Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)

Bernhard Goetzke: Prosecutor von Wenk, Chief Inspector Norbert von Wenck, Chief Inspector De Witt - US version

Quotes 

• Prosecutor von Wenk : [On the phone]  This is Prosecutor von Wenk! Dr. Mabuse, I ask you to offer no resistance against the state authorities and turn yourself in.

  Dr. Mabuse : I feel like a state within a state with which I have always been at war! If you want me, come and get me!

  Prosecutor von Wenk : We are prepared to move against you using the harshest measures. Give up your senseless resistance!

• Prosecutor von Wenk : What's a woman like yourself doing in such a place, amongst pushers, gamblers and call girls?

  Gräfin Dusy Told : We have weary hearts, Mr. von Wenk. We need thrills of a very special nature in order to endure this life.

• Prosecutor von Wenk : Those are Chinese glasses.

  Dr. Mabuse : Yes, from TSI-NAN-FU-!

• Prosecutor von Wenk : This man, the enemy I pursue, I do not know who he is. I only know that he exists.

• Prosecutor von Wenk : [Password]  Pineapple.

  Waiter, Club Andalusia Palace : Cocaine or cards?

  Prosecutor von Wenk : Cards.

• Prosecutor von Wenk : The man for whose sake you are being held has tossed you out like fruit that's been squeezed dry.

• Prosecutor von Wenk : For approximately six weeks, complaints of predatory gamblers have been coming into the authorities. It's been impossible to prove foul play in any of these cases. However, their luck in the game is so improbable, that something surely is amiss. It's always someone different. Sometimes it's a young gentleman, at other times a respectable shopkeeper. Today it's a blond American, tomorrow a dark-haired Russian. It is always someone different.

• Prosecutor von Wenk : Even the loveliest of women is quite capable of keeping intriguing secrets.

• Prosecutor von Wenk : Please get me Count Told. The countess is not at her mother's.

• Prosecutor von Wenk : Dr. Mabuse, the doctor, the gambler, the outlaw!

• Prosecutor von Wenk : Where's Mabuse?