The Shop on Main Street (1965)

Jozef Kroner: Tono Brtko

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Quotes 

• Antonin Brtko : I'm your Aryan and you're my Jewess . . . understand?

• Antonin Brtko : What can I do? What? I'm nobody. A zero.

• Markus Kolkocký : Have you heard of a cock that didn't crow at dawn?

  Antonin Brtko : No.

  Markus Kolkocký : That goes for us too, my friend!

• Markus Kolkocký : I'll have him arrested. Him and all the Jew-lovers!

  Antonin Brtko : A Jew-lover?

  Markus Kolkocký : A dirty Jew-lover, your Mr. Kuchár. We know all about him. We're keeping an eye on him. I'm warning you, stay away from him! A Jew-lover is worse than a regular Jew. He isn't one of them, but he's on their side.

  Antonin Brtko : Interesting.

  Markus Kolkocký : Interesting? You bloody fool. Dangerous! Remember that. They're dangerous, remember that!

• Imro Kuchar : Why are you running away? Afraid of your own brother-in-law?

  Antonin Brtko : He can go to hell!

  Imro Kuchar : Well, he may go soon. Our little Führer's gotten fat! It's all that fancy food and wine they get. He has the face of a bishop. The local god.

  Antonin Brtko : To me he's the same, a good-for-nothing scrounger, Mr. Commander!

• Antonin Brtko : To hell with Markus.

  Eliasová : Would it hurt to greet them? Would your tongue fall out?

  Antonin Brtko : I'm not a parrot.

  Eliasová : Would your arm drop off if you saluted them?

  Antonin Brtko : At your service, madam!

• Antonin Brtko : I dreamt of a white butterfly. It was completely white.

  Eliasová : A white butterfly, a white flag. Love thy neighbor. I've put out your white handkerchief.

• Antonin Brtko : Mrs. Lautmann, let me explain. You're Jewish, aren't you? Well, I'm an Aryan. Jewish shops are finished. That's the law. There are only Aryan shops now. It's called "Aryanisation." Understand?

  Rozalia Lautmannová : No, I don't.

  Antonin Brtko : You don't. Here it is in black and white. I'm your Aryan and you are my Jewess. Understand?

  Rozalia Lautmannová : You've got a sense of humor, young man! Are you a bailiff?

  Antonin Brtko : No, I'm your Aryan controller.

• Antonin Brtko : Jesus, Mrs. Lautmann.