Beckett Directs Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett

Beckett Directs Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett

★ 10.0IMDb Score
Released:1988-01-01
Genre:
Duration:46 min
Country:France
Director:Walter D. Asmus, Samuel Beckett
Actors:Rick Cluchey
Production:Caméras Continentales, France•3, La Sept, PBS, RTP, San Quentin Drama Workshop, Société Française de Production (SFP), University of Maryland at College Park Visual Press, WGBH Video

Overview:

Sitting alone on his 69th birthday, Krapp reflects upon the last 30 years of his life as he listens to an old tape recording of himself he made on his 39th Birthday.

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