The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
Stewart Granger: Rudolf Rassendyll, King Rudolf V
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Quotes
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King Rudolf V : I like you. You're a good fellow. Oh, you're English, but you're a good fellow. I want to drink a toast to you.
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Rudolf Rassendyll : I know my clothes are a little conservative, but we English always dress as if we're going to a funeral when we're on a holiday.
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Rudolf Rassendyll : [impersonating King Rudolf V] I probably looked like a prize idiot and talked like one, too.
Princess Flavia : You're too modest. You really looked and acted like a King today.
Rudolf Rassendyll : Oh, thank you.
Princess Flavia : It was delightfully unexpected.
Rudolf Rassendyll : Oh.
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Rudolf Rassendyll : [impersonating King Rudolf V] Well, I think everything went off very well, don't you? For a coronation, I mean, that is, not that a coronation shouldn't go well. Provided the king puts in an appearance suitably dressed and suitably rehearsed.
Princess Flavia : And suitably sober.
Rudolf Rassendyll : And suitably sober! Yes, I was hoping you would notice that.
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Rudolf Rassendyll : I was hoping that our skeleton was safe at home in our family cupboard.
Fritz von Tarlenheim : Some skeletons are prodigious travelers.
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Rudolf Rassendyll : But surely, no woman in her right senses would prefer the Duke to you.
Rupert of Hentzau : Women are never in their right senses, thank goodness!
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King Rudolf V : You must forgive me if I seem a little slow, but it's a bit early in the day to see double - even for me.
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Rudolf Rassendyll : I hope your trout take as much interest in me as you do. I shan't be able to land them fast enough.
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King Rudolf V : I propose a toast.
Man : Here here!
Fritz von Tarlenheim : Another toast!
King Rudolf V : A toast to... have we anybody left?
Rudolf Rassendyll : Your brother Michael, perhaps?
King Rudolf V : We drink to Michael in vinegar, my friend, not in good wine.
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Rudolf Rassendyll : [having difficulty putting on the King's ring] I hope the crown's a better fit.
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Rudolf Rassendyll : [when his life is threatened by Hentzau] Half my kingdom... for a match.
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King Rudolf V : What are you doing here, cousin?
Rudolf Rassendyll : I must admit to being guilty of the same offense as our mutual ancestor, Your Majesty.
King Rudolf V : And what was that?
Rudolf Rassendyll : Fishing in forbidden waters.
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King Rudolf V : He can't drink. I can drink. I'm the King.
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Col. Zapt : You have a duty, Your Majesty.
King Rudolf V : Duty, duty. On my last night of freedom?
Col. Zapt : I question your freedom to drink yourself into a condition in which you'll not be fit to be crowned.
King Rudolf V : I question your right to address me in that manner.
Col. Zapt : I served your father in...
King Rudolf V : I question your right to bring my father into this.
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Princess Flavia : Bless them. They're with you heart and soul.
Rudolf Rassendyll : [impersonating King Rudolf V] Me? It was you they were cheering. I felt like cheering you too when I first saw you.
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Rudolf Rassendyll : [impersonating King Rudolf V] By the way, among my other failings, I've rather neglected you, haven't I?
Princess Flavia : Two picture post cards in three years, I think.
Rudolf Rassendyll : To think, all this time you've been changing into the loveliest princess in Europe. No, the loveliest girl in Europe.
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Rudolf Rassendyll : [impersonating King Rudolf V] I had a queer feeling that something might go wrong.
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Rudolf Rassendyll : [impersonating King Rudolf V] I'm crowned king, I meet the loveliest, the most beautiful woman.
Princess Flavia : Well, that isn't what you used to say. You used to call me "that clumsy little scarecrow."
Rudolf Rassendyll : I did?
Princess Flavia : Yes.
Rudolf Rassendyll : I should've been horsewhipped.
Princess Flavia : Those were my very words.
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Rudolf Rassendyll : [impersonating King Rudolf V] I love you more than truth or life or honor.
[kiss]
Princess Flavia : Tell me, Rudolf, why is it that I love you now with all my heart, when I never even liked you before?
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Princess Flavia : You ask that as if you'd be pleased to hear me say yes.
Rudolf Rassendyll : [impersonating King Rudolf V] Would "yes" be true?
Princess Flavia : Yes.
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Rudolf Rassendyll : [impersonating King Rudolf V] There are times when a man might find it impossible to do even what his heart prompts him to do. But I never could willingly do anything to hurt you.
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Rudolf Rassendyll : [impersonating King Rudolf V] Could you still love me if I were not the king?
Princess Flavia : In my heart there is no king, no crown. Only you.
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Rudolf Rassendyll : Before we go any further, I must tell you I'm prepared to give you a chance to escape - your thoroughly well-deserved end - on the condition that you yourself return the prisoner of Zenda to me alive.
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Rudolf Rassendyll : From the first moment I saw you in the cathedral I knew you were the only woman in the world for me.
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Rudolf Rassendyll : I've been an impostor for your sake, I'll not be one for my own.
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King Rudolf V : I haven't lived like a king. But perhaps I can die like one and not disgrace the crown I never wore.