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The Children's Hour
The Children's Hour 18+Synopsis
A troublemaking student at a girls' school accuses two teachers of being lesbians.
Country
USA
Runtime
1 hour 47 minutes
Production year
1961
World premiere
19 December 1961
Release date
| 25 April 1962 | France | ||
| 16 October 1962 | Germany | ||
| 16 September 1962 | Great Britain | 12 | |
| 16 September 1962 | Ireland | 12 | |
| 21 April 1962 | Japan | ||
| 2 January 1963 | Portugal | ||
| 19 December 1961 | USA |
Budget
$3,600,000
Worldwide Gross
$250
Production
The Mirisch Corporation
Also known as
The Children's Hour, La mentira infame, The Loudest Whisper, Infam, La rumeur, Ryktet, A Infame Mentira, Dětská hodinka, Gyerekek órája, Huhu, Infame Mentira, Infâmia, Infamous!, La calumnia, La calúmnia, Laste tund, Løgnen, Niewiniątka, Obrekovanje, Oi psithyroi, Ora copiilor, Quelle due, Shayea, Sladder, Tehlikeli Fısıltı, The Infamous, Vaikų valanda, Végzetes rágalom, Οι ψίθυροι, Детский час, Детският час, Дитячий час, 噂の二人, 雙姝怨
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Martha
There's always been something wrong. Always, just as long as I can remember. But I never knew what it was until all this happened.
Karen
Stop it Martha! Stop this crazy talk!
Martha
You're afraid of hearing it, but I'm more afraid that you.
Karen
I won't listen to you!
Martha
No! You've got to know. I've got to tell you. I can't keep it to myself any longer. I'm guilty!
Karen
You're guilty of nothing!
Martha
I've been telling myself that since the night I heard the child say it. I lie in bed night after night praying that it isn't true. But I know about it now. It's there. I don't know how, I don't know why. But I did love you! I do love you! I resented your plans to marry. Maybe because I wanted you. Maybe I've wanted you all these years. I couldn't call it by name before, but maybe it's been there since I first knew you.
Karen
But it's not the truth, not a word of it is true! We've never thought of each other that way.
Martha
No, of course you didn't. But who's to say I didn't. I'd never felt that way about anybody before you. I've never loved a man. I never knew why before, maybe it's that.
Karen
You're tired and worn out.
Martha
It's funny. It's all mixed up. There's something in you, and you don't know anything about it because you don't know it's there. And then suddenly, one night a little girl gets bored and tells a lie, and there, for the first time, you see it. Then you say to yourself, did she see it? Did she sense it?
Karen
But you know it could have been any lie. She was looking for anything to...
Martha
But why this lie? She found the lie with the ounce of truth. Don't you see? I can't stand to have you touch me! I can't stand to have you look at me! Oh, it's all my fault. I have ruined your life and I have ruined my own. I swear I didn't know it! I didn't mean it! Oh, I feel so damn sick and dirty I can't stand it anymore!
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