La Ronde (1950)

Jean-Louis Barrault: Robert Kuhlenkampf

Quotes 

• Robert Kuhlenkampf : I can't even see if you're blushing, though I suspect you're lying.

• Anna : Couldn't you talk like everyone else?

  Robert Kuhlenkampf : I've never tried.

• Robert Kuhlenkampf : I can't see you at all. Are you blonde or brunette?

  Anna : You should have written it down.

  Robert Kuhlenkampf : That's incredibly profound! In one phrase you sum up the whole tragedy of desire.

• Anna : For you I think love must be something...

  Robert Kuhlenkampf : Yes?

  Anna : Something...

  Robert Kuhlenkampf : Intangible. Take off your dress.

  Anna : Robert!

  Robert Kuhlenkampf : Take it off! Night envelops us in her veil of stars. She's spread the Milky Way at our feet. A thousand stars sparkle before us. Take it off!

  Anna : But I'm cold.

  Robert Kuhlenkampf : Night reveals 20, 30, 50 suns hidden by the light of day. Imagine we're in the Indies, in a mysterious palace. Take off your slip. The nights are hot. The humid night air surrounds us. Take off your slip.

  Anna : Do you love me?

• Robert Kuhlenkampf : Let's go away, shall we?

  Anna : Go away?

  Robert Kuhlenkampf : For three months - or three weeks.

  Anna : What about your lawyer? And my mother?

  Robert Kuhlenkampf : They'll console each other. We'll live naked in the forest, drink from babbling brooks, eat nature's golden fruit, and then say farewell.

  Anna : Why? I thought...

  Robert Kuhlenkampf : There is no true love without farewells. Kiss me.