The Gentleman Who Can Be Booked
1930 · 92 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 45 VOTES · DIR. Géza von Bolváry
Overview
"Der Herr auf Bestellung" has the Weimar dream team of Walter Reisch as scriptwriter, Geza von Bolvary as director and most importantly, the incomparable Willi Forst as main actor. This 'musical burlesque' tells about a stylish young gentleman (Willi Forst) who works as a so-called 'Festredner'; an untranslatable term, it indicates a person who makes speeches at important events like marriages etc. for people who don't feel able to do it themselves. Willi lends his voice to a speech-impaired professor (Paul Hörbiger), but the baroness (Trude Lieske) who falls in love with Hörbiger only does so because of Willi's voice, and you can guess that this leads to all sorts of complications…
Dialogue Timeline — 991 lines
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00:00:01 Superfilm AG presents the musical burlesque
00:04:37 The bridegroom:
00:07:54 And now she's got her Franz
00:10:48 of our esteemed president, the Baroness Lindenwörth.
00:12:39 #Take my card, I'll make a house call
00:15:30 # Give me your card, I'll make a house call
00:18:09 Is he dumb?
00:21:20 but it's all been arranged as you wished.
00:25:16 Rabindranath Tragore
00:27:47 The vita makkaroni
00:30:33 I ... eh....
00:33:52 either sociologically, or biologically.
00:37:39 A gown with silver lace?
00:42:28 eating became fashionable
00:46:23 I held the lecture only for you.
00:50:01 Come with me, Professor
00:55:46 Why not?
00:57:51 # looks up to her windows
01:03:59 Or should I stay with Lillebil?
01:07:16 I'm listening, Professor
01:10:51 But how strange you speak!
01:12:34 Oh dear.
01:14:42 Oh yes, I can speak!
01:17:06 I'm asking you for the last time: