I agree--that was also one of my favorite lines in the movie.

As a matter of fact--I was watching Cross of Iron (again for the millionth time) the morning of the day I heard he passed away. I only had time to watch a few moments of it and stopped the tape just after the promotion scene when he and Leutnant Meier were in the trench just befoire Steiner asks him to come with him (his surprise birthday party)

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.