The Birthday Party

The Birthday Party (1968)

G 09 Dec 1968 • Drama, Mystery, Thriller • 2h 3m
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Based on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a border in a British seaside dwelling who is visited by two strangers. They torment him verbally, ask him idiotic unanswerable questions, force him to sit down and stand up, and give him a "party." Then, eventually, they take him away, a tongue-tied idiot. The trivial becomes the terrible, and with it a certain wonder, a certain pity.

William Friedkin
Director
Harold Pinter
Writer
Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee, Sydney Tafler
Starring

Language: English
Awards: 1 nomination
Country: United Kingdom
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6.4

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