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The Birthday Party
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The Birthday Party

1968-12-09 · 123 min · ★ 6.4

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.

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Directors
William Friedkin
Production companies
Palomar Pictures International
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

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Robert ShawRobert ShawStanley Webber
Patrick MageePatrick MageeShamus McCann
Dandy NicholsDandy NicholsMeg Bowles
Sydney TaflerSydney TaflerNat Goldberg
Moultrie KelsallMoultrie KelsallPete Bowles
Helen FraserHelen FraserLulu

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