The Grand Illusion (1937)
Gaston Modot: L'ingénieur
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Quotes
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L'ingénieur : I hate the way German bulletins exaggerate.
Lieutenant Maréchal : And our papers don't? Remember "the Russian steamroller"?
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Lieutenant Rosenthal : Gentlemen, dinner is served. What shall we begin with? Cold chicken, pâté de foie, mackerel in wine?
Capt. de Boeldieu : Quite a menu!
Lieutenant Maréchal : Don't they feed us?
L'ingénieur : They do in theory. In fact it's uneatable. Fortunately there are our parcels, especially Rosenthal's.
Lieutenant Rosenthal : Please. Drop of cognac as an aperitif?
Capt. de Boeldieu : Why not?
Cartier - l'acteur : I have never eaten so well in my life! Some fish?
Lieutenant Maréchal : Yes, please.
Cartier - l'acteur : I'm starting to take Rosenthal's kindness for granted. It shows man is a creature of habit.
L'instituteur : No need to tell you he's a teacher. Teach, preach, screech, leech.
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L'ingénieur : We're digging a tunnel.
Lieutenant Maréchal : What for?
L'ingénieur : To escape.
Lieutenant Maréchal : What do you dig with?
L'ingénieur : With a coal shovel, old cans. We should come up in a garden behind those buildings. It's open country.
Lieutenant Maréchal : Slow work.
L'ingénieur : We've been at it for two months. We only need a few more weeks.
Lieutenant Maréchal : The war'll be over first!
L'ingénieur : That's an illusion.
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Lieutenant Maréchal : What've you planted here?
L'ingénieur : Dandelions.
Lieutenant Maréchal : I dream of dandelion salad.
Lieutenant Maréchal : The war'll be over before our dandelions sprout.
L'ingénieur : Don't be so sure.
Capt. de Boeldieu : This curious exercise will give us laborer's hands.
