The Count of the Old Town (1935)

Valdemar Dalquist: Greven

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Quotes 

• Greven : I'll never forgive you, Gurkan, for teaching me to drink beer. Especially morning beer. But once you start it, well...

  Gurkan : Have you noticed time goes slower every morning till they open?

  Greven : It's a natural phenomenon. You get thirstier each day that goes by.

• Gurkan : Society doesn't appreciate our honesty.

  Greven : No, not when they deny us a liquor ration book.

• Gurkan : It sounds unbelievable, but we're five cents short.

  Greven : Hey, Gurkan, wouldn't it be even more unbelievable if we weren't short?

• Greven : Sit down! Don't act like a kid before he gets his first long pants.

• Greven : You should dress better. One should not judge a man by his clothes, but you're a damned mess.

• Greven : Remember this, boys: watch out for wine, women and gambling.

• Greven : I don't want to think badly of him. He has a liquor ration book. That's the same as being a good citizen in this country.

• Elsa : What shall I do? He wants to see me tonight.

  Greven : Meet him then. If we can save him, then we must do what we can. But try to pump him.

• [first lines] 

  Newspaper Manager : Count!

  Greven : I'm coming!

  Newspaper Manager : The nights seem to be very lively among you people in the Old Town.

  Greven : Yeah, things are always lively with us. I don't mean this epidemic of thefts is much fun. But something's always happening in the Old Town.

• Greven : If my upbringing didn't forbid it, I'd call you an old thief and hag!

• [last lines] 

  Greven : Cheers that we'll give now, and they come straight from the heart, let us cheer for the Old Town. Long may it live! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!