“Young people, who are still uncertain of their identity, often try on a succession of masks in the hope of finding the one which suits them — the one, in fact, which is not a mask.”
“Fire is to represent truth because it destroys all sophistry and lies; and the mask is for lying and falsehood which conceal truth.”
“It's a terrible thing to be alone — yes it is — it is — but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath — as terrible as you like — but a mask.”
“I'm not questioning your powers of observation, I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.”
“To perceive pure love that is God, you have to unmask your heart, unmask your soul, unmask the purity of your being.”
“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
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Masks (German: Masken) is a 1929 German silent crime film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Trude Berliner and Marcella Albani. It was the second film made by Meinert featuring the detective hero Stuart Webbs following The Green Monocle (1929). It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hermann Warm.
