Ubu and the Great Gidouille (1979)
An extraordinary cut-out-and-move adaptation of all three of Jarry's Ubu plays. The characters are caricatured almost to abstraction- in the opening scene Ma Ubu is even depicted as a bug, Pa Ubu has a massive jaw and a microcephalic brain case.
Director: Jan Lenica
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Michel Poujade as Père Ubu (voice) |
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Janine Grillon as Mère Ubu (voice) |
| Directing | Jan Lenica | Director |
| Writing | Jan Lenica | Writer |
| Sound | Jean-Claude Dequéant | Music |
| Crew | Julien Pappé | Cinematography |
| Writing | Alfred Jarry | Original Story |