The Power of Emotion
1983 · 112 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 182 VOTES · DIR. Alexander Kluge
Overview
The emotion and feelings should not be confused with sentimentality. Emotion is ancient and more powerful than any artistic expression. The film observes young couples face difficulties while trying to move their love experiences clear decision making. A film full of ideas, details and associations, fictional scenes, documentary footage, archival materials and opera music.
Dialogue Timeline — 548 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:06 THE POWER OF EMOTION
00:08:43 Hölderlin. Beautiful.
00:10:58 You have something against success?
00:14:09 I have this shooting pain in my back. - I have one in my side.
00:15:50 That was your purpose when you took the rifle out.
00:17:32 What was your emotional reaction? - It's hard to say. I'm not jealous.
00:18:56 was not a deed, not an act
00:20:57 Babylon was destroyed because people built too high.
00:25:43 Did you have any idea what the attack was to accomplish?
00:31:03 because no love is ever true.
00:39:15 This lamp was turned on before a holiday and then forgotten.
00:42:51 Then the damage is already done.
00:45:59 Something has to be done.
00:51:35 has fallen in love with her seducer.
00:53:35 Emotions are heavier in unhappy stories.
00:58:18 No more and no less.
01:00:17 a knotting expert, so to speak, spends a small part of her time
01:06:42 MOVEMENT
01:15:08 but the Emperor is suspicious.
01:17:57 To go on living... To go on living at any cost
01:24:15 Betty is grateful. She feels like some luxurious creature.
01:27:56 Ante Alevic, manager of a hotel in Yugoslavia, has arrived in town.
01:34:06 Betty cannot believe
01:43:37 MEANWHILE, IN BARCELONA...
Cast & Characters
Hannelore Hoger
Angeklagte G.
Hannelore Hoger
Frau Bärlamm
Alexandra Kluge
Frau Pichota
Edgar M. Böhlke
Kammersänger
Klaus Wennemann
Richter
Beate Holle
Weggeworfene Geliebte
Suzanne von Borsody
Knautsch-Betty - Prostituierte
Barbara Auer
Mäxchen
Erwin Scherschel
Brigadegeneral
Uwe Karsten Koch
Vergewaltiger
Daniel Lüönd
Manfred Schmidt
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed548
Dialogue density4.9 lines / min
First line00:03:06
Final line01:43:37
Production Record
DirectorAlexander Kluge
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes182