Robert Stroud, condamnat la detentie pe viata pentru crima, gaseste intr-o zi, in curtea inchisorii, un pui de vrabie, pe care, induiosat, il ia cu el in celula. Din acel moment, Stroud isi face din grija pentru pasari un scop in viata, dar aceasta nobila indeletnicire nu-l scuteste de neplaceri si conflicte cu gardienii. Cupa Volpi pentru cel mai bun actor (Burt Lancaster) la Festivalul International al Filmului de la Venetia,
In 1912, the notorious and violent prisoner Robert Franklin Stroud is transferred to the Leavenworth Prison convicted for murdering a man. When a guard cancels the visit of his mother, Elizabeth Stroud, due to a violation of the internal rules, he stabs and kills the guard and goes to trial three times. He is sentenced to be executed by the gallows, but his mother appeals to President Woodrow Wilson who commutes his sentence to life imprisonment. However, the warden, Harvey Shoemaker, decides to keep Stroud in solitary for the rest of his life. One day, Stroud finds a sparrow that has fallen from the nest in the yard and he raises the bird until it is strong enough to fly. Stroud finds a motivation for his life raising and caring for birds and becomes an expert in birds. He marries Stella Johnson and together they run a business, providing medicine developed by Stroud. But a few years after, Stroud is transferred to Alcatraz and has to leave his birds behind.
Birdman of Alcatraz
Păsărarul din Alcatraz
Anul:1962
Gen:Biografie, Drama
Durata:147 minute
Regia:John Frankenheimer
Actori:Burt Lancaster, Telly Savalas, Karl Malden, Whit Bissell, Neville Brand
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