The Dust of Time
2008 · 128 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 2,125 VOTES · DIR. Theo Angelopoulos
Overview
A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the USA. The main character is Eleni, who is claimed and claims the absoluteness of love. At the same time the film is a long journey into the vast history and the events of the last fifty years that left their mark on the 20th century. The characters in the film move as though in a dream. The dust of time confuses memories. A searches for them and experiences them in the present.
Dialogue Timeline — 115 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:45 Berlin East Station
00:03:28 We're ready to screen.
00:08:19 to Tashkent in '49 live in barracks.
00:08:30 but more are coming like you to swell our ranks.
00:08:41 Comrade Secretary, something's happened. The city's in an uproar.
00:12:22 The whole town's in turmoil.
00:16:05 Today our leader Comrade Stalin has died.
00:16:21 from Vladivostok to Ukraine
00:36:13 And the Angel cried: "The third wing!"
00:38:46 And the Angel cried: "The third wing!"
00:39:20 Now you've got to translate.
00:39:44 It shouldn't be touched.
00:40:22 Wait.
00:42:35 No, she isn't here.
00:44:19 will be Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor.
00:47:16 Please let me go!
00:48:37 Papa! Papa! Come!
00:48:58 That's where my ancestors are buried.
00:49:28 The lights have gone out in the house...
00:52:23 The Austrian lmmigrant Reception Service requests...
00:52:42 please go left.
01:21:55 You can't be serious! No.
01:43:20 Deutsche Welle.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed115
Dialogue density0.9 lines / min
First line00:01:45
Final line01:43:20
Production Record
DirectorTheo Angelopoulos
LanguageEL
IMDb votes2,125