Four Minutes Quotes

Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: You remind me of someone, warden.

Direktor Meyerbeer: Meyerbeer...

Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: My first warden also refused to be called warden.

Direktor Meyerbeer: Head of penitentiary?

Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: SS-Sturmbannführer.

Gerhard von Loeben: I hope you win, Jenny.

Jenny von Loeben: I hope you die, Daddy.

Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: Strange how hard it is for both of us.

Jenny von Loeben: What?

Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: ...to be friendly.

Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: The words 'sorry', 'please' and 'thank you' are missing in your letter.

Jenny von Loeben: Sorry. Please. Thank you.

Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: You think today was an easy day for me? Why do you think I've stayed here for 60 years?

Jenny von Loeben: Because of a dead body? Great! A lesbian who likes corpses. You're a perverted freak, madam.

Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: Today is my last day. I just want to get my piano.

Kowalski: Tell me, Mrs. Krüger... What do those guys have that others don't?

Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: One's a murderer and the other raped his niece.

Kowalski: I'll miss you, Mrs. Krüger.

[first lines]

Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: I'm very sorry.

Direktor Meyerbeer: About what?

Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: Them dying.

Direktor Meyerbeer: I'm sorry about how they died.

Jenny von Loeben: Nice view eh?

Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: Today you did something extraordinary... and then you ruin it all. What is it with you?

Jenny von Loeben: I knew the window wouldn't break.

Jenny von Loeben: I ran into before, when my baby was born. Two or three stories up, where the view is even nicer. I was in labor for sixteen hours. When I told the doctor that I... that I couldn't take it anymore he said that I was just a con trying to stay out of prison. They should have done a Cesarian. But they didn't. They just let me tear. I blacked out. When I woke up, the nurse said to me... "Your baby... you baby is gone. It's just gone." Circulatory collapse. His name was Oskar.

Jenny von Loeben: [sobbing] Shit...

Jenny von Loeben: Three hours later they took me back to jail.

Jenny von Loeben: Nice name, Oskar.

Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: Beautiful hands.

Jenny von Loeben: Thank you.

[last lines]

Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: Give her those few minutes. Please. Please.

Direktor Meyerbeer: What do you mean by a few minutes?

Gertrud 'Traude' Krüger: Four.