Germany Year Zero (1948)
Franz-Otto Krüger: Karl-Heinz
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Quotes
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Karl-Heinz : Who gave you money to buy cigarettes?
Edmund : It was a gift.
Karl-Heinz : From who? Those bad boys you go stealing with?
Edmund : It wasn't boys. It was a girl.
Karl-Heinz : You should be ashamed of yourself.
Edmund : Why? Everybody does it.
Karl-Heinz : That's not a reason.
Edmund : Her name is Christl. She's all alone, and she sleeps in a basement. She's a nice girl. I like her. She gives cigarettes to all her friends. You should have a woman to take care of you.
Karl-Heinz : A woman? That's all I need. Like this bitch of a life wasn't enough.
Edmund : Don't talk like that! Have courage!
Karl-Heinz : I had courage. A soldier can lose everything but his courage. But now I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm less than useless, another mouth to feed.
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Eva : You're so selfish. You don't care about getting food. You only care about eating it.
Karl-Heinz : Didn't I tell you to send Edmund to work?
Eva : You don't do anything. You just hide, and yet you want to eat and drink. You don't ask where I go every night. All that matters is that I come back with a couple of cigarettes for you.
Karl-Heinz : Did I smoke them?
Eva : No, but you know that cigarettes are like money.
Karl-Heinz : Should I thank you for that? Nowadays everybody does it.
Eva : They do worse things, too.
Karl-Heinz : You see?
Eva : Then tell me to sell myself!
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Edmund : It wasn't my fault. I was with other boys.
Il padre : Enough! I don't want to hear any lies!
Eva : He didn't mean any harm, Papa. He wanted to get something to eat.
Il padre : I'll do without.
Karl-Heinz : Me, too. I'd rather die of hunger.
Eva : Easy for you to say.
Il padre : I can't stand it anymore, here in this bed.
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Il medico : His heart is very weak. His whole condition is bad.
Eva : What can we do?
Il medico : He needs nutritrious foods, vitamins.
Eva : How can we do that, Doctor?
Edmund : With the cards we have, we can't get more
Il medico : Yes, I know. It's the same all over. The best thing would be to get him into a hospital. But they are all more than full.
Karl-Heinz : Couldn't we at least try, Doctor?
Il medico : Cases worse than his have not been admitted.
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Edmund : Eva, they're cutting the power.
Eva : The power? Why?
Edmund : They discovered someone was stealing it.
Eva : Who?
Karl-Heinz : Someone.
Edmund : Rademaker says it was us.
Karl-Heinz : As usual.
Eva : So that's what he was screaming about.
Karl-Heinz : That black marketer. One day I'll smash his head.
Eva : You're such a big talker, but when it comes to helping us, you do nothing.