Laputa

1987 · 92 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 222 VOTES · DIR. Helma Sanders-Brahms

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Overview

Extensive dialogue and the tight focus of a single apartment setting marks this romantic and politically symbolic drama about Malgorzata, a Polish photographer (Krystyna Janda) and her married French lover Paul (Sami Frey). The two rendezvous in West Berlin to spend some time together before Malgorzata has to go back to Warsaw and Paul returns to his wife and daughter.

Dialogue Timeline — 964 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:07 A Tokuma Shoten Production
00:07:53 A girl from the sky...
00:14:20 A pretty stone, isn't it? Just a second.
00:18:45 What? Disguised? You tell Mama!
00:22:48 Pazu, they're on to you!
00:28:42 The entrance looks so small.
00:33:17 It's pretty.
00:37:00 I'll do it! I swear I'll find Laputa!
00:41:51 Look at this. Don't be afraid. It's been inactive since we found it.
00:46:25 Mama, it's Pazu. Pazu came back!
00:49:54 Shut up!
00:57:22 Okay.
01:03:52 It hasn't lost its holy light.
01:08:13 The Levistone light crossed the left tip of the sun's edge.
01:13:25 Hey! Get up.
01:16:49 Underneath the ship... there!
01:20:16 The barometer is falling fast, Mama.
01:23:58 The light always indicates the center of the whirling clouds.
01:33:37 Aren't there any other robots here?
01:38:51 It's around here.
01:42:25 One phrase, and it will all be reduced to ashes.
01:47:53 It's full of them...
01:54:00 Pazu... stay away; it's no use. He's going to kill us, no matter what.
02:01:18 At any rate, we worried in our spare time...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed964
Dialogue density10.5 lines / min
First line00:00:07
Final line02:01:18

Production Record

DirectorHelma Sanders-Brahms
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes222