Oderbruch (2024) s01e04 Episode Script

Flut

(Sounds from above)
(Polish) I'm done.
Should I leave the lights on?
You can turn everything off.
I'll lock up.
Thanks.
Have a good vacation.
(Owl hooting)
(Car door slams)
(Polish) Kai?
Why are you sitting here in the dark?
(Polish) Sit down.
I need to tell you something.
Is everything okay?
(Kai) I never told you the whole
truth about myself
Do you still remember
summer 1990,
when Mom and I
were back with you?
(Polish) We have to be home
before it gets dark.
Otherwise my father will freak out again.
Let him freak out.
He just yells.
Sometimes he gets a stick.
Look here.
He hit me so hard
that it bled.
My father wants to kill me.
Once he held me
underwater in the bath,
until I passed out.
No shit?
That's why we're here.
Leave me alone.
Wow.
[Laughs]
(Kai) Can I have some more?
(Deutsch) Give Dagna her tea first.
(Piercing sound intensifies)
(Heartbeat intensifies)
(Intro music)
Kai, when you're done,
please come out to the barn.
Alone.
(Goat bleating)
Do you trust me?
(Goat bleats)
Do you want this?
Tell me if you feel anything.
We can go home.
What about our cabin?
We still need to fix the roof.
You have to convince your father
not to tear it down.
Say it's a family relic,
or something.
You'll think of something.
Then we'll end it,
as soon as I get back.
Maybe you can
come visit us.
Your mom said
your father must never know,
who and where we are.
So you can always
hide here.
Maybe I'll have to
hide again soon.
[Dull thud] Here we are again.
I tested him.
He's not like you.
We'll see.
You can sleep in your bed again
if you want.
Or here.
(Gentle piano music)
(Arthur) Help your mother.
I won't hurt him.
Come out.
Where's the glass?
Come out.
(Ominous music)
The recent flood damaged the dike
at the Zollbrücke.
I'm going to help
with the work today.
If you want, come along.
How can a dike break?
A dike breaks when
the soil
is softened from the inside
by too much water pressure.
The more water there is in the Oder,
the more water flows
through even the smallest hole.
Water always finds a way.
Unstoppable.
A small tunnel
made by a vole is enough
and the water simply washes
the dike away.
That's from before.
Okay Kai, I want to believe you.
But if I find out
you're lying to me
(Bicycle bell rings)
(Roland) Hello, Mr. Kring.
Heard you're helping with the dike.
We want to pitch in too.
Good to have you back, Kai.
How are you? Everything alright?
Here. For you.
Thanks. -I found something, I have to show you guys.
He won't tell me. It's a huge secret.
We'll go there together.
Tomorrow after school. -Those two have to work here.
Okay, then on the weekend.
Maggie, Kai. Get ready.
Wait by the car. We're leaving soon.
(Ominous music)
(Muffled rumble, sound of chalk on blackboard)
(Teacher, subdued) can anyone name
another organ?
(Student, subdued) The kidney?
-Yes.
(Chalk on blackboard)
(Teacher) another organ?
(Student) The liver?
(Muffled murmur
of children's voices)
So how was it in the loony bin?
I wasn't in the loony bin.
That's what they all say,
who come out of the loony bin.
What do you have in that glass?
No! No, please!
Let go, you moron. Give it here!
August, stop it! Piss off!
You okay?
(School bell rings)
See you later, yeah?
(Ominous music)
No.
And, what are you going to do now?
(Kai screams in pain)
(Roaring intensifies)
You listen to me very carefully now
and do what I tell you.
What happened?
I don't remember anything.
I hit August
with a stone.
When you saw him,
you fainted.
They say you're in shock.
(Knocking on the door)
(Minna) Maggie, you have a visitor.
(Roland) My father took care of it.
The Conradys aren't pressing charges.
From now on, you just
have to stay away from them.
What's wrong with Kai?
(Piercing sound)
(Piercing sound intensifies)
(Whispering voices)
She doesn't remember.
(Arthur) Come here.
Your sister must never know
what really happened.
What we have, must stay between us.
We have to protect her from the truth.
You must protect her from the truth.
And August?
August Conrady will take it to his grave.
Just like you!
Promise me.
Say it.
I promise.
(Soft groan)
(Crack of a branch)
(Whispering voices)
(Piercing sound swells)
(Footstep)
(Kai) Who are you?
What do you want from me?
(Man) I want to help you.
You're wasting your time.
I know exactly what you're going through.
You inherited it from your father,
just like I did from mine.
We don't know each other, but
our fathers were once allies.
Friends,
two of the few heirs of our kind.
Like you and me.
(Kai) Who is your father?
Someone who can give you a future.
Why aren't our fathers
friends anymore?
The wolf
fell in love with a sheep.
For your mother,
he betrayed his true family.
Even his own son.
Since then, he's been poisoning himself
with animal blood.
You're young, you'll get away with it
for a while longer.
But soon
that won't be enough anymore.
Then you'll want
the blood of a human.
And then you'll need our help.
Human blood
will slow down your aging.
And as soon as your father realizes
your bloodlust is still there,
he'll kill you.
Your mother and your sister
are not like you.
There hasn't been a woman
of our kind for over a hundred years.
Without us, you're alone.
You have to choose.
I will never kill anyone.
Never.
Join my house
or die in yours.
(Kai, Polish) A few days later,
there was an accident
with a World War I grenade.
Adrian was seriously injured.
There was blood everywhere.
After the others
carried him away,
I tasted his blood.
But Maggie and my father
saw me.
Then my father
tried to stab me.
At the last
moment, Maggie shot him.
(Buczek)
Maggie killed your father?
No.
He survived.
But not even
an ambulance came.
Roland's father was the village policeman
and swept it
under the rug, as usual.
As if it never happened
That same evening,
my sister threatened
to shoot my parents if they
didn't take me to a doctor.
He couldn't help me,
but I got a dog.
For the next few years,
Maggie protected me.
My father
never spoke to me again.
My mother was just
like a ghost
in a human shell.
And the carpenter
never stopped watching me.
I secretly continued
to feed on animal blood.
But in the summer of '97,
everything changed
(Piercing sound)
(Dog growls and barks loudly)
Leave me alone!
I want nothing to do
with you!
My father wants to talk to you.
(Dog barks)
(Father)
Silence your dog.
Or I will.
(Dog barking)
No, Benni!
(Dog whimpering)
Go home.
(Father) Come.
We're becoming extinct.
Our rare gene is only passed on
to the male sex now.
There are no women
of our kind left.
You're a Wolf, your sister
and your mother are Sheep.
They can't help you.
I can.
Your father and I used to hide
the dead here.
Today we rarely use this cellar
any more, but
many are still down there.
We want to make them disappear
little by little,
but it's not that easy.
[Kai groans]
[Groans, coughs]
You can't escape your destiny, Kai.
You have stomach cramps from the animal blood.
Soon you will kill a human.
And when that time comes, you will
throw the remains in this cellar, do you understand me?
For everyone except us, this is a meaningless book.
On page 123 there is a nameless poem.
Those who don't know the background will have
the message hidden from them, but you will understand it.
It is our code, which you must adhere to without exception.
Your survival depends on it.
For the trapdoor.
Hide him so that no one can find him.
(Takes a deep breath through his nose)
You'll be of age soon. My house is open to you.
All you have to do is leave yours.
I'm not like you.
You're right.
You are special, Kai.
Your father's blood
is purer than mine.
You are what
…we call "Starkblut" - Strong Blood.
We are growing weaker and weaker.
But maybe you can help us
to sire a female heir.
You can save our kind.
If you succeed,
you will live like a king.
I have to tell you something.
But not here.
I'll wait for you in the barn.
What I'm about to tell you must forever
remain a secret between us.
It might be hard to understand
and not easy to explain
But
(Horn honks)
We have to go to the gathering.
We'll talk later.
(Soft whispers in the room)
Edith Trebur.
Don't do this, Edith.
We have no choice.
You must face the truth.
This land is worth nothing anymore.
You are the last ones who haven't sold yet,
and this is the final offer I can make.
I've said everything, answered all the questions.
I'm now handing it over once again to one of you.
If you don't trust me, trust him. Stojan Demko.
(Breathing heavily)
As you all know,
we've already sold our land
to Mr. Jessen.
And for good reason.
(Maggie) Maybe Adrian's father
is right after all.
(Arthur) Stojan is a traitor.
Jessen is exploiting
the farmers' desperation
and forcing them
to sell below value.
Stojan is just Jessen's henchman.
-He just wants to help people.
Stojan Demko helps no one
but himself.
I don't want to hear that name again.
No sale.
Who will run the farm in the coming years?
We'll manage.
When Maggie's off work,
she'll continue to help.
(Roland)
Haven't you told them?
(Arthur) What?
-Maggie and I are moving to Berlin.
But only until my probation period is over.
But Maggie never came back.
Not even to help on the farm.
