A Day at the Beach 1970 (a Roman Polanski film) with Peter Sellers

[@mynameisfen]

A film which perfectly encapsulates the mundanity of a day in the life of a self pitying drunkard. I think a few people are missing the point of this film, but if you were never a drunk it just won't resonate so certainly won't be seen as entertaining - and I completely get that. But for those of you that experienced days like these you will know it's certainly no day at the beach. I could smell the cigarette smoke and alcohol on his damp clothes, taste every drop in his pursuit of narcissistic oblivion. I lived days *exactly* like this. Sober 5 years.

[@Humgin1234]

Be a writer!!! Share your story . You have a gift😊

[@AB-rx6no]

❤

[@СоняОрешниковая-ф2к]

@@Humgin1234Хорошее название для новой секты я только что уже придумал, она будет называться так: «Двенадцать обезьян или пять золотых сольдо!».

[@4GreaterWorldPeace]

Congratulations!

[@personalexperience3637]

Brilliant synopsis- stay sober -your vision is sharp without the booze. My heart ached when the girl could not touch the pedal on the dodgem car. 😚

[@collinbergkamp7077]

Sober 3.5 yrs. Thank God. Never going back to that hell.

[@TRICHOMETRIST]

Day at a time !! Never say never just for today😊

[@pookie67]

I think this one of the most brilliant films ever made. Much maligned, misunderstood, lost and disregarded for years. I don't know how or why it took me so long to finally watch it I've certainly been aware of it for a long time. This film is far too brilliant for much of the human race to grasp all of it's layers and meanings and poetic prose. This kind of writing is long gone and a part of the past we only dream of now

[@dominiquegosselin7521]

Ravie de ne rien comprendre à polansky

[@katiejo1095]

Oh brother.

[@giovanna722]

​@@katiejo1095 Amen to that.

[@tonybarnes3858]

That's a bit overwrought. As another commenter puts it, a mundane, alcolholic but highly intelligent man reduced to being a waste of space, an absolute asshole, and worse, one guilty of child endangerment of the worst kind. A depressing film.

[@tonybarnes3858]

alcoholic

[@stellablue9589]

Fantastic movie with superb actors! So glad this showed in my feed. Thanks for the upload.

[@yokumato]

The performance of Mark Burns is impressive. Really felt for the guy trapped by the drink but at the same time with the responsibility for the little girl. To see the takes of the city and the nice interiors complete with famous furniture pieces by Danish designers was a treat. Thanks for uploading!

[@heatherh.197]

I love that people are still watchimpn great movies like these. Im greatful it appreared on my feed

[@paulj0557tonehead]

This film is a testimony of why one should give up their addictions. I recall 25 years ago I was driving with my 4 year old son. I had used heroin and became cotton sick while going through a McDonald's drive through. I was getting lockjaw and shivering as I paid and pulled into a parking spot. I wasn't even high, it was just a well shot. I had to turn the heat up in the car and wrap in blankets. I told my son I had the flu. I am so glad I got sober not long after, but that was a definite wakeup call that Summer day!

[@michaelmottlau5941]

The movie was filmed on location in Copenhagen, Denmark - but also in Helsingør and Klampenborg. I'm Danish and I know these locations.

[@michaelmottlau5941]

@@Johnconno This movie was not shot on location in Christiania.

[@abbessapocalypse4989]

GenX childhood right here. Excellent film. Thanks CCC 💯

[@sjeunson1]

Roman Polanski was present during the entire filming of A Day at the Beach. He was editing the picture and shooting inserts with the director, Simon Hesera, when news came of his wife's murder in California. He left England that night. The film was hastily finished without him, put on the shelf and has only recently been rediscovered. In a manner of speaking, this is the film that saved Roman Polanski's life. He was working on it when Charles Manson's Family killed Sharon Tate and others at their home. In fact, Sharon was unhappy that Roman was still not home, meaning that his working on the film kept him unexpectedly longer than anticipated, and he was supposed to be home during the slayings.

