Berlin Is in Germany Page #5

Synopsis: When Martin, a former GDR citizen, is released from jail, he lately becomes confronted with the consequences of the German re-unification.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Hannes Stöhr
Production: Filmboard Berlin-Brandenberg
  7 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Year:
2001
99 min
49 Views


Are you mad or

something? - Go away!

Martin, come out! Bloody pigs!

Martin!

Mr. Schulz,

you've had a conviction for murder,

after the reunification it was

changed to manslaughter.

When did you first go to prison?

- It's all in my file. I don't know ...

Answer my question.

When was it?

It was before reunification. I was

sentenced in the summer of 1989 in Berlin.

Manuela and I wanted to get out

of East Germany.

East Germany was ... - You don't have

to tell me about East Germany.

What had you done?

I killed our house administrator, but

I didn't mean to, I flipped. It was a fluke.

It says here You beat him

to death. Is that a fluke?

The People's Police made the report ...

- The autopsy report confirms it.

They did what they liked with people

who wanted to escape. You know that.

I can see you were one of

them, too. - Don't get insolent!

How do you know Victor Valentin?

We were both in

Brandenburg Prison.

Was he your friend? - My friend?

Was there a sexual relationship?

No.

And you knew nothing about what

was sold under the counter?

No.

That was also a "fluke".

- I didn't do anything!

Can you tell us where he is?

No. - Mr. Schulz.

I'll read you Section 184,

paragraph 4 of the Criminal Code.

If the offender acts for

gain or as part of a group,

the punishment is imprisonment

for a term of 6 months to 10 years,

in addition to your probation.

Are you scared of

Mr. Valentin's testimony?

I didn't do anything! Where did

you learn these methods? In the Stasi?

Listen here.

There are places ...

... where they hang

people like you.

I know guys like you.

I've met enough.

Bit boring now, eh? No electric

shocks, no padded cells. What a sh*t!

Mr. Schulz? - Yes?

I'm not from the East.

I'm from Bremen.

I've brought you some things.

Look.

"Dear Dad,

you have to jump over the snakes,

and watch out for the monkeys.

Love from Rokko."

It's not looking good.

They want to get me with this.

I can't go through that again.

Why did you get involved

with Victor Valentin?

You knew he wasn't

good to be around.

And the taxi license!

I could have told you

you needed a special report.

You can get the license,

but only when you've settled

down, and another offence is unlikely.

I can organize a special

report so you can take the test ...

So?

Martin...

... old Eastie,

did you think I'd leave

you in the lurch?

I gave myself up.

Do you think 5 years more or

less make any difference to me?

Bring me my TV

when you've time.

And send my love to your wife.

Don't think about...

... what you shouldn't do, Martini.

Think about what

you should do.

So, here... and here.

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Hannes Stöhr

Hannes Stöhr (born 1970) is a German film director and screenwriter. He studied Scriptwriting and Directing at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin from 1994 to 1999. In 2006 Stöhr was a Villa Aurora grant recipient and lived for six months in Los Angeles, California. Hannes speaks German, Spanish, English, French and Portuguese. Stöhr is member of the European Filmacademy, lectures film at Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin and the Goethe Institute. He lives in Berlin. more…

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