01x05 - Gegen die Zeit

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STAR OF THE NEW KADEWE
ADVERTISING FILM

Miss-- Mrs. Hartmann?

Hedi!

Look.

How amazing.

Tietz didn't call yesterday
or today.

-He'll call.
-Why?

Why would he buy a department store
that's unable to trade?

Because no one other than us two
knows we've barely any goods.

Mr. Karg.

You get frown lines
when you get worked up.

Relax your forehead a bit.

Mr. Sulowski asked about the
interview for Tagesexpress again.

What shall I tell him?

Can you do it?
Interviews aren't my thing.

Your frown lines, Mr. Karg.

So, can't you tell
she's interested in you?

No, I can't.

Just pay her a compliment.

-What, for example?
-My God, Georg.

Right.

You two are going
to the cinema this evening.

You'll do this thing properly.
End of story.

Jandorf speaking.

No. Thank you.

Still not Tietz.

PART 5
AGAINST THE CLOCK

These things are sent to test us.

You need discipline now.

A great deal of discipline.

Now we'll see
whether you have a strong character.

-It has to go.
-Yes.

The desire has to go.

It has to go.

To be torn out... my heart.

My brain has to go.

Sever my synapses.

You have to get through the pain.

On and on.

-But how?
-Explore your limits.

The physical and...

psychological limits.

And be strong.

Be really strong.

Trust that...

what is meant to be...

will always prevail.

You...

You're ill.

I thought I was on the edge
and you were at the center.

And I had to heal...

and also find my way to the center.

I didn't understand
it's been about power all the time.

The power of the center
over the edge.

I'm sorry. Your degeneracy
is so deeply rooted

it cannot be eradicated.

Thank you very much!

Jandorf speaking. Mr. Tietz!

Hurry? What hurry?
We're here. Every Saturday.

Wonderful.

Is he coming?

Our warehouses are empty.

-He'll notice. What are we to do?
-Relax your forehead.

You present the numbers,
I'll handle the rest.

-How?
-Tietz isn't after our warehouses.

He's after our glamor, our style.
Have you seen him?

This is my home too.

Now we need to move mountains.

Can I speak to you for a moment?
In private.

I need your help. And that
of your most trusted employees.

KaDeWe needs to look its very best.

It needs to sparkle.
To shine like never before.

Spare no effort.

Get all our goods from our branches
and bring them to KaDeWe.

The display cases have to be full.
Good.

Can't be that difficult.

Yes, me again.
All our regular customers.

TERRACE PARTY INVITE

Personal invitation.

Delivered by hand.
Yes, yes, very good.

I need him.

Fifty percent discount sale.

This place needs to be buzzing.
Good.

I'm going to call Marlene.
Quiet now.

Is this Marlene Dietrich's agent?

She's not in town. That's a shame.

I'll send a small gift, anyway.

A good day to you too.

"Love.

Do you know that you lie tied up
in my wild fantasies?

That you may conquer me
with kisses..."

I DON'T LOVE HEDI

"...in the dark night
and the dawn light

Do you know where the anemones are?

Sparkling red like a sea of fire

I looked too deep into the calyces

And will never let sin go

No matter how tearful

If you die
in my scorching embers..."

It took a while.

But this thing...

is tried and tested.

It will reliably prevent
any Little Rüdigers.

"My hell conceals
your kingdom of heaven

And you shall melt in my blood."

Don't you ask yourselves,
wasn't it better before?

Shall we?

Don't I want to be like that again?
A proud citizen of a proud country?

The humiliating treaty,
the Versailles diktat,

all because the German people

were stabbed in the back
from within!

-An outrage!
-But the day will come...

We could use fine people
like you, Mr. Karg

-Leave us be.
-He's working for the Jews too.

Stand up straight
rather than ducking away

and hiding in that posh Jewish joint

while the German people
perish on the streets!

You're not saving the starving,
you're damaging the economy.

We ensure
that people keep their jobs.

I think you need to be more careful.

After all, you are a public figure.

THE MORE THE KADEWE AGES,
THE YOUNGER IT GETS

Yes, sir!

PEOPLE ON SUNDAY
A FILM WITHOUT ACTORS

What could possibly disturb you

If we kiss each other

In all times, not only the hard ones

Kisses are our gold

And we almost give it away

Our gold in our kisses

We do and think what we please
Not what you please

What could possibly disturb you

If we love each other

Take my hand

You could be my sun

You could be my sun

Excuse me! May I...

Could you give me a lift?

Please.

It's for love.

Who would try to defeat me

I lift my wings

I can fly to Mars

And around the moon

No one can catch me

My kiss is a seal

For all the love

Living inside of me

-But you're still whole.
-Yes.

No one can take away my heart.

I was so hoping to be healed.

But I'm not ill.

I'm a l*sbian.

I'll pay rent, of course.

No, don't worry about that.

Enjoy.

I need your birth certificate.

I want to have
our ancestor passes made.

You'll need Mücke's too.

Yes. Of course.

Get her out.

Is it hereditary?

...it has to be somewhere.

They keep wanting to change us,
but how's that supposed to work?

We don't have to change.
Neither of us does.

We deserve that bit of happiness
we sometimes feel.

We don't want to be
the way they want us to be.

But I can't leave you here.

There's no better place for me.

-You can come home any time...
-No way.

Thanks, Harry.

And Hedi? Can I tell her
how you are, where you are?

She asks about you.

No.

I need to get settled first...

in my new life.

Up the stairs on your left.

This is like a bad practical joke.

It's about the sum of the parts.
You should know that.

Minus plus minus
has never made a plus.

Then multiply instead of adding.

You never contribute anything!

Nothing. Not one single idea.

Always complaining.

I'm busting my a*s, so this place
doesn't blow up in our faces.

What happened
to your majestically bad purchase?

The fabrics from Chemnitz.

Who'd have thought
this would come in so handy?

I think
we should rename "The Girlfriend."

What do you think of
"The Loving Girlfriend"?

I like it.

I'm not going to write under a
pseudonym anymore. I'll use my name.

That's all over now.

Yes. Or it's just starting.
We could do so much more.

-Organize readings...
-Hold a writing circle.

-Nude drawing classes.
-And I'm going to earn my own money.

These are my conditions.

I do the shop windows, and design
catalogs and advertising films.

I get the position and salary
of a man. 40,000 Reichsmarks.

Or we end this now.

And I always thought
women had no talent for megalomania.

Merely the joy of issuing a pay slip
to a Jandorf is worth a lot.

And...

I'm a l*sbian.

That means...

you won't get pregnant
and stop work?

Mr. Jandorf.

-You are?
-Kurt Sulowski from Tagesexpress.

-Here for the interview.
-That's today?

Fine. Come in.

Don't I know you?

Well, I know you, anyway.

By focusing on these values,
we became the first address

for the modern woman,
which we're proud of.

And now you want to sell the store?

Where did you get that idea from?

A little bird tells me
the department store is finished.

On the contrary.

Just between you and me,

we want to buy up other stores.
Several.

I am in talks
with overseas partners:

Harrods, Lafayette...

"International growth"
is the magic word.

Yes?

If I've done my research properly,

all your main suppliers
have been poached.

How are you getting goods?

-What is this interview about?
-The state of the nation.

I think I've got everything.
Thank you for your time.

We met, by the way, when your
acquaintance wasn't wearing much.

The photo I took of you
ended up on the front page.

That was a while back now.

A little line, Harry?

To calm you down.

TIETZ'S LENDING LIBRARY!
EDUCATION: GOOD AND CHEAP.

Reading's so important,
with so much stupidity around.

NO MULTICULTURALISM IN OUR HOMELAND

If you carry on like this,
you can have more space soon.

MY HEART
A LOVE STORY

This is how I want to live.
Exactly like this.

Ladies, we need this area for...

-An editorial meeting.
-Editorial meeting.

-Not now.
-Fritzi?

-Yes?
-You've got a visitor.

We had the police looking for you.

We reported you missing.

-What were you thinking?
-I'm here now.

Here?

-In this...
-Yes?

And I'm staying here.

Until I've found
an apartment of my own.

I'm earning well at Tietz's.

We need to stick together,
Friederike. As a family.

One day,
I won't be around any longer.

I need to know that you all...

Your mother's not well.

Come with me.

-Come home.
-No.

At least for a short while.
She needs you.

Please.

Mother.

This surgery was meant
for men who were at w*r.

