Character

Name: Character
Director: Mike van Diem
Released: 1997
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Pavlik Jansen op de Haar, Jan Decleir, Fedja van Huêt, Betty Schuurman, Tamar van den Dop

1997 · 122 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 11,602 VOTES · DIR. Mike van Diem

Overview

In pre-WWII Holland, the penniless, illegitimate son of a powerful bailiff sets out to become a lawyer as he spends a lifetime struggling to prove his worth to his relentlessly spiteful father.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,095 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:02 I came to tell you

00:08:43 You worked for him?

00:12:55 ...so she decided to reconsider his proposal.

00:19:31 Only later did I realise our characters clashed.

00:29:18 Jan Maan was a Communist. A lathe operator who moved in...

00:32:37 I borrowed 900 to take over a cigar shop.

00:38:49 I will have a job...at that office

00:40:57 I'm coming.

00:44:08 here are two new shirts. Be careful with them. Mother.

00:47:22 What did you say?

00:52:03 do we go to Ruigbroekstraat tonight?

01:00:19 The boy is in your debt.

01:05:45 Filthy bastard!

01:08:55 Good-bye

01:12:25 I understand.

01:14:54 No thank you.

01:17:33 But that's impossible.

01:19:54 I don't want that! I'll give you the fifteen guilders.

01:23:48 Bravo!

01:26:58 That I hope we all work together in harmony.

01:32:13 I shall never marry you.

01:38:31 He's indifferent and that makes him dangerous.

01:42:07 I shall never marry anyone else.

01:50:47 you walked outside.

Cast & Characters

Pavlik Jansen op de Haar Jacob 12 jaar Jan Decleir Dreverhaven Fedja van Huêt Katadreuffe Betty Schuurman Joba Tamar van den Dop Lorna Te George Victor Löw De Gankelaar Hans Kesting Jan Maan Lou Landré Rentenstein Bernard Droog Stroomkoning Frans Vorstman Inspecteur de Bree

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,095

Dialogue density9.0 lines / min

First line00:01:02

Final line01:50:47

Production Record

DirectorMike van Diem

LanguageDutch

Budget$4,500,000

IMDb votes11,602