The President
1919 · 71 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 1,107 VOTES · DIR. Carl Theodor Dreyer
Overview
By his father’s deathbed, the young Karl Victor von Sendlingen swears that he will never make the same mistake his father made in his youth: to marry a girl beneath his own station. The promise proves to have fatal consequences when Karl Victor falls in love with a young governess, whom he impregnates but refuses to marry as this would break his oath to his father. Many years later, he is a highly respected president of the court about to deal out judgment to a young woman who has killed her new-born child. The young woman turns out to be his own illegitimate daughter, and Karl Victor is suddenly faced with the choice of doing his professional duty or making amends for his past misdeeds. (Stumfilm.dk)
Dialogue Timeline — 228 lines
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00:00:09 THE PRESIDENT
00:01:28 that are blooming on them. And that is why I today...
00:05:59 I offered to take her on the water...
00:11:14 For no good ever comes of it, naught but curses and remorse.
00:13:20 The majesty of justice is the holiest on earth.
00:19:22 "infanticide, whom I am to defend. Werner always applies the death penalty in such dread causes...
00:25:10 "A Sendlingen may be reckless...
00:26:51 whom I have named Victorine after you, in vain. Hermine
00:29:56 "Silence for the counsel for the prosecution!"
00:31:38 "Silence for the counsel for the defence!"
00:35:19 The maiden sighs To the dandelion seeeds:
00:37:27 You must admit that she is at least...
00:42:10 In these long nights I have prayed to God...
00:46:15 The two friends agree that Berger shall prepare...
00:52:22 to president of the residency town, and that you are to take up your post within four days...
00:55:09 My father has just been to tell me."
00:57:14 even if it breaks his heart to do so."
01:00:14 the keys of the town, dear von Sendlingen."
01:08:27 "I am deeply touched by your kindness, and I hope my fellow...
01:10:18 I know that you cannot forgive me, and I do not ask you to...
01:14:56 "Tell him that I shall always remember him with love and respect."
01:20:04 "I have come to demand the punishment I deserve as a criminal."
01:21:49 That night the president wrote...
33:07:08 NAME: Victorine Lippert