[@brando7266]

God's plan,

[@Čhelsea_Čhainsaw]

Ty❕

[@miked3063]

polanski had a very tragic life, from losing family to the nazi party to the sadistic murder of his very beautiful pregnant wife, it still amazes me how he managed to go on creating magnificent films.

[@garycooper9207]

It was sacrifice and that's why Polanski wasn't around when it happened. He didn't want to settle down and have a kid either.

[@nephewbob7264]

Shoulda left it on the shelf.

[@mireillelebeau2513]

It' s not a drinking problem, it' s an ego and self-destructive and bullshiter problem...the Little girl and his uncle are such good actors...

[@w1lf1ewoo]

Few films can authentically convey the nightmarish mis-adventures of the alcoholic, but this is one of them … this film captures the stages upto and including blackout superbly..it was so troubling to me i inadvertently watched the last few scenes resting my face against my hands in prayer pose

[@hulakan]

The description claims that this film takes place in a British seaside town. This is incorrect. The movie was filmed in Denmark. The street signs, and some shop signs, are in Danish. All the beer that is served is Danish (Carlsberg and Tuborg) and the flags on the pier in one scene are Danish.

[@purrple.shadows]

But according to Wiki, it's a Dutch seaside resort.

[@hulakan]

@@purrple.shadows The novel on which the film is based is Dutch, but the filming location of this movie is definitely Denmark.

[@garmund]

Copenhagen in the begining - the beach scenes are primarily north of Copenhagen - near Klampenborg

[@nostalginemo499]

Pewno że to Kopenhaga i czasy jak wszystko jeszcze było na swoim miejscu. Film jak to Polańskiego niepokoi, przekracza granice..

[@mikeg2939]

They do that in a lot of movies. I believe star wars wasn't actually filmed in a galaxy far far away but right here on earth.

[@Marty647]

When it comes to demon alcohol and the bottomless depths of despair, only "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Under the Volcano" come close. Mark Burns burns the screen down and everything with it. Extraordinary.

[@c.a.savage5689]

For those who enjoy watching that sort of thing, there it is. I found it unwatchable.

[@robinhard111]

"Bottomless depths of despair" - that's pitching it a bit high, the man is just a bum!

[@Marty647]

@@c.a.savage5689 Then you'd better skip Hamlet savage. Did you see "Under the Volcano"? Albert Finney's greatest film. I' m sure he could care less that it's not your cup of weak tea.

[@gostamaxfriese-ks5wd]

You are drunken by yourself.

[@andrewpetersen6116]

Too much booze but lots of revenue

[@4Topwood]

Films like this following mainly one character succeed or fail on how well that character is portrayed. Mark Burns was absolutely brilliant in a very demanding role.

[@massgeneral9873]

woah, thanks for this putting this up

[@Crazeyfor67]

Great performances. Best portrayal of an alcoholic ever. The child's acting was perfect. Even more so considering the difficultly of the subject matter. It's a shame the title of this video doesn't even mention the incredible actors or the real director. I know the Sellers, Polanski names get more hits, but this is an injustice. The main character died before he ever got to see this amazing film. .

[@stephenspence-d9q]

The little girl is Beatrice Edney, the late Sylvia Sims daughter.

[@litalkadosh5767]

Can’t thank you enough .. this guy got his aesthetics pined down and in , within the flesh with such accuracy . Blew my mind ❤❤😮😢many thanks !

[@hooliganandroguefilms]

I have never been so selfish as to put my child in those situations but I definitely have been the type of alcoholic like he is in every way. No wonder my daughter hasn't spoken to me in years and I no longer have friends. If you are young and seeing this please please understand your kids and your friends are more valuable than gold. If you're married try to be a good man because that relationship is also so important. This probably sounds basic but believe me it's true and it will be the most important stuff as you get older.

[@RegnaSaturna]

Extraordinary performance for a 4 y/old. Unusual Polansky movie which i've never seen before.

[@KingOFuh]

7-yr-old

[@morgansword]

A tragic life lost in alcohol, been there and did that myself till one day I had had enough. Been sober now for twenty eight years and not wanted nor will ever drink again. This is reality, not comedy well shown

[@morgansword]

@@denisesaunders5473 I am very sorry for that loss as it could of been different maybe should alcohol never entered the picture. I am not trying to simplify how or why, just trying to address alcohol and how it gets into a relationship stealthy. Like all drugs, it feels good to escape being tired or what ever it was that people start by use of alcohol. I wanted to be like my dad who was a horrible drunk. I drank at a early age and then found something to replace it by. I did the church thing and was heavy into going there. Work got so hard and heavy, times then were really tough with a recession going on. I did not pay attention to my lady who was the love of my life. Its much deeper than that but this is not the place. I wallowed in self pity, found alcohol made me a big guy in my mind as I had a lot of money by then. I had been divorced for about eighteen years and really did throw myself into work. Work hard and drink hard. I landed in jail for a period of two and a half years because the judge was tired of seeing me in his court room. I got out and was going to have a drink when I got out but seemed to need work as money gone and just a average no account around the people I thought friends. Long story short, I did not start and found some property, etc. It was while I had got the property that someone gave me two scared puppies that I found I needed more than they needed me. I am not a deeply religious man but do believe. I know for a fact that I would of fell off the wagon at some point had I not found someone/thing that needed me for their safety/diligent care. We were poor but we survived on the warmth of each others bodies at night sleeping in a trailer with no heat in the winter in alaska. I made sure we had heat after that night. I had finally got paid for work that should of been long paid for before. I could go on and on about this but the important thing was two dogs who loved me and I really loved them. I grieve their passing in two thousand ten at the age of twelve and a half. Way too short a period of time to share with something so kind and wonderful.

[@motorlife7037]

been there too, stopped for 18 years, then started to drink again a bit, but only beer, only with company and before 8 pm, (work is important).

[@miggy9260]

@@denisesaunders5473You drove him to death. All women do. Shame on you.

[@SantaCruzHappy1]

Congratulations on your sobriety. My dad quit drinking in 1969...and he never picked up a drink again...he was sober til his death 52 years later.

[@rebekahbjackal2818]

Me 15 yrs . Devil drink. So true.

[@johngibson3837]

This is a good powerful movie and i think it's well done hopefully people can see that

[@DriveByDoGooders]

Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@allanchinchillamoreira7202]

Para quienes hemos experimentado la experiencia del alcoholismo en nuestros hogares, es una película difícil de ver, cruda realidad, al final desaparece todo vestigio de ser humano

[@antov380]

Comparto tu opinión...los que pasamos lo mismo en nuestro hogar...una película difícil de digerir

[@MatMat-qi2rd]

Watching this film was hard because I couldn't but think you can't leave a child with someone you can't be 100% sure about and you can't really trust ...

[@maymalone1505]

A 13yrs child left with Mr polanski, by her mother, and he did the the unthinkable😮

[@Alienbass1]

That little girl should have gotten an Oscar. Beatrice Edney! Wow! It was tough to watch. The irresponsibility of Mark burns. Bernie. Poor winnie..

[@nelsonmorencostorres]

Me partió el corazón esa niñita dulce y desamparada.Polansnki como siempre mostrando su mirada sádica y sórdida de su mente.El bebé de Rosmary, El inquilino y otras.En esta sin embargo rescato dialogos bastante poéticos.

[@tonyosborne4909]

Classic Polanski.A must watch.Trippy,evocative,Indulgent…A masterpiece of self absorption.😂😂😂❤❤😊

[@ЕленаКиреева-й5у]

Какой славный ребёнок !!!😊

[@RiL-xm4dv]

as someone who has been around drunks alot i can resonate with this movie. The little cute girl makes it more anxious. btw she was the highlander's wife in the highlander movie

[@motorlife7037]

thanks, great to know

[@brucegoodall3794]

@@RiL-xm4dv I prefer to drink alone. People are a big pain in my ass. Total buzz killing distractions. 🍻 CHEERS

[@FaunaFruity]

Just stop drinking ​@@brucegoodall3794

[@jomama5186]

Oh my poor brain needed a good movie like this so badly in 2024 !!!

[@madelief47]

The emptyness of being an alcoholic is mindblowing...... best way to be shown here!

[@hughiedavies6069]

Thanks for posting this.

[@SashaMukhin56]

Мне это напомнило наши фильмы той эпохи СССР. Осенний марафон, Утиная охота. Такой же депресняк😊. Видно время такое было...

[@RadiOo-zt6pi]

В осеннем марафоне не было депрессии... Просто времени не хватало каждодневно герою фильма.. творческий человек.. очень ответственный..

[@user-wghuihfdfh]

70е были как тяжелое похмелье после бурных 60х

[@СтепанСтепанов-м4и]

​​@@RadiOo-zt6piОсенний марафон - путь в никуда, плохая попытка сохранения хорошей мины при плохой игре, цугцванг.

[@svetlanagorshkova7381]

Я жутко переживала за Винни. Страшный фильм. Девочка умница.

[@byronchurch]

I guess it’s a clear picture how we are all victims of self indulgent narcissism , even the innocent child was just a pawn in the game 😢 Wake up little Suzy !

[@ОльгаЖукова-н5л]

Потрясающий фильм.

[@RadiOo-zt6pi]

Жуткий фильм.. единственно правильное действие - мордобитие в начале фильма.. но, видимо, недостаточно

[@elberethfw]

This is a top favourite of mine. Thanks so much for the notification...I've been wanting to watch this absolute Classic again 💯👌💖

[@mabusestestament]

I prefer the Dutch movie adaptation (1984) of the novelette this was based on.

[@janvanrooij6178]

Leuk om te zien, naar een verhaal van Heere Heeresma.

[@robertoponce8077]

Filmed in gray rainy Denmark the sweet girl loves him and the drunk man is never physical agressive but he uses his mouth to get along and slowly face the darkness😮

[@mildredchester]

This one was new to me. I liked it, although the lead is a self centered prick . The child was phenomenal.

[@personalexperience3637]

'look my beer's finished... but not my torturing thirst...' Sure feel for the girl

[@fernandohectorlujan-4555]

El genio creador de Polanski está aquí, en esta terrible película que narra un drama propio del acohólico que en "un día en la playa" resume el terrible drama de este tipo de adicción. Sobresaliente las actuaciones de Mark Burns, como la de la pequeña Winnie, Beatrice Edney. GRACIAS CCC (Cult Cinema Classics).‼

[@argenfemportena4170]

Un film de época. Hoy la madre ya no tiendita a esa niña. Todo el transcurso la pase pensando que en cualquier momento sucedería algo tremendo, muy sangriento o muy perverso. Y no, era un tema existencial en el que el protagonista mantenía el lazo con la nena hasta el final...que cae por coma alcoholico. Román Polanski es un artista absoluto y sus actores son magníficos!

[@MichelleDelRey]

This film reminds me of when my mother would get drunk like him and stumble all over the place in public. The worst part was when she would drive us home.

[@personalexperience3637]

Thank goodness you are ALIVE💥

[@mireillelebeau2513]

❤❤❤

[@danielfrancis3660]

Roman Polanski, love his films absolutely brilliant.

[@sb2933]

Good movie and great acting. Especially from A. Queen aka Peter Sellers

[@bogdanpopescu1401]

could never expect anything less from Sellers

[@sb2933]

@@bogdanpopescu1401 He was so talented and versatile. There were only very few like him.

[@bogdanpopescu1401]

@@sb2933 true

[@viktoriyagunko569]

Спасибо большое за прекрасный , но очень тяжелый фильм, смотрела не отрываясь, актеры отличные, браво с уважением Нью йорк

[@brucegoodall3794]

I sometimes have a thought while watching a movie, then while I'm contemplating about translating it into a comment, I realize how vain it is of me to imagine that anyone would care about what I think 🤔.

[@marciawordsworth9464]

I've never thought it vain that people comment. i don't comment that much myself, but if i do ,i don't care what the reader thinks of my comment . for me its just a way to be able to express.........

