The Last Night
1917 · 40 MIN · IMDB 5.7 · 33 VOTES · DIR. Jenö Janovics
Overview
Gitta, a young woman who used to be a famous primadonna before her marriage, abandons her husband and her son for the sake of the theatre and goes to Russia with an actor, Vándori. She performs in cabaret as a dancer and is very popular with Russian officers. A Russian colonel falls in love with her, and the debauched Vándori organizes a secret date for the colonel with Gitta. The colonel wants the woman to become his mistress, but she rejects him. Vándori is a gambler, first he gambles away Gitta’s jewellery, then Gitta as well. Years later, at the outbreak of WWI, Gitta leaves Russia with the help of the colonel. She returns home to find her family. She learns about her husband’s death and her son’s disappearance. She becomes a successful actress. A young man falls in love with her, but she recognizes him as her son.
Dialogue Timeline — 102 lines
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00:00:19 THE LAST NIGHT
00:01:02 His wife, formerly a celebrated actress
00:01:30 I have to go. It's already 6 o'clock. I do not think I will be back before noon tomorrow.
00:02:46 You have to ... and you want to do ...
00:05:45 That is life, not this!
00:09:49 Karl, forgive ... You've always been so good ... But I cannot do otherwise.
00:10:17 Colonel Serge Sergejewics is in love with Gitta.
00:12:13 How I have to pay for the pain I've caused.
00:14:14 You're going to sink us both!
00:15:18 The next morning.
00:17:11 There may come a time when you need a friend to protect you
00:18:23 When she no longer supports the infamous Vandoris.
00:19:14 Ah, the good lord died twelve years ago.
00:20:01 Gitta got a contract in a theater ... under an assumed name.
00:23:18 You thought I had died in prison. No, I would not give you that pleasure!
00:26:20 Get him to come to you tomorrow night and you will get rid of me forever!
00:30:06 No, I do not want to know who you are. You will never know who I am.
00:32:52 My son, my only son, my little Robert! You!
00:35:04 but more no! If he does not come out, I will go in ...
00:37:33 do not ask.
00:39:15 It was too late, there was no hope.