Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea
2003 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 327 VOTES · DIR. Richard Danto, Liam Saury
Overview
In 1913, laconic sea captain Corto Maltese, adrift in the Pacific, gets rescued by his bandit friend Rasputin who's taking two rich shipwrecked teens to an island where his boss the Monk will hold them for ransom. WWI complicates things.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,254 lines
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00:01:01 The Ballad of the Salty Sea
00:03:41 or as violent as a volcano.
00:06:58 my boatswain
00:09:17 Lately I've heard
00:12:07 Rasputin, you're a filthy coward.
00:15:26 Captain Corto!
00:18:24 Stop what, huh?
00:21:05 Cain is too young. You instead...
00:26:51 Perhaps the same ones who caught Cain.
00:33:18 It's about the girl
00:36:06 "The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie;
00:40:02 He certainly is a pirate like the others.
00:46:07 I've also picked up two youths who are worth a fortune
00:50:14 You're too impatient.
00:54:08 Cranio will stay, too.
00:57:32 In any case, we better not have priests on the island.
01:01:52 If Corto's wounded we can't leave him here with Rasputin the Mad.
01:05:27 I've tried to call the Escondida for three days
01:08:38 Maybe you can half die and half surrender.
01:12:11 Now that you've finally had your kingdom back
01:16:42 For some obscure reason the Admiralty
01:19:57 Miss Groovesnore, you better leave now.
01:23:22 I have done it for Slütter, not for you, but what is done is done.
04:19:01 has declared war to Germany
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,254
Dialogue density13.9 lines / min
First line00:01:01
Final line04:19:01
Production Record
DirectorRichard Danto, Liam Saury
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes327