The Europeans (1979)

Lisa Eichhorn: Gertrude

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• Gertrude : I was very wicked just now to my sister. I said things that puzzled her. On purpose.

  Mr. Brand : You say things that puzzle me.

  Gertrude : I always know when I do it.

• Gertrude : There must be a thousand different ways to be dreary and sometimes I think we make use of them all.

• [First Lines] 

  Mr. Brand : I'd hoped you were going to church. I wanted to walk with you.

  Gertrude : I'm very obliged to you, but I'm not going to church.

  Mr. Brand : Have you any special reason for not going?

  Gertrude : Yes, Mr Brand.

  Mr. Brand : May I ask what it is?

  Gertrude : Because the sky is so blue.

  Mr. Brand : I've heard of young ladies staying at home for bad weather but never for good.

• Gertrude : Is she a princess?

  Felix Young : No, they made her a baroness. That's all they could do. Now they want to dissolve her marriage.

  Gertrude : Against her will?

  Felix Young : Against her rights.

• Felix Young : I was born in France and my sister in Vienna.

  Gertrude : So, you're French?

  Felix Young : No. Though I could easily be if you'd like.