Learning to Lie
2003 · 87 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 1,382 VOTES · DIR. Hendrik Handloegten
Overview
18-year-old school boy Helmut falls in love with fellow pupil Britta. He starts working for a Peace movement to get to know Britta. Britta, however, suddenly moves to San Francisco to live with her father and whilst there, finds a new boyfriend. Helmut studies, literature and politics in his home town and have a relationship with another girl from his former school, now studying medicine at the same university but they break up after having an affair with her roommate. Helmut begins a lot of short affairs with different women but still searches for his first girl.
Dialogue Timeline — 863 lines
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00:00:27 Sometimes, when I'm driving or walking, I see a man in a corner.
00:03:01 Helmut, this is serious!
00:06:41 Which is, by the way, full of cadmium.
00:09:26 Come on, guys! On the bus!
00:13:32 I wish I didn't have to go back.
00:16:54 Hi.
00:20:53 Your father talked to you yet?
00:23:54 I'd rather you don't, okay?
00:26:42 On Christmas' Eve?
00:32:23 I'll write.
00:35:06 You've got a beautiful laughter.
00:38:03 I began to study in earnest out of pure boredom.
00:40:17 - Let's go somewhere else. - We're entertaining.
00:43:39 What are you talking about?
00:46:59 Okay.
00:50:09 What about me?
00:53:26 I need cognac to get me through funerals.
00:56:10 What do you mean?
00:59:29 And I thought you were eager to be in the war.
01:02:48 - Why do you want to know all that? - No reason.
01:07:24 Shit, I thought you already knew.
01:11:02 Your mother has met someone else.
01:15:22 - What'll it be? - Eight beers, please.
01:19:01 But actually...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed863
Dialogue density9.9 lines / min
First line00:00:27
Final line01:19:01
Production Record
DirectorHendrik Handloegten
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes1,382