Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Hugh Bonneville: Schiller
Quotes
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Schiller : Why don't you look where I'm going?
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Henry Clerval : Nice coat.
Victor Frankenstein : Thank you.
Henry Clerval : Don't take it too hard. It's just that Krempe doesn't approve of public humiliation.
Victor Frankenstein : I am not mad!
Henry Clerval : My dear fellow, of course you're not. In fact that's just the sort of thing I'd expect a perfectly rational person to say to a complete stranger. Henry Clerval, by the way and I'm completely crazy.
Victor Frankenstein : Victor Frankenstein.
Henry Clerval : Of Geneva
Victor Frankenstein : Of Geneva
Henry Clerval : Yes I...
Schiller : [bumping into them] Why don't you look where I'm going?
Henry Clerval : That's Schiller. Ornament to the playing field.
Victor Frankenstein : Really?
Henry Clerval : He's new as well. You can tell because he goes around looking at things with his mouth open. What are you here for?
Victor Frankenstein : Research.
Henry Clerval : Very grand. I'm here to become a mere doctor. I'm told that has something to do with healing the sick, which is a pity really, because I find sick people rather revolting.
Victor Frankenstein : Uh-huh.
Henry Clerval : Still, I'll have a good time, get my degree if I can stop failing anatomy, and settle down to relieve rich old ladies of imaginary ailments. And then relieve their very real and beautiful daughters.
Victor Frankenstein : Who was that? He was at the lecture.
Henry Clerval : Ah, that's Waldman.
Victor Frankenstein : Oh, that's Waldman?
Henry Clerval : Yes, interesting case. They say, in his youth, he could break into heaven and lecture God on science. Ran into trouble with the authorities a few years back. Something to do with illegal experiments.
Victor Frankenstein : What kind of experiments, I wonder? So what was it you were saying about rich old ladies and their daughters?
Henry Clerval : Yes, it's a life of sacrifice, I know. But someone's got to do it.