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Ubu Roi

Based on Alfredy Jarrry's 1896 play about a selfish, greedy, overweight man named Pere Ubu. The story follows Ubu on his journey to overthrow the current ruler and become King of Poland; Along the way he betrays many of his followers, taxes the civilians to an unreasonable degree and eventually slaughters everyone. By his the equally crude but somehow more likable Mere Ubu.

1h 35m1965TMDb 6.2

French

Crew and Cast

Storyline

Based on Alfredy Jarrry's 1896 play about a selfish, greedy, overweight man named Pere Ubu. The story follows Ubu on his journey to overthrow the current ruler and become King of Poland; Along the way he betrays many of his followers, taxes the civilians to an unreasonable degree and eventually slaughters everyone. By his the equally crude but somehow more likable Mere Ubu.

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Info

Status
Released
Released
20 September 1965
Runtime
1h 35m
TMDB score
6.2 / 10 (7 votes)

Production

Studios
ORTF
Countries
France

Languages

Original
French
Spoken
French