The Inventor
1980 · 97 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 116 VOTES · DIR. Kurt Gloor
Overview
In this interesting World War I drama, Bruno Ganz gives a compelling performance as Jakob, an obsessive inventor who lives in a Swiss village. He receives unconditional support from his friend Otti (Walo Luond), but that is about all; the other villagers do not tolerate Jakob's eccentricities very well, and regard him as a crackpot. He perserveres in spite of this obstacle and finally invents a viable carriage that does not run on wheels but on a tread. Unfortunately for Jakob, the military have already come up with the same invention: the tank. The discovery finally breaks him, and he is quickly shuttled off to an asylum.
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00:00:00 FOR VERENA
00:04:04 Military record!
00:06:51 Higher!
00:09:40 The Germans can no longer deliver. No point.
00:16:50 It's stuck.
00:21:06 I've seen him driving past here a few times.
00:24:44 Maybe at the mayor's.
00:29:28 Just let me work.
00:33:26 No he won't.
00:36:32 Why do you want to build it?
00:38:58 He builds the prototype and advances part of the costs.
00:43:06 Your teacher chatters without thinking.
00:47:00 Listen, Martha.
00:50:05 A lawyer won't know that.
00:53:28 ...plus 3 francs bonus per 100 kilo.
00:56:23 Maybe it's best for him...
01:02:08 ...we'll sign a contract.
01:04:44 I'd like to show you something.
01:11:33 ...we'd never have invented the bicycle or the steam engine.
01:14:36 Mr know-it-all.
01:18:32 Listen now.
01:21:17 And now?
01:24:54 We came too early.
01:32:00 Is father an inventor now?
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