In the Middle of the Night
1984 · 131 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 3,129 VOTES · DIR. Erik Balling
Overview
Benny and Arnold are homeless and along with others living on Nørrebro in Copenhagen. The police is set to clear the building they squat in, but on the night of the forced eviction, local acid head Spacy jumps from the sixth floor.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,007 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:24 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
00:04:24 We don't want to annoy anyone. The house is empty anyway -
00:07:59 - Can you? - My uncle learnt it during the war.
00:17:06 - An officer grabbed you too hard. - Asshole.
00:22:38 Yes, it's fine now. Let's do it.
00:28:15 - How's it going? - It's not going.
00:32:02 A Plymouth '57.
00:38:25 It looks like the Botanical Gardens now.
00:44:20 How do you do, Mrs. Jensen. What can we do you for?
00:50:58 I think of my sweetheart
00:58:38 I don't like this, Arnold.
01:02:39 Some of us have to go to work tomorrow!
01:10:08 I'll get a first aid box.
01:15:08 What about Susan? It's her birthday soon.
01:19:10 my wife would give her left eye for a beach promenade in Haveje
01:23:30 You're right, you're not a good man.
01:27:32 things have always been this way and they will remain like this
01:32:29 we'll just ask the gods...
01:37:40 But you didn't understand it. Do you know what it meant?
01:42:24 But we could have protected him against the pusher and the cops.
01:45:42 We've already tried that, and it didn't work.
01:51:13 - Where will you get them? - I know a place that's open.
01:58:46 - They'll get me sooner or later. - We can't let that happen.
85:00:00 They must be raving mad.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,007
Dialogue density7.7 lines / min
First line00:00:24
Final line85:00:00
Production Record
DirectorErik Balling
LanguageDanish
IMDb votes3,129