The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

Etienne Girardot: Doctor

Quotes 

• [Watching Esmeralda dance] 

  Louis XI, King of France : Doesn't she make your pulse beat faster?

  The King's Physician : I'm a widower four times, sire, but I could begin all over again.

• Louis XI, King of France : Doctor, lend me half a livre.

  The King's Physician : Half a livre?

  Louis XI, King of France : Afraid I won't repay you?

• Louis XI, King of France : [while being bathed by the doctor]  Ouch! You're hurting me. I should have made you my chief torturer.

  The King's Physician : I beg your pardon, sire. I wouldn't have to rub so hard if your Majesty would bathe more often.

  Louis XI, King of France : How often would you say?

  The King's Physician : Twice a year...

  Louis XI, King of France : Twice a year?

  The King's Physician : ...at least.

  Louis XI, King of France : Hmm. Would that make me live longer?

  The King's Physician : It would.

  Louis XI, King of France : Good. I'm determined to live a hundred years - and more if your new elixir does what you promise.

• Louis XI, King of France : [Watching an acrobat trying to balance on a ball]  What's he trying to do?

  Procurator : He's heard a rumour that the earth is round and he's attempting to walk to the Indies - the idiot.

  The King's Physician : [Interjecting]  It's not round, it's flat!

  Louis XI, King of France : The idiot? There are some famous geographers and mathematicians who also believe the earth is round.

  The King's Physician : [Interjecting again]  It's isn't round, it's flat!

  Louis XI, King of France : Do you recollect that letter we had from er... what's his name... oh, Chris... Christopher Columbus? Who wrote claiming that he could by steering a Westerly course, reach the Indies?

  The King's Physician : [Interjecting yet again]  It's flat!

  Louis XI, King of France : I'm greatly tempted to indulge the venture.

  Procurator : Our country could not afford the risk of such an enterprise.

  Frollo : Columbus! The man is the laughing stock of the Court of Spain.

  Louis XI, King of France : Who knows? The duke may prove Ferdinand's court is the laughing stock.

  The King's Physician : [interjecting for a fourth time]  It's isn't round.

  Louis XI, King of France : What are you mumbling about, doctor?

  The King's Physician : The earth isn't round. It's flat.

  Louis XI, King of France : How do you know?

  The King's Physician : I've observed it in all my travels over Europe - it's flat. Everywhere it's flat!

  Louis XI, King of France : Oh, let's listen to the play.