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C.R. MacNamara: Scarlet!
Scarlet: What's all the excitement?
C.R. MacNamara: Oh nothing... you just scared the hell out of us! You alright?
Scarlet: I'm just, marvy.
C.R. MacNamara: What were you doing in East Berlin?
Scarlet: You mean last night?
C.R. MacNamara: I mean *all* those night?
Scarlet: You see, there's this boy over there. Wow!
C.R. MacNamara: What boy? What have you been up to?
Scarlet: Well, I met him about six weeks ago. I went into East Berlin and there was this parade and they wanted to arrest me.
C.R. MacNamara: Arrest you?
Scarlet: Because I was taking pictures. And then there was this boy -- he was in the parade, he said to the police man I shouldn't be arrested, I should be pitied, because I was a typical bourgeois parasite and the rotten fruit of a corrupt civilization. So naturally, I fell in love with him.
C.R. MacNamara: [nods and smiles sarcastically] Naturally.
Scarlet: [holds up a photograph] Want to see his picture?
C.R. MacNamara: Not particularly.
Scarlet: No, I want your honest opinion.
[MacNamara takes the photograph and looks at it. The picture consists of someone carrying a large picture of Nikita Khrushchev]
Scarlet: Isn't he beautiful?
C.R. MacNamara: [double takes as he tries to understand what he's seeing] You fell in love with Khrushchev!
Scarlet: No silly, the one that's carrying Khruschev. His name's Otto.
[the office door opens and Schlemmer enters. He walks up to MacNamara and clicks his heels]
Schlemmer: I finally got East Berlin on the phone and just like I told you, wrong number.
Scarlet: [to Schlemmer] Hi there.
C.R. MacNamara: [hands Scarlet the photograph] Now you and this Otto, exactly what do you do when you're together?
Scarlet: Oh, all kinds of goodies. I wash his shirts and he broadens my mind. And if it's a warm night, we go lie on the roof and watch the Sputniks go by.
C.R. MacNamara: Is that all?
Scarlet: Well, last night we were blowing up balloons.
C.R. MacNamara: Balloons?
Scarlet: You know...
[Scarlet produces a balloon and begins to inflate it]
Schlemmer: It is a Communist trick. When the wind is right, they float them across to undermine our morale.
[Scarlet finishes inflating the balloon, which MacNamara takes to look at. On the front of the balloon, are three words, which read: "Yankee Go Home"]
C.R. MacNamara: [with shock] Yankee Go Home!
Scarlet: They come in all colors. Green, and yellow, and blue.
C.R. MacNamara: You've been helping this guy to spread anti-American propaganda!
Scarlet: It's not anti-American, it's anti-Yankee. Where I come from, everybody's against the Yankees.
Schlemmer: I have a good mind to change this to "Russki Go Home", and when the wind blows the other way...
C.R. MacNamara: [hands the balloon to Schlemmer] Okay! Okay!
Scarlet: What's all the excitement?
C.R. MacNamara: Oh nothing... you just scared the hell out of us! You alright?
Scarlet: I'm just, marvy.
C.R. MacNamara: What were you doing in East Berlin?
Scarlet: You mean last night?
C.R. MacNamara: I mean *all* those night?
Scarlet: You see, there's this boy over there. Wow!
C.R. MacNamara: What boy? What have you been up to?
Scarlet: Well, I met him about six weeks ago. I went into East Berlin and there was this parade and they wanted to arrest me.
C.R. MacNamara: Arrest you?
Scarlet: Because I was taking pictures. And then there was this boy -- he was in the parade, he said to the police man I shouldn't be arrested, I should be pitied, because I was a typical bourgeois parasite and the rotten fruit of a corrupt civilization. So naturally, I fell in love with him.
C.R. MacNamara: [nods and smiles sarcastically] Naturally.
Scarlet: [holds up a photograph] Want to see his picture?
C.R. MacNamara: Not particularly.
Scarlet: No, I want your honest opinion.
[MacNamara takes the photograph and looks at it. The picture consists of someone carrying a large picture of Nikita Khrushchev]
Scarlet: Isn't he beautiful?
C.R. MacNamara: [double takes as he tries to understand what he's seeing] You fell in love with Khrushchev!
Scarlet: No silly, the one that's carrying Khruschev. His name's Otto.
[the office door opens and Schlemmer enters. He walks up to MacNamara and clicks his heels]
Schlemmer: I finally got East Berlin on the phone and just like I told you, wrong number.
Scarlet: [to Schlemmer] Hi there.
C.R. MacNamara: [hands Scarlet the photograph] Now you and this Otto, exactly what do you do when you're together?
Scarlet: Oh, all kinds of goodies. I wash his shirts and he broadens my mind. And if it's a warm night, we go lie on the roof and watch the Sputniks go by.
C.R. MacNamara: Is that all?
Scarlet: Well, last night we were blowing up balloons.
C.R. MacNamara: Balloons?
Scarlet: You know...
[Scarlet produces a balloon and begins to inflate it]
Schlemmer: It is a Communist trick. When the wind is right, they float them across to undermine our morale.
[Scarlet finishes inflating the balloon, which MacNamara takes to look at. On the front of the balloon, are three words, which read: "Yankee Go Home"]
C.R. MacNamara: [with shock] Yankee Go Home!
Scarlet: They come in all colors. Green, and yellow, and blue.
C.R. MacNamara: You've been helping this guy to spread anti-American propaganda!
Scarlet: It's not anti-American, it's anti-Yankee. Where I come from, everybody's against the Yankees.
Schlemmer: I have a good mind to change this to "Russki Go Home", and when the wind blows the other way...
C.R. MacNamara: [hands the balloon to Schlemmer] Okay! Okay!
Full Transcript
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Scarlett
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What's all the excitement
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Oh nothing
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You just scared the hell out of us
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You all right
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I'm just marvy
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What were you doing in East Berlin
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You mean last night
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I mean all those nights
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You see there's this boy over there
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Wow
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What boy What have you been up to
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Well I met him about six weeks ago
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I went into East Berlin and there was this parade
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and they wanted to arrest me
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Arrest you
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Because I was taking pictures
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And then this boy He was in the parade
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He said to the policemen I shouldn't be arrested
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I should be pitied because I was a typical bourgeois parasite
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and the rotten fruit of a corrupt civilization
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So naturally I fell in love with him
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Movie Summary
In West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.