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The Plains

No, I've got German familyin Düsseldorf. I've got

No, I've got German family
in Düsseldorf. I've got

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No, I've got German family in Düsseldorf. I've got...
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7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:17:08
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Genres
drama
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Movie Summary

Every evening a man in his late 50s commutes home at the end of the working day in the outer suburbs of Melbourne.
When I went over, my German grandmother, - The Plains 00:08
When I went over, my German grandmother,
And she was in her late-80s. Nutty as a fruitcake. - The Plains 00:05
And she was in her late-80s. Nutty as a fruitcake.
She was... she was... Every time I... - The Plains 00:04
She was... she was... Every time I...
I was there for a weekend and every time I dropped in to her home - The Plains 00:07
I was there for a weekend and every time I dropped in to her...
It was funny, when I went to Berlin, - The Plains 00:08
It was funny, when I went to Berlin,
And we went across Checkpoint Charlie, and you do all that money exchange stuff. - The Plains 00:06
And we went across Checkpoint Charlie, and you do all that m...
Rather than do all the sites around the tower. - The Plains 00:04
Rather than do all the sites around the tower.
What's that? Where the central television tower is? - The Plains 00:06
What's that? Where the central television tower is?
- Oh, Alexanderplatz. - Yeah, there were some hotels. - The Plains 00:05
- Oh, Alexanderplatz. - Yeah, there were some hotels.
And we had to blow all our East German Deutschmarks - The Plains 00:07
And we had to blow all our East German Deutschmarks
One of those moments that stays with you your whole life? - The Plains 00:04
One of those moments that stays with you your whole life?
Just a scene that imprints on your mind, for whatever reason. - The Plains 00:06
Just a scene that imprints on your mind, for whatever reason...
We were standing at the corner, looking at the grim buildings. - The Plains 00:05
We were standing at the corner, looking at the grim building...
That Soviet style... Apartment blocks and everything. - The Plains 00:05
That Soviet style... Apartment blocks and everything.
There was... I remember looking around, - The Plains 00:07
There was... I remember looking around,
I remember our eyes caught, there was some moment of something. - The Plains 00:06
I remember our eyes caught, there was some moment of somethi...
It was just like she was looking at us... And I was thinking, "That poor lady". - The Plains 00:05
It was just like she was looking at us... And I was thinking...
She went through the First World War, the Second World War. - The Plains 00:04
She went through the First World War, the Second World War.
By that stage it was 1980 some time, so she had... - The Plains 00:05
By that stage it was 1980 some time, so she had...
Almost 35 years of Soviet oppression. - The Plains 00:06
Almost 35 years of Soviet oppression.