The Last Compartment (2016) Movie Script
"No good supreme is life; But all of
earthly ills the chief is Guilt!"
When I was a young girl, there
were two kinds of bedtime stories:
The funny ones my father told and
the scary ones by my mother.
I always preferred the scary ones,
even if they kept me awake.
Perhaps I couldn't sleep because my mother
kept playing loud music in the background.
Or simply because she was
better at telling stories
regardless of how
many drinks she had.
Who would have thought, that she would become
part of a bedtime story herself? Part of a very re
In this case I surely would have preferred one
of my father's funny ones no matter how badly the
But unfortunately no one asked me...
And my father was long gone.
Ever since, my mother is a ghost and I
learned early on what it means to be alone.
THE LAST COMPARTMENT -
most of the rescued passengers got away
with minor injuries and mild shock.
The swift and safe operation is thanks
to the commitment of the rescue team.
The rescue operation began approximately half
an hour after the avalanche derailed the train.
According to a spokesperson, the damage to the train was
surprisingly limited, considering the size of the avala
The most affected part is said to be the last
compartment which hasn't yet been found under the
The brewing snowstorm however was
making a rescue operation increasingly
I can't get up
because of my leg.
Wait, I'll help you.
Was that a radio?
They're searching for us.
Did you see it? The avalanche?
Yes!
I can't remember anything.
I must have slept.
I... I will check the lights in a bit,
it's probably just a loose contact.
Is that a conductor?
Hello?
Is someone else there?
No one except for me and
those two Russians here.
We're Ukrainian, suit-man.
As if there's a difference...
Are you alright?
Did you see the avalanche?
How are we going to
get out of here?
We're not getting out.
That was a 'dry avalanche' with a slope
inclination of around 50 degrees.
And since the mountain was at least 1,000 meters
the whole thing must have had a velocity of ove
If it was a ground avalanche even more.
We're in very deep snow.
Or rather in very deep shit.
It surely won't be getting any warmer
in here, nor will the air last forever.
That depends on
the snow density.
What do you mean snow density?
How much air do we have?
If the snow is loose and
dry: At least three hours.
But if it's wet and
dense: 90 minutes tops.
On the radio they said, they're searching
for us. It can't take that long!
- What's wrong? What happened?
- The light is out.
No shit, old man. I thought
my eyelids dropped shut.
It's probably no more
than a loose contact.
Do you hear that?
What was that?!
Someone groped me!
Touch me again and
I'll kill you!
Who me?! I didn't do any
I didn't do anything. Goths
aren't my type, okay?
Do you hear that?
What?
That's a "Bell UH-1D"
They found us!
Hey! We're down here!
Over here! Hello!!
Stop! Don't go!
Please...
Finally, kid...! How long have
you been twiddling with it?
I said I wasn't an expert... but
those two wires I can manage.
I guess those batteries should
last for 12 hours easily.
Speaking Russian
Would you like to hear my theory, Mr.
Conductor?
We're in the last compartment of a
'BGHW' train, built in '76, right?
I think we broke off from the rest of the train
during the collision... Not unlikely in the quad
Well aren't you the clever one?
I'm Carl, by the way.
Greta.
Great name for a goth. What
are you, like 60 years old?
I find 'Greta' beautiful. Compared to the
smoke pollution you're bothering us with.
Sorry if you're annoyed by the smoke, kid.
But this is a smoking compartment.
You're free to go next
door to the Russians.
They're Ukrainian.
This is "Radio Alpenfunk", back with the latest news on
the avalanche tragedy that took place late in the even in
The last missing compartment
has not yet been found.
It is said to have likely been blasted off the
rest of the train by the masses of snow and dragg
Tragically a small group of passengers
is suspected to still be trapped inside.
The rescue team is scanning the
entire area for survivors.
Is that a dog in the studio?
The search efforts are
hindered by the bad weather.
Potential survivors of the accident are
thought to be running out of air to breathe.
Not to mention the
dropping temperature
Why did you switch it off?
Think the batteries
will last forever?
We got the gist of it...
They're reaching for us. We just
need to keep calm and wait.
As if we had an alternative...
Whenever my mother had a bad
day, she'd hit the bottle.
After my father had left,
it became a regular thing.
Visually speaking she didn't look much different
from a ghost then, but she wasn't one, yet.
It was strange, that she was allowed to continue
working at the ski lift in her condition.
Every evening she had to check the gondolas before
shutting down and then drove off to the pub.
One gondola after the other.
76 gondolas in total.
A dreary, but extremely
important task.
I still clearly remember the
morning, when it all changed.
As usual my mother had
come home late that night.
Suddenly there was news of two missing teenagers
on the radio, last seen at her ski lift.
As my mother heard the news
she stormed out the door.
That was the last
time I saw her alive.
Here. I can see that
you're freezing.
Thank you.
What's up?
Nothing.
Are you going to be much longer? I can't
really stand very long because of my leg.
No no, just a second,
I'm almost done.
What's wrong with
your leg anyway?
A guy crashed into my scooter
a couple of years ago.
He had a few too many
drinks that night.
It was almost a year before I
could even stand up again.
And to this day I can
barely move my leg.
That's why I'm headed to Graz,
I'm seeing a doctor there.
Well, not exactly an appointment... But there's
an expert there who developed a new procedure.
Greta? You there?
Yeah, just a minute. What
clinic does he work at?
Who?
The expert.
St. Joseph.
Really? That's where
I'm going also.
Really? How come?
My mother is in a coma.
Since more than 19 years.
I'm very sorry.
Like I said: It's been 19 years.
You don't need any help, do you?
No no... I'll be fine.
Did you know that around 40% of all coma patients classified
as being in a vegetative state still show residual
Not with my mother.
Without the damn ventilator
she'd be long gone.
Yeah... modern medicine.
A blessing and a curse.
But perhaps there
is still hope...?
Because with the other 60% without residual
consciousness, there is at least some measurable bra
And the EEG waves almost look
like those of a person sleeping.
Maybe your mother
is just asleep.
I don't think she had planned to
spend her entire life in bed.
She has slept enough.
So why don't you take
her off life support?
Paragraph "19-04 BGB"?
Greta?
He can't be lying in there for very long. Quite
possible the murderer is still here in the compa
You don't say, Einstein.
The murderer is probably
right among us.
But where is the murderer,
we've looked everywhere.
What's 'Tsss'? What do you mean?
You know exactly what
'Tsss' means, Russian.
Ukrainian.
How do you explain the blood
stains on your sweater?
We all have blood on our
clothes, we had an accident.
Then please explain why those stains are
on your sweater and not on your jacket?
Seems like you put the jacket on later,
perhaps to cover up the stains...?
I put it on immediately after the accident.
How do you know, wise-ass?
I don't know. But I know your 'sister' was
unconscious for a while, as far as I remember.
Speaking Russian
And when she woke up, she wasn't wearing a
jacket. And yet there are blood stains on it.
And I don't mean the stains the
little slut usually has on herself.
Speaking Russian
You screwed me over you prick!
Didn't you think I'd connect the dots when
there's a severed head in the closet?!
Shut your mouth! Otherwise something
might happen to you, suit-man!
Fuck you, Russian!
Speaking Russian
- Hello?
- Hello? Who am I talking to?
Hartman... Carl.
How I am? Well... I'm okay.
- Listen, we have an exceptionally-
- What about the others?
Excuse me?
- How many exactly, are you down there?
- We are six...
Mr. Hartmann, please
listen carefully...
I'm listening.
Your car was pushed dangerously
close to a cliff by the avalanche.
We don't think it will tip over, but we can't be
sure. You shouldn't move to much. Do you unders
Don't move to much, understood.
We could tip off a cliff!
Speaking Russian
Ask them about the murder.
The conductor would like to know if you
have any information on a murder...
Because we found a
head; A severed head!
Tell those idiots to get
us out of here, dammit!
- The conductor?
- Yes, the conductor.
All train staff has already been evacuated.
There is no conductor with you.
Please stay calm and try not
to move too much, alright?
Alright yes, I will...
we will do that.
He's telling the truth.
It's a suicide note.
And a few newspaper clippings.
"Death on railroad tracks"
I assume you are not
from this area, are you?
Not far from here there was a previous
train accident. Exactly ten years ago.
A conductor caught two drunken
teens riding without a ticket.
One of them jumped off
the train at full speed.
His girlfriend killed
herself shortly after.
I'm sure you can imagine
who that conductor was.
I still don't understand why you have to
wear your old outfit to commit suicide.
Same train, same day, same
place and the same wardrobe.
Sounds logical.
Sounds cuckoo is what
I think, Russian.
It wasn't your fault.
Definitely not.
I also once knew someone who thought it was her
fault that some stupid teenagers thought they we
And this "someone" came to the
same false conclusions as you did.
What exactly happened?
The idiots froze to death in a ski lift. This
someone should have checked up on the gondola, b
Everyone knew that there was a problem with
alcohol. Even the lift operator himself.
He shouldn't have let that person work
there. It wasn't that persons fault.
And it's not your fault either.
Is that a camera?
That's an "AS 2407"..
A model from 1980.
Speaking Russian
How many are there
of these things?
Maybe five or Six?
Six?! Also in front
of the toilet??
I don't know!
If they see the head, they will
obviously think it was one of us.
And then it could take them a very long
time until they get us out of here.
I'm sure the rescue workers are
doing their best to help us!
Oh yeah? So where are they?
We might slip... you
know what they said.
Oh, and so that's why
they're taking their time?
What if... they're just waiting
until WE find the murderer?
Speaking Russian
They're not honestly expecting that one of us is
going to get down on his knees and confess to a
Some dipshit just made up this
silly cliff-hazard story!
What if you're wrong?
What the hell is stopping us from
digging our way out of here?
The day my mother became
a ghost our phone rang.
They told me they had found the missing teens
and that they needed to speak to my mother.
Apparently she had had too much to drink that
night and made a grave mistake when checking the g
When she had turned the lift off, the teens
were only half way back down into the valley.
Of course neither of them survived
the cold night in the gondola.
My mother must have suspected as much and
probably wanted to avoid the consequences.
Not far from the lift, she had thrown
herself off a cliff... to end her life.
Unfortunately her drop was
stopped by a ledge...
She wasn't dead.
But neither was she alive.
GO AWAY!
Screaming in Russian
I'm sorry...
cursing in Russian
- What happened?
- What? Please just get us out of here...
What happened?
Why does it matter
what happened...?!
What happened?
Nothing the train must have slipped
further. One of us was lost.
Just ask us all the questions you
want once you've rescued us!
You're only five people now?
What difference does
it make, we need help!
It makes a difference: Five
people use less oxygen than six.
Was it a man?
Yes dammit, a Russian!
But that's not the issue here!
A man, understood.
