Quadrille
1938 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 441 VOTES · DIR. Sacha Guitry
Overview
The battle of the sexes as drawing room social satire. Philippe, a middle-aged newspaper editor, has lived for six years with Paulette, a successful stage actress. He tells her friend Claudine, a realistic and enterprising reporter, that he's thinking of proposing. Into the mix steps Carl Erickson, a charming Hollywood matinée idol in Paris briefly. He meets Paulette, sees her act (his box seat compliments of Philippe), and sets out to seduce her. The next two days bring talk, tears, separation, despair, surprises, and, perhaps, reconciliation as characters speak "exactly half the truth." It's a quadrille of changing partners.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,558 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:51 Written by, Directed by, and Starring SACHA GUITRY
00:08:08 That's going a bit far
00:11:30 His second bedroom?
00:15:42 But if it's a masterpiece, he could easily ruin the whole thing!
00:20:22 - Well? - I saw him.
00:25:24 Please have a seat.
00:29:42 We mustn't be seen together.
00:33:55 yet we live just like slaves... - over here.
00:38:43 - Not that word. - There's no other word for it.
00:41:54 So you already liked him.
00:45:03 - What idea did cross your mind? - None at all.
00:48:23 That someone is me
00:51:41 Too many others, it seems.
00:55:03 May I get a word in edgewise?
00:59:14 No, not like that. Listen.
01:02:46 - Didn't he ask you back? - Yes, but why?
01:06:02 You can't be as bad as you pretend.
01:09:37 At this very moment she's the happiest of women.
01:14:55 But "close" makes all the difference.
01:18:02 Hand it over, Miss Mailman.
01:21:44 "I hope Philippe forgives me."
01:24:48 It's only natural that we defend ourselves.
01:28:09 I love you.
01:31:25 Why? Did you two fight?
Cast & Characters
Sacha Guitry
Philippe de Morannes
Gaby Morlay
Paulette Nanteuil
Jacqueline Delubac
Claudine André
Georges Grey
Carl Erickson
Pauline Carton
La femme de chambre de l'hôtel
Jacques Vitry
Le docteur
Louis Baldy
Durmel
Julien Rivière
Le maître d'hôtel
Louis Vonelly
Le chef de réception
Paul Alex
Le concierge
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,558
Dialogue density16.4 lines / min
First line00:00:51
Final line01:31:25
Production Record
DirectorSacha Guitry
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes441