Where Is Parsifal?

Where Is Parsifal? is a 1983 British comedy film directed by Henri Helman and starring Tony Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Erik Estrada, and Orson Welles. It was released in France on 13 April 1983. Terence Young has an executive producer credit. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Where is Parsifal?
Directed byHenri Helman
Written byBerta Domínguez D.
StarringTony Curtis
Donald Pleasence
Erik Estrada
Orson Welles
Music byYvan Jullien (as Ivan Jullien)
Hubert Rostaing
CinematographyNorman G. Langley
Edited byPeter Hollywood
Russell Lloyd
Release date
13 April 1983
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish, French

This was Peter Lawford's final film role before his death the following year.

Plot

Parsifal Katzenellenbogen (Tony Curtis) is an eccentric hypochondriac who has invented a laser skywriter. Parsifal invites businessmen to his castle in the hopes of selling his invention. Potential buyers include gangster Henry Board II (Erik Estrada) accompanied by has-been movie star Montague Chippendale (Peter Lawford), Scotsman Mackintosh (Donald Pleasence), and gypsy Klingsor (Orson Welles).

Cast

Release

Where Is Parsifal? is often incorrectly considered to be a lost film, since it has never been commercially available in the UK or US—in fact, it is on the British Film Institute's 75 Most Wanted list of lost films, though its status was updated to "found" after director Helman donated his personal print to the BFI[2]—but the film was released on home video in (at least) Italy, The Netherlands and in Australia (by Seven Keys Video) during the 1980s. The misinformation about the film being lost is due to the fact that although it was screened at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, it was withdrawn prior to its official release date in the UK. In May 2013, the film appeared on Netflix streaming.

References
  1. "Festival de Cannes: Where Is Parsifal?". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  2. "BFI Most Wanted". BFI. Retrieved 15 July 2017.


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