Fear (1954)
Ingrid Bergman: Irene Wagner
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Quotes
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Irene Wagner : [first lines - voiceover] I had been driving aimlessly around the city for more than an hour. My hands gripped the wheel. I struggled with myself, not knowing how the struggle would end.
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Irene Wagner : [voiceover] Our prohibited love had never given me serenity.
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Children's Nanny : Sorry, ma'am, but we can't take it anymore. Miss Marta is unbearable. She thinks we're all loafers. She picks on me in particular because I go dancing on Sundays. What's wrong with that?
Irene Wagner : You must be patient with Marta. She's grown old. It happens to everyone sooner or later.
Children's Nanny : I don't want to get old. I'd rather die young.
Irene Wagner : Let's hope not.
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Irene Wagner : [voiceover] I felt as though everything here helped to soothe my tired nerves. Seated on my favorite armchair, I abandoned myself to Marta's pampering. She caressed me with loving hands as she had when I was a child, reminding me of my childhood in Sweden. The immense landscapes, the swims in the lakes, the days of innocent lightheartedness that never came back.
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Irene Wagner : Don't you think you were too severe?
Mady : No.
Irene Wagner : But she told the truth.
Mady : Yes, but, when? When she had no other way out. When she understood that she couldn't lie anymore. No. She must be punished for her obstinate refusal to confess. I don't understand how a person can be guilty of a serious wrong and not have the courage to confess.
Irene Wagner : Maybe she was ashamed. We're all ashamed in front of those who are closest to us, those we love.
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Irene Wagner : [voiceover] My mind was in tumult. The gray fog and driving rain made the anguished hours I waited, even more desperate.
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Irene Wagner : Mary, here's your present.
Mady : I wanted a rifle!
Irene Wagner : Girls don't play with rifles! No rifle for you .
Mady : But you bought one for Bubi.
Irene Wagner : Come sit next to me. Come on, let's see what is in this package. Can you guess what it is? Do you like it?
[shows her a new stuffed rabbit]
Mady : I don't want it.