The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)

Vera Farmiga: Mother

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Quotes 

• Grandpa : You know, Ralf, your mother really is sick. She's been talking about this visit for weeks.

  Mother : Maybe that's what's made her sick.

• [first lines] 

  Mother : Hello, sweetheart.

  Bruno : Mum, what's going on?

  Mother : We're celebrating.

  Bruno : Celebrating?

  Mother : Mm, your father's been given a promotion.

  Gretel : That means a better job.

  Bruno : I know what promotion is.

  Mother : So we're having a little party to celebrate.

  Bruno : He's still going to be a soldier though, isn't he?

  Mother : Yes, my lamb. Just a more important one, now. I have some even more exciting news, but I think dad wanted to tell you about that himself.

• Father : [Elsa has just discovered the true nature of the camp]  Elsa, I was sworn to secrecy.

  Mother : From your own wife?

  Father : I took an oath upon my life, do you understand? Elsa, you believe in this too. You want this country to be strong...

  Mother : No, Ralph! No, not THAT! How could you?

  Father : Because I am a solider! Soliders fight wars!

  Mother : That isn't WAR!

  Father : That is a part of it, it's a vital part of it! The Fatherland we all desire, all of us, you included, cannot be achieved without work such as this!

  [Elsa begins to break down] 

  Father : Elsa, Elsa!

  Mother : Get away from me! GET AWAY FROM ME!

  [Begins to cry] 

  Bruno : [Enters Ralph's office]  Grandpa's here!

  Father : We'll be through in a moment.

  [to Elsa] 

  Father : Who told you about this?

• Father : [from trailer]  I'm a solider. Soldiers fight a war.

  Mother : That's not war!

  Father : It's a vital part of it!

• Mother : Ralf, you promised: You said it was miles away... One of them was in our kitchen.