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The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party
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The Birthday Party

1968
2h 3m
Drama
Comedy
Thriller

Status

Released

Release

1968

Runtime

2h 3m

Storyline

Based on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a boarder 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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
2h 3m
Dec 9, 1968
Languages
English
Director
William Friedkin
William Friedkin
Production
Palomar Pictures International
Palomar Pictures International
Production Countries
United Kingdom

Top Cast

6 Cast Members

Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw

Stanley Webber

Patrick Magee

Patrick Magee

Shamus McCann

Dandy Nichols

Dandy Nichols

Meg Bowles

Sydney Tafler

Sydney Tafler

Nat Goldberg

Moultrie Kelsall

Moultrie Kelsall

Pete Bowles

Helen Fraser

Helen Fraser

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