Lola (1981)

Karin Baal: Lola's Mother

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Quotes 

• Von Bohm : Do you come from East Prussia, if I may ask?

  Lola's Mother : How did you know that?

  Von Bohm : I probably should have told you when we first met: I have two secret weaknesses that will come to light sooner or later: People from East Prussia and tea from West Frisia.

• Lola : Marie, what will become of you? Your Grandma's a cleaning lady and a spy, your mother's a leprous whore, and your father is a bastard with a zest for life.

  Little Marie : What's a whore?

  Lola's Mother : Marie-Louise!

  Lola : A whore is something for sale, like that Ming thing there. Except you can touch them, and they're not so rare.

• Lola : Hello.

  Lola : What are you doing here?

  Lola's Mother : He lives here. He's a Negro.

  Lola : I can see that.

• Lola's Mother : [a TV delivery man is installing a new TV]  Did you order this?

  Von Bohm : Yes. It's time we had a television.

  Von Bohm : Look! A broadcast!

  [actually, there's only a test pattern on the screen] 

  TV delivery man : That's not a broadcast. That's just the test pattern. The broadcast doesn't start until 8:00.

  Von Bohm : The broadcast doesn't start until 8:00... and what kind of broadcast is that?

  [pointing at the test pattern on the TV screen] 

  TV delivery man : I just told you. It's not a broadcast. It's a test pattern. And I don't know what's on tonight.

  Von Bohm : Isn't that amazing? That's just a test pattern, but at 8:00 there's a broadcast, and then you find out what's on. What's that for?

  [pointing to the side of the TV] 

  TV delivery man : You can forget that for now. That's only if there's a second channel. But for right now there's only one. That would be for others. You could choose the one you liked best. In theory, like I said.

  Von Bohm : What do you think of that? There might even be a second channel soon.