The Sound of Music (1965)

Daniel Truhitte: Rolfe

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• Rolfe : [narrating a "telegram" for Liesl]  Dear Liesl, I would like to tell you how I feel about you STOP Unfortunately, this wire is already too expensive Sincerely, Rolfe

  Liesl : [sounded offended]  Sincerely?

  Rolfe : Cordially?

  Liesl : [turning away]  Cordially?

  Rolfe : Affectionately?

  [Liesl smiles and throws her arms around his neck] 

• Captain von Trapp : [after pulling the gun from Rolfe]  You'll never be one of them.

  Rolfe : Lieutenant! Lieutenant, they're here! They're here, Lieutenant!

  [blows whistle] 

• Rolfe : [singing]  You need someone older and wiser, telling you what to do. I am seventeen going on eighteen. I'll take care of you.

• Rolfe : Don't tell your father, now.

  Liesl : Why not?

  Rolfe : Well, your father's so... so Austrian.

  Liesl : We're all Austrian.

  Rolfe : Well, some people think we ought to be German... and they're very mad at those who don't think so.

• Rolfe : [singing]  Your life, little girl, is an empty page that men will want to write on.

• Rolfe : We make it our business to know everything about everyone.

  Liesl : Who's we?

• Rolfe : See that he gets it.

  Liesl : What is it?

  Rolfe : It's a telegram from Berlin.

  Liesl : Don't you want to come over tonight and deliver it yourself?

  Rolfe : I am now occupied with more important matters... and your father better be, too, if he knows what's good for him.