The Excursion to Tilsit
God guides the sailor, but he must steer himself.
Endrik Settegast, fish merchant.
You don't need to come down with me. - But I have to lock the door again.
Good night.
It's too silly the way we sneak out here.
That's what you get from living in a place where everyone knows you.
I would want to live in your Warsaw even less.
Now go inside. You'll catch a cold.
I feel warm when you embrace me, Endrik.
Tomorrow at 3 o'clock. - On the seafront?
No, in the harbour, where the ice yachts are.
Not always in the same place. It attracts attention.
Fifteen crates of roach, then.
Fifteen crates of roach to Koenigsberg airport. They all go to Tilsit.
So it tinkles!
Don't, Jons, you'll get bellyache.
Look here.
See? That's how large the pancake gets in your belly if it's not fried.
And you will lie sick in bed on New Year's Day.
And dad will say: "A fine start into the new year."
Will you also say: "A fine start into the new year?" - Yes, sure.
And Babette will also say: "A fine start into the new year?"
Babette will say that, too.
And Mrs. Wittkuhn also says: "A fine start into the new year."
Yes, Mrs. Wittkuhn says it, too. But don't ask for the whole village.
Here, take Joseph if you want to eat tidbits.
Won't Father Christmas be sad if I eat away Joseph from Maria?
No, he's happy that the cake doesn't go bad.
Is there a Father Christmas?
Yes, there is.
Have you seen him? - Of course.
Does Father Christmas have children?
Of course: the Infant Jesus!
Who's the mother of the Infant Jesus?
Well, Maria.
What about Joseph, then?
Oh Jons, don't ask so much, little stupid.
Mrs. Settegast, do you know that that Polish woman is here again?
The one that stayed here with you in the summer.
Miss Sapierska? - Yes, the Sapierska, the hussy, did you know that?
Jons, my darling, just get out.
Can I go over to Babette? - Yes, but put on your coat.
Pardon me that I mentioned that in front of the child.
Makes my blood boil, really.
Did you know that she is back? - Yes.
You knew about it? Nonsense, you didn't know it.
You're embarassed because your husband didn't tell you himself.
But it's like always: those concerned learn about it last.
Everyone is talking about it.
They should mind their own business, not mine.
No, no, it's not like that.
We all saw your grief last summer.
And how you became thinner each day.
Mrs. Wittkuhn, I know you have good intentions, but...
There's no "but" here!
Poor little Elske. Do you know where she lives?
I don't want to know. - Over at the Hotel Kurische Nehrung.
It's none of my business..
but when did your husband come home last night?
That's indeed none of your business.
He came home at 4 a.m.
My Karl only shook his head and said:
Endrik should thank God on his knees for a wife like Elske,
Instead he knocks around with a bitch like that.
I would show my Karl!
I don't want to know what your Karl said.
And if Miss Sapierska is here indeed, she will go back again, too.
Well, I'd like to have your composure.
You just stand here baking a cake, waiting until the woman leaves?
Isn't that the Sapierska? My father said she's a wild hussy.
Watch, I will run straight over her foot!
Jons!
Look, I brought you something! - Open it.
Jons!
Yes, mum?
Jons, come in right now!
You probably didn't expect me, Mrs. Settegast.
May I come in for a moment? - Please do.
Thanks.
May I sit down for a moment?
Please do.
Or are you having lunch now?
Do you want something from me?
Yes, something very important.
Just say it.
It's very difficult...
Did my husband send you? - No, he doesn't know I'm here.
So you want to wait until he arrives? - No, on the contrary, I...
I want to talk to you alone.
Well?
You make Endrik unhappy.
Did he tell you that?
Not directly, but... you notice these things.
You're very frank.
I love Endrik.
I know.
The whole village knows it.
We should talk like two women
who understand and respect one another.
Even if something difficult comes between them.
There's nothing I have to say to you, Miss Sapierska.
I think it's better if I talk about these things with En...
With my husband.
But don't you know, Mrs. Elske
that your husband no longer belongs to you.
You must have noticed that nothing binds him to you anymore
and that he wants to get out of here.
If my husband doesn't love me anymore,
he will tell it to me himself.
He won't need you for that!
But apparently he doesn't do it.
So you see! And he knows what he does and what not!
He knows whether he belongs to the mother of his child, or...
to a.. - To a what?
I didn't ask you to come here. So what do you want here?
I want you to set Endrik free.
Please, go away! Go away!
But I can't leave like that, Mrs. Elske.
Don't always call me Mrs. Elske.
For you, it's Mrs. Settegast.
You hate me.
But perhaps you have to hate me.
When I'm leaving your house now, you should know
that I will never give up Endrik.
Never.
and that I will accept every sacrifice and shame
to keep him as long as he loves me.
