Lacombe, Lucien

1974 · 138 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 8,076 VOTES · DIR. Louis Malle

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Overview

In Louis Malle's lauded drama, Lucien Lacombe is a young man living in rural France during World War II who seeks to join the French Resistance. When he is rejected due to his youth, the resentful Lucien allies himself with the Nazis and joins the Gallic arm of their Gestapo. Lucien grows to enjoy the power that comes with his position, but his life is complicated when he falls for France Horn, a beautiful young Jewish woman.

Dialogue Timeline — 826 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:15 A French national broadcast from Vichy.
00:09:07 They're helping Monsieur Laborit.
00:16:50 When your father returns...
00:23:32 - What name? - Hold on.
00:26:34 "German troops are retreating on all fronts.
00:29:17 One man even writes to inform on himself.
00:33:17 They kicked me out.
00:37:06 Stop that playing. The music is bothering us.
00:39:41 Aren't you warm with that on?
00:42:24 Wait a little.
00:47:12 Is that so?
00:50:31 Save the politics for later.
00:57:13 Friends.
01:02:22 What is it? What do you want?
01:08:01 I don't know.
01:12:55 Why do you two fight?
01:20:35 I've come to get your daughter.
01:26:10 Relax.
01:35:26 You won't talk to me?
01:40:05 But he's not a bad boy.
01:46:28 I'm going to bed.
01:50:37 Precisely.
01:55:49 You still have the strength to work?
02:16:42 sentenced to death and executed.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed826
Dialogue density6.0 lines / min
First line00:01:15
Final line02:16:42

Production Record

DirectorLouis Malle
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes8,076