Storm Over Lisbon (1944)

Erich von Stroheim: Deresco

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Quotes 

• Overfelder : [he is holding a can of film]  Mr Deresco, you have misrepresented what you sold to my government. It is absolutely worthless.

  Deresco : My dear Oberfelder, what do you propose I do with the film?

  Overfelder : What do you propose we do with it? I purchased for my government a motion picture of an allied magnesium plant. It turns out to be nothing of the sort.

  Deresco : [taking the film]  That is unfortunate.

  Overfelder : Then you will take it back? A refund for my government would be only decent.

  Deresco : Decent? What an amazing word for a German to use! Your government has been and is past master of the double deed. You might be interested to know that only yesterday I had an appointment with Yamanato who is on his way back to Japan about a similar proposition. He was tremendously interested in a film of certain German fortifications in the Canal Zone.

  Overfelder : [picking up his hat and coat and making for the exit]  I will be fully paid, Mr Deresco, for having failed in my mission when I return to Germany. But no matter what happens to me, you will not live to commit any more crimes against the Third Reich!