To help these children prepare themselves for a new mother.And I pray that this will become a happy family in thy sight.God bless the captain.God bless Liesl and Friedrich.God bless Louisa, Brigitta, Marta, and little Gretl.And, oh, I forgot the other boy.What""s his name? Well, God bless what""s-his-name.God bless he Reverend Mother and Sister Margaretta and everybody at Nonnberg Abbey.And now, dear God, about Liesl, help her know that I""m her friend.And help her to tell me what she""s been up to...Shh, help me to be understanding so that I may guide her footsteps.In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, Amen.A rain-drenched, love-sick Liesl enters through her window from her dis-allowed rendezvous with Rolf.He also announces he has deposed Longchamps as Regent and appointed himself to take charge.BackgroundAdam""s Rib(1949) is director George Cukor""s most famous film of the battle of the sexes - between two married lawyers.You""re the kind of a person who never gives in a relationship - who only takes.(Sardonically) Ah, woman, the incomplete sex.And what does she need to complete her? (Mocking) Why, man, of course.A wonderful man.Hammer: All right, all right, let it go.That bus stop will be comin"" up pretty soon and I don""t even know your name.Christina: You forget.I""m a loony from the laughing house.All loonies are dangerous.Ever read poetry? No, of course you wouldn""t.Christina Rossetti wrote love sonnets.I was named after her.Hammer: Christina?Christina: Yes, Mike.I got your name from the registration certificate, Mr.Hammer.Get me to that bus stop and forget you ever saw me.If we don""t make that bus stop...Hammer: (confidently) We will.Christina:...if we don""t, ""Remember me.""At that instant, a barrier waylays their car - they are run off the road by a black car.Unknown and faceless, darkly-dressed gangsters, viewed from the waist down with closeups of their shoes, approach.Over a twenty-four hour period, he finds himself unwelcome and facing several ominous characters, animosity, collective guilt, hypocrisy, and bigotry.