War & Peace (TV Series)

Part One: Name Day (1972)

Colin Baker: Anatole Kuragin

Quotes 

• Prince Vasili Kuragin : Do you think it's seemly playing cards in the house of a dying man?

  Anatole Kuragin : I don't see the connection, Father.

  Prince Vasili Kuragin : I brought you here to pay your respects to Count Bezukhov, not idle away your time and my money gambling.

  Anatole Kuragin : How can I pay my respects if he's unconscious?

• Pierre Bezukhov : If you want me to ruin you, I will. I'll take every ruble you've got.

  Anatole Kuragin : It's my father you'll ruin, not me. It's his money I play with.

• Pierre Bezukhov : What are you here for?

  Anatole Kuragin : Now what do you think I'm here for?

  Pierre Bezukhov : I don't know.

  Anatole Kuragin : Well, my father covers every possibility. I'm here in case your father doesn't die. Well, how'd it look, Pierre, if by some miracle your father recovered and I wasn't here paying my respects, eh? Well, how'd it look? It would look callous, wouldn't it?

  Pierre Bezukhov : Yes.

  Anatole Kuragin : Well, of course it would, you idiot. It would look as if I didn't care whether he lived or died. And then, if he had left me something, he might change his mind and leave me out altogether.