The Scavengers
1972 · 94 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 157 VOTES · DIR. Ermanno Olmi
Overview
Via the Chicago Reader: "After World War II an Italian soldier returns to his hometown near the Alps and, unable to find a job, hooks up with a crotchety hermit who scavenges buried shells and bombs for scrap metal."
Dialogue Timeline — 1,067 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:48 The recoverers
00:05:44 Give me the backpack, I'll carry it.
00:10:41 Gianni!
00:13:06 It's that, digging stumps, you ruin all the seedlings, doggone it!
00:15:59 Well, meanwhile, we solve this way.
00:20:27 What was wrong with you tonight?
00:23:35 And you, what's your name?
00:26:15 Good, good. But now let's go to sleep, it's late.
00:34:09 So, we collaborate to wine making!
00:36:32 There!
00:39:19 What chance? - To stay here, to not go away.
00:44:40 Give me the powder. Move!
00:48:47 But if you'd gone to Australia, you'd wait longer than 3 years!
00:52:18 The one who, with a step, a jump and a whistle, arrived all the way to Brescia!
00:56:45 Doggone! This time we found a depot!
01:00:35 Hey!
01:03:51 How's it going, is it sleeping?
01:07:09 They take all there is.
01:11:01 Huh? Are perhaps the spirits goblins?
01:14:22 and it should come out.
01:18:17 So, Eugenio, what happened?
01:22:03 And doing these things for a living
01:25:04 What do we do, we enter? - Yes, we enter!
01:30:00 Sonofabitch! Come on down, that'll break your face!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,067
Dialogue density11.4 lines / min
First line00:00:48
Final line01:30:00
Production Record
DirectorErmanno Olmi
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes157