Berlin Is in Germany Page #2

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So there are 20 people to go.

Do I need my passport? - Of course.

Here's the Berlin News' card. They asked

where I was when the Wall came down.

Here, look.

They should've asked me.

Do you know where I was?

No. - Didn't I write? - No.

I was sitting in a tank. The T72.

Not an animal, not a man,

but an armored infantryman.

That was October '89, with

the demos on the Alexanderplatz.

We all knew what was up.

We had to give blood.

They asked for our blood groups.

We gave blood and got in

the tanks. The square was full.

I wouldn't have known what

to do if we'd mobilized.

You couldn't talk, the

Stasi were always there.

They'd have let us fire,

like in China. And me in a T72!

Profession? - Engine fitter.

Where did you train? - Karl

Liebknecht transformer works.

What was your last

place of employment?

Where was your

last place of employment?

In Brandenburg. -With What firm?

In the metalworking shop

of the Brandenburg Penitentiary.

Floorer, interior designer.

You can't call me at home,

because I'm in a telephone box.

But you can call me here.

The number is 4-6-7-2-3-9-8.

Yes, goodbye.

Yes, I'm a fitter.

Of course I've got experience.

The last thing I did was

installation work abroad.

Ringing me at home is difficult, but

you can get me in this telephone box.

I'll wait for your call.

The number is 4-6-7-2-3-9-8.

4-6-7...

... hello?

Hello? - What's wrong? - Hung up.

Hello.

Hello.

I thought ...

... I'd just come ...

... to see how you are.

You're looking good.

Thanks.

You, too.

What are you doing tonight?

Today's bad, we've got visitors.

Perhaps we could ...

Wait.

Here's a visiting card from work.

My telephone number's on it.

You can ring me there.

I mean ...

... we could organize something.

It'd be nice if you rang. OK.

See you.

Martin?

Don't you want to come in?

Yes.

... and then we go to Spain or Portugal.

This is Martin, an old friend.

Martin. - Petra. Pierre. Pierre? Pierre.

Wolfgang.

Martin.

Take a seat.

Can I offer you a drink?

- Yes. I won't say no.

I'll bring a glass.

Are you hungry?

What is it? - Paella.

It's Spanish.

Thanks.

Thanks.

Tastes good.

Tastes really good.

Nothing beats watching other

people eat, does it?

Are you finished? - Yes.

Superb. - Thanks.

Thanks.

You too?

Where do you all come from?

I'm from South

Germany, like Wolfgang.

I only know South

Germany from TV.

Wolfgang and I...

... studied together.

Oh, did you?

And you? - I'm from

near Marseilles.

Marseilles.

France. Only seen

that on TV too.

Where the bottle once was

full now stands a coffin.

Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin.

-Cheers!

Cheers!

Are you a writer? - Me? No.

Not me.

I just had a lot of time to read.

I liked the Russians best,

Nabokov, Dostoevsky, Pushkin.

They've no idea about politics,

but they can really write.

Is he a writer?

- No, I asked if he was, but ...

Manuela?

Rokko's already in bed, I suppose.

Yes. He went to bed a

quarter of an hour ago.

Thank you.

No, no need. I don't light them.

-But you can smoke here.

No, I don't smoke anymore.

-What do You mean?

It comes with time.

I haven't for years.

I'd like to ask you something.

You're from East Germany, too. What

were you doing when the Wall came down?

Sorry ...

... I'm so curious, but ...

... I always find

the stories so exciting.

Do you really want

to know? - Yes.

I was in the army.

National People's Army.

Armored division.

Not an animal, not a man,

but an armored infantryman.

All my friends

were in the streets.

My wife was

pregnant with our son.

And I sat in a tank waiting

for the order to move in.

It was terrible.

The hospitals stocked up on blood.

The soldiers had to donate blood.

You couldn't say anything,

because someone from

the Stasi was always there.

Anyway ... I got up,

and said, "Do what you want,

but I'm not shooting at my wife.

I'll take the tank ...

and drive it into a tree".

What do we do now?

Can you be quieter?

- Yes, but what should we do?

What do you want to do?

- I'd send for a taxi right away.

No way.

What do you mean, "no way"?

OK, then I'll just go to bed.

Why aren't you sleeping?

I did some English homework.

You were all so loud.

Good.

But that's enough now.

It's late. Sleep well.

Wouldn't it be better to lock the

bedrooms?

With your husband here.

-Don't start that again.

He seems so strange.

I know you lost contact with him, but

He looks like he

just got out of jail.

I'm sorry. I haven't

anything against him.

But it's weird how

he just turned up ...- Martin.

He really has just

got out of jail.

How do you know that?

I always have.

He went to jail in July 1989.

Before the Wall came down.

We had just married, and

I was pregnant with Rokko.

It all started in the spring of 1989.

I was at home on my own.

The doorbell rang.

Is your husband home,

Mrs. Schulz? - No, he's at work.

I've found an irregularity in the

list of occupants of this house.

Two weeks ago you

had West Germans here.

But you didn't register

them in the house list.

But why?

They were friends of friends,

and we registered them with the police.

Please write the names and

addresses of your visitors in the list.

So that's done.

Now for another delicate matter.

I found something in your cellar

that really worries me.

Mrs. Schulz,

I'm worried about your husband.

You know it's really my duty to

put these things into the right hands.

I don't need to tell you that crossing

the border illegally is an offence.

Mrs. Schulz,

I only want to help.

-He had us in his power. - Go away!

And I was scared.

Simply scared.

Actually ...

I didn't want to tell

Martin the whole story.

I shouldn't have told him.

I simply shouldn't have told him.

What happened then?

When I ...

When I visited Martin in jail,

he told me that he ...

... counted his

steps until he arrived.

He kept wondering

whether to turn back.

Where are my things?

Mr. Schulz!

It could look bad for you if your

equipment got into the wrong hands.

I want my things.

It'd be better to let me and

the authorities deal with it.

Give them to me! - Mr. Schulz,

I only want to help you.

I talked it over with your wife.

We talked about your class

attitudes. - Give me my things!

We can talk about everything,

class attitudes, solidarity ...

... but give me back my things.

My name is rokko shultz

I am a boy from Berlin

Berlin is in Germany

What brings you

here at this hour?

I need somewhere to sleep.

In 1974, what song

won the ...?

Wolfgang! -Waterloo?

- Eurovision prize.

What author gave his name to the literature

prize Cologne has been awarding since ...

Andreas! - Heinrich Bll? - Yes!

Good night. - Good night.

What German city

has the number plate HRO?

Rostock? - Yes ...

Good morning. - Morning.

Thanks.

THE LAST EASTIE:

I've got a question about an

article in your local section.

Yes, about that man.

Can you tell me in

what hotel he's in?

Oh.

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