Die Fledermaus (1983 TV Movie)

Benjamin Luxon: Dr. Falke

Quotes 

• Dr. Falke : [to Rosalinde, talking about her husband Gabriel von Eisenstein]  You should have married me, my dear, you're wasting your time with this man!

• Dr. Falke : Where has your beloved husband gone?

  Rosalinde : To change.

  Dr. Falke : And what do you think he'll change into?

  Rosalinde : What ever you change into when you go to jail.

  Dr. Falke : Very well. I bet that he will come back here wearing his best evening dress: top hat, white tie, waistcoat -- la tout ensemble.

  Rosalinde : [Gabriel arrives in full evening dress]  That's how you're going to jail?

• Dr. Falke : [to Rosalinde]  I must tell you, I will have my revenge. And you, my dear, will play a part in the proceedings. As the saying goes: "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." And in this case: "a bat for a bat!"

• Prince Orlofsky : You promised you would make me laugh tonight, so what have you arranged?

  Dr. Falke : We will be seeing a domestic comedy.

  Prince Orlofsky : What is it called, your comedy?

  Dr. Falke : The revenge of a Bat.

  Prince Orlofsky : Ivan, make a note of that!

  Ivan : Don't understand "bat."

  Prince Orlofsky : [shapes his hands like bat claws, and approaches Ivan menacingly]  Grrr!

  Ivan : [startled]  Oh, Dracula!

• Prince Orlofsky : [addresses everyone at the ball; but the Prince travels so often, he forgot where he is, and talks French]  Mesdames et messieurs...

  Prince Orlofsky : [Falke whispers something in the Prince's ear]  Australia?

  Prince Orlofsky : [starts speaking English]  Well, ladies and gentlemen...

  Dr. Falke : [talking quietly to the Prince]  Your highness, forgive me. Austria, Vienna.

  Prince Orlofsky : [finally gets the country right, and starts talking German]  Ah, Vienna, Austria.

  Prince Orlofsky : [audience responds delightedly, now that they can finally understand him]  Meine lieben...

• Dr. Falke : [At the Prince's ball, Rosalinde is wearing a mask, and pretending to be a Hungarian countess]  The Hungarian countess. May I introduce...

  Dr. Falke : [to Rosalinde, softly]  What's your name?

  Gabriel von Eisenstein : [Rosalinde rattles off some very long Hungarian name]  That's too silly, first I should speak French, and now Hungarian.