The Riddle of the Sands
1979 · 103 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 1,465 VOTES · DIR. Tony Maylam
Overview
In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) stumble upon a German plot to invade the east coast of England in a flotilla of specially designed barges. They set out to thwart this terrible scheme, but must outwit not only the cream of the German Navy, but the feared Kaiser Wilhelm himself.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,061 lines
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00:00:29 The plain truth of the matter is, I was bored.
00:07:29 - Guten Abend. - Guten Abend.
00:09:33 ...well, correcting the charts accordingly.
00:13:02 I have to go ashore later to deliver a letter for my father.
00:16:40 My mother used to scold me.
00:20:18 Did you get my telegram about the No.3 Rippingille?
00:24:50 Mind your head.
00:27:58 But there's food on board.
00:30:21 I'm sure Dollmann was trying to run me off
00:33:06 Well, I like the mattinata better than the impending cold plunge overboard.
00:39:38 Oh, incidentally
00:41:54 Goodbye, Commander. Maybe we'll see you again.
00:45:48 What's more, I just cannot relate to that nautical lingo of yours.
00:51:51 You don't suppose that's what all this is about, do you?
00:54:59 No, no, look at the photograph.
00:57:51 As far as Memmert?
01:01:34 You'd better take mine.
01:08:19 With pleasure.
01:11:15 There is no mystery.
01:13:50 It's really most kind of you to offer but...
01:20:46 had now brought me back to within a few miles of Bensersiel
01:29:15 Very different days.
01:32:43 Come to gloat, Mr Davies?
100:00:00 towed across the North Sea in barges
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,061
Dialogue density10.3 lines / min
First line00:00:29
Final line100:00:00
Production Record
DirectorTony Maylam
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,465