A Promise (2013) Poster

(2013)

Alan Rickman: Karl Hoffmeister

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  • Karl Hoffmeister : [having a suit fitted]  Anyone would think it was made for you. I'll lend you a top hat too.

    Friedrich Zeitz : Is that really necessary, sir?

    Karl Hoffmeister : Indispensable.

    Friedrich Zeitz : In that case, thank you.

    Karl Hoffmeister : No, I thank you for relieving me of these dreary obligations - a Sunday in the country and then an evening in town listening to some fat woman take forever to die.

  • Karl Hoffmeister : Why deny oneself a pleasure while one is still alive?

  • Karl Hoffmeister : Frau Hoffmeister is a stickler for punctuality, soup is in the plates at 7:30. I abhore soup.

  • Friedrich Zeitz : I have all the time in the world.

    Karl Hoffmeister : Well, I haven't.

  • Karl Hoffmeister : She wouldn't miss the 10 o'clock service if the world was on fire.

    Friedrich Zeitz : Don't you accompany her?

    Karl Hoffmeister : No time for all that humbug. But if you enjoy church don't let me stop you.

  • Lotte Hoffmeister : So eventually I asked the riding master for a quieter horse. And he says to me: Madam, a horse is like a mirror. It reflects everything you fear or dare to do, so if your horse refuses a fence it is you who are not ready for it.

    Karl Hoffmeister : It sounds like that Viennese doctor that claims he can read your thoughts by listening to your dreams. What's his name again?

    Lotte Hoffmeister : As if you didn't know.

    [to Friedrich] 

    Lotte Hoffmeister : And my husband loves to play the village idiot.

  • Karl Hoffmeister : I felt such pain. I could see that you loved him more than you ever loved me. He took possession of you and dispossessed me.

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