A Simple Death

1985 · 65 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 138 VOTES · DIR. Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

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Overview

When a middle-aged high-court judge in 19th-century Russia starts to experience a sharp pain in his side, he soon finds himself bedridden with an undiagnosed terminal illness. Face-to-face with his own mortality, he becomes increasingly introspective and emotional as he ponders the reason for his acute suffering and imminent death.

Dialogue Timeline — 313 lines

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00:00:13 There was a boy
00:00:58 Do you love chickens?
00:02:12 white with cleanliness, square room.
00:02:59 Why did I come here?
00:03:36 It... here is it.
00:04:26 but also it all turned to nothing.
00:05:16 ...painfully-evil and dry.
00:06:04 and I'm happy fulfilling them.
00:06:57 Blame me if you like, but I am completely happy.
00:11:20 Would you like me to bring the tea?
00:15:54 Take it away.
00:19:50 Pulse...
00:21:43 - So, what is it? - Ah, what...
00:27:46 I beg you - follow the doctor's orders while I am away.
00:33:45 Peter!
00:39:34 - Go away, Gerasim. - It's all right, sir. I'll stay a while.
00:41:20 How?
00:42:22 I was 5, no, 6, and we were punished, and mamma brought us some tarts...
00:46:43 be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
00:49:22 and Thy own Precious Blood.
00:52:30 Congratulations, dear.
01:00:00 So that's what it is! What joy!
01:02:51 Why - in order to live!
01:04:25 Forgive! those who love must forgive...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed313
Dialogue density4.8 lines / min
First line00:00:13
Final line01:04:25

Production Record

DirectorAleksandr Kaydanovskiy
LanguageRussian
IMDb votes138