Where did you get the chocolate from? - From Aunt Madlyn.
You know you mustn't eat chocolate before lunch.
Go in, Jons. I'll be back soon.
I'm only a simple school teacher, but...
Let me see, perhaps I can help you a little.
The Civil Code.
Not quite up-to-date, but I don't have a new one yet.
A...B...C...D...
M... Marriage...
Results of marriage in general...
Divorce: section 1564-1587...
We may look it up.
1564...
Would you like a cognac? - No.
Well, just sit down.
Ah, here it is. No. 7.
Divorce.
According to the CC, that is the Civil Code...
CC, then... "marriage is abolished by death
or by a judge's decision."
Hans Papendieck says he's ready.
Let him come in.
Well, you brat...
was it necessary to be kept in after school?
You shall not lie! Don't lean on there, will you.
Show me.
Are these 50 times? - Yes, Mr. Schleif.
What will you tell your mother when you come home?
I'll say I was toboganning. - What? Unbelievable!
Elske, now you see the success.
He just wrote down 50 times: "You shall not lie".
And already he's lying again.
You cad! You're supposed to tell the truth!
What will you tell your mother when you come home?
All right, I wasn't toboganning.
Do you want that chocolate?
Oh dear, that's totally wrong. Elske, you give him...
Ah, take your chocolate and get out, you cad.
See, Elske? That's the result if a child doesn't have a father.
The boy goes to rack.
You better consider thoroughly what you do.
Anyway, let's look in here again.
"In case of separation of table and bed, the CC..."
Well, I don't get it.
You give that boy the chocolate, and he's a lying so-and-so.
"a temporary separation"... Never in my life would I...
"or a permanent separation"...
Anyway, that doesn't concern you.
"Reasons for Divorce".
"Reasons for Divorce have the guilt of one partner as a premise.
"II. Reasons for Divorce and Relative Reasons for Divorce."
"1. Adultery."
Section 1565.
" A partner can demand a divorce if the other commits adultery."
Adultery...
Well, there must be evidence for adultery.
Evidence? - Of course.
But that woman came to me and said
that I should get a divorce because she loves my husband.
That woman came to you?
Yes - I don't believe it.
There are strange people in this world.
But you'll have to prove it nevertheless.
How shall I prove it?
I don't know either.
Perhaps Endrik admits it? After all, he's a decent fellow.
I think he will do everything to keep Jons for himself.
When did it all start, then?
Since the summer. She lived in our house, and so it started.
Once I noticed he was with her.
How did you notice?
I saw him coming out of her room.
In the night?
Yes.
And have you forgiven him?
We didn't really talk about it.
There's no need to talk about it.
But what else?
Well, child, in court you will be asked if you have forgiven him.
And what am I supposed to say?
Are you that foolish or are you just pretending to be?
Don't you know what I mean?
Must all of this be discussed in court?
Of course. A divorce is no trifle.
Especially if there's a child.
Are you sure that such things are being asked in court?
No.
Not that. Not in court.
Don't choke on it, young man!
Have a good drink!
Everything's permitted on New Year's Eve!
Cheers to the New Year!
It's only 11. One hour to go!
I have to go home now. - Go if you must.
Be reasonable, Madlyn. There's no other way.
You have to see this. - I don't see anything.
I only see that I'm in a goddamn jerkwater village
at 12 o'clock, alone, on New Year's Eve,
surrounded by a bunch of drunken fishermen, have a look!
And that I came here to celebrate the New Year with you.
But Elske is waiting at home, everything is prepared and...
Endrik, do you only want to go home because Elske prepared everything?
Madlyn...
The year reaches its end.
And it's always good to start the new year with the truth.
Do you really only want to go home because Elske prepared everything?
No. But home is home.
And my Jons is there, too.
But your Jons is sleeping now.
All the same.
So, "all the same".
I ask you to go now, Endrik. And quickly.
But Madlyn, I don't want to go away like this.
Just one more hour, and the year is over....
After all, I want to sacrifice everything for you.
For me, too, it's something to say:
"All that happened before is over."
"From now on, my life is called Endrik Settegast."
And you don't say: "From now on, my life is called Madlyn"?
Or do you say it?
But Madlyn, this isn't the right place.
Everywhere is the right place to speak the truth, Endrik.
And after all, you speak it.
No answer is an answer, too.
I ask you to go now, Endrik.
I don't have the composure to await your answer.
Go, quickly. - I love you.
Well, please go now.
I love you more than anything, but I don't want to see you again!
What's the matter, eh?
I will go back tomorrow.
But I won't come here again.
Only if you retain a little feeling for me, I'll come here again.
It's a quarter to 12, Elske.
Then let's not wait any longer.
It would be a pity about the pancakes and the glogg.
See Elske, something like this happens in each marriage.
Sometimes worse, sometimes less worse.
People have to forgive one another a lot.
Otherwise it won't work at all.
But nothing is so bad that you can't overcome it.
Nothing?
Well, unless God has done something evil.
And you didn't do something evil, Elske.
And I don't think Endrik did something evil, either.
He has a difficult time, too.
Believe me.
But I love Endrik.
Good evening.
It's good that you come, Endrik.
In the meantime, I kept your wife company.
I'll leave you two alone now.
No, just stay unless you have better things to do.
What better thing than bringing two good people together again?
So that's what you're up to?
Nice of you.
Endrik, don't make fun of me.
If I'm not allowed to say what I think, I'd rather leave.
I didn't mean to insult you, Mr. Schleif.
Just say what you think.
A great silence.
Well, you wanted to say something.
You wanted to say what you think.
Now you don't think at all, Mr. Schleif?
Have you already drunken something?
What did Mr.Schleif do to you?
Endrik, I only want to help you. And Elske, too.
You're hurting yourselves.
I don't need any help. Nor does my wife, I suppose.
She helped herself quite well this afternoon.
When Miss Sapierska was with her.
Is that a reproach?
It's all right, Elske. You got what you wanted.
Miss Sapierska is leaving tomorrow morning.
Mum! - The boy is calling.
Don't be so touchy. Don't go away now.
Pardon me. I behaved badly.
Good that you realise it, Mr. Settegast.
Well, will you stay?
It's five minutes to 12. What else should I do?
Or do you think I want to celebrate the new year on the street?
No, thanks. Go ahead.
Dad, why did you yell? - But I didn't yell.
But it was so loud! - The glass dropped down.
Elske, please give him a new glass.
Pour it! We only have two minutes left.
Hey, Jons, are you allowed to stay up, little one?
May I blow them out? - Go ahead!
Well, that was that!
Endrik, hurry! It's almost 12.
Happy New Year!
I want to be at the window!
Come, I go to the window with you.
Hello, Mr. Settegast!
Carry the luggage to the Hotel Kuhrische Nehrung, I'll follow soon.
Now I'll never leave without you.
Carry the suitcases up to the room.
Where did Miss Sapierska stay last time?
In the middle room, with a front view.
Who had the middle room with the front view?
Miss Sapierska.
Is she back again?
Looks like it. These are her suitcases.
I'll take the beer with me later. Keep it for me.
Elske, I just wanted to see you.
Endrik isn't at home.
I actually wanted to see you. - That's nice!
Walk a little with me. I have to buy sugar and almonds.
Baking a cake?
No, I make marzipan for Jons' birthday.
Come, come, little teacher.
Do your little legs give in?
I'm not that fast, Elske. I'm an old paunchy man.
But it is allowed to kiss old paunchy men?
My husband can't say anything against it.
Mr. Schleif, you are such a good-hearted soul.
Why don't you have a wife?
Why?
Are you happy alone?
Yes, I wouldn't want it any other way.
See, me neither.
Elske... - I know what you want to say.
But everything is over and done with now.
I love my Endrik.
So much that you have to endure a little.
Ah well...yes yes...
What did you want from me, anyway?
I just wanted to see if everything was fine.
And I had to go to the post office.
All the best, Elske. Goodbye.
All the best!
I just don't want to pass by our house.
The old story.
Let's take the outer way. Else there'll be trouble again.
Milquetoast.
I hope Jons didn't see us.
You can start. - Is it 12 already?
It's after 12.
Won't you and Dad eat, too? - Dad isn't here yet.
When will he come? - I don't know.
Dad has to work so that Jons can eat.
Like all good dads. - Hello.
Endrik!
Where have you been?
I'm sorry, Elske. It took a little longer.
Jons, did you already start?
I called out to you, but you didn't hear me.
When did you call? - When you went out in the boat.
Have you been away with the ship?
No.
Sure, you went out in the boat with Aunt Madlyn.
Give me something!
Argh...beans?
Mum!
Eat, Jons.
Is mum crying?
What is it with mum?
Eat, Jons. - I don't like it.
Okay, leave it.
Let yourself be brought to bed.
But you promised I needn't go to sleep each afternoon anymore.
Yes, but now you have to sleep. Come, hurry.
Or you won't get anything for your birthday.
Mum, will I get the car for my birthday? - Perhaps.
Will I get the Hollaender and the shop too?
A mum can't say that before the birthday.
But you know what I'll get. - Yes, but I've forgotten.
You forget everything. - Don't be so cheeky!
You forgot something else, mum! - What is it?
Do you promise not to cry anymore if I tell you?
Word of honour? - Word of honour.
You forgot to pray at the table with me!
That's not so bad. We can make up for it.
