Theatre Night (TV Series)

Arms and the Man (1989)

Helena Bonham Carter: Raina Petkoff

Quotes 

• Raina : Some soldiers, I know, are afraid of death.

  Bluntschli : All of them, dear lady, all of them, believe me. It is our duty to live as long as we can, and kill as many of the enemy as we can.

• Raina : [after Bluntschli has confessed to her that he had had to pawn her father's coat]  You have a low, shopkeeping mind! You think of things that would never come into a gentleman's head!

  Bluntschli : That's the Swiss national character, dear lady.

• Bluntschli : You never saw a cavalry charge, did you?

  Raina : How could I?

  Bluntschli : Ah, perhaps not - of course not. Well, it's a funny sight. It's like slinging a handful of peas against a window pane: first one comes, then two or three close behind him and then all the rest in a lump.

  Raina : [in rapture]  Yes, the first one! - the bravest of the brave!

  Bluntschli : Hm! you should see the poor devil pulling at his horse.

  Raina : Why should he pull at his horse?

  Bluntschli : [impatient of such a silly question]  It's running away with him, of course! Do you suppose the fellow wants to get there before the others and be killed?

• Sergius : [to Raina]  Tiger cat!

  Raina : [to Bluntschli]  You hear this man calling me names, Captain Bluntschli?

  Bluntschli : What else can he do, dear lady? He must defend himself somehow.

• [first lines] 

  Catherine Petkoff : Heavens, child. Why are you out in the night air instead of in your bed? You'll catch your death. Louka told me you were asleep.

  Raina : I sent her away. I wanted to be alone. The stars are SO beautiful.