The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)

Luise Rainer: Countess Olga Mironova

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• Baron Stephan Wolensky : I wish we had met before.

  Countess Olga Mironova : Were you nice looking?

  Baron Stephan Wolensky : When?

  Countess Olga Mironova : When you were young.

  Baron Stephan Wolensky : According to historians, I was not without a certain charm.

• Countess Olga Mironova : I thought you never read newspapers.

  Baron Stephan Wolensky : I don't. I listen to what other people read.

• Baron Stephan Wolensky : Do allow me to look after your belongings. Those candlesticks, for instance, are more precious than you think.

  Countess Olga Mironova : Pardon me. They're more precious than *you* think.

• Countess Olga Mironova : You're Baron Wolensky?

  Baron Stephan Wolensky : And you're the Countess Mironova. Strange we've never known each other, isn't it?

  Countess Olga Mironova : It is, isn't it? You're Polish, are you not?

  Baron Stephan Wolensky : Oh, yes indeed, and you're Russian. We're neighbors, so to speak.

  Countess Olga Mironova : So to speak.

• Baron Stephan Wolensky : Oh, why do you smile?

  Countess Olga Mironova : Do I?

  Baron Stephan Wolensky : Has anyone ever told you you have a rather relentless smile?

  Countess Olga Mironova : No. But I suspect I have.

  Baron Stephan Wolensky : Why?

  Countess Olga Mironova : I came from a relentless family.

• Countess Olga Mironova : I read my newspaper.

  Baron Stephan Wolensky : I never do.

  Countess Olga Mironova : Perhaps you're wise.

  Baron Stephan Wolensky : I wish I were. The wise are never lonely.

  Countess Olga Mironova : Are you lonely?

  Baron Stephan Wolensky : Yes... So are you.

  Countess Olga Mironova : Why do you say that?

  Baron Stephan Wolensky : You are, aren't you?

  Countess Olga Mironova : I've never thought of it.

• Countess Olga Mironova : Do please let me. I'd love to show her how the wheels go round.

• Countess Olga Mironova : Isn't it clever?

  Pavloff : It's providential.

• Prince Johann : This will amuse you.

  Countess Olga Mironova : Not a conjuring trick, Johann?

  Prince Johann : Watch.

  Countess Olga Mironova : How interesting. How exciting!

• Countess Olga Mironova : I am - lonely.

  Baron Stephan Wolensky : I'm glad.

  Countess Olga Mironova : Why?

  Baron Stephan Wolensky : It's nice to have something in common.

• Countess Olga Mironova : Philandering is a fine art. Does not necessarily improve the personal appearance.

  Baron Stephan Wolensky : As to philandering, I plead not guilty.

• Baron Stephan Wolensky : Not taking any further risks?

  Countess Olga Mironova : Well, maybe.

• Baron Stephan Wolensky : If you don't mind my saying so Countess, this is becoming rather expensive.

  Countess Olga Mironova : It is, isn't it? I love to pay lots of money for things.

  Baron Stephan Wolensky : I'm rather like that, too.

• Countess Olga Mironova : Baron Wolensky.

  Baron Stephan Wolensky : My friends call me Stephan.

  Countess Olga Mironova : I am not your friend.

• Countess Olga Mironova : Did I make you wild?

• Baron Stephan Wolensky : You see, I, too, have a duty.

  Countess Olga Mironova : Oh, that dreadful word. It is with us *always*.

  Baron Stephan Wolensky : So it seems.

• Countess Olga Mironova : I see nothing to do but take my beating as well as I can.

• Col. Radoff : The experience of those who betray our secret police is not a pleasant topic for conversation.

  Countess Olga Mironova : Then let's talk about something else.