I will. Henckels motions politely for Zero to return to his seat and hands the scrap of paper back to him. Zero tucks it carefully into an envelope. His hands are shaking. Henckels says gently: HENCKELS Your companion was very kind to me when I was a lonely little boy.
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
HENCKELS
A screenplay character in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).
- lines
- 6
- words
- 509
- scenes
- 2
- dialogue
- 3.6%
- avg words / line
- 85
- shortest / longest
- 4 / 168
Sample dialogue
Nobody move! Everybody’s under arrest! There is a loud creak, then a crashing bang. M. Chuck squints at an open window in a small alcove across from him. M. CHUCK Who’s out the window? Zero looks to M. Gustave. He says, under his breath: ZERO Agatha! Zero sprints out of the service elevator and races up the corridor. Dmitri starts shooting again. The entire group opens fire once more. Zero races, crouched, with his hands over his head, and ducks into the alcove. His head thrusts out the window. He looks down. CUT TO: Agatha swinging by one hand from a broken trellis off the end of a terrace three flights below. She hangs onto the wrapped painting with her other hand. She notices something on it and frowns. INSERT: The dangling package. A section of the wrapping paper has torn away, and the corner of a pale-pink envelope is visible pasted to the back of the picture. Zero stares down at Agatha, horrified. He mutters to himself:
scene 43 — INT. VAN. DAYWho’s shooting who? DMITRI
scene 43 — INT. VAN. DAYMy men and I apologize for disturbing you. Henckels turns coldly to the first soldier. He looks sheepish. He says, robotic, to M. Gustave: SOLDIER #1 I beg your pardon, sir. Henckels and the soldiers immediately leave the compartment, march down the corridor, and exit the coach. Silence. M. GUSTAVE You see? There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. Indeed, that’s what we provide in our own modest, humble, insignificant --
scene 13 — INT. CORRIDOR. MORNINGThat’s Gustave H! The escaped murderer and art thief! I’ve got him cornered! M. Gustave and Zero remain tucked against the walls on the floor of the service elevator. M. Gustave yells, enraged: M. GUSTAVE That’s Dmitri Desgoffe und Taxis! He’s responsible for the killings of Deputy Kovacs, Serge X. and his club-footed sister, plus his own mother! HENCKELS
scene 43 — INT. VAN. DAYOh, fuck it. M. Gustave looks out the window as the train begins to move again. Zero appears to be in a state of numb shock. MONTAGE: The cosmopolitan city of Lutz in the dead of night. A rickity Daimler taxi sputters along a winding cobblestone road at top speed. It squeezes up a narrow lane lined with shops. All are closed and shuttered. It dips into a tunnel through a brick building. It crosses a stone bridge high over a river. It drives through an iron gate, circles around a garden, and skids to a stop next to Madame D’s limousine. Up a short path, there is an enormous mansion. INT. FOYER. DAY A bell rings. Feet clack and echo on the wide marble floor. A maid in black hurries to open the front door. She is Clotilde. M. Gustave and Zero enter the vestibule
scene 13 — INT. CORRIDOR. MORNING
Bookends
Nobody move! Everybody’s under arrest! There is a loud creak, then a crashing bang. M. Chuck squints at an open window in a small alcove across from him. M. CHUCK Who’s out the window? Zero looks to M. Gustave. He says, under his breath: ZERO Agatha! Zero sprints out of the service elevator and races up the corridor. Dmitri starts shooting again. The entire group opens fire once more. Zero races, crouched, with his hands over his head, and ducks into the alcove. His head thrusts out the window. He looks down. CUT TO: Agatha swinging by one hand from a broken trellis off the end of a terrace three flights below. She hangs onto the wrapped painting with her other hand. She notices something on it and frowns. INSERT: The dangling package. A section of the wrapping paper has torn away, and the corner of a pale-pink envelope is visible pasted to the back of the picture. Zero stares down at Agatha, horrified. He mutters to himself: