The House Under the Rocks

1959 · 96 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 363 VOTES · DIR. Károly Makk

The House Under the Rocks poster

Overview

Three people – a returned prisoner of war, his beautiful second wife, and the possessive, hunchbacked spinster who is his sister-in-law by his first marriage – are isolated in a little house under an extinct volcano, where each strives for personal happiness but is suffocated by their dependence on the others.

Dialogue Timeline — 533 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:31 HOUSE UNDER THE ROCKS
00:03:38 Even though you lost the war, but to hell with it...
00:09:40 I'll warm up some food!
00:13:22 Good morning, Tera!
00:15:06 It only belonged to the Count, nobody else!
00:17:12 Here's some good fresh milk, Ferenc! Drink!
00:21:21 And by the next one, Ferenc will be around, too!
00:24:23 I'm not going!
00:30:10 Poor little orphan!
00:33:06 God created them for each other.
00:37:15 We brought you here, my dear friend, Ferko
00:42:18 I was born on that mountain. I grew up there.
00:45:50 Of course I will!
00:49:55 There's not enough air in here.
00:54:27 - Poor people. - Like Hell they're poor!
00:56:19 We used it together in the war.
00:59:15 They needed the Gendarme to take me away from here to join the army, you know.
01:02:20 Ferenc.
01:09:43 - Look, who's talking! - Am I the woman of the house or not?
01:11:55 It's not killing that's needed here, but a couple of SLAPS only!
01:15:35 Go away, Karo! Go! Don't you hear me?
01:19:09 The public authorities declared a forest cleaning duty from tomorrow morning.
01:25:19 My Lord God!
01:31:02 Due to circumstances.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed533
Dialogue density5.6 lines / min
First line00:00:31
Final line01:31:02

Production Record

DirectorKároly Makk
LanguageHU
IMDb votes363