Signs of Life

Name: Signs of Life
Director: Werner Herzog
Released: 1968
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Peter Brogle, Wolfgang Reichmann, Athina Zacharopoulou, Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg, Wolfgang Stumpf

1968 · 91 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 2,564 VOTES · DIR. Werner Herzog

Overview

During World War II, three German soldiers are withdrawn from combat when one of them, Stroszek, is wounded. They are assigned to a small coastal community on the Greek island of Kos while Stroszek recuperates. The men become increasingly stir crazy in their uneventful new assignment. Stroszek eventually goes mad.

Dialogue Timeline — 681 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:08 SIGNS OF LIFE

00:07:05 A previous guard informed them about their duties.

00:10:52 How touching it all is.

00:14:03 It tastes like turpentine.

00:17:39 There are even two of them!

00:21:06 I can't take this fiddling around much longer.

00:23:01 No, but there's a strange fellow outside the gate.

00:24:51 Where did you get it?

00:27:01 But keeping watch all night -

00:29:16 It could be that your clan is also looking for you, -

00:33:11 People here tell a story about a submarine -

00:35:48 Much of it is omitted.

00:40:42 It wasn't my fault, it was the children.

00:44:13 More wool.

00:45:47 Wouldn't it be better to attach it to a piece of wood?

00:50:40 - was him coughing blood.

00:55:12 Sorry, there's no bread.

01:01:49 Because of yesterday on the mountain.

01:06:27 I don't follow orders anymore.

01:08:57 Then we might be able to understand what is really the matter with him.

01:11:05 There's not much to eat, -

01:13:39 - but no one accepted his challenge.

01:21:07 how do you say...?

01:25:38 Thus he had failed as miserably as all others of his kind.

Cast & Characters

Peter Brogle Stroszek Wolfgang Reichmann Meinhard Athina Zacharopoulou Nora Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg Becker Wolfgang Stumpf Captain Henry van Lyck Lieutenant Julio Pinheiro Gypsy Florian Fricke Pianist Heinz Usener Doctor Achmed Hafiz Greek resident

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed681

Dialogue density7.5 lines / min

First line00:00:08

Final line01:25:38

Production Record

DirectorWerner Herzog

LanguageGerman

IMDb votes2,564