Jacob the Liar (1974)

Vlastimil Brodský: Jakob Heym

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Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Lina : Remember the story?

  Jakob Heym : Which one?

  Lina : The sick princess. Is it a true story?

  Jakob Heym : Of course it is.

  Lina : The boys said it is silly.

  Jakob Heym : What is silly?

  Lina : well with cotton balls. She wanted a cotton ball as big as her pillow.

  Jakob Heym : She wanted a cloud. She thought clouds were made of cotton balls.

  Lina : Aren't clouds made of cotton balls?

• Mischa : I just wanted to say to you... I mean... you know... We're all here... I wanted to ask you and your wife, of course...

  Jakob Heym : Speak freely, you're not asking for my hand, are you?

  Mischa : I'm asking for Rosa's.

• Kowalski : I'm asking you as a friend. What would you invest in?

  Jakob Heym : Maybe luxury goods of some kind. They were crazy for them after the last war. David built a house with the profits on the schnapps he sold.

  Kowalski : You're right. Do you think we'll have potatoes to make schnapps?

  Jakob Heym : Probably not. Everything will be short. You need good instincts.

• Kowalski : I'll make you an offer, Jakob. We'll serve each other for free.

  Jakob Heym : Good. Why are you grinning?

  Kowalski : A deal's a deal?

  [They shake hands on it] 

  Jakob Heym : What's funny now?

  Kowalski : You eat more often than you get a haircut.

  Jakob Heym : True... But I shave every day. A deal is a deal.

• Jakob Heym : Try harder even if you are a lawyer.