Valkyrie Quotes
A dramatization of the 20 July assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Hitler during World War II.
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg: [translation of letter he is writing] The Fuhrer's promises of peace and prosperity have fallen by the wayside leaving in their wake a path of destruction. The outrages committed by Hitler's SS are a stain on the honor of the German Army. There is widespread disgust in the officer corps toward the crimes committed by the Nazis, the murder of civilians, the torture and starvation of prisoners, the mass execution of Jews. My duty as an officer is no longer to save my country, but to save human lives. I cannot find one general in a position to confront Hitler with the courage to do it.
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg: I'm a soldier, I serve my country. But this is not my country. I was lying out there bleeding to death, thinking, if I die now, I leave nothing to my children but shame. I know now there is only one way to serve Germany, and doing so I'll be a traitor - I accept that. Just tell me, can these men see it through?
Erich Fellgiebel: And you think that makes me a sympathizer, hey? Give a man a choice of betraying his fellow officer or his Fuhrer and you think his actions will show you his heart.
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg: It's not that simple.
Erich Fellgiebel: Yes. Yes it is. For the last time, don't push me to make a decision.
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg: I don't have a choice, it's clear now. Without you there is no hope of success.
Erich Fellgiebel: You're nothing but rats jumping from a sinking ship! What makes you think you'll be any different? What makes you think you're stronger than the people, the Reich? The very momentum of history?
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg: It's not that simple.
Erich Fellgiebel: Yes. Yes it is. For the last time, don't push me to make a decision.
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg: I don't have a choice, it's clear now. Without you there is no hope of success.
Erich Fellgiebel: You're nothing but rats jumping from a sinking ship! What makes you think you'll be any different? What makes you think you're stronger than the people, the Reich? The very momentum of history?
General Friedrich Fromm: What is it you want?
General Friedrich Olbricht: I wanted to introduce our new man, Colonel Stauffenberg.
General Friedrich Fromm: Ah! From Africa. Well, I'd offer you my hand, but I might not get it back.
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg: I'd say the General's lost more important things this morning.
[pause]
General Friedrich Fromm: [laughs] It's about time they put somebody with balls into this office.
General Friedrich Olbricht: I wanted to introduce our new man, Colonel Stauffenberg.
General Friedrich Fromm: Ah! From Africa. Well, I'd offer you my hand, but I might not get it back.
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg: I'd say the General's lost more important things this morning.
[pause]
General Friedrich Fromm: [laughs] It's about time they put somebody with balls into this office.
[Tresckow has safely retrieved the case of Cointreau bottles, actually a bomb in disguise, from Brandt, and is now leaving Army Headquarters with Olbricht]
Henning von Tresckow: We're still in the business. Did you find a replacement for Oster?
General Friedrich Olbricht: There's no one we can trust, not in Berlin.
Henning von Tresckow: Then stop looking in Berlin.
Henning von Tresckow: We're still in the business. Did you find a replacement for Oster?
General Friedrich Olbricht: There's no one we can trust, not in Berlin.
Henning von Tresckow: Then stop looking in Berlin.
[after learning that the case of Cointreau bottles, actually a bomb in disguise, that he handed to Colonel Brandt, had failed to go off on Hitler's plane, Tresckow contacts Brandt that he would be coming to Army Headquarters to retrieve it on the pretense that the case of bottles were the wrong ones]
Tresckow's Aide: Do you think he knows?
Henning von Tresckow: There's only one way to find out.
Tresckow's Aide: Do you think he knows?
Henning von Tresckow: There's only one way to find out.
[Brandt presents the case of Cointreau bottles, actually a bomb in disguise, to Tresckow. Tresckow attempts to retrieve it, but Brandt stops him]
Colonel Heinz Brandt: Perhaps we should, have a drink?
Henning von Tresckow: I beg your pardon?
Colonel Heinz Brandt: Well, you've come a long way, you must be, thirsty?
Colonel Heinz Brandt: Perhaps we should, have a drink?
Henning von Tresckow: I beg your pardon?
Colonel Heinz Brandt: Well, you've come a long way, you must be, thirsty?
