The Castle

Name: The Castle
Director: Aleksey Balabanov
Released: 1994
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Nikolay Stotskiy, Svetlana Pismichenko, Anvar Libabov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Igor Shibanov

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

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 813 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:12 THE CASTLE

00:05:43 He's no land surveyor at all! Block the doors!

00:10:41 Tell me, is it your folder?

00:15:15 Your assistants.

00:18:27 When can my master go to the castle?

00:22:52 And this is mister land surveyor.

00:26:34 Frieda...

00:31:34 I don't give a damn about your rules.

00:38:24 That is how?

00:41:28 "School caretaker"

00:45:43 So you're rejecting it without any discussions?

00:52:46 What will take long?

00:58:14 What do you want? Frieda was worried you didn't come long and asked to meet you.

01:01:35 Why it's so cold in here?

01:06:59 They told the truth.

01:10:29 Was it you whom I saw by the window? Yes.

01:14:14 - Hostility? - It's not hostility.

01:17:21 Barnabas?

01:21:44 Only in vain you reject interrogations all the time.

01:26:38 are living with this person now. You must ensure her immediate return to the canteen.

01:32:19 We can finish on this.

01:37:33 All these years I was looking forward to see you to tell you that

01:40:48 Just so

01:46:24 Who? Me?

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 line01:46:24

Production Record

DirectorAleksey Balabanov

LanguageRussian

IMDb votes982