Elvira Madigan (I) (1967)
Pia Degermark: Elvira Madigan, Hedvig Jensen, cirkusdanös
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Elvira Madigan, alias Hedvig Jensen : Don't you understand what we have to do, Sixten?
Sixten Sparre : Don't say it.
Elvira Madigan, alias Hedvig Jensen : We must. We don't have any choice.
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Elvira Madigan, alias Hedvig Jensen : Don't talk about love, Sixten. We can't butter our bread with it.
Sixten Sparre : You want me to find a job? Where? Tell me!
Sixten Sparre : You want me to find a job. Tell me! Where?
Sixten Sparre : How am I supposed to do it? Should I go in and say, "My name is Count Sparre. I've deserted from the Swedish army. Can you give me work?" Is that how I should do it?
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Elvira Madigan, alias Hedvig Jensen : War is a soldier's job, right? Our circus tent burned down in Paris. It was hit by a grenade. I was only 2, but they told me. It was in '71. All our animals died in the fire. I can remember the smell. War is not fancy parades, Sixten. It's the smell of burnt flesh.
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[out of money, Elvira and Sixten have resorted to scrounging for food, with Sixten stealing some eggs]
Elvira Madigan, alias Hedvig Jensen : Don't be sad. We're just going out to have breakfast. How do you want your eggs?
Sixten Sparre : Hard-boiled.
Elvira Madigan, alias Hedvig Jensen : How hard?
Sixten Sparre : I'm sorry?
Elvira Madigan, alias Hedvig Jensen : How many minutes?
Sixten Sparre : Four.
Elvira Madigan, alias Hedvig Jensen : From the start?
Sixten Sparre : No, four minutes after the water boils. How many slices of bread do you want?
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Kristoffer, Sixtens vän : What you need is an admirer. In your profession, I'm sure you have many opportunities.
Elvira Madigan, alias Hedvig Jensen : He's not the first, that's true. But he's the best.
Kristoffer, Sixtens vän : So far. There will be others.
Elvira Madigan, alias Hedvig Jensen : No, he's the last for me.
Kristoffer, Sixtens vän : It's not just about people. He's betrayed his country, too.
Elvira Madigan, alias Hedvig Jensen : My mother is German. My father Danish. My stepfather is American. I have friends in France and Italy. Look, my hand is like a map.
[shows Kristoffer her palm]
Elvira Madigan, alias Hedvig Jensen : Here are lines, like borders. What does it matter where the lines are? I care about the hand. The whole hand.
