The Birthday Party

Dec 9 1968 G 2h 3m
Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Harold Pinter

Directed by

William Friedkin

Cast

Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee, Sydney Tafler

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Palomar Pictures International

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
The Birthday Party (1968) Dir. William Friedkin
Scores
# of Votes
1,247
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
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