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Kringelein works my last nerve.....!

posted 15 years ago by cookiela2001
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DEAR GOD! Does he ever shut up?!

I want to walk around for a week, hanging onto people and only speaking lines like his over and over again. How long would it take before someone punched me senseless???

"Oh, don't go....Don't go, Baron. BARON BARON BARON! May I come up and speak to you when I see you in public? May I come up and REMIND you that you have allowed me to come up and speak to you in public! May I come up and REMIND you that I have come up to you to REMIND you that you have allowed me to come up and speak to you in public?......"

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

[–] trupodur 15 years ago

please keep us informed on the development of events, we're worrying

[–] cookiela2001 15 years ago

Well, I've been fired from 2 jobs since posting that, PURELY due to my adopted Kringeleinian manner.

It's completely taken over!

[–] Knoxvicious 14 years ago

True, Kringelein was annoying on some levels, but the only reason I personally let that pass through was because he was ill and dying. Don't you think you'd probably be just a "little" annoying during that time?

I loved him in the movie. The part where he and (forgot her name) were going to phone for their plane tickets and he just breaks down and she has to order them for them is so freaking powerful. I can't believe this movie isn't that famous. It somewhat is in a sense, but Jesus...you hear about the greatest movies of all time and this isn't usually up there on the list but pointless movies like Some Like It Hot and The Graduate (mind you, I do like those movies) are??? While they are good, they don't achieve a deepness that Grand Hotel does.

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[–] oldblackandwhite 14 years ago

Knoxvicious:

Grand Hotel is about number 3 on my personal favorites list. I don't know about the snooty-fruity film critics' lists. I thought it was generally agreed to be one of the all-time great ones. Leonard Maltin rates it a four-star "must see",
which is the tops for him.

He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good... St. Matthew 5:45

[–] georgestrum 13 years ago

The character is supposed to be a bit of a "nebbish" any way.

[–] npaxton-3 11 years ago

Kringelein was a poor clerk who detested his boss Preysing for his dishonesty and for the way he treated his employees. But he wouldn't dare open his mouth until he found out that he (Kringelein) was dying. Suddenly he didn't have to watch what he said and did. In the process of dying he found his voice, and used it often.

[–] crlnrgbrght5 11 years ago

I was waiting for the calm, patient Baron (Played by Lionel's Brother, John), to snap. But, He didn't. I felt sorry for Kringelein, He seemed so sad and lonely.

[–] willowtara 11 years ago

Kringelein was very humble, likely from working for "General Director" who should have called himself General Dictator.
Both the Baron and Flem knew he was ill and treated him like the kind gentle man that he was.

[–] OldFriendOfTheChristys 10 years ago

I didn’t mind him. He was, as the Baron said, a “dear old duck.”

[–] Beau_Buffet 9 years ago

Funny, he's my favorite character in Grand Hotel.

I think he's the most important character in this movie.