The Marriage of Maria Braun Page #7

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what you don't have to ask.

And that I'm going to build

a house for us,

as you would have done.

There's a Greek word

for people you let work for you.

Translated, it means literally,

"footman."

I'm your "footman"?

No, that's not true.

I'm not your feet.

Just say I'm your wife.

It was a stupid analogy.

You're Maria...

and you're my wife.

And we're not Greeks.

No, you really couldn't say that.

But you have courage.

You're beautiful...

and intelligent...

and I love you.

I may change in the next few years.

You've considered everything

very carefully.

Yes, maybe it's just that.

I'll always recognize you.

Your time's up.

On the contrary.

My time's just beginning.

What did he say?

That Pency can supply

the plant as a whole,

not individual parts.

I understood something

about handwork.

Senkenberg, we have problems enough

without your making new ones.

I'm just trying to prevent us

from having any.

I see no serious way of financing

more than two of these machines -

"We're a solid firm,

not a bunch of speculators."

I know that by heart now.

But it doesn't solve the problem.

You have to take risks sometimes.

We're not at the races here.

I know.

But the Americans are getting edgy.

We have to tell them something.

You're quite right.

Well, Senkenberg?

For once in your life,

stop being Senkenberg!

Be Napoleon.

Or Blcher, if you prefer.

All right.

We can take three SE machines,

if we mortgage our stocks

and get an ERP credit, and if-

lf, if, if!

Of course there are ifs!

That's our job.

We're business people, not bookkeepers.

I beg your pardon,

but I am a bookkeeper.

Sorry. All I meant

was that taking a risk-

What did he say?

He summed up our negotiations.

Didn't he say he was sleepy?

He said he was tired,

meaning he's fed up.

What do we do?

It looks as if we've bitten off

more than we can chew.

Maybe this deal

is a bit too big for us after all.

That means dropping nylon

and giving German women a woven -

May I say something?

Of course.

Go drink a brandy.

Give me half an hour alone here.

This is no way to do business.

That has nothing to do

with questions of interpreting.

Senkenberg, please.

He's right.

I don't know a thing about business.

But I know what German women want,

and I know about nylon and woven fabrics.

And I know a lot about the future.

I'm a specialist in that.

And what harm can it do

if the deal's off anyway?

You can always say no

when the time comes.

It's the first amusing idea all day.

With all respect, sir,

Mrs. Braun has absolutely

no experience in our field.

Then she's about to get some.

Maria Braun, you have rendered

outstanding service to the firm.

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