Downfall (2004)
Christian Berkel: Prof. Ernst-Günther Schenck
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Quotes
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Walter Hewel : Why do you want to live on?
Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck : And you? Why do you absolutely want to die?
Walter Hewel : You see this?
[shows him a cyanide cap]
Walter Hewel : The Führer personally gave it to me!
Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck : [bitter] As last honor?
Walter Hewel : ...maybe.
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Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck : [as the SS and Wehrmacht offices are leaving Berlin] I won't allow my staff to be evacuated!
SS-Obergruppenführer Tellermann : Is that so?
Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck : The food supply to Berlin will collapse!
SS-Obergruppenführer Tellermann : A good soldier will always find something to eat.
Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck : Yes. And when the fighting starts, who will he take food from? Civilians! I won't allow it!
SS-Obergruppenführer Tellermann : It's the Führer's Orders!
Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck : As Department Head, I answer to the SS and Reichsführer Himmler. But as a doctor, I answer to the Wehrmacht and we are still here. Please keep that in mind.
SS-Obergruppenführer Tellermann : [to aides] The Professor can stay in Berlin. Please give him an authorized permit!