Fear and Desire

1953 · 62 MIN · IMDB 5.3 · 14,416 VOTES · DIR. Stanley Kubrick

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Overview

After their airplane crashes behind enemy lines, four soldiers must survive and try to find a way back to their battalion. However, when they come across a local peasant girl the horrors of war quickly become apparent.

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Dialogue Timeline — 554 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:02 FEAR AND DESIRE
00:02:24 If you're so worried about that
00:03:45 And Fletcher.
00:06:15 - Hurry! - We'll die in the woods!
00:10:17 Let's get back and help with the raft.
00:12:29 I've got an idea...
00:16:18 We're in a fine mess now!
00:20:03 I'm afraid she's become our unvited guest.
00:21:56 - Boat? - Yes, that's it, boat.
00:23:42 she may prove very useful if the raft has been discovered.
00:26:44 If you have to hate me
00:28:49 You wanna hear more? Do you?
00:31:04 Now you like me, don't you?
00:35:16 The river...
00:37:34 Raft is all set. In a couple of hours we'll be on it.
00:39:08 Do you think you have any chance at all to get away with it alive?
00:40:41 then suddenly they dangle a General in front of you like magic
00:42:32 Sometimes, talk is an indispensable medicine.
00:45:09 Where did you find him?
00:46:45 Yes, sir.
00:48:52 Now he's in his cotton house, taking up the cartridges on his maps
00:50:44 Or here.
00:57:12 He might make it.
00:59:41 when we'd rather not die... immediately.

Cast & Characters

Frank Silvera Mac Kenneth Harp Lt. Corby Kenneth Harp The General Paul Mazursky Sidney Stephen Coit Fletcher Stephen Coit The Captain Virginia Leith The Girl David Allen Narrator Toba Kubrick Woman Fishing in the River

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed554
Dialogue density8.9 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line00:59:41

Production Record

DirectorStanley Kubrick
LanguageEnglish
Budget$53,000
IMDb votes14,416