the foreign girl in Cell Block Tango--im dying to know!

[LittleBitRacist]

Posted: 5/4/05 at 9:10pm

Does anyone know what that girl in Chicago is actually saying? I forgot what her nationality is but you guys know who im talking about. Anyone happen to speak that language or anything?

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 5/4/05 at 9:12pm

She's Hungarian but I don't speak the language

[Glebb]

Posted: 5/4/05 at 9:17pm

The actress is Russian and was a very fine ballet dancer.
I can't remember if she was Kirov or Bolshoi but shd did spend some time in ABT.
Oh yes, her character is Hungarian.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/4/05 at 9:19pm

the Hunyak

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 5/4/05 at 9:22pm

This is how IMDb translates the speech in the movie:

"What am I doing here? They say my famous tenant held down my husband and I chopped his head off. But it's not true. I am innocent. I don't know why Uncle Sam says I did it. I tried to explain at the police station but they didn't understand." Here it is in Hungarian, just in case: "Mit keresek én itt? Azt mondják, a híres lakóm lefogta a férjem, én meg lecsaptam a fejét. De nem igaz. Én ártatlan vagyok. Nem tudom, miért mondja Uncle Sam, hogy én tettem. Próbáltam a rendõrségen megmagyarázni, de nem értették meg."

[Thenardier]

Posted: 5/4/05 at 9:23pm

It is Hungarian

"Mit keresek én itt? Azt mondják, a híres lakóm lefogta a férjem, én meg lecsaptam a fejét. De nem igaz. Én ártatlan vagyok. Nem tudom, miért mondja Uncle Sam, hogy én tettem. Próbáltam a rendõrségen megmagyarázni, de nem értették meg."

What am doing here? They say my famous lover held down my husband while I chopped off his head. But it isn't true, I am innocent. I don't know why Uncle Sam says I did it. I tried to explain it at the police station but they did not understand me

Updated On: 5/4/05 at 09:23 PM

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 5/4/05 at 9:25pm

Wow, kind of scary...lol...

[LittleBitRacist]

Posted: 5/4/05 at 9:27pm

thanks thenardier and governorslaton!! eh, i wished it was funny like the rest of them. thats just sad...cuz...she dies! and shes not guilty! eeee that stinks!!!!

[cathywellerstein]

Posted: 5/4/05 at 10:58pm

that is sad. wow. not funny.

[CJR]

Posted: 5/4/05 at 11:36pm

It's very sad. It also adds a bit of important irony/plot to the show..... reinforcing that if you have the money and the right connections, guilty or innocent doesn't matter. Hunyak is the only innocent character in the show... and she's the only character to be executed.