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Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett

Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life and wrote in both English and French. He is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century. Beckett was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his writing, which—in ne... more

Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life and wrote in both English and French. He is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century. Beckett was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his writing, which—in new forms for the novel and drama—in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation."

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(1965)
Drama
A man attempts to evade observation by an all-seeing eye.
Runtime:
20 min
Director:
Alan Schneider
Cast:
Buster Keaton, Nell Harrison, James Karen, Susan Reed
7.5
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Endgame
(2000)
Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
Hamm is blind and unable to stand; Clov, his servant, is unable to sit; Nagg and Nell are his father and mother, who are legless and live in dustbins. Together they live in a room with two windows, but there may be nothing at all outside.
Runtime:
84 min
Director:
Conor McPherson
Cast:
Michael Gambon, David Thewlis, Jean Anderson, Jean Anderson
7.7
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Not I
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Not I
(2000)
A young woman sits down in a chair. Only her mouth is visible as she begins to speak at a rapid clip, describing events that she insists did not really happen to her.
Runtime:
14 min
6.5
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Happy Days
(2000)
Drama, TV Movie
Happy Days is an adaptation of Samuel Beckett's challenging absurdist drama, a play most would deem unfilmable. Faithfully adhering to Beckett's minimalist original, a black parody of love, marriage, and our search for meaning in an unfathomable universe, the piece consists of but two pathetic characters. One, wife Winnie, spends the d...
Runtime:
79 min
Director:
Patricia Rozema
Cast:
Rosaleen Linehan, Richard Johnson
6.8
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Not I
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Not I
(1973)
Performed at the Royal Court Theatre on 16th January, 1973 Produced for the BBC in 1977 by Tristram Powell Directed by Anthony Page and Samuel Beckett Cast: Billie Whitelaw
Runtime:
13 min
Director:
Anthony Page
Cast:
Billie Whitelaw
7.5
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Happy Days
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Happy Days
(1980)
Winnie, a woman in her fifties, is buried waist-deep in a mound of scorched earth, with just a large, black shopping bag and a collapsed parasol. Behind her and hidden from view sleeps Willie.
Runtime:
81 min
Director:
David Heeley
Cast:
Irene Worth, George Voskovec
6.3
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...but the clouds...
(1977)
A woman left behind by a man. Based on a script by Samuel Beckett.
Runtime:
16 min
Director:
Donald McWhinnie
Cast:
Ronald Pickup
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Nacht und Träume
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Nacht und Träume
(1983)
A lone man sits at a table dreaming. He dreams of singing a few bars of Schubert's lied, "Nacht und Träume." Then unseen people give him a communion cup and wipe his brow. He is shown dreaming again, then the dream repeats, only much slower.
Runtime:
11 min
Director:
Samuel Beckett
Cast:
Helfrid Foron, Dirk Morgner, Stephan Pritz
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Geistertrio
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Geistertrio
(1977)
Samuel Beckett directs for German television.
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32 min
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... nur noch Gewölk ...
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... nur noch Gewölk ...
(1977)
Samuel Beckett directs for German television.
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16 min
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He Joe
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He Joe
(1979)
Samuel Beckett directs a second production of Eh Joe for German television, after the first one of 1966.
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21 min
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Was Wo
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Was Wo
(1986)
Samuel Beckett directs for German television for the last time.
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16 min
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