The Man with the Axe
1979 · 100 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 65 VOTES · DIR. Mrinal Sen
Overview
After being accused wrongly of theft, a slightly addled servant runs away to the city, carrying as his only real possession an axe, which he claims to have killed a tiger with. He takes up life among India's throngs of city-dwelling homeless, and for a little while almost has a decent time of it. He has a girlfriend, and one good friend, and gets by through begging and doing odd jobs.
Dialogue Timeline — 817 lines
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00:00:06 'This is All India Radio. The news...
00:01:43 I'll beat you up in such a way...
00:03:47 He had to repay Rs. 25 at an interest of 10%.
00:05:53 Hoards of hungry, impoverished people!
00:16:22 I understand that this place is off limits for others.
00:18:57 He won't understand if you tell him.
00:21:36 If you really look around is there a dearth of space?
00:23:36 ...with conviction, "I'll see how great a king you are!"
00:26:26 You do one thing. Go to the banks of river Ganga.
00:30:11 What should I call it?
00:34:30 So many beggars!
00:36:49 There are tenements near the marketplace.
00:41:03 Come, come, come.
00:44:04 I feel strange. - Radha!
00:48:21 Let me go!
00:54:15 Your daughter-in-law has come home.
00:57:06 I know everyone.
00:59:37 I'm checking.
01:01:59 ...gourd, potato and others.
01:04:32 The plight of these disinherited poor people...
01:13:54 What's the hurry? Let's wait for a couple of days or so.
01:17:45 Go round and round and round in a cycle rickshaw.
01:23:42 The morgue? - Ask the gentleman there.
01:27:29 Come.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed817
Dialogue density8.2 lines / min
First line00:00:06
Final line01:27:29
Production Record
DirectorMrinal Sen
LanguageBN
IMDb votes65