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
00:09:24 If you can't find him at his office, he'll be sure to be at the theater.
00:12:29 Tomorrow at 10, the whole company will come back for the final rehearsal.
00:16:52 I, that makes steel navigate the ocean?
00:19:55 And a few pigs in the corral, as a precaution in case a scarcity hit.
00:22:40 - Have a little more wine? -No, thanks.
00:27:49 a mountain of twisted steel and the remains of boats
00:31:06 How is he?
00:33:35 - You never see him? -No.
00:37:02 -And you know it. - Get out of here!
00:42:05 ...the decapods are watching us. And they'll find us quite dirty.
00:45:06 My sister copies the statistics down for me and I record them all on this.
00:49:31 - Do you think I'm crazy too? -Well, ...not very smart.
00:52:37 ...whereas in reality it is the richest country in Europe.
00:55:47 Sometimes in the one, other times in the other.
00:58:55 He didn't tell you that it was he himself that called the SS?
01:02:28 and whilst you burn
01:05:31 Ask your wife.
01:08:52 And what will Heinrich be when he grows up?
01:12:46 Goodbye, Franz!
01:23:48 Commissioner Stroebel will be here in a couple hours.
01:28:41 What happened to you in Smolensk? What happened there?
01:34:15 You must believe me.
01:39:12 ...I don't want it to completely disappear.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed967
Dialogue density9.4 lines / min
First line00:00:50
Final line01:39:12

Production Record

DirectorVittorio De Sica
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes678