The Birthday Party

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 9, 1968

Original language

English

Spoken languages

english

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

Palomar Pictures International

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0062732