Ubu Roi

Overview

Based on Alfredy Jarrry's 1896 play about a greedy, overweight, selfish dude named Pere Ubu. The story follows Ubu on his journey to overthrow the current ruler and become King of Poland. Along the way he betrays many of his followers, taxes the civilians to an unreasonable degree and eventually slaughters everyone. Along his side, is the equally crude but somehow more likable Mere Ubu, who's like a foul mouthed Lady Macbeth.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 20, 1965

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

France

Production

Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française,ORTF

Cast

Jean Bouise,Rosy Varte,Hubert Deschamps,Henri Virlogeux,Micha Bayard,Johnny Monteilhet,David Gafsou,Didier Haudepin,Armand Meffre,Bernard Mussonand 11 more

Director

Jean-Christophe Averty

Writer

Alfred Jarry

Cinematography

Lucien Billard

Music

Claude Terrasse

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0303166