sentences:  The song was used as a leitmotif in "The Comic" (1969), often to underscore serious moments in the life of the film's protagonist (played by Dick Van Dyke).In "The English Patient" (1996), a few verses are sung as a joke.In the Mel Brooks film "" (1995), comic homage is paid to the song when Harvey Korman responds to a question from Mel Brooks saying, "Yes, we have Nosferatu!