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Starring: Matthias Schweighöfer, Nathalie Emmanuel, Guz Khan, Ruby O. Fee, Stuart Martin, Jonathan Cohen, Noemie Nakai, Peter Simonischek, John Bubniak

OUR RATING: ★★★☆☆

Story:

Action comedy heist prequel directed by Matthias Schweighöfer. Set six years before the events of Army of the Dead, during the beginning stages of the zombie outbreak, Army of Thieves (2021) centers on Ludwig Dieter (Matthias Schweighöfer) in his early days of safecracking as he is hired by a mysterious woman, Gwendoline (Nathalie Emmanuel), to pull off a heist across Europe with the help of a misfit crew of aspiring thieves.

 

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'Always be prepared.' - Gwendoline (Army of Thieves) Click To Tweet

 

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Dieter: Once upon a time, in a faraway land called Munich. Far away, that is, if you’re one of my international friends. There was an old brick building on the edge of the city. The building was the factory of a respectable locksmith named Hans Wagner. He was once a hard-working family man, a pillar of the community, until his wife and son died tragically.


 

Dieter: In his waning years, his greatest work truly began. A series of four safes, one for each opera of Richard Wagner’s legendary Ring cycle, comprised of four epic operas, with roots in Norse mythology. The four safes being, Das Rheingold. Die Walküre, or The Valkyrie. The Siegfried. And finally, the Götterdämmerung, also known as the Twilight of the Gods.


 

Dieter: To Hans Wagner, a lock, a safe, were puzzles. Puzzles that could only be solved by those truly worthy of the secrets they guarded. Legend has it, if you attempt to crack the locks by force, the contents will be incinerated, and they will lock forever.


 

Dieter: But Hans’s work did not end with the Ring cycle. He had one more safe to build. The safe his whole life had been leading to, capable of containing all his anguish and misery, locking it away for good. People tried to liberate Wagner from the tomb he had built for himself, but his work was pure enough that they could not. The safe that Wagner died in was never opened. It served as his tomb and was dropped into the ocean with his body still inside.


 

Dieter: The Rheingold, the Valkyrie, and the Siegfried are all rumored to still be in circulation. Their locations remain one of the greatest mysteries of the safecracking world. As for the Götterdämmerung, no one knows what became of it.


 

Dieter: [in German] Time to start another boring day.


 

Dieter: [referring to Gwendoline] That was when I first saw her. The woman I would come to know as Gwendoline. The woman who would change my life.


 

Dieter: You were at the strange house last night.
Gwendoline: Sebastian, I am the reason you were there last night.
Dieter: Oh, my God. You were my one view on YouTube, weren’t you?
Gwendoline: That’s right. And may I say, what a shame that is. Your videos are damn fine, Sebastian.


 

Dieter: But, permit me to ask then, who are you?
Gwendoline: I am the woman who is going to change your life. Forever.
Dieter: Gulp.
Gwendoline: Did you just say “gulp”?
Dieter: Yes. I said it, and I did it. Yes.


 

Gwendoline: You wish to know who I am. You wish to know how I knew you were going to be in this cafe, at this time, on this morning.
Dieter: I would like to know all of those things, yes.
Gwendoline: I know those things because I’ve been watching you.


 

Gwendoline: [to Dieter] I am an internationally wanted jewelry thief, and I belong to a crew that executes international bank heists. And I want to recruit you.


 

Dieter: Am I being spunked?
Gwendoline: Spunked? What do you mean?
Dieter: You know what I mean. Spunked.
Gwendoline: Do you mean “punked”? No, you’re not being punked, or spunked. This is real.


 

Dieter: But why me? I am no criminal.
Gwendoline: Because the next job we intend to take on, you are the only one who can pull it off.


 

Gwendoline: I think you’re the man for the job.
Dieter: Gulp.
Gwendoline: Please stop saying “gulp”.
Dieter: I’m nervous.
Gwendoline: It’s okay if you do it. But saying it is incredibly stupid.


