The Birds

All manner of birds attack the residents of a small Californian community, for no apparent reason, in Hitchcock’s classic suspense thriller.

  • Director

    Alfred Hitchcock

  • With

    Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy

  • USA 1963. 119min

  • Digital 4K

  • Certificate

    15

Hitchcock’s classic thriller, his third adaptation of a Daphne du Maurier tale after Jamaica Inn and Rebecca, sees birds randomly attack the sleepy Californian community of Bodega Bay. From this unusual premise – and most unlikely of antagonists – the filmmaker crafts a masterfully suspenseful tale that is by turns shocking and tense, with special effects that continue to disturb.

The screening of The Birds on Wednesday 11 March will be introduced by Professor Lucy Bolton, Queen Mary University of London.

See the BFI Reuben Library event New Writings: Acting and Performance in Hitchcock.