36 Hours (1964)

John Banner: Ernst

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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] 

• 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!

• 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!

• 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.