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A Day at the Beach (1970)
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17 April 1972 (Denmark)
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Intriguing air of quirkiness
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Cast
 | Lily Bacberg | ... | Barmaid |
| Benny Bundgaard | ... | Delivery Man |
| Mark Burns | ... | Bernie |
| Eva Dahlbeck | ... | Cafe Proprietress |
| Lise Dietrich | ... | Louis' Girlfriend |
| Joanna Dunham | ... | Tonie |
| Beatie Edney | ... | Winnie (as Beatrice Edney) |
| June Eelli | ... | Gypsy Woman |
| Grith Fjeldmose | ... | Passer-by |
| John Franklin | ... | Shopkeeper |
| Arthur Jensen | ... | Caretaker |
| Bertel Lauring | ... | Louis |
| Fiona Lewis | ... | Melissa |
| Jack MacGowran | ... | The Collector |
| Marie Masters | ||
| Sisse Reingaard | ... | Daughter of Cafe Proprietres |
 | Maurice Roëves | ... | Nicholas |
 | Peter Sellers | ... | The Salesman (as A. Queen) |
| Cle Soegard | ... | Man at Dodgem Cars |
| Graham Stark | ... | Pipi |
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| Simon Hesera | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Heere Heeresma | novel | |
| Roman Polanski | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Gene Gutowski | .... | producer | |
| Roman Polanski | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Mort Shuman | |||
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| Gilbert Taylor | |||
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| Alistair McIntire | |||
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| Timothy Bryan | |||
| William Hutchinson | (as Bill Hutchinson) | ||
Production Management | |||
| Barrie Melrose | .... | unit production manager | |
Sound Department | |||
| Gerry Humphreys | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Kaj Gram Larsen | .... | sound mixer | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Bernard Ford | .... | camera operator | |
| Jimmy Leavens | .... | key grip | |
Other crew | |||
| Rosemary Marks | .... | production coordinator | |
| Helen Whitson | .... | continuity | |
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- Code Red DVD (2008) (USA) (DVD)
- Red Alert Films (2007) (USA) (DVD)
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USA:93 min
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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.
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Referenced in The Unknown Peter Sellers (2000) (TV)
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Despite being centred around English characters and attitudes and comprising mainly British actors, this off-beat film is set and filmed in Denmark which gives it an intriguing air of quirkiness. The film maintains interest, even if the main character is too prone to making lengthy theatrical speeches. Ultimately though, the film does not satisfy because whatever message the film is putting across is too obscure.
Technically the film is a bit disappointing. Scenes do not flow well and the dialogue sounds as if it was almost entirely post-dubbed (not surprising because the film was shot mainly on location in pouring rain). Other than interior scenes, the dialogue has an unpleasant "dead" studio sound.
Roman Polanski's script has similarities with the dialogue contained in some of his other off-beat films such as Knife in the Water, Cul-de-sac but the direction, by Simon Hesera, lacks the sort of flair and style which Polanski always brings to his films.