This Can't Happen Here
1950 · 84 MIN · IMDB 5.0 · 579 VOTES · DIR. Ingmar Bergman
Overview
Atka Natas is a secret agent from the oppressive regime of Liquidatzia. He visits his estranged wife Vera, a chemist who is involved with a group of exiles trying to smuggle their compatriots out of Liquidatzia. Almkvist, a local policeman and former lover of Vera's, contacts her while investigating the death of one of the refugees. Natas has a list of agents operating in the host country and wants to sell them to the Americans. However before he can do so, Vera tries to kill him, after an argument about getting her parents out of Liquidatzia.
Dialogue Timeline — 582 lines
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00:00:07 This story takes place on a quiet summer's night, in a very small-
00:08:45 She has always been strange.
00:11:17 Four months ago, Leino and Linda came here in an open boat.
00:13:37 This is what killed her.
00:16:10 We will not be lovers.
00:19:18 On the way.
00:21:11 ...tomorrow we're installing an electric barrier in the waters there.
00:29:46 As far as I can see, he's dead.
00:37:13 The other guests can't sleep.
00:39:50 Did you know he was coming?
00:41:24 But now that they will? Surely they will find out something?
00:43:05 A syringe comes to mind.
00:46:13 She was at the party yesterday as well.
00:48:22 The meeting is terminated.
00:51:03 I don't want to ask you any questions.
00:54:45 - How are the lupins? - Fine. They caught on well.
00:57:55 I have underestimated you. Needle?
00:59:25 The friends have watched over you too.
01:01:16 That way, they signalled that they intended to maintain peace until Monday.
01:03:01 -but I know a lot about everyday life.
01:06:48 There's a drunken driver on rampage in the bushes.
01:09:56 Hold on...
01:15:45 Not to sign it.
01:19:50 Citizen of Liquidatzia.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed582
Dialogue density6.9 lines / min
First line00:00:07
Final line01:19:50
Production Record
DirectorIngmar Bergman
LanguageSwedish
IMDb votes579