Edge of Darkness (1943)

Francis Pierlot: Tailor

Quotes 

• Gerd Bjarnesen : [Discussing the revolt]  Then it's settled?

  Knut Osterholm : No, not yet. I don't agree with the pastor, but there are doubts in my mind.

  Mortensen - Tailor : You doubt, but my son in Oslo was arrested for cutting wires.

  Knut Osterholm : To the Devil with your son in Oslo!

  Mortensen - Tailor : You're a traitor!

  Knut Osterholm : I'm a farmer. If I lose my farm, there must be a reason for it. The sacrifice of one poor village... what would it accomplish?

  Gerd Bjarnesen : What sacrifice? What are you giving up? Your life? Maybe they'll take that from you whhether you fight or not. Your farm? It isn't yours anyway until you fight for it. Your peace? What peace is there when a body of troops can come in in the middle of the night and arrest you as a hostage to be shot for something you never did or never even thought of? Like my father! To live in constant fear, to have blackings at your door, to talk in whispers, to have guards at your church doors!

  Jensen - Shoemaker : Do you have any more objections?

  Knut Osterholm : All I did was ask a question. A man has a right to ask a question. I'm satisfied with the answer.

• Dr. Martin Stensgard : Sixtus Andressen, you're a man for whom we all have respect. You have taught our children... even some of us. We have found you to be wise. Surely in this matter, your wisdom...

  Mortensen - Tailor : He's fallen asleep.

  Sixtus Andresen : No, no, I was not asleep. I was thinking what to say when you asked me, and I knew that you would ask me. What can I say to you? How can I advise you? I've find now that I've lived more than 70 years, and all I know, I know from books, and in all the books I've read, not one do I remember that gives me an answer. Perhaps I read the wrong books. Forgive me if I've failed you. All this may prove a point.