Westfront 1918 (1930)
Gustav Diessl: Karl
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Quotes
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Karl : [arrives home from the front and is shocked to find his wife in bed with another man] Well, well. Well, you can just go on kissing. Well? Why are you not kissing? I said go on kissing! Take the blanket off. Take it off!
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Karl's Mutter - Karl's Mother : You've been away from home too long.
Karl : Eighteen months and nine days to be exact.
Karl's Mutter - Karl's Mother : You can't leave women alone like that. You just can't.
Karl : Is that my fault?
Karl's Mutter - Karl's Mother : Is it anyone's fault?
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Karl : It's not you. It's everything! It's everyone! We are all - guilty.
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Der Student : Are you running off?
Karl : I got home leave!
Der Student : You lucky dog! At the Brussels station you can buy heaps of sausage! And bacon and eggs!
Karl : And schnapps! I'll buy it all! Their jaws will drop back home! And my wife is still a sweet young thing. Finally someone to cuddle with again!
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Karl's Frau - Karl's Wife : You're happy to go.
Karl : Ya! Just can't wait to get back to the trenches.
Karl's Frau - Karl's Wife : Three more minutes.
Karl : To see the student and all my other comrades. Funny, huh? But that's how it is when you've lain in the muck together for so long.