-- with special allowances for his sisters Marguerite, Laetizia, and Carolina -- CUT TO: Madame D’s spinster daughters. They range in age from forty to fifty. They are sturdy and fierce. DEPUTY KOVACS -- and minor gifts for various members of the extended family as shown in the List of Recipients, which I will elucidate in due course. There is a mumbling of general approval around the room and throughout the gallery of distant relations. A few take notes. Deputy Kovacs interjects: DEPUTY KOVACS However. Voices hush. Pause. DEPUTY KOVACS An additional codicil, delivered into my possession by post only this morning, and, by all indications, sent by Madame D. during the last hours of her life, contains an amendment to the original certificate, which, as prescribed by law, I will read to you now. The authenticity of this document has not yet been confirmed by the presiding magistrate, so I ask that all parties be patient and refrain from comment until such time as our investigations can be completed. Dmitri and Jopling confer at a tense whisper. The sisters grumble, dismayed. The group as a whole sits up to attention. Deputy Kovacs slides a hand-written letter on pale-pink paper out of an envelope and reads: DEPUTY KOVACS “To my esteemed friend who comforted me in my later years and brought sunshine into the life of an old woman who thought she would never be happy again -- M. Gustave H. -- I bequeath, bestow, and devise, free of all taxation and with full and absolute fiduciary entitlement, the painting known as ‘Boy with Apple’ --
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
DEPUTY KOVACS
A screenplay character in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).
- lines
- 9
- words
- 589
- scenes
- 3
- dialogue
- 4.2%
- avg words / line
- 65
- shortest / longest
- 10 / 266
Sample dialogue
-- with special allowances for his sisters Marguerite, Laetizia, and Carolina -- CUT TO: Madame D’s spinster daughters. They range in age from forty to fifty. They are sturdy and fierce. DEPUTY KOVACS -- and minor gifts for various members of the extended family as shown in the List of Recipients, which I will elucidate in due course. There is a mumbling of general approval around the room and throughout the gallery of distant relations. A few take notes. Deputy Kovacs interjects: DEPUTY KOVACS However. Voices hush. Pause. DEPUTY KOVACS An additional codicil, delivered into my possession by post only this morning, and, by all indications, sent by Madame D. during the last hours of her life, contains an amendment to the original certificate, which, as prescribed by law, I will read to you now. The authenticity of this document has not yet been confirmed by the presiding magistrate, so I ask that all parties be patient and refrain from comment until such time as our investigations can be completed. Dmitri and Jopling confer at a tense whisper. The sisters grumble, dismayed. The group as a whole sits up to attention. Deputy Kovacs slides a hand-written letter on pale-pink paper out of an envelope and reads: DEPUTY KOVACS “To my esteemed friend who comforted me in my later years and brought sunshine into the life of an old woman who thought she would never be happy again -- M. Gustave H. -- I bequeath, bestow, and devise, free of all taxation and with full and absolute fiduciary entitlement, the painting known as ‘Boy with Apple’ --
scene 13 — INT. CORRIDOR. MORNINGM. Gustave: your life may be at stake. M. GUSTAVE
scene 18 — INT. VISITING ROOM. DAYWho is he? CUT TO: M. Gustave with a look of utter astonishment on his face. He blurts out: M. GUSTAVE Serge? ZERO I’m afraid so. M. GUSTAVE That little prick. Pause. M. Gustave reconsiders. M. GUSTAVE No, I don’t believe it. They put him up to it. I’ve been dropped into a nest of vipers. ZERO You have an alibi? M. GUSTAVE
scene 18 — INT. VISITING ROOM. DAYWell, in point of fact, I’m the executor of the estate. In this particular situation -- I represent the deceased. DMITRI Oh, yeah? DEPUTY KOVACS Yeah. A provision for my fees was included in the -- DMITRI Just wrap it up, and don’t make waves. Agreed? DEPUTY KOVACS
scene 21 — INT. LAWYER’S OFFICE. DAYI’m an attorney, Dmitri. I’m obligated to proceed according to the rule of law. Not agreed. Dmitri’s eyes peer sideways. He says quietly, menacing: DMITRI This stinks, sisters. Deputy Kovacs looks insulted. Dmitri stands up, walks to the door, and exits. The cat squeals. Jopling follows Dmitri out the door. Deputy Kovacs’ mouth falls open. He points, astonished, across the room: DEPUTY KOVACS Did he just throw my cat out the window? The three sisters turn around quickly. They answer simultaneously: MARGUERITE I don’t think so.
scene 21 — INT. LAWYER’S OFFICE. DAY
Bookends
I’m an attorney, Dmitri. I’m obligated to proceed according to the rule of law. Not agreed. Dmitri’s eyes peer sideways. He says quietly, menacing: DMITRI This stinks, sisters. Deputy Kovacs looks insulted. Dmitri stands up, walks to the door, and exits. The cat squeals. Jopling follows Dmitri out the door. Deputy Kovacs’ mouth falls open. He points, astonished, across the room: DEPUTY KOVACS Did he just throw my cat out the window? The three sisters turn around quickly. They answer simultaneously: MARGUERITE I don’t think so.