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
00:03:26 Shoes. Two pieces.A pair.
00:06:44 Don't say things like that..
00:11:50 Why are you so smartly dressed?
00:16:10 Is she a nice one?
00:20:06 We've got welfare, 13th month pay
00:22:45 When to work?
00:25:24 for a common athletic award
00:28:43 Mr. foreman, tomorrow is saturday
00:31:29 I have to arrange all that calmly
00:33:44 -Well said. -Yes! Well said!
00:37:40 So You see?
00:40:45 Bozena, sit down here Mother, make us some cofee.
00:44:03 Out scum!
00:46:58 Gralak.
00:50:28 Bozena, c'mon
00:55:20 I wish You that Your way will be beautiful and bright.
00:58:50 Eh?
01:01:07 I won't search for him.
01:03:27 Antek,I don't want them to begin snooping around with my employers.
01:08:18 Come here
01:12:11 I'll try. -Bozena!
01:15:10 I would fire them all. One by one
01:18:20 Calm...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed837
Dialogue density10.3 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:18:20
Production Record
DirectorKrzysztof Kieślowski
LanguagePolish
IMDb votes738