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Hans Gruber is the main antagonist, portayed by Alan Rickman in the film Die Hard
.

Gruber was originally a member of a fictional German terrorist organization named the 'Volksfrei' movement (approximate translation: 'People's Freedom'), until he was expelled. Now only concerned with personal gain, he concocts an elaborate robbery scheme using a terrorist pretence as a cover to manipulate the authorities in his plan. He leads his gang of thieves on Christmas Eve to take control of Nakatomi Tower in Los Angeles and steal the $600 million that is being held in a high-security vault. Meanwhile, they also take all of the civilians in the tower hostage. Played by Alan Rickman, Hans unexpectantly must match wits with John McClane, a cop from New York City, played by Bruce Willis. McClane eventually drops Gruber from a window on the 32nd floor of the tower, providing a motive for his brother, Simon, the antagonist of the third film of the Die Hard franchise, Die Hard: With a Vengeance
.

=Quotes=

'Nice suit. John Phillips... London? ... I have two myself. Rumour has it that Arafat buys his there.'
'"When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer." The benefits of a classical education.'
'Mr. Takagi, I could talk about men's fashion and industrialization all day but I'm afraid work must intrude, and my associate Theo has some questions for you, sort of fill-in-the-blanks questions...'
'It's a very nice suit, Mr. Takagi. It would be a shame to ruin it. I'm going to count to three. There will not be a four.'
'I wanted this to be professional. Efficient. Adult. Cooperative. Not a lot to ask. Alas, your Mr. Takagi did not see it that way... So he won't be joining us for the rest of his life.'
'By the time they figure out what went wrong, we'll be sitting on a beach, earning twenty percent.'
'I'm an exceptional thief, Mrs. McClane. And now that I'm moving up to kidnapping, you should be more polite.'
'Now I have a machine gun. Ho... ho... ho.' (On discovering a henchman's dead body with a note from John McClane attached to it)
(Listing terrorist leaders and groups they are pretending to want released) 'In Sri Lanka, the nine members of the Asian Dawn movement...' (Karl mouths "Asian Dawn?" questioningly) (Hans turns off radio and shrugs) 'I read about them in Time Magazine.'

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