A man's furrowed b*ttlefield
in France

is a woman's wrinkled forehead...

and her crooked nose.

You're finally back.

Is it going to be Dietrich's nose?

I read an article
about a new method.

Dr. Joseph said in my case
the deviation was only very slight,

28 degrees
instead of the optimal 30, but...

But it's become infected.

What's it all for?

All the young women

in the catalogs,
in the magazines... Water, please.

...and in the movies.

And the male gaze makes comparisons.

-It's always men.
-Yes.

What happened to me
made no difference, then?

No, it did, Friederike.

Your article... Pass the paper.

...on the moonlit steamboat trip
just for women.

Four hundred women on a boat.

And all of them exceptional.
Like you. Some are older than you.

-The captain was a woman too?
-Yes.

We can be anything, Mama.

It's never too late
to conquer the world.

I'm glad you're someone who's
entering the new world with vim.

But that's not for me.

I need to know
why I'm getting up each day.

I know why I'm getting up.

But the circumstances you live in...

-Stop it.
-Maybe we can arrange something...

Young Berlinger. He might
not be the brightest, but...

I'm looking for love, Mother.

I'd rather die hoping for love than
have a marriage arranged for me.

We're nearly ready.

Don't look, but the man with
the camera, can you distract him?

How?

Sell him a suit.
The most expensive one, ideally.

We're starting downstairs now.

Since when have you drank tea?
Or is it for one of your girls?

Since my stomach's
been giving me problems.

We're not getting any younger,
even you, Adonis.

We could drink to that again.

-The day is still young.
-Not today.

Put all this on my account.

-Tietz, you sly old dog.
-Are you talking to yourself?

Come on in.

Eyes closed, check book open.

That's the customer
shopkeepers put their hope in.

Welcome to KaDeWe.

Mr. Tietz thinks
I don't miss a trick.

I'm afraid he's right.

You want to see
our warehouses, Tietz?

Fine by me.

-All this is material, right?
-Of course not.

But we had a large delivery
yesterday.

We don't know
where to put all this fine thread.

This way to ladies' fashion.
That's what KaDeWe stands for.

-Not dusty warehouses. After you.
-Alright.

Aren't you the one in the advert?

I must try on the dress
you wore in the film.

You mean this one.

My colleague will help you.

Leni?

-What do you want?
-Do you have gloves? Leather gloves?

-Have you heard from Fritzi?
-Yes, I have.

She's staying with me.

It's going really well with us.

Keep away from her.

Here's the glamor of Berlin.
The new face of KaDeWe.

I see there's no shortage
of customers.

Just take a look
at the silver terrace.

There always seems
to be a lot happening on Saturdays.

ROOF GARDEN
SILVER TERRACE

This is a totally normal Saturday
here, is it?

The people feel at home here.

Look at who you've snapped there.

Caught red-handed trying to sell it.

Thank you for inviting us.

KaDeWe customers
feel invited to shop.

That's the spirit of the store.

Well, I have to say,
you know how to do glamor.

Enough banter.
Let's get down to business.

You're too small to carry on alone.

Stand-alone enterprises
no longer stand a chance.

But you're lucky.

I've fallen in love
with this department store.

I'm offering you, my dear Adolf...

eight million.

You mean for the front door?

Will you wear the red dress?

I've got so much to do.

You're not coming? Pity.

You should be pleased
I'm so homely now, darling.

Give that to me.

And I don't want
to be pretty for them, just for you.

My comrades keep asking
whether you're pregnant.

I'm asking myself
the same question too.

Don't stay out late, don't drink
too much, and we'll try again.

Leave it. It's fine.

Now we've agreed
on the basic details...

there are three
important conditions for me.

Firstly, KaDeWe must remain part
of the Department Store Association

to fight the reactionary forces
with other Jewish traders.

We don't see ourselves
as a Jewish company.

But you still should not want

to have politicians
affect us negatively.

If you insist.

Secondly, I will make your daughter
head of the design department,

my dear Adolf.
She is already indispensable to me.

And... I will take on Mr. Karg.

But not you, Harry. No offense.

All this is very nice,
but it's too wild.

In a professional context

I need order,
structure, reliability.

Without Harry Jandorf,
you don't get me.

Either you take us both on
as managers, or neither of us.

And then there will be no KaDeWe.
It's a simple calculation.

