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.
00:28:10 She acts in a provisional way.
00:33:27 a big battleship was very valuable
00:36:49 There's always arguing around you. - You think arguing is squabbling?
00:39:52 In five quarters of an hour I have to hold a speech.
00:41:54 driver for a big boss.
00:51:55 We bid classical industry farewell.
00:55:59 Then you went to the registry office? - We handed in the papers first.
00:58:23 None of the dead reported the crash.
01:04:44 If I may.
01:10:30 You can leave the squirt here. Elsa will take care of her later.
01:15:00 No, you haven't studied the child!
01:19:25 A child, a city
01:22:15 The winter was bitterly cold...
01:27:51 Why a story that...
01:29:42 What do you associate with the Middle Ages?
01:32:09 Light on Ms Doubek. - The scene's already...
01:34:24 Well, we want to solve this by giving him an assistant
01:36:05 Or the assistants have...
01:37:56 But...
01:40:33 A film of love and desire. A description...
01:42:47 Give me some more tea.
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 line01:42:47
Production Record
DirectorAlexander Kluge
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes173