The Night Porter (1974)
Amedeo Amodio: Bert
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Quotes
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Bert : If I were rich, I'd hire you to do everything for me. Would you?
Max : Yes, of course.
Bert : You said that because you know I can't.
Max : No.
Bert : You don't really want to - you don't want to wipe anybody's arse.
[Max proceeds to wipe Bert's backside with disinfectant]
Bert : Be careful.
[Max gives Bert a shot]
Bert : You're very good at it. You never hurt.
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Bert : Max, we all want the same thing - to live as peaceful citizens. Each of us has a respectable profession. Even I have some honorable duties. If you had wished, you could have had another career.
Max : Look, Bert. If I choose to live like a...
[directed to Dobson]
Max : Like a church mouse - I have a reason. I have a reason for working at night. It's the light.
[to the others]
Max : I have a sense of shame in the light.
Klaus : We are proud - of having been officers of the finest corps of the Third Reich. And if I were born again, I would do exactly what I did.
Max : [does a Nazi salute] Sieg Heil!
Bert , Klaus , Kurt , Dobson : [instinctively do the same] SIEG HEIL!
[Max breaks out of the salute, and ruefully notes that the others still have their arms outstretched. He walks away, shaking his head]