Professor Henrik ErnemanJust a part of life. How dull if everything was always the same. You die and begin a new life.
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NarratorThis comedy might have been a tragedy but the gods were kind. The teacher of this lesson is neither the author nor the actors, but life itself with its absurd twists.
Lise, the Girl in BarDavid! Don't you recognize me? Kiss your little Lise.
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David ErnemanIf I were to have an affair with you what a terrible chain reaction there would be.
Susanne VerinNobody need know.
David ErnemanI prefer my simple life with its small joys and cares, my slippers by the quiet fire, to your perfumed body and devouring flame that sweeps over home, children, decency and leads to nothing at all. Go now, Susanne. Leave me in peace.
Susanne VerinYou love me.
David ErnemanNo. But I desire you. I want your fire to burn away my dull apathy and the waste heap of grey monotony. Is that absurd and silly?
Susanne VerinDon't talk. Kiss me.
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David ErnemanIt's my inalienable right to go on being a bore.
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Susanne VerinInfidelity is an invention of moralists and gossips.
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David ErnemanOf course I noticed you last summer. Your fragrance was everywhere I dreamt of you. You were summer itself.
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Sam, the Erneman's ChauffeurMaybe God's a woman.
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David ErnemanWoman is life itself with its delights and miseries.
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Travelling salesman in trainSome book. Modern literature, eh?
David Erneman"Arterial Circulation in the Womb and Secondary Sex-Glands and Their Functions"
Nix, David's DaughterMummy's so nervous. It's not good for a mature woman to be without a man.
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Nix, David's DaughterMy best friend Eva, we've always been chums. She was to spend the summer here and we were going to swim and fish and have fun. She's changed and uses lipstick and curlers and wiggles her hips in a swim-suit a size too small. She with her great fat behind! Everything I wanted to do she said was silly.
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David ErnemanWe try to be ourselves and find we're other people too.
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Marianne ErnemanI often think what power a gynecologist has over women. Don't you ever feel tempted?
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Marianne ErnemanA woman wants to feel she's a woman - not a wife. It's for the husband to find out how.
David ErnemanMarianne, no. Business before pleasure.
Marianne ErnemanWhat character!
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Vicar at the wedding[Marianne and Carl-Adam start fighting]Peace, my friends!
Carl-AdamWho's the injured one? Here am I in my innocence...
Marianne ErnemanInnocent! With girls by the dozen posing both vertically and horizontally. You're a lecherous old goat!
Carl-AdamA gentle creature like me was to marry that shrew!
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Marianne ErnemanI'm through doing your chores, exposing my superb bust - - through with your stupid art and immorality... your bragging and your idiotic virility!
Carl-AdamAnd I'm sick of your tantrums! Who dragged you out of the gutter? Made you famous? You're not worthy to lick my boots! I've given you bed and board and gin!
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Carl-AdamClear out before I kill you and your la-di-da friend!
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Marianne ErnemanI'm done with playing the wife. It's a poor part anyway.
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David ErnemanEvery morning I'll sing of your beautiful body and soul, at noon lay flowers at your feet, at night be the fiery lover.
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Marianne ErnemanSometimes you might have praised my beauty, pretended I was the best lover in the world... though we both know I'm not. Why did we never make-believe?
David ErnemanIn this land of perpetual winter? When I'm ashamed of my skinny arms and fat tummy? It's asking too much!
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Svea ErnemanStop. Have you got your long underwear on?
[Nods his head yes]
Svea ErnemanYou're fibbing.
Professor Henrik ErnemanMust you discuss it in front of everybody? All right, I've short underwear on! It's my birthday.
Svea ErnemanAnd tomorrow it'll be your rheumatism. Go and change.
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Marianne ErnemanSometimes my body aches for a baby. They smell so nice... Oh, to hold them! To give them the breast! I shudder with delight to think of it!
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Marianne Erneman[David walks up from behind and kisses her neck]What are you doing?
David ErnemanI love you. I've always loved you. I always will.
Marianne ErnemanAmen.
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Carl-AdamWomen love great artists. Don't they, girlie?
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Marianne ErnemanHow could you kiss that shameless little slut?
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David ErnemanI'm going to kiss the prettiest girl in Denmark!
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Carl-AdamSomething must have happened to her.
David ErnemanThe bride's always late. She has a lot to do. Settle with her past, take leave of her virginity...
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Marianne ErnemanYou think the fruit is yours for the taking, but it will be a very sour apple. Some things I don't easily forget.
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Marianne ErnemanRemember that sunny morning last winter when I was posing for Carl-Adam? The look you gave me!