Before Winter Comes (1968)

John Hurt: Lieutenant Pilkington

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• Lieutenant Pilkington : You mean, you encourage the men here and the - village women? Why, it's disgusting! It's like animals!

  Janovic : In the country, it's always like that.

  Lieutenant Pilkington : If-if the Major finds out what they're doing on his ban on fraternization, I-I-I don't know...

  Janovic : They do not fraternize! No, they do not fraternize! They - just - sleep - together!

• Brigadier Bewley : You'll be staying in the service, of course? It's in the family. People with your background should do pretty well.

  Lieutenant Pilkington : Thank you, sir. Emm, I shall be going back to University to study languages. I've been told that they are going to be most important in the new Europe.

  Brigadier Bewley : Oh, yes. And in the new Army. We could use fellows like you on the staff.

  Lieutenant Pilkington : Well, no sir, whatever my father might say, eh, I'm - not really cut out for fighting.

  Brigadier Bewley : My dear, Pilkington, whoever joined the Army to fight?

• Lieutenant Pilkington : Go on! Get out! You bloody gypsy!