And then in July,
it was hot and dry.
Nobody expected
what problems a little rain
would cause in the Oder Mountains.
(Piercing sound)
[Kai groans in pain]
(Door opens)
(Alarm siren sounds)
Vast areas of southern Poland
and the Czech Republic are flooded
and thousands of people are homeless.
The Polish city of Opole
is largely flooded
and has reported fatalities.
Numerous people
are still missing.
The flood reached
the Oderbruch yesterday.
Kai?
Renewed heavy rainfall
in the Czech Republic
caused
a second flood wave,
which is spreading unstoppably.
(Alarm sirens continue to blare)
Where's Mom?
Sleeping.
I'm sorry, I had to work a lot
these last few weeks.
We came here to help
with the dike.
Closing the sluice, filling sandbags
The water levels keep rising.
Are you coming?
(Murmur of helpers)
When are you coming back?
But you don't even love him!
I'm pregnant.
Leave him alone.
(Alarm siren continues to sound)
(Piercing sound)
[Shouting loudly]
(Heartbeat intensifies)
Kai?
(Minna) Kai was only here for a moment.
(TV) we are receiving images
confirming
that another section of the dike
near Krewlow has broken.
Emergency measures
Nature is taking its revenge on us.
Mama? I have to find Kai.
He went into the woods
with Benni.
Kai?
Kai?
Kai!
(Heartbeat intensifies)
Kai!
You're a monster!
(Woman in the distance)
Hurry up, Rainer.
The water's rising higher and higher.
We have to go.
(Rainer) Hurry up, Elfriede.
Do you have the photo albums yet?
(Elfriede) No, not yet.
One last trip.
Hello? Are you alright?
The dike has broken.
We can take you with us.
Come on. Help pack for a moment,
then we'll get out of here.
Just a few more belongings.
I'm Rainer Seidel. My wife and I
have lived here forever.
But I've never seen you
around here before.
Excuse me, may I may I give you this?
(Piercing sound)
What are you doing?
(Heart racing)
(Kai, in Polish)
I'm hiding.
Even from the carpenter
and his father.
But I followed
the rules from the book.
And killed many people.
I tried everything
to get rid of the blood.
Svetlana?
Where is she?
Do you still
remember the day
when you found me?
(Man and woman moaning)
(Moaning intensifies)
(Moaning subsides)
(Svetlana laughs and sighs)
Some junkie has
settled in the cabin again.
Wadim saw someone.
Is that what you're thinking about now?
Sorry, it just
occurred to me.
We're having sex outside
of the bed for the first time in ages
and you're thinking about your to-do list.
Your to-do list.
I've told you so many times.
I'll take care of it.
(Svetlana) You have to nail up the windows
and doors properly,
or finally tear that thing down.
I find it unsettling to know
there's a junkie squatting in that shack
out there.
I'm often alone here too.
(Quiet humming)
(Engine noise)
(Kai) Put that back.
Who are you?
Where did you get that?
You gave it to me.
Please go.
You can't live like this.
My door is always open to you.
(Buczek)
He's far too young for his age.
Simply unbelievable.
It doesn't make any sense.
Maybe it's not him.
But his son or something
No idea.
Maybe. But I can't just
chase him away. He needs
(Knocking on the door)
Come in.
I'm asking you.
Don't ask him any questions.
He'll talk eventually.
Or not.
I don't want
him to run away again.
(Kai) I'm an addict.
And there's something
I need help with.
Getting off human blood again
was very painful.
(Gagging)
But I managed it,
thanks to you and Svetlana.
(Kai) Can I ask you something?
(Buczek) Sure.
Do you have any work for me?
(Speaking in Polish)
(Alarm signal)
(Polish) Finally, lunch break.
(Voices fading away)
Coming?
Go ahead.
I need to finish something before vacation. It'll be late.
See you later.
You've been here so long now, but you never talk.
Everything I know about you is from Marcin's stories.
He says you were his best friend.
He often wondered what happened to you.
At some point, you have to start talking to us. Okay?
Listen, I don't believe you're Kai.
But Marcin believes you. And I like you.
No matter who you are, we need to be honest with each other.
[Screaming, groaning]
(Whistling intensifies)
(Heartbeat grows louder)
Where is Svetlana?
Where is Svetlana?
I didn't mean to.
It was an accident.
-Svetlana?
Svetlana?
Svetlana!
Svetlana.
(Crying)
No!
I lost control.
I wasn't myself. I thought I had it under control.
(Gasping)
And then?
(Flies buzzing)
(Ominous music swells)
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