The Feather Fairy

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The Feather Fairy
Directed byJuraj Jakubisko
Written byBrothers Grimm (original)
Juraj Jakubisko
Ľubomír Feldek
Produced bySlovenská filmová tvorba, Bratislava / Omnia Film, Munich
StarringGiulietta Masina
Valerie Kaplanová
Soňa Valentová
Tobias Hoesl
Music byPetr Hapka
Release date
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.

Synopsis

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

  • Czechoslovakia Zlín Film Festival 1986
    • Special Jury Prize
  • Czechoslovakia Slovakian Film Medal 1986
  • Czechoslovakia XXIV. Festival of Czech and Slovakian Film 1986
    • Prize for art production
  • France IV. Film Festival for youth Lyon 1986
    • Young Audience Member's Prize for best film
  • UNICEF Grand Prix, 1986
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Film Festival in Belgrade 1986
    • Audience Prize for best film
  • Italy XLII.Venice Film Festival 1986
    • Catholic Prize
  • Italy Venice Film Festival 1986
    • Certificate of Merit RAI II
  • Spain Gijón International Film Festival 1986
    • Jury Prize for the best special effects
  • Quebec International Film Festival Rimouski 1988
    • Grand Prize Camerio
  • Argentina I. International Film Festival for children Buenos Aires 1988
    • Grand Prize

Premiere screening

1 November 1985

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