I am small, my heart is pure. Only Jesus in it shall endure.
And Dad and Mum, Amen.
And Dad and Mum.
Sleep well, my child.
Please, come here a moment.
So, Endrik?
Did you know Miss Sapierska was coming back?
She wrote to me.
Where did she send the letter?
I see your mail every morning.
It's not important where she sent it.
It is. It's very important to see how you do it.
Did she write to you poste restante?
Yes.
When you were in Koenigsberg four weeks ago
and didn't come home overnight:
did you meet her then?
Yes.
Why do you only tell me today?
You didn't ask me.
What an answer, Endrik.
Did you cheat on me?
Tell it.
Oh Endrik.
Then I will get the child!
Why?
When we are divorced, I will get the child, Schleif said.
Do you want a divorce?
What do you imagine?
Or did you tell Miss Sapierska to leave again?
No. - Do you at least intend to tell her?
After all, I need to know.
Do you want to live without Jons?
Just because of this person?
She's not a 'person'.
I'm asking you, Endrik.
Do you want to live without your child?
No.
But what do you want?
Do you want to live with me, and with Jons, and with that...?
You are bad, Endrik.
I will live with Jons.
I'd like to see anyone taking away my child.
Don't talk nonsense. Is it your child alone?
Endrik, come fast with the motor boat.
Hans Papendieck and another brat
have capsized on the gracht.
We see the boat floating from afar.
For God's sake, how did that happen?
How would I know? - In the Windenburg area!
Those stupid boys!
We tell them every day, and they learn it in school:
Don't go into the Windenburg area!
There the Memel current flows in,
and from the other side there's wind. But noone listens!
Every year we have four or five drowned in the same place!
Don't say he's drowned, Endrik!
Okay, I'll keep quiet.
But if you get him back, give him a spanking he won't forget.
Help! Come fast!
I can't go on anymore! Help!
Damned brat!
Take hold of the buoy!
I'm drowning! I can't hold fast.
Endrik!
Help! I'm capsizing!
Don't go too close! The propeller might hit the boy.
Hans, catch the lifebuoy!
Don't shout so much!
Nothing much can happen, we are with him!
Wait, I'm coming!
Hold on fast!
Away from the boat!
He won't come up again!
You drive me crazy! Shut up!
Thank God, he's got him!
Hold on fast!
Wait till you get home!
Do you want it? - Thanks, but I can see.
Elske, you do have a good husband!
That is so, yes. - Well, now all is over!
You don't have to be nervous anymore, Mrs. Elske.
You too bitched about him and said he was a bad person.
I didn't say he was a bad person, I said he is a bad husband.
That's what I said. And that's a big difference.
Endrik isn't that bad.
But that woman doesn't give up. She's here for the third time.
Can't that wait for two or three weeks?
I cannot leave very well now.
Don't think so.
I would go over there, but I have no right to interfere.
But you as a father are the next of kin.
I really think it'd be best if you came here
and put some order to the family affairs.
What's the woman's name?
How do you know about it? - I want to know her name.
Sapierska. - A foreigner?
From Russia or the Polish border, I'm not sure.
Do you think she's from Warsaw?
She lives in Warsaw. - Where does she stay?
In Warsaw. - I mean, where does she stay here?
Over in the hotel. - Hotel Kuhrische Nehrung?
Yes. What do you want from her?
Is your husband with her now?
He's in the harbour.
What's your plan? - To send her home.
That's useless. She won't leave.
I'll force her.
How do you want to do that?
Is someone here? - What's the matter?
Does a Miss Sapierska live here? - Yes, why?
Please ask the lady to come down for a moment. - Who are you?
Tell her: Erwin Bormann from Koenigsberg.
I'm the father of Mrs. Settegast.
Marie, ask Miss Sapierska to come down.
Mrs. Settegast's father is here.
Give me a cognac.
Cheers.
Yes, please? - Bormann.
Let us have a talk outside, not here in the inn.
Marie, get my coat and hat!
Are you from out of town? - Koenigsberg.
Quite a distance. Did you come by car?
With the train to Kranz, and then by car.
Thanks, Marie.
May I use your mirror, please?
Just make yourself comfortable here.
What hats the ladies have these days...
To be brief: I'm here to ask you to leave Elchweiden
and to return to Warsaw.
Don't interrupt me. I knew you'd have objections.
But I'm determined to make you leave
without even saying goodbye to my son-in-law.
And I expect you to do so even today.
But I love Endrik, and I have the intention to marry him.
And you won't make me change my plan.
And what do you think I will say about it?
Do you think I will say: Yes please, dear Miss Sapierska,
make my daughter unhappy, make my grandchild unhappy.
Do you believe I will say that?
What do you want to do? - To force you to leave this place.
So it all depends on who of us is stronger.
Yes indeed, it depends on that.
Are you threatening me?
Not at all. I'll force you immediately.
I only wanted to leave you a way out, but if you don't want...
You take away the honour from my daughter and me.
And we Bormanns are not used to having our honour taken away!
Is honour that important?
Isn't my love as important as your honour?
If that's your opinion, dear miss, you'll have to find out
what it means to be without honour.
I'm truly sorry!
Know what happened? The old Bormann has the Sapierska...
See that you get out, boy! That's none of your business.
But everyone heard it. - Shut up!
But if all have seen it...
You've seen nothing!
But is it my fault if the old Bormann...
What is it with the old Bormann?
Ask father.
Damned stupidity.
An old man on the street lashing a woman with a dog whip.
In her face. Fie!
Finally a real man!
Very manly. Do you think Endrik will put up with it?
And you should mind your own business!
Your meddling will stop, or...
But what did I do?
Going through the village, telling stories about Endrik.
Do you know if they're true? - They must be true.
"They must be true". Nonsense.
That's where all the harm comes from.
And you himself said Endrik should thank God on his knees for....
What I said was said in my own house.
I don't take it onto the street.
Where are you going, Mr. Settegast? - Miss Sapierska.
This will stop now, Mr. Settegast.
It's none of my business, but please not in my house.
I have a good name to lose.
That's outrageous.
Mr. Settegast, I tell you as a friend: pull yourself together a little.
It leaves no good impression of you and your family.
Impudence! - I won't tolerate such words!
Miss Sapierska says she won't move out.
Well, there are ways and means.
Did you give notice to Miss Sapierska?
With all due respect, did you expect I would allow whores to live my house?
Well, all right then.
Madlyn! - Coming.
I'm truly sorry.
I will do anything to make up for it.
So, you will?
How did it happen in the first place? Why did you talk to him at all?
Reproaches, on top of it.
Who would imagine that the man you love
lives with such a bestial wife?
What has my wife got to do with it? - Oh nothing, of course.
Your father-in-law came quite by his own.
Your father-in-law is jealous and doesn't want to be divorced.
Silly billy.
What has your wife got to do with it? Everything.
This madonna, this homely girl, this gentle person.
She showed me well enough back in winter,
how much she hates me. She didn't hide it at all.
And what fool I was, trusting her good-naturedness.
A dog whip.
That's all one deserves in life.
Please calm down, Madlyn.
Trust me, I know my wife well.
I swear it's not her fault.
So you can swear if it concerns your wife.
You never swore anything to me.
So stay with your wife.
Who forces you to mess around with whores?
Madlyn... - You're hurting me.
Madlyn, I love you.
If my wife did that to me, I swear by God she will pay for it.
Am I evil? Am I evil because I love you?
Madlyn, you heard it. I have sworn it.
I'll kill her. I'll kill her, I'll kill her.
Don't say something like that. - Why not?
If I'm beaten like a dog, I can take revenge like a dog.
You will stay with me?
And you'll take revenge for what she did to me?
You have sworn it? - Yes, I have sworn by God.
You love me.
I will love your child, too.
I will give up everything in my life for you, Endrik.
Everything, everything.
Believe me, it's best to bring in the big guns.
Make your point clear. Trust me, she understood me.
And my son-in-law will also have understood
that I don't stand for any nonsense.
Do you think it was easy for me to do it?
Did you receive a single slap in all your childhood?
You know I'm not a brute.
But there are limits.
You defend yourself because you know what you did was crazy.
But I don't blame you.
That's all I need.
There's Endrik.
Shall I talk to him alone? Better go out, Elske.
Hello.
Hello, Endrik.
Speak your mind.
Scold me! Shout at me!
The three of us won't separate
without knowing what we have to think of each other.
You will learn what I...
Is that the whip you lashed Miss Sapierska with? - Yes.
That is the whip. Here you have it.
Lash back at me.
If you have got the courage.
Endrik! For God's sake, Endrik!
Enough has happened!
It's all my fault, I could have prevented it all.
I knew it would happen. - She knew nothing.
So, you knew about it?
That changes everything.
It's your daughters house, so I won't throw you out.
But I won't return as long as you're here.
"Elske". - You can remove the name.
But why? It's a very beautiful name.
Do you prefer a cheque or cash?
I prefer cash. - Then we go to the bank.
Do you already have a new ship? - No.
Is it true you also sold the "Seeteufel" to Naujoks?
Yes. I want a complete change.
Would you like to buy my Liese? A good horse.
What use do I have for a horse?
Better go to the horsemarket in Tilsit, you'll get much more there.
Is it true you want to sell your shop, give it up?
Are you interested? - How much do you want?
We'd have to talk about it.
So you want to leave Elchweiden? - Perhaps.
Don't you want to eat?
Endrik, don't walk around in the room like this.
It's like a nightmare. Take a seat.
Thanks.
You're so changed.
Endrik, I'm so sorry about what...
Be quiet. Don't remind me of it.
You don't know what you're doing.
You hate me.
Yes.
We must get separated.
Do you have a proposition?
About how to do it?
I want nothing from you. Nothing.
Only Jons.
Only Jons? From what will you live with Jons?
I'll move in with my father.
No!
Stay here!
Sit down.
Will you give me Jons?
I'll give you the house, the shop, everything I have.
Everything.
You want to buy Jons from me?
Aren't you thoroughly ashamed of yourself, Endrik?
How much is Jons worth to you?
5000 marks, 10000 marks, 50000 marks?
How much is he worth to you?
Beat me! Kill me! You're capable of everything.
All the pain will be over then!
Will you give me Jons?
I'd rather jump into the water and take Jons with me.
Rather than him getting a new mother.
You'd rather jump into the water and take Jons with you.
Interesting.
If you can't have him, he shall not be allowed to live.
It's all right, Elske.
You've become evil, Endrik.
That may well be.
In ten days, it's Jons birthday.
How will we celebrate it in this mood?
By the way, what will Jons get for his birthday?
He asked for a children's shop, a scooter, a ship...
I don't know... Here.
I wrote it down. It doesn't have to be all.
An 'assemble-it-yourself' car...
Isn't he far too young for that?
Of course he is too young for that.
I'm going under!
Endrik!
Kill me! You're capable of everything!
All the pain will be over then.
Endrik, I'm going under!
Endrik!
Did you say something, Elske?
No.
I want to sell the horse.
Liese?
But she's our wedding present.
Father's.
Shall I wait till she can't be sold anymore?
Where will she go? To Heuser?
No. I'll carry her to Tilsit.
To the market.
So you don't know who will get her?
Do animals care?
I don't know.
When will you go to Tilsit? - Tomorrow.
We will buy Jons' birthday present then, too.
Are we to come with you?
Don't you want to be there when we buy something for Jons?
Oh sure.
But won't it be too much for Jons?
We won't take Jons with us.
But you gave him your promise that he can come with you,
the next time you go to town.
I didn't know I would carry the horse to Tilsit then.
Just as you like, Endrik.
Yes, I have to see you, Endrik.
Look, I can't come to Elchweiden anymore,
and it's just two hours for you to get here. Just come here.
I'm going with my with to Tilsit now.
What do you want there? - To the market, to sell the horse.
So then you go via Koenigsberg! - No, I take the way across the Haff.
Across the Haff with the horse? Isn't that dangerous, Endrik?
If I went via Koenigsberg, Madlyn, it would take me two days.
This way I'll be there in four or five hours.
But when will we meet? - Very soon perhaps.
Sooner than you think.
Are you coming back in the evening? - I hope so.
I'll be waiting for you in the hotel at the Haff, where we met once.
Will you come directly to me? - I don't know yet.
Either I'll be there by tomorrow, or...
Or? Or? Tell me, Endrik, or?
Or we'll never meet again.
Endrik, you torture me, don't do that.
I don't want that.
Your voice is so different, you're so strange.
No.
You're no longer mine, Endrik. - I am.
Tell me you love me just once. - But I'm at the post office.
You don't say it, you don't say it. - I do.
I love you, Endrik, I love you.
Endrik!
If your husbands goes to Tilsit and insists on your company,
it's the beginning of a change for the good, so be glad.
You won't get a husband like Endrik again.
Where there's light, there's shadow.
How can you think something like that about your husband?
I didn't say he will do something to me.
Well then.
But sometimes in life, you have a feeling...
What kind of feeling?
When you think it's good if someone else knows
what shall be done if you are no longer there.
See, you can take what you want from my few belongings.
I wrote everything down, the letter is in the kitchen-table,
back in the left drawer.
You can give away what you don't want to have.
Nothing of myself needs to remain in the house.
And I would also ask you to take Jons to my father.
In case I should not come back.
I always wished for Jons to study.
Tell my father this.
But if you have such fear, then don't go to Tilsit with him.
But I'm not afraid, Mr. Wittkuhn.
I want to go the end, there's no use in shirking.
And there must be an end to this, somehow or other,
What crazy things you say! I don't understand you.
Using force had no avail, obviously.
On the contrary, he only became more attached to her.
And now Endrik doesn't know his place at all.
And I know for sure she will come back, again and again.
It will by my ruin, and Endrik's, too.
Perhap's even Jons'.
And that mustn't happen.
Jons has to grow up.
A big man.
I have to let Endrik go where he wants.
And I have to go with him because I love him.
Take good care of the boy! - Of course, Mrs. Elske.
We won't be back before midnight.
Don't forget to pray, Jons, for dad and mum!
Why don't we go with the 'Elske'? - I sold her to Heuser.
Unfasten the chain, Jons!
Isn't the boat too small for the horse?
No.
Goodbye mum!
Bring me something big!
A Hollaender and an 'assemble-it-yourself' car!
A scooter, and don't forget the Ruebezahl!
Take the helm, Elske!
Goodbye!
Mrs. Wittkuhn, catch the boy! He will fall into the water!
Goodbye!
That's the bell-buoy, Endrik!
You don't follow a good route, Endrik.
You go towards the Windenburg area.
Where people are drowning every year.
Why didn't you carry both lifebuoys?
We are two.
We only need one.
Who of us won't need a lifebuoy?
Why do you put the ship into a sloping position? Say it.
I go by the wind.
Don't you want to say something good to me?
Are you afraid?
Jons... - Just shout if you want.
Perhaps the people on the shore will hear you.
Shout out! Cry for help!
Shout out: "My husband drives directly toward the Wildenburg area!"
"My husband is a murderer!" Shout it out across the Haff.
Shout it out!
No, Endrik. I won't shout.
Your fate is worse than mine.
And if you can see no way out in your desperation,
then go fast.
Because one of us women is dispensable.
Madlyn or I.
Oh Endrik, when you took me from Koenigsberg back then,
we went across the Haff, too, and with Liese as well.
Our wedding present.
Our boat was adorned with flowers and ribbons.
It was in May.
Do you remember how you carried me in your arms?
You wanted to carry me in your arms through all our life.
You pressed my hand before the altar,
and noone noticed but myself.
When the parson said: "Be faithful until death,
and I will give you the crown of life."
I have been faithful to you until... today.
And this now is the end of the journey.
Why don't you shout?
Do you want to die?
If you want it: yes.
What shall I do in this world without you?
And without Jons.
Here!
Return, Elske.
You're the only one who can return.
Where are you going?
To Tilsit.
I can't go on.
Don't touch me.
Oh God...
Are you unable to stand up?
Oh, beg your pardon.
Come, Elske.
Go away, Endrik.
Would you like something to drink?
A cup of coffee or a cognac?
Sir? - Two cognacs, please.
Endrik.
Elske.
Oh, you spilled all the coffee on my dress!
That's impossible. - Pardon, my wife is ill.
But then you should stay at home. - Here, drink.
I'll bring you some hot water.
I beg your pardon, please.
Poor dear.
But why do you want to sell her if you like her so much?
Or have you become a horse merchant?
Yes, why do I want to sell her...
I'll be back soon.
What shall we do now?
We wanted to buy something for Jons on his birthday.
I'm cold.
Your coat is so thin.
I should have put on my jacket under it.
Why didn't you do so?
I forgot it this morning.
This morning.
Don't you want to go to Koenigsberg, to your father?
I can take you there if you want.
No.
Where do you want to go, then?
Home.
With me?
Aren't you afraid of me?
No.
Will you.... will you ever forgive me?
But I love you, Endrik. Don't you know that?
Elske...
Come, Endrik. Don't say anything, let's move on.
Let's buy something for Jons.
What do we do with the horse?
Bring it to the boat. - All right.
Please show me the fur coat out there.
Which one? - The brown one, in the display.
The mink? - Don't know, the brown one.
What are you doing? - You said you felt cold.
But you don't do me a favour with what you...
Here you are!
What's the price of the coat? - 7000 marks.
7000...
Last season it was 8000, it's already a reduced price.
True mink!
Well Elske, I can't afford it.
Endrik, don't do that... - I don't want you to be cold.
I have something plainer: beaver.
How much is it? - First try it on!
But that hat, madame...
We surely have something fitting.
A nice cap perhaps?
Good. Now have a look into the mirror, madame.
You are beautiful.
You look so beautiful.
Endrik... - Sit down.
Hold me.
You wanted to kill me, Endrik...
Why?
Do you want to keep me? - Yes.
You love me, don't you?
I do, Elske.
I've seen a lot in my life, but this...
Perhaps a wedding present.
Do you like the coat?
We take the coat.
Do you have so much money?
Yes, I sold the ship to Heuser.
But we need a new ship.
Oh Elske, these are no troubles.
Oh yes, Elske, very beautiful indeed.
Yes, I think so too, but you have to get used to it.
I think Mrs. Wittkuhn will laugh at me, and Mrs. Papendieck, too.
Of course you need a new hairstyle to go with the hat.
A little up in the back...
Ah, anyway.
Like Madlyn.
No. That's not what I meant.
Would madame like to take off her coat?
No, I'll leave it on. - It will be too warm.
Did you choose something to drink? - No.
