Brink of Life
1958 · 84 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 3,519 VOTES · DIR. Ingmar Bergman
Overview
Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other.
Dialogue Timeline — 780 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:12 BRINK OF LIFE
00:05:48 Nurse! Nurse...
00:09:44 Therefore it could not be born, merely flushed away in the drain.
00:12:30 Maybe not only wombs are forced open here-
00:16:17 - How long will I have to stay here? - Three, four days, I suppose.
00:18:57 - I saw the truth in your eyes. - Well...
00:21:31 Do you mean to tell me that you wish for our marriage to be dissolved?
00:24:31 That would be all. Thank you.
00:29:22 The state is there to help and protect the mother-
00:31:43 Money this and money that. Homes here and homes there.
00:34:41 They said they would get you started now.
00:37:19 I don't know where it came from.
00:40:32 Stina is not as stupid as you might think.
00:44:06 And I brought you this.
00:46:53 Don't be silly now.
00:51:47 How nice it will be to sleep on my stomach again.
00:55:43 Keep holding your breath. Keep pushing.
00:59:34 I always used to like kids. In days of old.
01:02:02 "Who decided that?"
01:05:00 - Has the pain stopped now? - No, it still hurts.
01:10:26 I'll get some extra blankets for you, Mrs Anderson.
01:14:50 Nurse Brita, they wanted to put these with Stina. They can't, surely?
01:17:52 Is that good enough?
01:20:22 Ask him to come, if he wants to and if he's not too tired.
Cast & Characters
Eva Dahlbeck
Stina Andersson
Ingrid Thulin
Cecilia Ellius
Bibi Andersson
Hjördis Petterson
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
Nurse Brita
Erland Josephson
Anders Ellius
Max von Sydow
Harry Andersson
Gunnar Sjöberg
Dr. Nordlander
Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz
Counsellor Gran
Inga Landgré
Greta Ellius
Kristina Adolphson
Nurse
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed780
Dialogue density9.3 lines / min
First line00:00:12
Final line01:20:22
Production Record
DirectorIngmar Bergman
LanguageSwedish
IMDb votes3,519