A Promise (2013)
Alan Rickman: Karl Hoffmeister
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Quotes
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Karl Hoffmeister : [having a suit fitted] Anyone would think it was made for you. I'll lend you a top hat too.
Friedrich Zeitz : Is that really necessary, sir?
Karl Hoffmeister : Indispensable.
Friedrich Zeitz : In that case, thank you.
Karl Hoffmeister : No, I thank you for relieving me of these dreary obligations - a Sunday in the country and then an evening in town listening to some fat woman take forever to die.
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Karl Hoffmeister : Why deny oneself a pleasure while one is still alive?
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Karl Hoffmeister : Frau Hoffmeister is a stickler for punctuality, soup is in the plates at 7:30. I abhore soup.
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Friedrich Zeitz : I have all the time in the world.
Karl Hoffmeister : Well, I haven't.
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Karl Hoffmeister : She wouldn't miss the 10 o'clock service if the world was on fire.
Friedrich Zeitz : Don't you accompany her?
Karl Hoffmeister : No time for all that humbug. But if you enjoy church don't let me stop you.
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Lotte Hoffmeister : So eventually I asked the riding master for a quieter horse. And he says to me: Madam, a horse is like a mirror. It reflects everything you fear or dare to do, so if your horse refuses a fence it is you who are not ready for it.
Karl Hoffmeister : It sounds like that Viennese doctor that claims he can read your thoughts by listening to your dreams. What's his name again?
Lotte Hoffmeister : As if you didn't know.
[to Friedrich]
Lotte Hoffmeister : And my husband loves to play the village idiot.
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Karl Hoffmeister : I felt such pain. I could see that you loved him more than you ever loved me. He took possession of you and dispossessed me.