Private Vices, Public Virtues
1976 · 104 MIN · IMDB 5.6 · 923 VOTES · DIR. Miklós Jancsó
Overview
The setting is a Central European kingdom, near the turn of the century. Bored by his very proper wife, the youthful heir to the throne spends his time in amorous dalliances at a sprawling country estate. His wife departs at the arrival of his friends, and they organize a celebration which becomes a wild orgy and culminates in death and tragedy.
Dialogue Timeline — 421 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:18 PRIVATE VICES, PUBLIC VIRTUES
00:06:32 and keeps sending me letters asking things like:
00:12:23 - Were you unfaithful to me? - Never.
00:15:09 they came to the castle for my wife's birthday.
00:16:24 "I want to hear it. I have to judge if it's of interest".
00:20:02 Everything we're able to get away with is time gained for us.
00:22:17 Thank you, Your Highness.
00:24:32 This being so, if a dog chases a man in order to bite him
00:26:38 I've just had a great idea.
00:27:45 Just a moment...
00:30:36 The most illustrious youths of the Empire are at our disposition.
00:31:52 What do you think of our Hungarian dancers?
00:41:23 Courage! The competition continues!
00:44:24 and for every emotion.
00:47:41 I have decided to divorce my present wife, because I don't love her.
00:51:00 He has a nice ass: Chief of Police.
00:53:32 On my father's orders, he put a blackboard in my room.
00:57:07 Let go of me!
01:04:06 Together, we humiliate him in public, politically.
01:10:46 I, however, will explain the constant lies used as a pretext...
01:13:43 Come on! We mustn't keep them waiting.
01:17:00 Is life so difficult, even for those who collaborate with the Emperor?
01:30:07 What do you want to do?
01:35:02 after having killed the woman he loved
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed421
Dialogue density4.0 lines / min
First line00:00:18
Final line01:35:02
Production Record
DirectorMiklós Jancsó
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes923