The Marriage Circle

1924 · 85 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 1,584 VOTES · DIR. Ernst Lubitsch

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Overview

An unhappily married couple moves to Vienna, where the wife’s married best friend lives, and soon, sparks fly between the wife and the best friend’s husband.

Dialogue Timeline — 141 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 THE MARRIAGE CIRCLE
00:03:49 ...you moved to Vienna two months ago and I feel hurt...
00:04:55 "That's just what you want...
00:08:28 Eduard Grieg "I LOVE THEE"
00:10:55 "Did you ever see a man like him!"
00:12:47 ...and agree to pay the usual bonus for sufficient proof...
00:17:43 "This is Dr. Braun... Charlotte's husband."
00:21:29 "I've never seen you look so... so beautiful!"
00:24:48 DR. FRANZ BRAUN DR. GUSTAV MULLER PSYCHICIST SPECIALISTS
00:30:46 "I... er... a nervous man knocked it over."
00:34:38 "Dr. Schmidt... friend of mine."
00:38:17 There is more danger in dancing than in dining.
00:44:00 "Where's Franz?"
00:47:42 ...then I can't stay here!"
00:51:53 "I love you... I just can't help it... nobody could!"
00:57:13 "Prof. Stock has gone home."
01:00:54 1:22am Shades are pulled down.
01:04:27 "That's what happens... when you leave me alone."
01:08:59 "By the way, Mizzi is at the Hotel Bristol... since this morning."
01:11:36 ...if you merely wanted to tell me that you did not love me?
01:16:36 Franz: I suppose my husband has told you everything...
01:17:31 "Is it my fault that your husband fell in love with me?"
01:19:39 ...so you'll never look at another woman."
01:23:07 "And didn't we kiss each other?"

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed141
Dialogue density1.7 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line01:23:07

Production Record

DirectorErnst Lubitsch
LanguageEnglish
Budget$212,000
IMDb votes1,584