Germany, Year Zero Quotes

Germany, Year Zero is a television program that was first aired in 1970 . Germany, Year Zero completed its run in 1970.

It features Salvo D'Angelo as producer, Renzo Rossellini (composer) in charge of musical score, and Robert Juillard as head of cinematography.

Germany, Year Zero is recorded in German language and originally aired in Italy. Each episode of Germany, Year Zero is 78 minutes long. Germany, Year Zero is distributed by G.D.B. Film.

The cast includes: Edmund Moeschke as Edmund, Ingetraud Hinze as Eva, and Franz-Otto Krüger as Karl-Heinz.

Germany, Year Zero Quotes

Edmund Moeschke as Edmund

• (Edmund Moeschke) "Where are we? I don't know this area."
• (Unnamed) "Well, you look out for yourself."
• (Edmund Moeschke) "I live in Alex. How do I get back at this hour?"
• (Unnamed) "You don't have to go back home."
• (Edmund Moeschke) "Where am I supposed to sleep? I don't know anybody here."
• (Unnamed) "It's up to you. Everything around here's empty."
• (Edmund Moeschke) "By myself?"
• (Unnamed) "With her. Why not? She's your type."

• (Edmund Moeschke) "Is he your brother?"
• (Unnamed) "Who? Jo? No."
• (Edmund Moeschke) "You're always together."
• (Unnamed) "So? What about it?"
• (Edmund Moeschke) "Wherever he goes, you're right behind."
• (Unnamed) "And that makes him my brother?"

• (Unnamed) "Tell me the truth. What did you do with the money?"
• (Edmund Moeschke) "What money?"
• (Unnamed) "The money for the scale. Did you give it to your father?"
• (Edmund Moeschke) "I swear that's not true."
• (Unnamed) "You're not going to cheat me, boy. I know you'll do anything for money. You got into my house --"
• (Edmund Moeschke) "The housing superintendent sent us here."
• (Unnamed) "Yes, and I have to put up with it. Your father is a pain, always complaining. Why doesn't he die and give us some peace?"

• (Unnamed) "What do they teach you in school now? Democracy?"
• (Edmund Moeschke) "I don't go to school anymore."
• (Unnamed) "Why not? You don't like the new teachers?"
• (Edmund Moeschke) "I have to work now."
• (Unnamed) "Work? Why?"
• (Edmund Moeschke) "There are four of us at home, and we only have three food cards."
• (Unnamed) "Poor Edmund. Why doesn't your brother have a card?"
• (Edmund Moeschke) "He never registered. He fought in the streets until the Allied troops arrived."

• (Edmund Moeschke) "It wasn't my fault. I was with other boys."
• (Unnamed) "Enough. I don't want to hear any lies."
• (Ingetraud Hinze) "He didn't mean any harm, Papa. He wanted to get something to eat."
• (Unnamed) "I'll do without."
• (Franz-Otto Krüger) "Me, too. I'd rather die of hunger."
• (Ingetraud Hinze) "Easy for you to say."
• (Unnamed) "I can't stand it anymore, here in this bed."

• (Unnamed) "Weren't you one of my students?"
• (Edmund Moeschke) "Yes, Mr. Enning."
• (Unnamed) "My memory's good. What's your name?"
• (Edmund Moeschke) "Edmund Koeler."
• (Unnamed) "Edmund Koeler. First desk on the left. You've grown up. How is your father?"
• (Edmund Moeschke) "My father is sick, very sick."
• (Unnamed) "Didn't you have a brother in the Wermacht?"
• (Edmund Moeschke) "Yes, Karl-Heinz. He was in the military, but he's home now."
• (Unnamed) "Then he must be out of work, like me."
• (Edmund Moeschke) "You're not teaching anymore?"
• (Unnamed) "I didn't share the ideas of the people in power about teaching children."

Ingetraud Hinze as Eva

• (Ingetraud Hinze) "You're so selfish. You don't care about getting food. You only care about eating it."
• (Franz-Otto Krüger) "Didn't I tell you to send Edmund to work?"
• (Ingetraud Hinze) "You don't do anything. You just hide, and yet you want to eat and drink. You don't ask where I go every night. All that matters is that I come back with a couple of cigarettes for you."
• (Franz-Otto Krüger) "Did I smoke them?"
• (Ingetraud Hinze) "No, but you know that cigarettes are like money."
• (Franz-Otto Krüger) "Should I thank you for that? Nowadays everybody does it."
• (Ingetraud Hinze) "They do worse things, too."
• (Franz-Otto Krüger) "You see?"
• (Ingetraud Hinze) "Then tell me to sell myself."

• (Ingetraud Hinze) "Did you get the Number 2 Card?"
• (Edmund Moeschke) "No, they kicked me out because I'm not fifteen yet."
• (Unnamed) "I knew that would happen. Still, I'm glad you're not going anywhere. That's too much work for a boy your age."
• (Edmund Moeschke) "But it would have meant more to eat. For Karl-Heinz, too."
• (Unnamed) "Did you hear that, Karl-Heinz? You know that poor Edmund, at his age, can't support all of us. He's still a child. But you, what do you do? You keep hiding. You didn't even register for a food card."

• (Unnamed) "His heart is very weak. His whole condition is bad."
• (Ingetraud Hinze) "What can we do?"
• (Unnamed) "He needs nutritrious foods, vitamins."
• (Ingetraud Hinze) "How can we do that, Doctor?"
• (Edmund Moeschke) "With the cards we have, we can't get more"
• (Unnamed) "Yes, I know. It's the same all over. The best thing would be to get him into a hospital. But they are all more than full."
• (Franz-Otto Krüger) "Couldn't we at least try, Doctor?"
• (Unnamed) "Cases worse than his have not been admitted."

Franz-Otto Krüger as Karl-Heinz

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