Sex in Chains

1928 · 107 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 328 VOTES · DIR. William Dieterle

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Overview

A young man is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term in prison. There he forms a close relationship with his cellmate. Upon his release his wife is concerned as to how prison has changed the man she married.

Dialogue Timeline — 195 lines

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00:01:24 SEX IN CHAINS
00:02:03 Franz Sommer, Engineer.
00:05:31 Franz, look sharp, customers arriving!
00:09:53 My father was here, he brought it along.
00:14:29 Oh Fifi, it's just the thing for you! We work all day and still never get done.
00:20:38 End of Part 1
00:23:57 Nice state of affairs - when some informer can send an innocent man to prison!
00:28:32 From her husband in prison?
00:32:42 Abandonment of the proceedings against the Steinau plants
00:35:22 - Despite the gravity of the deed...
00:40:29 Has it seized you yet? Just wait, this too will pass.
00:44:30 Are we not human?
00:48:28 I can understand this man, because I too suffer terribly from the distance to you.
00:51:44 You must not worry about me; Mr. Steinau is a true friend.
00:59:20 Oh, look who's coming there!
01:10:02 Husband......
01:18:36 Alfred, what are you thinking of?
01:21:35 Why are husband and wife not allowed to spend their
01:28:17 - the laws men make are bad and brutal... they mercilessly plunge us into the depths!
01:30:58 I beg you not to do that.
01:34:33 There can surely be no argument that prison must be less agreeable than freedom.
01:36:29 If he is rich, you can get a nice little sum out of him.
01:42:27 Back then someone touched you and I struck him down
33:08:10 Your husband would like you to come for him.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed195
Dialogue density1.8 lines / min
First line00:01:24
Final line33:08:10

Production Record

DirectorWilliam Dieterle
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes328