselves.

That’s great.

-So you want to come to an agreement without a lawyer? -Yes.

And? Are you happy?

Could you imagine giving Anna a home with me?

Yes, that ... I can imagine that.

Why were you in london

Are you mad that i wasn't there?

Dr. Maiwald lives in London.

How do you know?

I never want to be lied to again.

I never again want others to decide

what's right for me.

Or whether you have to protect me from some truth.

This is especially true for the person I want to live with.

Do you understand that?

And.

Gut.

What did Dr. Maiwald told about the death of Julia?

You won't get rid of me until you tell me where my child is!

I do not know you.

I don't know anything about your child!

[exciting music]

Miss Hausmann?

-What do you want here? -Your child is dead.

No! No it is alive! I know it!

And you wo n't scare me anymore, never again!

- [Falk] No! - [tires squeal, impact]

Despite everything, it was an accident, Martin.

Julia ran away.

-Yes, before Falk. -Yes.

And now?

It's strange how life just goes on.

As if nothing matters.

What are you doing now?

I go to work.

They need me there.

[mysterious music]

[incomprehensible conversations]

[exciting music]

[exciting music]

Here. We go there. The whole workforce.

Are you coming with me? We wall up the shop for them.

I do not know...

How you don't know What do you want to know?

[exciting music]

[exciting music continues]

[exciting music]

[he is knocking]

[Speaking chorus] Stasi to the hazardous waste!

Stasi on the hazardous waste!

Stasi on the hazardous waste!

Stasi on the hazardous waste!

Stasi on the hazardous waste!

-Stasi on the hazardous waste! -Stasi out!

[all] Stasi out!

Stasi out!

Stasi out!

Stasi out!

-Stasi out! Stasi out! - [Nicole] No violence! No violence!

- [Nicole] Stop! -Stasi out!

-Stop! -Stasi out!

-Hey! Stop! Stop! -Stasi out! Stasi out!

Stasi out!

Stasi out!

Stasi out!

Stasi out!

Stasi out!

Stasi out!

Stasi out!

Stasi out! Stasi out!

Stasi out!

Stasi out!

What are you doing here?

The building should have been cleared long ago.

Yes, you are still here too.

Stop the shredding! Talk to the people outside!

-What for? -Everything is flying around our ears!

-We have political responsibility. -We are officially not here.

Securing is the responsibility of the CP.

Do you want to hide behind cops?

Like the others who hide in conspiratorial apartments?

Falk.

Believe me, I have everything under control.

The situation is getting out of hand out there.

They just run over us.

-We are not equipped for that. -We'll open the gate.

We redirect people to the less important parts of the building.

Open the gate! Open the gate!

Open the gate! Open the gate!

As soon as it comes up, I'll go in.

[the crowd continues to chant]

[Protest calls and whistles]

Open the gate! Open the gate!

Open the gate! Open the gate!

[the crowd cheers]

You stay here.

Stasi out! Stasi out!

Stasi out! Stasi out!

[exciting music]

[exciting music]

[incomprehensible]

[Man] Go further down there!

[exciting music]

[exciting music, incomprehensible calls]

[dark music]

Martin.

So this is where you've sat all the years, Falk.

What do you want?

I know how Julia died.

[dark music ends]

You didn't just take our child away from us ,

you are also to blame for Julia's death. Why did you do that?

Martin...

That ... was an accident.

What a coward you are!

Because i was happier than you Hm?

That's it?

Oh, you wouldn't understand.

For you it was always about you. Always you, you, you

You didn't give a shit about the family.

Do you know what's really crazy?

I wasn't at all surprised when I found out what you did.

- Stand still. -You took my wife from me.

- Stand still. -I found my daughter again.

Stand still.

I'll see her grow up and become happy.

Stand still, Martin!

And one day she learns the truth about her uncle

who is responsible for the death of her mother

and she'll be strong enough to take it.

She is already much stronger than you.

Falk.

I don't think you’ll kill me.

Falk.

You don't have the backbone for that.

I feel sorry for you.

[he sobs hysterically]

[Sonja hums "Sleep, child, sleep"]

[dark music]

Are you content?

You bet on the right horse.

Believe it or not, this country meant something to me.

For people like you, there will always be a country that needs them.

[TV] Stasi out! Stasi out!

It is over?

And.

-Where is Martin? -I dont know.

And Falk?

I dont know.

[dark music]

What's the point of shooting me now?

And what's the point of not doing it?

I will destroy your life like you destroyed mine.

[dark music, scary sounds]

Close that jacket.

So.

Bye honey. Have fun.

[Quiet music]

Martin?

[soft music]