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Does anyone recall????

posted 14 years ago by beaconmike
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At some point in the film, Glocken, (Michael Dunn, the short man) sits at the table with Lowenthal (Heinz Ruhmann) and they begin a discussion that ultimately ends up with the eternal question as to 'Why the Jews?' (referring to discrimination)...........maybe it is Lowenthal in a discussion with Jose Ferrer in the film, I can't exactly recall, but it seems to me that Lowenthal is explaining how a group of people are being discriminated against for wearing white beards or some nonsense like that, and maybe it is Ferrer who exclaims.............what has a white beard to do with anything? and Lowenthal explains.............precisely, Why the Jews?

Does anyone remember how this quote was stated?

[–] beaconmike 14 years ago

"Ferrer, the German military tells Rhumman, the German Jew, that he should admit that the Jews are great part of the German problem. Rhumman calmly agrees and ads "true, but not only the Jews, also men who smoke the pipe are great part of the German problem" "Why men who smoke the pipe?" Shouts Ferrer. To what Rhumman replies "Why the Jews?"

It came to me.

Why anyone?

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[–] I_Aint_No_Prophet 14 years ago

That's odd... I just watched this tonight on TCM, and Rhumman said that it was "not only the Jews, but also the bicycle riders," to which Ferrer asks, "Why the bicycle riders?" Must've been an unfortunately edited version.

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[–] MystMoonstruck 10 years ago

That's what they said just now: bicycle riders.

It's on TCM right now.

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[–] mdonln 8 years ago

I definitely heard bicycle riders but I don't think it matters. The point he was making is you can identify any random group as the problem; just as was done with the Jews and other groups that the Nazis targeted.

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[–] liscarkat-2 8 years ago

It's "bicycle riders".

And, referring to Michael Dunn as "the short man" is taking political correctness to a sublime level.