36 Hours (1964)
John Banner: Ernst
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Quotes
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Maj. Jefferson F. Pike : Are you really an army sergeant?
Sgt. Ernst : Regular army - no. I am too old, too fat! Home guard. We are patrolling the border so then the young, strong, and handsome men can go to Russia and freeze to death. Wonderful system, huh?
[Laughs]
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Sgt. Ernst : [to Pike and Anna] Now I take you to my house, and I give you something that smells like coffee but tastes like hell!
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Sgt. Ernst : [Taking to Pike and Anna] Oh, you think I'm not loyal to the Fuhrer? But I am. He's a great man.Whatever he tells me to do, I do. He sends messages to the home guard. He says
[speaking in Hitler's clipped diction]
Sgt. Ernst : ; 'if the enemy puts a foot on German soil - it is your duty to drive them out'. You are the enemy . I can not 'drive you out' - I have no car. So - I make you walk out
[heartily laughs]
Sgt. Ernst : Heil Hitler!
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Sgt. Ernst : [Pike and Anna are asleep in Else's basement, when a torch light shines on their faces and wakes them. Standing there - in an ill-fitting uniform is Ernst]
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Sgt. Ernst : . Though Ernst seems OK, something about him is updating Pike] Something wrong?
Maj. Jefferson F. Pike : [Speaking softly] Well, nothing, it's
[clears his throat]
Maj. Jefferson F. Pike : ... it's just your uniform. Y-you really an army sargent?
Sgt. Ernst : Regular army, no.
[Dejected-sounding]
Sgt. Ernst : I'm to old. Too fat. 'Home guard'.
[Happy-sounding]
Sgt. Ernst : We are patrolling the borders so that the young, strong, and handsome men can go to Russia and freeze to death.