Closed Ward
1972 · 92 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 48 VOTES · DIR. Arnljot Berg
Overview
This black-and-white Norwegian film is a great rarity: a film with comic elements set in a mental ward which does not overstep the bounds of common sense or good taste.
Dialogue Timeline — 923 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:08 SECURITY WARD
00:06:41 Two with sausage and one with caraway cheese without caraway.
00:10:22 Yes...
00:14:00 I wonder if it's the same ones, that we had in Stavanger on Sundays.
00:19:20 You remember that workshop, I was talking about?
00:23:11 - I just thought... - Get a smoke from one of the others.
00:27:11 You don't know how horrible they can be when they get stroppy.
00:30:29 Interesting line of work.
00:34:38 My arthritis can't tolerate draughts. And it's not allowed to air out.
00:38:04 You've been gone a long time. Do you want some juice?
00:41:48 That was a lot of money. At that time, I mean.
00:45:21 But then all that messy business happened.
00:48:32 He fends for himself.
00:52:28 Ah, yes.
00:55:41 - between a girl's thighs in Mallorca.
00:58:49 - What's the best? - Brandy's the best.
01:03:18 Don't get all worked up now, dad.
01:06:28 Not that little rat hole. No private entrance or anything.
01:09:56 - What about your dreams? - They give me something to sleep on.
01:14:33 Come on. Life isn't as grim as it seems to you.
01:19:42 - we'll get so well, that they could use us as doctors. Right, Hamlet?
01:22:57 It's after midnight, when Johnny comes stumbling home -
01:26:28 Dirty talk and a bit of a cuddle with the right hand on a breast.
01:29:32 - That's what's troubling you. - Get away from me!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed923
Dialogue density10.0 lines / min
First line00:00:08
Final line01:29:32
Production Record
DirectorArnljot Berg
LanguageNorwegian
IMDb votes48