The Castle

1994 · 120 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 982 VOTES · DIR. Aleksey Balabanov

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Overview

Closely based on Franz Kafka's book "Das Schloß", the movie shares the same action on a land surveyor who is called to a village to do a job that no one seems to have ordered. Once there, he takes up the struggle against bureaucracy emanating from the castle.

Drama1990s

Dialogue Timeline — 813 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:12 THE CASTLE
00:05:40 What did I say! [He] lied!
00:10:35 You don't like it here.
00:14:46 Who's that?
00:18:06 Joseph.
00:21:43 Mister land surveyor!
00:25:56 Yes, very well.
00:30:25 Frieda!
00:37:12 Yeah, and relocate my assistants, I've fed up with them.
00:40:25 So, in the end I won.
00:44:11 I need to put on my best robes.
00:50:27 That's just land surveyor.
00:56:17 He receives files from the village meant for mister Klamm.
00:59:48 Land surveyor asks for personal admittance and
01:04:09 You are madam, you haven't called them to order even once.
01:08:55 How could you!
01:11:39 Have you got sticks? I will make them.
01:15:22 The letter was written in dirty expressions.
01:19:07 Why former?
01:23:10 Yes, but they rehired her for the canteen.
01:28:09 Although, I have my little room but you have nowhere to go.
01:33:39 Let's go out of here.
01:38:14 It's possible, but he doesn't remember.
01:41:38 I am land surveyor.

Cast & Characters

Nikolay Stotskiy Land Surveyor Svetlana Pismichenko Frida Anvar Libabov Helper Arthur Viktor Sukhorukov Helper Jeremiah Igor Shibanov Brunswick Andrey Smirnov Teacher Vladislav Demchenko Varnava Bolot Beyshenaliev Village Senior Svetlana Svirko Olga Olga Antonova Tavern Owner

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed813
Dialogue density6.8 lines / min
First line00:01:12
Final line01:41:38

Production Record

DirectorAleksey Balabanov
LanguageRussian
IMDb votes982