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The Feather Fairy | |
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Directed by | Juraj Jakubisko |
Written by |
Brothers Grimm (original) Juraj Jakubisko Ľubomír Feldek |
Produced by | Slovenská filmová tvorba, Bratislava / Omnia Film, Munich |
Starring |
Giulietta Masina Valerie Kaplanová Soňa Valentová Tobias Hoesl |
Music by | Petr Hapka |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Countries | West Germany Czechoslovakia |
Language | Slovak |
The Feather Fairy ( Slovak: Perinbaba) is a 1985 film adaptation of a Brothers Grimm's " Mother Hulda" short story directed by Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko. A fairy tale about an immortal woman who cares for snow and a boy who isn't afraid of death. [1]
A fairy tale not only for children about Jacob, who through his courage, manages to trick death. The film plays with people's never-ending desire for happiness, love and victory over death. Mrs Winter, The Feather Fairy, rules the world and also, being so open-hearted, raises little Jacob, who almost died in an avalanche. Life in the fairytale is perfect: the little boy is immortal, he doesn't get older, and he has everything. Even though his life is perfect, he watches human life through a looking glass. He sees a young girl Alžbetka growing into a young lady, and he desires to be a normal person and live with his love. Jakubisko: “What you do now with the special digital effects we did without them. My friend Federico Fellini persuaded Giulietta Masina to be the Feather Fairy and she brought a spark and lightness to the story.”
1 November 1985