Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Klaus Kinski: Don Lope de Aguirre
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Quotes
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Don Lope de Aguirre : That man is a head taller than me. That may change.
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Don Lope de Aguirre : I am the great traitor. There must be no other. Anyone who even thinks about deserting this mission will be cut up into 198 pieces. Those pieces will be stamped on until what is left can be used only to paint walls. Whoever takes one grain of corn or one drop of water... more than his ration, will be locked up for 155 years. If I, Aguirre, want the birds to drop dead from the trees... then the birds will drop dead from the trees. I am the wrath of God. The earth I pass will see me and tremble. But whoever follows me and the river, will win untold riches. But whoever deserts...
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[last lines]
Don Lope de Aguirre : I am the wrath of God. Who else is with me?
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Okello : [Hallucinating] That is no ship. That is no forest.
[Arrow hits him]
Okello : That is no arrow. We just imagine the arrows because we fear them.
Don Lope de Aguirre : These arrows are real!
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Don Lope de Aguirre : Perucho, don't you think the cannon might be a little bit rusty?
Perucho : It might.
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Don Lope de Aguirre : When we reach the sea, we will build a bigger ship, and sail north to take Trinidad from the Spanish crown. From there we'll sail on and take Mexico from Cortés. What great treachery that will be! Then all of New Spain will be ours, and we'll produce history as others produce plays. I, the Wrath of God, will marry my own daughter and with her I will found the purest dynasty the world has ever seen. Together, we shall rule this entire continent. We shall endure. I am the Wrath of God! Who else is with me?
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Don Fernando de Guzman : All the land to our left and all the land to our right now belongs to us. I solemnly and formally take possession of all this land. Our country is already six times larger than Spain, and every day we drift makes it bigger.
Don Lope de Aguirre : Have you seen any solid ground that would support your weight?
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Don Lope de Aguirre : Look what I've found for you. This animal sleeps its whole life away. It's never really awake.
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Don Lope de Aguirre : Let's sever our ties with Spain; crown Don Fernando Emperor of El Dorado.
Don Fernando de Guzman : Do you call this a throne?
Don Lope de Aguirre : What is a throne but a plank covered with velvet, Your Majesty?
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Brother Gaspar de Carvajal : Things are not turning out as we expected. We see nothing but hunger and death. We lose men, but, never see the enemy. Until now, El Dorado has only been an illusion.
Don Lope de Aguirre : The conquest of Mexico was no illusion. If we turn back now, others will come, and they'll succeed. And we'll remain nobodies. Even if this land is only trees and water we'll conquer it.
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Don Pedro de Ursua : We must try to help the poor devils.
Don Lope de Aguirre : You're mad. We won't help them.
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Don Lope de Aguirre : Fortune smiles on the brave and spits on the coward.
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Don Lope de Aguirre : Steer nearer to the shore. Load your muskets. I can't see anyone. Be alert, men. It could be an ambush. Strip the negro.
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Don Lope de Aguirre : My men measure riches in gold. But it's more. It's power and fame.
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Brother Gaspar de Carvajal : [shot with an arrow] This arrow cannot hurt me.
[touches blood drawn by the arrow]
Brother Gaspar de Carvajal : This is not rain.
Don Lope de Aguirre : Don't forget to pray, otherwise God - could come to a bad end.
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Gonzalo Pizarro : Things are looking up.
Don Lope de Aguirre : Now it's downhill.
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Don Lope de Aguirre : While Ursua lives you will never be safe.
Don Fernando de Guzman : What can I do about it?
Don Lope de Aguirre : Kill him!
Don Fernando de Guzman : While I'm Emperor, law will prevail. No killings without a trial.
Don Lope de Aguirre : Try him - and then kill him.
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Don Lope de Aguirre : [encountering an Amazon native on a canoe] What did he say?
Balthasar : He says he's a jaguar. He knows from his ancestors that one day the sons of the sun would arrive from afar, through great perils. The strangers would come with thunder made with tubes. They've awaited the sons of the sun for a long time for this river God never finished His Creation.