Germany Pale Mother

1980 · 122 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 878 VOTES · DIR. Helma Sanders-Brahms

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Overview

Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out, and Hans is sent to the Eastern front. During a bombing raid their daughter Anna is born. The house is destroyed and Lene and Anna moves in with relatives in Berlin. Hans survives the war but he is not the same person as in 1939, and he and Lene find it difficult to live together again.

Dialogue Timeline — 769 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:03 GERMANY
00:02:30 But she's much too fat!
00:05:36 Show me that.
00:08:45 From Nuremberg. They are engaged.
00:12:47 You were young as she, my father.
00:17:44 I'll make more tea. Or would you prefer wine?
00:23:44 Please turn off the radio.
00:27:17 No.
00:34:27 Breathe in! No, breathe in!
00:39:59 Here is the Mediterranean front and Africa.
00:44:41 and that was me once.
00:48:02 He's upstairs.
00:52:32 I'm looking for my husband, 230th Infantry Regiment.
00:57:04 And then stood up.
01:00:55 and then I think, she takes all my strength.
01:07:25 her heart was heavy.
01:10:19 and then cook your body and then gobble you up!
01:13:29 "Don't you have a story to tell?"
01:19:53 That was all in ruins, too.
01:25:38 Are you hungry?
01:32:14 As if someone had done you harm.
01:45:09 It was a bold chance, but it worked.
01:49:12 Everywhere stirs education...
01:56:20 Open the door, Mommy.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed769
Dialogue density6.3 lines / min
First line00:00:03
Final line01:56:20

Production Record

DirectorHelma Sanders-Brahms
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes878