The Birthday Party (1968)

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Country: UK
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1968-12-09
Director: William Friedkin
Writers: Harold Pinter
Language: English
Stars: Robert Shaw (I) (1927–1978) , Patrick Magee (I) (1922–1982) , Sydney Tafler , Dandy Nichols , Moultrie Kelsall , Helen Fraser
Runtime: 123 min
Awards: 1 nomination
AKA: Przyjęcie urodzinowe (Poland) , Fiesta de cumpleaños (Spain) , The Birthday Party , Fødselsdagsselskapet (Norway) , Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party (United Kingdom) , Feliz Aniversário (Brazil) , Syntymäpäiväjuhla (Finland) , Вечеринка в день рождения , The Birthday Party (United Kingdom) , A Festa de Aniversário (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Festa di compleanno (Italy) , Party genethlion (Greece) , 誕生パーティー (Japan) , The Birthday Party (United States of America) , Efialtiko party (Greece)
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.
IMDB:tt0062732