The Diary of an Unknown Soldier
1959 · 17 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 335 VOTES · DIR. Peter Watkins
Overview
A short story narrated by an unknown British soldier who reveals his hopes, fears, and disillusionment while heading into battle against the German army.
Dialogue Timeline - 201 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME - EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:01 Last day of my life.
00:00:55 save the occasional murmur of soldiers' voices
00:01:48 It was very comforting to hear those cheerful noises
00:02:45 an insistent clamouring from a heavy barrage at the front two miles away.
00:03:16 I don't know.
00:03:44 Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!
00:04:19 It's all rather unnerved me.
00:04:55 He can be a little old fashioned at times.
00:05:34 I always think how awful it must be for him, for an offensive...
00:06:07 Branches jab at me, sharp, pointed and hard like steel, like a battle.
00:06:32 Men running, men left to die.
00:08:58 And that... That is howl shall probably die.
00:09:29 and what an awful and wrong thing it is to maltreat it.
00:10:04 Perhaps... Hmm.
00:10:36 before the battle is over.
00:11:07 Just managing to control their feelings on the outside
00:11:41 And could then make the people who start these wars read about it.
00:12:15 and steel helmet and ammunition.
00:12:40 by making little furtive moves so that nobody can see.
00:13:09 Just a void. Nothing.
00:14:00 I shall never know. I shall never know.
00:14:43 As I looked at him, I saw the complete ridiculousness of the whole thing.
00:15:22 But the most terrible thing about war
00:16:12 Well, tell it to those two.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed201
Dialogue density11.8 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line00:16:12
Production Record
DirectorPeter Watkins
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes335