THE SECOND AWAKENING
OF CHRISTA KLAGES
Directed By
MARGARETHE VON TROTTA
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I had to create
my own jail
before I realized
what had happened to me.
I'd never done much thinking
about myself...
Especially not
in the last few days.
Let me have ten.
That's all.
- Where are you going?
- Don't be impolite.
I'm going
to see a friend.
She's terribly inquisitive.
- Is he your friend?
- Yes, he's my friend, too.
Stop bothering
the nice lady.
You know the most expensive
cars in the world?
Rolls Royce Silver Shadow -
Rolls Royce Corniche
Convertible - 177, 522.
Stutz Blackhawk -
Lincoln Continental Mark III -
Yeah, made specially
for the U.S. President.
There were three of us.
Wolfgang was the youngest.
Please,
don't get excited, sir.
I'm perfectly calm.
The two others got away,
but we'll catch them soon.
You used to cry
when I went to the station.
You don't expect me
to do that now, do you?
Don't forget to send us
your sermon.
I think the taxi's come.
I'm all ready.
I've done my best to straighten
things up a little.
You'll be able
to find things easier.
It's summer, couldn't you
wear your hear a little shorter?
Thanks, I can manage.
- See you next month.
- Bye.
- Can I give you a hand?
- Oh, that's very kind, thanks.
You might have thought of it.
Wouldn't have hurt you.
Think they got Wolf?
Hell, at his age I could run
I'll wait here.
If it falls through,
I won't have so far to walk.
- Hello, are you Mr. Grawe?
- Yes.
I'm Christa Klages,
a friend of Wolfgang Prinz...
Really? How is he?
Come in, won't you?
Did Wolfgang find a job?
His parents said
he was just bumming around.
Yes, he found a job...
I wanted to ask
if my friend and I
could stay here tonight...
His parents
live right near.
I'm not here with Wolf...
And they already
turned us down.
I really don't have
enough room.
- We can sleep on the floor.
- No, this is my office!
I can get you a hotel room.
Even pay for it,
if you want.
I sang that cantate once.
Not so nice, though.
We're here
for a special reason.
To talk to you.
The part that's coming up
is especially pretty, I think.
I like it too.
- Just one night, okay?
- All right.
You can come
after my confirmation class.
That's very nice of you.
Because you like
this cantate.
Don't you have
Italian spices?
On the top shelf.
I already looked there.
My mother's been
straightening up again.
Can I move this?
Wait a second.
Oh, sorry.
Aren't you hungry?
We thought
you prayed first.
Is it important to you?
No, not really.
The sisters used
to make us pray
round the clock at school.
Aren't you exaggerating?
No. They used to come in
and wake us up
screaming 'Praise the Lord'.
And we had to get up and answer
'Forever and ever, Amen'.
And grace at every meal:
"May the Lord bless our humble..."
Even Christians jabber
like heathens sometimes...
In Japan they eat this slippery
spaghetti stuff with chopsticks.
He went there as a sailor.
Try it.
It's impossible.
That's why I never got
enough to eat.
Cut it, or you won't
get enough tonight, either.
- Typical kindergarten teacher.
- Do you teach kindergarten?
- Wants to cut everything for you.
- And you're a seaman?
- Ex. Everything's ex with me.
- And what do you do now?
We need your help.
We started a day-care center
three years ago.
We had different ideas
about training children
from the usual kindergarten.
My daughter's in it, too.
At first we had
only the kids
of the people
who started the store.
But then the word got around.
Now we have foreign children,
children of people
who can't take care of them.
- Welfare children...
- I'm afraid I have to go.
But we'll talk about it
when I get back.
We don't have such experiments
here in the country.
I'm going out
for a drink.
I dont know...
What if you
attract attention?
You just dont want me
to go out. Admit it.
I don't care
what you do.
Have you been here long?
Sorry I'm so late.
- Is Werner asleep, too?
- He wanted some nightlife.
- I thought you were together.
- We are.
In what way?
I mean, what kind
of relationship do you have?
You mean, do we sleep
with each other?
Yeah, sometimes.
That sounds uncomplicated.
Enviably so.
Would you like
to hear a cantate?
If you feel like it.
What you said about praying
gave me a good idea.
Read it to me.
Come to church tomorrow
and you can hear it.
I used to masturbate
during the sermon at school.
Do you still?
I don't go to church
anymore.
What would you do
if you ran out of money
for your youth work?
- Ask the District Board.
- What if they said no?
- I'd ask the city.
- What if the city said no?
I'd go to the parents.
If they didn't
have any money?
I'd think of something.
Now I get it.
You need money
for your kindergarten
and want me to help.
Would you be willing?
Of course.
I always am,
if it's for a good cause.
Hey, wake up!
Where did you get
this money?
What are you
snooping around for?
- We hit a bank.
- Are you serious?
Yes, Hans.
- Get dressed and leave.
- Don't worry, we will.
I knew this would happen.
But first you sign
a money order,
so this money gets
to the people who need it.
We want you to send this
as an official
church contribution.
We can't take it there.
It's too risky.
You want me to pretend
I collected this money for you?
- They need it badly.
- How much is it, anyway?
We haven't counted it.
It's not for us.
I don't want to see it.
It's wrong, and need
doesn't make it right.
Don't tell us what's
right and wrong.
Just send the money.
Or do you want those kids
end up in a home?
Ask Werner
what that's like!
Leave my life story
out of this, okay?
Are you going to do it?
Of course I'm not.
Think about it a minute.
It'd take me years
to raise that much.
Even privately?
Christa, the church
is like a corporation.
I'm only an employee.
I have to account
for every cent.
The only thing I can do
is turn the money over
to the police and plead immunity.
I'd advise you to do it
for the children's sake.
- There must be other ways.
- Thanks for the sermon.
I should never
have listened to Wolf.
Wolf was convinced
you'd help us.
You got him involved in this?
That poor, naive kid?
You don't know him.
You always led him around
by the nose.
So did you!
Don't you realize what you've done
to him and yourselves?
It was his decision.
He was sick of people
telling him to have patience.
People like you!
I want you to be gone
by the time I get back.
- You're not leaving here.
- I have to go to service.
- He could report us.
- He won't.
It would be
the smartest thing.
Dear Congregation,
must prayer be
a meaningless ritual
without hope
of being heard?
Or worse, an alibi
for not acting,
a way to avoid
true involvement?
Instead of doing good,
do we turn to prayer?
This alternative
is made clear
in the famous scene
in 'Mother Courage'
where the peasants pray,
and Kathrin sounds
the alarm on her drum.
In 1636
the Protestant city Halle
was besieged by the Kaiser's troops
and was in great danger.
Mother Courage,
her daughter Kathrin,
who could not speak,
and a group of peasants
await the catastrophe.
It's night.
The town and its people are asleep
and know nothing.
A peasant woman tells Kathrin:
"Pray, poor child, pray."
We cannot stop
the bloodshed.
You cannot speak,
but you can pray.
But Kathrin climbs up on the roof
of a house with her drum,
and begins to beat it,
waking the town.
An approaching soldier
sees her and shoots her dead.
Her prayer is an act,
and she pays for it
with her life.
What is Brecht telling us?
On the one hand,
the old woman
who prays to a God
who doesn't exist
and cannot save the town.
On the other - Kathrin,
who instead of praying
beats her drum
and saves the city.
But isn't this a contradiction
Christians can resolve?
Can't we rely on the words
of St. Augustine, who said:
'He who knows how to pray right
knows how to live right?'
For Christians know
that this world offers
the possibility of salvation,
and that we are called to put
our faith in its coming to pass.
Your sermon was
truly inspiring today, sir.
- Truly inspiring...
- Can you give me a hand?
Thanks.
I'll lock up today.
You may go now.
- What've you been doing over 6 years.
- I've been here the whole time.
Haven't there been any changes
in your life since then?
Time passes very slowly
out here.
It passes fast
for children.
all of childhood.
If they miss something,
they can never make it up.
We're the only
positive thing
some of our kids
have ever had.
Please,
I'm not changing my mind.
And what about me?
I made that place
what it is.
I invested all my energy,
all my time and ideas in it.
I'm not going to let them
take it away.
Pastor Grawe!
I need some more aspirin.
And have you got
hair coloring?
Blonde, not too light,
please.
It's for my mother.
She's started dying her hair.
Why not? I'm only 20
and I dye mine already, too.
- I'll cut yours afterwards.
- Oh, no thanks.
- I always cut my husband's.
- Your husband?
Most girls get married
before they see the light.
It looks awful.
Sorry, I'm not
too good at this.
You've really never had
any doubts?
Some things
you just don't doubt.
It's a good feeling
to carry on.
My father was a pastor.
So was my grandfather.
So you followed
family tradition.
Some things aren't meaningful
unless they're carried on.
What my grandfather did
takes on meaning through me.
Doubts or no.
If I thought like you
I'd still be a housewife.
Like my grandmother
and my mother.
- Doubts or no doubts.
- Exactly.
Clergymen are nothing
but figures of fun nowadays.
- One more reason to be one.
- To be a martyr, you mean!
Playing the martyr
has its good sides.
Why aren't you married?
A real pastor
needs a pastor's wife.
The women I like can't imagine
being married to a pastor.
Like you.
I like you.
You still can go back.
Both of you.
You have to give
some people wings.
Others need lead
in their boots...
I wrote something in it.
We'll be seeing
each other again.
Interesting job, pastor.
Carries a lot
of prestige, too.
Number 3 on the list.
Right after professor and doctor.
Come on, admit you had
a great time talking to him.
You tell me I talk too much,
and gab with him for hours.
'Sleep, dim eyes.'
You never talk to me
about that stuff.
We talk about other stuff.
Yeah, you went to school
and so did he.
And he gives you poems.
Don't be stupid.
I haven't read poetry
for so long.
And these are really beautiful.
Want to hear one?
No, thanks. I don't need
my soul massaged.
When I say get down,
get down.
Are you crazy?
I don't want them to see
there's two of us.
Who? There's nobody
behind us.
Don't turn around!
Never turn around.
I was in this cop car once,
and this other car
was in front of us,
and the guy kept
turning around.
So one of the cops says:
'That dude turned around twice,
let's shake him down.'
So they stopped him
and checked him out.
We have to decide
where to go.
To the next good Samaritan.
Miss Seidelhofer, would you
come here, please?
Is this the woman,
Miss Seidelhofer?
People always look
different in pictures.
Do you think
it could be her?
Is there any resemblance?
Yes, but some people look good
in pictures, some look awful.
I always look awful because
I just don't photograph well.
We're not interested
in your photogenicy.
Please concentrate.
She has pretty hair.
- What's her name?
- Christa Klages.
What kind of work
does she do?
She used to work
in a kindergarten.
It might be a front, though.
There is a certain
resemblance...
It must be her, if she's a friend
of those two boys, as you say.
I can't be sure
until I see her.
We have to catch her first.
The alternative number
is 30.
- I can't, not now.
- Oh, please.
You're feeling...
just the same as I am.
You know, sometimes
I feel like crying...
Not because of me
or because of you.
Just because of everything.
You're right.
It's no good.
Police have been able
to identify the second man.
According to Wolfgang P.,
who has confessed,
it is Werner Wiedmann,
at present unemployed.
Why did Wolf
have to squeal on me?
He's only 19.
So what? I was 14 when they
got me and I didn't squeal.
He was jealous of you because
you were good at everything...
Bull. You were like his mother
but he couldn't get close to you,
and you don't rat
on your mother.
I can't make anybody
looking like this, either.
I liked your
real hair better.
We're splitting up.
If they catch you with me,
you've had it.
We did the job together
and we're staying together.
Listen, you got
a little kid!
They don't have
anything on you.
You think I'll buy me
a Porsche with this?
I want us
to stay together.
Excuse me a minute, please.
He's got no staying power.
If I weren't married to him,
I'd have...
I'll be right back.
Hello, Flo.
- How did you find me?
- Information.
- Is your husband at home?
- No, but I've got a customer.
- A customer for what?
- Beauty treatment.
We can come back
in half an hour.
- Are they after you?
- We're not criminals.
Yes, I'm coming.
Come on in.
This is Werner Wiedermann.
This is Ingrid, alias Flo.
You can wait in there.
You think that witch
is gonna help us?
- I'm not staying here.
- Where can we go?
I don't care, anywhere.
Did you know there was so many
different kinds of bats?
Geez! Is she married
to a taxidermist?
No, an army officer.
You gotta be kidding!
He'll recognize us!
You really don't have
to be afraid, Flo.
Is it true
what the papers say?
Yes, but nobody recognized me.
With Werner it's different...
Why did you become
a beautician?
I didn't go right on to college
after I got my diploma.
So I took this course
and now I can work at home.
At home? Why?
Do you have children?
No, not yet.
And Mischa?
How old is she now?
this fall.
I can't wait to see her.
We should have kept
more in touch.
Ask her whether
she'll do it or not.
This place gives me
the creeps.
Do what?
Stop bothering us,
will you?
Can I use your toilet?
First door on your right.
Werner's a little
up tight.
There's a bat in there.
Can you take it down?
Get out of here!
I'm sorry, Chris.
I've thought of you
so often and...
It was so great
to see you again.
But now that
you're here...
If Heinz finds out...
When does he come home?
Only on weekends.
He lives in the barracks.
Then it's alright
if we stay here tonight?
Don't you want
to come along?
- No, I'm busy.
- As usual. So long.
From that day on
Lena Seidlhofer,
the bank clerk,
began looking for me.
Who did you want
to speak to?
- Christa Klages.
- She's not here.
She's gone to her mother's
and can't be reached.
She's going
to bring me a present.
Me too.
- A big present.
- A little one for me.
A big one for me.
Like something to eat?
No, thanks.
I ate at home.
How many people
live here?
- 10!
- 7.
No, it's 8. 5 grown-ups
and 3 children.
And you?
Do you live by yourself?
It's alright...
Everything's fine.
We just started
buying furniture.
We have to turn
over every penny.
How much did
this place cost?
- 300,000-
You'll be paying for life!
Heinz's job is for life.
You screamed in your sleep
last night.
I know. Sometimes I scream
so loud I wake myself up.
You're alone a lot,
aren't you?
Well, Heinz only
comes home on weekends.
And goes bat-hunting.
- But I've got my customers...
- Do you have any friends?
I haven't had a real friend
since you...
But I know a lot of people,
or at least I did
before we moved...
- But when we have children...
- Why haven't you had any?
Heinz wants to wait
till he's promoted.
- I think he's right.
- I don't.
Not if you want
to have children.
I gave this to Heinz
for his birthday.
It says
'Please fertilize.'
I want to see Frieda,
there's nobody to beat her.
Oh my little Frieda...
No girl is sweeter...
- Oh, sorry.
- Come on in!
How did you recognize Christa
with her blond hair?
The way she laughs...
Her famous laugh.
She always laughed like that
when the teachers scolded her.
She wasn't afraid
of them like me.
I wanted so much
to be like her.
Can't you give me
one of your treatments?
You need cold cream
to do it.
Well, I think I could use
a little youthful invigoration.
Can't you do it
from the front?
No, not really...
It's Frau Wurm.
Could you go
to the living room?
You're beautifiul.
- Look at my thighs though.
- So what? Mine are like that, too.
Why did you marry Heinz?
He always knows
what he wants.
And he wanted me.
You're the type
a lot of men want.
- I'm not, you are.
- I'm too independent.
I always envied you
for that.
Do you still?
Why did you get married?
Just for the fun of it.
We didn't want it
to change anything.
But then I realized
I was doing nothing
but exchanging recipes...
Like we used to exchange poems,
do you remember?
'Life is building bridges
over transitory torrents...'
'We are nothing,
our search is all...'
'Flee disappointment
and you flee fulfillment...'
You get to sleep together
and I have to sleep with the bats.
Would you start all over again?
With another man, I mean?
Sure. But I wouldn't
get married.
Especially not to him.
Excuse me, aren't you
Christa Klages' mother?
Yes, why?
I thought I might
find her here.
No, she's not here.
I'm sure I don't know
where she is.
The police've been
looking for her, too.
- Are you from the police?
- No, I'm a friend of hers.
Just asking.
Come on in, then.
The neighbors,
you know.
Please excuse
the way I look.
I'm playing
a knight's lady tonight.
Amateur theatre. Otherwise,
I'm just a normal person.
- Take a sit, please.
- Thank you.
I haven't had a minute of peace
since it happened.
My colleagues do nothing
but gossip about my children.
I sometimes ask myself
why they're so... different.
I have another daughter, too.
She lives in Berlin.
Maybe it's because deep inside
I'm the same as them.
I don't take things lying down.
It makes life bearable.
Yes, Christa really
felt cooped up here.
That's why she went off
to London when she was 19.
She took care of other
people's children,
and she liked doing it.
It's not my idea of fun.
I want to enjoy life.
Raising my two children
was quite enough for me.
So now I do these theatricals.
Why don't you come tonight?
I have to get up early,
thanks.
- Do you work in an office?
- No, I'm a salesclerk.
You should come.
It's really a good play.
Listen:
'O printhee, let thy gracious
heart hear my lament
and help me fight
the terrible injustice
they have done to me.'
Since when
are you ever late?
Alarm clock didn't
go off again?
And you've had the same
things on for 3 days.
The memo said we're supposed
to change every day.
- Like the newscasters on TV.
- I forgot. But I will, tomorrow.
Here, at least put this on
so nobody will notice.
You finally got a boyfriend?
Leave me alone.
Could you bring me
the insurance files?
Thanks.
Sit down, please.
What foreign currency
did they take, and how much?
It was 4000 $,
and 1300000 Lire.
What exchange rate
did you use?
The rates from the 27th.
Let's enter the rates
from the 25th.
But the robbery
was on the 27th.
We'll say the 25th.
When they catch that woman,
we get the money back.
I thought the insurance
would pay anyway?
Of course,
but they'll pay faster when
they know who to charge it to.
I see, Mr. Schlei.
Try to get Mischa to come outside
so I can see her.
Maybe it was because
she liked Werner,
maybe for old time's sake,
but Ingrid agreed to take
the money to the kindergarten.
We couldn't wait any longer...
if it wasn't too late already.
- Did you see that woman?
- Reingard? Yes.
No, the one who came out
before you.
Yes, we passed each other...
She was my hostage
at the bank!
She stared at me
like you are now!
Maybe that's why
they didn't want the money.
What?! They didn't want it?
Did you bring it back?
But why?
They need it so badly.
They're afraid.
You acted on your own.
On my own? Should I've
taken the kids along?
Why did we ever do it,
anyway?
You mean it was
all for nothing?
Didn't you say tomorrow?
Does it always look like this
when I'm gone?
Sorry, I didn't get around
to cleaning up yet.
Your friends seem to be really
living it up here...
- On my money!
- No, they're paying.
They even bought you
a carton of wine.
No reason for them
to stay forever.
Who slept in my bed?
A friend of mine.
I want them out of here
by tomorrow.
That bastard.
No, she has
to go it alone.
There's a bakery.
I'll buy us some rolls.
And a sweet one for me?
May I help you?
A loaf of bread
and 3 rolls, please.
- You can't park here.
- It's not my car.
You were sitting in it.
Your ID, please.
I was just looking!
Stop where you are!
Drop that gun!
What's the matter?
Like some milk?
That's very nice of you.
- I'll pay you for it.
- No hurry.
Why don't you come over?
It's nice at my place.
All the same city?
Yes, that's Riga.
My hometown.
- Have you lived here long?
- Oh, a long time.
I don't know exactly
how long,
because my memory isn't
as good as it used to be.
It's nicer here
in the summer.
Lots of people
come out here.
But in the wintertime
it gets pretty lonely.
You ran away, didn't you?
I ran away from Riga, too.
My parents looked for me
everywhere.
They were very strict.
Please eat.
My mother always cooked me
vegetable soup when I was sick.
I still have so much
to embroider.
So much...
Look at these.
I still have all these postcards
to embroider.
Sometimes I even have to work
at night, when I can't sleep.
I wasn't sure you'd come.
- Have you got a gun, too?
- Why?
After all that's happened?
I don't feel like
talking to you if you do.
I don't have one.
I shouldn't have let you
leave like that.
- And the money?
- You want me to turn it in?
I tried to help you find
your own way out of this.
It was no good.
What are you going
to do now?
- Keep on hiding forever?
- I don't know.
I really don't.
I only know that I'm not
going to turn myself in.
You told me yourself
how fast children grow up.
She wouldn't see me very often
if I was in jail, either.
Then I don't know
why you asked me to come.
How did you get my name?
You're an old school friend
of Christa Klages.
They killed her friend,
that Wiedermann fellow.
Who says I am?
Her mother told me.
You went to see her?
- Yes, and her ex-husband, too.
- Why are you doing this?
I'm responsible
to the insurance company.
Why don't you leave
this business to the police?
I can't tell you. Anyway,
you wouldn't understand.
Do you really think
you'll be able to find her?
Your problem is that you don't
think enough about yourself.
Call Erich.
Either he'll pick you up
or tell you how to get there.
I told him you need help.
I didn't tell him why.
I'd rather stay here.
With Mischa.
You have to go, Christa.
Hans is going to take you
to the other kids.
I have to go now,
but I'll be back soon.
You know, when I tell you
I'll be back, then I will.
Take care of yourselves.
For the 1st time I'm thinking
of myself - by thinking of you.
You'll look just like me.
I didn't learn this
for nothing.
If they catch me, I'll say
I stole your passport.
Hold still.
No, promise you won't.
- I was my idea.
- Promise.
Now get dressed.
Hans helped me 2nd time.
He sent me to Portugal,
where his younger brother
taught at a German school.
Tell him I'm very grateful
to them for having me.
Dear Hans,
this is to show
I'm really working.
I've been here for 2 months
and still feel like a stranger.
Your brother
helped me a lot.
He comes from Lisbon every week
and then I can talk to the people.
They're very friendly to me,
but I can't speak Portuguese.
I see how important being able
to talk to people really is.
They want you to sing
a German song.
But I can't sing.
- You can't let them down.
- I can't think of any.
Oh, just sing
'Am Brunnen vor dem Tore'
or 'Die Gedanken sind frei', or
'Sah ein Knab ein Roslein stehen.'
No, thanks.
Oh, I remember one.
Where is Little Jacob?
He drove the cows
into the woods
and never came back again.
His sister and brother
went to the woods
to look for him,
calling Little Jacob,
Little Jacob,
come home.
- Did you have to wait long?
- Yes, forever.
- It's good to see you.
- Yes.
Let's have
something to eat.
Didn't Heinz
try to stop you?
He would have, if I hadn't
told him I was going to mother's.
I bought a ticket to Zurich,
and from there to Lisbon.
- Good thinking.
- I had trouble at customs, though.
The customs official thought
I had the stolen passport.
But then I explained to him
that it had been stolen from me.
Did that girl from the bank
come back?
No, but apparently
she sits around
the day care center after work...
She's not budging an inch.
It's weird...
I'm glad you budged,
though.
We helped the farmers
peel cork trees.
Women's work - picking up
all the little pieces of bark.
Oh, my back.
Mine hurt at first, too.
It would be great if Mischa
could be here with us.
- You really want to stay here?
- Yes, I like it here.
You haven't had a nightmare
since you've been here.
So it was Heinz.
You're not scared of him
anymore, are you?
Since I've been here
I almost felt sorry for him.
I understand him better.
You liked Werner a lot,
didn't you?
As much as you.
Werner and I...
We always had
our hackles up...
Were always picking
at each other.
And when we got tired of that
we robbed the bank.
- Not just because of the money?
- Sure, that was important, too...
