The Birthday Party

The Birthday Party 1968 Directed by William Friedkin

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.

Countries United Kingdom , USA

Production Country United Kingdom

Language English

Spoken Language English

Gneres Comedy , Drama , Thriller

Production Company Palomar Pictures International

Release Date 9 December 1968

123 mins