1- “Ariston, Aritson. Where did I hear that, Ariston?” -Inspector Lohmann, ‘M’.
2- “Soon will come the man in black for you, and with his little chopper, he will turn you into ground beef.” -Girl Leading Game, ‘M’.
3- “Heinrich! Can you hear that whistle there?” -The Blind Vendor, ‘M’.
4- “I always feel it behind me. It’s myself. And I follow me.” -Hans Beckert, ‘M’.
5- “At least while we hear them sing, we know they’re still there.” -Mrs. Breckmann, ‘M’.
6- “So you can appeal to paragraph 51, and be fed by the state your whole life, then you escape, or an amnesty is granted, and you can have fun, with a license to kill, as if nothing can happen to you, you’d come out for the children again.” -Der Schränker, ‘M’.
7- “You better forget about the cooperation of the citizens, just thinking about it makes me want to throw up” -Inspector Lohmann, ‘M’.
8- “Every single square meter must be under constant vigilance.” -Der Schränker, ‘M’.
9- “People like you only have one right, to be killed. We want to neutralize you, that’s what we want. You will only be harmless if you are dead” -Der Schränker, ‘M’.
10- “This will not bring our children back to life, people should take better care of their children.” -Mrs. Breckmann, ‘M’.
11- “Pregnant Woman: I’m always telling those kids to stop singing that terrible murderer’s song… and they do nothing but sing it at the top of their voices all day… As if we hadn’t heard enough of that killer.
Mrs. Beckmann: Oh, leave them alone. As long as they’re singing, at least we know they’re still there.” –‘M’.
12- “Hans Beckert: I demand to be handed over to the jurisdiction of the common law!
Criminal 1: Quite a performance! That’s not bad, that, ha, ha, ha!
Schränker: That would suit you, wouldn’t it?
Conman: [sarcastically] Anything else you’d like?
Schränker: So that you can invoke paragraph fifty-one…
Criminal 2: That’s it.
Schränker: And spend the rest of your life in an institution at the state’s expense … And then you’d escape… or else there’d be a pardon and there you are, free as air, with a pass, protected by the law because of mental illness. Off again chasing little girls. No, no. Very dry. We’re not going to let that happen.” –‘M’.
13- “Hans Beckert: I can’t help what I do! I can’t help it, I can’t…
Criminal: The old story! We never can help it in court!
Hans Beckert: What do you know about it? Who are you anyway? Who are you? Criminals? Are you proud of yourselves? Proud of breaking safes or cheating at cards? Things you could just as well keep your fingers off. You wouldn’t need to do all that if you’d learn a proper trade, or if you’d work. If you weren’t a bunch of lazy bas****. But I… I can’t help myself! I have no control over this, this evil thing inside of me, the fire, the voices, the torment!
Schränker: Do you mean to say that you have to murder?
Hans Beckert: It’s there all the time, driving me out to wander the streets, following me, silently, but I can feel it there. It’s me, pursuing myself! I want to escape, to escape from myself! But it’s impossible. I can’t escape, I have to obey it. I have to run, run… endless streets. I want to escape, to get away! And I’m pursued by ghosts. Ghosts of mothers and of those children… they never leave me. They are always there… always, always, always! Except… when I do it, when I… Then I can’t remember anything. And afterwards I see those posters and read what I’ve done, and read, and read… did I do that? But I can’t remember anything about it! But who will believe me? Who knows what it’s like to be me? How I’m forced to act… how I must, must… don’t want to, must! Don’t want to, but must! And then a voice screams! I can’t bear to hear it! I can’t go on! I can’t… I can’t…” –‘M’.
14- “Hans Beckert: And who are you?
Elderly Lawyer: I have the dubious honor of being your defense counsel. But I am afraid it won’t be much use to you.” –‘M’.
15- “Hans Beckert: [horrified] But… but… do you want to kill me then? Murder me, just like that?
Schränker: We just want to render you harmless. That’s what we want. But you’ll only be harmless when you’re dead.” –‘M’.
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