Die Post geht ab (1962)

Gunnar Möller: Franz

Quotes 

• Policeman : [translated into English]  You have made it punishable by breaking and entering, and disturbing the peace with JAZZ instruments.

  Franz : [translated into English, mimicking his voice sarcastically]  Since when is JAZZ punishable?

• Anja Stolze : [rushes over to where the slightly injured Mr. Ratsam is being treated]  What's going on here?

  Franz : [seeing Anja for the first time]  One of our passengers hurt his shoe-soles, and these two "bush-shirt mokes" helped him.

  Anja Stolze : [peeved]  Those "bush-shirt mokes" are my parents!

  Franz : Poor child. Uh, I meant to say, "handsome father, pretty daughter" -- wise old German saying.

  Anja Stolze : [sarcastically]  You can keep your old sayings.

• Anja Stolze : [in a lake, Franz swims out to where Anja, in a bikini, is lying alone in a canoe]  Occupied!

  Franz : [breezily]  What a nice coincidence. How's it going?

  Anja Stolze : [annoyed]  Without you, it was going better.

  Franz : [flirting]  Don't say that so lightly. After all, you don't even know me.

  Anja Stolze : [snaps]  Maybe I don't even want to get to know you.

  Franz : [knocks on wood, on the canoe]  That would be a shame. May I enter?

  Anja Stolze : Better stay outside.

  Franz : But I can't swim back, I'm shipwrecked.

  Anja Stolze : I don't believe a word of it.

  Franz : [climbs into her canoe, then he lies down like he is exhausted from swimming]  According to international maritime law, you have to take me on board now. I am at the end of my potency.

  Anja Stolze : [retorting to his double entendre]  Hopefully, that's the truth.

• Franz : [As 9 of them wait on the street corner, a beautiful new bus drives by, and they get real excited; but it is not their bus. Then their rusty rattletrap of a bus shows up, and Franz quips]  It's the latest model of "Scrap-metal and company."

• Franz : So tell me at last, what did you actually inherit?

  Willy : A minibus.

  Franz : That's great. Then we can finally drive together on vacation.

  Willy : On one condition: no women.

  Franz : I'll go along with that.

• Franz : [at the very beginning of the movie, he and 4 musicians are walking along the sidewalk, accompanying Willy on his way to Probate Court]  Say, Willy, what was your uncle anyway?

  Willy : A transport entrepreneur.

  Franz : And so he left you a few million?

  Willy : [high strung]  Fellas, don't make me nervous. So long, till tonight.

  [quickly waves good-bye, and hurries into the building.] 

  Franz : [to the 4 musicians, quips]  No sooner does he inherit something, he gets cheeky.

• Anja Stolze : [wearing a bikini, in a boat, in the lake]  I can't endure this life any longer. My father tells me what to do every minute.

  Franz : [next to her]  Couldn't you go on vacation alone?

  Anja Stolze : Papa of course did not permit that. And until next week, I am still...

  Franz : What are you until next week?

  Anja Stolze : Underage.

  Franz : You don't look like that.

  Anja Stolze : I mean I'm not 21.

  Franz : When do you turn 21?

  Anja Stolze : Next Tuesday at 3:00.

  Franz : [thinks it over, then offers his plan]  Would you let yourself be kidnapped?

  Anja Stolze : [excited]  Yes!

  Franz : Yes?

  Anja Stolze : [changes her mind]  No. How did you get an idea like that?

  Franz : Because it would be a great opportunity to free you from this strict Teutonic predicament. And for us a brilliant opportunity to get to know each other. Like swatting 2 flies with one stroke.

  Anja Stolze : But I am no fly.

  Franz : [teasing]  Right. You are a bee, and a cute one.

  Anja Stolze : [almost smacks him for getting fresh]  Oh!

  Franz : Okay, I take the "bee" part back, too. For me, you're a girl that I liked from the moment I saw you.

  Franz : [starts rowing her back to shore, says about 18 seconds later]  Trust in me. You have no better friend -- hopefully.