Cast
Robert Powell, Brigitte Fossey, Olivia Leigh, Rüdiger Vogler, Hannelore Elsner, Daniel Olbrychski, Isolde Barth, Jiri Menzel, Le
Team
Director
Krzysztof Zanussi
Script
Tankred Dorst
Director of Photography
Slawomir Idziak
Editor
Marek Denys
Sound
Peter Kellerhals
Production Designer
Rainer Thönnes
Producer
Regina Ziegler
TV Editor
Georg Alexander
Info
Broadcaster
WDR
Genre
TV-Movie
Length
90 min.
The long conversation with the bird
1991

Fourteen- year-old Laura has fallen desperately in love with John Barth, the English actor. Barth, bored by both his private and professional life, is amused and flattered by this notion and so despite a 26-year age gap, invites young laura to join him on his trip to Thailand. Against her better judgment; Elizabeth, Laura's mother, allows Laura to accompany Barth on his excursion, with the stipulation that she too will travel to Thailand with them. In this wild setting, relationships sour. Elisabeth, who is not getting along with her daughter, finds herself attracted to Barth, while Laura tells Barth that she wants to become his lover. He resists this proposition because of her age. The next day Laura vanishes amid a web of suspicion.