[first lines]

Professor Karl Manfred: Are they ever going to get the heating fixed?

Norwegian Purser: They are working at it, Professor. Perhaps some of you scientists would like to give us a helping hand!
[last lines]

Sarah Sherman: Oh, Michael!

[laughing]
Professor Gustav Lindt: You told me nothing. You know nothing. I forbid you to leave this room!
Farmer: [describing Armstrong's contact] You'll recognise him. He has red hair which is not his own, and his name is Hugo. But don't give him that money until after you've landed.
Professor Michael Armstrong: Just give me five minutes with her. After all, she is my girl.

Sarah Sherman: Put that in the past tense.
Sarah Sherman: [in bed together] You're a scientist and you're supposed to respect a natural order in all things. Breakfast comes before lunch... And marriage should come before a honeymoon cruise.

Professor Michael Armstrong: You're on the wrong boat.
Sarah Sherman: What's your position on a July wedding?

Professor Michael Armstrong: Oh, July, August, September or October.

Sarah Sherman: Don't let me hurry you. I just don't want to be the only common-law wife on the campus.
Sarah Sherman: Oh, will you stop brooding?

Professor Michael Armstrong: I like to brood.
Sarah Sherman: Darling! We've got connecting rooms.

Professor Michael Armstrong: That's Scandinavian efficiency.
Prof. Olaf Hengström: Well, I hope you're looking forward to our lunch. This hotel has an excellent smorgasbord. You know, Miss Sherman, I've often wondered why one of the leading hotels in Denmark should be called the "Hotel of England" in the French language. I suppose it's the ideal title for an international hotel.
Hermann Gromek: Hot dog. You still say that?

[chuckles]

Hermann Gromek: Hot dog.
Hermann Gromek: Strictly for the birds, huh? They still say that? We used to say it all the time. It's strictly for the "boids."
Hermann Gromek: Big house. I used to see all those prison movies. You know? Edward G. Robinson.
Hermann Gromek: Tell the cookie she should put that down.
Professor Gustav Lindt: Of course it's brilliant. It's genius. The Russians thought I was crazy. They didn't know I'm Lindt.
Countess Kuchinska: Don't look so worried, my darling girl. You are quite safe with me. I am not communistical.
Countess Kuchinska: It will be undrinkable. Disgusting liquid they call coffee. It is no good here.
Countess Kuchinska: Oh, good! Oh, good! Wonderful! In celebration, I'll pay for the liquid.
Heinrich Gerhard: Miss Sherman, how would you like to live behind what you call the Iron Curtain?
Heinrich Gerhard: [offering Armstrong a cigar] Havana. Your loss, our gain.

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Torn Curtain short comments

Hermann 2022-03-27 09:01:15

The pace is tense, suspenseful and entertaining. If Xi Pang does not produce high-quality products, at least he should produce works of this level.
Alysha 2022-03-25 09:01:15

The greatest value is not in the film itself, but in the imprint left by that history to the world