War and Peace (1956)

Anita Ekberg: Helene Kuragina

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Quotes 

• Pierre Bezukhov : [opens the bedroom drapes, while his spoiled wife sleeps on]  Come on, Helene! We've got lots to do if we want to leave for the country.

  Helene Kuragina : [very sleepy]  Oh Pierre, it's so early!

  [he kisses her, and she gets a crafty look on her face] 

  Helene Kuragina : Besides, it's so boring in the country.

  Pierre Bezukhov : [Seriously]  I'm sorry, my dear, but I promised those peasants I'd come and see them. They need a new hospital, and a new school, and many other things besides.

  Helene Kuragina : [very spoiled]  Well they can starve just as well without a school, and they can die just as well without a hospital!

  [catches herself, changes her tune] 

  Helene Kuragina : Pierre, why don't you go on without me? You can do what you have to do, and I'll come visit you in a few months time.

  [Slyly] 

  Helene Kuragina : You'll appreciate me so much more after a few months of sleeping alone.