Leben Der Anderen Das The Lives of Others

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00:00:39 Stand still. Eyes to the floor.
00:00:46 Walk on.
00:00:47 TEMPORARY DETENTION CENTER
00:00:52 Address him as Captain!
00:00:56 Enter.
00:01:00 Sit down.
00:01:04 Hands under your thighs, palms down.
00:01:13 What do you have to tell us?
00:01:16 I've done nothing.
00:01:20 I know nothing.
00:01:21 You've done nothing, know nothing...
00:01:25 You think we imprison people on a whim?
00:01:29 No...
00:01:31 If you think our humanistic system
00:01:34 that alone would justify your arrest.
00:01:39 We'd like to jog your memory, prisoner no. 227.
00:01:44 On September 28th, Dieter Pirmasens,
00:01:46 your friend and neighbor, fled to the West.
00:01:50 We believe that he had help.
00:01:53 I know nothing.
00:01:55 He didn't even tell me he wanted to leave.
00:01:57 I first heard about it at work.
00:02:00 Please recount what you did on September 28th.
00:02:05 - It's in my statement.
00:02:09 I was at Treptow Park memorial with my children.
00:02:13 Where I met my old friend Max Kirchner.
00:02:16 We went to his place
00:02:21 He has a telephone,
00:02:24 I can give you the number.
00:02:28 The enemies of our state are arrogant.
00:02:30 Remember that.
00:02:32 It takes patience. About 40 hours worth.
00:02:33 STASI COLLEGE, POTSDAM-EICHE
00:02:36 Fast forward...
00:02:40 I want to sleep.
00:02:44 Please, let me sleep!
00:02:47 Hands under your thighs.
00:02:51 Tell me again
00:02:57 Please, just one hour,
00:03:03 Just a little... a little sleep.
00:03:03 Tell me again what you did on that day.
00:03:12 Why keep him awake for so long?
00:03:14 It's... inhuman.
00:03:23 An innocent prisoner
00:03:27 due to the injustice suffered.
00:03:30 He will shout and rage.
00:03:33 A guilty prisoner
00:03:37 Or he cries.
00:03:39 He knows he's there for a reason.
00:03:41 The best way to establish guilt or innocence
00:03:45 is non-stop interrogation.
00:03:48 ...school friend Max Kirchner.
00:03:51 We went to his place...
00:03:55 and listened to music until late.
00:04:01 He has a telephone,
00:04:08 Do you notice anything about his statement?
00:04:12 It's the same as at the beginning.
00:04:14 Exactly the same. Word for word.
00:04:18 People who tell the truth
00:04:22 and they do.
00:04:24 A liar has prepared sentences,
00:04:27 when under pressure.
00:04:30 227 is lying.
00:04:33 We have two important indicators,
00:04:38 If you don't give names,
00:04:41 We'll have to arrest your wife.
00:04:45 Jan and Nadja
00:04:49 Is that what you want?
00:04:56 Who was the person who helped him flee?
00:05:00 - Glaske...
00:05:04 Glaske... Werner Glaske.
00:05:08 Werner... Glaske.
00:05:14 Quiet!
00:05:17 Quiet!
00:05:19 Listen!
00:05:25 Does anyone know what that is?
00:05:34 It's the odor sample for the dogs.
00:05:37 It must be collected at every
00:05:47 Your subjects are enemies of Socialism.
00:05:51 Never forget that! Goodbye.
00:05:59 That was good, really good.
00:06:05 You remember
00:06:06 how we sat there 20 years ago?
00:06:13 They've offered me a professorship.
00:06:18 Life's not about good grades, though
00:06:23 So what's up?
00:06:25 Why do you always think I'm scheming?
00:06:28 - I wanted to invite you to the theater.
00:06:32 I heard that Minister Hempf is going.
00:06:35 As head of the Culture Department,
00:06:39 It starts at 7 p.m. We should get going.
00:06:43 THE LIVES OF OTHERS
00:06:56 Minister Hempf at one o'clock.
00:07:00 He used to be in State Security, you know.
00:07:04 He really cleaned up the theater scene.
00:07:15 Georg Dreyman, the writer.
00:07:18 An arrogant type, the kind I warn my students about.
00:07:23 But he's loyal.
00:07:25 If they were all like him, I'd be out of a job.
00:07:28 He's our only non-subversive writer
00:07:33 He thinks the GDR is the greatest country on earth.
00:07:39 It starts.
00:07:54 What's wrong, my child? A new vision?
00:07:57 Speak, Marta! Speak!
00:07:59 Your Arthur...
00:08:03 is dead.
00:08:04 Arthur? Can't you be wrong, just this once?
00:08:08 No, sister. Believe me.
00:08:13 He fell to his death.
00:08:18 Crushed by the mighty wheel.
00:08:22 I see it,
00:08:26 though I'd rather see any other horror.
00:08:32 Why am I not spared these visions?
00:08:38 Elena! Go home... and mourn.
00:09:23 Did you like it? Dreyman's good, eh?
00:09:27 I'd have him monitored.
00:09:29 Monitored? All that teaching
00:09:33 I could oversee it myself.
00:09:36 He's clean, I tell you. Even Hempf likes him.
00:09:39 We'd be shooting ourselves in the foot.
00:09:42 I'm going down.
00:09:47 "Faces of Love"
00:10:14 I hear a lot about your work.
00:10:16 They say culture's in good hands.
00:10:19 Your name is mentioned in Party circles.
00:10:21 We're the Party's "shield and sword".
00:10:24 I'm aware of that at all times.
00:10:31 What do you make of him?
00:10:36 Of Georg Dreyman?
00:10:42 Maybe...
00:10:44 Maybe what?
00:10:49 Maybe he's not as clean as he seems.
00:10:55 Grubitz! That's why you and I are on top.
00:11:00 Your average Stasi chump would have said,
00:11:02 "One of our best! So loyal!" etc.
00:11:05 But we can see more.
00:11:08 You're heading to the very top, Grubitz.
00:11:13 There's something fishy about him.
00:11:15 I can feel it in my gut.
00:11:22 Dreyman's having a party next week.
00:11:25 Some dubious types are going, Hauser and that rabble.
00:11:28 Try to wire the place discreetly by then.
00:11:30 Measures A and B.
00:11:34 Only in his rooms. Nothing conspicuous.
00:11:36 He has powerful friends.
00:11:38 No one is to know about this
00:11:40 until we've found something.
00:11:47 But if you get something on him,
00:11:49 you'll have a good friend in the Central Committee.
00:11:52 You understand what I'm saying?
00:11:57 Have a nice evening, Comrade Minister.
00:12:21 Why is he staring at us?
00:12:27 What's he doing here, anyway?
00:12:30 I think he's got a crush on you.
00:12:48 I can't let the evening pass
00:12:54 A great Socialist,
00:12:58 "Writers are engineers of the soul."
00:13:02 So Georg Dreyman is
00:13:03 one of our country's greatest engineers.
00:13:10 - What charming bed-fellows you have.
00:13:15 And to Christa-Maria Sieland,
00:13:17 the loveliest pearl of the GDR.
00:13:20 I believe that
00:13:22 Let's raise our glasses
00:13:25 to Christa-Maria Sieland:
00:13:34 Someone like him doesn't even deserve
00:13:36 Stay with me!
00:13:41 And now something for the soul...
00:13:44 May I?
00:13:51 - How did you like my speech?
00:13:55 I liked your play too.
00:13:58 Really, it was good.
00:13:59 "Engineers of the soul."
00:14:03 Really?
00:14:06 I, too, like to provoke, Mr. Hauser.
00:14:09 But unlike you, I know how far I can go.
00:14:14 I'm more like our dear Dreyman.
00:14:17 He knows that the Party needs artists,
00:14:19 but that artists need the Party even more.
00:14:22 If you're going to talk politics,
00:14:25 - I'm willing.
00:14:32 I follow our theater with interest.
00:14:36 It used to be theater people...
00:14:38 - Paul!
00:14:40 I've known Mr. Hauser for years.
00:14:42 Comrade Schwalber!
00:14:43 You did a good job tonight too.
00:14:46 Dreyman, I'm glad you're working
00:14:50 It wasn't always so.
00:14:54 You're referring to Jerska?
00:14:58 I think you judged him too harshly.
00:15:02 Sure, he went too far in what he said.
00:15:07 But
00:15:08 put yourself in his shoes for a moment.
00:15:14 He can't remove his name
00:15:19 He could work for any theater in the West.
00:15:23 But he wants to stay here.
00:15:25 Because he believes in Socialism
00:15:30 - His black-listing is...
00:15:34 We don't do that here!
00:15:45 Comrade Hempf, just between us:
00:15:49 My plays are not strong enough
00:15:51 to survive Schwalber's direction.
00:15:53 I need Jerska,
00:15:55 and I think you judged him too harshly.
00:15:57 Well, I don't.
00:15:59 But that's what we all love about your plays.
00:16:02 Your love for mankind...
00:16:04 your belief that people can change.
00:16:07 Dreyman,
00:16:09 no matter how often you say it in your plays,
00:16:13 people do not change!
00:16:18 How is he, by the way?
00:16:21 He hopes that his black- ...
00:16:24 that he can work again soon.
00:16:33 Is he right in hoping?
00:16:35 Of course he is.
00:16:39 Because as you know, Dreyman,
00:16:58 The team will be ready
00:17:02 It needs to be finished by Thursday.
00:17:05 You should plan everything carefully.
00:17:06 Think you can do it?
00:17:11 Good night.
00:18:13 ...and land for chicken farmers,
00:18:16 but used in an efficient way...
00:18:21 The 10th Party Conference
00:18:25 Now more then ever, the...
00:18:47 -I'll get in trouble if I don't go.
00:18:49 - My girlfriend.
00:18:51 Girlfriend?
00:18:53 -All right, then.
00:20:48 Twenty minutes.
00:22:47 Yes?
00:22:48 Frau Meineke... One word of this to anyone,
00:22:51 and Masha loses her spot at the university.
00:22:57 Is that understood?
00:23:00 Yes.
00:23:04 Send Mrs. Meineke a gift for her cooperation.
00:23:20 It must be Thursday again.
00:23:23 Time passes so quickly...
00:23:45 - How are you?
00:23:50 It's not always this noisy.
00:23:52 Only on Thursdays, I know.
00:23:55 Yes.
00:24:01 We missed you at the premiere.
00:24:03 Did Schwalber do a good job?
00:24:08 His good bits were stolen from you.
00:24:10 That keeps my ideas alive.
00:24:21 Don't bear it.
00:24:22 I can't bear those fat, dressed-up people
00:24:25 at premieres anymore.
00:24:29 Doesn't sound like me, does it?
00:24:33 But maybe this is the real me,
00:24:36 not the old Jerska.
00:24:39 He was friendly and caring, nourished by success...
00:24:44 all thanks to the grace of the bigwigs.
00:24:52 But I won't complain much longer.
00:24:55 In my next life, I'll simply be an author.
00:24:59 A happy author
00:25:04 Like you.
00:25:07 What is a director if he can't direct?
00:25:11 He's a projectionist without a film,
00:25:14 a miller without corn. He is nothing.
00:25:21 Nothing at all.
00:25:27 Albert, the Minister was at the premiere.
00:25:33 I spoke to him about your blacklisting.
00:25:41 It looks promising.
00:25:43 He gave me hope, concrete hope. Literally.
00:25:50 Really?
00:25:56 That's great.
00:26:40 Cheap Georgian wine. Chateau Jerska.
00:26:44 So is our holy drinker coming?
00:26:50 I forgot to ask him.
00:26:58 You're strong and forceful.
00:27:02 Don't let this blackness into your life.
00:27:04 - Albert is my friend.
00:27:08 Looks like a 50th.
00:27:10 But I'm going to be 40, right?
00:27:13 Don't forget, you promised
00:27:18 I would, but I don't have one.
00:27:24 Bon anniversaire!
00:27:29 A tie?
00:27:31 You said you didn't want any books.
00:27:35 Or can't you tie a tie,
00:27:38 you old working-class poet?
00:27:39 What?
00:27:42 I was born wearing a tie!
00:27:44 I had to "fight my way out
00:27:46 of my middle-class fetters".
00:27:49 Then put those fetters on again, just for me.
00:28:01 Alright... It's no
00:28:05 big deal to tie a tie.
00:28:22 Frau Meineke, would you come in for a moment!
00:28:34 Can you tie a tie?
00:28:41 You've no idea how thankful I am.
00:28:49 - Are you feeling unwell?
00:28:55 Finished?
00:29:01 Wonderful. It's perfect.
00:29:06 It'll be our secret.
00:29:10 Of course.
00:29:22 I'll be damned! And I thought you couldn't do it.
00:29:26 You don't normally hide your talents.
00:29:29 You've no idea of the things I can do!
00:29:37 The first guest.
00:29:44 Our dear neighbors locked the main door again.
00:29:47 - Can you go?
00:30:16 Maestro! Our humble offerings.
00:30:18 - I expressly said no books!
00:30:25 Would you like a drink?
00:30:26 - A soda.
