Chinese Roulette

1977 · 86 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 4,889 VOTES · DIR. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Chinese Roulette poster

Overview

A husband and wife lie to each other about their weekend travel plans, only to both show up at the family's country house with their lovers.

Dialogue Timeline — 592 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:00 Nice?
00:04:27 Your great-grandfather should have won the Battle of Katowice.
00:07:38 ls Mother still there?
00:12:02 lf you've forgotten it, of course l'll go.
00:17:16 Ali Ben Basset was murdered in Paris last week.
00:19:55 Before l forget, they're performing Tristan and IsoIde on the 17th.
00:22:33 Gabriel writes heady prose, you know.
00:24:00 ''if l function as the firmament...
00:25:20 ''Second, that of the Sun King...
00:32:17 Probably none of us imagined it would be like this.
00:34:45 Life itself is simple.
00:37:03 ls it true they took lovers...
00:42:50 ''That is quite evident to me.
00:47:31 Come in!
00:49:35 and the same number freelance usually.
00:53:11 Who can hold his breath longest...
00:57:51 Kast...
01:01:07 A fifty pfennig coin.
01:03:56 lf you were to paint this person...
01:07:05 You can go too far!
01:09:24 Saint...
01:12:12 Without doubt.
01:14:38 You're probably right.
01:17:33 Dr. Berndt?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed592
Dialogue density6.9 lines / min
First line00:02:00
Final line01:17:33

Production Record

DirectorRainer Werner Fassbinder
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes4,889