The Last Command (1928)
Emil Jannings: Grand Duke Sergius Alexander
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Quotes
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Gen. Dolgorucki : So you two are serving your country - - by *acting*! A fine patriotic service - when Russia is fighting for her life!
[signals to Lev to come forward]
Gen. Dolgorucki : Why are you not in uniform?
Lev Andreyev : My lungs are weak.
Gen. Dolgorucki : [blows cigarette smoke into Lev's face] Perhaps it is your *courage* that is weak!
Lev Andreyev : It doesn't require courage to send others to battle and death.
[the angry Duke uses his crop to whip Andreyev across the face]
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Gen. Dolgorucki : We must have victory! Defeat means revolution - and the collapse of Russia!
Natalie : Then you love Russia so much?
Gen. Dolgorucki : I would gladly die tonight - if it would help Russia!
Natalie : Before you die - won't you at least have coffee with me - in my room?
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The adjutant : They are actors playing for the troops and their passports are in order - but our reports show they are revolutionists - she is Natalie Dobrova, the most dangerous revolutionist in Russia!
Gen. Dolgorucki : Let's have them up! He's dangerous enough - - and she's pretty enough - to merit my personal attention!
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Gen. Dolgorucki : I - I had a great shock once!
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Gen. Dolgorucki : From now now on you are my prisoner of war - - and my prisoner of love.
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Gen. Dolgorucki : Don't argue! Have a division deloused and re-equipped - and send it here immediately!
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Gen. Dolgorucki : Recall a division from the front - - His Majesty thinks the war is a parlor game.
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Gen. Dolgorucki : People of Russia, you are being led by traitors - we must win or Russia will perish! The command is forward - - to victory.