00:30:28 I'll get it.
00:30:40 Why the hell's Albert sitting all alone?
00:30:43 He won't talk to us.
00:31:01 I brought you something too.
00:31:06 - Did you really come here to read?
00:31:20 I feel like a fraud among these people.
00:31:24 A fraud?
00:31:25 Come off it, Albert!
00:31:31 You know how we admire you,
00:31:33 how everybody admires you.
00:31:35 For something I did 10 years ago...
00:31:40 and could probably never do again.
00:31:47 My favorite director! Wait!
00:31:50 I need to talk to you a moment.
00:31:52 Tell me again how you got into this position.
00:31:54 Pure talent.
00:31:57 Of course!
00:32:01 But what else did you have to do?
00:32:04 Everyone knows you're with the Stasi!
00:32:07 - What an outrageous insinuation!
00:32:09 - Paul!
00:32:12 Excuse my friend, he's had too much to drink.
00:32:18 But you know he's with the Stasi!
00:32:21 No, Paul. I don't know that.
00:32:43 You're such an idealist
00:32:46 It was informers and conformists
00:32:50 Spy, betrayer!
00:32:52 If you don't take a stand, you're not human!
00:32:56 If you ever want to take action, call.
00:32:59 If not, we don't have to meet again.
00:33:31 Your friends don't have much taste.
00:33:34 That's really unfair.
00:33:36 Here! Look at this beautiful backscratcher.
00:33:40 That's a salad fork!
00:33:43 Still, it's beautiful... And look at this.
00:33:48 I'll write my new play with this.
00:33:52 You have no taste either!
00:33:56 I do in some things.
00:34:13 - It's from Jerska.
00:34:21 "Sonata for a good man"
00:34:49 11:04 p.m.
00:34:53 then presumably have intercourse.
00:35:00 You're late.
00:35:02 Sorry, Captain.
00:35:04 Those red lights made me
00:35:08 You know how it is.
00:35:18 They're already at it! Unbelievable! These artists!
00:35:25 They're always at it!
00:35:27 That's why I prefer monitoring artists
00:35:33 See you tomorrow at 11 a.m.
00:35:43 Albert Jerska, operation "Engerling".
00:35:47 The files will be sent. Let's have lunch.
00:36:01 The BSG Volleyball team will meet at 7:00 p.m.
00:36:07 Did you forget? Bosses sit over there.
00:36:10 Socialism must start somewhere.
00:36:18 About the license plate of the car
00:36:20 that brought Ms. Sieland home...
00:36:26 It's Minister Hempf's car.
00:36:32 Wiesler,
00:36:34 we can't monitor top officials.
00:36:38 Nothing written from now on,
00:36:41 just oral!
00:36:45 So we're helping a Committee member
00:36:52 You know what this could mean
00:36:54 for my career. And for yours.
00:36:59 If we find something...
00:37:06 Is that why we joined?
00:37:09 You remember the oath we took?
00:37:11 "We are the Party's shield and sword."
00:37:14 What is the Party, if not its members?
00:37:17 And if those members
00:37:21 I've got a new one.
00:37:23 Honecker comes into his office,
00:37:27 opens the window, sees the sun, and says...
00:37:31 What's wrong?
00:37:37 Oh, excuse me... I just...
00:37:40 No, carry on, colleague!
00:37:43 No harm in laughing about
00:37:48 I probably know the joke anyway.
00:37:53 Come on, tell us!
00:37:56 Well...
00:37:57 Honecker...
00:38:02 sees the sun and says,
00:38:05 -More like, "Good morning, dear sun!"
00:38:12 The sun replies, "Good morning, dear Erich!"
00:38:16 And at noon, Erich goes to the window and says,
00:38:20 "Good day, dear sun!"
00:38:21 The sun replies, "Good day, dear Erich!"
00:38:24 In the evening, Erich says again,
00:38:27 "Good evening, dear sun!"
00:38:28 and the sun doesn't reply.
00:38:31 "Good evening, dear sun..."
00:38:32 "What's wrong?" he asks.
00:38:35 And the sun replies,
00:38:36 "Screw you, I'm in the West now!"
00:38:45 Name?
00:38:47 Rank? Department?
00:38:50 Me?
00:38:54 Stigler.
00:38:56 2nd Lieutenant Axel Stigler. Dept. M.
00:38:59 I don't have to tell you
00:39:02 what this means for your career.
00:39:06 Please, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel,
00:39:11 You were just deriding the Party!
00:39:16 and likely just the tip of the iceberg!
00:39:18 I will report this to the Minister's office.
00:39:33 Just kidding! Good one, huh?
00:39:36 But yours was good too.
00:39:40 What's the difference between Honecker and a phone?
00:39:45 None at all.
00:39:46 Hang up, try again!
00:40:31 - No, I have to get home.
00:40:43 Cold?
00:40:47 Christa, you forgot our meeting on Thursday.
00:40:51 Or did your poet have two birthdays in a row?
00:40:57 Come on, get in.
00:40:59 Get in!
00:41:13 You don't know what's good for you.
00:41:30 Don't worry.
00:41:34 I'm looking after you.
00:41:50 Tell me you don't need it too.
00:41:54 Just say so, and I'll let you go.
00:42:07 I'm meeting someone.
00:42:12 Where do you think we're going?
00:42:15 I'm taking you to him!
00:43:16 Time for some bitter truths.
00:43:35 Yes?
00:43:45 Those idiots!
00:44:10 Next Thursday at the Metropol.
00:44:14 Drive!
00:46:35 Christa?
00:46:38 Just hold me.
00:47:11 Good evening, comrade!
00:47:15 You're 5 minutes late again.
00:48:01 Evening. 11th floor, right corridor.
00:48:04 I'm already up here.
00:48:11 How did you get into the building?
00:48:14 A bunch of you guys live here.
00:48:18 I don't think I've been here before.
00:48:21 No, I don't think you have.
00:48:36 Well? Was that nice?
00:48:48 - Stay awhile.
00:48:51 my next customer is at half-past.
00:48:55 I work on a schedule.
00:49:04 At one-thirty?
00:49:07 Sure I will. Don't you worry.
00:49:13 Book me for longer next time.
00:49:16 Bye.
00:50:23 Georg? Did you hear about Hauser?
00:50:28 No, what happened?
00:50:29 He can't get a travel permit
00:50:31 for his lectures in the West.
00:50:35 Are you surprised?
00:50:38 If he acts so arrogantly,
00:50:42 Would you let him go,
00:50:50 "CMS comes home. 'Lazlo' approves of
00:51:07 Have you seen my Brecht book?
00:51:09 - What?
00:51:13 I don't know where it is.
00:51:16 Strange. I could've sworn...
00:51:19 One day in blue-moon September,
00:51:25 I held her, my silent pale love,
00:51:29 and lovely dream.
00:51:32 Above us in the summer skies
00:51:34 was a cloud that caught my eye.
00:51:37 It was white and so high up.
00:51:41 And when I looked up,
00:52:05 - Yes?
00:52:08 What's up?
00:52:11 Georg, it's about Jerska.
00:52:14 He hanged himself last night.
00:52:24 Georg?
00:52:28 I'm going to hang up, okay?
00:53:01 "Sonata for a Good Man"
00:54:18 You know what Lenin said
00:54:25 "If I keep listening to it,
00:54:26 I won't finish the revolution."
00:54:33 Can anyone who has heard this music,
00:54:37 I mean truly heard it,
00:54:39 really be a bad person?
00:55:16 Are you really with the Stasi?
00:55:23 Do you even know what the Stasi is?
00:55:27 Yes. They're bad men
00:55:33 I see.
00:55:35 What's the name of your...
00:55:41 My what?
00:55:44 Ball! What's the name of your ball?
00:55:46 You're funny! Balls don't have names.
00:55:56 It's all in place, Minister.
00:55:59 The latest technology.
00:56:01 Behind every light switch, even in the toilet.
00:56:04 - Measure C in the hall...
00:56:07 Find something!
00:56:10 I'd advise even my worst enemy
00:56:17 Now get out of here!
00:56:27 Nowack, you're to watch Christa-Maria.
00:56:30 You'll report on every minute
00:56:35 We revoked Hauser's travel permit
00:56:39 Maybe that'll lead to something.
00:56:45 How's it going between CMS and the Minister?
00:56:48 They're meeting tomorrow night, I think.
00:56:52 That's good! Very good!
00:56:57 Or a lot to lose.
00:57:00 Don't forget that.
00:57:14 I used to be afraid of just two things:
00:57:17 Being alone, and not being able to write.
00:57:22 Since Albert's death,
00:57:25 or about other people.
00:57:28 All I'm afraid of now is losing you.
00:57:32 You needn't be afraid tonight.
00:57:37 I'm just going out for a few hours.
00:57:39 Where to?
00:57:41 An old classmate's in town.
00:57:45 Really, Christa?
00:57:49 - Really?
00:57:55 I know.
00:57:59 I know where you're going.
00:58:04 And I'm asking you not to go.
00:58:08 You don't need him.
00:58:10 You don't need him.
00:58:21 I know about your medication too.
00:58:25 And how little faith you have in your talent.
00:58:29 Have faith in me, at least.
00:58:34 Christa-Maria.
00:58:36 You are a great artist.
00:58:41 I know that.
00:58:46 You don't need him.
00:58:51 You don't need him.
00:58:53 Stay here.
00:58:56 Don't go to him.
00:59:01 No? Don't I need him?
00:59:12 What about you?
00:59:15 Then you don't need it either.
00:59:19 But you get in bed with them too.
00:59:22 Why do you do it?
00:59:24 Because they can destroy you too,
00:59:26 despite your talent and your faith.
00:59:32 Because they decide what we play,
00:59:36 and who can direct.
00:59:41 You don't want to end up like Jerska.
00:59:44 And neither do I.
00:59:47 That's why I'm going now.
00:59:50 You're right about so many things,
00:59:59 But I ask you,
01:00:01 I implore you: Don't go!
01:00:04 Well, boss, am I on time?
01:00:07 Let me guess what those two are doing...
01:00:13 Come on, I'll take over.
01:00:14 I don't want you
01:00:27 "Don't go through that door."
01:00:30 Where's she going?
01:00:33 To meet an old classmate.
01:00:42 You'll have my detailed report tomorrow.
01:00:44 I can manage.
01:00:49 Good night.
01:01:44 What are you staring at?
01:01:56 Soda water.
01:02:00 No, uh... Vodka.
01:02:04 Double.
01:02:12 Another one.
01:02:29 Can I have a cognac, please?
01:03:23 Madam?
01:03:25 Go away, I want to be alone.
01:03:29 Ms. Sieland.
01:03:33 Do we know each other?
01:03:35 You don't know me, but I know you.
01:03:40 Many people love you
01:03:41 for who you are.
01:03:48 - Actors are never 'who they are.'
01:03:59 I've seen you on stage.
01:04:02 You were more who you are...
01:04:10 than you are now.
01:04:16 So you know what I'm like.
01:04:18 I'm your audience.
01:04:27 - I have to go.
01:04:31 I'm meeting an old classmate. I...
01:04:34 You see?
01:04:40 No?
01:04:42 No.
01:04:56 So you know her well,
01:05:02 What do you think...
01:05:05 Would she hurt someone
01:05:13 Would she sell herself for art?
01:05:16 For art?
01:05:18 You already have art.
01:05:23 You are a great artist.
01:05:27 Don't you know that?
01:05:33 And you are a good man.
01:06:11 "When I begin my shift, 'Lazlo' and CMS
01:06:14 are arguing about whether CMS
01:06:20 Eventually, she leaves.
01:06:26 But after about 20 minutes, CMS returns,
01:06:30 to 'Lazlo's' surprise, and mine.
01:06:32 He seems very happy about this.
01:06:41 She says she'll never leave again.
01:06:44 He says repeatedly: 'Now I'll have the strength,
01:06:50 This likely refers to writing a new stage play.
01:06:54 In recent weeks, 'Lazlo's' playwriting
01:07:00 What she means by her statement is unclear.
01:07:02 Perhaps she intends to
01:07:08 The rest of the night was peaceful."
01:07:11 Oh, comrade... uh... It's just because...
01:07:18 Good report.
01:07:23 Really?
01:07:43 I didn't know he was in such a bad way.
01:07:49 Neither did I.
01:07:57 "On One Who Made it to the Other Side:
01:08:00 The statistics office on Hans Beimler Street
01:08:03 counts everything, knows everything.
01:08:06 How many shoes I buy a year: 2.3.
01:08:10 How many books I read a year: 3.2.
01:08:12 And how many pupils graduate
01:08:19 But there is one thing they don't count,
01:08:22 maybe because even bureaucrats find it painful,
01:08:26 and that's suicides.
01:08:28 If you call Beimler Street to ask
01:08:31 how many people between the Elbe and the Oder,
01:08:34 between the Baltic Sea and the Ore
01:08:38 our numbers oracle is silent.
01:08:40 But it may just note your name
01:08:42 Those grey men
01:08:44 who ensure safety in our land... and happiness.
01:08:50 In 1977, our country
01:08:55 They called them 'self-murderers'.
01:08:59 But it has nothing to do with murder.
01:09:03 It knows no bloodlust,
01:09:08 it knows only death, the death of all hope.
01:09:13 When we stopped counting,
01:09:16 only one country in Europe
01:09:20 Hungary.
01:09:21 We came next, the land of
01:09:26 One of the uncounted
01:09:29 the great director.
01:09:31 It's him I want to talk about today..."
01:09:38 I tried to get statistics that show...
01:09:40 ...that State Security operates more
01:09:43 I foolishly rehearsed
01:09:53 my speech for the West in here.
01:09:59 Since then, I've become very musical.
01:10:04 We can meet at my place.
01:10:13 "3 p.m., Pankow Memorial"
01:10:22 Well? Is this safe enough?
01:10:29 My own 'bodyguard'.
01:10:31 I call him Rolf.
01:10:36 Fire away.
01:10:39 Here.
01:10:51 You want to publish this?
01:10:53 In the West, with your help.
01:11:02 Will you help? Have you told Christa?
01:11:04 No.
01:11:07 I'll help you,
01:11:08 as long as you don't tell her anything.
01:11:12 What?
01:11:13 Georg, it's for her own protection.
01:11:17 This could be right for the 'Spiegel'.
01:11:19 I'm friends with an editor there.
01:11:21 Gregor Hessenstein. Know him?
01:11:22 Not personally.
01:11:24 You have to meet him.
01:11:27 But you can't publish using your real name.
01:11:30 Unless your idea of fun
01:11:36 I'm cold!
01:11:39 We could go to my place?
01:11:42 There's no State Security at my place!
01:11:44 A friend of Margot Honecker,
01:11:47 winner of the National Award...
01:11:48 Second class!
01:11:51 My apartment is clean, I tell you!
01:11:53 If only we could be sure...
01:11:59 I have an idea
01:12:03 You know my uncle Frank,
01:12:05 who visits from West Berlin every Saturday,
01:12:07 with his big gold Mercedes.
01:12:11 It seems a bit risky to me, Mr. Hauser.
01:12:14 Yes, I agree with Georg.
01:12:17 Hiding your nephew under the back seat?
01:12:20 I'm really not sure.
01:12:22 Come on, they won't search under the seats.
01:12:25 They'll look under the axles, tap the exhaust,
01:12:28 then I'll be across. Paul too.
01:12:32 The border guards aren't very bright.
01:12:39 - Which border will you cross?
01:12:43 Good old Henrich Heine.
01:12:44 They know me and my gold Mercedes.
01:12:48 I'm friends with the guards.
01:12:51 Trust me, I'll call you in 2 hours,
01:12:54 a Schultheiss beer in my hand,
01:12:56 and report the news:
01:12:58 Paul's across.
01:13:02 No! What about Paul's Stasi man?
01:13:04 Rolf! Rolfy, Rolfy...
01:13:11 Okay, I have to go.
01:13:13 We wouldn't want him to suffocate, would we?
01:13:34 Another beer?
01:13:40 Border control, Heinrich-Heine Street.
01:13:44 Who is this?
01:13:47 Who is this?
01:13:50 No reply.
01:13:56 Just this once, my friend.
01:14:22 - Dreyman.
01:14:24 Paul's plan worked!
01:14:26 No border control at all?
01:14:28 No, no special checks.
01:14:31 Those boys aren't so bad.
01:14:33 It worked as planned.
01:14:35 Thanks for doing this, Mr. Hauser.
01:14:38 Forget it, it wasn't all that dangerous.
01:14:43 - Yeah, true.
01:14:45 See you soon, and thanks a lot.
01:14:48 Bye.
01:14:58 What do we do if they ask
01:15:08 Then... we'll say
01:15:11 We'll say we're writing a stage play together.
01:15:16 For the GDR's 40th anniversary.
01:15:20 Yes!
01:15:21 And it's kind of true.
01:15:27 Who'd have thought our State Security
01:15:29 was so incompetent?
01:15:35 Who'd have thought they were such idiots?
01:15:43 Just you wait...
01:15:55 "7.32 p.m. No further noteworthy incidents."
01:16:20 Hello, comrade. Listen to this here!
01:16:26 Sure, in 1967 there were many suicides.
01:16:30 But why in 1977? You must explain.
01:16:32 You must describe
01:16:37 It should remain literature,
01:16:39 not political agitation.
01:16:40 The text is great.
01:16:42 I just want to be sure people
01:16:46 It'll cause a sensation either way.
01:16:49 - That's Hauser!
01:16:53 He's not in the West!
01:17:01 They're writing a play together.
01:17:05 For the 40th anniversary.
01:17:08 It doesn't sound like a play to me.
01:17:14 No? Then what?
01:17:17 I don't know... but not a play.
01:17:21 You think a lot, Sergeant Leye.
01:17:24 You're not an intellectual, are you?
01:17:27 Me? No... I'm not one of those.
01:17:29 Then don't behave like one.
01:17:33 I chose you because you know
01:17:36 and don't ask questions.
01:17:39 Leave the thinking to your superiors.
01:17:41 Yes, Captain. I'll be off, then.
01:17:45 Have a nice day...
01:17:48 of work... I mean, I hope you enjoy your work.
01:17:56 Maybe I can re-write this part.
01:18:00 I'll send you
01:18:01 all the material we have.
01:18:03 Can you do it in two weeks?
01:18:06 Then I could run it as a cover story
01:18:09 for the first week in March.
01:18:13 It's Christa.
01:18:16 Georg?
01:18:19 Christa, this is Gregor Hessenstein.
01:18:24 - Christa Sieland.
01:18:27 So, what conspiracy are you cooking up?
01:18:30 Hauser and I are writing a play
01:18:34 Together?
01:18:35 The 'Spiegel' may do an article on it.
01:18:39 - And who'll play the lead role?
01:18:42 Christa, who would you rather play:
01:18:44 Lenin or his dear old mother?
01:18:46 You can choose.
01:18:49 I see I'm not welcome here.
01:18:51 I'll go for a nap.
01:19:01 Your caution is praiseworthy.
01:19:04 The fewer people know, the better.
01:19:06 The Stasi is not to be toyed with.
01:19:14 On that note, I brought something for you.
01:19:22 I'd have preferred the whole pie.
01:19:26 The Stasi can identify its typeface.
01:19:29 If they intercepted the text at the border,
01:19:30 for your typewriter using,
01:19:32 you'd end up in Hohenschonhausen.
01:19:34 And that's no fun,
01:19:37 as Paul can confirm, right?
01:19:40 I'm afraid I could only get
01:19:43 Do you mind writing it in red?
01:19:48 That won't be a problem.
01:19:50 Is there somewhere you can hide it?
01:19:54 - Yes, I'll find a place.
01:19:58 I don't want my next article to be about
01:20:00 your disappearance!
01:20:03 Nobody may know that this typewriter exists!
01:20:08 Is this apartment really safe?
01:20:10 Yes.
01:20:13 It's the only place left in the GDR
01:20:15 where I can say what I want.
01:20:18 Fine, then let's drink to that!
01:20:24 This is the real stuff.
01:20:28 To you! To letting all of Germany
01:20:40 Cheers. It's better than the Russian stuff!
01:20:44 To your success!
01:21:02 I must see Comrade Grubitz.
01:21:07 Tomorrow at 2.30 p.m...
01:21:13 Tell him that if he blows the cover,
01:21:18 It's easy!
01:21:20 He can call the Pope and complain!
01:21:23 Okay, I've spent enough time on this nonsense.
01:21:27 Wiesler, I'm glad you're here.
01:21:29 I have to show you something.
01:21:33 "Prison Conditions for Subversive Artists
01:21:38 Pretty scientific, eh?
01:21:41 And look at this:
01:21:44 "Dissertation supervisor: A. Grubitz."
01:21:52 I only gave him a B...
01:21:54 They shouldn't think
01:21:58 But this is first-class.
01:22:00 Did you know that there are just 5 types of artists?
01:22:05 Your guy, Dreyman,
01:22:07 is a type 4. A "hysterical anthropocentrist."
01:22:11 Can't bear being alone,
01:22:13 always talking, needing friends.
01:22:15 That type should never be brought to trial.
01:22:17 They thrive on that.
01:22:20 Temporary detention is the best way
01:22:23 to deal with them.
01:22:24 Complete isolation and no set release date.
01:22:27 No human contact the whole time,
01:22:29 not even with the guards.
01:22:31 Good treatment,
01:22:33 no harassment, no abuse, no scandals...
01:22:36 nothing they could write about later.
01:22:39 After 10 months, we release.
01:22:43 Suddenly.
01:22:45 That guy won't cause us any more trouble.
01:22:47 Know what the best part is?
01:22:48 Most type 4s we've processed in this way
01:22:53 never write anything again! Or paint anything,
01:22:56 or whatever artists do...
01:22:59 And that without any use of force...
01:23:03 Just like that! Kind of...
01:23:05 like a present.
01:23:08 What brings you here?
01:23:11 That's why I'm here.
01:23:15 I think the time has come...
01:23:18 For what?
01:23:20 For us to slim down the operation.
01:23:25 I don't want to run day and night shifts
01:23:27 for such an uncertain case.
01:23:30 Uncertain, eh?
01:23:32 You don't think we'll find anything
01:23:35 for the Minister?
01:23:36 Maybe if we're more flexible...
01:23:39 If we watch 'Lazlo' outside his own four walls.
01:23:47 Shall I give the case to Udo?
01:23:49 I'd like to continue it myself.
01:23:53 Why?
01:23:55 It could produce results.
01:23:58 I just need to plan more flexibly,
01:24:02 when I come and go, days and nights...
01:24:07 Maybe he's up to something outside.
01:24:13 Something doesn't feel right here.
01:24:19 There's something you're hiding.
01:24:30 Alright, I'll take Udo off the case.
01:24:33 I can use him for this church case.
01:24:37 Give me a request in writing.
01:24:39 Write as a reason: "Lack of suspicious acts."
01:24:47 And, Wiesler!
01:24:51 A piece of advice for you:
01:24:53 We're not at school anymore.
01:24:55 Projects aren't about grades,
01:24:57 but success.
01:25:15 "The state statistics office
01:25:18 counts everything, knows everything.
01:25:21 How many shoes I buy a year: 2.3.
01:25:24 How many books I read a year: 3.2.
01:25:27 And how many pupils graduate
01:25:43 "5 p.m. Lazlo reads the first act of
01:26:35 DENTAL PRACTICE
01:27:45 We're not writing a play, Christa.
01:27:48 You don't have to tell me.
01:27:50 But I want to. It's a text...
01:27:52 Don't tell me.
01:27:55 Maybe I am as unreliable as your friends say.
01:28:01 But I... I'm with you now...
01:28:04 No matter what.
01:28:41 Minister Riesenhuber, author of the report,
01:28:45 said there is no quick fix
01:28:50 East-West German relations under strain.
01:28:53 'Spiegel' magazine today published
01:28:56 a text by an unnamed East German author
01:28:58 about suicide in the German Democratic Republic.
01:29:03 This follows a series of suicides by prominent
01:29:07 East-Berlin artists, the latest being Albert Jerska.
01:29:11 After being blacklisted for 7 years,
01:29:14 Jerska committed suicide on January 5th.
01:29:17 In 1977, the GDR ceased publishing
01:29:22 That year, Hungary was the only country
01:29:27 Yes, Sir...
01:29:31 But we...
01:29:33 General, our man at the 'Spiegel'
01:29:36 got us a photostat of the original.
01:29:39 Congratulations! So who wrote it?
01:29:42 He doesn't know, but using the typeface, we'll...
01:29:45 You're hopeless! Get me names!
01:29:47 I will, as soon as we get the results.
01:29:50 If not, you'll be put against the wall.
01:30:00 Andrea, where's the graphologist?
01:30:02 Thus I conclude that it is a domestic
01:30:06 most likely a 'Kolibri' travel model,
01:30:09 made by the VEB Groma.
01:30:13 If the ink were black, I could be more precise.
01:30:18 Who owns such a typewriter?
01:30:20 There are none registered in the GDR.
01:30:22 What does that mean?
01:30:25 Paul Hauser uses a 'Valentino' typewriter,
01:30:29 - That model has a more horizontal...
01:30:36 He writes on an Optima 'Elite'.
01:30:40 Georg Dreyman?
01:30:42 He writes his first drafts by hand,
01:30:44 then types them up
01:30:47 He's never used anything else.
01:30:52 How big is this 'Kolibri' typewriter?
01:30:56 It's one of the smallest available:
01:30:59 19.5cm x 99cm x 19.55cm.
01:31:04 So it's as easy to smuggle as a book.
01:31:10 Thank you. You may go.
01:31:16 Goodbye, comrade.
01:31:23 "The Secret Suicide Statistics"
01:31:29 Andrea, put me through to Wiesler.
01:31:33 "4 p.m. The group is exhausted
01:31:56 - Yes?
01:31:59 - In the 'Spiegel'? Yes.
01:32:03 Hauser called Dreyman
01:32:08 Wiesler, this is very important.
01:32:13 Did he mention who may be behind it?
01:32:18 I don't think he mentioned anything.
01:32:25 A 'Spiegel' editor crossed the border
01:32:31 and spent four hours here.
01:32:34 Dept. VI followed him to Prenzlauer Berg,
01:32:39 Did he have contact with Dreyman?
01:32:42 - Wouldn't I have noted it in the report?
01:32:47 But I smell a writer behind this text.
01:32:49 I'd be astonished if I'm wrong.
01:32:52 So keep your ears open!
01:33:01 Shit!
01:33:18 Get in.
01:33:34 If one of your staff deceives you,
01:33:39 Sure, sure!
01:33:41 Even a woman? Right?
01:33:44 But of course!
01:33:47 Isn't everyone who serves a great man
01:33:53 You could see it like that...
01:33:55 Indeed, you'd have to see it like that.
01:33:59 This is where she gets her illegal medication.
01:34:06 You should know this, it's your department.
01:34:11 It's up to you whether you ruin her or not,
01:34:15 but I never want to see her
01:34:22 Now get out.
01:34:31 Shut the door!
01:34:34 Ms. Sieland? Please follow us.
01:34:41 Come along.
01:35:02 So...
01:35:05 Comrade Sieland, a beautiful career you had, hm?
01:35:10 A pity really. You were good.
01:35:13 You were very good indeed.
01:35:16 Just too short-lived.
01:35:19 Do have a seat.
01:35:28 What do actors do when they can't act anymore?
01:35:36 Please...
01:35:40 Isn't there anything I can do for you?
01:35:45 - For... State Security?
01:35:52 I know nearly all our artists.
01:35:54 I could find out a lot.
01:35:56 I believe you.
01:36:10 Maybe there's something else I could do?
01:36:16 Something we might both find agreeable.
01:36:21 Unfortunately,
01:36:26 you've made an enemy
01:36:29 Therefore, I have less freedom
01:36:35 Is there no way I can save myself?
01:36:40 I'm sorry, madam.
01:36:53 There is one possibility.
01:36:55 Since you spend so much time
01:37:02 You don't know anything about an article
01:37:07 An article about suicide.
01:38:03 State Security! Open the door!
01:38:13 Open up!
01:38:19 He's turned on the light in his study.
01:38:22 Go in before he destroys any evidence.
01:38:25 Crowbar!
01:38:30 I don't think that'll be necessary.
01:38:33 - What's the matter, comrades?
01:38:36 Warrant is here.
01:38:39 - What are you looking for?
01:38:42 Boysen, Muller: bedroom.
01:38:44 Greska: kitchen, bathroom, hall.
01:38:46 Heise and Thomas: living room, study.
01:38:49 Go!
01:39:41 What do you burn in here?
01:39:44 Substandard texts.
01:39:51 A lot of Western literature, eh?
01:39:55 That book was a gift from Margot Honecker.
01:40:01 - Status?
01:40:08 We found nothing,
01:40:15 - No trace to be found!
01:40:19 Yes, Comrade! What's our next move?
01:40:29 - Comrade?
01:40:33 In the unlikely event that damage has
01:40:39 I'm sure everything's in perfect order.
01:41:05 Yes?
01:41:06 Wiesler, I'll be expecting you
01:41:14 Okay, I'll say what we're all thinking:
01:41:16 It was Christa-Maria.
01:41:18 The Stasi got her, and she ratted on you.
01:41:23 It wasn't her.
01:41:25 How can you be so sure?
01:41:27 You yourself said she wasn't home last night.
01:41:34 She knows the hiding place.
01:41:38 Yes, she knows.
01:41:45 So if you're right,
01:41:47 and the search was due to her,
01:41:49 then she's our guardian angel.
01:41:57 I'm here to see Lt. Col. Grubitz.
01:42:01 Captain Wiesler.
01:42:03 Interrogation room 76.
01:42:22 Yes! Come in.
01:42:28 Sit down.
01:42:37 So?
01:42:41 What was that about?
01:42:43 You're asking me what that was about?
01:42:48 What do you suspect Dreyman of?
01:42:52 He wrote the 'Spiegel' article.
01:42:58 Who alleges that?
01:43:04 Come with me!
01:43:16 Here.
01:43:19 I don't know how you could be
01:43:24 But I know you differently,
01:43:28 So I'm giving you one last chance.
01:43:31 Bring in prisoner 662, now!
01:43:38 Are you still on the right side?
01:43:44 Yes.
01:43:45 Then don't screw it up again.
01:44:12 Shall I restrain the prisoner?
01:44:15 No, she's an informant now. You may go.
01:44:24 So you're my commanding officer?
01:44:27 Write.
01:44:29 Then command me.
01:44:46 In another 10 hours...
01:44:50 No, in 9 and a half,
01:44:53 Mr. Roessing will tell the audience that
01:44:55 you, for health reasons, cannot appear.
01:45:00 And that will be your last mention
01:45:06 Is that what you want?
01:45:10 Tell us where the evidence is hidden.
01:45:14 There is no evidence,
01:45:17 and no typewriter. I made it all up.
01:45:21 I hope not.
01:45:24 If so, we'll have to keep you here.
01:45:27 A false statement is perjury,
01:45:34 Dreyman will go to prison anyway,
01:45:37 on account of your statement...
01:45:41 and the material
01:45:48 Save yourself, at least.
01:45:52 You have no idea how many people
01:45:55 are in jail here for senseless heroics.
01:46:00 Don't forget your audience.
01:46:03 "Don't forget your audience!"
01:46:12 Don't forget what the state has done for you...
01:46:17 Your whole life long.
01:46:19 Now you can do something for the state.
01:46:21 And it will thank you.
01:46:26 Tell me where the typewriter's hidden.
01:46:31 Dreyman will never find out.
01:46:33 I'll let you go immediately,
01:46:36 and we'll strike only after you're back with him.
01:46:40 You'll manage to feign surprise, I'm sure.
01:46:45 And tonight you'll be back on stage.
01:46:50 In your element.
01:46:54 In front of your audience.
01:47:05 Tell me where the documents are.
01:47:18 Where are they?
01:47:24 They're in the apartment...
01:47:29 Under the doorsill,
01:47:32 between the living room and the hallway.
01:47:40 You can remove it.
01:47:57 Is this where you mean?
01:48:31 You look worn out.
01:48:35 That means responsibilities,
01:48:38 but also privileges...
01:49:05 Guard!
01:49:07 Call Wiesler for me!
01:49:09 Col. Wiesler has left the premises, comrade.
01:49:12 I see!
01:49:16 Alright. Stand down.
01:49:34 What does a rider do when he's thrown?
01:49:36 He gets back on again.
01:49:38 Go inside. Sleep it off.
01:49:40 What happened has nothing to do with the house.
01:49:44 No, but with the whole country.
01:50:51 Christa!
01:50:52 Stop, I was at Kerschner's and they had no water.
01:51:15 You were in a hurry to get here!
01:51:18 - Operation 'Lazlo' is still in progress!
01:51:20 Yes.
01:51:23 Here's today's report.
01:51:25 The last report for Operation 'Lazlo'.
01:51:50 Why didn't you call me?
01:51:53 What?
01:51:55 Why didn't you call me?
01:51:58 I was out in the country.
01:52:01 Can you hand me the nail brush?
01:52:09 The Stasi was here.
01:52:13 Who was here?
01:52:16 State Security! Open up!
01:52:19 Stay here.
01:52:29 Hello, Comrade Dreyman.
01:52:33 I just wanted to make sure
01:52:37 Your study? We'll start there.
01:52:48 Men, search carefully
01:53:11 Oh, what do we have here?
01:53:16 This doorsill doesn't look kosher to me.
01:53:24 Could it be... a secret compartment?
01:53:41 Let her go. She's not a suspect.
01:53:59 The actress...
01:54:32 I was too weak.
01:54:35 I can never put right what I've done wrong.
01:54:38 There's nothing to put right!
01:54:40 I moved the ty...
01:54:53 Forgive me, forgive me... Forgive me, forgive me...
01:55:29 Take your men back to headquarters.
01:55:48 I've concluded the mission, Comrade Dreyman.
01:55:54 Sorry.
01:55:57 Come on.
01:56:58 There's one thing you should understand, Wiesler.
01:57:02 Your career is over.
01:57:05 Even if you were too smart to leave any traces.
01:57:09 You'll end up in some cellar,
01:57:14 That means the next 20 years.
01:57:17 20 years!
01:57:20 That's a long time.
01:57:32 "Mikhail Gorbachev elected as leader
01:57:38 4 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS LATER
01:58:00 The Wall has come down!
01:58:06 Yes, the Wall has come down!
01:58:13 The border guards have opened the gates.
01:58:18 People are streaming out in thousands!
01:58:21 Dear listeners, November 9th, 1989,
01:58:25 will go down in history!
01:58:52 TWO YEARS LATER
01:58:59 What's wrong, my child?
01:59:02 Your Arthur is dead.
01:59:07 Arthur... Can't you be wrong, just this once?
01:59:11 I saw him this morning!
01:59:14 No, sister. Believe me.
01:59:18 The loyal men surround him, as you do me,
01:59:22 and despite the high sun, cast
01:59:24 seven shadows on his noble dead body.
01:59:29 Crushed by the mighty wheel. I see it,
01:59:34 though I'd rather see any other horror.
01:59:39 Why am I not spared these visions?
01:59:43 Elena! Go home and mourn.
01:59:48 I will finish your shift.
01:59:59 Too many memories, eh?
02:00:07 I couldn't stay in there either.
02:00:12 But what's this I hear?
02:00:14 You've not written since the Wall fell?
02:00:18 That's not good.
02:00:21 After all our country invested in you.
02:00:25 Although I understand you, Dreyman.
02:00:28 What is there to write about in this new Germany?
02:00:31 Nothing to believe in, nothing to rebel against...
02:00:39 Life was good in our little Republic.
02:00:41 Many people only realize that now.
02:00:45 - There is one thing I do need to ask you.
02:00:50 Why was I never under surveillance?
02:00:53 Everyone else was. Why not me?
02:01:02 You were under full surveillance!
02:01:05 We knew everything about you.
02:01:08 Full surveillance?
02:01:11 Every inch was bugged. The full program.
02:01:16 Impossible!
02:01:20 Take a look behind your light switches.
02:01:23 We knew everything.
02:01:26 We knew that you couldn't give
02:01:38 To think that people like you
02:03:06 RESEARCH SITE AND MEMORIAL
02:03:18 It'll be a moment, there should be
02:04:07 I ordered them chronologically.
02:04:09 Old ones at the top,
02:04:14 My respects!
02:04:38 Operation 'Lazlo'. Operation 'Lazlo', subject:
02:04:44 The lead came from Minister Bruno Hempf.
02:04:50 'Lazlo' takes delivery of a daily Western newspaper
02:04:56 I suggest not taking any action
02:04:59 so as not to arouse suspicion of surveillance.
02:05:04 'Lazlo' and CMS unwrap presents,
02:05:07 then presumably have intercourse.
02:05:19 The visitor was Paul Hauser's uncle from West Berlin.
02:05:23 They tell him about a play
02:05:27 and 'Lazlo' will write
02:05:34 We expect further information on the play,
02:05:37 a plot summary etc.
02:05:41 Contents of act 1:
02:05:44 Lenin is in constant danger.
02:05:47 Despite increasing external pressure,
02:05:54 Lenin is exhausted.
02:06:02 HGW...
02:06:06 HGW XX-7...
02:06:22 I, Christa-Maria Sieland,
02:06:24 freely commit myself to work unofficially
02:06:30 This decision is the result of my conviction that...
02:06:39 Georg Dreyman
02:06:41 wrote the 'Spiegel' article
02:06:45 His accomplices were the journalist Paul Hauser...
02:06:57 Christa Sieland was arrested on March 10th
02:07:00 for drug abuse, on Minister Hempf's indication.
02:07:04 She was released at 1.50 p.m. on March 11th,
02:07:08 having revealed 'Lazlo's hiding place
02:07:11 and signing up as informant 'Marta'.
02:07:20 1.50 p.m...
02:07:24 So when did she...
02:07:26 After the unsuccessful house
02:07:28 and 'Marta's' fatal accident,
02:07:33 Operation 'Lazlo' was terminated.
02:07:39 Note: HGW's promotion ban
02:07:44 Transfer to Dept. M,
02:07:46 with the recommendation not to entrust him
02:07:53 10:50 a.m.: Resume surveillance
02:08:00 At 3.10 p.m., 'Marta' comes directly from
02:08:06 House search and report to follow.
02:08:09 End of Operation 'Lazlo'. HGW, 3.15 p.m.
02:08:32 Who is HGW XX-7?
02:09:19 Stop.
02:10:11 Back to Hufeland Street.
02:10:39 TWO YEARS LATER
02:11:20 "Georg Dreyman"
02:11:35 "A Novel" "Dedicated to HGW XX-7, in gratitude."
02:11:58 29,80.
02:12:01 Shall I gift-wrap it?
02:12:03 No, it's for me.