Curd Jürgens Biography
Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens (13 December 1915 – 18 June 1982) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He was usually billed in English-speaking films as Curt Jurgens.
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Negotiations Amidst Imminent Conflict
Baron von Richter:
Sir David, I'm again instructed to inform you that the Fuehrer wishes to avoid further bloodshed. England is not our natural enemy, and he offers guarantees for the British Empire if you give Germany a free hand in Europe. Goering and his Luftwaffe would like to flatten London, as a prelude to invasion.
Sir David Kelly: [Adding sugar to tea]
It's two lumps you take, isn't it?
Von Richter:
What's left of your army abandoned its weapons at Dunkirk. You're defenseless and just playing for time! We know the moves you're making in Washington. And we know the Americans won't be drawn in. Their embassy in London gives you two weeks.
Kelly:
So what's stopping you?
Von Richter:
Look, David; the Fuehrer is being very reasonable. He offers guarantees-
Kelly:
Experience shows the Fuehrer's "guarantees" guarantee nothing.
Von Richter:
What about Churchill? After our last appeal, what do we hear? "We will fight them on the beaches." With what?
Kelly:
Winston gets carried away sometimes.
Von Richter: [smugly]
With liquid courage. That's what they tell me.
Kelly: [coldly]
Clearly, you don't know him.
Von Richter:
David, we are not asking for anything. Europe is ours! We can walk into Britain whenever we like!
Kelly: [[Napoleon|The ''last'' little Corporal; Rising from his chair, Sir David faces Baron von Richter, visibly angry]
If you think we're going to gamble on Herr Hitler's "guarantees", you're making a grave mistake. All those years in England seems to have left you none the wiser. We're not easily frightened. Also we know how hard it is for an army to cross the Channel. ] who tried came a cropper. So don't threaten or dictate to us until you're marching up Whitehall! And even then we won't listen!
Von Richter:
Heil Hitler.
Kelly: [stirs his tea absentmindedly]
It's unforgivable. I lost my temper. And the maddening thing is that he's right. We're on our own. We've been playing for time. And it's running out!
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