Wait! You can't discharge me. I am my own master for the first time in my life. You can't...
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Otto Kringelein:
Mr. Preysing, I am not taking orders from you here. Preysing:
What is this insolence? Please go away. Otto Kringelein:
You think you have free license to be insulting? Believe me, you have not. You think you're superior, but you're quite an ordinary man. Even if you did marry money, and people like me have got to slave for you for 320 marks a month! Preysing:
Will you go away, please! You are annoying! Flaemmchen:
Mr. Preysing, please! Otto Kringelein:
You don't like to see me enjoying myself. When a man's working himself to death, that's what he's paid for. You don't care if a man can live on his wages or not. Preysing:
You have a very regular scale of wages, and there's the sick fund for you. Otto Kringelein:
[sarcastically]
Oh, what a scale, and what a fund. When I was sick for four weeks, you wrote me a letter, telling me I'd be discharged if I was sick any longer. Did you write me that letter, or did you not? Preysing:
I have no idea of the letters that I write, Mr. Kringelein. I know that you're here in the Grand Hotel, living like a lord. You are probably an embezzler. Otto Kringelein:
[shocked]
An embezzler? Preysing:
Yes, an embezzler! Otto Kringelein:
You will take that back, right here in the presence of this young lady! Who do you think you're talking to? You think I'm dirt? Well, if I'm dirt, you're a lot dirtier, Mr. Industrial Magnate Preysing! Preysing:
You're discharged! Get out! Flaemmchen:
You can't do that to him... Preysing:
Oh, I don't know the man. I don't know what he wants. I never saw him before. Otto Kringelein:
I know you! I've kept your books for you and I know all about you! If one of your employees was half as stupid in a small way as You are in a big way... Preysing:
[lunges for Kringelein]
What do you mean [tries to strangle him. When several people try to break them up, he finally lets go] Preysing:
You're discharged! You're discharged, you hear? Otto Kringelein:
Wait! You can't discharge me. I am my own master for the first time in my life. You can't discharge me. I'm sick. I'm going to die, you understand? I'm going to die, and nobady can do anything to me anymore. Nothing can happen to me anymore. Before I can be discharged, I'll be dead! [laughs proudly]
Mr. Preysing, I am not taking orders from you here. Preysing:
What is this insolence? Please go away. Otto Kringelein:
You think you have free license to be insulting? Believe me, you have not. You think you're superior, but you're quite an ordinary man. Even if you did marry money, and people like me have got to slave for you for 320 marks a month! Preysing:
Will you go away, please! You are annoying! Flaemmchen:
Mr. Preysing, please! Otto Kringelein:
You don't like to see me enjoying myself. When a man's working himself to death, that's what he's paid for. You don't care if a man can live on his wages or not. Preysing:
You have a very regular scale of wages, and there's the sick fund for you. Otto Kringelein:
[sarcastically]
Oh, what a scale, and what a fund. When I was sick for four weeks, you wrote me a letter, telling me I'd be discharged if I was sick any longer. Did you write me that letter, or did you not? Preysing:
I have no idea of the letters that I write, Mr. Kringelein. I know that you're here in the Grand Hotel, living like a lord. You are probably an embezzler. Otto Kringelein:
[shocked]
An embezzler? Preysing:
Yes, an embezzler! Otto Kringelein:
You will take that back, right here in the presence of this young lady! Who do you think you're talking to? You think I'm dirt? Well, if I'm dirt, you're a lot dirtier, Mr. Industrial Magnate Preysing! Preysing:
You're discharged! Get out! Flaemmchen:
You can't do that to him... Preysing:
Oh, I don't know the man. I don't know what he wants. I never saw him before. Otto Kringelein:
I know you! I've kept your books for you and I know all about you! If one of your employees was half as stupid in a small way as You are in a big way... Preysing:
[lunges for Kringelein]
What do you mean [tries to strangle him. When several people try to break them up, he finally lets go] Preysing:
You're discharged! You're discharged, you hear? Otto Kringelein:
Wait! You can't discharge me. I am my own master for the first time in my life. You can't discharge me. I'm sick. I'm going to die, you understand? I'm going to die, and nobady can do anything to me anymore. Nothing can happen to me anymore. Before I can be discharged, I'll be dead! [laughs proudly]
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Mr Preysing I am not taking orders from you here
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What is this insolence Please go away
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You think you have free license to be insulting
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Believe me you have not
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You think you're superior but you're quite an ordinary man
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even if you did marry money
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and people like me have got to slave for you
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for 320 marks a month
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Go away please You are annoying You don't like to see me enjoying myself
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When a man's working himself to death that's what he's paid for
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You don't care if a man can live on his wages or not
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You have a very regular scale of wages and there's the sick fund for you
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What a scale and what a fund
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When I was sick for four weeks
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you wrote me a letter telling me I'd be discharged
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Movie Summary
A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.
Actors
Otto Kringelein
Flaemmchen
