The Coffee House

1970 · 105 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 157 VOTES · DIR. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Overview

Avant-garde adaptation of a Carlo Goldoni play. Well-to-do Venetians congregate in a coffee house and discuss their problems.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,238 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:12 THE COFFEE HOUSE After Goldoni
00:04:24 What?
00:08:14 Gambling undermines the sovereignty of this city.
00:12:44 You've lost everything.
00:18:25 to be able to bear your filth on top of that.
00:23:37 If you heed my advice and mind my proposal
00:29:15 by the grief of loneliness.
00:34:55 A customer, darling.
00:40:13 215 marks? But what's that to me.
00:44:54 With a lady?
00:48:29 that are on their way on this day.
00:52:15 Fine, what else?
00:56:34 Well... then give me the money.
01:00:32 I'm an always welcome guest in their houses
01:04:02 I'm searching him like nothing else before in this world.
01:07:43 to discuss how to proceed.
01:11:53 like an insect that gets under my shoe.
01:16:19 Come, darling, follow us!
01:19:44 310 sequins, to the municipality.
01:22:40 Are women in Venice permitted to get drunk, Ridolfo
01:28:10 I will do my labour, you can count on that.
01:31:52 And rightly so!
01:35:40 My gambling house eats up your coffee house in a breath, if I so wish.
01:39:20 they let him do as he pleases

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,238
Dialogue density11.8 lines / min
First line00:00:12
Final line01:39:20

Production Record

DirectorRainer Werner Fassbinder
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes157