The Devious Path

1928 · 97 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 454 VOTES · DIR. G.W. Pabst

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Overview

Neglected by her husband, an ambitious lawyer, Irene seeks variety in Berlin's nightlife-- An evening of dancing, dolls, cocaine and immoral passion. Irene takes the "devious path" as she seeks to make her husband jealous.

Dialogue Timeline — 60 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 THE DEVIOUS PATH
00:04:59 "Thomas, how about going out some time again? Liane invited us."
00:07:57 "Work, all the time... work!"
00:13:50 "You see... You're the center of my work!"
00:16:27 "We'll go to Vienna! Tonight!"
00:19:11 "...no, not first, but second class!"
00:24:50 "You know that I have to go to the club!"
00:28:24 "You have come to the right time my friend. Let's go out - anywhere!"
00:50:40 "Girls, tomorrow you'll all come to my place!"
00:52:59 "...he killed himself because of her!"
01:08:18 "Irene invited you too?"
01:08:51 "Feel like home!"
01:09:09 together with Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek and ZDF/ARTE
01:12:49 "Look! That's a drawing by Frank."
01:13:32 "We'll go to Frank. Taylor wants to buy a portrait of me."
01:15:11 "We will wait for him."
01:17:03 "So you were his mistress?!"
01:22:01 "It was only for your sake that I gave you up!"
01:22:44 "So that's why...?"
01:23:55 "Open up!"
01:31:23 "I advise you that you don't have to answer that question."
01:35:48 "As soon as possible!"
01:36:25 original negative. They were complemented with translations from the french copy.
10:11:12 The original negative was incomplete: a roll was missing

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed60
Dialogue density0.6 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line10:11:12

Production Record

DirectorG.W. Pabst
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes454