The Condemned of Altona

1962 · 103 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 678 VOTES · DIR. Vittorio De Sica

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Overview

A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family's shipbuilding empire. There, the daughter-in-law stumbles upon a secret of the family's Nazi past.

Dialogue Timeline — 967 lines

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00:00:50 THE CONDEMNED OF ALTONA
00:09:33 At the theater
00:12:37 -My father. - Your father!
00:17:05 You will take care of the details of my funeral.
00:20:08 ...prepare yourself for tomorrow. Work is a way of praying.
00:23:18 - To the government? -To the government, to Himmler.
00:28:15 - And so, what? -Dad...
00:31:30 ..that punished non-aryans with death, just for existing, or even for having sexual relations with aryans...
00:34:41 What'd you expect?
00:38:35 -To know the truth. -The truth!
00:42:58 No. Take a cross instead; it's made of Swiss chocolate.
00:45:52 We are guilty, we're crabs. Not for what we've done
00:50:25 Seventeen years old and believing in the dignity of man.
00:53:29 -... Does he know? - Does he know what? -That I'm sick.
00:56:44 He's always lived among the people.
00:59:48 Tell me that Germany's about to die.
01:03:34 And all I get are insults.
01:06:58 You're not like everyone else, you don't chase after power.
01:10:47 It's not true!
01:22:01 The elections are over. The businessmen of Cicero and Capoha
01:27:14 My suits! All my clothes must be in my old room.
01:30:13 Was it just of me to get my soldiers all killed like that?
01:35:32 Give me time, Johanna!
20:00:00 from drinking other people's labor.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed967
Dialogue density9.4 lines / min
First line00:00:50
Final line20:00:00

Production Record

DirectorVittorio De Sica
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes678