You know, there's one thing about Americans. We're not cut out to be occupiers. We're new...
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Col. Tad Lawson:
You know, there's one thing about Americans. We're not cut out to be occupiers. We're new at it. We're not very good at it. We - we - we come over here, and what do we see? We see this beautiful country. It is beautiful. It's very beautiful. We see the culture that goes back for hundreds of years. We see its 'gemutlich' charm and the charm of people like Mrs. Bertholt. We've got a built-in inferiority complex. We forgive and forget easy. We give the other guy the benefit of the doubt. That's the American way.
[chuckles]
Col. Tad Lawson:
We beat the greatest war machine since Alexander the Great. And now the boy scouts take over.
Judge Curtiss Ives:
The trouble with you, Colonel, is you'd like to indict the whole country. That might be emotionally satisfying to you, but it wouldn't be exactly practical, and hardly fair.
Col. Tad Lawson:
Hardly fair?
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You know there's one thing about Americans
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We're not cut out to be occupiers
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We're new at it and we're not very good at it
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We come over here and what do we see
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We see this beautiful country
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It is beautiful It's very beautiful
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We see the culture that goes back for hundreds of years
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We see its gem tlich charm
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and the charm of people like uh Mrs Bertholt
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We got a built in inferiority complex
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We forgive and forget easy
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We give the other guy the benefit of the doubt that's the American way
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We beat the greatest war machine since Alexander the Great
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and now the boy scouts take over
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The trouble with you Colonel is you'd like to indict the whole country
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That might be emotionally satisfying to you
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but it wouldn't be exactly practical and hardly fair
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Hardly fair
Clip duration: 71 seconds
Views: 245
Timestamp in movie: 01h 13m 03s
Uploaded: 01 December, 2022
Genres: drama, war
Summary: In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
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00:10 Why didn't you
00:07 It is not good for Germans to turn on one another
00:32 Wendell Wilkie
00:19 Did you hear what's in the paper Exactly what Hitler...
00:13 I didn't know she was coming
00:22 You see I have a mission with the Americans as Mr Perkins...
00:19 I wonder if you could speak a little louder please
00:12 But maybe you were thinking it It's natural to think...
00:19 I had to lay there
00:23 What did your father do
00:13 Herr Rolfe will make the opening statement for the defense
00:36 There was a fever over the land
00:16 One thing about Americans
00:07 The Bolsheviks sentence you
00:12 My Country
00:36 The reason I asked you to come
00:27 Is a tragic figure
00:34 It is my duty to defend Ernst Janning
00:36 I'll make you a wager
00:35 You may proceed