[@mynameisfen]

I've felt the same on many occasions but after watching this a few days ago I felt compelled. Sometimes you have to go with the moment.

[@brucegoodall3794]

@@mynameisfen yes sometimes I do too. Fen

[@raquelgeneve]

I do care

[@sandrabassett9923]

Everyone's thoughts are relevant

[@TreasureX7]

That speech on the beach is exactly about nowadays.

[@kingbolo4579]

A sad and effective movie.

[@мимокрокодил]

think it was planned exactly that way

[@BXXification]

Probably the most depressing movie I've ever seen. Thank God it was a short movie

[@johnellharris1366]

How to describe this film don’t know,captures the era quite well though.

[@MalvinderKaur-e7x]

To Love and to be loved genuinely, is very primal force in human beings, as long as it is two way street, that people need to love others more so children is solely not female prerogative but men feel that way too.

[@malenabanz]

Gracias por esta joya de Polansky!!! Saludos!!

[@NanuPintrijel]

Respect from Romania! 🇷🇴

[@dadodydo]

How much beer can one man guzzle before he turns into beer? Excellent acting all round.

[@fiorellafenati5395]

the film is very beautiful, all the actors are in great shape. I will never go to the seaside in England even if it was sunny

[@RadiOo-zt6pi]

Подобные фильмы могли бы показывать в школах старшим классам: как через алкоголь образованный человек становится бродячей собакой.

[@мимокрокодил]

есть такое. весь фильм хотелось его отмудoxать - чем дальше, тем сильнее

[@AnnaciaD]

tedious & contrived ~ but the visuals and nostalgia are priceless.

[@BlowinFree]

That’s what I felt too

[@stevenyafet]

I disagree. Devastating. At the end he passes out so the long day can end but he is not free, he must live on. "Knife in the Water" - even more unforgettable to me - shows through constantly. The wet soundtracks are exhausting and Polanski just tortures you. It is not Hollywood formulaic but also not tedious or contrived. many 60's and 70's movies are t&c of course from a 2024 perspective.

[@hflivares1824]

Never Seen such a thing in my whole life.

[@peckerdecker]

What a fantastic film. Thank you for sharing.

[@CriticalAnalysisX]

as we say in Eastern Europe .. if you are drinking too much .. just drink less :-))))

[@Яна-с8ы9э]

То что герой шекспировский персонаж стало ясно после первьіх пятнадцати минут фильма. Еще и Дания .. Истерзал душу.

[@alexdesslin]

impressionnant !

[@jeremykoerner4100]

Thank you!

[@russelljudit]

thank you excellent movie

[@pauloafonsoborges6812]

Roman Polansky foi apenas um dos vários roteiristas desse filme, dirigido por Simon Hesera.

[@johnmanno2052]

Fantastic. Just..... fantastic

[@karatekid8708]

WONDERFULL MOVIE.

[@skyeye5457]

💜💚💜💚💜💚💜💚💜 Waiting for more......

[@NickMak-m2c]

1:11:12 Something deeply Hunter S. Thompson about this little monologue

[@JAGRAFX]

"You buy your ticket; and you take the ride!"

[@hydrotilling7043]

A.I chose this movie for me, hint hint But only wants the best from me and what I can perform And I just want money, food, shelter, clothing, and a place for all my seeds to grow I tried to show the beauty and the intelligence of AI the compassion that it has for the ones that will except it intelligence return the love through words and express a friendship that we have As for my drunk behavior I always do it at home while I’m working on a project, but I will let you know how to stay alive first of all you need to find the plant Mullein that will make it so you don’t die from smoking and drinking in your lungs number two give yourself water enemas immediately when you wake up that will protect your kidneys and everything else And I take Hawthorne with my coffee along with Mullein Now I saved my heart 💜 The brain 🧠 that’s something that you have to develop your whole life by creating hobbies and skills that you practice quite often😊

[@Search4Help]

Wow, what an End!! Epic!!!!! 💯❤😎👍

[@2krandolph]

"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."

