Like a Bird on a Wire

1975 · 44 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 197 VOTES · DIR. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Overview

A pseudo variety show about the Aufbau-Era, the time of the German 'economic miracle'. Brigitte Mira recounts her four husbands through song and joke, on an series of artificial sets.

Dialogue Timeline — 525 lines

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00:00:09 Like a bird on the wire...
00:01:58 And I swear...
00:04:32 I don't care whether he's got money, 'cos it's love what makes me rich!
00:05:56 And knew many conductors... and on one of these conductors -
00:07:52 he had lived at the Riviera for a long time.
00:09:17 He was an export merchant between East and West...
00:10:51 all the quarreling?
00:12:29 and I very dearly think of the two of us...
00:13:49 Well, we're in the middle of the shooting...
00:14:56 No, that's not too boring, that's very nice.
00:16:05 - What more could I say? - Well, nothing... and I wear no hats...
00:17:30 from the whole lot of them all, from the whole lot of them all.
00:20:14 Dreams of love pass away so soon
00:22:10 You're so sweet, I must say...
00:23:52 And when we dwelt in our allotment garden
00:25:39 I can't forget the hands of Emil!
00:28:33 Oh, where did you leave your husbands today?
00:29:46 There I was - shivering in my shirt
00:31:25 then everything will go on as before
00:32:58 when the moment comes when everything is over
00:34:31 and I heard, there were eggs available.
00:36:21 Oh dear - rubies, sapphires, emeralds
00:38:08 Diamonds remain faithful...
00:40:00 to be free...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed525
Dialogue density11.9 lines / min
First line00:00:09
Final line00:40:00

Production Record

DirectorRainer Werner Fassbinder
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes197