The Scarlet and the Black (1983 TV Movie)
Christopher Plummer: Col. Herbert Kappler
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Quotes
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Col. Herbert Kappler : You're alone?
Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty : I am.
Col. Herbert Kappler : Not afraid I'll shoot you?
Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty : No. If you were going to kill me, your man would have already done it in my room.
Col. Herbert Kappler : That is so.
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Col. Herbert Kappler : But believe me, at this moment, nothing would give me greater pleasure.
Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty : Well, when it comes down to it, a bullet's your answer to just about everything, isn't it? The only argument you've got.
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Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty : Colonel Kappler! What a surprise.
Col. Herbert Kappler : Not for me, Monsignor. I was looking forward to continuing our talk.
Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty : Were you, now? Well, I would have though we'd covered just about everything there was to say.
Col. Herbert Kappler : Ah... but that was before I had given you my...
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Col. Herbert Kappler : autograph...
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Col. Herbert Kappler : before I'd heard of your reputation for being so amusing.
Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty : You also have quite a reputation.
Col. Herbert Kappler : True, but I am German...
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Col. Herbert Kappler : and know my enemies.
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Col. Herbert Kappler : You're Irish. How strange to feel such concern for the enemies of your country!
Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty : Speaking of your enemies, that's just about the entire civilized world, isn't it?
Col. Herbert Kappler : I was told you had wit. I find you disappointingly obvious.
Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty : Well, forgive me. I just wanted to make sure that you understood my meaning.
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Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty : Colonel, do I get the idea that you're tryin' to put a crimp in my social life?
Col. Herbert Kappler : Damn you and damn your social life, priest!