The Marriage of Maria Braun Page #3

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Will he always have flowers

on his grave?

I promise you he will.

What are you going to do

when you get back to your world?

I don't know,

but I have a lot to do.

I must go now.

Express No. 309

departing for Heidelberg

will be delayed for several minutes.

TO FIRST CLASS:

Leni!

Let me through.

Attention on Track 5.

Close the doors.

The train is about to depart.

I have to find my little girl!

There's no girl here.

- I beg your pardon?

- Your Leni, ma'am.

It's a boy, not a girl.

You shouldn't have

called him Leni, then.

How much extra for first class?

- Depends how far you're going.

- Depends how far I get with that.

Can I go in now?

That should take care of it.

Not many people travel first-class.

Times aren't easy.

See him? He's French,

but he has a factory here.

French?

Well, half French.

He's quite well-heeled.

Hold this a moment.

Open the case and turn your back.

And now?

Now you can close it again.

I can't read clearly with one eye.

Do I charge

for 23 kilometers or 32?

Have you noticed

how tiny the lavatories are?

I always thought

they'd be bigger in first class,

because the people are fatter.

I didn't have any passengers at first

after the currency reform.

Now I even get people like you.

Now just put the dress back-

don't forget the purse - and then...

Thanks a lot.

Excuse me?

Oh, you speak German?

I heard you were French.

I imagined you'd speak English.

I don't speak French myself.

I don't speak English,

but I do speak German.

What can I do for you?

Just answer a simple question.

Is that seat free?

I believe it is.

It looks like it is.

Please sit down.

Thank you.

I don't like sitting facing the engine.

Haven't we met somewhere?

I'm sure we haven't.

Never?

I'm positive.

Here's your ticket and your suitcase.

Put the suitcase in the luggage rack.

Have a pleasant trip, ma'am.

Thank you, conductor.

- Dr. Karl Oswald...

- Pleased to meet you.

...of Oswald Textiles.

- Pleased to meet you.

- Cigarette?

- No, thanks. I don't smoke.

Neither do I.

You like traveling by train, too?

- Sometimes.

It gives you time to think.

That's exactly what I've been

trying to do the whole time.

I'm afraid I don't speak English.

The lady's asleep.

Perhaps you could -

Incredible.

What did you tell him?

I said you were Karl Oswald

of textile fame,

that you like to travel,

and that you want to use

the time to think.

- Where did you learn such good English?

- In bed.

May I invite you to the dining car?

That's a very good idea.

I have something to discuss with you.

A business matter.

And after three months,

if we find we don't get along -

I'd be answerable

to no one but you?

No one.

You'll get along fine

with Senkenberg and the other men.

Are there no women?

Not in top positions.

Not yet, anyway.

Good. Then I'll be the first.

We've managed very well

without them up to now.

Senkenberg, you're being rude.

Forget it.

Caution is the better part of valor.

- That's right.

- Thank you.

And what is my exact title?

Let's say...

personal adviser.

How personal?

That depends on

the personal adviser's

abilities and initiative.

- Really?

- Really.

I told you about our venture

with the Americans.

Don't forget:

It's always about money.

However you meant that, Senkenberg,

you're perfectly right.

Let him talk.

Senkenberg's an affable person,

as am I.

Well, I'm not.

- Hermann will be sad about the baby.

- I'm not so sure.

- Hermann will be sad about the baby.

- I'm not so sure.

Dr. Konrad Adenauer

adamantly rejected rumors

that he was in favor

of creating a West German army.

- You don't have any experience.

- She'll learn.

Don't move out!

Who will take care of you?

"We do not wish to take part

in a new war, "he said.

I need my own apartment. I have so much

to do before Hermann gets out.

"We have had enough dead.

Too many young people have perished. "

I don't understand you.

Maria is not like you.

"It must be made clear

once and for all

that I am against German rearmament

and the formation

of a new German army. "

Will you be earning enough?

Here is an excerpt from

Dr. Adenauer's speech:

"If it is asserted

that, under my authority,

the rearmament of Germany

will take place,

I can only reply that

this assertion is pure fabrication. "

I'm sorry, Betti.

I guess I've changed a lot.

Looking at you,

nobody could tell

what you've been through.

- She didn't mean it that way.

- I'll take care of that.

- Maybe what Betti says is true.

- What?

That Oswald's really after Maria.

Do you understand now

why I have to move out of here?

And now for our program

of musical requests.

We begin with the song

"When the Bells Do Brightly Ring."

Were you very sad?

Yes, but it was a consolation

to know you'd be sad, too.

And that I can tell you everything.

And that I'm pleased you don't ask me

what you don't have to ask.

And that I'm going to build

a house for us,

as you would have done.

There's a Greek word

for people you let work for you.

Translated, it means literally,

"footman."

I'm your "footman"?

No, that's not true.

I'm not your feet.

Just say I'm your wife.

It was a stupid analogy.

You're Maria...

and you're my wife.

And we're not Greeks.

No, you really couldn't say that.

But you have courage.

You're beautiful...

and intelligent...

and I love you.

I may change in the next few years.

You've considered everything

very carefully.

Yes, maybe it's just that.

I'll always recognize you.

Your time's up.

On the contrary.

My time's just beginning.

What did he say?

That Pency can supply

the plant as a whole,

not individual parts.

I understood something

about handwork.

Senkenberg, we have problems enough

without your making new ones.

I'm just trying to prevent us

from having any.

I see no serious way of financing

more than two of these machines -

"We're a solid firm,

not a bunch of speculators."

I know that by heart now.

But it doesn't solve the problem.

You have to take risks sometimes.

We're not at the races here.

I know.

But the Americans are getting edgy.

We have to tell them something.

You're quite right.

Well, Senkenberg?

For once in your life,

stop being Senkenberg!

Be Napoleon.

Or Blcher, if you prefer.

All right.

We can take three SE machines,

if we mortgage our stocks

and get an ERP credit, and if-

lf, if, if!

Of course there are ifs!

That's our job.

We're business people, not bookkeepers.

I beg your pardon,

but I am a bookkeeper.

Sorry. All I meant

was that taking a risk-

What did he say?

He summed up our negotiations.

Didn't he say he was sleepy?

He said he was tired,

meaning he's fed up.

What do we do?

It looks as if we've bitten off

more than we can chew.

Maybe this deal

is a bit too big for us after all.

That means dropping nylon

and giving German women a woven -

May I say something?

Of course.

Go drink a brandy.

Give me half an hour alone here.

This is no way to do business.

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