Okay, then.

I'll take some time
to think it over,

while my people check the paperwork.

I'll come back to you in a few
weeks with a contract of sale.

A few weeks?

You think I'm going
to sign here and now on a beer mat?

Sit back down again, please.

There's something
we didn't tell you.

I'm not well.

I'm ill.

Very ill.

And I would like
to live to see the sale.

KaDeWe is my life's work.

Let's shake hands
on what we've negotiated...

then I can sleep peacefully tonight.

Dear Fritzi.

I know you love words
more than anything else.

So here is a poem for you:

I'll have this,
with a focus on l*sbian nightlife...

Exactly. What will you call it?

Good evening.

-Is Fritzi here?
-No.

So much time has passed...

Fritzi?

...since we first
held each other fast...

Could you give her this?

My love remains the same

Although I can no longer
call your name

Without you, life is dreary

And I am no longer the real me

I think of you

Do you of me too?

Please tell me if you do

"The largest
department store chain in Europe."

"Department store mogul Tietz
now dominates west Berlin.

18,000 employees.

12,000 in Berlin alone.
Six factories.

That's impressive."

"Above all, the merger is against
retail trade and factory owners."

Not at all.
It's the only way to survive.

MERGER OF TWO JEWS

The Tagesexpress wrote something
nasty. With a picture of us.

What did they write?

"Merger of two Jews.

Tietz and Jandorf bask in economic
success, despite empty coffers.

Now it's even more important
where you buy your goods.

Only from Germans!"

Right, enough of the bad news.

If this isn't my lucky day!

Time to get in bed with my bride.

She's a beautiful bride.
Treat her well.

Out with the Jews!

-What's going on?
-The Nazis want us out of here.

Don't buy from Jews. They're crooks.
Germany for Germans.

I am sorry, Mr. Tietz.

Out with the parasites!

There's nothing to see here.
Go inside.

Down with the Jews!

Buy from Germans!

-Are you all right?
-Yes.

I'll take care of him.
We'll be fine.

Traitors of the people!

IF YOU BUY FROM JEWS
YOU BETRAY THE GERMAN PEOPLE

THE LOVING GIRLFRIEND

Why are you bothering reading it?

What a loveless world we live in.

Jandorf's writing
about contraceptive methods.

Let the wh*res sort that out
among themselves. Here.

Stem pessary, tubes,
syringes, contraceptive creams...

Leave it.

That's behind us now.

Where will it lead?

To a childless world
full of machines?

But we should go to the doctor.

Perhaps you have an illness.

With a sister like Mücke,
who knows what's going on?

I'm really starting to worry.

I feel he only ever saw me
as a little girl

and didn't know me at all.

No, he admired your willpower.
He loved us all very much.

Maybe I didn't know him either.

Even if you're not close
to your parents...

it doesn't change the pain.
Come on.

Abraham Jandorf.

Thank you.

-My condolences.
-Thank you.

My condolences.

My condolences, Harry.

I will preserve his life's work.

We all need to stick together now.

My dear Harry...

I read about your loss in the paper

and I'm thinking of you.

Come and visit me again soon.

During the day.

I'd like to discuss something
with you.

Yours, Erica.

Thank you.

What is that?

I sold up.

That's crazy.

-And now?
-Yes...

Now, ahead of me...

lies a wide open space.

A new life.

We could go to France, to Provence.

Get a small house by a lake.

Next to a fragrant lavender field.

Or we could go to America.

Harry, everything's possible.

Is there... Is there someone else?

No.

Then come with me.

I can't.

These times require my presence.
I have to continue what Father...

I can't just lie by a lake

and forget who I am.

Even if you can.

Take care, Erica.

Let's have a look
what's going on, shall we?

If you interfere with nature...

the miracle of reproduction
cannot unfold.

Your wife is healthy.

Woman, German, healthy

Children, man, Alsatian dog

Woman, blonde, marching

I'm afraid
she's not understood a thing

Woman, German, healthy

Children, man, Alsatian dog

Woman, stupid, looks away

Man dead, bad luck

Keep your mouth shut.

-Let me go, you pig!
-Who do you think you are?

Get out of here!

We'll clean up this mess!

This place is perfect
for our party headquarters.

You can pack up your purses now.

You sluts.