I Am a Camera
1955 · 98 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 603 VOTES · DIR. Henry Cornelius
Overview
Just before the Nazis ascend to power in Berlin, Chris, an aspiring novelist from England, meets flamboyant cabaret entertainer Sally Bowles and an unusual friendship is born. As Sally feeds her extravagant tastes, Chris goes along for the ride, until their Jewish pal, Fritz, encounters trouble.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,543 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:36 My name is Christopher Isherwood.
00:05:43 he wouldn't walk up and down so much.
00:10:01 But when I dance with Gerda, I think later.
00:14:52 Well, yes, but...
00:19:29 Past eleven and Fréulein Landauer will be here half past for her lesson.
00:22:51 How do you do?
00:26:18 Oh, now look here, Natalia, I hope you don't think that Sally and l...
00:31:07 Oh, Chris!
00:36:06 I put down what they do, I put down what they say.
00:40:49 Good morning, my humble friends.
00:44:40 Sally's fever was mounting.
00:48:54 Beluga or Astrakhan, Madam?
00:53:00 If you find it confusing, his name's Chris and mine's Sally.
00:57:54 Took a guy's brain right out and put in a chimp's brain.
01:01:47 Oh, in that case there's another one through there.
01:07:25 Until one afternoon that madness reached its climax
01:11:30 Well, you know that's absolutely rubbish!
01:14:45 - You believe that? -Yes!
01:18:47 What do we have here?
01:22:49 Oh!
01:26:42 Well, he seemed an awfully nice sort of chap.
01:30:25 Everything's going to be absolutely perfect!
01:34:18 Well then?
01:38:58 You look absolutely irresistible!
Cast & Characters
Julie Harris
Sally Bowles
Laurence Harvey
Christopher Isherwood
Shelley Winters
Natalia Landauer
Ron Randell
Clive Mortimer
Lea Seidl
Fräulein Schneider
Anton Diffring
Fritz Wendel
Jean Gargoet
Pierre
Ina De La Haye
Herr Landauer
Stanley Maxted
Curtis B. Ryland
Frederick Valk
Doctor
Tutte Lemkow
Electro-Therapist
Patrick McGoohan
Swedish Water Therapist
Julia Arnall
Model
Harold Siddons
Editor at Party
Philip Morant
Editor at Party
Jack Healy
Clive (uncredited)
Don Koll
Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Gareth Tandy
Boy Finding Sally's Shoe (uncredited)
Richard Wattis
Bespectacled Man at Book Launch (uncredited)
Clifford A. Pellow
Turk (uncredited)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,543
Dialogue density15.7 lines / min
First line00:01:36
Final line01:38:58
Production Record
DirectorHenry Cornelius
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes603
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