The Feather Fairy

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The Feather Fairy
The feather fairy poster.jpg
Directed by Juraj Jakubisko
Written by Brothers Grimm (original)
Juraj Jakubisko
Ľubomír Feldek
Produced bySlovenská filmová tvorba, Bratislava / Omnia Film, Munich
Starring Giulietta Masina
Valerie Kaplanová
Soňa Valentová
Tobias Hoesl
Music by Petr Hapka
Release date
  • 1985 (1985)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesWest Germany
Czechoslovakia
LanguageSlovak

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]

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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.”

Film Awards

Premiere screening

1 November 1985

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References

  1. Astell, Hal C. F. "The Feather Fairy (1985)" . Retrieved 2024-04-12.