Frankenstein (1931) quotes, page 2

Both in my private and official capacities as burgomaster...

Baron

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?

Baron

Unless Henry comes to his senses, there'll be no wedding at all.

But Herr Baron, the village is already prepared.

Baron

Well, tell them to unprepare.

Oh, but such a lovely bride! And such a fine young man, the very image of his father.

Baron

Heaven forbid!

But sir, everything is ready!

Baron

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.

Baron

Good day, Herr Vogel.

Good day, Herr Baron.

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.

Baron

What do you mean, no, no,

Victor

What about his work?

Baron

Stuff and nonsense. what about his wedding? there is another woman... and I'm going to find her.

Waldman

Herr Frankenstein is greatly changed.

Victor

You mean changed as a result of his work?

Waldman

Yes, his work, his insane ambition to create life.

Elizabeth

How? How? Please tell us everything, whatever it is.

Waldman

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?

Waldman

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.

Waldman

This creature of yours should be kept under guard. Mark my words. He will prove dangerous.

Henry

Dangerous! Poor old Waldman. Have you never wanted to do anything that was dangerous? Where should we be if nobody tried to find out what lies beyond? Have you never wanted to look beyond the clouds and the stars or to know what causes the trees to bud and what changes the darkness into light? But if you talk like that, people call you crazy. But if I could discover just one of these things, what eternity is, for example, I wouldn't care if they did think I was crazy!

Waldman

You're young, my friend. Your success has intoxicated you. Wake up and look facts in the face! Here we have a fiend whose brain...

Henry

The brain must be given time to develop. It's a perfectly good brain, doctor. You ought to know. It came from your own laboratory.

Waldman

The brain that was stolen from my laboratory was a criminal brain.

Henry

Oh well, after all, it's only a piece of dead tissue.

Waldman

Only Evil can come of it! Your health will be ruined if you persist in this madness.

Henry

I'm astonishingly sane, doctor.

Waldman

You have created a Monster and he will destroy you.

Henry

Patience, patience. I believe in this Monster, as you call it. And if you don't, well, you must leave me alone. So far, he's been kept in complete darkness. Wait till I bring him into the light.

Dr. Henry Frankenstein

You must have faith in me, Elizabeth. Wait, my work must come first, even before you. At night the winds howl in the mountains. There is no one here. Prying eyes can't peer into my secret...I am living in an abandoned old watchtower close to the town of Goldstadt. Only my assistant is here to help me with my experiments.

Baron Frankenstein

Here's to a very good health...to a son of the House of Frankenstein...Here's to jolly good health to Frankenstein.

Dr. Henry Frankenstein

He's just resting — waiting for a new life to come.

Baron Frankenstein

I understand perfectly well. There's another woman — and you're afraid to tell me. Pretty sort of experiments these must be.

Dr. Henry Frankenstein

Quite a good scene, isn't it? One man crazy — three very sane spectators.

Dr. Henry Frankenstein

There can be no wedding while this horrible creation of mine is still alive. I made him with these hands, and with these hands I will destroy him. I must find him. [to Victor] You stay here and look after Elizabeth. I leave her in your care, whatever happens. Do you understand? In your care.

Dr. Henry Frankenstein

There's nothing to fear. Look. No blood, no decay. Just a few stitches. And look, here's the final touch. The brain you stole, Fritz. Think of it. The brain of a dead man waiting to live again in a body I made with my own hands, with my own hands. Let's have one final test. Throw the switches.

Dr. Henry Frankenstein

This storm will be magnificent. All the electrical secrets of Heaven. And this time we're ready, eh Fritz? Ready.

Baron Frankenstein

You think I'm an idiot, don't you? But I'm not! Anyone can see with half an eye that there's something wrong. And I have two eyes, and pretty good ones at that. Well, what is it?...What's the matter with my son? What's he doing?...Why does he go messing around an old ruined windmill when he has a decent house, a bath, good food and drink, and a darn pretty girl to come back to? Ha, will you tell me that?