The Feather Fairy

The Feather Fairy
The Feather Fairy
Directed by	Juraj Jakubisko
Written by	Brothers Grimm (original); Juraj Jakubisko; Ľubomír Feldek
Produced by	Slovenská filmová tvorba, Bratislava / Omnia Film, Munich
Starring	Giulietta Masina; Valerie Kaplanová; Soňa Valentová; Tobias Hoesl
Music by	Petr Hapka
Release date	1985;
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	West Germany; Czechoslovakia
Language	Slovak

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.^[1]

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

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