Lola Montès (1955)
Anton Walbrook: Ludwig I, King of Bavaria
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Quotes
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Lola Montes : These committees, bureaucracies, chancellors, counselors, they choke me! Really! Always restraining, prohibiting. It's not in my nature. Your subjects must choke too, with all these laws, these regulations.
Ludwig I, King of Bavaria : You can't abolish all laws and regulations.
Lola Montes : That's too bad.
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Ludwig I, King of Bavaria : I wished to do you the courtesy of coming to see you, Madam. I must congratulate you. Your invigorating presence has accomplished a small revolution! And I must tell you that you have won.
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Professor Jeppner : The will to hear, that is the main thing. The will, isn't it, Your Majesty?
Ludwig I, King of Bavaria : Yes. But, there are things I would like to hear again. Things that would be a pleasure to hear. Music, for instance.
Professor Jeppner : Music. Yes, but not Wagner. You could hear him from the bottom of a whale.
Ludwig I, King of Bavaria : I was thinking of Mozart.
Professor Jeppner : Oh, yes, Mozart, he's all tenderness and light. And then, there's the voice. Madam's wonderful voice.
Ludwig I, King of Bavaria : Oh, I don't need to hear it. I read her lips.
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Ludwig I, King of Bavaria : There are things I wish neither to hear nor see.
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Ludwig I, King of Bavaria : I don't know what's the matter with them.
Lola Montes : A revolution?
Ludwig I, King of Bavaria : If they stop, it's a riot. If they continue, it's a revolution.
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Ludwig I, King of Bavaria : There is a time for everything, even revolutions!