Liliom Page #5

Synopsis: Two women love the same man in a world of few prospects. In Budapest, Liliom is a "public figure," a rascal who's a carousel barker, loved by the experienced merry-go-round owner and by a young, innocent maid. The maid, Julie, loses her job after going out with Liliom; he's fired by his jealous employer for going out with Julie. The two lovers move in with Julie's aunt; unemployment emasculates him and a local weasel tempts him with crime. Julie, now wan, is true to Liliom even in his bad temper. Meanwhile, a stolid widower, a carpenter, wants to marry Julie. Is there any future on this earth for Julie and Liliom, whose love is passionate rather than ideal?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Director(s): Fritz Lang
Production: Europa Films
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
UNRATED
Year:
1934
118 min
191 Views


- Be quiet!

- I won't be quiet.

- That's enough.

Liliom, it always ends like this.

I won't speak to you

for a whole week!

Did he strike you?

He should be ashamed!

Did he hurt you?

Did you slap him back?

When I was young, I always hit back.

Poor little thing!

Listen, the carpenter is coming

to have his portrait taken.

Why don't you go and fetch

the 5-by-7 frames?

Lazy coward!

"Report to the police station

on July 17 at 10:00."

Can't you watch where you're going?

At your service.

- Quick, Julie, the customer's here.

- I'm coming.

I'm telling you,

it will be just fine.

You can count on me.

I'll take care of everything.

So she didn't say no?

- Good day, sir.

- Good day, Miss Julie.

It was a 5-by-7 portrait

you wanted, right?

No... I mean, yes.

- Five-by-seven, so to speak.

- It's a little more expensive, of course.

Two francs more.

Price is no object, Miss Julie.

If you don't mind,

we'll get started right away.

Julie, set the gentleman up

for the pose.

Please come this way, sir.

Julie, take into account the man's style.

He has a nice figure.

Prepare something dapper for him.

Business is doing great, Miss Julie.

I'm expanding the store.

- How about a column?

- Yes.

With a column,

the portrait will really stand out.

- There...

- Pardon me.

- There would be work for two people...

- Lift your head.

In my shop, Miss Julie.

Put your arm here.

You need a woman's touch

in a prosperous business.

Smile!

Don't move.

Act natural.

A little more.

Look over here.

Very good!

I'm going to count to three.

Here we go!

One, two...

- three.!

- POLICE STATION

Alfred, what are you doing here?

- Were you summoned too?

- No, but...

you must need a witness.

But you weren't there.

All the more reason.

I'll testify to anything.

Come on in.

- Who told you to enter?

- I was told to come at 10:00.

Wait in the hallway.

All right.

Bring out the cards.

Your deal.

- Five flush?

- Five flush.

No card playing allowed here.

NO SPITTING:

NO SMOKING:

NO DOGS ALLOWED:

KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN

It would be simpler

if they said what we can do.

Liliom Zadowski.

I'm his witness.

Liliom Zadowski and his witness.

You were summoned for the...

I've already been summoned

to the police station three times.

Everything I have to say

is written in my statement.

That may be, but your statement

contains a legal error.

It's missing a stamp.

Isn't that the management's fault?

Get it through your head

that management is never at fault.

- Well, then, can I go?

- No.

According to the provisions

of the decree of August 17th, 1874...

the defendant must be present

when the stamp is applied.

Strange.

- Sir.

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Ferenc Molnár

Ferenc Molnár (born Ferenc Neumann, 12 January 1878 – 1 April 1952, anglicized as Franz Molnar) was a Hungarian-born author, stage-director, dramatist, and poet, widely regarded as Hungary’s most celebrated and controversial playwrights. His primary aim through his writing was to entertain by transforming his personal experiences into literary works of art. He was never connected to any one literary movement but he did utilize the precepts of Naturalism, Neo-Romanticism, Expressionism, and the Freudian psychoanalytical concepts, but only as long as they suited his desires. “By fusing the realistic narrative and stage tradition of Hungary with Western influences into a cosmopolitan amalgam, Molnár emerged as a versatile artist whose style was uniquely his own.” As a novelist, Molnár may best be remembered for The Paul Street Boys, the story of two rival gangs of youths in Budapest. It has been translated into fourteen languages and adapted for the stage and film. It has been considered a masterpiece by many. It was, however, as a playwright that he made his greatest contribution and how he is best known internationally. "In his graceful, whimsical, sophisticated drawing-room comedies, he provided a felicitous synthesis of Naturalism and fantasy, Realism and Romanticism, cynicism and sentimentality, the profane and the sublime." Out of his many plays, The Devil, Liliom, The Swan, The Guardsman and The Play's the Thing endure as classics. He was influenced by the likes of Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, and Gerhart Hauptmann. He immigrated to the United States to escape persecution of Hungarian Jews during World War II and later adopted American citizenship. Molnár’s plays continue to be relevant and are performed all over the world. His national and international fame has inspired many Hungarian playwrights to include Elemér Boross, László Fodor, Lajos Biró, László Bús-Fekete, Ernö Vajda, Attila Orbók, and Imre Földes, among others. more…

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