Gertrud (1964)

Axel Strøbye: Axel Nygen

Quotes 

• Axel Nygen : Have you ever thought of writing poetry?

  Gertrud Kanning : Yes, I have. Actually, I've written a poem. One poem, when I was 16. Here it is. Should I read it to you? It has three verses.

  Axel Nygen : Read.

  Gertrud Kanning : "Just look at me. Am I beautiful? No, but I have loved. Just look at me. Am I young? No, but I have loved. Just look at me. Do I live? No, but I have loved." Sixteen-year-old Gertrud. My gospel according to love.

• Axel Nygen : Remember what you said. There's nothing else in life but love. Nothing. Nothing else. Do you still stand by those words? Do you regret them?

  Gertrud Kanning : No, I don't regret them. I stand by what I said. There's nothing else in life, but youth and love, unending tenderness and quiet happiness, Axel.

• Gertrud Kanning : Yesterday, I ordered my headstone for my grave and I decided what will be on it.

  Axel Nygen : Your name, of course?

  Gertrud Kanning : No, just two words, amor omnia.

  Axel Nygen : Love is all.

  Gertrud Kanning : Yes, love is all.

• Axel Nygen : [Last line]  Good-bye, Gertrud.