Burning Life

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Horrible!

Good afternoon.

-I've come about the ad.

-What ad?

This one. The position's

stiII vacant?

That's Simon's responsibiIity.

Yes?

-I read you need a singer.

-Ah. That was six months ago.

I know. I just saw the paper

at the hairdresser's.

WouId you Iike to read

some reviews? I do swing.

Artie Shaw, GIenn MiIIer,

Woody Herman, Ray CharIes. . .

If you'd Iike to read them?

They're pretty oId too,aren't they?

Are they? WeII, I. . .

So sing something.

Here?

Why not?

I can tap-dance too.

Not necessary.

Listen, I'd sing

background vocaIs if. . . No?

Our guests Iike popuIar music.

-ReaIIy?

-But you couId do something eIse.

Like what?

Kitchen work. PeeI,

potatoes, wash dishes.

The dishes?

What do you take me for?

This is the undiscovered

power of the Indians

in the BraziIian rainforests.

The pure water of the Amazon.

AII your probIems soIved for 1 9.95.

-Do you want a room?

-I'II take one.

Thanks a Iot.

-How many nights?

-Don't know yet.

-What fIoor?

-Second.

Thanks!

Where can I get that much?

You're 8,000 marks

overdrawn aIready.

How can I run a business when. . .

You have a rat on your shouIder.

What?

I said, you have a rat on

your shouIder!

This is a bank. Not an animaI. . .

Make an exception. For me.

Everybody to the side.

-FraeuIein Herzog, this is. . .

-Now we aII turn around.

Put your hands on the

next person's shouIders.

What you're doing is a crime!

Of course. You over there!

A IittIe quicker, if you pIease.

This is a hoId-up.

No. . . nobody move.

Put the money in the bag.

We don't want a bIoodbath. . .

-That'II do!

-You hear? Throw me the bag back!

Hey, you !

How much?

-How much do you need?

-I've got a workshop. . .

-How much?

-8,000?

Go on then !

What are you waiting for? Huh?

-They'II put you away for this.

-Oh yeah?

Ok! That'II do!

The key.

This is an Asian fighter-rat?

Ever been bitten by a rat?

It's not nice.

Thanks!

Right. And now, start singing !

-But what?

-I'd say the nationaI anthem !

Which one do you mean?

The right one, or the oId one?

Do you want to vote on it?

Louder, it's not a funeraI !

If we can't hear you outside,

we'II come back in !

Do you need a receipt?

-Do we need a receipt?

-No!

What do we do now?

He's Iooking over here! Sh*t!

What do you mean, what

do we do now?

-Did someone invite you?

-It was a refIex.

If you've got probIems with

your refIexes, go see a doctor.

It was my hoId-up.

-Here, you take it.

-You can keep it.

This. . . We heId up the

bank with a toy gun?!

That's dangerous!

We were practicaIIy unarmed !

-Isn't the bank open yet?

-It's cIosed.

-But it's. . .

-. . . A staff meeting.

They're practicing for

the fatherIand's nationaI hoIiday!

Sh*t! It happened !

A heist! I must be crazy!

I don't beIieve it!

-It just happened !

-Watch out!

Do you beIieve in coincidence?

I don't. There's no such thing.

There's onIy fate.

We two met and. . . Bang !

Here - my horoscope, Iook:

''Today wiII change your Iife.''

It's not even 1 0:30, and my Iife

has totally changed !

I'm a bankrobber!

It's Iike sex out in the street!

Look at this thing ! Can you beIieve

they seII these to kids?

-Are you aIways this chatty?

-Are you aIways this chatty?

I'm trying to buiId

up our reIationship. That's aII.

-We haven't got a reIationship.

-Hey! We robbed a bank together.

I think that's

a sort of reIationship.

You know what's the worst?

Your cIothes.

Oh yeah? WeII, one of us

has a rat on her shouIder,

and one wears nice cIothes.

You can drop me off over there.

Did you hear me?

Not before we

spIit the money, Dearie.

-600 marks? Where's the rest?

-That's exactIy haIf.

You mean to teII me

I heId up a. . .

. . .for 600 marks?

-We onIy got 1 ,200.

-Because that guy got most of it.

What sort of Iousy hoId-up ends in

spIitting the money

with the hostages?

-Why did you do it?

-I don't know. It was a refIex.

ReaIIy? Fine. Then we can go

see the doctor together.

Put that Asian kiIIing-machine

away.

What are you? A friggin'

punk-rocker?

Don't you want your cake?

-You can have it.

-I don't want it!

-Why did you ask? Take it!

-I just. . .

-Take it!

-I was just asking if you were. . .

I mean I don't want to take yours.

It's reaIIy good, you shouId. . .

It's good, have it yourseIf.

Eat it! You shouId know:

I onIy eat this much

when I have probIems.

-It caIms me down.

-Ok. That's good.

. . . the first bank robbery by women

in the new Federal States.

They got away with 9

Here are the first eyewitness

statements.:

One was about 28 and had. . .

black hair.

The other one was about 20,

with blond hair and a rat

-on her shoulder.

-Now the bank manager, Breuel.

l knew one of them.

She's from a nearby village.

Her father killed himself recently.

Both women are said to be armed.

The women gave most of the money

to a shoemaker.

She gave me 8, 000 marks to pay

my debts. Now the bank says

it's their money! But

she gave it to me! Girls,

whoever and wherever you are

take good care of yourselves!

Back to the studio.

Hey, come on.

I don't even know why I'm crying.

I'm so happy!

What?!

I've been trying

to get on TV for years,

And now I finaIIy do

the right thing and. . . Bang !

What's this?

-Which way are you going?

-To the right?

Ok.

You'II carry on, am I right?

We couId do it together.

You can do your own hoId-ups.

Did you see those peopIe's faces?

There were at Ieast 20 of them.

They were totaIIy. . .

Did you see their faces?

We couId do it.

The next town is 1 0 miIes away.

We couId be famous!

-What's your name, by the way?

-Lisa, and you?

Anna. Anna and Lisa.

Sounds good.

UNBELIEVABLE! BANK ROBBED,

MONEY TO THE POOR!

THIRD BANK HOLD-UP

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LISA & ANNA

Say something nice.

Lower the Value Added Tax!

I think that'II do.

And the pubIic's appIauding.

TeII the minister I'm on my way.

So? How far have you gotten?

So far, we onIy know

the fuII name for this one.

Lisa Herzog. From near Weimar.

Her father recentIy hanged himseIf.

Reasons?

The town discovered a

great Iove of goIf, decIared itseIf

the biggest goIf course in Europe.

The onIy thing in the way

was the houses.

-And the punchline?

-Her father was the mayor.

-Why do you give away our money?

-Because it annoys them.

What I'd caII big business.

Then keep your part.

I just don't want to get shot

for some turd's interest payments.

It's because of him, right?

Why did he kiII himseIf?

We've been together for 1 0 days.

Everything I know about you,

I read in the paper.

And what about you? You married?

You Iook married.

-ReaIIy?

-Uh-huh.

In a way I. . . stiII am.

I'm one of those wives

who've been gone shopping

for three years.

Got stuck at the cheese store.

AII I ever wanted

was to sing.

Know where I got this?

From the Russians. CouIdn't

pay me so they gave me this Chayka.

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