Bluebeard

Sep 27, 1951

1h 35m

★ 5.3

Overview

Just before wowing international critics and moviegoers with his adventure romp Fanfan la Tulipe, director Christian-Jaque dashed off the lampoonish Barbe-Bleue. Ostensibly the story of the famed wife-killing potentate Bluebeard (Pierre Brasseur), this lighthearted costumer begins as the title character is poised to march down the matrimonial aisle for the eighth time. Barbe-Bleue's newest spouse Aline (Cécile Aubry) is kept in line by her husband's claims of murdering her predecessors. But when Aline opens the famous locked door to the equally famous hidden room, both she and the audience are in for quite a surprise. The frivolous nature of Barbe-Bleue is underlined by its pleasing utilization of the French Gezacolor process.

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Comedy

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Alcina

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Cast

Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue

Pierre Brasseur

Aline

Cécile Aubry

Le majordome

Jean Debucourt

Mathieu les grands pieds

Robert Arnoux

Giglio

Jacques Sernas

Anny Fling

Célina Cély

Le chapelain

Georges Chamarat

Cunégonde von Kronberg Meinscnichtsgonfried

Elly Norden

Giuseppe

Fernand Rauzéna

Blaubart

Hans Albers

Haushofmeister

Fritz Kortner

Amme

Lina Carstens

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