Four Minutes (2006)
Monica Bleibtreu: Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger
Quotes
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Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : You remind me of someone, warden.
Direktor Meyerbeer : Meyerbeer...
Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : My first warden also refused to be called warden.
Direktor Meyerbeer : Head of penitentiary?
Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : SS-Sturmbannführer.
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Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : Today is my last day. I just want to get my piano.
Kowalski : Tell me, Mrs. Krüger... What do those guys have that others don't?
Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : One's a murderer and the other raped his niece.
Kowalski : I'll miss you, Mrs. Krüger.
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Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : Strange how hard it is for both of us.
Jenny von Loeben : What?
Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : ...to be friendly.
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Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : The words 'sorry', 'please' and 'thank you' are missing in your letter.
Jenny von Loeben : Sorry. Please. Thank you.
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Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : You think today was an easy day for me? Why do you think I've stayed here for 60 years?
Jenny von Loeben : Because of a dead body? Great! A lesbian who likes corpses. You're a perverted freak, madam.
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[first lines]
Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : I'm very sorry.
Direktor Meyerbeer : About what?
Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : Them dying.
Direktor Meyerbeer : I'm sorry about how they died.
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Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : Well, Clara, can you do a nice curtsy?
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Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : Don't you ever... play that negro music again!
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Jenny von Loeben : Nice view eh?
Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : Today you did something extraordinary... and then you ruin it all. What is it with you?
Jenny von Loeben : I knew the window wouldn't break.
Jenny von Loeben : I ran into before, when my baby was born. Two or three stories up, where the view is even nicer. I was in labor for sixteen hours. When I told the doctor that I... that I couldn't take it anymore he said that I was just a con trying to stay out of prison. They should have done a Cesarian. But they didn't. They just let me tear. I blacked out. When I woke up, the nurse said to me... "Your baby... you baby is gone. It's just gone." Circulatory collapse. His name was Oskar.
Jenny von Loeben : [sobbing] Shit...
Jenny von Loeben : Three hours later they took me back to jail.
Jenny von Loeben : Nice name, Oskar.
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Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : So, Clara, can you do a curtsy now?
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Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : And you quit playing that negro music!
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Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : Beautiful hands.
Jenny von Loeben : Thank you.
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[last lines]
Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : Give her those few minutes. Please. Please.
Direktor Meyerbeer : What do you mean by a few minutes?
Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger : Four.