May I suggest something? Red, white or sparkling wine?
Champagne, you mean? - Champagne, yes.
Endrik, if you bought me such an expensive fur coat,
we would be allowed to drink champagne for once.
Of course.
Of course, Elske.
Bring champagne.
This day is...
It's like one hundred years.
Yes. We walked far today.
So far we don't know anymore where we came from.
Enter, enter for the trip to the moon!
How often did we look at the moon, when our pockets were empty!
And that's why I say: get up on the moon!
This has to be experienced! This is not to be missed!
Isn't it great to get away a little from Earth?
To take a little holiday from the tax office?
Hey, young man, have you made your tax declaration?
Me neither. But the 10th will come!
Sharp Berlin tongue!
Yes, you're quite right there, you silver-coated fool.
Sharp Berlin tongue!
But I also wear my heart on my sleeve!
My head is spinning.
Listen, young man,
why does your wife have such a disconsolate face?
Fly to the moon with her! Enter!
Pity Jons isn't with us!
Now we fly to the moon, Endrik!
We are no longer on earth!
Hold me tight, Endrik!
I don't feel well.
I'm so drunk.
You just feel dizzy from the moon-flight.
Don't tell me. You're drunk, too.
Hot grilled sausages!
Hot grilled sausages, only 50 Pfennig each.
Endrik...
Madame, don't fall onto the grill.
You might expass with your alcohol level.
See, he notices it too.
Notice it? You're 95 per cent-like.
Take a few sausages, that helps.
He's right. Buy something to eat.
I don't know... I can't stand up anymore.
Eat something, too. It's much better.
I am so happy.
Like never before in my life.
Do you know that?
Not like this, Elske.
Why not like this?
Kiss me!
No, not like this.
A day like this doesn't end this way.
I wish I had received my punishment for what I did, what I wanted to do.
Let go, so that I know I have paid for it.
Do you still love Madlyn? - No, Elske.
Is this really true? - Yes, I...
What is it? - I'm ashamed.
Do you love me? - Yes, I love you.
Swear it!
No, don't swear it, I know that it's true without it.
You never really loved Madlyn, swear it to me!
Tell a lie, tell a lie for once!
One is allowed to lie if one can't live otherwise.
I don't have to lie. I love you.
Come! Let's go home.
Don't sleep, Elske! - I'm so tired, Endrik.
A terrible storm is coming!
That doesn't matter.
How much longer is it, Endrik?
Perhaps 20 minutes, or half an hour.
Elske, take the helm!
I'll switch on the motor. It's better to take down the sail.
Liese breaks free!
Elske, keep the ship in the wind!
I have to throw up!
Hold the helm! I'll take care of Liese!
God in Heaven, don't you forgive?
Elske! Oh God!
Yes, Madame, ask the fisherman.
When the bells ring here at night, something has happened.
You can see it over there. There are lights on the Haff.
But it's quite close,and Elchweiden is one and a half hours from here!
It only seems so close near the water.
It's certainly off Elchweiden.
Can you get me a car? - Now, in the night?
I'll have to walk, then.
Elske! Endrik!
Why don't you signal?
Come over here, Endrik!
I can't!
Why not?
My legs got into the propeller!
Oh dear! Where's Elske?
Jörg! Jump over to him!
What about Elske? - Perhaps you can find her.
Come over!
I believe Elske has a lifebuoy!
Is she dead?
I killed her.
Because of Madlyn Sapierska.
Get a doctor.
Why do you stand there, you fool, get a doctor quickly!
But the men are all out on the Haff!
They're still searching.
I can't walk.
No, you won't be able for a few weeks.
And I can't go out on the Haff.
But they're all out there searching.
And I'm sitting here.
What's up?
What are you doing here?
And where's Mum?
Oh, Jons...
She's got the lifebuoy, yes?
She's got the lifebuoy.
There! Dear God.
Over here!
Farewell, Elske.
I'll put an end to it.
But that is...
Yes, cry, Endrik, that's good.
I can't cry.
Oh, Jons.
Poor little Jons.
It's not your fault at all.
See Endrik, it's really not little Jons' fault.
Is he to suffer for it?
I won't be able to look into his eyes again.
Mrs. Settegast! In God's name, Mrs. Settegast!
Mrs.Settegast!
Listen!
I don't want you.
Endrik... - What Endrik?
My Endrik.
I'll get someone, Mrs. Settegast. Stay here!
I'll get someone!
Endrik, our Lord does not want your death!
See, he wants you to reconsider and live.
How would your death serve him? Not at all.
Dying is easy.
Endrik is at home!
So he has not drowned?
No, no. He's at home!
Where is Miss Sapierska? Is she with him?
No, she didn't want to go in to him. She ran back at once.
I'm so happy!
No!
Endrik!