A Man There Was

1917 · 56 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 2,442 VOTES · DIR. Victor Sjöström

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Overview

Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on his benevolence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.

Dialogue Timeline — 149 lines

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00:00:26 The film's original intertitles were inserted into the new negative, -
00:01:52 His eyes, though, sometimes would blaze and fret -
00:02:43 - on the mighty ebb and the flow.
00:05:17 He watched them with envy and discontent -
00:07:00 That instant, and Terje's mind, men say, turned sober upon the spot.
00:08:49 - where want and distress combine.
00:12:00 Then Terje drooped for a day or two
00:16:09 - Terje Vigen rowed for his wife and child -
00:21:11 Act Two.
00:22:21 - a blurred, misty line to scan. Near home at last; -
00:27:43 He dived and he swam and he dived yet again;
00:30:02 He languished in prison for many a day, -
00:32:32 Back at the jetty he came ashore a pilot by King's decree;
00:35:15 - they came to the plot that the paupers shared, -
00:39:34 - when the reef to the breakers ran high
00:41:08 An English yacht being carried in with mainsail torn and jib split.
00:45:18 His cheeks they went white, and his mouth shaped a sound, -
00:47:18 - and to windward at Hesnes' swell.
00:49:12 Act Four.
00:50:46 ''You sailed at ease in your mighty corvette, -
00:51:27 ''Stand back there, my lord! One step if you dare, -
00:53:07 - they bred my heart's sickliness.''
00:57:11 The yacht then headed for Hesnes-sound, -
02:00:00 of Terje Vigen was rediscovered.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed149
Dialogue density2.7 lines / min
First line00:00:26
Final line02:00:00

Production Record

DirectorVictor Sjöström
LanguageSwedish
IMDb votes2,442