That's better.
Better?! What do
you mean better??!
Get us the hell out
of here, asshole!
Please remain quiet and try to breathe calmly.
It will take us at least an hour to get to you.
Keep breathing calmly,
every breath counts.
It's not mine, I swear!
I didn't do anything!
The girl has a gun...
Hang up the phone!
Now!
In one hour we will be
there, just hang in there.
Please keep calm
That's exactly right. We should all
keep calm. This is not my gun!
But it fell out of your pocket!
This is not my pocket, it's YOURS! He
gave me his jacket earlier, this is HIS!
That's true, but there wasn't a gun in it. Otherwise
why would I have given it to you, that's ab
You little fuck!
And what is that syringe you carry around
with you if you don't mind me asking?
You think I haven't noticed the
puncture wounds in your arms?
Oh my god what on earth is this?
Come on kid, put it down.
Take it down before
someone get's hurt.
No.
Put it down, dammit!
Why, so you can take it?!
Or him?!
Come on, kid...
Stop calling me KID,
I'm a grown woman!
I can prove my
innocence, can you?
I don't need to.
Move over there, to the others.
Move! And keep your hands up!
And don't try anything stupid...!
And what's your plan now?
Shut the fuck up, Einstein.
We wait.
Wait for what?
Wait for this!
- Hello?
- Please calm down and put down the gun.
Listen, this is not my weapon
Don't worry, we know.
The video surveillance
helped us find the murderer.
We have her in custody up here.
Best thing is you sit down and
avoid any kind of physical strain.
Please don't misunderstand, but if a second
person had perished you wouldn't have to worry.
So be thankful for everyone not using up
oxygen and don't attempt any resuscitation.
It wouldn't work anyway.
I'm sorry. We're
doing all we can.
So you agree the air in
here won't last, Einstein?
Mathematically the analysis is right: One person
less and we'd easily have an hour worth of air
So we don't have a choice.
We could try to breathe
less, maybe we can make it.
Why should we? The old man offered himself up,
he would've thrown himself off the train anyway!
That's called assisted suicide! What do you think
is going to happen to us when we get out of he
At least we'll have a chance at all.
That's more like self defense...
Right, Einstein?
It probably falls under "justified
emergency", paragraph 34, criminal code.
In an emergency a 'criminal' behavior can be justified,
as long as there is no alternative to avoid the emergenc
And it's not: If we don't
do it, we will all die.
Probably, yes.
Sorry, but I will not
be a part of this!
They are going to show up here sooner or later,
and I don't want to have blood on my hands!
Me neither!
Would you please...!
So be it.
But someone's gonna
have to do it.
You can't just kill another human being.
Think about that!!
Think about the suicide letter,
the guy didn't want to live!
We're doing the man a favor.
Speaking Russian
Learn German.
If there is one thing I learned from the
ghost stories of my mother it's this:
You can never run away
from your own guilt.
Not even if you
jump off a cliff.
The young couple she had left behind in the
gondola did not only freeze to death...
When the cold had gotten unbearable, the
boy jumped out and onto the ground.
He broke several bones.
The girl had to watch her
motionless friend freeze to death.
A few hour later
she too was dead.
Let go!!
You asshole! I'll kill you!
I didn't want that.
Perhaps you should
sit, young lady?
I'm not sure...
Bullseye.
I still feel fine. That's weird...
right?
Maybe you shouldn't...
Doesn't hurt.
How's that possible?
Perhaps... you're under shock?
I'm not under shock, not a bit.
What...?
What is it?
Nothing happened...
I'm fine!
Are you sure?
I've never felt better.
Well... I guess I
deserve an apology.
Speaking Russian
What... what is she saying?
She says we are all dead.
Damn superstition.
Speaking Russian
You don't believe
this crap, do you?
Enough of this hocus-pocus...
What if she's right?
Scientifically speaking,
that's quite improbable.
How can she stand here
after being shot?
How long do you think can a man
dig himself through the snow
without freezing to death??
With a god-damn
plank in his head?!
Yeah, but...
Who is at the other
end of that phone?
Speaking Russian
What is she saying?
She...
She says we did not
survive the avalanche.
We...
We are all dead.
Speaking Russian
We are not going to heaven...
We must confess our guilt.
Speaking Russian
We are all...
We are all... ghosts.
Question is: Which guilt
is she speaking of?
All these years I always asked
myself, what might be going on...
Inside my mothers head.
Did she continue going to the pub every night?
And behave like she was 20 years younger?
Did she perhaps run to church in the morning,
to try to solve her problems in confession?
Was there anything
happening at all?
Or was there just emptiness?
Maybe she knew what she had done
to me and to those two teenagers.
Would she regret it?
Or would she still try to run
away from it, like she did?
God, I can't even tell
if she knows I'm there.
Well...
She can't really run away now.
I would just like to
help her, you know?
But what's left for me to do?
Maybe you ought to
leave it up to fate.
Yes, maybe...
I'll have to think about it.
But don't go without
saying goodbye to me.
Don't worry.
Hello mom.
Look, I brought you something.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
How are you feeling?
Did you sleep well?
That's a pretty necklace
you're wearing today.
We haven't given up hope yet.
Did the drug show any effect?
No. But it was worth a try.
With some patients it
really works wonders.
And how is it supposed to go on?
Well, we would appreciate if you would
refrain from any further legal action.
Even if your mothers condition
should deteriorate further.
We have already lost one of
our coma patients today.
Life is a gift that should not
be thrown away so easily.
We must also endure
the darker days.
You know very well I don't
want to throw her life away.
I just believe she would have wanted
her death to take it's course.
But we cannot know for certain.
Didn't you say this drug
was her last chance?
There is always hope.
Take Mr. Hartmann for example: After his
accident he lay there just the same.
With him it was just
a couple of months!
Do you really want to live with the guilt of
not having done everything for your mother?
Our nursing home is committed
to the preservation of life.
You have a responsibility, for
yourself and for your mother.
Best leave this to us.
He's finally done with it.
Whatever.
He would've died either way.
We have a human
life to answer for.
So?
All of this is only
happening inside my head.
I'm in a coma.
Have you gone
completely nuts now?
Speaking Russian
You can speak German now, nurse.
I've seen through it.
"Nurse"??
Kid, I don't know what it is you're shooting up
your arms, but it's very much affecting your san
I'm not your kid. Technically
I could be your mother.
Why don't we sit down now together and wait for
the friendly guy to come get us out of here.. Hm
We've waited enough, the
"friendly guy" isn't coming.
You want proof?
It's a friggin' dummy!
How is that possible?
What?
So you're in a coma?
Yeah. And apparently you're
something like my doctor.
And I'm in the room next door?
Am I in a coma as well?
No. You woke up.
And for some reason in here I
look like my own daughter.
Didn't you tell me earlier that the brainwaves
of coma-patients work like those of a person slee
The EEG waves are at
least similar, yes.
So all of this is just
like a bad dream...?
In a dream you don't
know you're dreaming.
In a lucid dream you do.
What is a "lucid dream"?
A dream in which you can
deliberately control things.
Also used in therapy, to process
subconscious or suppressed memories.
I can control things?
In a "lucid dream" you can.
What options are there to
wake up from a lucid dream?
An alarm clock...?
Is there something like an
emergency alarm on the train?
Not on the "BGHW"
quad-axis models.
And what's that?
That wasn't there a minute ago.
Come on kid, turn that shit off!
You're not waking up!
Just a few more seconds; Please!
This is a sleep-inducing drug, kid.
I thought you wanted to wake up?
If I fall asleep in a dream, maybe
I'll wake up in the real world.
Nonsense.
It's not actually nonsense.
"Stilnoxx" is in fact a popular sleeping pill,
but is also used to wake up coma patients.
Want me to read
the side effects?
Psychotic and paradox reactions.
Abnormal thoughts, delusions
nightmares, sleepwalking...
I guess that explains
the silly uniform.
I would do it.
A coma is nothing more than a
protective measure of the brain.
Like some sort of a flight
from massive fears or pain.
The active ingredient that makes other people sleepwalk,
may block this mechanism in the brains of coma patients
Yes please?
Here, you forgot
this in my room.
Oh, thank you so much.
I read something in the
doctors' journal again
Did you know that around 40% of all coma patients classified
as being in a vegetative state still show residual
Not with my mother.
Without the damn ventilator
she'd be long gone.
Modern medicine: A
blessing and a curse.
But perhaps there
is still hope...?
Because with the other 60% without residual
consciousness, there is at least some measurable bra
And the EEG waves almost look
like those of a person sleeping.
Hello.
Maybe your mother
is just asleep.
Hello!
I don't think she had planned to
spend her entire life in bed.
She's slept enough.
I'm awake!
With me it wasn't at
all like sleeping.
I woke up, just like that.
Like I was on that scooter
just a second earlier.
Are you spending the night
here again tonight?
Yes, I guess so.
Anything else?
I...
I thought about what
you said earlier.
Why are you doing
this to yourself?
Since there is no more hope?
If I may ask...
Because she is my mother.
A mother who has not exactly
done much for her daughter.
It's none of your business.
I'll leave you two
alone again...
If you need anything, you
know where to find me.
Don't worry mom, I know how
much you regret all of this.
But he's probably right: Maybe I
should leave you alone from now on.
The rescue operation began approximately half an
hour after the avalanche derailed the train...
According to a spokesperson, the damage to the train was
surprisingly limited, considering the size of the avala
The most affected part is said to be the last
compartment which hasn't yet been found under the
I can't get up
because of my leg.
Can you help me get up...
please?
Was that a radio?
I will check the lights in a bit,
it's probably just a loose contact.
I'm sorry, there's nothing.
Probably she just had
another one of her cramps.
But it's not a problem if the
nutrition is briefly interrupted.
If you ask me it could
be severed completely.
But no one asks me.
From a medical stance it is highly improbable
your mother will wake up from her coma.
I sympathize with you.
If there's anything
else just ring, ok?
Hello mom!
How are you?
Did you sleep well?
You know...
Back at the ski lift...
We had this kind of Christmas
calendar with little red sachets.
And everyone of us employees
had to fill one of them.
With anything ugly
or totally useless.
Then we drew the numbers.
And everyday one of us was
allowed to open a sachet.
My boss loved this game.
That year he drew my number.
That wasn't exactly
a lucky draw.
Because all he got from
me was a cheap card game.
A trains card game.
You know, when I
jumped off that cliff
I only had that silly
card game in my head.
I couldn't think of
anything else anymore.
Not of that boy, who
jumped out of the lift.
Nor of his girlfriend who froze
to death in that gondola.
Not even of you...
Only thing I thought of
was how my boss would react, when
he opened that little red sachet,
and saw the picture of a train.
I let you down, kid.
I wish I could make up
for that, you know?
But I can't.
I won't wake up.
earthly ills the chief is Guilt!"
When I was a young girl, there
were two kinds of bedtime stories:
The funny ones my father told and
the scary ones by my mother.
I always preferred the scary ones,
even if they kept me awake.
Perhaps I couldn't sleep because my mother
kept playing loud music in the background.
Or simply because she was
better at telling stories
regardless of how
many drinks she had.
Who would have thought, that she would become
part of a bedtime story herself? Part of a very re
In this case I surely would have preferred one
of my father's funny ones no matter how badly the
But unfortunately no one asked me...
And my father was long gone.
Ever since, my mother is a ghost and I
learned early on what it means to be alone.
THE LAST COMPARTMENT -
most of the rescued passengers got away
with minor injuries and mild shock.
The swift and safe operation is thanks
to the commitment of the rescue team.
The rescue operation began approximately half
an hour after the avalanche derailed the train.
According to a spokesperson, the damage to the train was
surprisingly limited, considering the size of the avala
The most affected part is said to be the last
compartment which hasn't yet been found under the
The brewing snowstorm however was
making a rescue operation increasingly
I can't get up
because of my leg.
Wait, I'll help you.
Was that a radio?
They're searching for us.
Did you see it? The avalanche?
Yes!
I can't remember anything.
I must have slept.
I... I will check the lights in a bit,
it's probably just a loose contact.
Is that a conductor?
Hello?
Is someone else there?
No one except for me and
those two Russians here.
We're Ukrainian, suit-man.
As if there's a difference...
Are you alright?
Did you see the avalanche?
How are we going to
get out of here?
We're not getting out.
That was a 'dry avalanche' with a slope
inclination of around 50 degrees.
And since the mountain was at least 1,000 meters
the whole thing must have had a velocity of ove
If it was a ground avalanche even more.
We're in very deep snow.
Or rather in very deep shit.
It surely won't be getting any warmer
in here, nor will the air last forever.
That depends on
the snow density.
What do you mean snow density?
How much air do we have?
If the snow is loose and
dry: At least three hours.
But if it's wet and
dense: 90 minutes tops.
On the radio they said, they're searching
for us. It can't take that long!
- What's wrong? What happened?
- The light is out.
No shit, old man. I thought
my eyelids dropped shut.
It's probably no more
than a loose contact.
Do you hear that?
What was that?!
Someone groped me!
Touch me again and
I'll kill you!
Who me?! I didn't do any
I didn't do anything. Goths
aren't my type, okay?
Do you hear that?
What?
That's a "Bell UH-1D"
They found us!
Hey! We're down here!
Over here! Hello!!
Stop! Don't go!
Please...
Finally, kid...! How long have
you been twiddling with it?
I said I wasn't an expert... but
those two wires I can manage.
I guess those batteries should
last for 12 hours easily.
Speaking Russian
Would you like to hear my theory, Mr.
Conductor?
We're in the last compartment of a
'BGHW' train, built in '76, right?
I think we broke off from the rest of the train
during the collision... Not unlikely in the quad
Well aren't you the clever one?
I'm Carl, by the way.
Greta.
Great name for a goth. What
are you, like 60 years old?
I find 'Greta' beautiful. Compared to the
smoke pollution you're bothering us with.
Sorry if you're annoyed by the smoke, kid.
But this is a smoking compartment.
You're free to go next
door to the Russians.
They're Ukrainian.
This is "Radio Alpenfunk", back with the latest news on
the avalanche tragedy that took place late in the even in
The last missing compartment
has not yet been found.
It is said to have likely been blasted off the
rest of the train by the masses of snow and dragg
Tragically a small group of passengers
is suspected to still be trapped inside.
The rescue team is scanning the
entire area for survivors.
Is that a dog in the studio?
The search efforts are
hindered by the bad weather.
Potential survivors of the accident are
thought to be running out of air to breathe.
Not to mention the
dropping temperature
Why did you switch it off?
Think the batteries
will last forever?
We got the gist of it...
They're reaching for us. We just
need to keep calm and wait.
As if we had an alternative...
Whenever my mother had a bad
day, she'd hit the bottle.
After my father had left,
it became a regular thing.
Visually speaking she didn't look much different
from a ghost then, but she wasn't one, yet.
It was strange, that she was allowed to continue
working at the ski lift in her condition.
Every evening she had to check the gondolas before
shutting down and then drove off to the pub.
One gondola after the other.
76 gondolas in total.
A dreary, but extremely
important task.
I still clearly remember the
morning, when it all changed.
As usual my mother had
come home late that night.
Suddenly there was news of two missing teenagers
on the radio, last seen at her ski lift.
As my mother heard the news
she stormed out the door.
That was the last
time I saw her alive.
Here. I can see that
you're freezing.
Thank you.
What's up?
Nothing.
Are you going to be much longer? I can't
really stand very long because of my leg.
No no, just a second,
I'm almost done.
What's wrong with
your leg anyway?
A guy crashed into my scooter
a couple of years ago.
He had a few too many
drinks that night.
It was almost a year before I
could even stand up again.
And to this day I can
barely move my leg.
That's why I'm headed to Graz,
I'm seeing a doctor there.
Well, not exactly an appointment... But there's
an expert there who developed a new procedure.
Greta? You there?
Yeah, just a minute. What
clinic does he work at?
Who?
The expert.
St. Joseph.
Really? That's where
I'm going also.
Really? How come?
My mother is in a coma.
