Glorious Times in the Spessart

Listen, dearest people, the latest news today,

of the band of robbers who were in the Spessart.

They were killed,

but they aren't silenced yet,

haunting around as ghosts.

Do you have to stand in the middle of the way with your Klimperkasten?

Your light is on. - We're on duty.

It's a shame about the battery. I paid them with my tax money.

Stop your hate speech propaganda. You're sabotaging a NATO exercise.

Yes, General. - Get out of here with your clutter.

But hurry!

Glorious Times in the Spessart

Here, Consul Mummelmann. Give me the chef.

Can you really work with that noise? - The guy changed the wedding menu.

What does the whole shop belong to to me? - Adolf, think about your blood pressure.

Finally. Tell me, Ritzelsberger, what right do you have...

ordering the 500 kangaroo tail soups? No, I don't want shark fins.

My daughter doesn't get married every day. What, not enough kangaroo tails?

Call the Frankfurt Zoo. And when I write "turkey," you don't

have to write turkey for it. My daughter is marrying an American!

Sometimes you could blow up. - I thought it was you.

Those damn jet fighters. - There was more bang at our wedding.

After all, there was war, I still accept it, but now, in peace.

Did your window break too? - Your mother left it open.

- Nice wedding, with bombs and grenades. - It's your groom's fault.

Frankie is a space explorer. - Now let the child be.

You were chief staff officer, too. - Frankie quit the army.

It's over.

Comrades, for the first time in the history of warfare...

the sequence of our maneuvers will be controlled by a manned space satellite...

our American friends watched. It is about determining whether the

camouflage of our troops can withstand today's aerial reconnaissance.

We have the great honor of being one of the brilliant co-designers...

from "Germany 99" can be seen today as a guest in our midst. Mr. Green.

Would you like to declare to us... - Well, gentlemen.

Our boys have been flying around up there since this morning and can spit.

We receive the messages here. - Germany 99, we are right now...

over the Spessart. We don't see anything. - Jimmy doesn't see anything.

A sign of our exemplary camouflage. - Yes, and the thick cloud cover.

What is that?

Of course, you have to expect acoustic disturbances.

Maybe someone is sleeping. Yes, gentlemen, I have to get out of here.

You can't keep superiors waiting.

Ah, General Hampstead, is it? - My bride.

Ah!

Rest, I sleep.

How late? - It should be noon in Jena.

I mean what year?

February 83, 1967.

Now the clock is broken, too.

Now we'll never know how long we're going to be out here in space.

Where am I? - In the carriage, my dear,

In which we were shot at the moon. - Unfortunately we never got there.

Why?

Because a nozzle got stuck.

We have been up here for five years, without eating or drinking.

Ghosts live from the air. - Still, a beef steak with onions...

Or a sip of whiskey. - You know that we become invisible

when we drink schnapps. - Better drunk and invisible.

Take a look at you. - How much longer do we have to stay?

Until we are redeemed from our sins. To do this, we have to do a good deed.

Do a good deed and shut up.

Look, we're getting competition.

What may they have done in the first place? They put the boy in front of the door.

- Adorable. - I say hello to him.

Are you crazy? In a vacuum. - We're ghosts.

We could have had that long ago. - We could fix our nozzle there.

I come with.

With the sauerkraut? The angels fall over.

- Back to the tape again. - With the sauerkraut?

The angels fall over. - A cipher text to mislead.

No doubt about it, a spy satellite is circling over the Spessart.

You take the tape to the decryption department.

You contact Mr. Green, who lives in the Spessart Hotel. Havermann,

You report to the commanding officer. Aren't you gone yet? Quickly!

Orders to the entire force: camouflage, camouflage, camouflage.

And camouflage again.

Please note the right of way!

And here, lanterns. - Fantastic.

Flowers, also brand new. Good morning. - Good morning.

And here's the kicker! My idea. Well?

You never had good taste.

How do you like me as a civilian?

The bang makes me very nervous. - But darling, just think

that belongs to our hen party. - I imagined it differently.

Are you crazy? What are you doing here? - You left the army.

Is that why you're throwing them out the window? - The trash is too small.

- Yes? - The glazier.

Aha, the glazier.

We have to be fresh tonight. - Then we shouldn't lie down.

You won't answer now, will you?

Hi?

No, he's not there.

And if you are NATO personally. You can't speak to Mr. Green.

Now if that's my general. - I'm your general.

Are you throwing everything out the window? - Yes, and you are next.

Could've touched down softer. - Be glad you're downstairs.

Hatch open!

Ladder out. - Ladder out.

Where are we here anyway?

Children, there is a pub among us!

Abseil!

- Our countess. - Really.

Yes indeed. How it lives and lives.

How did your picture get here? - And how'd you get here?

Please, when did this lady die?

Die? Signorina's getting married tomorrow.

Married? At 150 years old? - Where are we?

In the Grand-hotel Spessart. - Man, Spessart.

Now what do you think of my landing?

Can we speak to the old lady?

Subito.

Is not he cute? - A lovely fellow.

Sweetheart, give me something spicy.

Behave yourself, you know what happens then. - So what?

Trixi!

Because if we drink a lot of alcohol, we have to leave.

- She's gone! - Completely gone! After you, my sweetheart.

Our countess. It is a pleasure that we meet again.

As always, we are here for you.

Allow me: Toni.

Good Uncle Max. - I'm dear Hugo.

How do you go about staying so young?

They are probably friends of my fiance. Where are you from?

You won't believe it, but we just drove around in space.

But we couldn't have dreamed that we would see you here again.

What does it mean to see you again? - She doesn't know us anymore.

Our robber captain kidnapped you. - Forgot her.

We brought the ransom back to Sandau Castle.

Sandau Castle? Yes, of course, it was owned by our family.

But that was over 100 years ago. - At that time you were Countess Franziska,

who married our robber captain. - It wasn't me.

That was my great, great, great, great grandmother. - Ah, no, please don't tickle, don't!

Have you gone mad?

Emilio! - Katrin, behave yourself!

- Who? - The lady here.

You see ghosts. - Yes, Signorina, ghosts.

It just comes from drinking. - I swear not a drop.

Starts well.

A delightful bride and groom.

My tuxedo was stolen from me earlier. - In my hotel? That's impossible.

Call the house detective. Hi! I just asked for you.

Yes, please, Consul. - Why don't you wear a tuxedo?

It was stolen. - Here's someone who...

Does your tuxedo have any special features?

The Federal Cross of Merit in the buttonhole. - That's not a special feature.

Do you have fire? - Fire? Gotta see.

Yes here. I didn't even know I had a gold lighter.

You're welcome. - And you? Don't you drink anything?

My astral body goes out today.

Your strange friends are sitting over there. - What kind of friends? Where?

Over there.

Police!

Excuse me

Now the bridegroom has been arrested. - Poor Countess.

You have to help her. - But how?

Why aren't you making music? A waltz! Mood, please, mood.

I have it. Come on, follow me.

Drinking away.

Marry? Our fatherlands are threatened by unknown satellites!

This is a done deal. - You're flying to the States today.

The satellite has to be identified and shot down if necessary.

What good is the best warfare if the enemy is smarter? Roger that?

- Fast. - Did you say anything? Then it's good.

N / A!

Can I let my bride know? - No, you can't do that.

They are keepers of secrets. She has to wait. A soldier's wife always has to wait

when the home is threatened by the enemy. - I'm American.

What. You are German. There are no real Americans.

If we hadn't immigrated all the time, the Indians would still be crouching in the tree. N / A!

N / A!

- Frankie! - Day.

We need to speak to you. - Yes, urgently.

Yes, come in then.

Oh, it's nice here, Countess. - Leave that to the countess.

But you were then, in your lifetime. In our lifetime.

Because we are ghosts. - Very funny. What are you?

Ghosts. - She doesn't believe us.

Your groom is supposed to go to America. - You are crazy.

My bridegroom is in his room. - Why don't you give him a call.

When you're thirsty, it says whiskey. Room 59c, please.

It's not going to be drunk again now. - She doesn't believe in ghosts.

All right then. - Then give me the porter, please.

- Ex. - To your health, Countess.

Tell me, is Mr. Green back yet? Oh, he's not there?

Thank you.

Cuckoo. We're still here, Countess.

Can we sit down for a moment?

Yes, please.

Come in, Frankie. Oh it's you

Don't take it so tragically, child. Be glad it happened today.

Your father left me in the middle of the wedding night,

fire bat in hand. He was an air raid leader at the time.

Careful, no, Hugo is sitting there.

- Who? - Hugo.

No, not there either, Toni is sitting there. - Child, you are overwrought.

But that's so natural. Maybe I should give you as a mother...

but give some advice. - Mommy, not in front of the gentlemen.

Which gentlemen? Oh child, that's the nerves.

You are pressed for the 1st night of love. And at the same time you are afraid of it.