Stroszek (1977)

Bruno S.: Der Bruno Stroszek

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• Der Bruno Stroszek : We're in America now. I thought that in America everything would get better and that we would finally reach our goal. But no. Bruno is being chopped off as if he'd never existed. You wouldn't recognize me any more.

  Eva : Bruno, nobody kicks you here.

  Der Bruno Stroszek : No, not in that way. Not visibly. But they do it mentally.

• Eva : Well, taking a boat to New York and Florida... Isn't there a park there? What's it called? Where the bears run around free?

  Der Bruno Stroszek : That's the Grizzlies.

• Der Bruno Stroszek : Right when a person is writhing in pain, it hurts so bad. And that pain is a spiritiual pain, it's deep inside.

• Der Bruno Stroszek : Stroszek! First name, Bruno. Five foot six. Eye color, brown. Oval.

• Eva : Where have you been, Bruno?

  Der Bruno Stroszek : I was on holiday.

• Der Bruno Stroszek : I'm starting a new life today.

• Der Bruno Stroszek : I imagined that things would be different in America. I thought I'd get rich quick through my work.

  Eva : Stop it, Bruno. I'm really fed up with this subject. As I've said before, everyone can make money in America. It's no problem at all. I'll manage, you'll see.

• Der Bruno Stroszek : Who knows what fate has in store for you?

  Eva : What? I didn't understand that.

  Der Bruno Stroszek : Yes, that's right. Who knows what fate has in store fo you?

• Der Bruno Stroszek : The prison doors are open. We're no longer in Germany. Over here, you have to be careful.

• Der Bruno Stroszek : When people are despised - I mean when they're grown-up and they long for love and they're banished from the bedroom. He's not supposed to sleep with you any more.

  Eva : Yes, but look...

  Der Bruno Stroszek : He has to sleep in a separate room - like somebody in a cage.

  Eva : Bruno, listen to me. Look, I need to be alone once in a while.

• Der Bruno Stroszek : Bruno was so stupid, stupid, stupid to have done this in the first place, to have come to America, where my whole world is collapsing again. I might as well have stayed where I came from. No. No. No. I'm really pessimistic about all this.