The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)

Hans Hirschmüller: Hans Epp

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Quotes 

• [repeated line] 

  Hans Epp : Fresh pears!

• Mother Epp : It's always the same. The good die young, and people like you come back.

  Hans Epp : I've changed, Mother.

  Mother Epp : Once rotten, always rotten.

• Hans Epp : [singing]  Buona buona notte, Amore mio, You cannot have everything you want

  [has a heart attack] 

• Hans Epp : Honestly, I didn't even shake hands with her.

  Irmgard Epp : You were gone for seven minutes. In seven minutes you can do more than shake hands.

• Hans Epp : Nothing! Nothing can be taken back once it's happened. Nothing. It was my own fault. How could I get mixed up with someone like her?

  [slaps his forehead] 

  Hans Epp : I'm an idiot.

• Hans Epp : I signed up for the Foreign Legion. I can't stand it here anymore. Mother, school. You know I...

  Anna Epp : But you can't just - you're going to war, Hans. People die.

  Hans Epp : Anything is better than this. Honestly.

• Hans Epp : Harry, you're the one true man. But you're also a pig.

  Harry Radek : Of course. We're all pigs.

• Hans's great love : What's the matter? Is something wrong?

  Hans Epp : I don't know.

  Hans's great love : Take off your clothes and come lie with me. Come on. Tell me. Is something the matter?

  Hans Epp : No.

  Hans's great love : But something is wrong?

  Hans Epp : I don't know.