Classic television broadcast with english subtitles at the beginning. A halfhour introduction to one of the worlds mostloved televised sketches, freddie frintons dinner for one. The greatest cult film youve never heard of investigates the reason for its obscurity. Directed by helen atty, torsten rosendahl, paul anthony sorensen. A very old woman wants to have dinner with her friends. The dinner for one film a german new years eve tradition a. Geburtstag oder dinner for one ist eine fernsehproduktion des ndr aus dem jahr 1963. Yet, although the 90th birthday or dinner for one is a famous cult classic in germany and several other european countries, it is virtually unknown in the englishspeaking world, including britain, its birthplace. Fur ihre verstorbenen freunde springt kurzerhand butler james ein mit fatalen folgen. As they are all dead, the butler has to play the role of every guest. Dinner for one new version in color grevinnan och betjanten ny version i farg duration.
Dinner for one is a classic of german tv, i find it great for new years eve, just a shame colored version was not on the disk also, this is the correct length version the ones under 17 mins avoid. With nora harding, audrey maye, len howe, stefan mayr. Dinner for one the original 1963 ndr performance of the german silvester ritual, originally a british music hall sketch. Above, you can view the original 18minute comedic opus and celebrate new years day in the same way that much of europe brought in 2014 dont mind the german introduction the video is in english. Dinner for one freddie frinton intro in german the rest is in english duration. In future years, you can always find dinner for one in our collection of 600 free movies online. A ancient tradition to close every year on 31 december with dinner for one. A short british cabaret sketch from the 1920s has become a german new years tradition.
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