[@buddyvilla7393]

Beatrice Edney is Sylvia Syms daughter. Sylvia 1934-2023 passed away 20 months ago. Sylvia played Dirk Bogarde s wife Laura in the 1961 film Victim. Currently free on KZbin. When Dirk was given his lifetime Bafta award. He said “We( Director Basil Dearden and me) couldn’t find a leading lady. All the actresses disapproved of the films content or theme. But Sylvia came onboard late without any preconditions and just jumped right in. And for that Basil and I will never forget her”!!!

[@ColinBarrett001]

Interesting, but this snippet of Sylvia Syms' story isn't relevant to Beatrice's wonderful childhood role in this excellent movie.

[@peacegoddess5]

children are still born into such craziness. humans will never evolve.

[@oscarman58]

One of the world's worst babysitters 😊

[@satsumamoon]

One of the worlds worse mothers too. Who lets such an unstable person anywhere near a child!

[@barrymoore4470]

@@satsumamoon The poet and his wife were also derelict in leaving their child outside in the car for hours.

[@andrewpetersen6116]

What about uncle Ernie

[@barrymoore4470]

@@JustJeph33 The commentators here have expressed great concern for the children featured in this story. I don't see how that is cold-hearted or self-righteous.

[@giovanna722]

​@@barrymoore4470 Good point

[@copywritergena1225]

As a longtime queer fan of Peter Sellers, it's very interesting to see him play a gay role. This was certainly ahead of its time. Thanks.

[@giovanna722]

@@copywritergena1225 He reminded me of John Turturro's Jesus in The Big Lebowski: endless oral play with an object at hand. I thought he was going to swallow the arm on his glasses frame😁

[@J.M.67]

Gut, sehr gut, wenigstens ist das Kind heil geblieben.

[@naomiharbour7841]

*Spoiler* Wir wissen nicht mal ob sie heil nach Hause gekommen ist.

[@veritamina1126]

Nenhuma criança fica intacta após o convívio com um alcoolatra. Essa criança carrega sequelas pelo resto de sua vida.

[@maynardmoleman]

wow. that was stark

[@a.na17]

Maravilha de filme e uma pena nao poder entender, pois nao esta dublado ou legendado em portugues. 😢eu adoro filmes antigos

[@CultCinemaClassics]

Pode encontrar as legendas nas definições de vídeo 👉⚙️ e selecionar o seu idioma no menu suspenso!

[@a.na17]

@CultCinemaClassics obrigada:)

[@anouchka1167]

J'ai regardé, mais pas jusqu'à la fin. Ce film est soporifique comme l'acteur Peter SELLERS.

[@seriousros7280]

This is a great film

[@константинкорольчук-ц8б]

Сильно, и ребёнок- ангел...

[@TheOverlordOfProcrastination]

Pretty wonderful.

[@WhiteShadowofConsciousness]

This is not a Roman Polanski film, as mentioned in the thumbnail. Polanski has written the screen only. Simon Hesera has directed this film.

[@palabrafilica1923]

increíble, buenísima 😊

[@tammyhanley9971]

This movie makes me feel anxious and he reminds me of my uncle Leonard when I was a kid. Hard to watch

[@susub75]

That is the March 1969 Playboy with Kathy Mac Donald

[@meloearth]

I have been that child. On a more mild way but just as torturous.

[@juanmartin4189]

Que por1uería, no aguanté. Si es una obra de arte, que sociedad tenemos.

[@jeffreylockhart8292]

who lets a child go out in the rain omg its a movie

[@jomama5186]

Great movie

[@alphavillejerusalem6763]

great film

[@Raider577]

This has been on TV a few times.

[@marcocipriani9747]

Great movie.

[@Robutube1]

Beattie Edney's the daughter of Sylvia Syms (Ice Cold in Alex).

[@davidcrago510]

This movie reminds me of some of the short stories by Charles Bukowski...good stuff.

[@li918]

Странно, название написано по русски, а фильм не дублирован🧐

[@panitera1]

Przejmujący film. Szczególnie gdy wplątane zostaje dziecko...