Fanny and Alexander (TV Mini Series)
Sommarens händelser (1983)
Jan Malmsjö: Biskop Edvard Vergerus
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Quotes
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Bishop Edvard Vergérus : You've won a great victory. A victory over yourself. Which punishment do you choose? Cane, castor oil, or the dark cubbyhole?
Alexander Ekdahl : How many strokes of the cane?
Bishop Edvard Vergérus : Ten.
Alexander Ekdahl : Then I choose the cane.
Bishop Edvard Vergérus : Take two cushions and put them on the table. Pull your pants down. Bend over.
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Bishop Edvard Vergérus : By being irresponsible, you've forced me to take responsibility, not only for your children but also for you. It's a heavy burden.
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Bishop Edvard Vergérus : Punishment given out of love can never be humiliating in the deeper sense. Love and respect have nothing in common, and the language of love can be rather harsh.
Emilie Ekdahl : [with disdain] You're one to speak of love.
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Bishop Edvard Vergérus : I'm an ordinary man with great faults, but I exercise a powerful office that always overshadows the person holding it. A man becomes a slave to such an office.
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Emilie Ekdahl : You don't frighten me.
Bishop Edvard Vergérus : I must frighten you, Emilie. But I do so with a heavy heart, since I love you in spite of everything. You're not strong, Emilie.
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Emilie Ekdahl : I could kill you.
Bishop Edvard Vergérus : Emilie. You'll harm the baby with thoughts like that.
Emilie Ekdahl : Our baby will never be born.