Broken Lullaby
1932 · 76 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 1,634 VOTES · DIR. Ernst Lubitsch
Overview
A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each having attended the same musical conservatory in France. The fact that the incident occurred in war does not assuage his guilt. He travels to Germany to meet the man's family.
Dialogue Timeline — 668 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:29 BROKEN LULLABY
00:05:42 looked at me...
00:10:07 and you haven't given it to me.
00:11:54 and I can't escape.
00:15:11 Heart trouble.
00:17:06 And, doctor, let me assure you:
00:23:01 Twenty.
00:24:47 and to love what we have left.
00:29:21 He's been here before.
00:32:07 a Frenchman sitting here under my own roof.
00:34:25 I am Walter's mother.
00:36:59 When I saw him the last time...
00:39:48 I haven't sold you a dress and a long mile further I've never seen.
00:41:33 He doesn't know it, but he is.
00:45:08 under a German sky...
00:46:46 Always trusting, believing anybody.
00:49:36 My wife likes him.
00:51:38 Ah! My heart isn't with you any longer, old men!
00:55:57 Now, father, will you lie down?
00:59:08 I'm going away.
01:01:10 What are you afraid of?
01:04:16 And when I die, who will benefit by it?
01:06:09 Yes.
01:09:13 He took you out of hell into heaven
Cast & Characters
Lionel Barrymore
Dr. H. Holderlin
Nancy Carroll
Fraulein Elsa, Walter's Fiancée
Phillips Holmes
Paul Renard
Louise Carter
Frau Holderlin
Lucien Littlefield
Herr Walter Schultz
Tom Douglas
Walter Holderlin, German soldier killed by Paul
Zasu Pitts
Anna, Holderlin's Maid
Frank Sheridan
Priest
George Bickel
Herr Bresslauer, Dress Shop Owner
Emma Dunn
Frau Miller
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed668
Dialogue density8.8 lines / min
First line00:00:29
Final line01:09:13
Production Record
DirectorErnst Lubitsch
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,634