I tried to warn you. At the beginning. M. GUSTAVE I know, darling. Let’s put that behind us. Listen: I hate to put you on the spot, but I really must ask you to clear my name. Obviously, you’re grieving, and if I had any other -- SERGE There’s more. M. GUSTAVE
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
SERGE
A screenplay character in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).
- lines
- 4
- words
- 358
- scenes
- 1
- dialogue
- 2.6%
- avg words / line
- 90
- shortest / longest
- 6 / 226
Sample dialogue
A second copy of the second will. SERGE Right. M. GUSTAVE Uh-huh? Long pause. M. Gustave finally starts to lose his composure. His voices rises: M. GUSTAVE Well, what does it say? Where is it? What’s it all about, dammit? Don’t keep us in suspense, Serge. This has been a complete fucking nightmare. Just tell us what the fuck is going on! The panel snaps shut. M. Gustave and Zero frown. The organ blasts again outside the confessional, and the church booms with low, eerie, singing voices. M. Gustave tries to jerk the panel open, but it sticks. He bangs on it with his fists. M. GUSTAVE Serge? Serge? Serge! M. Gustave tries the door. It is locked. Zero peers at the keyhole and says shortly: ZERO Give me the pass-keys. M. Gustave hesitates. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his ring of Grand Budapest pass-keys. Zero rapidly flips through them, studying each key. He settles on one, inserts it into the keyhole, jiggles it, and twists. The lock clicks. CUT TO: M. Gustave and Zero jumping out from the confessional booth. Zero darts to the other side and cracks open the other door. He peeks-in and sees: Serge with a bloody garotte-wire strung around his neck. His eyes are wide-open, and his tongue sticks-out slightly. Zero grimaces. M. Gustave looks over his shoulder.
scene 41 — INT. CHURCH. DAYI pulled a copy. M. GUSTAVE
scene 41 — INT. CHURCH. DAYOK. SERGE To the story. M. GUSTAVE I get it. Go on. SERGE I was the official witness in Madame D’s presence to the creation of a second will to be executed only in the event of her death by murder. M. GUSTAVE A second will. SERGE Right. M. GUSTAVE In case she got bumped-off. SERGE Right. M. GUSTAVE Uh-huh? SERGE But they destroyed it. M. GUSTAVE Oh, dear. SERGE However. M. GUSTAVE Uh-huh?
scene 41 — INT. CHURCH. DAYI tried to warn you. At the beginning. M. GUSTAVE I know, darling. Let’s put that behind us. Listen: I hate to put you on the spot, but I really must ask you to clear my name. Obviously, you’re grieving, and if I had any other -- SERGE There’s more. M. GUSTAVE
scene 41 — INT. CHURCH. DAY
Bookends
A second copy of the second will. SERGE Right. M. GUSTAVE Uh-huh? Long pause. M. Gustave finally starts to lose his composure. His voices rises: M. GUSTAVE Well, what does it say? Where is it? What’s it all about, dammit? Don’t keep us in suspense, Serge. This has been a complete fucking nightmare. Just tell us what the fuck is going on! The panel snaps shut. M. Gustave and Zero frown. The organ blasts again outside the confessional, and the church booms with low, eerie, singing voices. M. Gustave tries to jerk the panel open, but it sticks. He bangs on it with his fists. M. GUSTAVE Serge? Serge? Serge! M. Gustave tries the door. It is locked. Zero peers at the keyhole and says shortly: ZERO Give me the pass-keys. M. Gustave hesitates. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his ring of Grand Budapest pass-keys. Zero rapidly flips through them, studying each key. He settles on one, inserts it into the keyhole, jiggles it, and twists. The lock clicks. CUT TO: M. Gustave and Zero jumping out from the confessional booth. Zero darts to the other side and cracks open the other door. He peeks-in and sees: Serge with a bloody garotte-wire strung around his neck. His eyes are wide-open, and his tongue sticks-out slightly. Zero grimaces. M. Gustave looks over his shoulder.