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.
00:02:11 Do we have to shout from the rooftops that I've come to Ukraine?
00:04:33 I just need to open my can.
00:06:44 I studied in Paris. In the Sorbonne during the day
00:07:23 - But why women... what was they after? - Women, of course.
00:10:45 One of my ancestors was fascinated with the Orient and with Ethiopia...
00:11:41 The first token of your liberation from the Ottoman rule.
00:12:30 and after the horrors at the slaughterhouse.
00:13:22 but then it surfaces
00:14:38 I couldn't say, at least twice or three times as much!
00:15:47 Naturally... I said “the stamp"... as a...
00:16:34 May I go on?
00:17:41 All raised in a humanist, liberal tradition.
00:21:58 Undress.
00:25:07 Officers, get behind me, please.
00:26:32 I give you my word of honor, I did not take the stamp.
00:27:29 Did you hear me? Get lost!
00:28:20 it almost got scalded in the leach pot where they wash the dishes...
00:29:50 Give him the chair.
00:31:41 You keep, and let us keep the unspoiled memory of your deed
00:32:59 She gave it to me for good luck on the battlefield!
00:33:53 I hid mine away from the beginning, as a holy memory.
00:35:32 Bravo, Nastasia Filipovna.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed316
Dialogue density8.1 lines / min
First line00:00:13
Final line00:35:32

Production Record

DirectorLucian Pintilie
LanguageRO
IMDb votes211