The Feather Fairy

The Feather Fairy
Directed by Juraj Jakubisko
Produced by Slovenská filmová tvorba, Bratislava / Omnia Film, Munich
Written by Brothers Grimm (original)
Juraj Jakubisko
Ľubomír Feldek
Starring Giulietta Masina
Valerie Kaplanová
Soňa Valentová
Tobias Hoesl
Music by Petr Hapka
Release dates
 1985
Running time
 95 minutes
Country West Germany West Germany
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Language Slovak

The Feather Fairy (Slovak: Perinbaba) is a 1985 adaptation of a Brothers Grimm's Mother Hulda short story directed by Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko. A fairy tale about a grandma who cares for snow and a boy who isn't afraid of death.

Synopsis

A fairy tale not only for children about Jacob, who through his courage, manages to trick death. The film plays with man’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. J. Jakubisko: “What you do now with the special digital effects we did without them. My friend Federico Fellini persuaded Guilietta Massina to be the Feather Fairy and she brought a spark and lightness to the story.”

Film Awards

Premiere screening

1st November 1985


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