Frankenstein (1931) · 27 quotes
Tied for 3rd most-quoted character in Frankenstein (1931): in 6 of its 27 quotes
Most scenes with: Dr. Henry Frankenstein (3), Elizabeth (3)
Victor Perhaps he can tell me more about all this.
Oh Victor, you're a dear.
Victor You know I'd go to the ends of the earth for you.
I shouldn't like that. I'm far too fond of you.
Victor I wish you were!
Victor.
Victor I'm sorry.
Herr Frankenstein is greatly changed.
Victor You mean changed as a result of his work?
Yes, his work, his insane ambition to create life.
How? How? Please tell us everything, whatever it is.
The bodies we use in our dissecting room for lecture purposes were not perfect enough for his experiments, he said. He wished us to supply him with other bodies and we were not to be too particular as to where and how we got them. I told him that his demands were unreasonable. And so he left the University to work unhampered. He found what he needed elsewhere.
Victor Oh! The bodies of animals. Well, what are the lives of a few rabbits and dogs?
You do not quite get what I mean. Herr Frankenstein was interested only in human life — first to destroy it, then recreate it. There you have his mad dream.
Elizabeth, please, won't you go away? Won't you trust me, just for tonight?
You're ill. What's the matter?
Nothing. I'm quite all right, truly I am. Oh, can't you see? I mustn't be disturbed. You'll ruin everything. My experiment is almost completed.
Wait a moment. I understand. I believe in you. But I cannot leave you tonight.
You've got to leave!
Victor Henry, you're inhuman. You're crazy.
Crazy, am I? We'll see whether I'm crazy or not. Come on up...
Look! It's moving. It's sha — it's... it's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive! It's alive, it's alive, it's alive! It's ALIVE!
Victor Henry — in the name of God!
Oh in the name of God! Now I know what it feels like to be God!
Note: the bolded line is ranked #49 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.
Both in my private and official capacities as burgomaster...
Yes, yes, yes, we know all about that, but what do you want?
What I really want to know is, when will the wedding be, if you please?
Unless Henry comes to his senses, there'll be no wedding at all.
But Herr Baron, the village is already prepared.
Well, tell them to unprepare.
Oh, but such a lovely bride! And such a fine young man, the very image of his father.
Heaven forbid!
But sir, everything is ready!
I know that! Don't keep on saying so, you idiot! There's nothing to cry about.
Good day, Miss Elizabeth. Good day, Herr Moritz.
Good day, Herr Vogel.
Good day, Herr Baron.
And good riddance to you. There you are. Huh! You see how it is. The whole village is kept waiting, the bride is kept waiting, and I am kept waiting. Henry must come home, if I have to fetch him myself.
Victor No, no, Baron.
What do you mean, no, no,
Victor What about his work?
Stuff and nonsense. what about his wedding? there is another woman... and I'm going to find her.
Victor Henry! Dr. Waldman!...He's been seen in the hills terrorizing the mountainside.
