The Calm
1980 · 81 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 738 VOTES · DIR. Krzysztof Kieślowski
Overview
A young man in his twenties leaves prison after a three-year sentence. He wants to start a new life in a place where he is not known and dreams only of a job, a wife and a family. He succeeds partially in fulfilling these dreams, but then runs into a conflict on a construction job between the corrupt boss and fellow workers secretly planning a strike. He becomes a pawn in one camp while remaining true to his ideals in the other. Filmed in 1976 and shelved for five years.
Dialogue Timeline — 837 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:01 Giving their respects
00:03:21 Trausers. One piece.
00:06:39 Can You withstand?
00:11:05 Wait here. I'll clock into work. OK
00:15:34 Pretty one? In glasses, real ugly.
00:19:51 Is that You? Yes, that's me.
00:22:14 If alone, .. let me think
00:24:53 No.
00:27:33 Very good.
00:30:36 his kids stops recognizing him.
00:32:38 Here, here
00:35:54 Drink this.
00:39:58 No. Who are You?
00:42:02 showed to me then.
00:45:51 How could I know that for us?. I have to check it first.
00:48:57 10 zlotys, thank You.
00:51:49 One moment,boss.
00:57:04 How nice! Look it has scale...
00:59:29 Yes a wedding... but someone is taking materials.
01:01:46 Building materials have to be found
01:04:05 Ok I'll keep it secret, as You want.
01:08:55 You went for materials, didn't You?
01:13:12 Does chief of construction lives here?
01:15:28 You can engage better ones. You think You won't find better?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed837
Dialogue density10.3 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:15:28
Production Record
DirectorKrzysztof Kieślowski
LanguagePolish
IMDb votes738