Tertium Non Datur
2006 · 39 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 211 VOTES · DIR. Lucian Pintilie
Overview
In the Ukrainian steppe, toward the end of World War II, the German and Romanian troops are retreating in the face of the unstoppable Red Army. A Romanian military unit has set up its headquarters in a deserted school. A visit of high-ranking Wehrmacht officers is suddenly announced. Hope is awakened: will they receive new orders? But disappointment comes quickly.
Dialogue Timeline — 316 lines
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00:00:13 First take out the straws.
00:02:05 What's with this hoopla? Is it your national holiday?
00:04:29 - Would you like some hare? - No, I love beans.
00:06:39 Gentlemen, I confess I have French blood running through my veins.
00:07:17 They don't. man...
00:10:39 Yes... yes... Lithuanian blood.
00:11:36 the rarest and most expensive stamp in the world?
00:12:20 This stamp is an old obsession of mine
00:13:11 disappears into Moldova, I track it down in IaÅŸi
00:14:28 Now there are two identical stamps in the world, but two only.
00:15:28 It's written in Romanian. For the first time.
00:16:18 Forgive me. Vapniarka...
00:17:15 - Thieving gypsies. . Yes, yes, thieving gypsies.
00:18:39 It's not here.
00:22:59 I prefer only one of us loses it.
00:26:14 Captain Tomuţ, I command you to join your comrades.
00:27:11 Get down you scoundrel, I'll teach you a lesson.
00:27:50 it almost got scalded in the leach pot where they wash the dishes...
00:29:21 Forgive me...
00:31:21 - General, I do not deserve the honor. - Don't be so modest, boy.
00:32:10 Why lie now?
00:33:22 It would have been childish.
00:34:21 We are a band of cowards, gentlemen, and we should all blow our brains out
50:00:00 Where was I?
Cast & Characters
Victor Rebengiuc
Romanian general
Sorin Leoveanu
Captain Tomut
Tudor Istodor
German major
Cornel Scripcaru
German general
Bogdan Stanoevici
Captain Mitica
Marius Galea
Romanian officer
Dan Tudor
Romanian officer
Alexandru Antoniu
Romanian officer
Bogdan Marhodin
Romanian sub-officer
George Rotaru
Romanian sub-officer
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed316
Dialogue density8.1 lines / min
First line00:00:13
Final line50:00:00
Production Record
DirectorLucian Pintilie
LanguageRO
IMDb votes211