Since more than 19 years.
I'm very sorry.
Like I said: It's been 19 years.
You don't need any help, do you?
No no... I'll be fine.
Did you know that around 40% of all coma patients classified
as being in a vegetative state still show residual
Not with my mother.
Without the damn ventilator
she'd be long gone.
Yeah... modern medicine.
A blessing and a curse.
But perhaps there
is still hope...?
Because with the other 60% without residual
consciousness, there is at least some measurable bra
And the EEG waves almost look
like those of a person sleeping.
Maybe your mother
is just asleep.
I don't think she had planned to
spend her entire life in bed.
She has slept enough.
So why don't you take
her off life support?
Paragraph "19-04 BGB"?
Greta?
He can't be lying in there for very long. Quite
possible the murderer is still here in the compa
You don't say, Einstein.
The murderer is probably
right among us.
But where is the murderer,
we've looked everywhere.
What's 'Tsss'? What do you mean?
You know exactly what
'Tsss' means, Russian.
Ukrainian.
How do you explain the blood
stains on your sweater?
We all have blood on our
clothes, we had an accident.
Then please explain why those stains are
on your sweater and not on your jacket?
Seems like you put the jacket on later,
perhaps to cover up the stains...?
I put it on immediately after the accident.
How do you know, wise-ass?
I don't know. But I know your 'sister' was
unconscious for a while, as far as I remember.
Speaking Russian
And when she woke up, she wasn't wearing a
jacket. And yet there are blood stains on it.
And I don't mean the stains the
little slut usually has on herself.
Speaking Russian
You screwed me over you prick!
Didn't you think I'd connect the dots when
there's a severed head in the closet?!
Shut your mouth! Otherwise something
might happen to you, suit-man!
Fuck you, Russian!
Speaking Russian
- Hello?
- Hello? Who am I talking to?
Hartman... Carl.
How I am? Well... I'm okay.
- Listen, we have an exceptionally-
- What about the others?
Excuse me?
- How many exactly, are you down there?
- We are six...
Mr. Hartmann, please
listen carefully...
I'm listening.
Your car was pushed dangerously
close to a cliff by the avalanche.
We don't think it will tip over, but we can't be
sure. You shouldn't move to much. Do you unders
Don't move to much, understood.
We could tip off a cliff!
Speaking Russian
Ask them about the murder.
The conductor would like to know if you
have any information on a murder...
Because we found a
head; A severed head!
Tell those idiots to get
us out of here, dammit!
- The conductor?
- Yes, the conductor.
All train staff has already been evacuated.
There is no conductor with you.
Please stay calm and try not
to move too much, alright?
Alright yes, I will...
we will do that.
He's telling the truth.
It's a suicide note.
And a few newspaper clippings.
"Death on railroad tracks"
I assume you are not
from this area, are you?
Not far from here there was a previous
train accident. Exactly ten years ago.
A conductor caught two drunken
teens riding without a ticket.
One of them jumped off
the train at full speed.
His girlfriend killed
herself shortly after.
I'm sure you can imagine
who that conductor was.
I still don't understand why you have to
wear your old outfit to commit suicide.
Same train, same day, same
place and the same wardrobe.
Sounds logical.
Sounds cuckoo is what
I think, Russian.
It wasn't your fault.
Definitely not.
I also once knew someone who thought it was her
fault that some stupid teenagers thought they we
And this "someone" came to the
same false conclusions as you did.
What exactly happened?
The idiots froze to death in a ski lift. This
someone should have checked up on the gondola, b
Everyone knew that there was a problem with
alcohol. Even the lift operator himself.
He shouldn't have let that person work
there. It wasn't that persons fault.
And it's not your fault either.
Is that a camera?
That's an "AS 2407"..
A model from 1980.
Speaking Russian
How many are there
of these things?
Maybe five or Six?
Six?! Also in front
of the toilet??
I don't know!
If they see the head, they will
obviously think it was one of us.
And then it could take them a very long
time until they get us out of here.
I'm sure the rescue workers are
doing their best to help us!
Oh yeah? So where are they?
We might slip... you
know what they said.
Oh, and so that's why
they're taking their time?
What if... they're just waiting
until WE find the murderer?
Speaking Russian
They're not honestly expecting that one of us is
going to get down on his knees and confess to a
Some dipshit just made up this
silly cliff-hazard story!
What if you're wrong?
What the hell is stopping us from
digging our way out of here?
The day my mother became
a ghost our phone rang.
They told me they had found the missing teens
and that they needed to speak to my mother.
Apparently she had had too much to drink that
night and made a grave mistake when checking the g
When she had turned the lift off, the teens
were only half way back down into the valley.
Of course neither of them survived
the cold night in the gondola.
My mother must have suspected as much and
probably wanted to avoid the consequences.
Not far from the lift, she had thrown
herself off a cliff... to end her life.
Unfortunately her drop was
stopped by a ledge...
She wasn't dead.
But neither was she alive.
GO AWAY!
Screaming in Russian
I'm sorry...
cursing in Russian
- What happened?
- What? Please just get us out of here...
What happened?
Why does it matter
what happened...?!
What happened?
Nothing the train must have slipped
further. One of us was lost.
Just ask us all the questions you
want once you've rescued us!
You're only five people now?
What difference does
it make, we need help!
It makes a difference: Five
people use less oxygen than six.
Was it a man?
Yes dammit, a Russian!
But that's not the issue here!
A man, understood.
That's better.
Better?! What do
you mean better??!
Get us the hell out
of here, asshole!
Please remain quiet and try to breathe calmly.
It will take us at least an hour to get to you.
Keep breathing calmly,
every breath counts.
It's not mine, I swear!
I didn't do anything!
The girl has a gun...
Hang up the phone!
Now!
In one hour we will be
there, just hang in there.
Please keep calm
That's exactly right. We should all
keep calm. This is not my gun!
But it fell out of your pocket!
This is not my pocket, it's YOURS! He
gave me his jacket earlier, this is HIS!
That's true, but there wasn't a gun in it. Otherwise
why would I have given it to you, that's ab
You little fuck!
And what is that syringe you carry around
with you if you don't mind me asking?
You think I haven't noticed the
puncture wounds in your arms?
Oh my god what on earth is this?
Come on kid, put it down.
Take it down before
someone get's hurt.
No.
Put it down, dammit!
Why, so you can take it?!
Or him?!
Come on, kid...
Stop calling me KID,
I'm a grown woman!
I can prove my
innocence, can you?
I don't need to.
Move over there, to the others.
Move! And keep your hands up!
And don't try anything stupid...!
And what's your plan now?
Shut the fuck up, Einstein.
We wait.
Wait for what?
Wait for this!
- Hello?
- Please calm down and put down the gun.
Listen, this is not my weapon
Don't worry, we know.
The video surveillance
helped us find the murderer.
We have her in custody up here.
Best thing is you sit down and
avoid any kind of physical strain.
Please don't misunderstand, but if a second
person had perished you wouldn't have to worry.
So be thankful for everyone not using up
oxygen and don't attempt any resuscitation.
It wouldn't work anyway.
I'm sorry. We're
doing all we can.
So you agree the air in
here won't last, Einstein?
Mathematically the analysis is right: One person
less and we'd easily have an hour worth of air
So we don't have a choice.
We could try to breathe
less, maybe we can make it.
Why should we? The old man offered himself up,
he would've thrown himself off the train anyway!
That's called assisted suicide! What do you think
is going to happen to us when we get out of he
At least we'll have a chance at all.
That's more like self defense...
Right, Einstein?
It probably falls under "justified
emergency", paragraph 34, criminal code.
In an emergency a 'criminal' behavior can be justified,
as long as there is no alternative to avoid the emergenc
And it's not: If we don't
do it, we will all die.
Probably, yes.
Sorry, but I will not
be a part of this!
They are going to show up here sooner or later,
and I don't want to have blood on my hands!
Me neither!
Would you please...!
So be it.
But someone's gonna
have to do it.
You can't just kill another human being.
Think about that!!
Think about the suicide letter,
the guy didn't want to live!
We're doing the man a favor.
Speaking Russian
Learn German.
If there is one thing I learned from the
ghost stories of my mother it's this:
You can never run away
from your own guilt.
Not even if you
jump off a cliff.
The young couple she had left behind in the
gondola did not only freeze to death...
When the cold had gotten unbearable, the
boy jumped out and onto the ground.
He broke several bones.
The girl had to watch her
motionless friend freeze to death.
A few hour later
she too was dead.
Let go!!
You asshole! I'll kill you!
I didn't want that.
Perhaps you should
sit, young lady?
I'm not sure...
Bullseye.
I still feel fine. That's weird...
right?
Maybe you shouldn't...
Doesn't hurt.
How's that possible?
Perhaps... you're under shock?
I'm not under shock, not a bit.
What...?
What is it?
Nothing happened...
I'm fine!
Are you sure?
I've never felt better.
Well... I guess I
deserve an apology.
Speaking Russian
What... what is she saying?
She says we are all dead.
Damn superstition.
Speaking Russian
You don't believe
this crap, do you?
Enough of this hocus-pocus...
What if she's right?
Scientifically speaking,
that's quite improbable.
How can she stand here
after being shot?
How long do you think can a man
dig himself through the snow
without freezing to death??
With a god-damn
plank in his head?!
Yeah, but...
Who is at the other
end of that phone?
Speaking Russian
What is she saying?
She...
She says we did not
survive the avalanche.
We...
We are all dead.
Speaking Russian
We are not going to heaven...
We must confess our guilt.
Speaking Russian
We are all...
We are all... ghosts.
Question is: Which guilt
is she speaking of?
All these years I always asked
myself, what might be going on...
Inside my mothers head.
Did she continue going to the pub every night?
And behave like she was 20 years younger?
Did she perhaps run to church in the morning,
to try to solve her problems in confession?
Was there anything
happening at all?
Or was there just emptiness?
Maybe she knew what she had done
to me and to those two teenagers.
Would she regret it?
Or would she still try to run
away from it, like she did?
God, I can't even tell
if she knows I'm there.
Well...
She can't really run away now.
I would just like to
help her, you know?
But what's left for me to do?
Maybe you ought to
leave it up to fate.
Yes, maybe...
I'll have to think about it.
But don't go without
saying goodbye to me.
Don't worry.
Hello mom.
Look, I brought you something.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
How are you feeling?
Did you sleep well?
That's a pretty necklace
you're wearing today.
We haven't given up hope yet.
Did the drug show any effect?
No. But it was worth a try.
With some patients it
really works wonders.
And how is it supposed to go on?
Well, we would appreciate if you would
refrain from any further legal action.
Even if your mothers condition
should deteriorate further.
We have already lost one of
our coma patients today.
Life is a gift that should not
be thrown away so easily.
We must also endure
the darker days.
You know very well I don't
want to throw her life away.
I just believe she would have wanted
her death to take it's course.
But we cannot know for certain.
Didn't you say this drug
was her last chance?
There is always hope.
Take Mr. Hartmann for example: After his
accident he lay there just the same.
With him it was just
a couple of months!
Do you really want to live with the guilt of
not having done everything for your mother?
Our nursing home is committed
to the preservation of life.
You have a responsibility, for
yourself and for your mother.
Best leave this to us.
He's finally done with it.
Whatever.
He would've died either way.
We have a human
life to answer for.
So?
All of this is only
happening inside my head.
I'm in a coma.
Have you gone
completely nuts now?
Speaking Russian
You can speak German now, nurse.
I've seen through it.
"Nurse"??
Kid, I don't know what it is you're shooting up
your arms, but it's very much affecting your san
I'm not your kid. Technically
I could be your mother.
Why don't we sit down now together and wait for
the friendly guy to come get us out of here.. Hm
We've waited enough, the
"friendly guy" isn't coming.
You want proof?
It's a friggin' dummy!
How is that possible?
What?
So you're in a coma?
Yeah. And apparently you're
something like my doctor.
And I'm in the room next door?
Am I in a coma as well?
No. You woke up.
And for some reason in here I
look like my own daughter.
Didn't you tell me earlier that the brainwaves
of coma-patients work like those of a person slee
The EEG waves are at
least similar, yes.
So all of this is just
like a bad dream...?
In a dream you don't
know you're dreaming.
In a lucid dream you do.
What is a "lucid dream"?
A dream in which you can
deliberately control things.
Also used in therapy, to process
subconscious or suppressed memories.
I can control things?
In a "lucid dream" you can.
What options are there to
wake up from a lucid dream?
An alarm clock...?
Is there something like an
emergency alarm on the train?
Not on the "BGHW"
quad-axis models.
And what's that?
That wasn't there a minute ago.
Come on kid, turn that shit off!
You're not waking up!
Just a few more seconds; Please!
This is a sleep-inducing drug, kid.
I thought you wanted to wake up?
If I fall asleep in a dream, maybe
I'll wake up in the real world.
Nonsense.
It's not actually nonsense.
"Stilnoxx" is in fact a popular sleeping pill,
but is also used to wake up coma patients.
Want me to read
the side effects?
Psychotic and paradox reactions.
Abnormal thoughts, delusions
nightmares, sleepwalking...
I guess that explains
the silly uniform.
I would do it.
A coma is nothing more than a
protective measure of the brain.
Like some sort of a flight
from massive fears or pain.
The active ingredient that makes other people sleepwalk,
may block this mechanism in the brains of coma patients
Yes please?
Here, you forgot
this in my room.
Oh, thank you so much.
I read something in the
doctors' journal again
Did you know that around 40% of all coma patients classified
as being in a vegetative state still show residual
Not with my mother.
Without the damn ventilator
she'd be long gone.
Modern medicine: A
blessing and a curse.
But perhaps there
is still hope...?
Because with the other 60% without residual
consciousness, there is at least some measurable bra
And the EEG waves almost look
like those of a person sleeping.
Hello.
Maybe your mother
is just asleep.
Hello!
I don't think she had planned to
spend her entire life in bed.
She's slept enough.
I'm awake!
With me it wasn't at
all like sleeping.
I woke up, just like that.
Like I was on that scooter
just a second earlier.
Are you spending the night
here again tonight?
Yes, I guess so.
Anything else?
I...
I thought about what
you said earlier.
Why are you doing
this to yourself?
Since there is no more hope?
If I may ask...
Because she is my mother.
A mother who has not exactly
done much for her daughter.
It's none of your business.
I'll leave you two
alone again...
If you need anything, you
know where to find me.
Don't worry mom, I know how
much you regret all of this.
But he's probably right: Maybe I
should leave you alone from now on.
The rescue operation began approximately half an
hour after the avalanche derailed the train...
According to a spokesperson, the damage to the train was
surprisingly limited, considering the size of the avala
The most affected part is said to be the last
compartment which hasn't yet been found under the
I can't get up
because of my leg.
Can you help me get up...
please?
Was that a radio?
I will check the lights in a bit,
it's probably just a loose contact.
I'm sorry, there's nothing.
Probably she just had
another one of her cramps.
But it's not a problem if the
nutrition is briefly interrupted.
If you ask me it could
be severed completely.
But no one asks me.
From a medical stance it is highly improbable
your mother will wake up from her coma.
I sympathize with you.
If there's anything
else just ring, ok?
Hello mom!
How are you?
Did you sleep well?
You know...
Back at the ski lift...
We had this kind of Christmas
calendar with little red sachets.
And everyone of us employees
had to fill one of them.
With anything ugly
or totally useless.
Then we drew the numbers.
And everyday one of us was
allowed to open a sachet.
My boss loved this game.
That year he drew my number.
That wasn't exactly
a lucky draw.
Because all he got from
me was a cheap card game.
A trains card game.
You know, when I
jumped off that cliff
I only had that silly
card game in my head.
I couldn't think of
anything else anymore.
Not of that boy, who
jumped out of the lift.
Nor of his girlfriend who froze
to death in that gondola.
Not even of you...
Only thing I thought of
was how my boss would react, when
he opened that little red sachet,
and saw the picture of a train.
I let you down, kid.
I wish I could make up
for that, you know?
But I can't.
I won't wake up.