A Hero of Our Times
1955 · 85 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 662 VOTES · DIR. Mario Monicelli
Overview
Alberto Menichetti lives with an aunt and an old housekeeper, Clotilde; he has a job in a firm and his boss is Mrs. De Ritis, a widow whose husband was killed during a wild boar hunt. She likes him but Alberto likes Marcella; she is under age and he is awaiting her birthday to declare his love. His greater traits are to be fearful of everything and to be selfish. This nature will get him into trouble..
Dialogue Timeline — 1,513 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:47 - Why do you avoid stepping on lines? - Well, they say it's bad luck.
00:04:08 Papers, please.
00:07:39 - Has the manager already got in? - Yes.
00:11:20 - And this must be the '56 model? - Yes, Sir, lobbia style
00:14:48 Don't you say so! I've been cultivating her for 3 years, and you want to cut in!
00:18:32 - Yes? - What're you doing, you come here to smoke?
00:22:30 Words? Excuse me. Words, she says.
00:25:33 2 cups of tea, one at five and one at ten, 2 slices of toast.
00:29:00 What happened to you, did you fall from the bed?
00:32:20 - Of the 12th of May, Sir. - Thank you.
00:36:10 He hurt you, statutory rape, you go to prison for these things!
00:39:39 Come boys, all together!
00:43:35 Hello?
00:47:09 I hope his hand won't be shaking.
00:51:34 Spray.
00:54:47 This is my pasta, and I'm going to eat it.
00:59:17 You, devil, you were the one, who gave me the idea with the socks!
01:02:29 Excuse me.
01:05:35 There he is, the one with the gray coat.
01:09:17 - Yes, I'll shoot, I won't even think twice. - Shoot Fernando.
01:12:32 This big, or not, it still was a bomb.
01:15:02 Tell Fernando what happened between us on the Tiber.
01:18:00 Fortunataly, now it is gone.
01:22:09 Dear young man, you're up the wrong road.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,513
Dialogue density17.8 lines / min
First line00:00:47
Final line01:22:09
Production Record
DirectorMario Monicelli
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes662