Anonymous letter about Mrs. M...
Am I the only one who thinks it was Pepi that wrote the anonymous letter about Mrs. M to Mr. M? (Mr. M talked about it in his hospital bed to mr. Kralik) I may be biased though...Pepi is my favorite character.
shareI've never thought about it, but that makes perfect sense!
shareYeah,
I'm pretty sure Pepi was the author. As he says he was frequently making deliveries to the owner's wife he would have had a chance to see that she was having an affair. But, there is something about the Pepi character that bothers me. He acts so strange after he gets promoted to clerk. I was almost expecting for it turn out that he made up the whole thing to get a promotion.
On another note, Rudy the new delivery boy says "my kind are not allowed to live in town"...was this a suggestion that Rudy was Jewish?
Pepi could have been the author... Also why did the employees act appalled by Pepi being promoted to clerk, with Pirovich saying "Who did this dreadful thing?"
shareI think they were just winding him up a bit. I don't think they really thought it was "dreadful".
“I always tell the truth…even when I lie” - Scarface
I don't think Pepi is a possibility, because most of the time Pepi complains about Mrs. Matuschek.
Mrs. Matuschek is attracted to the person who has money and style. For Example, the scene where Vadas pays the taxi driver the money and tip. And the camera focuses on the money.
Pirovitch says "Maybe he (Mr. Matuschek) has some trouble with his wife." And Vadas comes and asks "Is he in trouble with his wife?"
In the beginning, Vadas says this too "I think Mrs. Matuschek is a very charming woman."
"I don't think Pepi is a possibility, because most of the time Pepi complains about Mrs. Matuschek."
All the more reason for him to want to expose her secret affair- to get back at her for being such a thoughtless cow.
“I always tell the truth…even when I lie” - Scarface
Oh yeah. Thanks for explaining to me. So I now think Pepi is a possibility.
On another note, Rudy the new delivery boy says "my kind are not allowed to live in town"...was this a suggestion that Rudy was Jewish?
It suggests your hearing might need checking. What he says is: 'My people [i.e., his family, not his ethnic group] don't live here in town.' share
Pepi was a jerk. I thought Rudy said "my people don't live here in town". I've seen this movie lots of times and I don't remember him saying "my kind are not allowed to live in town".
I'll tell you in another life, when we are both cats.
Surely the implication can still be there in a subtle way?
shareNo, why would there? Jews were definitely allowed to live in Budapest. The writer of the play was a Jew who was born and raised in Budapest himself. It seems Rudi originally came from the country or something and moved to the big city to make money.
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