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Dinner for One(Movie, 1963)

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| 18min | Genre: Comedy
Dinner for OneRating: 3.7/5 (with 6767 votes)
Dinner for One, also known as The 90th Birthday (German: Der 90. Geburtstag, Swedish: Grevinnan och betjänten), is a two-hander comedy sketch, written by British author Lauri Wylie for the theatre. After featuring on the stage, the German TV broadcaster, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), recorded the sketch in 1962 as an 18-minute black-and-white videotape recording, performed in English by British comedians Freddie Frinton and May Warden. The sketch begins with an introduction in German, followed by the main act in English, and is available online. It has become traditional viewing on New Year's Eve in European countries such as Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Estonia, or on 23 December in Norway, and, as of 1995, was the most frequently repeated television programme in Germany. Despite starting on the British stage, the sketch has only recently started to gain recognition in the UK. It was broadcast on New Year's Eve in Britain on Sky Arts from 2018 to 2020. In other parts of the world, the sketch is broadcast in Australia and South Africa. Apart from a few satires, Din... ()
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About Dinner for One

A very old woman wants to have dinner with her friends. As they are all dead, the butler has to play the role of every guest.

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Additional Information

Production country: Germany
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Translated into 12 languages: Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 06/08/1963
Appearing Characters: Sophie, James
Director: Heinz Dunkhase
Screenwriter: Lauri Wylie
Director of Photography: Frank Banuscher
Composer: Lew Pollack
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Dinner for One - Schweizer Version"
"«Der 90. Geburtstag» oder «Dinner for One»"
"Dinner for One - Der neunzigste Geburtstag"
"Dinner for one - die Farbversion"
"Illallinen yhdelle"
"Grevinnen og Hovmesteren"
"Grevinnan och betjänten"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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