Socialism has to start somewhere.
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Georg Dreyman: You are a great artist. I know that, and your audience knows it, too. You don't need him. You don't need him. Stay here. Don't go to him.Christa-Maria Sieland: No? I don't need him? Don't I need this whole system? What about you? Then you don't need it either, or need it even less. But you get in bed with them, too. Why do you do it? Because they can destroy you too, despite your talent and your faith. Because they decide what we play, who is to act, and who can direct.
You know what Lenin said about Beethoven's Appassionata, 'If I keep listening to it, I won't finish the revolution.' Can anyone who has heard this music, I mean truly heard it, really be a bad person?
Junge mit Ball: Are you really with the Stasi?Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler: Do you even know what the Stasi is?Junge mit Ball: Yes. They're bad men who put people in prison, says my dad.Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler: I see. What is the name of your...Junge mit Ball: My what?Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler: Ball. What's the name of your ball?Junge mit Ball: You're funny. Balls don't have names.