A character in Barbarella (1968)

Great Tyrant quotes from Barbarella (1968)

Anita Pallenberg
Played by Anita Pallenberg Barbarella (1968) · 25 quotes

3rd most-quoted character in Barbarella (1968): in 5 of its 25 quotes
Most scenes with: Pygar (5), Barbarella (4)

Scenes with Great Tyrant

5 scenes
Great Tyrant
[Two men, ominously advancing on a supine Barbarella, are stabbed from behind by a menacing one-eyed woman (who we'll later learn is the Great Tyrant).]

Hello, Pretty-Pretty.

[uneasily]

Hello.

[Barbarella stands.]

Thank you very much.

Great Tyrant

Do you want to come and play with me? For someone like you I charge nothing.

Great Tyrant
[Barbarella tries to run, but the woman grabs her by the arm and draws her close.]

You're very pretty, Pretty-Pretty.

My name isn't Pretty-Pretty, it's Barbarella.

Great Tyrant
[The Concierge leads Barbarella to a room, where the menacing woman emerges, both eyes now intact.]

So, my Pretty-Pretty, we meet again.

You! The little one-eyed wench!

Great Tyrant

You have a good memory, Pretty-Pretty. Yes, sometimes I like to go among my people. Be like them. Ordinary. "Evil", as you would call it. So... I'm your little one-eyed wench. I'm also the Great Tyrant.

Well! That's nice.

Great Tyrant

It amuses me immensely! Now I suppose you're interested in the whereabouts and welfare of a certain party, yes?

W— yes, I am! I'm here on the orders of the President of the Republic of Earth. I'm here to find Durand-Durand.

Great Tyrant

I'm not talking about him! I'm speaking of the angel!

Pygar?

Great Tyrant

Yes, Pygar. He has escaped the labyrinth. Crime. He has destroyed twelve of my black guards. Crime. And he dares to deprive me of a pleasure unique in Sogo — an Earthling. Crime! Crime!

Where is Pygar?

Great Tyrant

You want your fine-feathered friend?

Great Tyrant
[The Great Tyrant nods her head toward something behind Barbarella.]

There he is.

[A curtain of snow dissolves to reveal Pygar, tied to a crossbar, wings spread as if crucified.]

Pygar!

Great Tyrant

Amusing, isn't it, Pretty-Pretty? Don't you feel like playing?
. . .

[Barbarella surreptitiously draws Pygar's concealed blaster and grabs the Great Tyrant.]

De-crucify the angel!

Great Tyrant

What?

De-crucify him or I'll melt your face!
. . .

Great Tyrant
[The Concierge relieves Barbarella of her discharged weapon.]

So it was a trick, was it? You should have saved your tricks for... for...

Concierge

For the birds, Your Majesty?

Great Tyrant

Yes! Yes, the birds! The birds! Give her to the birds!

Great Tyrant
[As Barbarella is dragged off, the Great Tyrant lays out Pygar and sinuously crawls over him.]

Tell me, my fancy, fuzzy freak — what do you think of, when you make love to Barbarella?

Make love? I do not understand.

Great Tyrant

Don't be coy with me — you are in no position. If only you had one eye in your head...

Great Tyrant
[In his "touching" style, he caresses her... features.]

... you would see what a delight I am! My face, my body — all my things are a delight! An exquisite delight.

What is it you want?

Great Tyrant

I shall share my delights with you. You shall make love to me.

An angel does not make love. An angel is love.

Great Tyrant

Then you're a dead duck. Guards! To the Mathmos with this winged fruitcake!

[Barbarella tries to rouse the Queen in her Chamber of Dreams.]

Wake up, Your Majesty! You must wake up!

Great Tyrant

Vade retro, Earth girl! I know you don't really exist.[N]

That may be, Your Majesty, but we'd better stick to what we see.

[Barbarella and the Great Tyrant are in a small bubble inside the swirling lava-lamp-like Mathmos.]

Where are we?

Great Tyrant

In the Mathmos, and alive!

I can see that, but why?

Great Tyrant

It seems the Mathmos has created this bubble to protect itself from your innocence.
. . .

Great Tyrant
[The women's bubble is deposited on solid ground, breaking open.]

You are so good, you made the Mathmos vomit.

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