The Eagle with Two Heads
1948 · 93 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 699 VOTES · DIR. Jean Cocteau
Overview
Political intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. The queen is in seclusion, veiling her face for the ten years since her husband's assassination, longing to join him in death. Stanislas, a poet whose pen name is Azrael, is a suicidal anarchist, his imagination haunted into hate by longing for this queen who's drawn apart. He enters her private quarters intent on killing her then himself, but they fall in love, in part because he looks like the king. Stanislas wants her to regain political power by appearing to the public, and she tries to convince him to find hope and escape. All the while, the queen's enemies plot to keep the lovers together but to thwart their plans.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,081 lines
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00:00:14 THE DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE
00:06:05 That's strange. The only thing I've ever been afraid of is silence.
00:09:15 - What's going on? - I've no idea.
00:16:12 ...that this ball is just a cover-up.
00:18:57 Is it understood?
00:23:25 A criminal hides in the park.
00:26:32 Tell me about your adventure.
00:29:42 And this destiny pleases me.
00:32:53 Try to get back your force.
00:36:36 - But who is it? - You shall laugh:
00:40:50 Queen: What wilt thou do?
00:43:46 Those are the risks men of his profession must take.
00:46:40 You can see me, but I cannot see you, I'm only seeing myself.
00:49:35 He gave me the names of his accomplices
00:53:07 You've killed her.
00:56:17 receive us in Your kingdom of enigmas
01:01:01 - I thought he had left Krantz. - He was ordered to leave Krantz.
01:04:09 ...Her Majesty, talking about you, M. le Comte, had told me about your words.
01:07:17 - Don't arrest me before one o'clock. - Granted.
01:11:14 The poems you've burned at Krantz, were they addressed to me?
01:14:44 We're going to see Her Majesty unveiled at her window, it's fantastic!
01:17:51 My coach will join your train.
01:22:31 "The queens, since the days of Cleopatra ???
01:27:01 And everything has happened as I told it.