 

Gwendoline: The outbreak in America, you’re familiar?
Dieter: Yes, I heard something about it.
Gwendoline: In ninety-sixt hours, the owner of the Wagner safes will be transferring them to a vault in Geneva, where they will be decommissioned. The puzzle that Wagner spent his life developing will be destroyed. This is our last chance to solve it.
Dieter: So you’re saying, in a span of four days, we execute a series of not one, not two, but three international heists, and we drive off into the setting sun?
Gwendoline: That is exactly what I’m saying.


 

Gwendoline: Listen to me, Sebastian. Look around. The world’s f***ed. This window of opportunity isn’t just our only chance, it’s yours.
Dieter: My only chance, for what?
Gwendoline: A life less ordinary. Sleep on it. You’ll find me here. We could have fun together, you and I.


 

Dieter: Oh, wow. That’s a lot of kitties.
Gwendoline: We needed the most inconspicuous place possible to stage our planning operations. Somewhere they wouldn’t suspect, couldn’t track us. Korina found a flyer on a telephone pole for an old lady who would pay us in cash to cat-sit for a week. We’re off-the-grid.
Dieter: But we’re on the cat grid.


 

Rolph: Getaway driver to the stars. The fastest there is. Nobody. When I say nobody, I mean nobody knows their way around an engine better than me. I’m gone in fifty seconds. Mr. Nicolas Cage, eat your heart out, baby. You understand what I say when I say what I’m saying?

 

'In order to understand a work, you must engage with it.' - Dieter (Army of Thieves) Click To Tweet

 

Gwendoline: And last but not least, our very own real life action hero. Mr. Brad Cage.
Brad: Hey. I’m Brad. Leader of this little band of misfits.
Korina: Leader. Or so he fancies himself.
Brad: Well, if you were me, you’d fancy yourself too.


 

Dieter: So, is it like in a movie film, where each one of us has a different skillset, and it’s only working together that we can pull off that which needs the pulling off?
Gwendoline: Yes. It’s exactly like that.


 

Gwendoline: Everyone, meet Sebastian, unpronounceable last name. Safecracker extraordinaire. Has a lifetime of theoretical expertise. But he has never applied his skills in real life. Until now, that is.


 

Brad: Frankly, I’m not sure why we’re bothering.
Gwendoline: Because it’s not just about the money, Brad. It’s about the quest.


 

Korina: All of the Wagner safes are under the ownership of infamous billionaire, Bly Tanaka.
Brad: A man whose money we most certainly do not wish to be caught stealing.
Gwendoline: Any questions?
Brad: No.
Dieter: Yes. Many. Hundreds.


 

Dieter: You didn’t tell me that we have guns.
Gwendoline: [referring to Brad] Don’t worry, I don’t actually let him load it anymore. He thinks it makes him look cool.


 

Korina: [referring to Dieter] What’s wrong with him? Why is he freaking out?
Dieter: Perhaps because we’re about to do the robbing of a bank!
Korina: It’s not a bank, it’s a credit union.
Dieter: What’s the difference?
Korina: It’s a bank for children.
Dieter: Why would there be a bank specifically for kids? Huh? Tell me.
Gwendoline: Okay, she means it’s child’s play.


 

Gwendoline: Remember, we said we are carrying out the heist in order of difficulty.
Dieter: Yeah, you’re right. Okay. So they get more dangerous, and more exciting with each subsequent one. F***.
Brad: No, it’s so that if we get caught in the next ones, we already have some money stashed away for when we get out of the joint.


 

Brad: You know how sometimes in a heist movie, they show flash-forward of how the heist should work?
Gwendoline: And it never goes according to plan, and everything gets messed up in some way.
Dieter: Yes, I do know this.
Brad: Well, this one is actually going to go that smoothly.


 

Gwendoline: We have scoped out the location, and found people go into the bank all the time exclusively to take s**ts.

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Gwendoline: [as Dieter stretches his arms] What the hell are you doing?
Dieter: I’m warming up my instruments.


 

Gwendoline: [to Dieter] It’s not about getting all of it, it’s about where we’re getting it from. Don’t you see? This is Everest. This is shooting Bigfoot. This is about becoming legends.


 

Delacroix: Would have gotten them all if Brad f***ing Cage hadn’t shot me.
Interpol Agent: He shot him?
Beatrix: In the a**.


 

Delacroix: They are going for Hans Wagner’s magnum opus. And as you pointed out, they have chosen now, when the world is completely distracted by a f***ing zombie plague to do it. They don’t think anyone is watching them, but they’re f***ing wrong!


 

Delacroix: If they’re truly going for the Ring cycle, that means we have two chances left to catch them. And goddamn it, I’m going to do it. I’m going to do it.
Beatrix: [as Delacroix leaves the room] Yeah, he means, we are going to do it. Me and him leading the investigation together.


 

Dieter: May I ask, are we doing the bonding right now?
Rolph: Yeah, if you like. You know how I like to do my bonding? Over some sandwiches.


 

Rolph: You need that one plate of meat for every five beers that you drink. But you are going to wake up feeling fresher than ever. My grandma taught me that. Scientifically proven.
Dieter: What did he just say?
Korina: I don’t know, I never understand him.


 

Dieter: His real name is not Brad Cage?
Gwendoline: Nobody’s real name is Brad Cage.


 

Gwendoline: [referring to Brad] Alexis grew up watching American action movies. He idolized the heroes. You know, he said he wanted the most bada** possible American name. Like, I quote, “If Brad Pitt and Nic Cage f***ed, and had an even hotter baby.” And it’s really how he sees himself.


 

Dieter: It’s sad that he could not learn to love the name he was born with.
Gwendoline: Yeah, but we can’t all be called Sebastian Schlencht-Wöhnert.


 

Dieter: And to document my passion, I used to write my own comic book. It was about a master safecracker and explorer named Ludwig Dieter. Ludwig Dieter. Yeah. I thought it was like the coolest name ever. Now I realize it’s pretty much as dorky as my actual name.


 

Gwendoline: But I always felt like if I could do just one really great thing in my life, something people would remember, whatever happened before or after, it wouldn’t matter.
Dieter: The Ring cycle.


 

Rolph: Ladies and gentlemen, if you take a look to your left, that’s the bank we’re about to heist the s**t out of.
Dieter: Holy moly, this looks bigger than the last one.
Brad: Why would it be smaller, hm? What were you expecting, huh?


 

Dieter: Not to be all Johnny New Guy.
Gwendoline: Not an expression.
Dieter: But this sounds much riskier than Paris. Are we sure it will work?
Korina: It will theoretically work, yes.


 

Brad: [to Dieter] Realistically, I give you about a five percent chance of survival, so good luck.
Gwendoline: Not helping.


 

Dieter: You karate’d two men. You did not say that was part of the plan.
Gwendoline: It wasn’t. I improvised. Always be prepared.


 

Dieter: Nothing to worry about.
Gwendoline: Okay, what does that mean?
Dieter: That if I f*** up again, it locks forever. That’s all.
Gwendoline: Okay. That kind of sounds like something to worry about, Mr. Warming Up My Instruments.


 

Gwendoline: You did it! Oh, you strange, beautiful strange man!
Dieter: Strange twice. I’ll take it.


 

Brad: [referring to Dieter] What is wrong with you? Are you upset about the scrawny safecracker? Don’t pretend that you didn’t know the plan.
Gwendoline: That wasn’t the plan. The plan was to finish the job before we cut him loose, not throw him into the street like a sacrificial lamb!
Rolph: Just for the record, I was starting to like the little man.


 

Gwendoline: [as Dieter hasn’t noticed them waiting in his apartment] Do we say something?
Korina: No. Too much time has gone by. It’s weird now. Should we just leave, and then knock?
Gwendoline: Or how about when he comes back in, we yell “surprise”?
Korina: That seems like a terrible, terrible idea.
Korina: [as Dieter walks back into the room] Surprise!


 

Dieter: [after he drops his hot drink on himself] All the hairs on my chest have burned off.
Korina: You sure they were there to begin with?
Dieter: They’re blonde, so you cannot see them. But they were there, and they were glorious.


 

Dieter: Whether I forgive you for almost getting me sent to prison, or whether I don’t, you’re going to leave. I’m going to go back to my stupid job, and that’s that, right? Thank you for coming here, but I must ask you now to leave.
Gwendoline: Sebastian, no.
Korina: It’s not over!


 

Gwendoline: There is more adventure waiting for us.


 

Gwendoline: [to Dieter] We could still do it. And not just the Siegfried. We could earn our place in history. We could go together, the three of us, a team, to search for the Götterdämmerung. But we can’t do it without you. You may not believe in yourself anymore, but I believe in you.


 

Delacroix: [in French, referring to Dieter] The guy who opens safes, the safecracker, that’s him. This guy’s been living alone in Germany making s**tty YouTube videos. He’s not a criminal. He’s an outsider.


 

Dieter: I dreamt of them again. Of zombies.
Korina: Maybe they’re prophecies, not dreams. Maybe you saw your own death.
Dieter: What’s that now?
Korina: Or maybe simply your psyche’s manifestations of your own self-doubt and feelings of inadequacy. You know, you should be that big, tough man. Be able to fight them. And yet, again and again, they just destroy you.
Gwendoline: Or maybe you just had a nightmare about zombies because zombies are scary. They’re just dreams, Sebastian.
Korina: Or prophecies.


 

Old Security Guard: What about Zac Efron? American actor, very good.
Young Security Guard: Too bad he’s a zombie now though, isn’t it?
Old Security Guard: No. The zombies got Zac Efron?


 

Brad: The f***ing balls to double-cross their own team.
Rolph: To be fair, we did also do a double cross on them.
Brad: This is not the time, Rolph.


 

Dieter: There is a happy ending.


 

Dieter: [after he’s cracked the Siegfried] One thought that I’ve not been able to cast out of my mind is, how sad it is that this great man, he devoted his life to this work. Nobody ever really appreciated it, or even understood his genius. Because in order to understand a work, you must engage with it. And until now with Wagner’s Ring cycle, nobody could.
Gwendoline: What are you saying, Sebastian?
Dieter: I’m saying, I finally understand.


 

Gwendoline: Are you serious? Does that seem like something an action hero would do? Point a gun in a girl’s face, and tell her to come back to him, or he’ll blow her brains out?
Brad: Fair point. Well, maybe hero time’s over. Maybe I’m the villain after all.
Gwendoline: Not a villain. Just a d**k.


 

Rolph: Is it too late for me to change sides?


 

Delacroix: [as he punches Brad] That’s for shooting me in the a**.
Brad: And I’d do it again, Mr. Delay-croix.


 

Dieter: I really like you a lot. And I just wanted to take this opportunity to say it.
Gwendoline: You know you always choose the worst time to…
Dieter: I’m sorry.
Gwendoline: [she kisses him] You know, I really like you a lot too.


 

Gwendoline: [as she’s giving herself up to Delacroix] Sebastian, get out of here.
Dieter: I can’t.
Gwendoline: When I get out, I’ll find you. And we’ll find it together. If not, you find it for me, okay? You find the Götterdämmerung.
Dieter: No, Gwen. No, I can’t.
Gwendoline: Go!


 

Dieter: [sees the passport under the name Ludwig Dieter] Seeing that she had not just gotten me a passport, but a plane ticket to the same place she was going, it broke my heart. It broke my heart thinking of all the adventures we could have had, the things we could have shared. Because in that moment, I knew that of all the people in the world, there was only one I wanted to be with. And it was her. But that was okay. I would wait for her. And we would one day be reunited in the vault of the Götterdämmerung.
[then some months later we see Ward and Cruz recruit him to crack Götterdämmerung in Las Vegas]

 


 

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