Good Bye Lenin! Page #7

No, children. This is our responsibility.

We have to help.

But how do you think we can?

I mean, there's no room left in here.

Our holiday home.

- Our holiday home?

We could do it up.

I wanted to get out there anyway.

Congratulations. You've done a great job.

Now she wants to go to the holiday home.

You'll have to redecorate the entire City.

Why don't you start?

But I'm telling you one thing,

I won't take this any further.

Ariane and I'll get a bigger apartment.

In 4 weeks we're out of here.

What?

I'm pregnant.

Again?

Can't you be more careful?

Don't you think Paula is enough? And Mum?

You can't leave me alone!

- Then take some refugees.

You're so cynical.

You want her to die, don't you?

And so the unity of our little

family was restored.

That's your child. And this is the heart.

Amazing!

An all-German baby was on its way.

And all-German contracts...

An all-German baby was on its way.

And all-German contracts...

were signed.

In Moskow, they calculated

that 2 and 4 equals one and drank

Krim Champagne to all-German brotherhood.

In Berlin we took our

first all-German trip.

I'm not a little child anymore.

Please take off the cloth.

Don't look!

Where are we going?

- The surprise stays a surprise!

The Trabbi (GDR car) smells so new.

What colour does it have?

You've waited 3 years,

another half an hour won't make a difference. - That's right.

Mum?

Oh, it's beautiful. Sky-blue.

Right, and now turn around.

Oh my god. The garden.

Remember the time Alex

locked himself in the bathroom?

We knocked and knocked. Not a sound.

I climbed out of a hole

and watched all the excitement from the tree.

I climbed out of a hole

and watched all the excitement from the tree.

And I laughed so hard,

I wet myself.

What's happened in the 8 months

I overslept?

Is she asleep? - Yeah.

You've become adults,

that must be it.

You look more and more like your father.

You look more and more like your father.

Mum...

I've lied to you all this time.

It's all different from what you think.

Mum, what are you talking about?

- Your father...

Your father didn't stay in the West

because of another woman.

I lied.

And I also lied about...

not hearing anything from him again.

He wrote letters to me... and to you.

They're all... in the kitchen cupboard.

They made things so hard for him.

Just because he wasn't in the party.

It was dreadful.

He didn't let anyone notice.

But I knew.

I... knew

and I couldn't help him.

And then... there suddenly was

this congress in West Berlin.

We only had 2 days to think.

Your father wanted to stay in

the West and I...

I was supposed to follow with you.

Well, I couldn't do it.

I... I was very frightened.

You don't know, how it is.

Filling in an exit permit...

with 2 children. You can't get out immediately.

You have to wait - endlessly!

Sometimes even years. And you...

They could have taken you away from me.

Do you understand?

Yes.

I didn't go.

It was the worst mistake of my life.

I know that now.

I lied to you. Please forgive me!

My dear Robert...

I thought about you so often...

I would so much like to

see you once more.

The same evening

mother's condition suddenly worsened.

Your mother had another heart attack,

just as I feared.

At the moment, she's relatively stable.

But I'm afraid...

we have to expect the worst.

I'm sorry.

The doctors can be wrong.

- Alex, don't lie to yourself.

Here, I found it.

He lives in Wannlake.

I know, it's her last wish.

But I couldn't bring myself to go there.

Mum's not going to die.

Bye.

Now you can accommodate someone after all.

Accommodate? Who?

Someone from the West.

You have to sleep.

If you want you you can sleep

lie down in the nurses' room.

There he was. The idol of my youth.

Like a conjured spirit

from my childhood: Sigmund Jhn.

Like a conjured spirit

of my childhood Sigmund Jhn.

He didn't give autographs, he didn't

talk to Pioneers about the secrets of the universe,

the freedom you have in zero gravity

or the eternity of the cosmos.

He drove a small, stinking Lada-Taxi.

- Where do you want to go?

To Wannlake.

- I know what you're thinking.

That's what many people think.

But that's not who I am.

We were flying through the night.

Just like through the depths of the cosmos.

Light-years away from the solar system,

past strange galaxies...

with unknown lifeforms,

we landed in Wannlake.

Could you wait a moment?

I won't be long.

Good evening.

- Hello. Come in.

Is Mr. Kerner there?

- The buffet is outside. - Over there.

Hello.

Good evening.

Hello! Good evening!

Hello!

Sandman, dear Sandman,

it isn't time yet...

We send the evening greetings...

before all the children have to go to bed.

You surely have time left.

You surely have time left.

Hello.

- Hello. - Hello.

May I watch the Sandman with you?

- Only if you tell us your name.

May I watch the Sandman with you?

- Only if you tell us your name.

Alexander.

Look,

today the sandman is an astronaut.

Where I come from it's called cosmonaut.

Where do you come from?

- From a different country.

Hi, you little bears.

- Hello, Dad.

Hello. How are you?

Fine.

So, are you also a fan of the Sandman?

Yes, I am.

Excuse me, do we know each other?

- Yes, we do.

Yes. I can't think of it.

Please help me.

His name's Alexander.

Alex?

Robert. Robert!

We're all waiting for you out here.

Robert, come out!

Robert, we all know that you like to hide

in the bathroom on these occasions.

Dad, you have to give your speech.

- Robert, come out here.

I'll be back.

Oh, I see him.

You've kept us waiting.

Onto the stage!

Well, I thank you

all for coming here.

Thank you and...

enjoy the evening. Thanks.

enjoy the evening. Thanks.

I'm sorry for having this

party here tonight.

Had I known you'd come, I...

Strange, I've always thought you've got

a swimming pool.

We've got a lake nearby.

My god, I didn't even recognize you.

Now I got 2 new brothers and sisters, hm?

For 3 years, every day I waited

for a message from you.

Every day.

It was my most fervent wish.

Why have you come?

Mum's dying.

She had a heart attack.

She wants to see you once more.

What was it like up there?

- Up there?

Oh... up there.

It was wonderful up there.

Just very far away from home.

The Wall is no more.

There's no frontier!

It's not that bad.

It's all just one country now!

I don't understand a word. It's all untrue.

- That's why you have to play along.

And why did I come back to the GDR?

I don't know. Just think of something!

No, it's absurd. I can't do that.

You just have to overcome it,

then it'll be easy.

Mum.

- Yes.

Ouch.

I want to get up.

How do I look?

You can go in now.

And please remember, not a word!

- Yes, yes.

What did you talk about?

- Is that important?

How long has he been in there?

- More than an hour.

I hope he doesn't let the cat out of the bag.

The summer was over. I decided to end

the whole sham.

But once more we were about

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