But maybe if we'd really
loved each other,
we wouldn't have needed it.
Let's go.
Look at my hands!
I can't massage anybody
with these callouses.
You should see my knees.
If Heinz could
only see me now.
I have to talk to you.
You can't stay here any longer.
- Why not?
- Manuel heard about the robbery.
You didn't tell me.
Hans didn't.
That doesn't have anything to do
with our work here.
It's a difficult situation.
They're closing down
some cooperatives
and they can't afford
to risk anything.
- And then...
- What?
There's something
between you and Ingrid.
Manuel didn't say what.
You know women here...
think in really
old fashioned terms.
You have to respect their customs,
don't you think?
The idea of doing something
useful with the money
kept me going...
After I left it in Portugal,
I felt paralyzed.
The former tenant
left those curtains here.
You can pay for them.
I'll have
the leaky faucet fixed.
- When's your furniture coming?
- It's coming in a few days.
I'll fix the faucet myself.
You're staying here now?
I had always tried
to change things
if they didn't satisfy me.
I thought I could help
myself and others.
Not anymore.
- Why are you moving out?
- Ask him.
He's the one
who threw us out.
Are you the owner?
I sure am.
Why are you evicting
these children?
Is it any business of yours?
They're 3 months behind
on their rent.
Just look at it.
Look at the mess
they made of that shop.
It's a pigsty.
Look at the filth.
A sex shop's your idea of clean,
I suppose?
At least they pay rent on time
and don't make any noise.
Very clean.
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Can I speak to Ingrid?
When can I reach her?
I had tried to reach Ingrid
several times,
but either nobody answered
or her husband did.
I didn't know then
he'd thrown her out.
Christa, what're you doing here?
I thought you were long gone.
Are you crazy?
What if somebody sees us.
I was gone.
Where are you now?
What are you doing?
- Alright, don't tell me.
- How is Mischa?
I haven't seen her since
they closed the kindergarten.
So they threw them out, huh?
Reingard's taking care of
a few of the kids at her place.
- What about Eyip?
- I don't know for sure.
You better go. Give Mischa
a kiss from me. So long.
Can't I do anything
for you?
'When you are old and grey
and full of sleep,
nodding by the fire,
take down this book,
and slowly read,
and dream of the soft look
your eyes had once,
and of their shadows deep;
How many loved
your moment of glad grace.
And loved your beauty
with love false or true,
but one man loved
the pilgrim soul in you
and loved the sorrows
of your changing face."
Why don't you
open the door?
- I'm sick. Go away.
- I'm responsible here.
There's something
has got to be fixed.
The faucet's leaky.
And when you move out,
you'll have to repaint
the walls, you know.
Would you like a beer?
I can go buy some.
No thanks,
I don't drink.
Are you alone here?
Sick?
I'm not really alone.
I have a daughter.
She's 5.
Haven't seen her
for a long time.
She needs me. She's
starting school this fall.
It won't be long until
I move out of here, though.
I was out of the country
and didn't know where
to go when I came back.
So I couldn't see
my daughter.
But I'm not really sick.
I'm feeling much better.
I know where I'm going.
You can't live in this place.
I just didn't know
where to go.
I'd never been alone
so long in my life.
I couldn't even
get up anymore.
I had the feeling I would never
get out of that room.
Then suddenly I couldn't
take it anymore.
I think about Werner a lot.
But I still can't believe
in what happened.
- It's all my fault.
- No.
- You shouldn't say that.
- But it's true.
Two checks for 1.000 each.
With this message:
"Even utopias have timetables."
Who could they be from?
That's nice.
Excuse the disturbance,
but your neighbor
called again.
Your kids are just too loud.
It's not that we care,
but when people complain,
we have to come.
Be a little quieter in there!
So, you can go now.
What if they recognized you?
I was in hiding long enough.
- Christa Klages?
- Yes.
You're under arrest.
Try to remember,
Miss Seidlhofer.
Take a good look at her.
Could she take off
the glasses and stocking?
Was that the woman?
No, I'm positive it wasn't.
THE SECOND AWAKENING