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You knew what she was when you married her: proud and jealous, as wild and strange as the mountains from which she came and the strange gods whom she worshipped.

9 seconds sound clip from the Alexander the Great (1956) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:09:30 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- And if you kill him, what?

- Pleasure, bloody pleasure.

- And if you're wrong?

- An Egyptian soothsayer dies, that's all.

- And Philip, king of Macedonia, says to the world?

- That he is also a man.

- A madman! And if you are, play the role and also kill her and the boy.

- Kill her? And the boy?

- Why not? Isn't it the ancient law of the wild Macedonian chiefs?

- You knew what she was when you married her: proud and jealous, as wild and strange as the mountains from which she came and the strange gods whom she worshipped.

- What she thinks I don't know, but this I do know: She's a woman and she taunts you.

- Taunts me? Tears me.

- And what do you believe, Parmenio?

- Even the oracle at Delphi proclaims the boy's divinity.

- I've bought shrines and burned them.

[...]

Alexander the Great (1956) Sound Clip

Alexander the Great Poster

Voice quotes from the movie Alexander the Great (1956), in wav/mp3 format.

Actors: Richard Burton (Alexander the Great), Fredric March (Philip II of Macedon), Peter Cushing (Memnon of Rhodes)

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