Before the Fall (2004)

Tom Schilling: Albrecht Stein

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• Albrecht Stein : [reading from his essay]  "As childish as it sounds, the winter time and the sight of freshly fallen snow always fill us with inexplicable joy. Perhaps because as children, we associated it with Christmas. I always imagine myself the hero who killed dragons, rescued virgins, and freed the world from evil. As we went out yesterday to find the prisoners, I felt like that little boy who wanted to save the world."

  Vogler : Albrecht, stop.

  Albrecht Stein : But as we returned, I understood that I am part of the evil that I wanted to save us from.

  Vogler : Albrecht, stop.

  Albrecht Stein : Shooting prisoners is wrong. They were not armed, as Governor Stein told us, to incite us. We didn't shoot men, only children.

  Vogler : Out!

• Christoph Schneider : Pull yourself together!

  Albrecht Stein : Pull myself together? Do you know what we just did? You shouldn't have shot! You shouldn't have shot!

  Tjaden : I didn't give the order. Your father said they had guns!

  Albrecht Stein : Why are you looking at me like that?

  Friedrich Weimer : I'm not looking at you.

  Albrecht Stein : I know what you're thinking. Don't look at me like that!