The Birthday Party

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".

PG-1319682h 3m6.4Movie

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Overview

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.

Cast

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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Trailer

The Birthday Party (1968) Dir. William Friedkin