Coup de Grâce (1976)

Margarethe von Trotta: Sophie von Reval

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• Sophie de Reval : May I come in?

  Erich von Lhomond : Of course. Thank you. It's quite late, Sophie.

  Sophie de Reval : I'll just smoke a pipeful. Why did you come to Kratovice of all places, Erich?

  Erich von Lhomond : Where should I have gone?

  Sophie de Reval : You could have stayed in Paris or Berlin. No one forced you to fight in this war.

  Erich von Lhomond : I'm an officer and useless in Berlin.

  Sophie de Reval : What are you defending here? Your mother lost everything before the war.

  Erich von Lhomond : Perhaps I like lost causes. In any case I've always fought for them.

  Sophie de Reval : At least you've none of Konrad's illusions.

  Erich von Lhomond : Konrad's beliefs are truer than yours, Sophie. His don't come from books, but from life, from your family tradition.

  Sophie de Reval : The new era has no use for our tradition.

  Erich von Lhomond : No one chooses his own story.

  Sophie de Reval : Oh yes.

  Erich von Lhomond : You should go to bed, Sophie.

• Sophie de Reval : Do you have a mistress? Some woman must be waiting for you in Germany or France? Franz tells me women are fond of you.

  Erich von Lhomond : I have no mistress, Sophie.

  Sophie de Reval : You don't want to talk about it.

  Erich von Lhomond : My affairs with women have been short and trivial. There's nothing to say.

  Sophie de Reval : A brief affair can be beautiful.

  Erich von Lhomond : Women want lasting relationships. Friendship means more to me.

  Sophie de Reval : Than love?

  Erich von Lhomond : It's more reliable.

  Sophie de Reval : You've only met the worst sort of women.

  Erich von Lhomond : On the contrary, I thought them the best. In any case, they didn't try to play a part in my life.