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
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:19 THE LAST NIGHT
00:00:58 Karl Weber lives with his wife Gitta and his young son Robert at his ranch.
00:01:10 And in her heart awoke a new craving for the theater.
00:02:38 It's a great world out there! A great world, it calls you!
00:05:35 I love her, flee with me
00:06:15 Karl, forgive ... You've always been so well ... But I cannot do otherwise.
00:09:52 The nostalgia for the theater is too great. God protect you. God protect you
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.
00:14:12 So is it every night.
00:14:31 The Colonel will seek you... I demand that you receive him...
00:16:36 I love you and I put my fortune at your feet.
00:17:19 Remember me then: I will always be available to help you.
00:18:29 but at the same time helps her flee across the border.
00:19:18 His beautiful wife ran off with a comedian
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!
00:26:19 Every night he goes to the theater to see you.
00:29:56 Ma'am, excuse me. I'm so confused, I haven't even introduced myself yet.
00:32:19 Do not touch it, it is sacred, it is my talisman!
00:34:06 Poor, poor mother!
00:37:23 Do not ask any questions.
00:39:00 Robert caught the car containing Vandoris with the police
00:39:18 The woman paid for her former sins with her life.