Taking Sides

Name: Taking Sides
Director: István Szabó
Released: 2002
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Moritz Bleibtreu, Birgit Minichmayr, Ulrich Tukur

2002 · 108 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 4,005 VOTES · DIR. István Szabó

Overview

One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,501 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:20 (GUITAR STRUMMING)

00:05:16 We've decided to go classical with the festival this year

00:09:12 It kills the germs. What's the difference?

00:12:51 Hey, Billy, you're back. That's great.

00:16:14 You don't have any potatoes or sunflower seeds or anything?

00:20:35 and then there's the fucking nightmares. Fuck.

00:26:07 Mr. Teichberg.

00:30:39 You'll probably want to avoid dealing with the Browns.

00:34:44 Well, you know, that's gonna cost

00:38:34 Hey, Dave. I'll have the usual.

00:43:21 Hey. Hi, Tisha. What is it?

00:46:18 We've got some heavy lawyers. Right?

00:49:53 No. It's huge.

00:53:38 Hey, Elliot. Hey.

00:57:26 Do you need some kind of uniform? I've got uniforms, baby.

01:01:33 (LOW RUMBLlNG)

01:05:49 Doris? Doris, he doesn't... Doris?

01:09:42 Billy! Get your ass down here!

01:14:50 (PEOPLE CHEERlNG)

01:19:27 (ROCK AND ROLL SONG PLAYING)

01:26:15 MALE HlPPlE: Yeah?

01:36:03 (SOFT ROCK SONG PLAYlNG lN THE DlSTANCE)

01:43:48 And you...

01:50:02 And now you're one of them. You go.

Cast & Characters

Harvey Keitel Major Steve Arnold Stellan Skarsgård Dr. Wilhelm Furtwängler Moritz Bleibtreu Lt. David Wills Birgit Minichmayr Emmi Straube Ulrich Tukur Helmut Alfred Rode, 2nd violinist Oleg Tabakov Colonel Dymshitz Hanns Zischler Rudolf Otto Werner, oboist Armin Rohde Schlee, timpanist R. Lee Ermey General Wallace August Zirner Captain Ed Martin

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,501

Dialogue density13.9 lines / min

First line00:00:20

Final line01:50:02

Production Record

DirectorIstván Szabó

LanguageEnglish

Budget$20,000,000

IMDb votes4,005