To Be or Not to Be (1983)
Charles Durning: Col. Erhardt
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Quotes
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[of Bronski's performance]
Colonel Erhardt : What he did to Hamlet, we are now doing to Poland.
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Colonel Erhardt : Mrs. Bronski, Mrs. Bronski, Mrs. Bronski.
Anna Bronski : We're all here.
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Colonel Erhardt : [referring to Capt. Schultz] I've always suspected zumzing wrong vit a man who does not drink or shmoke...
Frederick Bronski : You mean like our FUHRER?
Colonel Erhardt : Yes... NO!
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Colonel Erhardt : Cigar? Cigarette? Chocolate-covered nugats?
Frederick Bronski : Chocolate-covered what?
Colonel Erhardt : Nugats!
[Squishing one in his fingers]
Frederick Bronski : No. Thank you.
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Colonel Earhardt : Vat do you mean you haven't got proof? Dat is no excuse! Arrezt zem! Vat? Vere? Vy? VEN? From now on, ven in doubt, arrezt zem! Arrezt zem! Arrezt zem! Arrezt zem! Zen shoot zem and interrogate zem! Oh, you are right, just shoot zem!
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[Frederick, disguised as Hitler, bursts in on Erhardt trying to assault Anna]
Colonel Erhardt : [weakly] Heil Hit... Hit... Hit...
Anna Bronski : Hitler.
Colonel Erhardt : Hitler.
Frederick Bronski : Heil.
Anna Bronski : I tried to tell him somebody big was coming.
Colonel Erhardt : Big! But...
Frederick Bronski : Come schatze, ve're late.
[Anna exits, but Frederick turns back to Erhardt]
Frederick Bronski : Vat's your name?
Colonel Erhardt : Colonel Er... Er... Er...
[sticking her head back in]
Anna Bronski : Erhardt.
Colonel Erhardt : Thank you.
Frederick Bronski : Erhardt? Erhardt? Aren't you the one who makes that joke about my becoming... A PICKLE?
[He leaves, slamming the door. Erhardt moans]
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Capt. Schultz, of Erhardt's Staff : [SPOILER] Colonel, Professor Siletski's on the phone!
Colonel Erhardt : Professor Siletski? You didn't tell him he was dead?
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Colonel Erhardt : [Referring to Bronski in the next room] Relax, Schultz! Zis iz ze intellectual approach...
Capt. Schultz, of Erhardt's Staff : And what if he's not an intellectual?
Colonel Erhardt : [referring to the two SS officers nearby] Zen zey'll break every bone in his body!