Bluebeard

Bluebeard (1951)

Barbe-Bleue

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.

Date of release
1951-09-27
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Director
Christian-Jaque

Casting

Interesting facts

Bluebeard is a 1951 black comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Hans Albers, Cécile Aubry and Fritz Kortner. Based on Charles Perrault’s fairy tale Bluebeard, it was a co-production between France, Switzerland and West Germany. The film reworks the tale in comic form. It was made in separate German- and French-language versions, with the French version released as Barbe-Bleue.

Production

The film was made in separate German- and French-language versions, both directed by Christian Jaque. Cécile Aubry received intensive German-language coaching so that she could appear in both versions. Hans Albers played Bluebeard in the German version, while Pierre Brasseur took the title role in the French version.

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