A scene from Inglorious Basterds 2009
Major Dieter Hellstrom

[Hellstrom is trying to guess the famous person written on the card on his forehead, who is King Kong]

Now, gentlemen, around this time you could ask whether you're real or fictitious. I, however, think that's too easy, so I won't ask that yet. Okay, my native land is the jungle. I visited America, but the visit was not fortuitous to me, but the implication is that it was to somebody else. When I went from the jungle to America, did I go by boat?

Bridget von Hammersmark

Yes.

Hellstrom

Did I go against my will?

Von Hammersmark

Yes.

Hellstrom

On this boat ride, was I in chains?

Von Hammersmark

Yes.

Hellstrom

When I arrived in America, was I displayed in chains?

Von Hammersmark

Yes!

Hellstrom

Am I the story of the negro in America?

Cpl. Wilhelm Wicki

No.

Hellstrom

Well, then, I must be King Kong.

In this scene

Bridget von Hammersmark Diane Kruger
Hellstrom August Diehl
Cpl. Wilhelm Wicki Gedeon Burkhard
Major Dieter Hellstrom August Diehl
Von Hammersmark Diane Kruger

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