Playoff Page #4

Something has happened to you

here in Germany.

You're not the same man that came

here... - I'm trying to explain that to you.

Don't explain to me,

explain it to the players.

I'll try to deal with this.

We have exactly 6 weeks

before our game against Italy

and our defense is far from something

that we can work with.

Alright. Cards on the table.

It didn't happen.

My words were taken out of context.

It was an inaccurate interpretation.

In brief, it was a sham.

We're here to play ball, not politics.

- We know why we are here.

Now we know why you came here.

Go get changed.

And all that after your lessons

about forgetting the past.

You almost had us fooled.

Are you hard of hearing?

Get off the court.

Don't worry,

I won't be the one

to ruin your revenge.

Don't bother coming back.

- Yeah, yeah.

You're finished here!

Dieter,

you're the new captain.

"Whore!"

"Shame on you! Beware!"

What are you doing here?

I was thinking I never see you again.

Any news about your husband?

I have a few more address.

- Good.

But thank you... - Careful.

The neighbors might see us.

Yes, there is no more room

on the door...

It's dangerous, you should move.

Where to?

German neighborhood? Downtown?

I'll pay.

- No, no, no.

I cook dinner. You eat with us.

It's alright.

I don't care what they say

about me anymore.

But please...

No, I must go.

Thank you.

We sinned, we committed crimes,

we betrayed,

Please forgive us God almighty...

Want a hot dog?

They're good.

"Stoller Furniture"

My father.

- Oh, your father.

Rudolph Stoller.

Let me...

What's your problem?

Come back here!

Come back!

Let me, let me!

What's your story?!?

I want to take you both

out for dinner.

Don't move.

- To an expensive restaurant.

Fine food, music,

candle light, champagne.

Maximilian, I don't drink alcohol.

Why don't you drink alcohol?

I'm Muslim, remember?

I'm a Jew, remember?

Press it against your nose

till it stops bleeding.

It doesn't stop bleeding.

All things come to end.

Nothing lasts forever.

But if you don't deal with it,

it will continue to bleed.

And then there is usually infection.

Chronicle infection.

Is that why you're still looking

for your husband?

No, it is why

you are suffering so much.

You are not dealing with it.

I don't know much

about your Holocaust, but...

How do you carry on living

after some catastrophe like that?

I killed him.

What you say?

I killed my father.

I was a boy. Sema's age.

My father always came home

at exactly the same time.

First he'd stop off at Berta's

to get a loaf of bread.

It was like clockwork.

But this night he came home late.

I heard him

and I peaked

through my bedroom door

and I saw his face.

I saw his disappointment.

And I knew that Berta told him

that I had stolen the cake.

No.

- So I...

I ran to my bed because I was afraid

that he was going to give me the belt.

But he didn't come.

At first I was relieved,

but then I realized

that he was ashamed

and that he hated me.

I heard my parents argue

for the first time.

They were whispering

so that I could not hear.

I think my mother defended me.

The next morning I was...

I was standing right there.

I...

I watched my father

as he crossed the street

and he seemed so...

He seemed so small.

Some Jews hid,

some fled.

Others were...

shot right in the middle

of the street.

Our upstairs neighbor

was thrown out the window,

and all my father could think of

was that his son had stolen a cake.

A stupid cake.

So he went to apologize.

And I never saw him again.

Good morning.

All the national executives are

waiting for more than one hour.

I'm sorry.

What happened to you?

- I walked into a wall.

Good morning, boys.

It's the first time

in my entire career

that I haven't arrived half an hour

before the other players.

So what does that mean?

- Means that I'm human.

Human?

- Yes...

You know what might be

very human? - What?

To admit that you made a mistake

by dropping Thomas.

The whole squad signed it.

If you carry on, they are leaving.

Max,

you've got to accept that it's over

and move on.

I've sacrificed far too much

to get to where I am today.

And where is that?

- Champion of Europe.

So...

why don't you behave like one?

Sort it out.

I have no intention of destroying

everything I've got because of your crap.

Our crap?!

I brought you here

because I thought you were like me

a new future, but...

you're just like

the rest of them here.

I gambled everything I had on you.

I took such a risk.

Do you know

what they're calling me in Israel?

They're calling me a traitor.

From being a national hero

I've become a traitor.

My mother won't speak to me, my wife

doesn't want to see me anymore,

my daughters don't want to go

to school because they're ashamed.

And you dare talk to me about risks?

All I've got

is a chance to save my name.

That's why I'm suggesting

that you leave now.

I'm not going anywhere.

It's not going to happen to me

a second time here.

Not here.

You've reached

the Stoller family.

Please leave a message...

Hello?

Thomas?

Welcome, Mr. Stoller.

There's one thing I admire

in you Israelis.

You know how to take care of those

that have fought for you.

Who gave their all.

That's good.

You haven't learned

anything from me.

Of course I have.

I've learned that you mustn't forget,

no matter what the price.

You gave up everything

because of that.

I've only given up things

for basketball.

Sometimes you have to make sacrifices

for the things that you love.

And I know that you love this game.

Thomas,

what would your father have said

if he saw you like this?

Before or after he went

to the local bar?

I didn't thought about it before,

but you and he are almost the same.

He drank to forget

and you're in basketball

for exactly the same reason.

You don't really love it,

you're just hiding behind it.

When my mother and I

reached Israel after the war

we were foreigners.

Penniless.

All we had was a suitcase

full of memories.

The next day I woke up and I said,

Max,

what are you going to do

with your life?

So I went for a walk along the port

and I threw the suitcase into the sea.

I turned away and I didn't look back.

I was lost.

When I look at you, Thomas,

I see that you are lost.

I only hope you realize it

before it's too late.

In any event,

you're not coming back until

you've apologized to the whole team.

Udo, I need the car

for the weekend.

No, not you, just the car.

You're both crazy. I'm not going.

I have important things to do.

Oh, yeah? Like what?

Prepare for my birthday,

look at the wall,

jump out of the window,

you choose.

Sema, come down at once!

I'm not going.

This child is impossible.

Have you got the addresses?

- Yes, here, I have them.

It's my birthday next week. - Oh really?

And how old are you going to be?

5 years to the day

when I can do whatever I want.

Her music was driving me

out of my mind.

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