The Final Journey (Leanders letzte Reise)

Good evening, the weather this weekend will be good.

It will be warm for this time of year.

The garden will be happy.

We're caught between cold and hot weather.

Don't you think?

Next week the cold weather will arrive in Europe

Hilde?

That won't be very pleasant but it'll be a nice weekend.

It'll be cold at night, so you'll be able to sleep well

Hilde?

Tomorrow it'll start sunny, then there will be rain in the North

clouds in the West and some heavy rain in the Alps.

There'll be a strong West wind.

Someone's died.

Yeah?

Wait!

- And? Did someone die? - Yeah.

You need to go.

The wake's cancelled. You can all go home.

What?

What a family!

Well...

If grandmum could see this...

To grandmum.

How's work?

You're not going to start with that.

Why not?

Yeah, yeah, run away!

What are you doing here?

We're cleaning up.

And you?

Going to bed.

Before mum died, we had a long talk.

And?

Do you know what he said to her when he met her after the war?

No.

I can never love you.

If you can live with that, we can get married.

Great way to propose.

I'm putting him in a home.

Bye.

In Donezk, in east Ukraine, pro-Russian separatists attacked the police.

After the fall of the pro-Russian government in Kiev

a new crisis threatens to engulf eastern Ukraine.

Pro-Russian separatists stormed a government building in Donezk.

There were injuries on both sides.

Dad?

I'm working.

You've got to go to Lichtenberg station! Your granddad's going to the Ukraine!

The train leaves for Kiev in 30 minutes! I can't make it in time!

He left me a nice little letter. Just go!

And do what? Pull him off the train?

Well, don't pull him off.

But you don't want me to go with him, right?

- Talk to him. - Talk to him?!

Adele! Are you going to the station or not?

Yes, damn it!

Shit! I won't be long.

On platform 10. The train to Kiev is waiting.

Stop pushing!

You have to get off!

Oh yes?

Hands off!

Please get in. Careful when the train leaves.

You can't do this.

Ok?

Looks like I can.

Shit!

Ticket?

No-one reckoned with that, did they?

- So, we're heading for the border. - Good.

Good?

We're heading for the Ukraine and that's good?

No, I mean, he's not alone, that's good.

What did it say in the letter?

Dear Uli, I'm going to the Ukraine. Don't be angry. Dad.

It must have something to do with the war.

- The second world war? - Yes, what else?

Stop haranguing me or I'll get off the train!

Yeah, yeah. And you stop threatening me. Let me talk to him.

With pleasure! You deserve each other!

- Yes? - What are you doing, dad?

But you're getting off in Frankfurt Oder.

You bet.

Next stop Frankfurt Oder.

You can put that away!

- What the hell are you doing? - Getting off!

You can't go to the Ukraine.

- That's what I always said to myself. - Great, let's go.

Get out!

Please get in. Careful when the train leaves.

But in Kiev the party's over.

- I'll go that far with you. - No, you won't!

Looks like I will.

- You're pretty stubborn. - Wonder where I got it from.

Hello!

- Do you speak Russian? - No. I used to be able to.

Thank you.

My name is Lev.

Eduard Leander.

Your girlfriend?

My granddaughter. Adele.

And you?

What's your name?

Herman Bergmann. Bergmann Herman and that's my wife Eva.

Bergmann.

Herman. Bergmann Herman.

Ok. Herman and Eva.

Great.

- Mr. Herman? - No thanks.

No, thank you.

- Glad to meet you. - Same here!

We're now going through a nice little forest.

In Poland.

Okay.

Mum, you have to fly to Kiev and meet us. I don't know what to do.

Adele...

I'll try.

You'll try? Great! I've got a job, too!

Yeah. In a bar.

You're not going back to make trouble, are you?

No.

Did you make trouble over there, Eduard?

It's okay. I won't take it personally.

Because you're Ukrainian.

What?

A lot of Ukrainians fought together with the Germans.

And a lot fought against us. Believe me.

I'm Russian. And my parents are Russian.

So I'm Russian. But...

I grew up in the Ukraine, so I'm Ukrainian. You understand?

So you're Ukrainian.

No! I'm Ukrainian! And Russian! We can be both!

A lot of people in the Ukraine wouldn't agree with you.

What d'you say, my friend?

Nothing.

Were you in the army?

Or the SS?

The army.

In Kiev, in Babyn Jar, over 30,000 Jews were killed.

With the help of the army.

I wasn't there.

Where were you?

I'm not telling that to a pain in the arse like you.

He's like that, don't take it personally.

My grandfather was Jewish. He was killed in Babyn Jar.

I'm sorry.

Spare me the platitudes!

Now you want to go to Kiev?

I wouldn't say "want".

Why are you going to Kiev?

Ask my granddad.

You Germans are crazy.

We're much too straight.

That's what you think. That's the difference.

We know we're mad. But you guys are really crazy.

Believe me. I know what I'm talking about.

If you say so.

You had the fascists. We had the communists.

That leaves its mark.

What do you do?

For work?

Let me guess!

You work in a bar.

Yeah?

Okay.

You studied.

But gave it up.

And you're a mindreader?

Yes.

And?

- Yes. - Yes!

I work in a bar, too.

Sometimes on a building site.

You see? We're both crazy.

Right.

D'you want a cigarette?

- Maybe later. - Okay.

Where is he?

Who? The Russian, who's Ukrainian?

No idea.

Nothing's changed.

Everything okay?

I don't need your pity.

Why pity? I just asked you a simple question.

- Which I already regret. - I feel great.

Never felt better. Happy?

Super.

Sorry!

I need to talk to you.

How long does it take to get to Kiev?

Another 22 hours.

- Where's the restaurant car? - There isn't one.

How can I help, Eduard?

I'm looking

for someone.

A Cossack.

Are there still any Cossacks?

Not many.

I understood.