Maria Pappadimos Quotes in The Guns of Navarone (1961)

Maria Pappadimos: [while she is driving the truck, she is totally unaware of Mallory's and Stavrou's past and how a mistake by Mallory had led to the deaths of Stavrou wife and children and how Stavrou vowed to kill Mallory after the war to avenge his wife's and family's death. Stavrou hates Mallory. Mallory is sitting right between Maria and Stavrou] Sir?

Mallory: Yes.

Maria Pappadimos: No, not you, sir. Mr. Stavrou.

Col. Andrea Stavros: Hmm?

Maria Pappadimos: Tell me about yourself.

Col. Andrea Stavros: What do you want to know?

Maria Pappadimos: Are you married?

Col. Andrea Stavros: I have been married. My wife and children were killed.

Maria Pappadimos: Have you killed many people?

Col. Andrea Stavros: Only Germans. Oh, some Italians too.

Maria Pappadimos: Captain Mallory?

Mallory: Yes.

Maria Pappadimos: You are a lucky man.

Mallory: Yes, I know.

Maria Pappadimos: Mr. Stavrou?

Col. Andrea Stavros: Yes?

Maria Pappadimos: I like you.

Col. Andrea Stavros: [Stavrou turns his head in surprise to look at Maria] I like you too.

[maria turns her head to look at Stavrou and smiles and returns her attention to driving. Mallory gives a sly smile to Stavrou]

Maria Pappadimos: They're burning Mandrakos in punishment.

Capt. Keith Mallory: You have any brothers or sisters?

Maria Pappadimos: I have a brother, Spiro, in America.

Capt. Keith Mallory: Oh, He's not that far away.

[Maria stops what she is doing and looks up with a stunned look on her face. Mallory points the but of his sub machine gun at Spiros]

Capt. Keith Mallory: He's that handsome devil right over there.

Maria Pappadimos: [She gets up and walks over to her brother. Her face has a look of wonder and love at seeing the brother she hasn't since he was a child] Spiros!

[Then her face turns hard and angry as she slaps him hard in the face]

Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos: [Smarting from the slap] What did you do that for?

Maria Pappadimos: To remind you to write letters occasionally.

Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos: There happens to be a war on.

Maria Pappadimos: I mean before the war! I promised myself I'd would do this the first time I ever saw you again.

[Her whole manner changes to contrite]

Maria Pappadimos: Well, I'm sorry, brother.

[Sprios just smiles, shakes his head, grabs her and gives her a great big bear hug]

Capt. Keith Mallory: They told us Pappadimos was a man

Maria Pappadimos: My father. He was taken two days ago.

Col. Andrea Stavros: He was taken?

Maria Pappadimos: He told them nothing. He will die first.

Maria Pappadimos: She is my friend, Anna. She is one of us. It's bad that this happened to her. Before the Germans came, she was a school teacher in Mandrakos. Last year, she was caught. They tortured her to make her betray us. They whipped her until the white of her bones showed. Some nights we could hear her screaming. Then they took her to the fortress and they kept her there for six months. When they let her go, she could not speak. She has never spoken since, not even in her dreams. Even I have never been allowed to see the scars on her back. But she's a good fighter - as good as any of you. She is like a ghost. She goes anywhere. She got us these guns and she kills without mercy. You are very lucky brother.