Perinbaba

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 date	1985
Running time	95 minutes
Country	West Germany 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.

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.”

1 November 1985

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