Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

Peter van Eyck: Lt. Schwegler

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• Lt. Schwegler : [checking his guidebook entry about the hotel]  You have a native cook by the name of Berek.

  Farid : [nervous]  Terek, sir. Terek. Yes, sir. But he ran away this morning. With the British to Alexandria.

  Lt. Schwegler : [checking the guidebook]  You have a wife.

  Farid : Oh, yes, sir. Yes. But *she* run away. Yes, sir.

  Lt. Schwegler : With the British to Alexandria?

  Farid : [sadly]  No, sir. With a Greek to Casablanca.

• Lt. Schwegler : [to Mouche]  Stupid. Never ask a big man for a small favor.

• Lt. Schwegler : We've been killing the English like flies! Later, we'll kill the flies like the English.

• Lt. Schwegler : Our complaints are brief. We make them against the nearest wall.

• Mouche : I'm not afraid of generals...

  Lt. Schwegler : You're not?

  Mouche : ...it's lieutenants I'm afraid of.