Nuremberg (2000)
Mark Ryan: Maj. Airey Neave
Quotes
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Maj. Airey Neave : [entering Göring's cell] Good morning. I am Major Neave. I'm the officer appointed by the International Military Tribunal to serve upon you a copy...
Reichsmarschall Hermann Wilhelm Göring : Wait. You're British?
Maj. Airey Neave : I am.
Reichsmarschall Hermann Wilhelm Göring : Finally, a civilized man. Neave? Neave? What is your given name?
Maj. Airey Neave : Airey.
Reichsmarschall Hermann Wilhelm Göring : Airey? Major Airey Neave... I have heard this name before. Airey, like the wind. Why... Why would I have heard this name?
Maj. Airey Neave : I was captured, tortured by the Gestapo, and escaped twice.
Reichsmarschall Hermann Wilhelm Göring : Oh, I see. Well, then, you've earned your given name.
Maj. Airey Neave : I am the officer appointed by the International Military Tribunal to serve upon you a copy of the indictment in which you are named as defendant.
[hands indictment to Göring, along with a set of documents]
Maj. Airey Neave : I'm also here to advise you as to your rights to council.
[Göring takes the documents and drops them on the ground]
Reichsmarschall Hermann Wilhelm Göring : I care nothing for lawyers. You can find one for me, Major Airey of the Wind. We're men of culture. We both know the truth: the victors will always be the judges, the vanquished always the accused, yes?
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Albert Speer : [receiving his indictment] Until I studied this, I cannot speak to the accuracy of the charges against me. But I acknowledge the necessity of this trial and accept my inclusion in it.
Maj. Airey Neave : How can you say that before reading the charges?
Albert Speer : There's a common responsibility for the crimes that were committed in the name of the Third Reich. No one is blameless, apart from the victims.