Rotterdam-Europoort

1966 · 20 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 101 VOTES · DIR. Joris Ivens

Overview

Instructional film about the (former) biggest harbour in the world, with a hybrid format. Well known Ivens themes are revisited, like The Flying Dutchman in the fiction part of the film, who returns to the modern day Rotterdam, that has recovered very well after the devastating bombardments in the second world war.

Dialogue Timeline — 122 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 Rotterdam Port of Europe
00:00:18 Film editing: C. Dourgnan-G. Louveau-A. Choty
00:00:56 ...miracles do not occur, but...
00:01:35 Where Europe ends...
00:02:07 Life is good here, or bad, but anyway, life is here.
00:02:26 As though he were already dead.
00:04:06 City on the river Maas, at the edge of Europe.
00:04:29 ...hand skilled in thinking.
00:06:30 ...and love exists.
00:07:01 Every person has his own home.
00:08:45 Things people go through.
00:09:07 Another man's money?
00:10:19 ...the world stays the same.
00:11:04 No, no, that's not possible.
00:11:33 This city I saw building.
00:12:27 Painted, the face of goodness that once a year cherishes the children.
00:13:54 Sir, what are you doing here? How did you get in here?
00:14:14 I'm supposed to be in love with you.
00:15:18 No longer exchangeable with a handshake.
00:15:59 Night is square and awake.
00:17:57 It is today, and I'm alive.
00:18:24 The city is a great peaceful number.
00:20:00 Say Kralingen, Crooswijk.
00:20:19 END

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed122
Dialogue density6.1 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line00:20:19

Production Record

DirectorJoris Ivens
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes101