Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Louis Zorich: Constable

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• Tevye : Thank you, your honor. You are a good man. If I may say so, it's too bad you're not a Jew.

  Constable : [laughs]  That's what I like about you, Tevye. You're always joking.

• Constable : You're an honest, decent person. Even though you are a Jew.

  Tevye : Oh... THANK you, your honor. How often does a man get a compliment like that?

• Constable : [after the Jews of Anatevka declare they would fight for their homeland]  Against our militia, our army? I wouldn't advise that!

  Tevye : I have some advice for you. Get off my land. This is still my home, my land. Get off my land.

  Constable : [Snatches the eviction notice out of Tevye's hands and rides off]  You have three days!

• [the constable enters Anatevka] 

  Tevye : Welcome, your honour, what's the good news in the world?

  Constable : I see you have company.

  Tevye : [looks at them nervously]  They are my friends.

  Constable : It's just as well. What I have to say is for their ears also. How much time do you need to sell your house and household goods?

  Tevye : Why should I sell my house? Is it in anybody's way?

  Constable : I came to tell you that you have to leave Anatevka.

  Tevye : How did I come to deserve such an honour?

  Constable : Not just you of course, but all of you!

• Constable : Orders are orders. You understand.

• Tevye : But this corner of the world has always been our home. Why should we leave?

  Constable : I don't know why. There's trouble in the world, troublemakers.

  Tevye : Like us?

  Constable : You aren't the only ones. Your people must leave all the villages - Zolodin, Rabalevka. The entire district must be emptied! I have an order here! It says that you must sell your homes and be out of here in three days.

  Tevye : [angered by the eviction]  And you... you who have known us all your life, you carry out this order?

  Constable : I've nothing to do with it! Don't you understand? I wish you wouldn't say me!

  Tevye : [quietly]  I understand.

• Russian Official : Do you like these troublemakers? These Christ-killers?

  Constable : Of course not! I just meant that things have been peaceful here.

  Russian Official : I have other villages to visit. If you don't want to follow orders, we shall get someone else who will.

  Constable : Oh no, no, no, no sir! I'll take care of it, of course!