The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time
1985 · 106 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 173 VOTES · DIR. Alexander Kluge
Overview
A poignant film essay about 'superfluous people' facing up to a moment of crisis in their lives.
Dialogue Timeline — 677 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:14:24 Quite.
00:19:12 who realized mankind's old dream:
00:22:23 For God's sake, no! - Leaving doesn't mean giving up.
00:28:13 For 100 years people have led provisional lives.
00:33:31 but no longer nine months later.
00:36:54 But you don't have any arguments.
00:39:58 to listen to my knowledgeable colleague
00:42:04 which, in an emergency, swing from accelerator to brake.
00:52:17 Outwork.
00:56:10 So you were automatically married, out of politeness, as it were.
00:59:11 No, I don't want to!
01:05:55 I have no grounds to blame myself or the child.
01:12:52 and maybe she will remember later how well I treated her".
01:15:16 The heating must be off. She likes to have her arms on the cover
01:19:45 They want this period to be long.
01:24:57 Indeed, the apparatus projects 24 frames every second.
01:28:20 The soldiers...
01:30:09 All strange figures in the film
01:32:54 The reporter had a suspicion.
01:34:48 It'd be simpler for a blind director.
01:36:26 he's got things under control.
01:38:28 Blindness, for the insurer... ...is not grounds to stop working.
01:41:03 in black and white, and a sad... - Who's black? She or he?
03:02:02 10 documentaries...
Cast & Characters
Jutta Hoffmann
Gertrud Meinecke
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Blinder Regisseur
Hans-Michael Rehberg
Herr von Gerlach
Peter Roggisch
Großer Chef
Rosel Zech
Ärztin
Maria Slatinaru
Sängerin der Tosca
Günther Reich
Sänger des Polzeichefs Scarpia
Piero Visconti
Sänger des Cavaradossi
Edgar M. Böhlke
Schrotthändler
Henning Burk
Heimarbeiter
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed677
Dialogue density6.4 lines / min
First line00:14:24
Final line03:02:02
Production Record
DirectorAlexander Kluge
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes173