The balcony [videorecording] / Walter Reade-Sterling, Inc. and Allen-Hodgdon Productions ; produced by Joseph Strick and Ben Maddow ; directed by Joseph Strick ; screenplay by Ben Maddow.
From the play by Jean Genet as translated by Bernard Frechtman. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963. Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, Leonard Nimoy, Lee Grant.
Summary:
While a revolution is in progress, the brothel of Madame Irma has its own drama--a group of men act out their wish fulfillment with beautiful women. Their various illusions--to be a judge, a bishop, a general - suddenly thrust the men into the midst of the revolution.
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