Lady with the Dog
1960 · 83 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 1,156 VOTES · DIR. Iosif Kheifits
Overview
On holiday in Yalta, Muscovite banker Dimitri Gurov contrives to meet a young woman who walks her dog. She’s Anna Sergeyevna, trapped in a loveless marriage to a lackey. He’s unhappy in an arranged marriage. With neither spouse at hand, Dimitri and Anna begin an affair. After a short time, she returns to Saratov, he to Moscow, believing it’s good-by forever. All winter he is miserable, enervated, distracted by tristesse. In desperation, he contrives to go to Saratov, surprising her at a concert. Fearing discovery in her home town, she promises to come to Moscow. Will they cast aside reputation to live together, or will theirs be an affair of infrequent encounters in hotel rooms?
Dialogue Timeline — 473 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:00 LENFILM
00:02:54 Nothing special. Massandras. Scolopendras. It's maddening!
00:08:52 I don't know. I come rarely to Moscow.
00:10:21 My name is Dmitry Dmitriyevich Gurov.
00:14:26 I don't know... Telegrams often come late. Goodbye.
00:19:55 I went to bed at 9 p.m.
00:21:47 I don't know myself what I'm doing.
00:25:37 Admit what?
00:28:29 He writes that he's having trouble with his eyes and begs me to come back.
00:32:07 Well, goodbye.
00:35:34 Dimitry, don't you think that it's time for the children to go to bed?
00:37:22 Yes, yes, yes. He has an incredibly good ear for music.
00:42:45 We need the money for coffee. Buy him, Your Excellency!
00:44:28 - What do you mean? - It's a secret.
00:46:54 Look, Gurov, sing for me.
00:49:10 Reverse to corner.
00:51:09 Dmitry Dmitriyevich!
00:53:02 Prepositional. About whom? About what? About a wash-basin.
00:58:45 Roland!
01:08:29 So please don't make me suffer still more!
01:12:48 It's too fast again.
01:16:57 During the day I work, the evenings I spend at the club.
01:20:08 You know...
01:24:11 The End